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Monday, March 24, 2025 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Mar 24
  • 3 min read

Killed

1. Walid Khaled Al Basha, 17-years-old from Silwad – died in Israeli Megiddo Prison. No previous illnesses, an athlete.

2. Moshe Moussa Horn, 85-years-old from Israeli kibbutz HaZorea.

3. Karem Jabareen, 2 6-years old from Zalafa.


Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (63rd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (57th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (43rd consecutive day), Yatta, Salfit, Aqraba, Nablus, al Hadab, Deir al-Ghusun, Hebron, Atil, Shuweika, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Beit Ummar, Silat al-Harithiya, Al-Yamun, Qalqilya, Sarra. During they raided Deir Sammit, Shuafat refugee camp, al-Walaja, Kufr al-Dik, Jalazone refugee camp, Balata refugee camp, Dura, Kharas, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Beit Fajjar, Silwad, Ein Qiniya. At least 33 Palestinians were arrested, 2 minors among them.

Shuafat refugee camp
Shuafat refugee camp

‣ A prisoner in Megiddo Prison, 17-years-old, died. Circumstances of his death are unknown and Palestinians claim neglect or abuse, considering numerous testimonies of abuse of prisoners in this specific prison.


Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Nablus – night raid of Rafidiya neighborhood in the western part of town. Confrontations.

2. Shuweika, north of Tulkarm – night raid with bulldozer.

3. Beit Ummar north of Hebron - night raid of house, family attacked including children, property vandalized.

4. Deir Sammit, west of Hebron – homemade explosive charge and arms discovered.

5. Ein Qiniya, west of Ramallah – school raided, schoolchildren threatened.

6. Jenin refugee camp – 63rd consecutive day. House set on fire. 3,200 houses evacuated, their inhabitants expelled, 300 houses threatened by demolition.

7. Silat al-Harithiya, north-west of Jenin – raid and confrontations.

8. Dura, south-west of Hebron – raid and confrontations. One person wounded by live fire when arrested.

9. Kharas, west of Hebron – raid. A woman wounded by live fire.

10. Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron – raid with teargas.

11. Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem – confrontations. One person wounded by live fire.


Demolitions

1. Hebron, southern part – house and well demolished.


Palestinian attacks against colonists and inside Israel-proper

1. Azzun, east of Qalqilya – stones thrown.

2. Yokne'am, HaTishbi Junction (Israel) – a car driven by a Palestinian from Zalafa, Wadi Aara (Israel) runs over a soldier at a hitch hiker stop, stabs him, grabs his weapon and fires at passing cars until he is shot to death by soldiers. An 85-year-old man was killed, a soldier badly wounded.


Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Farsiyeh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – colonist take over land and begin to tend it. Note that so far they prevented Palestinian farmers and shepherds from accessing these lands to tend them.

2. Rashayida, east of Bethlehem – colonists surround a flock of camels and steal 9 of them.

3. Al Maniya, south of Bethlehem – shepherds are attacked.

4. Susya, Masafer Yatta – a group of colonists headed by a colonist known for his involvement in previous violent actions, attacks houses with stone-throwing, smashing windows, vandalizing cars, as they are armed with knives. They attack inhabitants and solidarity activists who testified that soldiers stood aside, not interfering.

One of the inhabitants, Hamdan Ballal (one of the creators of the Oscar-winning documentary film No Other Land) comes out to document this attack. He is attacked as well and wounded as are 3 others.

The colonist standby squad arrest him and two others and passed over to the soldiers, shackled and blindfolded, and attacked by the soldiers. From there they are passed on to the Kiryat Arba colony police station, spend all night in the yard shackled and blindfolded, without any legal consultation. They were released the next day. The army claims they threw stones.


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