Gaza: Israeli occupation forces continued for the second consecutive day their large-scale incursion into the village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, which included attacks on residents, their properties, and agricultural lands.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, the head of the Al-Mughayer Village Council, Amin Abu Aliya, reported that the incursion has persisted since Thursday morning. It has involved house raids, physical assaults on citizens, provocations, property vandalism, theft of money and gold jewelry, and the destruction of residents' vehicles. More than seven young men, including the brothers of a recently slain Palestinian, Hamdan Abu Aliya, were detained since dawn today. The detainees were subjected to severe beatings in front of their mother, causing significant psychological distress to the family.
Abu Aliya highlighted that hundreds of residents were compelled to spend the night in neighboring villages due to the attacks on citizens and their properties in al-Mughayyir. Since dawn, Israeli bulldozers have been constructing a colonial road to redraw new boundaries for the village, resulting in the destruction and leveling of thousands of dunums. The bulldozers began their work on the eastern plain of the village, adjacent to the "Alon" settler road, mostly planted with olive trees.
The report further states that Israeli forces closed the two entrances to the village yesterday, preventing residents from entering or leaving, including ambulances. Soldiers also forced shop owners to close their stores and restricted the movement of villagers. Several days ago, colonists issued threats of death and destruction to residents by contacting them directly on their mobile phones.
The situation has historical precedence, as evidenced last year when extremist Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir set up a tent at the eastern entrance to al-Mughayyir, inciting against the village, demanding the displacement of its residents, and the demolition and bulldozing of all houses and lands.
