On Tuesday 17 February 2026, multiple incidents in the occupied West Bank were reported, including the death of a Palestinian child from unexploded ordnance in the Jordan Valley, serious injuries from ammunition explosions, settler violence, and home demolitions (local monitoring groups, TUE 17 February 2026). The demolition of the home of Raafat Dawasa, killed in August 2024, exemplifies punitive measures that compound families’ suffering.

International condemnation mounted as over 80 countries and several organisations criticised measures seen as entrenching unlawful presence and settlement expansion in the West Bank. Israel announced a security operation across the West Bank ahead of Ramadan, alongside restrictive permit arrangements for entry to Jerusalem’s Al Aqsa compound that limit attendance by age and gender. Fifteen families in the northern Jordan Valley reported forced home removals under settler pressure, a pattern that undermines rights to adequate housing, security, and non-discrimination.

The mounting restrictions and dispossessions reinforce the need for impartial monitoring and protection of Palestinian civilians under international law.

Sources, local monitors, reactions from over 80 states and organisations, TUE 17 February 2026