Monday, May 4, 2026 – The West Bank
- Adi Ronen Argov
- 7 days ago
- 3 min read
Raids and Arrests
‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (477th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (471st consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (457th consecutive day);
‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Sa'ir, Ya'bad, Al Shuyukh, Kafr Qaddum, Shuafat refugee camp, Deir Jarir, Beit Ummar, Hizma, and Kisan. During the day, they raided Al-Yamun, Deir Sammit, Ad-Deirat, Qalqilya, Dura, Rafat, Qusra, Hebron, Deir al-Ghusun, Izbat at-Tabib, Kafr Malik, Nuba, Khirbat 'Abu Falah, Surda, and Umm Salamuna. At least 29 were arrested, including at least one minor and a member of the Ramallah and Al-Bireh District Committee on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.
‣ Twenty-two administrative detention orders were renewed or issued.
Army Attacks on Palestinians
1. Jenin - A nighttime raid on a house in the Jabal Abu Dhar area and on additional houses on Nablus Street.
2. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin - Raids on houses and a large-scale operation involving detentions and field interrogations.
3. Hebron - The takeover of a house and its conversion into a military post.
4. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - Nighttime raids on houses.
6. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem - All entrances were blocked following stone-throwing the previous night.
7. Imneizil, Masafer Yatta - Shepherds were detained.
8. Izbat at-Tabib, east of Qalqilya - Gunfire toward a vehicle.
9. Khirbat 'Abu Falah, north-east of Ramallah – Clashes.
Palestinian Attacks on Israeli Forces
Demolitions and Blockages
1. Hebron - Hundreds of grapevine shrubs were uprooted in the Al Buq’a area.
2. Tulkarm refugee camp - Continued demolition of houses using bulldozers.
3. Ad-Deirat, east of Yatta - A house inhabited by two families was demolished, leaving 20 people without shelter.
Palestinian Attacks on Colonists
Colonists Attacks on Palestinians
1. Al Maniya, south-east of Bethlehem - A colonist attempted to run over a Palestinian woman. No arrest was made.
2. Al-Jiftlik, Central Palestinian Jordan Valley - Students from the Al Itmaiyeh community were prevented from reaching their school.
4. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah - Alongside the continued mass uprooting of olive trees in the Wadi Musa area (approximately 1,000 old olive trees uprooted so far), colonists attacked farmers who arrived at their land. The army cooperated and expelled the farmers despite prior coordination.
6. Aqraba, south-east of Nablus - In the Khirbet at-Tawil area, colonists attacked an electricity company maintenance crew, stole equipment, and assaulted solidarity activists who were present.
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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