Palestinians oppose Israeli aggression in West Bank rallies
Palestinians organised another march in the occupied West Bank’s Ramallah to protest Israeli attacks and starvation of Gaza, while also holding banners commemorating Al Jazeera’s assassinated journalists and longtime prisoner Marwan Barghouti.
Another demonstration took place in Tubas, where a vigil was held in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli army detention centres and prisons.
The event was called by Barghouti’s Fatah party, as well as several Palestinian organisations that track the condition of people locked up by Israel.
لليوم الـ30.. مسيرة في رام الله؛ إسنادًا لغزة وتنديدًا بالتجويع والعدوان الإسرائيلي. pic.twitter.com/4GpJVOiW0v
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) August 17, 2025
Translation: For the 30th day … a march in Ramallah in support of Gaza and in condemnation of the starvation and Israeli aggression.
Israeli special forces abduct two Palestinians south of Ramallah
Israeli special forces have been filmed taking two young Palestinian men from a street in the Am’ari refugee camp, located south of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Footage circulating on local media, which has been verified by Al Jazeera, showed armed soldiers jumping out of a white van to abduct the two.
This comes amid several Israeli raids in the Ramallah and el-Bireh area, including on the towns of al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya and Turmus Aya, as well as the village of Khirbet Abu Falah, according to the Wafa news service.
Israeli forces storm several areas across occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have stormed the town of Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, sources on the ground told our colleagues.
At the same time, Wafa reported that troops had stormed several areas in Ramallah and the el-Bireh governorate, including the towns of al-Mazraa ash-Sharqiya, Turmus Aya, and the village of Abu Falah.
