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Adi Ronen Argov2 min read

Thursday, July 16, 2026 – The West Bank

Raids and Arrests

Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 550), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 544), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 530).

‣ Overnight raids conducted in Nablus, Deir Ammar, Sarra, Hajjah, Burqa, Anabta, Aida refugee camp, Deir Abu Mash'al, Beit Ummar, Tammun, Baqat al-Hatab, Bani Na'im, and Jinsafut. Daytime raids carried out in Sa'ir, Usarin, Qalqilya, Imneizil, Al-Mughayyir, Dheisheh refugee camp, Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, Silwad, Ya'bad, Kobar, and Al-Aizariya. At least 65 arrested, including 30 in Beit Ummar.

Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem – Night raid on a residential building.

2. Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem – Raid with massive tear gas deployment. Suffocation injuries, including many children who were in the camp's park. Clashes erupted.

3. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – Night raid on homes, property vandalized, and arrest of 30 family members whose residential compound is frequently attacked by colonists.

4. Bani Na'im, east of Hebron – Night raid on homes; property vandalized. Arrests. A 16-year-old shot in the chest.

5. Anabta, east of Tulkarm – Night raid on homes.

6. Baqat al-Hatab, east of Qalqilya – Night raid on homes; property vandalized.

7. Sarra, west of Nablus – Night raid and entrance blocked with concrete blocks.

Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Abu Nujaym, south-east of Bethlehem – A resident brutally attacked and wounded.

2. Umm al Butm, north-east of Hebron – While preventing residents' access to water, colonists were filmed wasting water for recreation.

3. Sika, south-west of Hebron – Grazing on the village's land.

4. Ramin, east of Tulkarm – A tractor and vehicle set on fire.

5. Imneizil, Masafer Yatta – Colonists attack and steal sheep. Army attacks those who were attacked and arrests 7 residents. 5 residents wounded in the colonist attack.

6. Susya, Masafer Yatta – Agricultural crops set on fire.

7. Qaryut, south-east of Nablus – Sheep grazed on the village's land.

8. Burin, south of Nablus – Olive trees uprooted.


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