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Sunday, April 12, 2026 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Apr 12
  • 3 min read

Raids and Arrests

Jenin refugee camp and town (455th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (449th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (435th consecutive day);

‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Beit Awa, Salem, Beit Ummar, Al-Yamun, Qalandia refugee camp, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, Tayasir, Al Burj, Atil, Al-Arroub refugee camp, Dheisheh refugee camp, Kafr 'Aqab, Beit Sahour, Nablus, Marda, Anata, Hizma, Hebron, Dura, Birzeit, Deir Abu Mash'al. During the day, they raided Arraba, Kafr Ein, ad-Dhahiriya, Beit Imrin, Idna, Kifl Hares, Beit Duqqu, Beit Furik, Udala, Beita, Sebastia, Tulkarm, Beit Qad, Kisan, Al-Ram, Anabta, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Tubas. At least 37 were arrested, including 4 women and an 11-year-old child.


Army Attacks on Palestinians

1. Kisan, east of Bethlehem - shepherds expelled from grazing lands.

2. Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem - clashes. Arrests.

3. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - night raid on homes.

4. Al Burj, south of Hebron - night raid on homes.

5. ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron - raid with live fire. 2 injured.

6. Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron - raid with teargas fire.

7. Tulkarm - 11-year-old detained and his bicycle confiscated in the eastern neighborhood.


8. Atil, north of Tulkarm - night raid on homes.

9. Al-Aqsa, East Jerusalem - arrest of 2 worshipers near Bab al Hutta and 3 female worshipers inside the compound.

10. Kafr 'Aqab, north of Jerusalem - night raid on a residential building.

11. Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem - night raid with stun grenades.

12. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem - raid with teargas fire. 3 suffocation injuries. Arrests. Later, one injured by live fire near the Separation Wall.

13. Marda, north of Salfit - raids on homes, destruction of contents, field interrogations.

14. Kifl Hares, north-west of Salfit - shop owners forced to close, curfew imposed ahead of colonists’ incursion to Joshua bin Nun’s tomb.


15. Birzeit, north of Ramallah - one injured by rubber-coated bullet.

16. Nablus - raid on the Old City area. Fire opened toward vehicles. 2 injured, including a 14-year-old by live fire, and another from shrapnel.


17. Udala, south of Nablus - clashes.


Demolitions and Blockages

1. Arraba, south-west of Jenin - uprooting of olive trees at the entrance.

2. Hebron - confiscation of a family’s property (residential tents) on the outskirts of the city.

3. Silwan, East Jerusalem - resident forced to demolish his home in the Al-Sheikh area.

4. Jabel Mukaber, south-east of Jerusalem - two brothers forced to demolish their homes. 16 people left without shelter.



Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Al Maniya, east of Bethlehem - raids, harassment, threats.

2. as-Samu, south of Hebron - grazing on Palestinian agricultural lands.

3. Wadi al Rahim, Masafer Yatta - new outpost.


4. Khirbet al Himma, Masafer Yatta - colonists attack shepherds, injuring them; the army completes the attack with teargas fire.

5. Marda, north of Salfit - olive trees cut down.

6. Kafr Laqif, east of Qalqilya - stone-throwing at Palestinian vehicles.

7. Burka, east of Ramallah - attack on a Palestinian vehicle.


8. Kafr Malik, east of Ramallah - raid, threats, provocations.

9. Madama, south of Nablus - establishment of an outpost.

10. Burin, south of Nablus - colonists attack a boy and spray him with pepper spray.

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), 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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