The Israeli forces stormed the town at dawn on February 23, 2025, accompanied by military bulldozers, and began destroying streets and infrastructure and cutting off water and electricity lines. – Israeli occupation forces imposed accompanied by a 48-hour curfew on the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, according to the governor of Jenin, Ahmad Zakarneh. -Israeli bulldozers destroyed the main entrance to the town from the direction of the Martyrs' Roundabout, reaching the Jerusalem Roundabout, and also vandalized citizens' properties, shops and vehicles, and completed the destruction of side roads between houses, and parts of the Martyrs' Cemetery at the entrance to the town and a café were bulldozed.

**On February 23, in the afternoon**, the Israeli army tanks invaded Jenin, in order to operating inside the Jenin camp، northern West Bank, for the first time since Operation Defensive Shield and the Second Intifada in 2000. - This is the clear sign that the Israeli offensive force will increase in the West Bank. - The force that will enter the camp consists of one tank company from the 188th Armored Brigade. - The army is preparing to remain for a long period inside the Jenin camp with the deployment of a permanent battalion that will continue to operate in Jenin without specifying a time period. **Context :** **On February 13**, The Israeli press reported that the IDF Central Command was considering establishing permanent outposts in the Jenin refugee camp, where a newly formed "Jenin Battalion" would be stationed for rapid deployment. If approved, the outposts would be placed within or near the camp, with an initial phase lasting several months to assess effectiveness. The IDF was also exploring expanding this strategy to other camps in northern "Samaria" (nother Governorate of West Bank). As Operation Wall of Iron nears completion, commanders see these outposts as "a long-term security solution". **Statement by Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz** "Fourty thousand #Palestinians evicted, so far, the Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, now unpopulated. @UNRWA activities in the camps was ceased. I ordered the Israel Defense Forces to remain in the cleansed camps for the next year, and prevent inhabitants from returning (...)." **On February 21, the Prime Minister has ordered the IDF to carry out an intensive operation in West Bank** "Following the attempt to perpetrate a chain of mass bus bombings, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just completed a security assessment with the Defense Minister, the IDF Chief-of-Staff, the ISA Director and the Israel Police Inspector General The Prime Minister has ordered the IDF to carry out an intensive operation against centers of terrorism in Judea and Samaria. The Prime Minister also ordered the Israel Police and the ISA to increase preventative activity against additional attacks in Israeli cities." **The same day, visiting Tulkarem R.C., Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed,** : "We are entering the strongholds of terrorism, leveling entire streets and eliminating terrorists. I have instructed to augment the forces in Judea and Samaria and to launch additional operations". **On February 23, NGO Al-Haq Urges the International Community to Intervene,** as Israeli Tanks enter the West Bank following Netanyahu Orders of an “Intensive Operation” **On February 28 ** Eitan APCs were documented moving through the streets of Jenin. Deployed to the West Bank since early February. These vehicles are equipped with the Edge RCWS system, which incorporates AI capabilities and automatic target recognition for their machine gun. IDF Ground Forces and MAGAV Border Guard units are seen operating in Jenin, Qabatiya and Nablus. **Consequences of Iron Wall** Since the Iron Wall operation began, over 210 Palestinians have been arrested, more than 60 Palestinians killed, more than 30 infrastructures destroyed, only 85 weapons seized, and more than 14 aerial strikes conducted.

