“Operation Five Stones” is a military / counter-terrorism operation launched by Israel Defense Forces (IDF), along with other security services (border police, Shin Bet, etc.), in the northern West Bankand targets a cluster of villages sometimes described as the “five-village” or “pentagon of villages” area — including places like Tamun, Tubas and surrounding localities (Teisen, Aqaba, Al-Fara’a). The IDF official stated aim is to “suppress terrorism,” to dismantle terrorist infrastructure, arrest suspects, confiscate weapons/terror-funds, and prevent the consolidation of militant networks.

On November 26:

The operation began around 26 November 2025.The raid is being led by the Menashe, Samaria, and Commando brigades and is focused on the so-called 'five villages' area, including Tammun and Tubas. The governor of Tubas announced that the army imposed a curfew starting at 4 a.m. Wednesday. Curfews were also declared in additional locations.

At dawn, Israeli forces have been storming the city for hours amid a heavy military presence and reinforcements coming from Jenin and surrounding checkpoints.

It began with a show of force against the civilian Palestinian population.

Soldiers stormed numerous buildings in the governorate and imposed a complete curfew.

The operation is accompanied by intensive flights of Apache or Attak helicopters and surveillance drones, as well as gunfire from the air. In addition, main roads have been blocked with earth mounds, leading to the isolation of the governorate from its surroundings and cutting it off entirely.

Israeli forces closed a vital street surrounding the Turkish Hospital in Tubas in the morning, obstructing movement of citizens and vehicles throughout the area. This is part of a new siege. Israeli forces have launched a “supplementary” military operation in the northern West Bank, imposing a curfew on Tubas governorate and villages including Tamun and Al-Fara’a starting at 4 AM today. Hebrew media reports the operation will last several days. Tubas Governor Ahmad Asaad confirm: “We were informed of a curfew starting at 4:00 a.m. until further notice due to the Israeli army raids.” The residents were ordered indoors from 4 a.m., with the operation to last several days. All government and educational institutions in Tubas were closed. He confirmed Israel has effectively isolated the entire Tubas Governorate from the rest of the West Bank.

During the day, additional Israeli military reinforcements have been heading toward the city of Tubas

The Israeli army forced a number of Palestinian families out of their homes and turned the houses into military bases. In the Al-Masalmeh neighborhood of Tubas, they destroyed their contents.

In the late hours of the night, Israeli helicopters flew over Tubas and opened fire.

The Israeli army closed several roads. Israeli forces shut down a main road leading to the Turkish Hospital in Tubas City;In the middle of the morning, Israeli military vehicles are blocking movement of ambulance vehicles to and from the town of Tammoun

Heavy Deployment & Infrastructure Damage:

Massive deployment around al-Far’a refugee camp south of Tubas. Streets in Tammun were heavily damaged by israeli military vehicles. Bulldozers carried out land-clearing operations in Tammun.

Raids & Home Invasions:

Soldiers stormed homes in ‘Aqaba (Tubas) during the continued assault. Arrests reported in Tammun and Tubas. Israel closed a street around the Turkish Hospital in Tubas.

**Director of the Prisoners’ Club in Tubas statement: **

About 60 cases of arrest and detention have been recorded following the Israeli occupation’s assault on Tubas.

In Tammoun:

During the day, Israeli forces have detained the mayor of the town of Tamoun in the West Bank's Tubas Governorate, Samir Bisharat, while he was carrying out his humanitarian duties.

The town is completely surrounded from all sides with no movement in the streets.

Casualties:

A Palestinian man, 50 y/o, was injured on Wednesday after brutally assaulted by Israeli forces in the city of Tubas. Red Crescent teams in Tubas treated him after he had been severely beaten by Israeli soldiers. He was later transferred to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said its teams in Tubas treated 10 people who were severely beaten—four of whom were transferred to hospital—and transported 30 medical cases, including 20 kidney-dialysis patients and one deceased person, despite Israeli obstruction of ambulance movement in both Tubas city and Tamoun since dawn.

On November 27:

Medical teams from the Palestinian Red Crescent revealed they had treated 25 people for injuries who had been detained, interrogated, and assaulted by Israeli soldiers, before being released afterwards.

Israeli forces invading the Palestinian town of Tammun, south of Tubas in the northern West Bank, abducted Palestinians from the town and forced them to lie on the ground, abusing them while they were handcuffed and blindfolded.

Reports that Israel detained Palestinian journalists Yazan Hamayel, Khalid Bdeir and Shadi Jarar’a as they were reporting on the military invasion of Tubas in the West Bank.

On November 29:

The Israeli forces continued on Saturday their large‑scale aggression against Tubas province, raiding homes and kidnaping and assaulting dozens of local residents.

Tubas City went through a harsh night as Israeli forces stormed dozens of homes, assaulted residents and kidnaped dozens of young men. Some of the detainees were reportedly released later after being interrogated and assaulted by Israeli officers, using multiple homes as military barracks and interrogation centers.

Local officials report that Israeli forces detained nearly 200 Palestinians over the past four days; most were questioned and released, but at least eight were transferred to military prisons. Additional raids in Qalqilya, Jenin, and Nablus resulted in at least nine more detentions, including two children and a woman.

They also wreaked havoc on roads and infrastructure. The mayor of Tammun (Tubas governorate) said the recent raids were the most destructive in years, resulting in: 1.5 km of roads torn up; Water networks destroyed; private property vandalized.

Casualties:

Israeli forces have wounded more than 200 Palestinians in raids on Tubas since Wednesday. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) told Al Jazeera that 78 of the people wounded in Israeli attacks on Tubas since Wednesday required treatment in hospital