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Monday, February 23, 2026 – The West Bank

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

General

1. Severe cooking gas supply crisis across the West Bank. Queues at distribution points.



Raids and Arrests

‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (407th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (401st consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (387th consecutive day);

‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Aqabah, Beit Ummar, Halhul, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Faqqua, Qusra, Asira ash-Shamaliya, Al-Bireh, Surif, Huwara, Deir Abu Mash'al, Hebron, Tuqu'a. During the day, they raided Khallet al-Maiyya, Ya'bad, Beit Furik, Tell, Al-Mughayyir, Qusra, Birzeit, Deir Jarir, Sa'ir, Duma, Abu Dis, al-Am'ari refugee camp, Seida, Jalbun, Hizma, Beit Kahil, Illar. At least 28 arrested, including 5 minors.


Army attacks on Palestinians

1. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin – raid on the town, multiple arrests during an event at a wedding hall. Five remain in detention, others released.


2. Halhul, north of Hebron – clashes.

3. Sa'ir, north of Hebron – clashes.

4. Rakhawa, south of Hebron – arrest of three children and a young man for collecting Akkoub (Gundelia).


5. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem – two injured by gunfire near the Separation Wall.

6. Tsufim checkpoint, east of Qalqilya – one injured by live fire.

7. al-Am'ari refugee camp, north of Ramallah – clashes, two injured by gunfire.

8. Deir Jarir, north-east of Ramallah – entrance blocked due to a gathering of colonists; residents forced to delay Iftar while waiting at the checkpoint.

9. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – teargas fired at residents’ homes. Clashes later erupt.


10. Qusra, south-east of Nablus – clashes.


Demolitions

1. Kisan, south-east of Bethlehem – stop-work orders for four houses.

2. Halhul, north of Hebron – installation of an iron gate blocking the road to Kharas and Beit Ula.

3. Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta – playground slated for demolition.



Colonist attacks on Palestinians

1. Al-Dakika area, south of Hebron – colonist chases a shepherd, injures him, smashes his phone, steals seven sheep.

2. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Hebron – bulldozer works, uprooting olive trees.

3. Mukhmas, north-east of Jerusalem – break-in at a house in Khallet al-Sidra.

4. Al-Hathrura community, near Khan al-Ahmar, north-east of Jerusalem – residents attacked with clubs and teargas, injuries.

5. Huwara, Masafer Yatta – colonist attacks shepherds.


6. Salfit – agricultural land vandalized in Wadi al-Matwi, flocks grazed there.

7. Between Al-Mughayyir and Khirbat 'Abu Falah, north-east of Ramallah – 20 olive trees uprooted, western entrance to Al-Mughayyir later blocked.


8. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – raid on a house during Iftar (family attacked almost daily).

9. Nablus – east of the city, colonists enter Joseph’s Tomb under heavy military escort after a curfew imposed. Residents expelled from their homes.


10. Burin, south of Nablus – colonists close the iron gate at the village entrance.

11. Tell, south-west of Nablus – entrance to Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque set on fire, racist graffiti sprayed.

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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