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Thursday, January 29, 2026 – The West Bank

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

Raids and Arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Jenin refugee camp and town (382nd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (376th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (362nd consecutive day), Hizma (3rd consecutive day), Dar Salah, Beit Sahour, Silwan, Bethlehem, Tubas, Azzun, Nablus, Kafr Thulth, Jalazone refugee camp, Balata refugee camp, Atil, Hebron, Deir al-Ghusun, Beita, Qabatiya, Ras Karkar. During the day, they raided Sebastia, Battir, Issawiya, Al-Mughayyir, Qalqilya, Kafr Dan, Sa'ir, Hares, Beit Ummar, Aboud, Beit Awa, Deir Sammit, Deir Jarir, Burka, Yatta, Tell, Dura, Beit Ur al-Tahta, Kafr Ra'i, Birzeit, Jayus, Qalandia refugee camp. At least 21 persons arrested.


Army Attacks on Palestinians

1. Jenin – raid of Arab-American University and interrogations of the displaced from Jenin refugee camp at the reception centers.

2. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – clashes, a minor injured.

3. Sa'ir, north-east of Hebron – clashes.


4. Tubas – night raid, stun grenades. Taking over a house.

5. Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem – teargas fired at houses near the Separation Wall. Later clashes ensue.


6. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem – siege and curfew for the third day running.

7. Qalqilya – raid of east of town. Minor injured by live fire.

8. Deir Jarir, north-east of Ramallah – clashes.

9. Burka, north-west of Ramallah – clashes.

10. Aboud, north-west of Ramallah – clashes.

11. Nablus – night raid on the east side and Balata refugee camp. People evicted from their homes on Aman Street in order to secure colonists on a pilgrimage to Joseph's Tomb. Journalists chased away. A resident injured by military vehicle.


12. Qusra, south-east of Nablus – clashes.

13. Beita, south of Nablus – night raid, illumination bombs fired.

14. Tell, south-west of Nablus – clashes.


Demolitions

1. Battir, west of Bethlehem – house demolished.


2. Tammun, south of Tubas – continued earthworks to pave a road for military use only.

3. Sebastia, north-west of Nablus – industrial structure demolished.



Palestinian Attacks on Colonists

1. Burqa, north-west of Nablus – improvised grenade thrown at Homesh colony. No casualties.


Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Hammamat al Maleh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – community tents attacked.

2. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – residents clash with colonists who attacked them.

3. Jaba', east of Jerusalem – colonists attack.

4. Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta – blocking of the road and expanding the outpost.


5. Umm Nir, Masafer Yatta – cutting olive trees down.

6. Rujum Ali, Masafer Yatta – colonists attempt to steal sheep. The army arrests Palestinians who try to stop them.


7. Yasuf, east of Salfit – earthworks and cutting olive trees down.

8. Jit, east of Qalqilya – throwing stones.

9. Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya – olive trees vandalized.

10. Umm Safa, north of Ramallah – earthworks and cutting trees down.


11. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah – shooting at residents.


12. Nablus – hundreds of colonists on a pilgrimage to Joseph's Tomb in east of town. Residents under curfew and eviction from homes in the middle of the night.

13. Qusra and Jalud, south-east of Nablus – residents clash for the 7th day with colonists from the outpost built on village land (Area B).

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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