Wednesday, April 9, 2025 – The West Bank

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (79th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (73rd consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (60th consecutive day), Beit Liqya, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Awarta, Qalqilya, Ramallah, Qabatiya, Nablus, Hebron, Balata refugee camp, Deir Ibzi, Halhul, Yatta. During the day, they raided Salfit, Husan, Al-Yamun, Beit Ummar, Issawiya, Fahma, Dura, Fasa'il, Tayasir, Al-Mughayyir.

‣ Umm al-Fahm (inside Israel) – Raja Agbariya, 72-years-old, head of Ibna Al Balad (Sons of the Village) arrested on suspicion of contact with a foreign agent.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Jenin refugee camp and town – 79th consecutive day. Tanks left the town and refugee camp. Infrastructure destruction and house fires in the camp continue, more houses turned into army posts. Confrontations. Drones fly over the camp.

2. Tulkarm refugee camp and town – 73rd consecutive day. Firing stun grenades at inhabitants trying to return home in the camp. Blocking the road leading to the government hospital in town.

3. Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarm – 70th consecutive day. Continued explosion and destruction of structures and infrastructures.

4. Beit Liqya, west of Ramallah – confrontations following demolition of houses the day before. A stun grenade was thrown into a restaurant.

5. Al Fawwar, south of Hebron – raid, confrontations., teargas fired at the entrance to the camp.

6. Awarta, south of Nablus – night raid, confrontations.

7. Qalqilya – night raid, confrontations.

8. Nablus – night raid. Entrances to town closed. Military vehicle intentionall hits a Palestinian vehicle on Jerusalem Street. Confrontations reacting to the raid in nearby Balata refugee camp. Tires set on fire.

9. Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus – raid of several houses that began at night. Inhabitants forced to leave their homes. Confrontations all day, teargas fired. Auxiliary forces.

Drones activated. Explosive charge thrown at a military vehicle. A 15-year-old boy wounded at night, another youngster wounded by live fire, a child hit by shrapnel. Ambulances stopped, searched.

Casualty rescue prevented. Teargas fired at journalists, they are denied access to the camp.

2 persons arrested. In the evening, drones attack houses. Another explosive charge activated against a military vehicle. Forces react with massive fire. 14 persons reported wounded by live fire. Detentions and interrogations on the ground.

10. Hebron – raid at Wadi Abu Qatila. Journalists prevented from entering Ibrahimi Mosque.

11. Deir Ibzi, west of Ramallah – night raid. Searches, house contents vandalized. Preparation for explosion and the explosion itself of the home of the person who fired at a bus and killed a special forces (Duvdevan) soldier near Dolev colony on March 22, 2024.

12. Husan, west of Bethlehem – extensive arrests.

13. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – raid. Security cameras confiscated.

14. Issawiya, Jerusalem – raid, confrontations. Stun grenades, teargas, water cannon firing streams of skunk water.

15. Dura, south-west of Hebron – raid of a home of a released prisoner with live fire and stun grenades, after his family refused to take apart the guest tent it had erected.

16. Tayasir, east of Tubas – raid, confrontations. Live fire and stun grenades.

Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Army camp near Beit El colony, north of Ramallah – a Palestinian enters the army camp and is arrested.

PA Security Apparatus activity

1. Hebron – PA security forces neutralize an explosive charge.

2. Tubas – PA security forces exploded an explosive charge.

Demolitions

1. Beit Safafa, south of Jerusalem – a Palestinian forced to demolish his own home that was issued a demolition order.

2. Beit Hanina, Jerusalem – precast structures demolished.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Qaryut, south of Nablus – colonists prepare a track on Palestinian farmland.

2. Al-Aqsa Compound, Jerusalem – a colonist tries to introduce a sacrificial lamb (Passover) into the Al-Aqsa Compound.

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.