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What’s happening in the occupied West Bank?
Wide-scale Israeli raids across the occupied West Bank are continuing. Here is what we have reported this morning:
- The Israeli army continued its raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp east of Tulkarem, where it opened fire on an ambulance transporting a patient from the camp where a large explosion was reported earlier today.
- Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli military, have bulldozed Palestinian farmland in Wadi al-Matwi to create a road to an illegal outpost.
- The Israeli army stormed the city of Salfit in the centre of the occupied West Bank.
- The Palestinian Media Centre reports that the Israeli military shot a man during a raid on the village of al-Janiya, northwest of Ramallah.
- An 18-year-old Palestinian was shot and wounded by Israeli forces in the town of Beita, south of Nablus, and a 21-year-old was shot in the head and killed during an overnight raid on the town of Salim, east of Nablus.
Israeli air raids now ‘routine’ in the occupied West Bank
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has documented at least 69 air raids in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023, killing 261 people, including at least 41 minors.
The report, which included multiple testimonies from Palestinians, said there had been a marked increase in violence, with Israel now frequently bombing refugee camps and cities in the northern occupied West Bank.
In comparison, 14 people had been killed by air raids in the occupied West Bank over the previous 18 years, it said.
The report said some attacks have involved fighter jets, in the first such use since the second Intifada.
Nur Shams camp in the occupied West Bank on March 5, 2025
Israeli forces set fire to homes in Jenin refugee camp
Israeli forces have set fire to several homes in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports.
According to Wafa’s correspondent, Israeli forces also destroyed infrastructure near Jenin Government Hospital, having blocked the main roads of the camp with dirt barricades.
Today marks the 54th consecutive day of Israeli assaults on the city of Jenin and its refugee camp, Wafa said.
Since the start of the offensive on January 21, Israeli forces have demolished about 120 homes in the refugee camp, and 20,000 residents have been forcibly displaced.
The assault has killed 34 Palestinians and injured dozens.
Israeli settlers attack shepherds in occupied West Bank village
A Palestinian shepherd has been injured in an attack by Israeli settlers in the Masafer Yatta area in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reports, quoting local sources.
Osama Makhamra, a local activist, reported that the settlers assaulted the shepherd, Awad Ibrahim Awad, causing him multiple wounds, including fractures, the agency said. He was subsequently transported to hospital for treatment.
Makhamra said the settlers attacked other shepherds as well.
Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank have seen an uptick since Israel’s war on Gaza began in October 2023.
