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Data, January 1, 2026 - March 19, 2026 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • 2 days ago
  • 3 min read

Updated: 2 hours ago

Palestinian Killed

1. During February 2026:

Minors

Adults

2

6

2. Since the beginning of the American-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, 2026 (henceforth “the regional war”):

Minors

Women

Men

4

5

11


‣ Killed by:

Israeli military

Colonists

9

7

‣ 4 women were killed by an Iranian missile strike in Beit Awa. In most Palestinian localities in the West Bank there are no protected spaces.


3. Since the beginning of 2026:

Minors

Adults

7

24

‣ Breakdown by circumstances of death:

Live fire

Airstrikes

Other

76%

17%

7%

‣ More than half of those killed were affected in parallel to the regional war.



Israeli Killed

1. No Israeli casualties across the West Bank during 2026.


Palestinian Injured

1. During February, 300 Palestinians were injured across the West Bank.

2. Since the beginning of the regional war, 120 Palestinians were injured, about half as a result of colonist attacks.

3. Since the beginning of 2026, 650 Palestinians were injured, at least 270 due to colonist attacks.



‣ Breakdown by causes of injury:

Teargas

Beatings

Live fire

Shrapnel

Rubber bullets

33%

32%

23%

10%

2%


Israeli Injured

1. Since the beginning of 2026, 35 Israelis were injured across the West Bank, 5 since the beginning of the regional war.


Arrests

1. As of early March 2026:

Security Detainees

Prisoners

Under legal proceedings

Administrative detainees

Unlawful combatants

9,446

1,357

3,398

3,442

1,249

Including 73 women and 350 minors

Serving prison sentences

Not yet convicted

Without charge or legal proceedings

Including 20 women and 180 minors*

Without charges or legal proceedings

*More than half of detained minors in detention facilities are in administrative detention.




Ethnic Cleansing

1. As of March 16, 2026 - 243 Palestinian families in East Jerusalem (approximately 1,000 people, including about 460 children) are facing displacement from their homes in favor of colonist organizations, with their cases under court review.



2. Since the beginning of 2026, 1,500 Palestinians have been displaced from 29 communities (including 260 since the beginning of the regional war). 96% due to colonist violence and access restrictions. Most of the displacement is among Bedouin communities. This reflects a monthly average of 600 displaced persons.

‣ The rate of displacement since the beginning of 2026 has reached 95% of the total figures for all of 2025.

‣ Over the course of one year, 36,000 people were displaced from their homes due to military operations, colonist violence, and house demolitions.


Colonist Violence and Military Attacks

The Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission of the Palestinian Authority documented 1,965 attacks by colonists and the Israeli military on Palestinian communities during February 2026.



1. Israeli military raids:

‣ Israeli military raids on communities, sometimes lasting several days:

Conversion of homes into military posts and temporary expulsion of residents

Conversion of homes into interrogation centers and temporary expulsion of residents

Field interrogations

Arrests

Physical violence

Property destruction and looting



2. Colonist violence:

‣ Sharp increase in colonist violence, at a rate of approximately 10 attacks per day, resulting in harm to persons, property, or both. In these attacks, an average of about 100 Palestinians are injured monthly and about 600 displaced.



‣ Attacks typically originate from outposts established near the outskirts of localities or Bedouin communities.

Threats

Grazing livestock on cultivated land or in residential yards

Theft of livestock

Damage to water and electricity networks

Arson of homes, structures, and agricultural produce

Stone throwing

Looting

Physical violence - with clubs or metal rods

Uprooting of fruit trees

Live fire and killing

Assault on Protective Presence activists

Sexual assault

‣ In most cases, the Israeli military cooperates with the attackers or stands by.

‣ Security forces (the Israeli military and Israeli police) often arrest or detain the attacked Palestinians, following false complaints filed by the attacking colonists.

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 Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Rosa News, Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, yNet, Zirat War.


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