Israeli regime forces stormed multiple areas, including al-Zahra near the town of Beita south of Nablus, the village of al-Majd west of Dura, al-Issawiya near occupied Al-Quds, Qabatiya near Jenin, and Surif north of al-Khalil, using live ammunition during the assaults.
Local sources in Qalqilya said two young Palestinian women were shot and wounded by Israeli regime soldiers, while a child was injured by gunfire in the town of Ya’bad.
Meanwhile, Israeli settlers, backed by regime forces, attacked Palestinian youths in the Sahl Beit Furik area east of Nablus, beating them during a coordinated assault that underscored the close cooperation between settlers and the military.
Separately, Israeli regime troops raided the village of Beitin northeast of Ramallah overnight and arrested a young Palestinian man, Yahya Imad Dawoud, at his workplace in Beita, south of Nablus.
In another incident, local reports said a 14-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the town of Azzun, adding to a growing toll of civilian casualties.
Taken together, the raids, shootings and arrests reflect a broader pattern of daily violence imposed by the Israeli regime across the West Bank.
Israeli settlement expansion has accelerated sharply, particularly in occupied East Al-Quds and the northern West Bank, reinforcing a systematic effort to entrench occupation through force.
Israeli media reports indicate that more than 60 settlement-related projects were advanced, reviewed or approved last year alone as part of an ongoing Judaization policy targeting occupied Al-Quds.
Meanwhile, settlement expansion across the West Bank has intensified over the past two years, largely away from international scrutiny, as attention focused on the war in Gaza.
According to a report by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, the Israeli army has quietly doubled the areas under settler control in the West Bank, with dozens of new settlements and agricultural outposts established within the past three years.
The report said most of the expansion has taken place with the direct involvement of official Israeli institutions, with the army deploying dedicated units to protect both new and existing settlements, effectively erasing any remaining boundaries with the Palestinian Authority.
Israeli forces are paving new roads in northwest Samaria to bypass Palestinian villages and establishing new military posts, moves widely seen as laying the groundwork for permanent settlement growth.
The report described the process as a “silent revolution” in settlement building, driven by far-right figures within the Israeli government, as the army enhances surveillance, communications and intelligence-gathering capabilities to secure the expanding settler presence.
Together, the surge in military violence and the rapid spread of settlements highlight what Palestinians and rights groups view as an integrated strategy by the Israeli regime to consolidate control over occupied land while deepening the humanitarian and political crisis in the West Bank.