Thursday, January 1, 2026 – The West Bank

Adi Ronen Argov
Jan 1, 2026
3 min read

Killed

1. Khatab Muhammad Sarhan D'Ra'gham, 26, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya.

Raids and Arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (354^th consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (348^th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (334^th consecutive day), Beit Ummar, Tubas, Tammun, Aqabah, Sa'ir, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Deir Abu Mash'al, Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, Dura, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, Jaba', Nablus, Old Askar refugee camp, Jalazone refugee camp, al-Am'ari refugee camp, Qalqilya, Qalandia refugee camp, Beitunia, Birzeit, Kobar, Abu Shukheidim, Arura. During the day they raided Aboud, Al-Mughayyir, Ni'lin, Surif, Silat al-Harithiya, Tuqu'a, Kafr Malik, Hizma, Bal'a, Halhul, Duma, Yasuf. About 50 Palestinians were arrested, including a woman, a 16-year-old minor and a journalist.

Nablus

Army attacks on Palestinians

1. Tuqu'a, south east of Bethlehem - confrontations.

2. Jaba', south of Jenin - night raid, turning a house into a military post for the second time over the last few days.

3. Beitunia, west of Ramallah – raid, live fire and teargas. Arrest.

4. Nablus - night raid on the city center, the Old City and the eastern market, during which an explosion occurred in one of the houses. Arrest.

5. Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya, south of Nablus - night raid. Two residents were shot at close range. One of them was killed and the other injured. According to the victim's family, he managed to call and update them that he was injured. But then a gunshot was heard, and the call was disconnected. The family members claim that he was executed.

Demolitions

1. Nur Shams refugee camp, Tulkarm - continual demolition of residential buildings, uprooting of trees and a greenhouse.

2. Jericho - demolition of 2 houses east of the city.

3. Yasuf, east of Salfit – continual earthworks on Palestinian land in favor of a Jews-only road.

Palestinian attacks on colonists

1. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem – stones thrown, damage to a bus. The army is blocking the entrance to the town.

Colonist attacks on Palestinians

1. At-Tuba, Masafer Yatta - destroying sheds used for farming purposes and stealing them.

2. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – continual earthworks and tree uprooting.

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.