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SvennoJ on 16 August 2025
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Israeli military carries out raids, arrests across occupied West Bank

Israeli forces have carried out raids and arrests in locations across the occupied West Bank in recent hours and there have been more settler attacks, according to Palestinian media reports, including in:

  • The city of Jenin, where two Palestinian men were arrested after Israeli forces besieged a building near Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital.
  • The village of Baqat al-Hatab, east of Qalqilya, where Israeli forces arrested several family members of a Palestinian man accused of carrying out a deadly attack on Israeli settlers.
  • The city of Qalqilya, where Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition at Palestinian youths during a raid.
  • Israeli settlers attacked the village of Atara, north of Ramallah, and set fire to several Palestinian-owned vehicles, the Palestinian Information Center reports.
  • A second settler attack took place in the village of Susiya in the Yatta area, south of Hebron, according to the same outlet.



Translation: The occupation arrests the two men, Musa Turkman and Abdullah Sawafteh, from inside the besieged building near Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital in the city of Jenin, northern West Bank.


At least 20 Palestinians arrested during Israel’s West Bank raids

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA) has named 20 Palestinians confirmed to have been arrested during Israeli military raids across the occupied West Bank since last night.

Five young men from the same family were arrested in two raids in Nablus, while three mothers of Palestinians previously killed by Israeli forces were among eight taken from Qalqilya.

Six more people were arrested during Israeli incursions into parts of Jenin, the Jalazone refugee camp in Ramallah, and towns in Tulkarem.

France condemns Israel’s demolition of West Bank school near Tubas

The French Foreign Ministry has condemned Israel’s demolition of the school, which was being financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) in cooperation with the European Union.

The school, which had been planned to serve approximately 100 children in the village of Aqaba, was demolished on August 5.

The ministry said in a statement that the school was the second educational facility financed by AFD to be demolished in the occupied West Bank. “The continuation of the colonial policy constitutes a serious violation of international law and threatens the possibility of a two-state solution,” it said.