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Wednesday, November 5, 2025 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Nov 5, 2025
  • 4 min read

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (297th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (291st consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (277th consecutive day), New Askar refugee camp, Dura, Al Far'a refugee camp, Qabatiya, Iktaba, Tubas, Beit Ummar, Aqabah, Kafr 'Aqab, Al Burj, Al-Bireh, Tammun, Qalandia refugee camp. During the day they raided Anata, ad-Dhahiriya, Idna, Jaba', Abu Qash, Birzeit, Hizma, Qusin, Qabalan, Beit Furik, Ni'lin, Tuqu'a, Rummanah, Al-Ram, Kafr Dan, Al-Yamun. No data of detentions were given, but the count indicates at least 8 Palestinians, including a woman, a boy and a girl.


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‣ In October, 540 Palestinians were arrested throughout the West Bank, 8 women and 39 children among them.


Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Tuqu'a, south-east of Bethlehem – confrontations, teargas fired.

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2. Al-Yamun, west of Jenin – confrontations. Takeover of a house, situating snipers on its roof. One person wounded by live fire. Forces prevent access of an ambulance and medical aid.


3. Rummanah, west of Jenin - a fire breaks out in the evening in an olive tree grove as a result of firing flare bombs.


4. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – raid, arrests.

5. Dura, south of Hebron – raid past midnight, house turned into am army post. Preparation of a prisoner’s home for demolition.

6. Idna, west of Hebron – soldiers prevent farmers from plowing their fields.

7. Tubas – raid begun at night and continuing all day. Army auxiliary forces, turning a house into an army post. Searches, house contents damaged, arrests, detentions and on-ground-interrogations. More army auxiliary forces at noon.


8. Aqabah, north of Tubas – several houses raided. Searches, contents damaged. Arrests, detentions and on-the ground interrogations.

9. Tammun, south of Tubas – several houses raided.

10. Iktaba, east of Tulkarm – several houses raided past midnight. Arrests.

11. Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarm – protest by displaced persons from the camp demanding to return home after about 10 months of forced displacement.


12. Al-Bireh, north of Jerusalem – raid, confrontations. Teargas and stun grenades.

13. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem – a young man wounded by live fire near the Separation Wall.

14. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem – raid with teargas and stun grenades. A woman and her daughter arrested.

15. Al-Mughayyir and Khirbat 'Abu Falah, north-east of Ramallah – massive flare bomb firing.

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16. Ni'lin, west of Ramallah – confrontations. Live fire and teargas.

17. Beit Furik, east of Nablus – confrontations. Live fire, teargas and stun grenades.


18. Qabalan, south-east of Nablus – raid with teargas and stun grenades.


Demolitions and blockage

1. Artas, south-west of Bethlehem – demolition orders issued.

2. Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem – demolition of a farming equipment storehouse.

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3. Umm ar-Rehan, west of Jenin – Palestinian sources report the destruction of 7,000 hens laying eggs by electric shock, destruction of the chicken coop.

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4. Silwan, East Jerusalem – a Palestinian demolishes his own home under threat of punishment and fines.

5. Jaba' Checkpoint, north of Jerusalem – the checkpoint closed to vehicle traffic, traffic jams.

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6. Anata, north-east of Jerusalem – a 9-person family home demolished by bulldozers.



Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Sa'ir, north of Hebron – colonists walk around town and provoke inhabitants.

2. Yatta, south of Hebron – armed colonists attack a family home in the western part of town.

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3. Umm Faqarah, Masafer Yatta – inhabitants surround their village with barbed wire fences in an attempt to prevent colonist attacks.


4. Shib Al Butin, Masafer Yatta – colonists attack and spray hate slogans and threats. An elderly couple wounded, treated by the Red Crescent.


5. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – colonists ignite olive trees.

6. Majdal Bani Fadil, south of Nablus – colonists burn a calf-pen.


7. Qaryut, south of Nablus – colonists cut down fruit-laden olive trees.

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.


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