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Sunday, May 24, 2026 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • May 24
  • 3 min read

General

1. A severe outbreak of scabies in several prisons where Palestinians are being held in Israel.



Raids and arrests

‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (day 497), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (day 491), Nur Shams refugee camp (day 477);

‣ During the night, forces raided Qalqilya, Bir al-Basha, Usarin, Tammun, Jamma'in, Arraba, al-Am'ari refugee camp, Bethlehem, Beita, Raba, Dheisheh refugee camp and Tubas. During the day, they raided Beit Awa, Qalandia checkpoint, Ramallah, Biddu, Awarta, Sa'ir, Dura, Barta'a, Beit Ummar, Shuweika, Deir Jarir, Tayasir, Aqabah and Al-Ram. At least 16 people were arrested, including a 16-year-old girl.



Israeli Military attacks on Palestinians

1. Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem – confrontations, 1 person wounded by live fire.

2. Bir al-Basha, south of Jenin – nightly raid on two houses and an agricultural supply store. Live fire.

3. Beit Awa, south of Hebron – raid on the municipal building.

4. Dura, south of Hebron – confrontations, tear gas. Arrests.


5. Tammun, south of Tubas – nightly raid on several houses. Arrests, including a 16-year-old girl.

6. Tulkarm refugee camp – burning of a house.

7. Shuweika, north of Tulkarm – raid on a residential building.

8. Qalqilya – nightly raid on a house in the al-Naqqar neighborhood. Firing of illumination flares and stun grenades. Arrests. A 9-year-old child was wounded by shrapnel.


9. Ramallah – confrontations on al Nahda Street.

10. Usarin, south of Nablus – nightly raid on several houses.

11. Beita, south of Nablus – firing of illumination flares.

12. Jamma'in, south of Nablus – nightly raid on several houses.


Demolitions and closures

1. Biddu Checkpoint, north-west of Jerusalem – the checkpoint was closed to traffic.


2. Qalandia checkpoint, north of Jerusalem – the checkpoint was closed to traffic.

3. Shuqba, north-west of Ramallah – demolition of a residential house.


Colonists attacks on Palestinians

1. Kisan, east of Bethlehem – colonists vandalized gravestones in the local cemetery.


2. Nahalin, south-west of Bethlehem – colonists attacked shepherds. Around 150 olive trees were uprooted in the Ein Fares area of the town.

3. Wadi al-Hussein, east of Hebron – a colonist stole a sheep from a pen.

4. Bani Na'im, east of Hebron – colonists attacked an elderly man.

5. Khirbet al Kharaba, south of Hebron – colonists, backed by the army, attacked shepherds east of as-Samu and prevented them from going out to graze.


6. Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta – colonists vandalized, for the fifth time, the memorial dedicated to Sheikh Suleiman al Hathalin, a local activist nicknamed “the Sheikh of Palestinian resistance”, who was killed in January 2022 after being struck by a police tow vehicle. Sheikh Suleiman al Hathalin was the uncle of Odeh al Hathalin, the local English teacher who was killed by a colonist on July 28, 2025.

Sheikh Suleiman al Hathalin



7. Khirbet al-Nabi, Masafer Yatta – provocative patrols between community homes.

8. Wadi al-Sha'er, east of Salfit – colonists cut down dozens of ancient olive trees.


9. Hares, north-west of Salfit – colonists attacked in the mosque area.


10. Rammun, east of Ramallah – colonists entered cultivated lands and olive groves with herds.

11. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah – provocations in agricultural lands.

12. Awarta, south-east of Nablus – nightly colonist attack on the town.

Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, 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 Lebanon, 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, Reuters, 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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