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Adi Ronen Argov2 min read

Thursday, December 18, 2025 – The West Bank

Raids and Arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (340th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (334th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (320th consecutive day), Qalqilya, Halhul, Hajjah, Madama, Dura, Nablus, Al Ein refugee camp, Husan, Al-Bireh, Tammun. During the day they raided Beita, Rujeib, Al-Mughayyir, the new Askar refugee camp, Beit Ummar, Sa'ir, Tell, Qusra, Sebastia, as-Samu, Kafr Qallil, Burqa, Zububa, Kafr al-Labad, Qabatiya, Zababdeh, Aqabah, Azzun, Tuqu'a, Tubas, Jalud, Ni'lin, Anza, Al Far'a refugee camp. At least 24 were arrested, including 2 minors. 11 of the detainees were from the village of Husan.

Kafr al-Labad

Army attacks on Palestinians

1. Zababdeh, south of Jenin - confrontations.

2. Qabatiya, south of Jenin – raid, live fire, a boy was injured.

3. Zububa, west of Jenin – raid, tear gas.

4. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - confrontations.

5. Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem – soldiers open fire on a vehicle, and detain the driver. No attempted attack reported.

6. New Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus - raid. 15-year-old injured by live fire.

7. Al Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus - raid. One of the residents beaten.

8. Beita, south of Nablus - raid and vandalism of a martyr’s monument. Confrontations followed.

9. Tell, south-west of Nablus - confrontations.

10. Burqa, north-west of Nablus - confrontations.

Palestinian attacks on colonists

1. Deir Qaddis, west of Ramallah - 3 colonists, one of them a soldier, entered the village. Their vehicle was stolen and they were rescued by a military force.

Colonist attacks on Palestinians

1. Raba, south-east of Jenin - nightly provocations and harassment in the village.

2. Khirbet Samra, north-east of Tubas – colonists steal a tractor and a mobile water tank trailer.

3. Hawara area, east of Yatta - provocations.

4. Kdumim colony intersection, east of Qalqilya - stones thrown.


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