Saturday, May 17, 2025 – The West Bank

Adi Ronen Argov
May 17
3 min read

Killed

1. Na’al Sami Samara, 36-years-old from Bruqin.

2. Nidal Al Saghawabi, 28-years-old from Burqa.

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (117th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (111th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (98th consecutive day). Bruqin (4th consecutive day), Kufr al-Dik (4th consecutive day), Al-Bireh, Sa'ir, Nablus, Al Ein refugee camp, Qabalan, Yatma, Dura, Beit Hanina. During the day they raided Bir al-Basha, Jaba', Beit Ummar, Deir Abu Da'if, Ya'bad, Burqa, Arraba, Kobar, Madama, Azzun, Al Shuyukh, Ramin, Sebastia, Abu Shukheidim, Kafr Malik. At least 25 Palestinians were arrested, two of them wounded, and one person killed.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Jaba', east of Jerusalem – shots fired at Palestinian vehicle, driver arrested.

2. Sa'ir, north-east of Hebron – confrontations.

3. Kufr al-Dik, west of Salfit – night raid of boys’ school and property vandalized. Later, the village muezzin was threatened at gunpoint and forced to announce curfew.

4. Madama, south of Nablus – confrontations.

5. Jenin refugee camp, 117th consecutive day – a 65-year-old man shot and wounded at the western entrance to camp.

6. Bruqin, west of Salfit – 5th consecutive day. Raids and farmland destruction, fields set on fire and inhabitants prevented from putting them out. 7 houses have become army posts. House broken in, inhabitant shot claiming he yelled ‘Allah Akbar’ and carried a bag. His family claims he was shackled and blindfolded, and posed no threat to anyone. Died of his wounds, his body was taken by the army.

7. Sebastia, north-west of Nablus – town raided. 3 persons wounded in the attack.

8. Kobar, north-west of Ramallah – confrontations.

9. Abu Shukheidim, north of Ramallah – confrontations.

10. Yatma and Qabalan, south of Nablus – confrontations.

11. Arraba, south-west of Jenin – confrontations.

12. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin – confrontations.

13. Deir Abu Da'if, east of Jenin – confrontations including explosive charges exploded.

14. Burqa, north-west of Nablus – confrontations. 2 persons wounded, a 13-year-old among them. Minor shot dead, soldiers claim the all threw stones.

15. Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah – confrontations.

Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Adora colony, south-west of Hebron – incendiary bomb thrown at military vehicle.

2. Bir al-Basha, south-west of Jenin – explosive charge exploded.

Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Khomesh, north-west of Nablus – shots at the outpost reported.

2. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus – stones thrown. One person wounded, 4 vehicles damaged.

Hebron - A colonist beats up a 2-year-old girl

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – colonists set fields on fire.

2. Al-Auja, north of Jericho – colonists with their flocks raid Ras Al Ein.

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3. Hebron – colonist procession in the Old City. A colonist beats up a 2-year-old girl.

4. Ramin, east of Tulkarm – fields set on fire in collaboration with the army. Palestinians prevented from putting the fires out.

5. Brukhin colony, west of Salfit – stones thrown.

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.