Friday, May 23, 2025 – The West Bank

Adi Ronen Argov
May 23
2 min read

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (123rd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (117th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (105th consecutive day), Bruqin, Nablus, Hebron, Shuweika. During the day they raided Araqah, Al Khader, Beita, Kafr Qaddum, Jaba', Dura, Jayus, Ya'bad, Bethlehem, Dheisheh refugee camp, Deir Sammit, Beit Fajjar. At least 12 Palestinians were arrested.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Nablus – night raid with teargas, a shop raided.

2. Hebron – raid. 2 persons wounded by live fire. Raid of mourning tent of a prisoner expelled to Gaza and killed there in a bombing.

3. Beita, south of Nablus – weekly protest procession against land-grab suppressed. Teargas fired and violent countering.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Bruqin, west of Salfit – after an arson night (5 houses set on fire) and 9 persons wounded, during the day colonists attack the outskirts of the town. Inhabitants confront them, the army suppresses the inhabitants.

2. Awarta Checkpoint, south-east of Nablus – colonists block the road.

3. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – fields set on fire.

4. Beita, south of Nablus – farming structure vandalized.

5. Ar-Rakeez, Masafer Yatta – 30 sheep stolen.

6. Al Buweib, Masafer Yatta – 6 tents and shacks destroyed.

7. Beit Ur al-Tahta, west of Ramallah – bulldozer works on inhabitants’ land.

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 Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO, yNet.