Friday, May 16, 2025 – The West Bank
- Adi Ronen Argov
- May 16
- 3 min read
Killed
1. Mohammad Nidal Abu Labada, 17-years-old from Beit Hanina.
Raids and arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (116th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (110th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (98th consecutive day), Jericho, Nabi Salih, Sinjil, Bruqin, Kufr al-Dik, Nablus, Qalqilya, Al-Yamun. During the day they raided Beita, Kafr Qaddum, Deir Abu Da'if, Deir Ghazaleh, Dura, Burin, Deir Ballut, Tuqu'a, Beit Hanina, Sa'ir, Bethlehem, Al Khader. No official data about number of detainees.
Army attacks against Palestinians
1. Bruqin, west of Salfit – second day since the terrorist attack Wednesday night, reinforced presence in the town. 5 families are evicted and their homes are turned into army posts.

House raids, checkpoints, several inhabitants beaten up and needing medical attention. Close to the town – destruction of farmland by bulldozers.
2. Kufr al-Dik, west of Salfit – second day since the terrorist attack Wednesday night and reinforced presence in the village. Raids of houses and schools, interrogations, body searches of women. Palestine flags removed.
3. Hebron – people headed for dawn prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque (Cave of the Patriarchs) are prevented access. They face fired teargas and thrown stun grenades.

4. Deir Abu Da'if, east of Jenin – raid with teargas. Confrontations including activated explosive charges.
5. Nabi Salih, north-west of Ramallah – night raid. Teargas fired at houses, suffocations in one of the families that had to evacuate their home in the middle of the night.
6. Jenin – 116th consecutive day. Families are evicted from Jabriat neighborhood near the refugee camp.

7. Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm – 98th consecutive day. Another house set on fire. So far 20 houses were demolished this week.
8. Deir Ballut, west of Jenin – raid and shops closed.
Palestinian attacks the army
1. Hamra Checkpoint, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – shots fired at the checkpoint.
3. Jerusalem Old City – stabbing and wounding of an Israeli soldier near Bab Al Silsiliya. The stabber was shot and killed.
Palestinian attacks against colonists
1. Deir Istiya, north-west of Salfit – stones thrown at a bus.
Colonist attacks against Palestinians
1. Deir Istiya, north-west of Salfit – incendiary bomb thrown at a house containing 13 persons in the middle of the night.
2. Al Mas’udiya, north-west of Nablus – vehicle of the well guard set on fire.


4. Susya, Masafer Yatta – solidarity activists attacked, 3 of them wounded.
5. Beit Furik Checkpoint, east of Nablus – road blocked, vehicles attacked.
6. Farsiyeh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – shepherd attacked.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO, yNet.
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