On October 13, 2026, Israeli forces raided two Palestinian NGOs and the courtyard of the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah.

Isralei forces searched the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees and Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, confiscating equipment from Addameer.

Israeli snipers were deployed at the entrances to the Palestine Medical Complex, the West Bank’s largest government hospital.

Israeli forces fired stun grenades at journalists covering the raid. A journalist was injured by tear gas.

Casualties

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that a child was injured by live ammunition and several people suffered suffocation during raids in Ramallah and Al-Bireh.

Background:

In 2021, Israel designated both NGOs, alongside four other Palestinian organisations, as “terrorist” organisations, alleging links to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). Addameer, founded in 1991, provides legal aid to Palestinian prisoners and advocates for their rights. The Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, founded in 1980, works to empower Palestinian women and opposes the Israeli occupation.