270 Palestinian martyrs and 2,795 wounded as a result of Israeli violations in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem

The Palestinian Information Center (PIC) stated that 2025 witnessed the highest rate of Israeli violations against Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem compared to the previous five years, a clear indication of the escalating brutality and aggression of the Israeli enemy and the continuation of its hostile policies towards Palestinians.

In its annual report on violations by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank and Jerusalem, which was reviewed by the Yemeni News Agency (SABA) on Tuesday, the center documented 81,887 Israeli violations in 2025.

The report explained that these violations included all types of crimes and abuses committed by Israeli forces and settlers, from killing and deportation to arrest, house demolitions, land confiscation, and attacks targeting the education and health sectors, in violation of all international conventions and treaties.

The report also noted that the Israeli enemy continues its aggressive policies towards Palestinians in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem. According to the report, Israeli forces and settlers killed 270 Palestinian civilians, including 56 children, 8 women, and 19 elderly people, while 2,795 were wounded.

The Jenin governorate recorded the highest number of martyrs in 2025, with 87, followed by the Nablus, Tubas, and Hebron governorates, with 45, 30, and 30 martyrs respectively.

According to the report, Israeli forces launched a large-scale military operation targeting refugee camps in the northern West Bank. The operation began in Jenin camp on January 21, 2025, and then extended to Tulkarm camp on January 27, and Tubas camp on February 2, 2025. The Israeli army called this operation “Operation Iron Wall,” the largest and most violent military operation since Operation Defensive Shield in 2002 during the Second Intifada.

He confirmed that the operation resulted in widespread destruction, dozens of martyrs and wounded, and the displacement of more than 51,000 Palestinian citizens from their homes, which were destroyed by dozens of military vehicles equipped with the latest weapons and surveillance equipment, as well as various types and sizes of armored personnel carriers, the most recent being the highly fortified “Eitan” armored vehicle, used for the first time in the West Bank, and tracked and wheeled “D9” and “D10” military bulldozers.

He pointed out that after evacuating the residents and expelling them from their residential areas, the Israeli enemy turned their homes into military barracks for its soldiers and occupied the rooftops of other buildings, positioning snipers there. He noted that the enemy army demolished the infrastructure of the areas it invaded, simultaneously cutting off electricity and water, and began extensive bulldozing of streets, severing neighborhoods with barriers and earth mounds. It also employed a policy of “house-to-house” demolition to facilitate safer troop movement. He stated that the Israeli enemy prevented the delivery of medical and food supplies to the residents. Ambulances were prevented from moving except with prior coordination, and ambulance crews were obstructed and assaulted. Hospitals were besieged, and the bodies of martyrs and the deceased, whose remains were being brought to morgues, were prevented from being carried out. Citizens’ communications were disrupted, and economic life in the areas invaded was completely paralyzed.

Ma’ta confirmed that the number of arrests in Israeli prisons reached 10,679, including children, women, and released prisoners. Settler attacks totaled 4,441, and the number of shooting incidents carried out by Israeli soldiers and settlers reached 3,749.

He stated that 2025 witnessed a continuation of violations by the Israeli enemy and extremist settlers against the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. The intensity and frequency of incursions continued throughout the year, with the total number of extremist Jewish settlers storming the Al-Aqsa Mosque exceeding 120,000, the highest number of incursions since its occupation in 1967.

The number of those expelled from Jerusalem and the Al-Aqsa Mosque reached 104. The number of deportees reached 625 in Jerusalem, while 1,098 homes were demolished, in addition to hundreds more threatened with demolition, according to the center.

The center also documented 674 Israeli attacks on places of worship and holy sites, while the Israeli enemy tightened its grip on the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, bringing the number of attacks and desecrations against it to 296.