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Sunday, April 20, 2025 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Apr 20
  • 3 min read

Updated: Apr 22

Killed

1. Nassar Khalil Mohammad Al Radaida, 49-years-old from Al-Ubeidiya.

2. Sliman Fawaz Nassar Manassrah, 24-years-old from Qabatiya.


Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (90th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (84th consecutive day); Nur Shams refugee camp (71st consecutive day), Arraba, Nablus, Beit Ummar, Issawiya. During the day they raided Kafr Dan, Turmus Ayya, Al-Yamun, Kufr al-Dik, Jerusalem, Hamra Checkpoint, Azmut, Burqin, Tell, Qalandia checkpoint, Al Maniya, Kafr Malik, Jabel Mukaber, Beita, Illar, Shuafat refugee camp, Awarta, Idna, Hebron. At least 13 Palestinians were arrested.


‣ The Israel Prison Service reports that a prisoner at Ofer Prison, 49-year-old Nassar Khalil Mohammad Al Radaida from Al-Ubeidiya, died in hospital to which he was transferred from prison. Cause of death was not given.


Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Arraba, south of Jenin – raid, confrontations, 2 persons arrested.

2. Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarm – 71st consecutive day. Arrests. One person arrested. In the evening – structures exploded.

3. Tulkarm – checkpoint in a central roundabout in town and vehicles searched. One person arrested.

4. Nablus – raid of Old City in the morning, in the evening a raid of the eastern part of town. Checkpoints erected. Masaq Al Sha’abiya neighborhood entered. Confrontations. Live fire. Minor wounded, arrests.

5. Tulkarm refugee camp – 84th consecutive day. Structures exploded.

6. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – dawn raid. A farmer beaten up, his ribs broken. Another raid in the evening.

7. Issawiya, north-east Jerusalem – arrests. One person arrested.

8. Al-Yamun, west of Jenin – forces deploy between Al-Yamun and Kafr Dan. House under construction raided.

9. Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah – raid. Military force takes over a house and turns it into an army post.

10. Kufr al-Dik, west of Salfit – house of deputy secretary of the regional Fatah bureau raided. Soldiers blindfolded his young son while conducting searches.

11. Azmut, east of Nablus – raid, checkpoint erected in entrance to the town.

12. Tell, south-west of Nablus – raid, confrontations. Rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and teargas fired.

13. Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem – shots fired at Palestinian at the checkpoint. No casualties, arrests. 4 persons arrested.

14. Jabel Mukaber, Jerusalem – raid, arrests. One person arrested.

15. Shuafat refugee camp, Jerusalem – arrest near checkpoint at entrance to the camp. One person arrested.

16. Awarta, east of Nablus – raid, lighting bombs fired.

17. Idna, west of Hebron – raid, live fire, teargas and stun grenades.


Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Homesh, north of Nablus – a Palestinian from Qabatiya stops his vehicle at the army checkpoint near the entrance to the evacuated colony and opens fire. The soldiers at the checkpoint return fire and kill him. Blocking of the road between Nablus and Jenin.


Demolitions, confiscations and blocking               

1. Al Maniya, south-east of Bethlehem – bulldozers block tracks around the village with dirt dykes.

2. Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah – bulldozer blocks one of the entrances to the village with dirt dykes.

3. Hebron – the army closes several iron gates at entrances to the city at night. Traffic jams, thousands stuck at the checkpoints.


Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Huwara, south of Nablus – stones thrown at colonist vehicles.


Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem – colonists attack a bus.

2. Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem – colonists conduct a ceremony in the Al-Aqsa compound.

3. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah – colonists flatten an area with a bulldozer.

4. Beit Rahal, south of Bethlehem – colonists run over a flock of sheep.

5. Hebron – colonists tried to set a shop on fire.


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