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Thursday, July 16, 2026 – The West Bank

  • Writer: Adi Ronen Argov
    Adi Ronen Argov
  • Jul 16
  • 2 min read

Raids and Arrests

‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (Day 550), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (Day 544), Nur Shams refugee camp (Day 530).

‣ Overnight raids conducted in Nablus, Deir Ammar, Sarra, Hajjah, Burqa, Anabta, Aida refugee camp, Deir Abu Mash'al, Beit Ummar, Tammun, Baqat al-Hatab, Bani Na'im, and Jinsafut. Daytime raids carried out in Sa'ir, Usarin, Qalqilya, Imneizil, Al-Mughayyir, Dheisheh refugee camp, Al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya, Silwad, Ya'bad, Kobar, and Al-Aizariya. At least 65 arrested, including 30 in Beit Ummar.


Israeli Military Attacks on Palestinians

1. Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem – Night raid on a residential building.

2. Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem – Raid with massive tear gas deployment. Suffocation injuries, including many children who were in the camp's park. Clashes erupted.

3. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron – Night raid on homes, property vandalized, and arrest of 30 family members whose residential compound is frequently attacked by colonists.

4. Bani Na'im, east of Hebron – Night raid on homes; property vandalized. Arrests. A 16-year-old shot in the chest.

5. Anabta, east of Tulkarm – Night raid on homes.

6. Baqat al-Hatab, east of Qalqilya – Night raid on homes; property vandalized.

7. Sarra, west of Nablus – Night raid and entrance blocked with concrete blocks.


Colonist Attacks on Palestinians

1. Abu Nujaym, south-east of Bethlehem – A resident brutally attacked and wounded.

2. Umm al Butm, north-east of Hebron – While preventing residents' access to water, colonists were filmed wasting water for recreation.


3. Sika, south-west of Hebron – Grazing on the village's land.

4. Ramin, east of Tulkarm – A tractor and vehicle set on fire.


5. Imneizil, Masafer Yatta – Colonists attack and steal sheep. Army attacks those who were attacked and arrests 7 residents. 5 residents wounded in the colonist attack.


6. Susya, Masafer Yatta – Agricultural crops set on fire.

7. Qaryut, south-east of Nablus – Sheep grazed on the village's land.

8. Burin, south of Nablus – Olive trees uprooted.

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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