The Daily File

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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Monday, February 2, 2026 – The West Bank

Killed

1. Omar Zuhair Swirki, 20, Qalqilya.

2. Khaled al-Saifi, 67, Dheisheh refugee camp. Released a week ago from 5 months of administrative detention in dire health conditions and medical neglect, and according to witnesses - abuse as well. Passed away this morning.

Raids and Arrests

Jenin refugee camp and town (386th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (380st consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (366th consecutive day);

‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Qaffin, Halhul, Baqa ash-Sharqiyya, Tuqu'a, Falame, Idna, Tubas. During the day, they raided Hawara (Masafer Yatta), Beit Liqya, Sebastia, ad-Dhahiriya, Ya'bad, Kufr al-Dik, Hizma, as-Samu, Kafr Malik, Burqa, Al-Mughayyir, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Artas, Qalqilya, Sa'ir, Tayasir, Aqabah. At least 18 were arrested.

as-Samu

Army attacks on Palestinians

1. Tuqu'a, south-east of Bethlehem - closure of entrances in the middle of the night.

2. Artas, south-west of Bethlehem - clashes.

3. Jenin - raid with bulldozer, road near Ibn Sina Hospital destroyed.

4. Sa'ir, north-east of Hebron - clashes.

5. Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron - clashes.

6. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem – raid, a house turned into a military post.

7. Qalqilya – one person killed near the Separation Wall in the south side of the city.

8. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - clashes.

9. Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah - clashes.

10. Beit Liqya, south-west of Ramallah - raid on 10 houses, property vandalized, violent attacks.

Demolitions

1. Halhul, north of Hebron - demolition of Mahmoud Abed's family home as Collective Punishment. Abed participated in a shooting and stabbing attack at a shopping mall in Gush Etzyon Junction, killing an Israeli. Earlier, the army raided the town with live fire.

2. Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron - house demolished without warning.

3. Wadi Nar, between Sawahera al-Sharqiya and Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem - 6 shops and a livestock pen demolished.

Palestinian attacks on colonists

1. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus - stones thrown at vehicles.

Colonist attacks on Palestinians

1. Hammamat al Maleh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - grazing cattle on community land, and blocking a schoolchildren transportation vehicle.

2. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - colonists raid the outskirts of the town.

3. as-Samu, south of Hebron - residents confront colonists who raided the village with their flocks. The army arrests 3 residents. Then colonists attack in Al Haraba. Several residents injured.

4. Hawara, Masafer Yatta - colonists graze near the houses, the army arrests a resident.

5. Between Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya and Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm - residents confront raiding colonists.

6. Atara, north of Ramallah - a colonist grazes on the village's land.

7. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - stones thrown at Palestinian vehicles between the village and Khirbet Abu Falah.

8. Jiljilyya, west of Ramallah - a house attacked, solar panels vandalized.

9. Duma, south-east of Nablus - raid on Khirbet Al-Marjam in the south side of the village.

10. Between Qusra and Jaloud, south-east of Nablus - residents clash with colonists from the outpost.

11. Burin, south of Nablus - olive trees uprooted.

12. Huwara, south of Nablus - live fire at the town.


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