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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Thursday, August 27, 2026 – The West Bank

Raids and Arrests

Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 592), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 586), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 572), Qusra (Day 19), Qalandia refugee camp (Day 3);

‣ Overnight raids conducted in Anabta, Nablus, Qaffin, al-Karmil, Madama, Qalqilya, Tammun, Silat al-Harithiya, Salfit, Mirka, Kufeirit, Zeita, Hizma. Daytime raids carried out in Al-Arroub refugee camp, Qalandia refugee camp, Burin, Awarta, Beita, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Jamma'in, Tell, Rujeib, Idna, Rashayida, Al-Yamun, Sanniriya. At least 13 were arrested, including two minors.

Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Kufeirit, south of Jenin - night raid on a home.

2. Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin - night raid on several homes.

3. Idna, west of Hebron - raid involving live fire.

4. Qaffin, north of Tulkarm - night raid on a home.

5. Anabta, east of Tulkarm - night raid on several homes, mainly of former prisoners. Arrests.

6. East Jerusalem - raid on a home in the Ras Khamis neighborhood.

7. Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem - continued increased presence since the takeover of the UNRWA-run vocational training institute in Kafr 'Aqab nearby. Raids on the offices of the popular committee. Massive tear gas firing, resulting in a fire breaking out. Clashes develop afterward.

8. al-Karmil, Masafer Yatta - night raid on several homes and turning them into military positions. Live fire at a vehicle; two women and a 14-year-old girl were wounded.

9. Awarta, south-east of Nablus - raid and turning of a home into a military position.

10. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus - raid involving throwing of stun grenades and tear gas firing, suffocation injuries.

11. Beita, south of Nablus - takeover of a home and turning it into a military position.

12. Zeita, south-west of Nablus — Night raid on a home.

13. Tell, south-west of Nablus — Raid during which a resident was attacked and wounded.

Demolitions, Confiscations, and Blockades

1. Ras al-Ahmar, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - demolition of tents and agricultural structures and sealing of water wells.

2. Khirbet Karme, south-west of Hebron - demolition of a house.

3. Al-Aqsa, East Jerusalem - police damaged hundreds of chairs used by worshippers in the compound and threw them outside Chain Gate.

4. Al-Bireh, north of Jerusalem - confiscation of 15.3 dunams for a military route.

5. Anata, north-east of Jerusalem - distribution of 30 demolition orders.

Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Kisan, east of Bethlehem - stone-throwing at a vehicle. One Palestinian wounded.

2. Al Maniya, south-east of Bethlehem - new outpost.

3. Khirbet an-Nahla, south of Bethlehem - grazing flocks on agricultural lands.

4. Khirbet al Kharaba, south of Hebron - grazing flocks on the community's lands.

5. Jiljilyya, north of Ramallah - beating a resident and wounding him.

6. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah - grazing flocks among the houses.

7. Burka, east of Ramallah - stealing property and agricultural equipment, and grazing flocks within the orchards.

8. Nablus - ascending to Joseph's Tomb. East Nablus under curfew.

9. Beita, south of Nablus - attacking a man and a woman in the east of the town and forcing them to leave the place.

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