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Tuesday, August 19, 2025 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Aug 18
  • 2 min read

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (221st consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (215th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (202nd consecutive day), Illar, Danaba, Beit Ummar, Tammun, Seida, Hebron, Kobar, Al Maniya, Rammun, Ramallah, Atil, Nablus. During the day they raided Silat al-Harithiya, Sebastia, Beit Sira, Nabi Ilyas, Tell, Kifl Hares, Burqin, Halhul, Bani Na'im, Anabta, Udala, Hableh, Ni'lin, Al Midya, Hares, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Al-Ram, Al-Bireh, Bethlehem. At least 16 Palestinians were arrested, including 3 women and a minor.

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Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Bethlehem – raid with teargas and suffocations.

2. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem – stun grenades thrown at the checkpoint.

3. Hares, north-west of Salfit – house raided, property vandalized.

4. Beita, south of Nablus – confrontations.



Demolitions

1. Nabi Ilyas, east of Qalqilya – farming structure destroyed.

2. Beit Sira, west of Ramallah – café and house demolished with no forewarning.



Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Farsiyeh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – property vandalized.

2. Hebron – attack against an inhabitant and his son.

3. Wadi Tiran, Masafer Yatta – colonists graze their flocks in an olive tree grove, feeding with them hay piled up by the inhabitants.

4. Kifl Hares, north-west of Salfit – pilgrimage to Joshuah’s Tomb secured by the army. Curfew imposed on the village.


5. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – family home attacked, family’s sons wounded.


6. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah – new colonists-only road paved.

7. Aqraba, south-east of Nablus – new colonist outpost.

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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