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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Thursday, August 21, 2025 – The West Bank

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (223rd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (217th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (204th consecutive day), Beita, Abu Nujaym, Battir, Hebron, Al-Bireh, Deir Ballut, Deir Ibzi, Idna, Kafr al-Labad, Aqraba, Al Far'a refugee camp, Deir al-Ghusun. During they day they raided al-Am'ari refugee camp, Kafr Qaddum, at-Tabaqa, Al-Mughayyir, Bani Na'im, Bethlehem, Turmus Ayya, Dheisheh refugee camp, Hebron, Aqabah, Tubas, Tayasir, Shuweika, as-Samu, Al Khader, Husan. At least Palestinians were arrested.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Hebron – Old City raided, searches.

2. Idna, west of Hebron – town raided with teargas after its inhabitants tried to break into a checkpoint present for many months.

3. Tayasir, east of Tubas – confrontations.

4. Al Far'a refugee camp, south of Tubas – night raid of houses. One person wounded by blows.

5. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – massive raid of the town, blocking entrances, searches, vandalized property, hundreds of olive trees uprooted (3,500 trees were uprooted in two days) as collective punishment.

6. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – entrance to the village closed off.

Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Hebron, Tel Rumeida checkpoint – a Palestinian was shot and badly wounded, when he allegedly tried to perpetrate a terrorist attack.

Demolitions

1. Ain al-Hilweh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – encampment destroyed without warning.

2. Umm Tuba, East Jerusalem – evacuation orders for 17 families.

3. Silwan, East Jerusalem – destruction of a farming structure (horse stable).

Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – a Palestinian attacked a colonist close to Malachei HaShalom outpost. He tried to shoot but could not due to misfire in his weapon. He beat the colonist and escaped. The colonist was lightly wounded. Later the army raided the town, as detailed in above item (army attacks against Palestinians).

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Kisan, east of Bethlehem – colonist attack, confrontations with resisting inhabitants. A colonist wounded.

2. Al Maniya, east of Bethlehem – a man and a woman attacked, wounded.

3. Rashayida, east of Bethlehem – colonists forced a family to leave, then looted what it had left behind and destroyed the house.

4. Susya, Masafer Yatta – colonists attack farmers, vandalize a tractor, break into a house, the father wounded in the head.

5. Duma, south-east of Nablus – colonists break into Shabaka east of the town.


Sources

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