Monday, October 20, 2025 – The West Bank
- Adi Ronen Argov
- Oct 19
- 3 min read
Raids and arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (283rd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (277th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (263rd consecutive day), Immatain, Nablus, Kafr Qallil, Tubas, Al-Mughayyir, Ramallah, An-Naqura, Beit Rima, Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, Qabatiya, Beit Wazan, Dura. During the day they raided Sheikh Jarrah, Silwan, Awarta, Tayibe, Rummanah, Anin, Beit Jala, Beita, Shuweika, Al-Ram, Qaffin, Burqin, Al Shuyukh, Aqraba. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Beit Iba, Beit Duqqu, Khirbet Ibziq, Atara, Deir 'Ammar. At least 19 Palestinians were arrested, including a woman and a minor. In addition, 15 were detained for on-the-ground interrogation at Al-Mughayyir.
Army attacks against Palestinians
1. Tulkarm refugee camp – inhabitants report widespread destruction in houses the army held as military posts for 7 months near the camp.
2. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem – one person wounded by live fire near the Separation Wall. Later, entrance to the town blocked.
3. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – raid with teargas fired at houses. 15 inhabitants detained for on-the-ground interrogations.
5. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus – raid with teargas.
Soldiers confiscate, or steal, electric scooter in East Nablus
Demolitions
1. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – bulldozer works and uprooting of 45 dunams of confiscated land.
Palestinian attacks against colonists
Colonist attacks against Palestinians
1. Kafr Ra'i, south of Jenin – army and colonists attack olive harvesters, soldiers shoot live fire.
2. Khirbet Ibziq, north of Tubas – colonists backed up by soldiers raid a school, demand the staff to leave immediately. Steal water tanks.
3. Ramin, east of Tulkarm – colonists backed up by the army chase away olive harvesters and steal the olive crop.
4. Ras Al Ein, north of Jericho – flocks grazed on community land.
5. Az-Zuweidin, Masafer Yatta – flocks grazed on farmland.
8. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah – colonists attack houses on the village outskirts, residents oppose them, confrontations ensue. The army shoots live fire.
9. East Nablus – pilgrimage to Joseph's Tomb, the army blocks roads and secures the colonists.
10. Majdal Bani Fadil, south-east of Nablus – armed colonist blocks the road.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency, 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 – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, yNet, Zirat War.















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