Conflict & Security
Israeli raids wound two children in Qalandiya as Hebron offensive enters seventh day
October 30, 2026 at 02:26 AM
3 reports · 2 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 2 hours
Israeli forces raided the Qalandiya refugee camp on Thursday, wounding two Palestinian children, as a military offensive in the Hebron governorate entered its seventh day.
- The Palestine Red Crescent said its teams treated a 15-year-old shot in both legs and a 12-year-old wounded by bullet fragments.
- Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin said 537 families, comprising 3,361 people, have been forced from their homes in the offensive.
- Dudin said the offensive disrupted education for about 262,000 students across 589 schools, which moved to remote learning.
- The Palestinian Prisoner's Society said Israeli forces detained 110 Palestinians in the governorate from Friday to Wednesday.
- Israeli forces demolished two memorial monuments to martyrs and closed the Bab al-Zawiya commercial area, installing mobile structures over shops.
- Troops raided the town of Dura and arrested 21 Palestinians across the West Bank on Thursday.
- The number of displaced or besieged people in the Hebron governorate has risen to about 5,000.



