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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Tuesday, August 12, 2025 – The West Bank

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (214th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (208th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (195th consecutive day), Sa'ir, Al-Arroub refugee camp,Hajjah, Baqat al-Hatab, Abwein, ad-Dhahiriya, Aqabah, Sinjil, Nablus, Shuweika, Bruqin, Al Ein refugee camp, Shuafat refugee camp, Ramallah, Taffuh. During the day they raided Bethlehem, Qatanna, Qalqilya, Deir Abu Da'if, Jalazone refugee camp, Beit Furik, Udala, Beita, Susya, Beit Dajan, Tubas, Sarra, Meithalun, Al Far'a refugee camp. At least 13 Palestinians arrested.

‣ Writers, artists and public figures in Jenin take part in a demonstration supporting Gazans and protesting starvation there, and the action of soldiers and colonists in the West Bank.

‣ Demonstration in Nablus protesting the ongoing slaughter of Journalists in the Gaza Strip.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Bethlehem – special forces raid a house on Al Saf Street, auxiliary forces join, arrests.

2. Jenin refugee camp and town – houses in the eastern neighborhood raided. House in the refugee camp exploded.

3. Sa'ir, north of Hebron – morning raid, another raid in the evening.

4. Shuweika, north of Tulkarm – raid and arrests.

5. Qatanna, north of Jerusalem – raid, arrests. Director of religious instruction and mosques in the Jerusalem Waqf arrested.

6. Susya, Masafer Yatta – raid of Qadi al Rahim community, arrests following destruction of an outpost in the area by Palestinians.

7. Baqat al-Hatab, east of Qalqilya – house raided. The mother, sister, and brother of the perpetrator of a terrorist attack at Qdumim colony arrested.

8. Ramallah – arrests.

9. Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah – raid, confrontations.

10. Silwad, north-east of Ramallah – arrests.

11. Abwein, west of Ramallah – house raided, calling inhabitant to surrender, arrest.

12. Nablus – dawn raid, another in the evening. Several vehicles confiscated.

13. Beita, south of Nablus – raid, confrontations.

14. Sarra, west of Nablus – concrete blocks installed at entrance to the village.

15. Al Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus – raid, arrests.

Demolitions

1. Silwan, East Jerusalem – Mohammad Qara’in forced to demolish his home.

2. Silwad, north-east of Ramallah – bulldozers demolish a house.

3. Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah – farming structure demolished.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Mukhmas, north of Jerusalem – colonists perform earth works while vandalizing Palestinian farmland.

2. Jericho – colonists throw stones at Palestinian vehicles.

3. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – colonists harass shepherds using a drone.

4. Duma, south of Nablus – colonists set farmland on fire.


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