Wednesday, July 30, 2025 – The West Bank

Adi Ronen Argov
Jul 29
3 min read

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (201^st consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (195^th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (182^nd consecutive day), Beit Furik, Al-Bireh, Deir Ibzi, Qalqilya, Bal'a, Sa'ir, Al Shuyukh, Al Ein refugee camp, Salfit, Jaba', Asira ash-Shamaliya, Kufr al-Dik, Halhul. During the day they raided Umm al-Khair, Al-Mughayyir, At-Tuba, Silwan, Silat al-Harithiya, New Askar refugee camp, Beit Ummar, Kifl Hares, Sebastia. At least 13 Palestinians were arrested, including a minor.

Beit Furik

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Jenin refugee camp and town – raid near the cinema square in city center. Auxiliary forces at noon. Shots fired at families trying to enter their homes in the refugee camp at dusk.

2. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – raid in the evening with teargas, confrontations.

3. Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarm – shots fired at inhabitants trying to enter their homes in the camp.

4. Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta – raid and arrests. 8 inhabitants detained.

5. At-Tuba, Masafer Yatta – arrests.

6. Kifl Hares, north of Salfit – raid enabling the security of colonists on their way to a sheikh’s tomb that the military rabbinate established in 1968 that it is the tomb of Yehoshua Bin Nun (Joshuah).

7. Kufr al-Dik, west of Salfit – raid. A released prisoner taken out of his home, beaten up badly and thrown out at the entrance to Azzun town, east of Qalqilya.

8. Qalqilya – night raid. 2 Palestinians run over by an Israeli vehicle.

9. Al-Mughayyir, north of Ramallah – raid with teargas and stun grenades at the eastern part of the village.

10. Nablus – night raid of houses in the northern part of town, arrests.

11. New Askar refugee camp, north-east of Nablus – raid, confrontations.

12. Beit Furik, east of Nablus – raid after midnight. Breaking into several house, arrests.

13. Al Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus – night raid of several houses, arrests.

14. Sebastia, north-west of Nablus – confrontations.

Demolitions

1. Idna, west of Hebron – destruction of house, grain storage space and 5 shacks.

2. Al-Bireh, north of Jerusalem – destruction of a road limits inhabitant traffic and threatens infrastructures.

3. Khallet Al Nu'Man, east of Bethlehem – demolition orders issued 35 houses containing 45 apartments, that will eventually wipe out the village.

Colonist attacks against the army

1. Giv'at Asaf outpost, east of Ramallah – colonists threw stones at a vehicle. A stoned reserves soldier opened fire and wounded a colonist.

Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Psagot colony – 3 incendiary bombs thrown at entrance to the colony.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Kisan, south-east of Bethlehem – colonists attack a house and a farming shed east of the village.

2. Raba, south-east of Jenin – inhabitants confront colonists who raided the village outskirts.

3. Al Mu'arrajat, north of Jericho – colonists attack Palestinian vehicles on Jericho-Tayibe Road near the locality whose inhabitants were expelled last month.

4. Ras Al Ein, north of Jericho – colonists conduct digs in the waterfall area, protected by the army.

5. Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya – confrontations between inhabitants and colonists at the village outskirts.