Thursday, May 22, 2025 – The West Bank

Adi Ronen Argov
May 22
2 min read

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (122nd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (116th consecutive day), Bruqin (9th consecutive day), Kufr al-Dik (9th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (104th consecutive day), Nablus, Beit Ummar, Qalqilya, Azzun, Birzeit. During the day they raided Jalazone refugee camp, Bal'a, Lassifar (Masafer Yatta), Baqat al-Hatab, Aqraba, Al-Auja, Qabatiya, Al Rama, Anata, Beita, Beit Fajjar, Tayibe. At least 23 Palestinians were arrested, many of them prisoners released during the ceasefire agreement.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Bal'a, north-east of Tulkarm – the forces exploded explosive charges.

2. Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah – confrontations. 2 persons wounded by live fire and rubber-coated steel pellets. Suffocations.

3. Qabatiya, south of Jenin – Raid. One person wounded by live fire, another run over.

4. Tayibe, north-east of Jerusalem – ambulance detained, paramedic arrested while evacuating a patient.

5. Beita, south of Nablus – confrontations.

6. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – confrontations.

7. Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem – confrontations.

Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Arraba, south-west of Jenin – grenade thrown at military vehicle.

Demolitions

1. Baqat al-Hatab, east of Qalqilya – house exploded as collective punishment.

2. Burin, south of Nablus – olive trees uprooted.

3. Nazlet Isa, north of Tulkarm – heavy engineering equipment working on road paving was confiscated.

Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Halhul, north of Hebron – stones thrown. Damage to vehicles.

2. Beitin, north-east of Ramallah – stones thrown. Damage to a vehicle.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Nablus – pilgrimage to Joseph's Tomb. Curfew on eastern part of town, confrontations there.

2. Birin, south-east of Hebron – house set on fire.

3. Aqraba, south-east of Nablus – vehicle set on fire, hate slogans sprayed on mosque.

4. Maghayer Al Dir, east of Ramallah – another shepherd community forced to leave after a colonist harassment saga, restrictions by the army, and a colonist outpost erected 30 meters from the community.

5. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – fields set on fire.

6. Bruqin, west of Salfit – immediately following the army’s retreat after 8 days of raid, 5 houses and several vehicles set on fire. 9 persons suffering burn wounds.

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.