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Friday, July 17, 2026 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Jul 17
  • 2 min read

Raids and Arrests

‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 551), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 545), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 531).

‣ Overnight raids conducted in Ya'bad, Qalandia refugee camp, Tubas, Beit Sahour, Al-Mughayyir, al-Am'ari refugee camp, Ramallah, Immatain, Sinjil, Jaba' , Nablus, Awarta, and Kafr Malik. Daytime raids carried out in Dura, Sa'ir, Wadi al-Joz, Huwara, Anabta, Jorish, Kafr Ein, Silwad, Qarawat Bani Zeid, Tell, Madama, Burin, Jayus, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Beit Furik, Idna, Al-Arroub refugee camp, Beit Fajjar, Tuqu'a, and Husan. At least 13 arrested.


Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem – Clashes.

2. Jaba' , south of Jenin – Night raid on homes.

3. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin – Night attack on homes.

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

5. Wadi al-Joz, East Jerusalem – A police chase after 2 Palestinians ends with one wounded and the other arrested.

6. Jayus, south-east of Qalqilya – Clashes.

7. Ramallah – Night raid near the Palestine Medical Complex. Tear gas fired that seeped into the medical complex.


8. Silwad, north-east of Ramallah – Clashes.

9. Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah – Raid with tear gas deployed, igniting fires in fields.

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

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


Palestinian Attacks on the Military

1. Husan, west of Bethlehem – Molotov cocktails thrown at a military position. Raid on the village afterward.


Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Sa'ir, north-east of Hebron – Colonists attack residents in Khamrush, and the residents confront them. Army arrests 5 residents on the claim that they threw stones at the attacking colonists.

2. Yatta – Colonists graze a cattle herd on cultivated fields.

3. Wadi al-Sha'er, east of Salfit – Stones thrown, wounding 2 Palestinian children.


4. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah – Colonists raid and set field crops on fire. Residents confront them and colonists open live fire on residents. Colonists later set field crops on fire a second time.

5. Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah – A woman attacked while grazing sheep. Residents chase them off.


6. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah – Grazing on the village's fields.

7. Iraq Burin, south of Nablus – A home attacked and property vandalized.


8. Jorish, south of Nablus – Colonists, under military escort, attack residents and solidarity activists who came to repair damage from previous colonist attacks.

Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Matan Golan, 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 Lebanon, 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, Reuters, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), Rosa News, Ta’ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, The Washington Post, WHO, West Bank Notifications, yNet, Zirat War.


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