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Israeli Raid Kills West Bank Father, Arrests Father

4/30/2026

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Israeli Forces Raid

Soldiers broke into the Hammad home, ransacked rooms and assaulted women before the fatal shooting.
Israeli forces killed Abdul-Halim Rawhi Hammad and arrested his father during the Silwad raid in the occupied West Bank.
The victim was a 37-year-old father of a one-and-a-half-year-old young daughter.
Officials said the raid was part of aggressive West Bank operations, including Qabatiya, Masafer Yatta.

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Israeli Forces Defuse

A bomb affixed to a Palestine Liberation Organization flag was safely dismantled near the Jewish village of Shiloh in Samaria.
Two Israeli soldiers from the Kfir Brigade’s Duchifat Battalion were stabbed, wounded in Silwad, killing one attacker and arresting another.
A local resident reported the suspicious object, prompting security forces to defuse the bomb.
Rescuers Without Borders recorded 5,051 attacks on Israeli Jews in the West Bank during 2025.

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Police Arrest Suspect

Police arrested an Israeli civilian suspected of carrying out the Jalud settler attack that injured a 14-year-old Palestinian boy.
Israeli forces conducted a large-scale raid in east Jerusalem, confiscating pistols, submachine guns, rifles, pipe bombs and other weapon components.
Two IDF soldiers were wounded in Silwad overnight and transported to a hospital.
Authorities detained two suspects tied to a prior settler assault on Khirbet Humsa, injuring dozens.

History

Historical Context

In March 2002 Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield, the largest West Bank offensive since the 1967 war, sending the IDF into major cities and imposing curfews. The campaign cut suicide bombings by 46 percent and deepened Israeli-Palestinian mistrust, prompting the 2003 Roadmap. Today’s Silwad raids by the Kfir Brigade echo the 2002 pattern of house demolitions, bomb defusings and civilian arrests.

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Israeli Forces Raid

Soldiers broke into the Hammad home, ransacked rooms and assaulted women before the fatal shooting.
Israeli forces killed Abdul-Halim Rawhi Hammad and arrested his father during the Silwad raid in the occupied West Bank.
The victim was a 37-year-old father of a one-and-a-half-year-old young daughter.
Officials said the raid was part of aggressive West Bank operations, including Qabatiya, Masafer Yatta.

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