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Saturday, February 21, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
‣ Over the past 48 hours : ◦ 1 killed, 10 injured. ‣ Since October 11, 2025 : ◦ 612 killed; ◦ 1,640 injured; ◦ 726 bodies recovered. ‣ Since October 7, 2023 - 72,070 killed and 171,738 injured. General 1. Last 24 hours: 21 patients and 44 companions evacuated from Gaza, and 49 residents returned via Rafah crossing . Northern Gaza 1. Beit Lahia – gunfire, 1 injured. 2. Jabalia refugee camp – drone strike, 1 killed. Gaza City 1. East: ‣ Airstrike; ‣ Houses blown up; ‣ Gunfir
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 212 min read


Saturday, February 21, 2026 – The Palestinian society in Israel
Criminal Incidents 1. Kafr Kanna – prolonged shooting for hours, attempted arson, 4 injured (1 serious, 3 moderate), background: family feud. 2. Arraba – shooting, 1 moderately injured. Sources : Addameer , Al Jazeera , Amar Assadi Telegram , Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs , DCI - Palestine , Democracy Now , Genocide in Gaza , Haaretz , IDF (Israel Defence Forces) , HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency , Inte
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 211 min read


Friday, February 20, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
‣ No casualty data reported in the past 24 hours. General 1. First Friday of Ramadan. 2. The Lancet estimates that 75,200 residents were killed in the first 15 months of the attack on Gaza, 56.2% of whom were women, children and the elderly, a figure far exceeding the Gaza Health Ministry’s reported death toll of 49,000 . Northern Strip 1. Jabalia refugee camp and town: ‣ Demolition of houses in the camp, to make space for a civil administration headquarters. ‣ Gunshots in J
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 202 min read


Friday, February 20, 2026 – Palestinian Society in Israel
Criminal Incidents 1. Kafr Kanna - Shooting at a house. No casualties reported. Sources : Addameer , Al Jazeera , Amar Assadi Telegram , Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs , DCI - Palestine , Democracy Now , Genocide in Gaza , Haaretz , IDF (Israel Defence Forces) , HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency , International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement , The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) , Jordan
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 201 min read


Friday, February 20, 2026 – Lebanon
Lebanon 1. A series of airstrikes in the Beqaa (East Lebanon) on Tamnine El Tahta , Qsarnaba and between Riyaq and Baalbek . 12 killed and 40 wounded. Israel claims these are Hezbollah headquarters. 2. Machine-gun fire on Yaroun . 3. Airstrike on a house in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp (east of Saida ) on the ground that it was Hamas headquarters. According to Lebanese sources, this was a joint security force headquarters responsible for the camp's security and not Hamas he
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 201 min read


Friday, February 20, 2026 – The West Bank
General 1. Article in The Guardian - Al-Aqsa is a detonator’: six-decade agreement on prayer at Jerusalem holy site collapses . Israel changes the status quo at the Al-Aqsa compound. 2. First Friday of Ramadan. 80,000 worshipers attended the prayers in Al-Aqsa , Minister Ben Gvir arrived and ordered the police to clamp down. Raids and Arrests ‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (404 th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (398 th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 203 min read


The Death Penalty as a Policy Failure Wrapped in Revenge
It is hard to put into words the feeling that rises in me each time the regime’s push for the death penalty comes up for another round. Perhaps the most accurate description is: “my entire being recoils.” But the truth is that this recoil has become almost routine in the face of the current governmental monstrosity, reflected in its treatment of anyone who does not resemble its leaders. Sawsan Masarwa begins, at the very least, to give words to this terrible feeling. Do we tr

Sawsan Masarwa
Feb 204 min read


Thursday, February 19, 2026 - Lebanon
Lebanon 1. Airstrike on Jabal Al Rihan . 2. Special forces raid and blow up a building in Khiam . Later machine gun and mortar fire. 3. Intermittent artillery fire throughout the day on Yaroun . 4. Artillery fire on Aitaroun and Maroun Al Ras . 5. Airstrike on Al Shaara, the Beqaa , eastern Lebanon. Sources : Addameer , Al Jazeera , Amar Assadi Telegram , Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs , DCI - Palestine , Democrac
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 191 min read


Thursday, February 19, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
‣ Over the past 24 hours : ◦ 2 killed, 4 injured. ‣ Since October 11, 2025 : ◦ 611 killed; ◦ 1,630 injured; ◦ 726 bodies recovered. ‣ Since October 7, 2023 - 72,069 killed, 171,729 injured. General 1. 22 patients and 38 companions left the Gaza Strip, and 44 Gazans returned via Rafah crossing . 2. 4 detainees, released from Israeli detention facilities, were transferred by the Red Cross to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah . 3. Colonists led by the Nahala Movement, includin
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 192 min read


