Thursday, May 8, 2025 – The West Bank

Killed

1. Rami Sami Alkahan, 30-years-old from Nablus.

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (108th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (102nd consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (89th consecutive day), Tayasir, Barta'a, Qalqilya, Yatta, Anabta, Bethlehem, Deir Istiya. During the day they raided Shib Al Butin, Issawiya, Nablus, Shuafat refugee camp, At-Tur, Al-Arroub refugee camp, Qabatiya, Tammun, Al Khader, Beit Ummar, Deir al-Hatab, Qusra, Tuqu'a, Al-Bireh, Turmus Ayya, Ajjul, Beitunia, Beit Ur al-Fauqa, Deir Nidham, Silwan. 45 Palestinians were arrested, 17 of them in Yatta and 2- in Deir Istiya.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Barta'a, west of Jenin – night raid with bulldozer. House surrounded.

2. Shuafat refugee camp, north-east Jerusalem – with pointed guns police force raids 6 UNRWA schools and sends about 800 schoolchildren home. School are closed with no alternative solution.

3. Nablus – special force invades the Old City. Confrontations ensue. The force attacks a wanted man, wounds and arrests him (he is later declared dead). Auxiliary forces called in. Indiscriminate shots fired, 9 persons wounded by live fire, a minor among them, 2 wounded by shrapnel, 1 by rubber-coated steel pellets, 39 by teargas inhalation.

4. Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm (89th consecutive day) – the army evacuates 15 more buildings (each includes several residences), toward demolition.

5. Tammun, south of Tubas – special force surrounds house and invades it. Confrontations. 2 persons wounded by live fire, a minor among them. One of them arrested.

6. Al Khader, south-west of Bethlehem – raid and confrontations. 2 persons wounded by live fire.

7. Qusra, south-east of Nablus – night raid with live fire and stun grenades.

8. At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta – soldiers beat up and wound an inhabitant who wished to return to his home.

Demolitions

1. Beit Rahal, south of Bethlehem – farming structure, sheep pens and terraces destroyed.

2. Nablus, new Nablus area – house demolished.

Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Hares, north-west of Salfit – stones thrown at vehicles.

2. Nu'eima, north of Jericho – stones thrown. Colonist wounded, damage to private car and a bus.

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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 Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO, yNet.