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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Monday, August 31, 2026 – The West Bank

Raids and Arrests

‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 596), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 590), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 576), Qusra (Day 23);

‣ Overnight raids conducted in Nablus, Meithalun, Surif, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, ad-Dhahiriya, Tubas. Daytime raids carried out in Birzeit, Balata refugee camp, Qalandia refugee camp, Halhul, al-Karmil, Bethlehem, Mirka, Al-Mughayyir, Deir Jarir, Hebron, Silwad, Dura el-Kari'a, Ein Yabrud, Beit Ummar, Sinjil, Jinsafut, Beit Fajjar, Qabalan, Abu Shukheidim, Seida, Shuqba, Qibya, Shabtin. At least 8 were arrested.

Nablus

Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem - Clashes.

2. Meithalun, south of Jenin - Night raid on several homes, with stun grenades thrown.

3. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - Raid on a home.

4. Surif, north of Hebron - Night raid on several homes.

5. Kafr 'Aqab, north of Jerusalem - Forces raided again the UNRWA-run vocational continuing education institute adjacent to the Qalandia refugee camp.

6. Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, south of Jericho - Night raid on several homes. Clashes developed afterward.

7. Jinsafut, east of Qalqilya - Raid and conversion of a home into a military post.

8. Silwad, north-east of Ramallah - Clashes.

9. Abu Shukheidim, north-west of Ramallah - Clashes.

10. Nablus - Night infiltration by a special forces unit into the west of the city, followed by a raid by military reinforcements with live fire.

11. Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus - A special forces unit entered the camp and arrested a resident.

Demolitions, Confiscations, and Blockades

1. Birzeit, north of Ramallah - Demolition of homes in the Ein El Saqi area. A colonist attacked a journalist and prevented him from covering the demolitions.

2. Nablus - Demolition of a two-story home in New Nablus, in the Al-Ta'awun neighborhood.

Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Khallet Al Louza and Abu Nujaym, south-east of Bethlehem - Dismantling a fence intended to protect agricultural land and stealing it.

2. Al Maniya, south of Bethlehem - Fencing off land near the outpost, grazing on Palestinian fields.

3. Colony Noa, south-east of Jenin - this is the name of the new colony established on Palestinian land near Qabatiya.

4. Hebron - Colonists destroyed a garden on Al-Shalala Street under military security.

5. Tubas - Provocations within the city during the night.

6. Burka, east of Ramallah - Colonists attacked a home and wounded a mother and her son (10 years old), set fire to a vehicle and stole sheep.

7. Tayibe, east of Ramallah - A family attacked by colonists regularly and with escalation since May 2026 was forced to leave.

8. Beita, south of Nablus - Uprooting of olive trees and excavation works in the Al-Kharayek area.

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