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Sunday, May 31, 2026 – The West Bank

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

Killed

1. Amjad Jawad Abd al-Fattah al-Natsheh, age 31, Hebron.

2. Imad Harun Ishtayyeh, age 26, Salem.



Raids and Arrests

Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 504), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 498), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 484).

‣ Overnight raids conducted in Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, Illar, Seida, Madama, Meithalun, Ar-Rihiya, Al-Arroub refugee camp, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Atil, Susya, Nablus, Askar refugee camp, and Beit Fajjar. Daytime raids carried out in Umm al-Khair, Beit Hanina, Kafr Thulth, Al-Ram, Danaba, Dura, Al-Bireh, Balata refugee camp, Beit Ummar, Abwein, Tubas, and Al-Yamun. No official arrest count reported.



Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem – Pre-dawn raid and arrests.

2. Meithalun, south of Jenin – Night raid on several homes. Arrests.

3. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – Evening raid; shops and businesses forced to close; curfew imposed.

4. Surif, north of Hebron – Residents raised again the large flag the army had removed the previous day.


5. Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron – Night raid on a home.

6. Danaba, Tulkarm – Gunfire directed at a vehicle. No casualties reported.

7. Seida, north of Tulkarm – Night raid on a home.

8. Illar, north of Tulkarm – Night raid on several homes. Arrests.

9. Atil, north of Tulkarm – Night raid on several homes.

10. Al-Ram, north of Jerusalem – A Salem resident seeking work was seriously wounded by gunfire at the separation wall and died several hours later.


11. Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, south of Jericho – Night raid and siege of a home.

12. Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta – Army arrests protective presence activists.


13. Nablus – Large-scale raid with reinforced forces on the city center and east to secure colonist entry to Joseph's Tomb.

14. Balata refugee camp, Nablus – Clashes.


15. Beita, south of Nablus – An Israeli military vehicle struck a Palestinian vehicle in the Jabal Bir Quza area. Vehicle damaged.


16. Madama, south of Nablus – Night raid on several homes.


Demolitions

1. Al-Jiftlik, Central Palestinian Jordan Valley – Residential homes demolished.

2. Beit Awa, south of Hebron – Demolition order issued for an agricultural structure.

3. Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa, south of Hebron – 4 demolition orders distributed.

4. Jerusalem – A restaurant demolished near Damascus Gate.


Palestinian Attacks on Colonists

1. Gush Etzion junction, south-west of Bethlehem – Vehicle-ramming attack. Two women wounded, one seriously and one moderately. The driver, age 31, from Hebron, was shot and killed.


Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Khirbet Samra, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – Colonists graze their herds among the community's homes.

2. Al-Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem – Colonists enter the mosque compound and raise Israeli flags under military security escort.


3. Tayibe, east of Ramallah – Colonists graze a camel herd in the east of the town.

4. Ramon, east of Ramallah – Colonists break doors and vandalize equipment and contents of the new local school.

5. Joseph's Tomb, Nablus – Colonists enter the compound under heavy military security escort.

6. Jalud, south-east of Nablus – Colonists steal a cargo trailer.


7. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus – A colonist runs over and injures a schoolgirl on her way to school. Vehicles later attacked on the road connecting the town to Salfit.

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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