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Sunday, August 17, 2025 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Aug 16, 2025
  • 2 min read

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (219th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (213th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (200th consecutive day), Tubas, Qalqilya, Beit Ummar, Qabatiya, Umm Safa, Hebron, Azzun, Burqa, Nablus, New Askar refugee camp, Bethlehem. During the day they raided Tell, Anata, Asira ash-Shamaliya, Turmus Ayya, Beita, al-Am'ari refugee camp, Misilyah, Tayasir. At least 18 Palestinians were arrested.



Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Bethlehem – raid and arrests.

2. Misilyah, south of Jenin - evening raid, checkpoint erected.

3. Qabatiya, south of Jenin – evening raid, arrests.


4. Hebron – arrests.

5. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – night raid and arrests.


6. Tubas – night raid of a house, a runover wounded victim hit by Israeli army vehicle. Arrest.

7. Umm Safa, north of Ramallah – night raid, arrests.

8. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – raid. Confrontations.


9. al-Am'ari refugee camp, south of Ramallah – raid. Confrontations.

10. New Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus – house raided at dawn.

11. Burqa, north of Nablus – raid and arrests.

12. Beita, south of Nablus – raid, confrontations.


Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Ofra colony, north-east of Ramallah – a colonist grazing his flock near the Or Meir outpost was hit by thrown stones.


Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – colonists raid the town outskirts and attack a family.

2. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah – colonists raid the village.


3. Aboud, north-west of Ramallah – colonists attack the village outskirts.

Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, 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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