Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2026

For events concerning the Gaza war, see Timeline of the Gaza war.
Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict:

The following is a list of events during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2026, including the events of the Gaza war.

January

1 January

  • Israel orders the banning effective 1 March of 37 humanitarian agencies from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with its revised regulations on the disclosure of detailed information on their Palestinian staff.[1]
  • Israeli forces arrested 50 Palestinians and demolished homes following operations involving alleged abuse and property destruction in the West Bank.[2][3]

4 January

5 January

6 January

7 January

  • Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in Gaza.[9][10]
  • Israeli forces killed two people in Southern Lebanon.[11]

8 January

  • Israeli forces killed an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza.[12][13]
  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he is open to sending peacekeeping troops to Palestine.[14]
  • Somalia accuses Israel of planning a relocation of Palestinians to Somaliland.[15][16]
  • Israeli strikes killed at least thirteen people, including at least four children, in Gaza.[17][18][19][20]
  • One person was killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon.[21][22]

9 January

  • Israeli forces killed at least three people in an overnight strike in Gaza.[23][24][25]

10 January

  • Israeli settlers beat a 67-year-old deaf Palestinian man in Deir Sharaf,[26][27] as settler violence forces entire Palestinian communities to flee from their homes.[28][29]

11 January

  • Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in Hebron during raids in the West Bank.[30][31]
  • A Palestinian baby dies of hypothermia in Gaza.[32]
  • Israeli forces kill one person in southern Lebanon.[33]

12 January

  • Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli quadcopter drone in Khan Younis.[34]
  • CSF leader Hussam Al-Astal claims responsibility for killing a senior Hamas police officer in Khan Younis, Gaza.[35]

13 January

  • At least five people die in Gaza from collapsed buildings and extreme cold.[36][37]

14 January

  • The United States announces the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan.[38][39][40]

15 January

16 January

  • The Palestinian committee that will govern Gaza under U.S. supervision holds its initial meeting in Cairo.[46][47][48]
  • The IDF kills a Palestinian child in Al-Mughayyir, Ramallah, West Bank.[49]

19 January

  • Three Palestinians were killed in Gaza, and others were injured.[50]

20 January

21 January

  • Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 11 people, including two children, three journalists and a woman.[57][58] The IDF claimed one of the strikes targeted suspects who were operating a drone that posed a threat.[59]
  • The IDF carried out airstrikes on the Syria–Lebanon border, which Israel said were targeted at sites used to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah, killing two people.[60]
  • The Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir approved gun licences for 18 illegal settlements in the West Bank in order to "enhance self-defence and increase personal security".[61]

22 January

26 January

  • The IDF announced that the remains of the final Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili, was recovered in Gaza.[66]

28 January

31 January

  • Israeli forces launched several airstrikes into the Gaza Strip, killing at least 32 people, including seven children and injuring at least 30 others.[68][69] One of the strikes targeted a police station in Sheikh Radwan, where seven people were killed, including four female police officers.[70] The IDF claimed that the strikes targeted several commanders of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, as well as a weapons depot, an arms manufacturing site and two rocket launching positions, which was considered as a "violation of the ceasefire agreement".[71]

February

3 February

  • A 24-year-old Palestinian man named Saeed Nael Saeed al-Sheikh was killed by Israeli forces and injuring three others in Jericho.[72] According to the IDF, the incident was a response after several Palestinians threw rocks at the soldiers during a raid in the city.[73]

10 February

12 February

13 February

  • Several Palestinians were injured after Israeli settlers attacked farmers near Talfit before Israeli forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at residents who tried to stop the settler attack.[77] Israeli settlers also destroyed about 300 Palestinian olive trees near Turmus Ayya.[77]

18 February

  • Palestinian-American teenager Nasrallah Abu Siyam was shot dead by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Mukhmas, making him the second Palestinian-American to have been killed by settlers in less than a year. The settlers also attacked a farmer and injured several other Palestinians. A funeral for Abu Siyam was held the following day.[78][79]

23 February

  • The Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Palestinian Authority reported that the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in Tell, Nablus was vandalized by Israeli settlers, spray-painted with offensive phrases insulting the prophet Muhammad, words "revenge" and "price tag" as well as setting the mosque on fire.[80]

27 February

  • Israeli drones targeted a police checkpoint at the al-Maslakh intersection in Al-Mawasi, killing four people and injuring several others.[81] That same day, an Israeli drone targeted another police post near the entrance of the Bureij refugee camp, killing two people.[81]

March

8 March

  • Two Palestinians were killed in an attack by Israeli settlers in Khirbet Abu Falah and another resident later died from fumes of a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers who accompanied the settlers to disperse the residents.[82] All three of them were later buried in a joint funeral.[83]

12 March

  • A mosque in the village of Duma was vandalised and attempted to set on fire by Israeli settlers.[84]

14 March

  • A 28-year-old man named Amir Moatasem Odeh was killed while two others were injured by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Qusra.[85]
  • Wafa reported that five Palestinians were injured after Israeli settlers attacked them in Rashayda, near the village of Kisan after "firing live ammunition" as well as stole 100 sheep.[86]
  • Israeli police opened fire to a Palestinian family after a Ramadan shopping trip through Tammun, killing the parents and two of their children.[87] Two of their other children were also injured.[88] Israeli police later stated that "a vehicle accelerated toward the forces, which felt endangered and opened fire."[89]

15 March

  • The IDF announced that the military targeted several Hamas operatives, including two who were involved in the October 7 attacks, stating that the gunmen were preparing to carry out an attack on Israeli forces in Gaza.[90]
  • A senior police official and eight others were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Zawayda and 14 others were injured.[91] That same day, an Israeli airstrike targeted western Nuseirat, killing a man, his pregnant wife and his son, according to health officials.[91] A 15-year-old child in the refugee camp also later died after taken to Al-Awda Hospital.[92]

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