Wednesday, August 19, 2026 – The West Bank

1. District unit (Yamaz) forces of the Israel Prison Service entered Damon prison, handcuffed the security female detainees, blindfolded them, and forced them to lie on the ground in the courtyard for over an hour, while conducting searches of the detention cells and confiscating personal items and medications.

‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 584), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 578), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 564).

‣ Overnight raids conducted in Bethlehem, Tuqu'a, Hableh, ad-Dhahiriya, Dheisheh refugee camp, Beit Fajjar, Nablus, Kafr 'Aqab, Fasa'il, Al Ein refugee camp, Azzun, Deir al-Ghusun, Asira al-Qibliya, Qalandia refugee camp, Wadi al-Sha'er. Daytime raids carried out in Tell, Badhan, Deir Jarir, Qarawat Bani Zeid, Beit Rima, Deir Ghasana, Kafr Ein, Al-Arroub refugee camp, Beita, Beit Furik, Al-Mughayyir, Sa'ir, Qusra, Deir Dibwan, Kafr Thulth, al-Am'ari refugee camp, Tubas. At least 23 arrested, including a journalist and the Palestinian Authority's minister for Jerusalem affairs.

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1. Bethlehem – Night raid on a home and arrest of journalist and press photographer Abdul Rahman Hassan.

2. Tuqu'a, south-east of Bethlehem – Clashes, tear gas.

3. Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron – Clashes.

4. Sa'ir, north of Hebron – Clashes.

5. ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron – Night raid on several neighborhoods and homes, converting residential homes into military posts and expelling residents, and closing access roads. Curfew. Detentions, field interrogations, and arrests. Confiscation of merchandise from shops, and vandalism of vehicles.

6. Tubas – Evening raid on a home. Clashes, stun grenades.

7. Silwan, Jerusalem – Arrest of the Palestinian Authority's minister for Jerusalem affairs, Ashraf al-Ajouri.

8. Fasa'il, north of Jericho – Night raid on several homes. Searches and property vandalism.

9. Azzun, east of Qalqilya – Night raid by special forces on several homes, reinforcements, arrests.

10. al-Am'ari refugee camp, north of Ramallah – Clashes, live fire.

11. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – Detentions and field interrogations. All those interrogated were released.

12. Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah – Clashes, tear gas.

13. Beit Rima, north-west of Ramallah – Clashes.

14. Deir Ghasana, north-west of Ramallah – Clashes.

15. Kafr Ein, north-west of Ramallah – Clashes.

16. Qarawat Bani Zeid, north-west of Ramallah – Clashes.

17. Nablus – Raid beginning at dawn on several neighborhoods. Arrests. One wounded from soldiers' violence evacuated by the Red Crescent.

18. Beit Furik, east of Nablus – Evening raid; soldiers break into the local mosque.

19. Qusra, south-east of Nablus – Evening raid, live fire; an elderly woman and a child wounded by shrapnel.

20. Madama, south of Nablus – Clashes, stun grenades and tear gas.

21. Tell, south-west of Nablus – Dawn raid on a home.

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22. Al Ein refugee camp, west of Nablus – Night raid on a residential building.

1. Al Maniya, south-east of Bethlehem – A bulldozer blocks the access road to the home of the Jabarin family, subject to frequent colonist attacks.

2. Hebron – Closure and welding shut of the entrance door to the Idris building in the Harat al-Salaima neighborhood.

3. Beit Hanina, north-east of Jerusalem – Demolition of three structures and the vegetation surrounding them.

4. Sinjil, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, and Qaryut, north-east of Ramallah – Order confiscating 1,152 dunams of the three towns' land.

5. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – Severe vehicle damage after soldiers suddenly closed the iron gate at the entrance to the town, causing a traffic accident.

1. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah – A Palestinian arrested after spraying pepper spray on three Israeli colonists near the town.

2. Awarta, south of Nablus – Stones thrown at vehicles.

1. Al Maniya, south-east of Bethlehem – Colonists prevent residents from leaving for work.

2. Hebron – A colonist from the Givat Gal outpost threatens children playing in the nearby Khallet al-Natash neighborhood with a weapon.

3. Shib Al Butin, Masafer Yatta – Herds grazed among the residents' homes.

4. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – Clashes between colonists attempting to steal livestock and residents in the west of the town, who managed to stop them.

5. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah – Residents confront colonists rampaging on the outskirts of the town.

6. Dar Faza'a, east of Ramallah – Failed attempt by colonists to breach the community's grounds.

7. Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah – Herds grazed near the community's homes and a fence surrounding a home vandalized.

8. Nablus – Several sheep died after drinking water poisoned by colonists in the Mount Ebal area.

9. Qusra, south-east of Nablus – 11th day of the siege on residents' homes in the Ras al-Ein area under army protection.