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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Monday, April 27, 2026 – The West Bank

Raids and Arrests

Jenin refugee camp and town (470th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (464th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (450th consecutive day);

‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Araqah, Ya'bad, Beit Ummar, Kafr 'Aqab, Qalandia refugee camp, Balata refugee camp, ad-Dhahiriya, and Anata. During the day, they raided Al-Ram, Beit Sahour, Al Ein refugee camp, Balata Al Balad, Deir Sammit, Issawiya, Silwan, Burqa, Nablus, Beit Furik, Yatta, Al-Arroub refugee camp, Yatma, Surda, Beita, Iraq Burin, Hebron, Idna, Shuqba, Hajjah, Kafr Qaddum, Tayasir, Bani Na'im, Beit Fajjar, Beit Iba, and Aida refugee camp. At least 62 people were arrested, including a woman, 5 minors, and two journalists.

Qalandia refugee camp

Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - night raid on a house; 3 minors arrested.

2. Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron - raid and clashes; a minor injured.

3. Karma checkpoint, south of Hebron - gunfire injury.

4. Deir Sammit, south-west of Hebron - raid on the home of the newly elected council head; arrested.

5. Idna, west of Hebron - clashes; multiple teargas suffocation injuries.

6. Yatta - raid on a house, contents vandalized; a man and a woman arrested.

7. Kafr 'Aqab and Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem - 15-hour large-scale raid; Mass arrests, homes turned into military posts.

House raids and property destruction (including at a UNRWA clinic), teargas fire. Four injured; clashes developed by evening.

8. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem - expansion of the raid into Qalandia refugee camp and Kafr 'Aqab; mass arrests, humiliation marches, property destruction in homes.

9. Jaba', north-east of Jerusalem - entrance to the locality and the road connecting it to Qalandia refugee camp blocked.

10. Nablus - raid on a house in the Old City; ambulance and crew detained.

11. Beit Furik, east of Nablus - clashes.

12. Iraq Burin, south of Nablus - clashes.

Demolitions and Blockages

1. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - water well sealed.

2. Jenin - demolition order issued for a shahid memorial in the eastern neighborhood.

3. Qalandia refugee camp, Al-Ram, and Kafr 'Aqab, north of Jerusalem - dozens of demolition orders issued for homes during the large-scale raid.

4. Burqa, north-west of Nablus - uprooting of 500 ancient olive trees at the entrance; two journalists arrested.

Palestinian Attacks on Colonists

1. Tuqu'a', south-east of Bethlehem - stone-throwing.

2. Marda, north of Salfit - stones thrown at vehicles.

3. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah - paint bottle thrown.

Colonists Attacks on Palestinians

1. Beit Sahour, south-east of Bethlehem - colonists opened fire toward the town in the Jabal HaRasa area.

2. Al-Itmaiyeh community, Central Palestinian Jordan Valley - nightly harassment by colonists; blinding lights at tents, noisy driving between tents to intimidate.

3. Ka'abne, north-west of Jericho - house attacked.

4. Jalud, north-east of Ramallah - prolonged incident throughout the day: colonists attacked homes; residents clashed with them; colonists withdrew, then returned in larger numbers, attacked residents, set structures on fire including a house with occupants inside, sprayed pepper spray, and opened fire. 14 Palestinians injured; zero arrests among colonists.

5. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - gunfire toward the locality.


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