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Adi Ronen Argov4 min read

Friday, August 14, 2026 – The West Bank

Raids and Arrests

Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 579), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 573), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 559).

‣ Overnight raids conducted in Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, Ajjah, Beita, Nablus, Awarta, Far'ata, Tell, Bal'a, and Deir Abu Mash'al. Daytime raids carried out in Al Kum, Hizma, Huwara, Silwad, Al-Mughayyir, Azzun, Sebastia, Beit Furik, Beit Ummar, Jayus, Beit Fajjar, Silwan, Idna, Beit Sahour, Deir Ballut, Judeida, Al-Aizariya, Qalqilya, and Tuqu'a. At least 13 arrested, including a 14-year-old minor. At least 30 detained for interrogation in Hebron.

Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem – Clashes. Two wounded by live fire, including a minor, on the claim they threw Molotov cocktails.

2. Idna, west of Hebron – Clashes.

3. Tulkarm – Night raid on several homes; contents vandalized.

4. Bal'a, north-east of Tulkarm – Raid on a home and detention of a journalist.

5. Al-Aizariya, east of Jerusalem – Raid on a wedding hall and attack on those present.

6. Deir Ballut, west of Salfit – Raid with live fire and tear gas deployed.

7. Azzun, east of Qalqilya – Clashes.

8. Far'ata, east of Qalqilya – Night raid and conversion of a home into a military post.

9. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – Raid on a home.

10. Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, north-west of Ramallah – Night raid on a home.

11. Nablus – Night raid on a residential building.

12. Qusra, south-east of Nablus – The colonists returned to the siege. Army prevents protective presence activists from reaching the home, agreeing only to allow food and drink to be brought in.

13. Tell, south-west of Nablus – Conversion of a home into a military post.

14. Sebastia, north-west of Nablus – Clashes.

Demolitions, Confiscations, and Blockades

1. Beit Hanina, north-east of Jerusalem – A family was forced to demolish its home.

2. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem – Entrances blocked and tear gas fired at vehicles.

3. Jabel Mukaber, south-east of Jerusalem – A family was forced to demolish a residential compound containing three homes. A fire later broke out as a result of an electrical short circuit.

4. Huwara, south of Nablus – Entrance blocked.

Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Beit Sahour, east of Bethlehem – Solidarity activists remove Israeli flags from a home forcibly seized by colonists. The colonists fire into the air and threaten with drawn weapons.

2. Khirbet Samra, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – Provocative patrols.

3. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – A farmer run over; the army detains him.

4. Sa'ir, north-east of Hebron – Road blocked and live fire deployed in the Al-Adisa area; two wounded.

5. Al Kum, south-west of Hebron – A family attacked. The army detains a 14-year-old.

6. Ramin, east of Tulkarm – Fig trees and water pipes vandalized.

7. Silwan, East Jerusalem – Colonists, under security force escort, attack a family in Batn al-Hawa.

8. Imneizil, Masafer Yatta – Shepherds attacked, then grazing on the community's land.

9. Deir Istiya, north-west of Salfit – Raid on the town.

10. Kafr Laqif, east of Qalqilya – Stones thrown at vehicles.

11. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – Clashes between residents and invading colonists.

12. Burka, east of Ramallah – Raid on the town.

13. Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah – New outpost.

Sources

Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War