On Augustus 5, 2026, at 02:40, dozens of military vehicles stormed Qalandia camp, carrying boxes, equipment and maps. The Israeli forces stormed raided and searched a number of homes and the headquarters of the Popular Committee, occupied a house and turned it into a military point, detained a number of citizens, and released them after conducting a field investigation with them.

The Israeli soldiers distributed leaflets stating that “a large-scale operation” in the camp was under way.

Israeli forces deployed heavily inside the camp and carried out house-to-house raids. Israeli army had arrested at least 20 people including a woman. They kept 3 detainees: Al-Askari - Ghassan Al-Khatib, Al-Askari - Adham Naeem Badran, and Muhammad Karim Abu Latifa. Among them, 2 soldiers from The National Security and Customs Police.

At noon on 05. 08. 2026, the soldiers forces fired stun grenades and tear gas towards citizens and journalists, in an attempt to obstruct media coverage.

They took up positions on residents' roofs after forcibly removed several residents from their homes. They occupied a house owned by a citizen of the Mansour family, and turned it into a military point.

Footage posted by Quds shows several Israeli soldiers aggressively confronting a Palestinian man, who appears to be unarmed, before tackling him to the ground while pointing assault rifles at him. Local mosques were prevented from holding dawn prayers.

They also demolished a vehicle wash on Airport Street, and beat 2 citizens (one of whom was the journalist Muhammad Sumrin) while he was covering the raid and fired stun grenades at other journalists.

They demolished a vehicle wash on Airport Street owned by the citizen: Rabie Hamad - resident of Qalandia camp, under the pretext of not having a license.

They also raided an UNRWA vocational training centre.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported treating eight Palestinians beaten by Israeli forces and evacuating five patients after access to injured and sick residents was obstructed.

Report on Augustus 6:

Since 02:40 on 05. 08. 2026 The Israeli forces continue to storm Qalandia camp, closed a number of its entrances with dirt barriers, imposed a curfew, raided and searched many homes, occupied a number of homes and turned them into military points, detained many citizens, and released them after conducting a field investigation with them, and arrested 3 Citizens (including a female citizen), after demolishing part of one of them’s house with explosives before arresting him, and opened fire on a citizen, wounding him It severely beat 14 citizens (including a citizen and his son), and demolished a number of shops in the vicinity of the Qalandiya military checkpoint.

On Augustus 5, at 21:50, the soldiers opened fire on a citizen, Youssef Khaled Shehdeh Kasba, wounding him. He was subsequently admitted to the government hospital in Ramallah for treatment.

Israeli official statement:

“The army has begun carrying out a wide-scale operation in Qalandiya camp,” Yoram Halevy, Israel’s coordinator of activities in the Palestinian territories, said on Facebook. Halevy did not specify how long the operation would last. He called on Palestinians to “comply with the instructions of security forces during the operation and avoid any unnecessary friction.”

"Security forces are operating in the Qalandia camp area in order to thwart terror and apprehend wanted individuals," a military official told AFP.

COGAT, the Israeli defense ministry body in charge of civilian matters in the Palestinian territories, said in an Arabic-language statement that the large-scale operation targeted "terrorist elements, terrorist infrastructure, and the possession and trafficking of weapons". "We will not allow the camp to become a center of terrorism or a safe haven for terrorists and criminals, just as we do not allow this in other camps throughout Judea and Samaria," the statement added, using the biblical name for the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967.

Broader context:

In 2023, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government advanced plans for the construction of a 9,000-unit settlement on the grounds of Jerusalem's former Atarot airport, adjacent to Qalandia. Palestinian residents have since voiced fear that raids and home demolitions could be tied to a strategy of eviction ahead of settlement construction, without any official word from Israeli authorities.