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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Saturday, September 19, 2026 – The West Bank

Raids and Arrests

‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 615), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 609), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 595), Qusra (Day 41);

‣ Overnight raids conducted in Nablus, Al-Mughayyir, Turmus Ayya, Dura, Deir Ballut, Fahma, Azzun, Kafr Thulth, Qalqilya, Aqraba, Qarawat Bani Zeid, Kafr Ein, Deir Ghasana. Daytime raids carried out in Burin, Illar, Seida, Qusra, Beit Ummar, Awarta, Deir Abu Mash'al, Battir, Khirbat 'Abu Falah, Khirbet ad-Daqiqah, Deir Dibwan, Shuweika, Silwad. At least 26 people were arrested, including two women and four minors.

Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Battir, west of Bethlehem - stopping a vehicle carrying several women and children who came from localities west of Ramallah to spend leisure time in the area.

2. Ras al-Ahmar, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - detaining three shepherds while they were grazing on their land.

3. Fahma, south-west of Jenin - night raid on homes.

4. Kafr Thulth, east of Qalqilya - night raid on homes.

5. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - night raid on two homes, coinciding with a colonist attack. Arrests and physical violence against residents. Several residents were wounded, ambulance access was prevented (see also in Colonist attacks on Palestinians).

6. Deir Abu Mash'al, north-west of Ramallah - clashes.

7. Deir Ghasana, north-west of Ramallah - clashes.

8. Kafr Ein, north-west of Ramallah - clashes.

9. Qarawat Bani Zeid, north-west of Ramallah - clashes.

10. Awarta, south-east of Nablus - raid on a home.

11. Qusra, south-east of Nablus - clashes.

12. Burin, south of Nablus - clashes.

13. Huwara, south of Nablus - shooting at a Palestinian vehicle.

Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Za'atara, east of Bethlehem - armed colonists chase shepherds during grazing and drive them away.

2. Abu Nujaym, south of Bethlehem - graze [livestock] on the village's lands, raid a home, and go up onto the roof.

3. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin - uproot 30 guava trees and damage dozens of others.

4. Arraba, south-west of Jenin - attack homes.

5. Hebron - the weekly provocation march in the Old City.

6. Khirbet Ghuwein al Fauqa, south-west of Hebron - besiege a home and empty the family's water tank.

7. Aqabah, north of Tubas - graze the herds on the village's lands.

8. Khirbet ad-Daqiqah, Masafer Yatta - cut piping supplying water to 700 people and raid the community in an attempt to steal sheep. The residents prevent them and the army detains eight of the residents.

9. Khallet al-Hummus, Masafer Yatta - attack a home and wound the family's father.

10. Khirbat 'Abu Falah, north-east of Ramallah - colonists with military backing attack homes on the outskirts of the village.

11. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah — Colonists raided the Sha'ab al-Louz area, fired at homes, and attacked an ambulance.

12. Burka, east of Ramallah — Colonists attacked a home and threw stones at it, then set fire to its balcony. They attacked residents at another location with clubs and pepper spray. Wounded.

13. Deir Ibzi, west of Ramallah — Colonists attacked a farmer while he was working his land.

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