Thursday, May 8, 2025 – The West Bank
Killed
1. Rami Sami Alkahan, 30-years-old from Nablus.
Raids and arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (108th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (102nd consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (89th consecutive day), Tayasir, Barta'a, Qalqilya, Yatta, Anabta, Bethlehem, Deir Istiya. During the day they raided Shib Al Butin, Issawiya, Nablus, Shuafat refugee camp, At-Tur, Al-Arroub refugee camp, Qabatiya, Tammun, Al Khader, Beit Ummar, Deir al-Hatab, Qusra, Tuqu'a, Al-Bireh, Turmus Ayya, Ajjul, Beitunia, Beit Ur al-Fauqa, Deir Nidham, Silwan. 45 Palestinians were arrested, 17 of them in Yatta and 2- in Deir Istiya.
Army attacks against Palestinians
1. Barta'a, west of Jenin – night raid with bulldozer. House surrounded.
2. Shuafat refugee camp, north-east Jerusalem – with pointed guns police force raids 6 UNRWA schools and sends about 800 schoolchildren home. School are closed with no alternative solution.
3. Nablus – special force invades the Old City. Confrontations ensue. The force attacks a wanted man, wounds and arrests him (he is later declared dead). Auxiliary forces called in. Indiscriminate shots fired, 9 persons wounded by live fire, a minor among them, 2 wounded by shrapnel, 1 by rubber-coated steel pellets, 39 by teargas inhalation.
4. Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm (89th consecutive day) – the army evacuates 15 more buildings (each includes several residences), toward demolition.
5. Tammun, south of Tubas – special force surrounds house and invades it. Confrontations. 2 persons wounded by live fire, a minor among them. One of them arrested.
6. Al Khader, south-west of Bethlehem – raid and confrontations. 2 persons wounded by live fire.
7. Qusra, south-east of Nablus – night raid with live fire and stun grenades.
8. At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta – soldiers beat up and wound an inhabitant who wished to return to his home.
Demolitions
1. Beit Rahal, south of Bethlehem – farming structure, sheep pens and terraces destroyed.
2. Nablus, new Nablus area – house demolished.
Palestinian attacks against colonists
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