On Saturday, February 23, 2025, Israeli settlers burned down a house belonging to a family in the Bedouin community east of the village of Jaba’, north of Jerusalem. - They also burned a vehicle owned by one of the community’s residents and fired heavy gunfire at the citizens. - The group of Israeli extremist settlers acted as a militia using the "Price Tag" strategy. These colonists often carry out attacks on Palestinian civilians, their homes, crops, and livestock, and their actions are frequently accompanied by vandalism, arson, and assaults. - No injuries were reported inside the Palestinian farmers but 2 settlers were injured by the resident who try to protect themselves and their properties. **Statement of Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights and Targeted Villages** Hassan Malihat, General Supervisor of the Al-Baidar stated in a press statement that a terrorist group using the “price tag” strategy burned a house and a vehicle belonging to citizen Daoud Muhammad Musa Kaabneh, a resident of the community, and fired heavy bullets at the citizens, and attacked property. **Context :** On February 11, the Israeli government announced its intention to appoint a settlement official under its supervision to organize the terrorist acts carried out by the *Hilltop Youth gang* in the occupied West Bank, *“in order to protect them and not distract the occupation army forces with security developments that would cause them to lose focus.”*. This gang, like all settlers, are supported by Israeli government that promotes settlement and supports targeting Palestinians and expelling them from their lands. The "hilltop youth" are a group of very extremist Jewish youth who live in settlements, outposts, farms and isolated settlement units.

Ayman Nassar Taysir Al-Hemouni, 12, was near the home of a family member in the Al-Kasara area south of Hebron when he was shot in the back by an Israeli soldier inside a heavily armored military vehicle about 200 meters (656 feet) away around 6:30 p.m. on February 21, according to documentation collected by DCIP. Israeli forces were carrying out a military incursion and had regularly targeted the area for weeks. An ambulance immediately transported him to Mohammad Ali Al-Muhtaseb Hospital, located nearby, where doctors assessed the bullet struck Ayman’s right lung and settled in his left lung. Ayman was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later at 7 p.m. ### **The Guardian investigation (Published on March 1, 2025)** This summary execution occured in the frame of the Israeli expansion of Gaza Military Tactics in the West Bank, including displacing tens of thousands, demolishing districts, and loosening rules of engagement ("Gazafication": This term is used to describe the increasing militarization of the West Bank, resembling Israeli military actions in Gaza.) **Ayman al-Hammouni’s Case**: Ayman, a child, was shot in Hebron, with clear video evidence documenting the events leading up to his death. He was with his family when Israeli forces were conducting aggressive patrols in the area. Security footage shows soldiers advancing toward his location before the fatal shot. Ayman was hit by a bullet that entered his back and lodged in his lungs. Soldiers arrived at the scene, saw his body, and then walked away. **Israeli total impunity** : A soldier at a checkpoint reportedly taunted Ayman’s father, Nassar, claiming responsibility for his son’s death. The Israeli military (IDF) did not respond to inquiries about Ayman’s death. Investigations into Palestinian killings by Israeli soldiers rarely result in prosecutions. Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights group, estimates only a 0.4% chance of a soldier being prosecuted for killing a Palestinian. **Impact on Ayman’s Family:** His younger brother, Aysar, struggled to return to school. His father, Nassar, believes Israeli soldiers act with impunity, targeting civilians indiscriminately : Ayman was a premature baby and was in a hospital incubator for more than a month, Nassar recalled. But being a child is not much of a protection on the West Bank. “It is about rage and revenge,” Nassar said. “They don’t care if it’s a child, or a woman, or an old person. No one’s safe any more.” **Geolocation:** Geolocated to 31.519056, 35.115061 in the Al-Kasara area of Hebron, occupied #WestBank

