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So that we won't say we didn't know

Adi Ronen Argov4 min read

Wednesday, May 13, 2026 – The West Bank

Killed

1. Yousef Ali Yousef Ka'abneh, 16, from Jiljilyya.

Raids and Arrests

‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (486th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (480th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (466th consecutive day);

‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Nablus, Hajjah, Deir Abu Da'if, Kafr Qaddum, Ein Al Sultan refugee camp, Beit Ummar, Al-Yamun, Kafr Malik, Askar refugee camp and Dura. During the day, they raided Silat ad-Dhahr, Deir Ibzi, Tubas, Sinjil, Jiljilyya, Aqabah, Beitunia, Asira ash-Shamaliya, Qalandia refugee camp, Tuqu'a, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Al-Mughayyir and Azzun. At least 14 people were arrested, including a 15-year-old minor.

Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Silat ad-Dhahr, south of Jenin - raid on the school and removal of the Palestinian flag.

2. Dura, south of Hebron - dawn raid, detentions and field interrogations. All detainees, except one, were released after several hours.

3. Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem - colonists attacked the Bedouin community of Al Tabana under military protection.

4. Tubas - raid, clashes and stun grenades.

5. Aqabah, north of Tubas - raid, conversion of a house into a military post and field interrogation center. Detentions and arrests. 10 injured in acts of violence.

6. Tulkarm - night raid on a house.

7. Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem - raids on several homes. Clashes. Teargas and stun grenades.

8. Ari'el colony, north of Salfit - the army detained four Palestinians from Khirbet at-Tawil who entered the colony accompanied by an Israeli protective presence activist in order to file a police complaint regarding colonist violence. They were released after several hours and filed a complaint at the police station. Police claim that after filing the complaint they left the area, but the activist accompanying them said they were detained again while leaving.

9. Jiljilyya, north-east of Ramallah - raid carried out simultaneously with a colonist attack. Clashes, live fire, a minor killed. Arrests.

10. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - raid carried out simultaneously with a colonist attack. Clashes, stun grenades and teargas.

11. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah - raid carried out simultaneously with a colonist attack. Arrests.

12. Beitunia, west of Ramallah - attack on municipal maintenance crews and confiscation of equipment.

13. Deir Ibzi', west of Ramallah - raid on the school and arrest of a 15-year-old.

14. Nablus - large forces deployed in the eastern part of the city to secure colonists' entry to Joseph's Tomb.

Confiscations

1. Tulkarm - raid on the city center and confiscation of vehicles.

2. Issawiya, north-east of Jerusalem - confiscation of a vehicle.

Palestinian Attacks on Colonists

1. Almon colony - stone-throwing at vehicles on the road between Hizma and the colony.

2. Azzun, east of Qalqilya - stone-throwing at vehicles.

3. Burin, south of Nablus - stone-throwing at vehicles.

Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Khirbet Samra, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - attack on shepherds.

2. Shib Al Butin, Masafer Yatta - a resident and a foreign protective presence activist were injured by colonists who attacked the community.

3. Yasuf, east of Salfit - colonists destroyed electricity infrastructure. Power to a neighborhood in the village was cut off.

4. Rawabi, north of Ramallah - Israeli flags raised in the square at the entrance to the city.

5. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - agricultural produce set on fire.

6. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah - theft of a flock of sheep under military protection. Residents confronted the thieves and succeeded in recovering some of the stolen livestock. Four residents were injured, one of them seriously, by live fire from the colonists.

7. Tayibe, east of Ramallah - provocative patrol near residents' homes.

8. Jiljilyya, west of Ramallah - attack and theft of livestock under military protection.

9. Abwein, west of Ramallah - attack and theft of livestock under military protection.

10. Shuqba, north-west of Ramallah - two injured, a father and his son, during a colonist attack.

11. Nablus - graffiti of Stars of David, slogans and profanity sprayed on the walls of Qadri Tuqan School.

12. Joseph's Tomb, Nablus - Bezalel Smotrich and the colonist leadership entered Joseph's Tomb under heavy protection by the Israeli army.

13. Burin, south of Nablus - a large group of residents confronted colonists who attacked and succeeded in pushing them out of the village. Afterwards, stones were thrown at colonists' vehicles.

14. Beita, south of Nablus - colonists raided homes in the Jabal Bir Quza area.

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