Thursday, February 19, 2026 – The West Bank
General 1. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights – ethnic cleansing concerns in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip amid intensified violence and forcible transfers by Israel . Raids and Arrests ‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (403 rd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (397 th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (383 rd consecutive day); ‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Arraba h, Qabatiya , Beit Ula , Rafat , Al Fawwar
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 193 min read


Thursday, February 19, 2026 – The Palestinian Society in Israel
Hate Crimes 1. Ein Karem - Spray painting of slurs on the wall of the Church of the Visitation. Sources : Addameer , Al Jazeera , Amar Assadi Telegram , Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs , DCI - Palestine , Democracy Now , Genocide in Gaza , Haaretz , IDF (Israel Defence Forces) , HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency , International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement , The Institute for National Security Studies
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 191 min read


Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
‣ No casualty data reported in the past 24 hours. General ‣ The first day of Ramadan. Ramadan Kareem. 1. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that only 260 of the 18,500 sick and wounded awaiting evacuation and treatment abroad have left the Gaza Strip since the opening of Rafah Crossing. 2. 10 detainees, released from Israeli detention facilities, were transferred by the Red Cross to Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah . Gaza City 1.
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 182 min read


Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – The West Bank
General 1. First day of Ramadan. Ramadan Kareem. 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. Killed 1. Nasrallah Mohammad Jamal Abu Siam, Mukhmas . Raids and Arrests ‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (402 nd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (396 th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (382 nd consecutive day); ‣ During the night, Israeli forces r
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 184 min read


Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – The Palestinian Society in Israel
General ‣ First day of Ramadan. Ramadan Kareem. Killed 1. Ahmed Muhammad Ashkar, 18-years-old, Kabul . 2. Osama Abu Abid, 25-years-old, Laqiya . Criminal Incidents 1. Iksal - a man in his 40s was badly injured in a shooting incident, and was taken to HaEmek Hospital in Afula. 2. Haifa - shooting in the Khalsa neighborhood. Two young men, whose identities have not yet been released, were killed. A burned vehicle, located in Shemen Beach under a bridge, was apparently used by
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 182 min read


Wednesday, February 18, 2026 - Lebanon & Syria
Lebanon 1. Wazzani - gunshots at a vehicle. 2. Yaroun - military forces blew up a building in town. Syria 1. Al Masrithiyah, Yarmouk Basin - raid and arrest of 2 residents. 2. Ein Ziwan - raid on several houses, set up of a checkpoint at the entrance, searches, vehicular traffic blocked. Sources : Addameer , Al Jazeera , Amar Assadi Telegram , Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs , DCI - Palestine , Democracy Now , Geno
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 181 min read


Tuesday, February 17, 2026 – Lebanon
Lebanon 1. Drone drops stun grenades on a house in Hula . 2. Drone drops stun grenades in Ayta ash Shab . Later artillery fire. Sources : Addameer , Al Jazeera , Amar Assadi Telegram , Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs , DCI - Palestine , Democracy Now , Genocide in Gaza , Haaretz , IDF (Israel Defence Forces) , HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency , International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement , The Institut
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 171 min read


Tuesday, February 17, 2026 – The Gaza Strip
‣ No casualty data reported in the past 24 hours. General 1. The recovery efforts of the bodies of the Abu Nasser family members who were massacred (over 170 family members) on October 29, 2024 continue. 50 more bodies were recovered. 20 more are still buried under the rubble. Northern Strip 1. Bombing in Jabalia Al Balad , a child was killed and another was injured. Ramadan in Jabaliya refugee camp Gaza City 1. East: ‣ Houses blown up in the east; ‣ Artillery fire on Al Tu
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 172 min read


Tuesday, February 17, 2026 – The Palestinian Society in Israel
Protests 1. Sakhnin - Demonstration in protest of crime increase and neglect of residents' security. Criminal Incidents 1. Sakhnin – one person moderately injured in a shooting incident. Sources : Addameer , Al Jazeera , Amar Assadi Telegram , Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs , DCI - Palestine , Democracy Now , Genocide in Gaza , Haaretz , IDF (Israel Defence Forces) , HRANA-Human Rights Activists News Agency , Int
Adi Ronen Argov
Feb 171 min read
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