An Israeli soldier prevents Palestinian journalists from reporting during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Tubas, on Nov. 27, 2025. At least 25 Palestinians were injured and 119 others detained in the northern West Bank city of Tubas as an Israeli military operation entered its second day, Palestinian officials said on Thursday. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
RAMALLAH, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 25 Palestinians were injured and 119 others detained in the northern West Bank city of Tubas as an Israeli military operation entered its second day, Palestinian officials said on Thursday.
Nidal Odeh, head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in the area, said medics treated 25 people wounded since the operation began at dawn on Wednesday. He said some of the injured were young men who had been detained, interrogated and beaten by Israeli forces before being released. Their injuries were moderate, he added.
Kamal Bani Odeh, director of the Prisoners' Club in Tubas, said Israeli forces had detained 119 Palestinians, including a former female prisoner and her mother. About 50 of them were later released after field interrogations, he said.
Israel launched the large-scale operation in the northern West Bank on Wednesday, imposing a curfew, setting up roadblocks and deploying additional troops, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources.
The Israeli military said on Thursday that the Israel Defense Forces, the domestic intelligence agency ISA, and Border Police had begun a "counterterrorism operation" in several areas of the northern West Bank. It said militants in the area had carried out multiple attacks on Israeli civilians and security forces over the past year.
The military said that on the first day of the operation, security forces searched more than 220 sites, questioned dozens of suspects, and detained several wanted individuals. Troops also found weapons, dismantled hiding places, and seized tens of thousands of Israeli shekels allegedly intended for militant activity, it added.
Palestinian factions issued statements condemning the operation and urging the international community to intervene. They accused Israel of committing "aggression and war crimes" and violating international law.
The West Bank has witnessed a sharp escalation of violence since Oct. 7, 2023, resulting in the deaths of around 1,000 Palestinians, hundreds of injuries, and the demolition of dozens of homes, according to Palestinian statistics.
Israel captured the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1967 Middle East War. The settlements it has built there, and its military occupation, are considered illegal under international law. ■
Israeli soldiers prevent Palestinian journalists from reporting during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Tubas, on Nov. 27, 2025. At least 25 Palestinians were injured and 119 others detained in the northern West Bank city of Tubas as an Israeli military operation entered its second day, Palestinian officials said on Thursday. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
An Israeli soldier prevents Palestinian journalists from reporting during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Tubas, on Nov. 27, 2025. At least 25 Palestinians were injured and 119 others detained in the northern West Bank city of Tubas as an Israeli military operation entered its second day, Palestinian officials said on Thursday. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
Israeli soldiers prevent Palestinian journalists from reporting during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Tubas, on Nov. 27, 2025. At least 25 Palestinians were injured and 119 others detained in the northern West Bank city of Tubas as an Israeli military operation entered its second day, Palestinian officials said on Thursday. (Photo by Nidal Eshtayeh/Xinhua)
