Tuesday, May 13, 2025 – The West Bank

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (113th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (107th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (94th consecutive day), Tuqu'a, Beita, Awarta, Udala, al-Am'ari, Al-Bireh, Dura. During the day they raided Bethlehem, New Askar refugee camp, Nablus, Ya'bad, Araqah, Silwan, Qalandia refugee camp, Hebron, Qarawat Bani Hassan, Silat al-Harithiya, Halhul, Sa'ir. At least 17 Palestinians were arrested, a woman journalist among them.

Beita

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Beita, south of Nablus – night raid of houses. Detentions.

2. Bethlehem – school closed during school day, pupils scattered during a raid.

3. Dura, south-west of Hebron – raid, detentions, threats not to open a mourning arbor for a shaheed.

4. New Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus – raid of home of a minor, his parents are beaten up. Later a special force kidnaps an inhabitant.

5. Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem – soldiers shoot, wound and beat up an inhabitant who is then hospitalized. They tear pictures of shaeeds off walls.

6. Silat al-Harithiya, north-west of Jenin – lengthy confrontations.

7. East Jerusalem – the Waqf guard who physically prevented colonists who tried to enter and sacrifice a kid at the Al Aqsa compound is called in for interrogation.

Activity of the Palestinian Authority security forces

‣ Parallel to the activity of the Israeli army in the West Bank, the PA Security Forces shot to death a wanted man in Al Far'a refugee camp and a civilian in Jenin (eastern neighborhood).

Demolition of a monument in Al-Bireh

Demolitions

1. Jabel Mukaber, south-east Jerusalem – an inhabitant was forced to demolish his own home.

2. Anata, north-east Jerusalem – a commercial structure demolished.

3. Madama, south of Nablus – dozens of olive trees uprooted during bulldozer works on farmland.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Qawawis, Masafer Yatta – night raid, property vandalized.

2. At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta – armed colonists protected by soldiers attack shepherds.

3. Khallet ad-Daba'a, Masafer Yatta – colonists armed with clubs and sharp objects attack inhabitants. 2 wounded, one of them badly.

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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.