Monday, April 21, 2025 – The West Bank

Killed

1. Wael Bassem Ghafari, 48-years-old from Sinjil.

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (91st consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (85th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (72nd consecutive day), Qalqilya, Qalandia refugee camp, Hebron, Nablus, Balata refugee camp, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Sa'ir, Beitunia, Hableh, Kafr Rumman. During the day they raided Beit Ummar, Ni'lin, Rafat, Aida refugee camp, Iskaka, Beit Fajjar, Anata, Beit Kahil, Al Doha, Tuqu'a, Yasuf, Azzun, Jabel Mukaber, Rujeib, Burqin, Beit Furik, Nahalin, Al Khader, Idna, Burqa, Shuweika, Issawiya, Usarin, Nabi Ilyas. At least 18 Palestinians were arrested, 2 of them minors.

Beit Ummar

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - confrontations. A 16-year-old was wounded by live fire.

2. Beit Furik, east of Nablus – confrontations. Soldiers beat up a 15-year-old and he is hospitalized.

3. Al Khader, south-west of Bethlehem – confrontations.

4. Awarta Checkpoint, south-east of Nablus – shots fired at a Palestinian vehicle.

5. Idna, west of Hebron – confrontations. 2 persons wounded by lkive fire, a minor among them.

Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Khomesh, north-west of Nablus – an improvised grenade thrown at the entrance checkpoint.

Demolitions

1. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – a 7-storey building with 12 apartments is demolished.

2. Ni'lin, west of Ramallah – 2 residential buildings demolished.

3. Rafat, north-west of Jerusalem – destruction of a farming structure.

4. Anata, north-east of Jerusalem – 14 demolition orders issued residences, commercial and farming structures and an industrial plant.

5. Yasuf, east of Salfit – a road destroyed.

6. Nabi Ilyas, east of Qalqilya – destruction of a farming structure.

Colonist attack against Palestinians

1. Al-Auja, north of Jericho – colonists set crops on fire.

2. Al Mu'arrajat, north-west of Jericho – colonists raid the community.

3. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah – in the morning, colonists erect a tent on the town’s land and confront the inhabitants. Later they set fire to a farming structure and a vehicle.

The soldier who secure them fire teargas at the inhabitants and prevent the burnt structure owner from getting to it. The owner then dies of inhaling teargas.

4. Bardala, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – colonists vandalize farming irrigation system.

5. Deir Ballut, west of Salfit – colonist block the road and attack vehicles.

6. Farsiyeh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – colonists attack the encampment under armed threat and use pepper spray.

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Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, 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.