At 1:00 a.m. on 13 February, the Israeli military placed the village of Beit Ummar under curfew, arresting approximately forty men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five and stationing soldiers, along with jeeps and two bulldozers, throughout the village.

Soldiers entered homes and closed off four different areas inside the village, restricting the movement of village residents. The military denied an ambulance entry into village.