Tuesday, April 15, 2025 – The West Bank
- Adi Ronen Argov
- Apr 15
- 2 min read
Raids and arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (85th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (79th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (66th consecutive day), Seida, Issawiya, Kobar, Qabalan. During the day they raided Burqin, Nablus, Anata, Jericho, al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, Qaryut, Al-Mughayyir, Usarin, Silwad, Tammun, Abu Dis, Al Khader, Anabta, Bal'a, Tayasir, Qabatiya, Kafr al-Labad, Balata town, Danaba suburb (Tulkarm), At-Tur, Kharas. At least 17 Palestinians were arrested.
Army attacks against Palestinians
1. Nablus – in the morning a house is besieged in the western part of town, one of its inhabitants is wounded and arrested.
In addition, an 86-year-old man was wounded after being attacked by soldiers. In the evening a raid was conducted in the eastern part of town (preparing a colonist pilgrimage to Joseph’s Tomb) accompanied by a bulldozer.
Confrontations. One person wounded by live fire. At night, colonist pilgrimage to Joseph’s Tomb.
2. Jericho – entrances to town closed, curfew imposed for several hours.
3. Hebron – Ibrahimi Mosque closed to people wanting to pray.
4. Kafr al-Labad, east of Tulkarm – raid with stun grenades.
Colonist attacks against Palestinians
‣ Because of Passover holiday, in many parts of the West Bank colonists made pilgrimages to sites inside Palestinian localities, restricting the local Palestinian population.
1. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – colonists graze their cattle on farmland.
2. Kufr al-Dik, west of Salfit – vandalizing farming structures and their contents.
3. Kisan, south-east of Bethlehem – colonists attack shepherds, wound several and steal sheep.
4. Wadi Qelt, west of Jericho – colonists attack a shepherd and rob him of 250 sheep.
5. Nablus – pilgrimage to Joseph’s Tomb in the eastern part of town.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, 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.
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