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Israel and Palestine: events and estimated deaths in February 2026

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 72 eventsP of organized violence in Israel and Palestine in February 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 121P. The low estimate is 121 and the high estimate is 123P. UCDP counts 26P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for January 2026 was 78 eventsP.

The count for February 2025 was 52 events. The change from February 2025 to February 2026 is up 38 percentP. Among the 26 months with a report for Israel and Palestine, February 2026 has the 19th highest count of events. Israel and Palestine holds 5 percentP of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in February 2026. In February 2025, the share was 3 percent.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Israel and Palestine, February 2026: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsPEstimated deathsP
Gaza Strip61110
Northern district11
Tel Aviv district11
West Bank88

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Figure 1. Events in Israel and Palestine, February 2026. The map shows 72 events with 121 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Israel and Palestine has each event.

Table 2. Israel and Palestine, February 2026: events with 10 or more estimated deaths (1 of 72 events), in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
4 Feb 2026Gaza governorate, Gaza StripGovernment of Israel; HamasState-based141414

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 3. Israel and Palestine: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of February 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Iran1P1P
Government of Israel69P117P
Government of Israel, Government of United States of America1P1P
Hamas60P105P
PIJ4P7P
PNA1P2P
The Popular Forces1P1P

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

Type of violence

Table 4. Israel and Palestine: events by type of violence, February 2026
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict64P89%
Non-state conflict1P1%
One-sided violence against civilians7P10%

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events.

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 5. Monthly reports of Israel and Palestine, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 202696P130PCandidate Events
August 202661P103PCandidate Events
July 202691P178PCandidate Events
June 202677P130PCandidate Events
May 202671P126PCandidate Events
April 202672P138PCandidate Events
March 202660P118PCandidate Events
February 202672P121PCandidate Events
January 202678P160PCandidate Events
December 20254266GED
November 202560129GED
October 2025153666GED
September 20253952,036GED
August 20253581,712GED
July 20254742,471GED
June 20253661,960GED
May 20254332,108GED
April 20253431,297GED
March 20252431,096GED
February 20255276GED
January 2025271946GED
December 20243001,379GED
November 20243091,453GED
October 20242942,094GED
September 20242681,062GED
August 20243061,528GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

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ConflictStats. Israel and Palestine: events and estimated deaths in February 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/israel-and-palestine/month/2026-02/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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