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West Bank, Israel and Palestine: events and estimated deaths in August 2026

Monthly report of a regionDataset: UCDP Candidate Events, preliminaryData through

UCDP recorded 3 eventsP of organized violence in West Bank, Israel and Palestine in August 2026. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 5P. UCDP counts 1P of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for July 2026 was 5 eventsP.

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

The report of the country for this month: Israel and Palestine, August 2026.

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 26.0.8, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Israel and Palestine has each event.

Table 1. West Bank, August 2026: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsPLowHigh
21 Aug 2026Jenin governorate, West BankGovernment of Israel; PIJState-based111
23 Aug 2026Nablus governorate, West BankGovernment of Israel; CiviliansOne-sided111
28 Aug 2026Jenin governorate, West BankGovernment of Israel; HamasState-based333

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 2. West Bank: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of August 2026, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Israel3P5P
Hamas1P3P
PIJ1P1P

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.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of West Bank, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
August 20263P5PCandidate Events
July 20265P6PCandidate Events
June 20265P6PCandidate Events
May 20266P4PCandidate Events
April 202610P5PCandidate Events
March 202611P15PCandidate Events
February 202610P11PCandidate Events
January 20266P5PCandidate Events
December 2025119GED
November 20251314GED
October 2025810GED
September 202568GED
August 202522GED
July 2025710GED
June 2025910GED
May 2025812GED
April 202556GED
March 20251012GED
February 20251623GED
January 20252567GED
December 20241833GED
November 20241124GED
October 20242247GED
September 20242552GED
August 20243579GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. A report of a month more than 24 months before the data end stays online. Search engines are asked not to list it.

West Bank: all figures

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ConflictStats. West Bank, Israel and Palestine: events and estimated deaths in August 2026. https://conflictstats.com/country/israel-and-palestine/west-bank/month/2026-08/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.8. Data through .

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