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SvennoJ on 18 February 2025
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Israeli forces detain, ‘humiliate’ Palestinian activist in West Bank

Palestinian rights group Al-Haq has shared a video on social media of Israeli forces questioning one of the group’s researchers after stopping his car at a “flying checkpoint” near an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Sami Huraini said he was detained for “around one hour”, during which Israeli soldiers “humiliated me, conducted intrusive searches, and screamed at me”.

He says the “flying checkpoint” he was stopped at was removed after he was detained.

“Sami has lost count of the number of times the [Israeli army] have detained him, in an attempt to intimidate and silence his work as a human rights defender,” Al-Haq said in a post on X.



Israeli forces beat, arrest several Palestinians in West Bank

Israeli forces have raided several locations across the occupied West Bank, triggering clashes and arresting and beating several Palestinians.

According to local media, Israeli forces have:

  • Detained and beaten several young Palestinian men in the city of Tulkarem
  • Clashed with Palestinians in the town of Yabad, south of Jenin
  • Clashed with Palestinians in the town of Beit Rita, north of Ramallah, and raided the nearby town of Ramona
  • Severely beaten a young man during a raid on a house in the town of Beita, south of Nablus
  • Stormed the village of Asira and the town of Ursa, near Nablus, prompting clashes.

Earlier, we reported that a 15-year-old boy who was wounded in an air Israeli air attack in the city of Qabatiya two weeks ago has died from his injuries.

Another Palestinian was also wounded by Israeli fire during confrontations in the village of Tal, south of Nablus, on Monday evening.

The raids come as Israeli forces continue a large-scale operation, dubbed “Iron Wall”, against Palestinian fighters in the occupied West Bank, which has killed dozens of people, displaced more than 40,000 and destroyed large areas of refugee camps and cities in the north of the territory.


Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian cars near Hebron: Report

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, a Palestinian government body, says Israeli settlers attacked the village of Susiya in Masafer Yatta, near Hebron, overnight and set fire to vehicles there.

Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency shows at least one car fully engulfed in flames.

At least 18 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces across West Bank: Report

Israeli forces have carried out a wave of violent raids and arrests in the occupied West Bank, reports the Wafa news agency. In the town of Meithalun, near Jenin, they fired a tear gas canister at a 16-year-old, injuring him, and “severely beat” another young man, according to Wafa.

They arrested:

  • At least two people in and around Nablus
  • Six people near Ramallah
  • Seven people from Bethlehem
  • Three people from the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya


Israeli forces destroy more homes in West Bank’s Tulkarem camp

Israeli forces are carrying out a large-scale demolition operation in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on their 23rd day of attacks on the area.

Demolition notifications have been issued for 14 more Palestinian homes inside the camp, according to Wafa, which reports that at least 22 homes have been destroyed in over three weeks of Israeli attacks. Another 300 homes have been partially destroyed, 11 were burned, and about 10,450 people have been forcibly displaced so far from Tulkarem.

Southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, Israeli forces also stormed the town of Jabal Mukaber accompanied by a bulldozer and crew to demolish several homes.


Israeli army demolishes 6 homes in occupied West Bank’s Masafer Yatta


Israeli forces, accompanied by bulldozers, raid and demolish 6 houses belonging to Palestinians on the grounds that it was ‘unlicensed’ in the Masafer Yatta district of the Hebron governorate on February 18