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Adi Ronen Argov2 min read

Tuesday, May 13, 2025 – The West Bank

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (113th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (107th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (94th consecutive day), Tuqu'a, Beita, Awarta, Udala, al-Am'ari, Al-Bireh, Dura. During the day they raided Bethlehem, New Askar refugee camp, Nablus, Ya'bad, Araqah, Silwan, Qalandia refugee camp, Hebron, Qarawat Bani Hassan, Silat al-Harithiya, Halhul, Sa'ir. At least 17 Palestinians were arrested, a woman journalist among them.

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Beita, south of Nablus – night raid of houses. Detentions.

2. Bethlehem – school closed during school day, pupils scattered during a raid.

3. Dura, south-west of Hebron – raid, detentions, threats not to open a mourning arbor for a shaheed.

4. New Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus – raid of home of a minor, his parents are beaten up. Later a special force kidnaps an inhabitant.

5. Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem – soldiers shoot, wound and beat up an inhabitant who is then hospitalized. They tear pictures of shaeeds off walls.

6. Silat al-Harithiya, north-west of Jenin – lengthy confrontations.

7. East Jerusalem – the Waqf guard who physically prevented colonists who tried to enter and sacrifice a kid at the Al Aqsa compound is called in for interrogation.

Activity of the Palestinian Authority security forces

‣ Parallel to the activity of the Israeli army in the West Bank, the PA Security Forces shot to death a wanted man in Al Far'a refugee camp and a civilian in Jenin (eastern neighborhood).

Demolitions

1. Jabel Mukaber, south-east Jerusalem – an inhabitant was forced to demolish his own home.

2. Anata, north-east Jerusalem – a commercial structure demolished.

3. Madama, south of Nablus – dozens of olive trees uprooted during bulldozer works on farmland.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Qawawis, Masafer Yatta – night raid, property vandalized.

2. At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta – armed colonists protected by soldiers attack shepherds.

3. Khallet ad-Daba'a, Masafer Yatta – colonists armed with clubs and sharp objects attack inhabitants. 2 wounded, one of them badly.


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