Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – The West Bank

1. First day of Ramadan. Ramadan Kareem.

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2. Tightening restrictions on entry to the Temple Mount and Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan reduces the number of worshipers allowed to enter.

1. Nasrallah Mohammad Jamal Abu Siam, Mukhmas.

‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (402nd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (396th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (382nd consecutive day);

‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Turmus Ayya, Deir Dibwan, Idna, Tell, Qusra, Beit Ummar, Hebron. During the day, they raided Madama, Qaryot, Sara, Jerusalem (Al-Aqsa), Beit Ummar (second time), Kobar, Aqraba, Qalandia refugee camp, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Arraba, Qabatiya, Qusra, Al-Mughayyir. The number of detainees was not publicized, but according to events on the ground, at least 30 were arrested, about half of them in Jabal Jalas neighborhood of Hebron.

‣ Hatem Hamdan, a journalist who was arrested a few days ago at Ein Sinya checkpoint, north of Ramallah, was transferred to administrative detention.

1. Jenin - raid on the Arab-American University dormitories and search of rooms.

2. Arraba, south of Jenin - raid, gunfire, 4 injured.

3. Hebron - raid, turning a house into a military post and a center for field interrogations in Jabal Jalas neighborhood. Arrests.

4. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - raid on the home of Walid Sabraneh, who participated and killed in an attack in Gush Etzion last November, and preparing it for demolition, as Collective Punishment, using explosives . Clashes. The house was blown up in the evening and clashes resumed, including improvised explosive devices. Arrests.

5. Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron - clashes, live fire. A minor was injured.

6. Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem - severe clashes near the entrance to the camp. Live fire, stun grenades and teargas. A fire, caused by a teargas canister, broke out on a rooftop, one person injured.

7. Qalqilya – illumination bombs at night near the eastern entrance to the city.

8. Kobar, north of Ramallah - raid, live fire, one person injured and arrested.

9. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - illumination bombs on the west side of the village shortly before midnight.

10. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah - clashes, illumination bombs.

11. Madama, south of Nablus - raid, the army closes all entrances to the village.

1. Hebron - demolition, as Collective Punishment, of the home of Walid Sabraneh, who participated and killed in an attack in Gush Etzion last November.

2. Al-Bireh, north of Jerusalem - earthworks near the eastern entrance.

3. Qalqas, south of Hebron - demolition of two residential buildings. 40 people left homeless.

1. Za'tara Junction (Tappuah), north-east of Salfit - a Palestinian lightly injured 3 Israelis with a club, in an incident described by the police as a dispute between drivers. Palestinians claim that the three Israelis attacked the Palestinian driver.

1. Raba, south-east of Jenin - provocations and intimidation near residents' homes on the outskirts of the village.

2. Jerusalem, the Old City - colonists, Temple Mount Movement activists, burn a Quran.

3. Mukhmas, north-east of Jerusalem - colonists attack with gunfire and injure 5 villagers, one of them badly, and steal about 300 sheep. One of the injured died of his wounds shortly before midnight. The army spokesperson announced that the incident is being investigated.

4. Al-Aizariya, east of Jerusalem - colonists attack the Jabal al-Baba community in the east of the village, backed up by the army.

5. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah - colonists cut off water supply to a house on the outskirts of the village.

6. Khomesh colony, north-west of Nablus - significant expansion of the colony, at the expense of Palestinian lands.

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7. Khirbet al Marajim, southern Duma, south of Nablus - colonists attack a farmer who tries to prevent them from grazing their flock on his land.