Friday, May 8, 2026 – The West Bank
- Adi Ronen Argov
- May 8
- 3 min read
General
1. The body of Khaled Qara’an, a resident of Qalqilya, was returned to his family 8 months after he was killed.
Raids and Arrests
‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (481st consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (475th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (461st consecutive day);
‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Illar, Deir Sammit, Atil, Kafr Qaddum, Silwad, Balata refugee camp, Nablus, Hizma and Harasa. During the day, they raided Issawiya, Deir Istiya, Al Funduq, Al-Bireh, Beit Furik, Udala, Al 'Asa'asa, Qusra, Deir Ballut, Beit Ummar, Tuqu'a, Al-Mughayyir, Al-Arroub refugee camp and Battir. At least 16 people were arrested, including a woman.
Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians
2. Berk Sulayman (Solomon’s Pools), south of Bethlehem - dispersing tourists violently and with teargas.
4. Deir Sammit, south-west of Hebron - nighttime raids on houses.
7. Deir Ballut, west of Salfit - expelling farmers from their land.
8. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - clashes.
10. Beit Furik, east of Nablus - clashes.
Blockages
1. Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm - installation of an additional iron gate and its closure.
Colonist Attacks on Palestinians
2. Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem - colonists attacking a resident in the Wadi Seif area while he was on his land and stealing his mobile phone.
3. Al-Jiftlik, Central Palestinian Jordan Valley - colonists preventing students from the Atmawia community from reaching school through threats and intimidation.
4. Al 'Asa'asa, south of Jenin - colonists and soldiers forcing a Palestinian family to remove the body of a man they had just buried because the burial site was considered too close to the fence of the re-established Sa-Nur colony.
6. ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron - colonists throwing stones at a vehicle, injuring 3 Palestinians, including a father and his son, and damaging the vehicle.
8. Khallet al-Farra, west of Yatta - colonists stealing a vehicle and a water trailer.
10. Khirbat 'Abu Falah, north-east of Ramallah - colonists setting a vehicle on fire and spraying racist graffiti.
11. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - opening a Jews-only road. Colonists setting agricultural crops on fire and opening fire at residents under military protection. A 13-year-old girl was injured by a rubber bullet.
12. Silwad, north-east of Ramallah - clashes between residents and colonists who infiltrated the village.
15. Deir Jarir, east of Ramallah - clashes between infiltrating colonists and village residents.
16. Khirbet Tana, east of Nablus - colonists preventing Friday prayers at the mosque.
18. Between Aqraba and Za'tara checkpoint, south of Nablus - a colonist blocked an ambulance during an evacuation mission.
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, 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 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, West Bank Notifications, yNet, Zirat War.
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