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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Saturday, September 20, 2025 – The West Bank

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin Refugee camp and town (253rd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (247th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (234th consecutive day), Hajjah, Al Burj, Beit Ummar, Sa'ir, Ya'bad, Sarra, Shuyukh al-Arrub, Al-Arroub refugee camp, Deir Istiya, Nablus, Al Ein refugee camp. During the day they raided Al-Bireh, al-Am'ari refugee camp, Anata, Beit Fajjar, Al-Ram, Bizzariya, Jab'a, Tubas, Al Far'a refugee camp, Aqabah, Zababdeh, Qabatiya, Burqin, Nabi Salih, Tell, Al-Yamun, An-Naqura, Qalqilya, Qarawat Bani Hassan.

‣ Arrests and mass detentions at Ya'bad and Sarra, mostly released. Heads of local councils of Hajjah and Qarawat Bani Hassan were arrested. At least 14 Palestinians were arrested.

‣ During the week, Israel has established 27 new checkpoints.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Zababdeh, south of Jenin – confrontations.

2. Qabatiya, south of Jenin – confrontations.

3. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin – main entrance closed down, mass arrests during the night, all released. Bulldozers damaging infrastructures.

4. Al-Yamun, west of Jenin – confrontations.

5. Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron – raid with live fire and teargas.

6. Sa'ir, north-east of Hebron – confrontations.

7. Shuyukh al-Arrub, north-east of Hebron - raid with flares. One of the houses caught on fire.

8. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem – raid with teargas.

9. Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit – head of local council removes concrete block due to heavy traffic that caused an accident. The army arrested him for this.

10. Qalqilya – confrontations in Kfar Saba neighborhood;

11. Hajjah, east of Qalqilya – mass arrests at night including seniors of the local council.

12. Nabi Salih, north-west of Ramallah – raid with teargas, suffociation.

13. Tell, south-west of Nablus – raid with teargas.

Demolitions and uprooting

1. Anata, north-east of Jerusalem – 140 dunams confiscated from the town in favor of Ma’ale Adumim colony expansion.

2. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus – Bedouin community forced to leave.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Kisan, east of Bethlehem – houses attacked.

2. Hebron – weekly colonist procession with provocations, arrest of a female solidarity activist.

3. Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron – houses attacked. Inhabitants resist, the army arrests an inhabitant.

4. Ras Al Ein, north of Jericho – colonist flocks graze inside the community.

5. Al Halawa, Masafer Yatta – inhabitant attacked and wounded.

6. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah – stones thrown at ambulance.

7. Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah – vehicle stolen.


Sources

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