Saturday, October 17, 2026 – The West Bank
At least 40 attacks by the army and colonists on olive pickers were documented during the day.
Raids and Arrests
‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 642), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 636), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 622);
‣ Overnight raids conducted in Jericho, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Fahma, Tell, at-Tabaqa, Nablus, Kafr 'Aqab, Al-Yamun. Daytime raids carried out in Deir Jarir, Burka, Khirbat 'Abu Falah, Salem, Usarin, Beit Furik, Jalud, Yatma, Barta'a, Al-Bireh, Jaba', Tubas, Aqabah, Battir, Tayibe, Kafr Malik, Qarawat Bani Hassan, Qabatiya, Zububa, Silwan, Tarqumiyah, Aqraba, Nabi Salih, Madama, Deir Ammar, al-Majd. At least 21 people were arrested, including one minor aged 13.
Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians
1. Wadi al-Hummus, east of Bethlehem - Gunfire at workers. One wounded by gunfire.
2. Jenin - Gunfire at a vehicle on Nablus Street.
3. Qabatiya, south of Jenin - Raid with live fire. Three wounded. Arrests.
4. Barta'a, south-west of Jenin - Detaining olive pickers.
5. Fahma, south-west of Jenin - Night raid on several homes.
6. Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron - Gunfire at a vehicle.
7. Silwan, east Jerusalem - Clashes.
8. Khirbet Ma'in, Masafer Yatta - Raiding to escort colonists, firing live fire while the colonists stole sheep, then raiding homes. Three wounded, one from live fire and two from beatings by colonists.
9. Qarawat Bani Hassan, north-west of Salfit - Detaining construction workers.
10. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - Raid on a home during a colonist attack. Detaining three and forcing them to remove the flag of Palestine.
11. Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah - Raid on the village alongside a colonist attack.
12. Khirbat 'Abu Falah, north-west of Ramallah - Firing tear gas at olive pickers.
13. Deir Ammar, north-west of Ramallah - Firing live fire at olive pickers.
14. Nabi Salih, north-west of Ramallah - Raid while throwing stun grenades.
15. Nablus - Raid on a home in the east of the city.
16. Beit Furik, east of Nablus - Clashes.
17. Salem, east of Nablus - Tear gas fired at olive pickers, causing suffocation injuries.
18. Usarin, south-east of Nablus - olive pickers attacked and some of them arrested.
19. Aqraba, south-east of Nablus - Tear gas fired at olive pickers and subsequently at a number of homes. Suffocation injuries, including among children.
20. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus - Night raid on a number of homes and arrests.
Demolitions, Confiscations, and Blockades
Colonist Attacks on Palestinians
1. Hebron - weekly provocation march in the Old City.
2. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - attack electricity company workers while they were repairing a power line.
3. Beit Anan, north-west of Jerusalem - block the road.
4. Khallet al-Hummus, Masafer Yatta - attack an solidarity activists' vehicle.
5. Khirbet Ma'in, Masafer Yatta - attack with military escort during which 200 sheep and goats are stolen while soldiers shoot at residents from close range. Three wounded.
6. Wadi al-Sha'er, east of Salfit - attack olive pickers and steal a tractor.
7. Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah - attack olive pickers.
8. Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah - attack olive pickers, a man and a woman were wounded.
9. Tayibe, east of Ramallah - attack a delegation of diplomats from France, Belgium and Poland, wound one of them (France), vandalize the Belgian consulate's car.
10. Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah - attack several homes, and during the attack slaughter 20 lambs.
11. Idna, west of Ramallah - loot olives.
12. Beit Furik, east of Nablus - attack olive pickers together with the army. The army detains olive pickers.
13. Rujeib, east of Nablus - Attack olive pickers.
14. Jalud, south-east of Nablus - Attack olive pickers and journalists.
15. Khirbet at-Tawil, south-east of Nablus - Attack shepherds.
16. Yatma, south-east of Nablus - Attack olive pickers accompanied by soldiers and loot olives.
17. Aqraba, south-east of Nablus - Attack olive pickers and open fire on them. One wounded.
18. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus - Attack olive pickers.
19. Burin, south of Nablus - Shoot at olive pickers.
20. Huwara (Nablus), south of Nablus - Attack olive pickers. Steal equipment and loot olives.
21. Asira al-Qibliya, south of Nablus - Attack olive pickers and loot olives.
22. Beit Imrin, north-west of Nablus - Loot olives.
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
