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SvennoJ on 19 February 2025
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Israeli forces arrest Palestinians in Bethlehem and Tulkarem

Israeli soldiers have arrested six Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, in raids across the Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank, according to Wafa.

They also detained 14 others in the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem, for hours, a security source told the news agency.

In the north, Israeli forces arrested several Palestinians during raids on Tulkarem, including people displaced from the neighbouring Nur Shams refugee camp, the agency added.


Israel destroyed 50 homes, 280 shops in West Bank’s Tulkarem camp: Official

Tulkarem Deputy Governor Faisal Salama says the Israeli army is “working to reshape the features and geography of the Tulkarem camp through extensive demolition of Palestinian properties”.

He told the Anadolu news agency that the Tulkarem camp is going through “a systematic occupation plan, through which new roads are opened on the ruins of the buildings”.

Salama described the Israeli military operation in Tulkarem as “a massacre and an illegal plan carried out amid Arab and international silence”.

“We are living in tragic conditions and a real catastrophe that has targeted women, children, the elderly, and everything,” the Palestinian official said, adding that only 50 families are still in the camp amid a lack of water and electricity.

Yesterday alone, the Israeli army destroyed 16 homes in the camp, the largest demolition operation in the occupied West Bank since last month.

There have been military operations in the northern West Bank since January 21, killing more than 55 Palestinians and displacing thousands, according to Palestinian officials.


Israeli settlers expand outpost in Tubas, soldiers raid across West Bank

Israeli settlers are expanding an illegal outpost near Tayasir checkpoint east of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, setting up new tents and caravans.

The Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, a Palestinian government body, reports that settlers have attempted to establish at least 10 such outposts since the start of this year, according to the Wafa news agency.

In addition to another group of settlers entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to perform Talmudic rituals, we also have these reports on Israeli raids across the occupied Palestinian territory:

  • Israeli soldiers stormed the areas of al-Issawiya and Silwan in the occupied East Jerusalem, setting up a military checkpoint in Silwan and imposing fines on vehicles.
  • Israeli forces also arrested two Palestinian brothers and a child during a raid on the city of Hebron and the town of Beit Ummar.
  • Israeli forces stormed the town of Nilin, west of Ramallah, and raided a number of homes, including those of former prisoners.
  • Bulldozers of the Israeli army demolished Palestinian structures in the town of Hizma, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem.


Israeli army’s Jenin raid enters 2nd month; mass displacement in West Bank

The Israeli army has continued with its large-scale military raid in the northern occupied West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp, forcing thousands to flee their homes.

Wednesday marks 30 days since Israeli forces began their assault on Jenin, which then spread to other parts of the northern West Bank, including Tulkarem and its Nur Shams refugee camp. At least 26 Palestinians have been killed in Jenin since January 21.

The army has also deployed hundreds of soldiers and bulldozers that demolished houses and tore up vital infrastructure in the overcrowded camp, forcing almost all of its residents out.



Israeli forces to demolish West Bank homes of two Palestinian prisoners

Israeli authorities have given final authorisation to demolish the homes of two Palestinians who are currently imprisoned, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society.

The monitors said in a statement that the move is against international law and interim orders by the International Court of Justice for Israel to halt its illegal occupation of the West Bank.

One of the prisoners is from the town of Rafat and has been in detention since September 2024, while the other is from Hebron and has been detained since October 2024.

The Wafa news agency reports that Israeli forces have demolished another home and bulldozed agricultural lands and stone walls in the city of Hebron. Israeli settlers also reportedly bulldozed lands in the town of Huwara, south of Nablus.




Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian woman in West Bank’s Jenin camp: Report

The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that a woman has been injured after being shot at by Israeli forces near the entrance to Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its crews had transferred the 50-year-old woman to a hospital.

Wafa said Israel’s ongoing monthlong siege on the Jenin refugee camp has killed 26 Palestinians and left dozens of injuries. It has also displaced thousands of civilians amidst destruction, demolition and burning of homes.