Palestinian media networks report extensive overnight raids by Israeli occupation forces across the West Bank on March 9, 2026, resulting in multiple arrests and home searches.
On March 9, 2026, Palestinian media networks reported sweeping overnight raids by Israeli occupation forces across multiple governorates in the West Bank, including Nablus, Hebron, Qalqilya, Tulkarm, and Jerusalem. The channels, which reflect a pro-Palestinian editorial stance and are highly critical of Israel, uniformly described aggressive storming operations characterized by home raids, the erection of military checkpoints, and the firing of flare bombs.
In the Nablus governorate, Quds News Network (QudsN) reported that occupation forces stormed the city from the Deir Sharaf checkpoint, targeting the western areas, as well as the towns of Beit Iba and Zawata according to Palestine Post. In the town of Qabalan, forces arrested freed prisoner Jihad Saleh Nashata following a raid on his home. Raids were also heavily documented in Aqraba, Beit Furik, and the Balata refugee camp by the Hamas-affiliated Shehab Agency. In Tulkarm, campaigns of home raids were carried out during the storming of Beit Lid and Anabta.
The Hebron governorate also saw significant military activity. Al Jazeera Palestine and QudsN shared footage of forces storming the town of Idhna, where troops arrested a young man, Ihab Bashir Silmiya, alongside three other youths. Further south in Dura, the Hebron News Network reported that troops raided the home of Nader Abu Ihliel in the Al-Namous neighborhood, noting that his home is threatened with demolition. Forces also stormed the town of Beit Kahil.
Heavy operational activity was reported in Qalqilya, where forces fired flare bombs into the city's skies and conducted extensive home raids in the town of Habla, leading to the arrest of three youths. Elsewhere, QudsN reported an incursion into the Jalazone refugee camp north of Ramallah. In occupied Jerusalem, Al-Qastal News documented occupation forces erecting a checkpoint during their storming of Al-Ram.
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