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Adi Ronen Argov2 min read

Friday, August 8, 2025 – The West Bank

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (210th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (204th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (191st consecutive day), Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, Qalqilya, Huwara, Beit Ummar, Beit Iba, Nablus, Balata refugee camp, Al Maniya, Zeita. During the day they raided Ein Al Sultan refugee camp, Beit Dajan, Beita, Beit Furik, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Kafr Qallil, Asira ash-Shamaliya, Burqa, Kafr 'Aqab, Surif, Kafr Ni'ma, Tuqu'a, Nahalin, Kafr Qaddum, Tayasir. At least 10 Palestinians were arrested.

Ar-Rakeez, Masafer Yatta

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Jenin – raid with stun grenades thrown. A family is forced to evacuate a besieged house. Arrests.

2. Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron – confrontations.

3. Kafr 'Aqab, north of Jerusalem – confrontations.

4. Qalqilya – night raid with stun grenades thrown. The family of a wanted man is arrested in order to pressure him to give himself up. Later he does.

5. Beit Furik, east of Nablus – confrontations.

6. Beita, south of Nablus – confrontations.

7. Huwara, south of Nablus – confrontations.

8. Kafr Qallil, south of Nablus – raid with teargas.

9. Burqa, north-west of Nablus – confrontations.

10. Asira ash-Shamaliya, north-west of Nablus- confrontations

Demolitions

1. At-Tur, East Jerusalem – inhabitant forced to demolish his own home.

2. Sur Baher, south-west Jerusalem – inhabitant forced to demolish his own home.

16 family members remain homeless.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Nahalin, west of Bethlehem – 100 grapevines and olive trees cut down.

2. Dhaher al 'Abed, south-east of Jenin – ancient olive trees uprooted.

Left: Dhaher al 'Abed; right: Al Asakra

3. Al Asakra, east of Yatta – grapevines vandalized.

4. Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta – colonists from Carmel, secured by soldiers, march inside the community during the mourning days for Odeh Hathalin.

5. Ar-Rakeez, Masafer Yatta – a Palestinian who had been attacked and shot by colonists and his leg amputated – was attacked again and wounded.

6. Salem, east of Nablus – bulldozer works to expand the colony.


Sources

Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War