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Friday, January 2, 2026 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Jan 2
  • 3 min read

Raids and Arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (355th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (349th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (335th consecutive day), Halhul, Dura, Hebron, Beit Sahour, Beit Jala, Kafr al-Labad, Anata, Anabta, Bal'a. During the day they raided Al-Mughayyir, Kafr Qaddum, Khallet Al Louza, Burin, Ni'lin, Burqa, Jalazone refugee camp, Idna, as-Samu, Silwad, Deir Jarir, Beit Ummar, Za'tara, Tuqu'a, Beit Awa, Tell, Beit Fajjar, Al-Arroub refugee camp, Nabi Salih, Aboud, Umm Safa, Qusra, ad-Dhahiriya, Tayasir, Aqabah, Turmus Ayya, Shuqba, Aqraba, Al-Jiftlik. At least 8 Palestinians were arrested.


Army attacks on Palestinians

1. Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem - confrontations.

2. Jenin - Ambulance was blocked near the city's Government Hospital, while on a mission to evacuate a patient.

3. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - confrontations.

4. Halhul, north of Hebron - night raid, stun grenades.

5. Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron - confrontations.

6. ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron - confrontations. One person injured by gunfire.

7. Idna, west of Hebron - confrontations.

8. Beit Awa, west of Hebron - celebrants returning from an engagement party detained at the entrance to the village.

9. Kafr al-Labad, east of Tulkarm – raid, the army detonates an explosive device.

10. Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah - confrontations.

11. Umm Safa, north of Ramallah – raid, stun grenades.

12. Silwad, north-east of Ramallah - confrontations.

13. Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah - confrontations.

14. Ni'lin, west of Ramallah - confrontations.

15. Shuqba, west of Ramallah – raid, stun grenades.

16. Aboud, north-west of Ramallah - confrontations.

17. Burin, south of Nablus - confrontations.

18. Tell, south-west of Nablus - confrontations.

19. Burqa, north-west of Nablus - confrontations.


Demolitions

1. Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarm - continual demolition of houses in Al Manshiyya neighborhood.


2. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – earthworks and tree uprooting has been continuing for the last two weeks and today.



Colonist attacks on Palestinians

1. Khallet Al Louza, east of Bethlehem - colonists accompanied by the army attack residents. The army fires teargas. 15 suffocation injuries, including 6 children.

2. Kisan, east of Bethlehem - colonists graze their flock inside the village.

3. Khirbet Ibziq, northern Jordan Valley - colonists attack a Palestinian and wound him in the head.

4. Birin, south-east of Hebron - raid and provocations.


5. Mukhmas, north-east of Jerusalem - raids on the community of Khallet a-Sadra.


6. Al-Jiftlik, north of Jericho - colonists attack a family. Afterwards, a military force arrests two of the family members.

7. Farkha, south of Salfit - colonists raid the village at gunfire. The residents confront them.


8. Deir Ballut, west of Salfit - a morning raid on Al-Saniyyah Mosque and desecrating the place, followed by gunfire at the village in the evening.

9. Atara, north of Ramallah - a colonist graze his flock in a Palestinian farmland.


10. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah - a house is raided and property is destroyed.

11. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus – colonists enter an archaeological site located inside the village.

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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