Tuesday, December 9, 2025 – The West Bank
- Adi Ronen Argov
- Dec 9
- 3 min read
Raids and Arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (331st consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (325th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (311th consecutive day), Ya'bad (31st consecutive day), Silat al-Harithiya, Tubas, Tammun, Beit Ummar, ad-Dhahiriya, Beit Fajjar, Manshiya, Rummanah, Al Khader, Burqa, Nablus, Old Askar refugee camp, Ramallah, Al Kum, Arraba, Birzeit, Beitunia, Mirka. During the day they raided Abu Dis, al-Am'ari refugee camp, Al Far'a refugee camp, Sebastia, Husan, Al-Bireh, Salem, Al-Mughayyir, Aqraba, Al-Yamun, Al-Ram, Ein Yabrud, Dura el-Kari'a, Mukhmas, Bir al-Basha, Tayasir, Arura, Turmus Ayya. At least 11 were arrested, most of them prisoners released in the recent hostages exchange deal, and in addition, an unknown number of residents of Al Kum.
Army attacks against Palestinians
1. Husan, west of Bethlehem - confrontations following a demolition of 2 houses. Teargas and stun grenades. 5 suffocation injuries.
2. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - raid, a minor arrested.
4. Al-Bireh, north of Jerusalem - road blocked near Ali bin Abu Talib Mosque, and prayers' identity checked. Confrontations ensued, live fire.
5. Al-Hathrura, north-east of Jerusalem - soldiers raid the community after colonists attacked shepherds nearby, and arrest a resident.
6. Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem - morning raid on the Al-Quds University campus. Detentions and field interrogations.
7. Birzeit, north of Ramallah - early morning raid on Birzeit University and gates closure. 5 persons arrested.
8. al-Am'ari Refugee Camp, north of Ramallah - Special Forces raid, reinforcements followed. Snipers on rooftops. Confrontations. Live fire, 2 minors shot and wounded in the thighs.
10. Aqraba, south-east of Nablus - detentions and field interrogations of worshipers in the mosque. Confrontations.
Demolitions, confiscations and blockades
1. Husan, west of Bethlehem - demolition of two houses and farming warehouses. The army prevents the residents of the houses from collecting their belongings.
2. Wadi Al-Far'a, south of Tubas - demolition of road infrastructure. Teargas fired at journalists covering the event.
4. Al-Fara, west of Yatta - demolition of a house. 3 families left homeless.
7. Qaryut, south of Nablus - land confiscated. Uprooting of dozens of dunams of olive trees for the second day in a row.
Palestinian attacks against colonists
2. Beita, south of Nablus - members of the Palestinian "Guards Association" try to block a colonist who broke into town with his vehicle.
Colonist attacks against Palestinians
1. Marah Rabah, south of Bethlehem - colonists burn 3 vehicles in Dar Rashid near the village.
2. Nahalin, west of Bethlehem - colonists detain a Palestinian farmer, blindfold and kidnap him by car.
3. Hawara area, east of Yatta - an armed colonist attacks farmers plowing their land.
4. Wadi al-Rahim, Masafer Yatta - colonists set a tractor and several vehicles on fire and sprayed provocative graffiti on walls of houses.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, 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.