13-year-old Rimas Al-Amouri was killed by Israeli forces after being critically wounded. Her death brings the number of martyrs in Jenin to 27 as the ongoing Israeli aggression continues. According to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. "Rimas Omar Mohammad Ammouri, 13, was standing in the courtyard of her family home in the Jabriyat area of Jenin around 3:50 p.m. on February 21 when an Israeli soldier positioned inside a heavily armored Israeli military vehicle about 50 meters (164 feet) away fired at least five bullets into the courtyard, striking Rimas in the back. Rimas sustained one gunshot wound from a bullet that struck her back and exited from her abdomen. Soldiers continued firing toward family members who approached Rimas to help. Rimas’ mother was able to pull her inside and the Israeli military vehicle drove away. While they waited for an ambulance, which took about 20 minutes to arrive due to movement restrictions placed by the Israeli military, her family applied bandages to her wounds, which were bleeding profusely. Rimas was pronounced dead around ten minutes after her arrival to Jenin Governmental Hospital at about 4:30 p.m. “Both Ayman (Ayman Nassar Taysir Al-Hemouni killed the same day in Hebron) and Rimas were targeted suddenly and without warning in the back with lethal force by Israeli soldiers safely positioned inside armored vehicles,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “Israeli forces have nothing but contempt for Palestinian children’s lives and systemic impunity means they will face no consequences. It is outrageous that world leaders have allowed Israel to kill Palestinian children with such cruelty with no accountability.” Rimas is the third Palestinian child targeted with live ammunition in her own home in the occupied West Bank since the end of January, according to documentation collected by DCIP."

On february 20, in Tulkarm, an Israeli military vehicle struck voluntarily a Palestinian car on Nablus Street near Tulkarm refugee camp. The driver, a Palestinian teacher, Ahmed Riyad Awwad, succumbed to his wounds early Friday morning after being critically injured in this assault. Awwad was a resident of the town of Deir al-Ghusun, north of Tulkarm, His wife was injured injured along with him when the Israeli military vehicle, speeding in the wrong direction, rammed into their car. Both were transported to the hospital, where doctors later pronounced Awwad dead.  The number of Palestinians killed in Tulkarm and its refugee camps during the ongoing Israeli offensive (Iron Wall), now in its 26th day, has risen to 12.

According to Masefering, Less than a week after a major wave of destruction in Masafer Yatta, Israeli forces resumed demolitions, targeting three villages. Homes, a kitchen, and a sheep pen were reduced to rubble. - In Umm al-Kheir, troops demolished houses, including one without a demolition order, using violence against residents and activists. - They continued to Tuwani - In Shaab al-Butum, destroying more homes. Observers describe these demolitions—occurring in the West Bank, Gaza, and 1948 territories—as part of Israel’s broader strategy of displacing Palestinians and enforcing ethnic cleansing.

On February 16, Israeli forces raidded the Old City of Nablus. According to local media, 17 injuries have been reported so far amid the Israeli troops' raid on Nablus, West Bank. Israeli forces stormed the area, raiding homes and positioning snipers on rooftops. **A) Attack on School students** CCTV footage circulated on social media, showing Palestinian students attempting to escape Israeli gunfire in Nablus. The Israeli snipers opened fire on a Palestinian high school. The video captures students fleeing with their bags—one crawling on the ground and another visibly wounded, leaving a trail of blood as friends try to pull him to safety. **B) Youth shot in the legs** Amid escalating violence, a Palestinian youth was shot in the leg by Israeli occupation forces during clashes. **C) Attack and threat on press** Journalists who covered the events were attacked by vehicles and tear gas. Some of them suffocated. c) Several other attacks The director of the Red Crescent's Emergency and Ambulance Center in Nablus, Amid Ahmed, told WAFA correspondent that 12 people, including an elderly man and children, were injured by the occupation forces' bullets. Most of them in the lower limbs, two injuries in the hand, in addition to an injury in the pelvic area, and a child suffered shrapnel in the hand and face, while a young man was transferred after **being run over by an occupation military vehicle**, in addition to dozens of injuries from suffocation from toxic gas. He pointed out that the occupation forces prevented ambulance crews from entering Zafer Al-Masry School in the vicinity of the old town. - The Israeli forces detained a young man whose identity has not yet been known. - Israeli special forces surrounded a house in Habas al-Dam neighborhood, amidst explosions and heavy gunfire.

