Thursday, September 17, 2026 – The West Bank
Raids and Arrests
‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 613), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 607), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 593), Qusra (Day 39);
‣ Overnight raids conducted in Baqat al-Hatab, Qalqilya, Qaryut, Ya'bad, Kobar, Zababdeh, Hajjah, Nablus, Al Ein refugee camp, Bal'a, Shuafat refugee camp, Anata, Illar, Seida, Ramallah, Jericho, Awarta, Halhul, Hebron, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, Kafr Qallil, Dheisheh refugee camp, Al-Bireh, Silat al-Harithiya, Ya'bad. Daytime raids carried out in Birzeit, Bethlehem, Abu Dis, Abda, Al-Mughayyir, Beit Ummar, Burin, Fahma. At least 44 were arrested, including a journalist and women. Dozens more were detained and released in the morning.
Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians
1. Bethlehem - Night raid on a home.
2. Jenin - Raid on the city center accompanied by tear gas fire.
3. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin - Night raid on several homes.
4. Zababdeh, west of Jenin - Night raid on several homes.
5. Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin - Night raid on several homes.
6. Halhul, north of Hebron - Night raid on several homes and conversion of one home into a military post.
7. Seida, north of Tulkarm - Night raid on a home and its conversion into a military post.
8. Illar, north of Tulkarm - Night raid on several homes and conversion of one of them into a military post.
9. Al-Bireh, north of Jerusalem - Clashes.
10. Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem - Night raid on several homes and a social club. Mass detention and vandalism of the club's contents.
11. Qalqilya - Continued night raid, during which five were wounded by gunfire and 10 by suffocation from gas, including one person with special needs.
12. Hajjah, south of Qalqilya - Night raid on homes, arrest of 23 residents, property vandalism.
13. Ramallah - Night raid on a residential building.
14. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - Raid accompanied by tear gas fire that ignited a fire.
15. Kobar, north-west of Ramallah - Night raid on several homes.
16. Burin, south of Nablus - Clashes.
17. Kafr Qallil, south of Nablus - Night raid on several homes.
18. Al Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus - Night raid, converting two homes into military posts after expelling the residents and beating and wounding two of them, live fire toward the homes.
Demolitions, Confiscations, and Blockades
1. Bardala, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - Eviction order for fruit and vegetable stalls.
2. Abda, south of Hebron - Demolition of a vehicle repair garage.
Colonist Attacks on Palestinians
1. Khirbet Yarza, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - Blocking the road to the community with rocks.
2. Yatta, south of Hebron - Setting fire to an agricultural structure and spraying hate graffiti west of the city.
3. Khallet al-Hummus, Masafer Yatta - Raid on a residential tent. Attacking the residents and wounding one of them. The army arrested six residents, including the wounded person and several solidarity activists.
4. Ramallah - Raiding an urban playground in the Al Rihan area.
5. Burka, east of Ramallah - Setting fire in the Al-Wad al-Shami area east of the village.
6. Tayibe, east of Ramallah - Provocations in the Ka'abna community. Wounding a solidarity activist.
7. Burqa, north-west of Nablus - Vandalism of light poles.
8. Asira ash-Shamaliya, north-west of Nablus - Blocking the road and throwing stones at vehicles.
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
