Friday, January 16, 2026 – The West Bank
- Adi Ronen Argov
- Jan 16
- 3 min read
General
1. Left-wing organizations demonstrate in Ras Al Ein (Auja) community in protest of the violent eviction of the community and tree planting instead. MK Zvi Sukkot, accompanied by police, confronted the protesters.
Killed
1. Muhammad Saad Sami Naasan, 14, Al-Mughayyir.
Raids and Arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (369th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (363rd consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (349th consecutive day), Qalandia refugee camp, Beita, Kafr Malik, Deir Jarir, Nablus, Al Far'a refugee camp, Tubas. During the day, they raided Al-Mughayyir, Beit Kahil, Bal'a, Salem, Anabta, Qalqilya, Huwara (Nablus), Huwara (Masafer Yatta), Beit Furik, as-Samu, Khallet Al Louza, Al-Rama, Tuqu'a, Beit Ummar, Awarta, Turmus Ayya, Izbat Abu Salman, ad-Dhahiriya, Aqraba, Ni'lin, Kobar, Kafr Ein, Nabi Salih, Bethlehem, Farkha, Halhul, Shabtin, Al Khader. At least 26 were arrested, 3 minors among them.
Army attacks on Palestinians
2. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - confrontations, one person injured by shrapnel.
4. ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron - confrontations.
5. Between Kafr Qaddum (east of Qalqilya) and Beit Lid (east of Tulkarm) - residents protesting the new outpost. The army is shooting at the protesters.
6. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - following the colonist attack (see Colonist attacks on Palestinians below). Raid on the village, shooting. A 14-year-old was shot in the chest and killed. Confrontations ensued. The army is blocking the main entrance.
7. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah - confrontations.
8. Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah - blocking the entrance.
9. Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah - continued raid, destruction of infrastructure and blocking the road to al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, due to a false complaint by colonists.
12. Beit Furik, east of Nablus - teargas fired at farmers.
Colonist attacks on Palestinians
1. Al Shuyukh, north of Hebron - shepherds ousted at gunpoint.
2. Huwara, Masafer Yatta - colonists attack, accompanied by an army force who arrest 4 of the residents.
3. Haribat an-Nabi, Masafer Yatta - grazing among the community's houses.
4. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - colonists open fire at the entrance to the village. Another group of colonists raids the Halila area in the south of the village with an army escort, where they raid tents and detain 4 solidarity activists.
5. Kafr Ni'ma, north-west of Ramallah – colonists, accompanied by army force, attack Palestinian families who were camping in a park. The army fires teargas at the campers.
6. Huwara, south of Nablus - raid and confrontations with residents. Two colonists were injured. The army raids the town to secure the colonists.
7. Al Masoudia, north-west of Nablus – farmers ousted at gunpoint.
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), Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, yNet, Zirat War.
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