Around 9:30 am, two separate Israeli strikes targeted police officers deployed in eastern Rafah to secure the entry of aid, killing three of them. Specifically, the officers were targeted with a drone strike while on a mission to apprehend Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a gang collaborating with the IDF for months to loot humanitarian aid. In a separate Israeli strike, a civilian was killed in Rafah. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Ibrahim Saadi Al-Zamili 2. Yousef Khaled Al-Zamili 3. Bilal Ali Al-Maghari

Mohammad Zaher Taysir Ibrahim, a 15-year-old Palestinian-American boy from Florida, has been illegally imprisoned by the Israeli occupation after being abducted at his family home in Al‑Mazra’a ash‑Sharqiya, near Ramallah, near Silwad on February 15, 2025. He is detained in Israel's Megiddo prison since February, accused without evidence of throwing a rock on an empty street, a charge routinely used to criminalize Palestinian youth. He’s endured inhumane conditions, lost over 25 pounds, and contracted scabies. His health has severely decline and his family fears for his life, as other prisoners have died from torture, disease, and starvation. Despite their pleas, major U.S. media outlets have ignored the case. Mohammed Zaher Ibrahim was arrested on February 15, 2025, during a predawn raid on his family home in al‑Mazra’a ash‑Sharqiya (also referred to as Silwad) in the occupied West Bank. He was just 15 years old at the time. According to his family, masked Israeli soldiers broke down the door, blindfolded and handcuffed him, and then transported him to Megiddo Prison in Israel, where he remains in pre‑trial detention on rock‑throwing charges—accusations his family strongly denies Denied regular family contact and facing a broken military court system designed to silence Palestinians, Mohammad’s case reflects the brutal reality countless Palestinian children endure under the occupation’s apartheid. Tragically, Mohammed’s cousin, 20-year-old Sayfollah “Saif” Musallet, was killed in a violent settler attack on July 11 in the West Bank. He and others were hunted by a large group of armed Israeli settlers who beat and tortured young Palestinians. Saif was struck, beaten, and left to die, while Israeli forces blocked medical aid. Another victim, Muhammad “Rizik” al-Shalabi, was also killed after being shot and beaten. **According to Defence For Children-Palestine on Oct 21, 2025** He was initially held in Megiddo Prison (in northern Israel) for several months, then transferred to Ofer Prison (in the occupied West Bank). His detention is tied to a charge of throwing stones — a charge he denies. He reports extremely poor conditions in detention: overcrowded rooms with light mattresses and inadequate bedding, no heating or cooling, very meagre meals (e.g., three small pieces of bread and spoonfuls of labneh for breakfast, tiny portions for lunch, often no dinner or fruit) and limited hygiene access. He has reportedly lost a significant amount of weight during his detention and suffered from a scabies infestation, attributed to overcrowding, lack of hygiene, and medical neglect. The case has drawn diplomatic and human rights attention: He is the only U.S. citizen among the hundreds of Palestinian children held in Israeli military detention, and his family is pressing the U.S. government for intervention.Human rights organizations cite his case as illustrative of broader concerns: the prosecution of Palestinian children in military courts, detention without adequate legal representation, and deteriorating prison conditions since the escalation of conflict in October 2023. Pressure and campaign to his release: U.S. State Department appoints official (Guardian – 27 Sept 2025): The U.S. State Department appointed a dedicated official to oversee Mohammed’s case, marking an escalation in U.S. diplomatic involvement. More than 100 civil-rights, faith-based and advocacy groups in the U.S. have urged his release, citing his deteriorating health and lack of legal representation. Pressure mounts for U.S. government to act (The Washington Post – 23 Oct 2025): After eight months in detention without trial, Mohammed remains incarcerated despite a large prisoner exchange following a cease-fire. Twenty-seven U.S. lawmakers wrote to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. Ambassador to Israel to demand his release and note his mounting health issues. The Israeli military charges him with rock-throwing, which could carry a sentence of up to 20 years, even though evidence has not been publicly presented. His family says his condition has worsened (significant weight loss, limited contact), they fear for his life, and they no longer feel safe where they are living