zionist occupation army uprooted centuries-old olive trees, vandalized homes, and began paving a settlement road during its siege of Al-Mughayyir.

zion%st army withdrew on Sunday morning from the town of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, following a three-day siege that left behind widespread devastation and the arrest of dozens of residents, including the head of the village council, Amin Abu Aliya.

According to the Anadolu news agency, residents poured into the streets after the withdrawal to assess the destruction. They discovered that hundreds of olive trees, some centuries old, had been uprooted from the village’s plains. On the eastern side, residents rushed to replant the trees razed by Israeli bulldozers.

Although the troops pulled out from inside Al-Mughayyir, Israeli military vehicles remain positioned around the town, where they are paving a new settlement road through its territory.

During the raid, Israeli forces bulldozed agricultural lands, raided dozens of homes, and vandalized their contents — actions described by residents as acts of “revenge.”Arrest of Village Council Head
The siege culminated in the arrest of council head Amin Abu Aliya on Saturday evening. His son was first detained, and the army informed him that he must surrender to end the standoff.

Before his arrest, Abu Aliya appeared in a video message stressing that the siege was conditional upon his detention. “I sacrifice my freedom for my family, and I have provided every service I could to the country without discrimination,” he said.

The Palestinian Anti-Wall and Settlement Commission reported that Israeli occupation authorities had issued a military order to uproot trees on 297 dunams of Al-Mughayyir’s land, citing “security reasons” tied to settlement expansion.

Mass Arrest Campaign in the West Bank
At dawn on Sunday, the Israeli army launched a wider campaign of raids across the occupied West Bank, arresting nine Palestinians and severely beating another.

The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said the raids were concentrated in Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm, and Hebron. Four Palestinians were detained in Nablus from the Ma’ajin and Jabal al-Shamali neighborhoods and the Balata refugee camp.

In Tulkarm, university student Muqdad Shadid was detained after his home was vandalized in Allar, while another young man was taken from Qabatiya in Jenin.In Hebron (Al-Khalil), Israeli forces raided Tabqa village, detaining Muhammad Kayed Abu Atwan and Yamen Amjad Haribat, while detaining Haitham Shalaldeh from Sa’ir. Local sources also reported that a young man from Idhna was dragged from his vehicle and beaten so severely that he required hospitalization.

Since October 7, 2023, more than 1,015 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 7,000 wounded in the West Bank by Israeli forces and settlers. Over 18,500 have been detained, according to Palestinian figures.

Meanwhile, Israel’s war on Gaza continues, with the Ministry of Health reporting 62,622 Palestinians killed and 157,673 wounded — most of them women and children. More than 9,000 people remain missing, hundreds of thousands displaced, and famine has already claimed 281 lives, including 114 children.

Palestine Chronicle report