Israeli raid in West Bank’s Qalandiya injures 51 Palestinians

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Aug 07, 2026 · 526 words · By Al Jazeera Staff

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Israeli raid in West Bank’s Qalandiya injures 51 Palestinians Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinians near Jerusalem amid uptick in military and settler violence in West Bank.

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Israeli raid in West Bank’s Qalandiya injures 51 Palestinians Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinians near Jerusalem amid uptick in military and settler violence in West Bank.

Why it matters

A “large-scale” Israeli raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has injured at least 51 Palestinians, the Jerusalem Governorate told Al Jazeera.

Common ground

Israeli forces demolished commercial shops near the Qalandiya checkpoint on Thursday, before imposing a curfew on the neighbouring town of Kafr Aqab and sealing off roads linking the area to Jerusalem.

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Claim 1: “A “large-scale” Israeli raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has injured at least 51 Palestinians”

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Multiple independent web sources (Al Jazeera, News.az, and other local media reports) confirm a large-scale raid in Qalandiya refugee camp resulting in at least 51 injured Palestinians.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During the Gaza war, Israeli forces have carried out multiple ground incursions, occasionally accompanied by airstrikes, into several Palestinian cities and refugee camps in the Israeli-occupied West …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_incursions_in_the_West…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2022.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Israeli–Palest…

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web search NEUTRAL — A “large-scale” Israeli raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has injured at least 51 Palestinians, the Jerusalem Governorate told Al Jazeera.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/israeli-raid-in-west…

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Claim 2: “Rights groups have recorded more than 11,000 Israeli military and settler attacks across the West Bank in the first half of this year alone”

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Claim 3: “more than 2,300 Palestinians forced from their homes due to settler violence and related restrictions”

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Claim 4: “Several Western governments, including the United Kingdom, Canada and France, have sanctioned individual settlers as well as sitting ministers, such as Smotrich”

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Claim 5: “Six others suffered tear gas inhalation, according to PRCS”

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Al Jazeera and News.az both report that six people suffered from tear gas inhalation according to the PRCS.

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web search NEUTRAL — Six others suffered tear gas inhalation, according to PRCS. The organisation said its ambulance crews had been blocked from reaching the wounded since late at night on Wednesday, though crews still ma…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/israeli-raid-in-west…

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web search NEUTRAL — A large-scale Israeli military raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has left at least 51 Palestinians injured, according to the Jerusalem Governorate.The PRCS also reported tha…
https://news.az/news/israeli-raid-in-west-banks-qalandiya-le…

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web search NEUTRAL — Forces fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades toward passengers, causing several of them to suffer from excessive tear gas inhalation, while others sustained bruises after they were severely beate…
https://mondoweiss.net/2014/06/palestinians-hundreds-qalandi…

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Claim 6: “its ambulance crews had been blocked from reaching the wounded since late at night on Wednesday”

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While Al Jazeera and one other web result mention ambulance crews being blocked, the other provided evidence discusses general PRCS challenges or different incidents. The specific detail about being blocked 'since late at night on Wednesday' is primarily found in the reports linked to the Qalandiya raid.

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web search NEUTRAL — One Palestinian was wounded by live ammunition during the attack. When a Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance arrived to reach the injured man, settlers turned their attack on the medical crew.
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/ambulance-attacked-palest…

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web search NEUTRAL — Palestine Red Crescent crews must try to reach wounded people in extremely dangerous situations and they are often blocked by damaged roads, roadblocks or other challenges.
https://www.ifrc.org/article/bombing-blackouts-palestine-red…

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web search NEUTRAL — A second deadly strike hit the PRCS ambulance, carrying a wounded woman, as it approached Al-Shifa's gates, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. It said "the deliberate targeting of medical teams consti…
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20231103-who-chief-sho…

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Claim 7: “Israeli Minister of Finance Bezalel Smotrich has approved, legalised or re-established more than 104 illegal settlements and 160 agricultural outposts”

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Claim 8: “US President Donald Trump revoked limited US sanctions against Israeli settlers accused of attacking Palestinians”

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Claim 9: “Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades at journalists stationed at the camp’s entrance and ordered them to leave”

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Al Jazeera and reports regarding Press TV both confirm that Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades at journalists at the camp's entrance.

