West Bank: Israeli forces detain Palestinian teachers and issue widespread demolition notices, while settlers attempt school raid

Israeli troops have detained several Palestinians, including teachers, and issued demoilition notices across the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports. According to the report, Israeli troops detained two Palestinian residents and two foreign solidarity activists following an attack by settlers on the home of Musab Rab’i in the village of al-Tuwani, in Masafer Yatta. Meanwhile, in Susiya, soldiers intercepted a group of Palestinian teachers who were trying to reach the the local primary school. They detained one of the teachers, Ismail al-Nawaj’ah, and seized the vehicle in which the group was travelling, forcing the remaining teachers to reach the school on foot. In Nablus, the Jalud Co-educational Elementary School evacuated its students following an attempt by settlers to raid the building. Meanwhile, in Jenin City, Israeli soldiers raided four neighbourhoods, detaining dozens of Palestinians and subjecting them to hours-long field interrogations. The authorities also issued over 20 demolition notices across the Jenin governorate, including greenhouses, agricultural sheds, a park, and a car dealership. In the Negev, the Israeli authorities razed three homes in the village of Umm Numaila, and other buildings in the village of Abu Quraynat, amid an escalation in Israeli demolitions targeting Palestinian villages in the area. Israeli military raids were also reported in Qalqiya, while in Ramallah, two Palestinians were wounded after being beaten by settlers in the town of Turmus Ayya and the village of Deir Abu Mash'al. The settlers tried to set two houses ablaze after first settling light to a vehicle parked in front of them.