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Adi Ronen Argov4 min read

Wednesday, April 15, 2026 – The West Bank

Raids and Arrests

Jenin refugee camp and town (458th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (452nd consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (438th consecutive day);

‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Zeita, Qalqilya, Marah Rabah, Aqabat Jaber, Kafr Ni'ma Nablus, Dura, Za'atara, Askar refugee camp, Al-Ram. During the day, they raided Tammun, Ya'bad, Silwan, Awarta, Azzun, Rujeib, Beit Ula, Birzeit, Idna, Surif, Deir Jarir, Abwein, Al Shuyukh, Jifna, Fahma, Deir al-Ghusun. At least 13 were arrested, including a woman and an injured person.

Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin - raid, widespread detentions, field interrogations and arrests. 9 arrested.

2. Al Shuyukh, north of Hebron - clashes following a colonists’ attack.

3. Dura, south of Hebron - night raid on residential homes.

4. Tarama, south of Hebron - evening raid on a house.

5. Tammun, south of Tubas - morning raid on residential homes. A Palestinian vehicle collided with an Israeli military vehicle.

6. Between Salfit and Qalqilya - Israeli forces closed several roads and junctions along the main road between the cities following gunfire at a colonists’ vehicle near the Immanu'el colony.

7. Birzeit, north of Ramallah - clashes.

8. Jifna, north of Ramallah - clashes, live fire.

9. Nablus - raid on a residential building. In the evening, forces deployed in the east of the city to secure colonists’ entry to Joseph's Tomb. Clashes, live fire. Stun grenades thrown at journalists covering the clashes.

Demolitions and Blockages

1. Zeita, west of Jenin - entrances to the village blocked with earth mounds.

2. Beit Ula, north-west of Hebron - demolition of a factory.

3. Ras al-Ahmar, south-east of Tubas - demolition of irrigation systems and water lines.

4. Silwan, Jerusalem - demolition of a house.

5. Issawiya, north-east Jerusalem - demolition of a house, fences and agricultural structures.

6. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem - demolition of horse stables.

7. Qalqilya - closure of the city’s entrances and exits. Traffic congestion.

Palestinian Attacks on Colonists

1. Immanu'el colony, north-west of Salfit - gunfire at a vehicle near the colony.

2. Yakir colony, north-west of Salfit - attempted stabbing; the attacker was shot.

Colonists Attacks on Palestinians

1. Jurat al-Sham'a, south of Bethlehem - installation of mobile structures in a new outpost on village land.

2. Tuqu'a, south of Bethlehem - colonists attacked vehicles at the entrance to the town.

3. Farsiyeh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - colonists attacked a shepherd.

4. Al Shuyukh, north of Hebron - one injured in a colonists’ attack on the town. Residents clashed with them.

5. Al Mirkez, Masafer Yatta - colonists broke into homes and residential caves.

6. Wadi Abu Sha’ban, Masafer Yatta - colonists attacked shepherds, one injured.

7. Jifna, north of Ramallah - colonists stole 160 sheep.

8. Umm Safa, north-east of Ramallah - expansion of an outpost in the Jabal al-Ras area.

9. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - colonists grazing on village land.

10. Nablus - colonists entered Joseph's Tomb under heavy Israeli military protection.

11. Khirbet at-Tawil, south-east of Nablus - night provocations near residents’ homes.

12. Khirbet al Marajim, south of Duma, south-east of Nablus - colonists blocked the road and destroyed a water pipe under army protection.

13. Beita, south of Nablus - residents clashed with colonists who attacked a house on the outskirts of the town.

14. Jalud, south of Nablus - earthworks on village land for new construction in Shvut Rahel outpost of the Shilo colony.


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