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Sunday, January 18, 2026 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Jan 18
  • 2 min read

Raids and Arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (371st consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (365th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (351st consecutive day), Turmus Ayya, Zababdeh, Al-Mughayyir (2nd consecutive day), Harmala, Yatta, Al-Bireh, Qalqilya, Azzun, Balata refugee camp, Al Ein refugee camp, Nablus, Jalazone refugee camp, Arraba, Ramallah, Seida. During the day, they raided Umm Faqarah, Silwan, Kafr Qallil, Khallet Al Louza, Kafr Ni'ma, Deir Abu Da'if, Al-Ram, Qaryut, Tubas, Surif, Artas, Hizma, Qatanna, Qarawat Bani Hassan.


Army attacks on Palestinians

1. Zababdeh, south of Jenin - night raid, teargas and light bombs.


2. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem - raid and turning a house into a military post.

3. Qalqilya - night raid with live fire and teargas. A minor was injured by live fire.


4. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - ongoing raid that began last night. Turning a house into a military post. The forces attack, again, the mourning tent for the boy who was killed the day before yesterday.


5. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah - night raid with light bombs.

6. Kafr Ni'ma, north-west of Ramallah - raid on the local school and the Great Mosque.


Demolition

1. Atuf, east of Tubas - ongoing earthworks, uprooting trees and blowing up water wells.


Colonist attacks on Palestinians

1. Ras Ein Al Auja, north of Jericho - provocations and grazing of flocks inside the community. Stealing livestock supply.

2. Imneizil, Masafer Yatta - colonists attack a Palestinian and his son and the army detains the victims.


3. Ein Samiya, north-east of Ramallah - vandalism of 3 water wells, resulting in a stoppage of water pumping for several hours for the entire area.

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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