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web search NEUTRAL — A “large-scale” Israeli raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has injured at least 51 Palestinians, the Jerusalem Governorate told Al Jazeera.Israeli soldiers fired stun grenade…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/israeli-raid-in-west…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli forces have attacked journalists, including PressTV’s Naqqa Hamed, covering a raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, using a stun grenade and tear gas against reporters …
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/08/06/773839/Israel-at…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli Army population–control: Jenin – 15:35, Israeli soldiers detained a journalist, Amna Bilalo, as well as a photo–journalist, Tariq Abu Zeid, to stop them covering Israeli attacks on the city an…
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/in-occupied-palestine-12-april-20…

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Claim 10: “Israel has banned UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, from operating in occupied East Jerusalem and demolished several of the agency’s facilities there, including near Qalandiya”

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Claim 11: “Israeli forces also raided the city of Jenin on Thursday, shooting one Palestinian and assaulting another, according to PRCS”

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While Wikipedia confirms general Israeli incursions into Jenin, the provided evidence does not contain a specific report from Thursday regarding one person being shot and another assaulted as attributed to the PRCS.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, and Egypt to the so…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 26 January 2023, the Israel Border Police and the Israeli army conducted an armed raid on the Jenin refugee camp, which is in Area A of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and under Palestinian civil au…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2023_Jenin_incursion

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Claim 12: “A United Nations-appointed commission of inquiry concluded in June that Israeli authorities have repeatedly failed to prevent foreseeable settler attacks and investigate and punish those responsible”

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Claim 13: “imposing a curfew on the neighbouring town of Kafr Aqab and sealing off roads linking the area to Jerusalem”

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Al Jazeera and other reports confirm the imposition of a curfew on Kafr Aqab and the sealing of roads to Jerusalem.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kafr 'Aqab (Arabic: كفر عقب) is the northernmost Palestinian Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem. It is part of the area annexed and included in municipal Jerusalem following its occupation by Israel …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kafr_'Aqab

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Quds Governorate (Arabic: محافظة القدس, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat al-Quds), also known as Jerusalem Governorate, is one of the 16 governorates of Palestine and located in the central part of the West B…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quds_Governorate

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jerusalem International Airport (IATA: JRS, ICAO: LLJR, OJJR) was a regional airport located in the city of Jerusalem. When it was opened in 1925, it was the first airport in the British Mandate for P…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_International_Airpor…

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Claim 14: “Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir has distributed thousands of firearms to settlers through state-backed “civil defence” programmes”

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Claim 15: “Israeli forces demolished commercial shops near the Qalandiya checkpoint on Thursday”

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The demolition of commercial shops near the Qalandiya checkpoint on Thursday is reported by Al Jazeera and other news reports.

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli forces demolished commercial shops near the Qalandiya checkpoint on Thursday, before imposing a curfew on the neighbouring town of Kafr Aqab and sealing off roads linking the area to Jerusalem…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/israeli-raid-in-west…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli forces carry out near-daily raids across cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Since the start of Israel's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip on Oct.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-demolishes…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli forces demolished commercial shops near the Qalandiya checkpoint on Thursday, before imposing a curfew on the neighboring town of Kafr Aqab and sealing off roads linking the area to Jerusalem.
https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/663552/world/israeli-arm…

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Claim 16: “One person was hit by a rubber-coated steel bullet”

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Both Al Jazeera and other web reports specifically mention that one person was hit by a rubber-coated steel bullet during the raid.

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web search NEUTRAL — One person was hit by a rubber-coated steel bullet. Six others suffered tear gas inhalation, according to PRCS.Israeli forces during a military raid in the Qalandiya refugee camp.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/7/israeli-raid-in-west…

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web search NEUTRAL — One person was hit by a rubber-coated steel bullet. Six others suffered tear gas inhalation, according to PRCS. The organization said its ambulance crews had been blocked from reaching the wounded sin…
https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/663552/world/israeli-arm…

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web search NEUTRAL — The incident follows a previous attack in December, when Press TV correspondent Naqqa Hamed was injured after Israeli forces fired rubber bullets while she was reporting live from Qalandiya camp.
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/08/06/773839/Israel-at…

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Claim 17: “Dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, were detained for field interrogations inside homes converted into makeshift holding sites”

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No evidence was found in the provided search results to support or refute the claim regarding field interrogations in makeshift holding sites.

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Claim 18: “The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said 35 people were hospitalised after severe beatings and six more were treated at the scene”

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The provided search results for 'PRCS' in this specific context returned unrelated results for 'Parks, Recreation and Community Services' in Loudoun County, VA. No evidence was found in the provided text confirming the specific numbers (35 hospitalized, 6 treated on scene) for this event.

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web search NEUTRAL — Use the MyPRCS mapping tool to find a park, facility or resource near you. Peruse our activity guide and find what you want to sign up for!
https://www.loudoun.gov/4135/Programs-Activities

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web search NEUTRAL — Learn how to easily register using PRCS Connect here. General Registration opens for the Fall Season on Thursday, August 6 at 6:30am, Out-Of-County Registration opens Thursday, August 13 at 6:30am. Yo…
https://valoudounctyweb.myvscloud.com/webtrac/web/splash.htm…

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