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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Friday, July 18, 2025 – The West Bank

Killed

1. Amro Ali Khaled Kabaha, 14-years-old from Ya'bad.

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (179th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (173rd consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (160th consecutive day), Kafr Laqif, Tayasir, Al-Judeira, Nablus, New Askar refugee camp, Halhul, Shuweika. During the day they raided Dura, Sheikh Jarrah, ad-Dhahiriya, Raba, Beita, Ya'bad, Deir al-Hatab, Salem, Azmut, Tuqu'a, Beit Rima. No detainee data was given. According to event count, at least 7 Palestinians were arrested.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Raba, south-east of Jenin – raid, auxiliary forces. Confrontations following attack by colonists (report below).

2. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin – raid with live fire, confrontations. A minor wounded and bled to death since the army prevented ambulance and medical team from accessing and rescuing him.

3. Dura, south of Hebron – raid, house turned into army post, owners chased away. Detentions. 5 persons arrested. Teargas fired near the big mosque during Friday prayers.

4. Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem – a group of women and their children detained.

5. Beit Rima, north-west of Ramallah – raid toward midnight.

6. Nablus – raid with live fire around the western cemetery, auxiliary forces. A wounded man shot in his home. Forces prevent access of medical teams. The wounded man arrested.

7. New Askar refugee camp, Nablus – raid, arrests.

Demolitions

1. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah – army bulldozers destroy the main water pipe at the village entrance.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Hammamat al Maleh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – colonists attacked shepherds and stole a flock numbering 350 sheep. Some of the sheep were found at Ayn Shiq nearby and returned in the morning.

117 sheep were executed, others wounded. The Palestinian shepherds were detained by the army that alleged they threw stones, and were released several hours later.

2. Raba, south-east of Jenin – colonists erect a tent on town land. The inhabitants confront them and the army.

3. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – colonists destroyed vehicles.

4. Ras Al Ein (Shalalat al Auja), north of Jericho – a colonist released his flock among the houses. This attack is repeated every day.

5. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – colonists attack vehicles on the village outskirts.


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