Wednesday, February 18, 2026 – The West Bank
- Adi Ronen Argov
- 6 days ago
- 4 min read
General
1. First day of Ramadan. Ramadan Kareem.
2. Tightening restrictions on entry to the Temple Mount and Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan reduces the number of worshipers allowed to enter.
Killed
1. Nasrallah Mohammad Jamal Abu Siam, Mukhmas.
Raids and Arrests
‣ Jenin refugee camp and town (402nd consecutive day), Tulkarm refugee camp and town (396th consecutive day), Nur Shams refugee camp (382nd consecutive day);
‣ During the night, Israeli forces raided Turmus Ayya, Deir Dibwan, Idna, Tell, Qusra, Beit Ummar, Hebron. During the day, they raided Madama, Qaryot, Sara, Jerusalem (Al-Aqsa), Beit Ummar (second time), Kobar, Aqraba, Qalandia refugee camp, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Arraba, Qabatiya, Qusra, Al-Mughayyir. The number of detainees was not publicized, but according to events on the ground, at least 30 were arrested, about half of them in Jabal Jalas neighborhood of Hebron.
‣ Hatem Hamdan, a journalist who was arrested a few days ago at Ein Sinya checkpoint, north of Ramallah, was transferred to administrative detention.
Army attacks on Palestinians
1. Jenin - raid on the Arab-American University dormitories and search of rooms.
3. Hebron - raid, turning a house into a military post and a center for field interrogations in Jabal Jalas neighborhood. Arrests.
4. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - raid on the home of Walid Sabraneh, who participated and killed in an attack in Gush Etzion last November, and preparing it for demolition, as Collective Punishment, using explosives . Clashes. The house was blown up in the evening and clashes resumed, including improvised explosive devices. Arrests.
6. Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem - severe clashes near the entrance to the camp. Live fire, stun grenades and teargas. A fire, caused by a teargas canister, broke out on a rooftop, one person injured.
7. Qalqilya – illumination bombs at night near the eastern entrance to the city.
9. Al-Mughayyir, north-east of Ramallah - illumination bombs on the west side of the village shortly before midnight.
10. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah - clashes, illumination bombs.
Demolitions
1. Hebron - demolition, as Collective Punishment, of the home of Walid Sabraneh, who participated and killed in an attack in Gush Etzion last November.
Palestinian attacks on colonists
1. Za'tara Junction (Tappuah), north-east of Salfit - a Palestinian lightly injured 3 Israelis with a club, in an incident described by the police as a dispute between drivers. Palestinians claim that the three Israelis attacked the Palestinian driver.
Colonist attacks on Palestinians
1. Raba, south-east of Jenin - provocations and intimidation near residents' homes on the outskirts of the village.
2. Jerusalem, the Old City - colonists, Temple Mount Movement activists, burn a Quran.
3. Mukhmas, north-east of Jerusalem - colonists attack with gunfire and injure 5 villagers, one of them badly, and steal about 300 sheep. One of the injured died of his wounds shortly before midnight. The army spokesperson announced that the incident is being investigated.
4. Al-Aizariya, east of Jerusalem - colonists attack the Jabal al-Baba community in the east of the village, backed up by the army.
5. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah - colonists cut off water supply to a house on the outskirts of the village.
6. Khomesh colony, north-west of Nablus - significant expansion of the colony, at the expense of Palestinian lands.
7. Khirbet al Marajim, southern Duma, south of Nablus - colonists attack a farmer who tries to prevent them from grazing their flock on his land.
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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