The following is a list of events during the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2026, including the events of the Gaza war.
January 1 January Israel orders the banning effective 1 March of 37 humanitarian agencies from operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to comply with its revised regulations on the disclosure of detailed information on their Palestinian staff. Israeli forces arrested 50 Palestinians and demolished homes following operations involving alleged abuse and property destruction in the West Bank.
4 January Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza.
5 January The Palestinian embassy in the United Kingdom officially opens in London, following the United Kingdom's diplomatic recognition of Palestine in September 2025.
6 January An Israeli assault on Birzeit University in the West Bank injures dozens of people. In the West Bank, where communications control is still in effect, Israel approves the expansion of 4G mobile services for Palestinians.
7 January Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in Gaza. Israeli forces killed two people in Southern Lebanon. The United Nations accused Israel of apartheid in the West Bank and calling Israel to end the apartheid system.
8 January Israeli forces killed an eleven-year-old Palestinian girl in Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said he is open to sending peacekeeping troops to Palestine. Somalia accuses Israel of planning a relocation of Palestinians to Somaliland. Israeli strikes killed at least thirteen people, including at least four children, in Gaza. One person was killed in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon.
9 January Israeli forces killed at least three people in an overnight strike in Gaza.
10 January Israeli settlers beat a 67-year-old deaf Palestinian man in Deir Sharaf, as settler violence forces entire Palestinian communities to flee from their homes.
11 January Israeli forces killed a Palestinian in Hebron during raids in the West Bank. A Palestinian baby dies of hypothermia in Gaza. Israeli forces kill one person in southern Lebanon.
12 January Three Palestinians were killed by an Israeli quadcopter drone in Khan Younis. CSF leader Hussam Al-Astal claims responsibility for killing a senior Hamas police officer in Khan Younis, Gaza.
13 January At least five people die in Gaza from collapsed buildings and extreme cold.
14 January The United States announces the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire plan.
15 January Israeli strikes kill ten people in Gaza, including a minor, along with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad commanders. It is announced that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin during a visit to Moscow on 21 January.
16 January The Palestinian committee that will govern Gaza under U.S. supervision holds its initial meeting in Cairo. The IDF kills a Palestinian child near a mosque after Friday prayers in Al-Mughayyir, Ramallah, West Bank.
19 January Three Palestinians were killed in Gaza, and others were injured.
20 January A 3-month-old baby dies of hypothermia in Daraj Quarter, in Gaza City. Israel bulldozes UNRWA headquarters in East Jerusalem, despite the United Nations' condemnation.
21 January Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 11 people, including two children, three journalists and a woman. The IDF claimed one of the strikes targeted suspects who were operating a drone that posed a threat. The IDF carried out airstrikes on the Syria–Lebanon border, which Israel said were targeted at sites used to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah, killing two people. The Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir approved gun licences for 18 illegal settlements in the West Bank in order to "enhance self-defence and increase personal security".
22 January US President Donald Trump launches the Board of Peace in Davos, Switzerland. It is announce that the Rafah Border Crossing will fully resume operations next week, according to the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza. Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with American envoys and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Moscow. The IDF announces that a soldier died from wounds sustained during fighting in southern Gaza in October 2025.
26 January The IDF announced that the remains of the final Israeli hostage, Ran Gvili, was recovered in Gaza.
28 January Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian property in Khallat al-Sidra, a Bedouin community northeast of East Jerusalem, with Israeli forces stormed the area shortly after the attack.
31 January Israeli forces launched several airstrikes into the Gaza Strip, killing at least 32 people, including seven children and injuring at least 30 others. One of the strikes targeted a police station in Sheikh Radwan, where seven people were killed, including four female police officers. The IDF claimed that the strikes targeted several commanders of Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, as well as a weapons depot, an arms manufacturing site and two rocket launching positions, which was considered as a "violation of the ceasefire agreement".
February 3 February A 24-year-old Palestinian man named Saeed Nael Saeed al-Sheikh was killed by Israeli forces and injuring three others in Jericho. According to the IDF, the incident was a response after several Palestinians threw rocks at the soldiers during a raid in the city.
10 February Two Palestinians were killed by an Israeli drone strike while cycling in eastern Deir al-Balah near the ceasefire line, according to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
12 February The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Society announced that a Palestinian paramedic, Hatem Ismail Rayyan, who was arrested by Israeli forces at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza on 27 December 2024, was pronounced dead under Israeli custody.
13 February Several Palestinians were injured after Israeli settlers attacked farmers near Talfit before Israeli forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at residents who tried to stop the settler attack. Israeli settlers also destroyed about 300 Palestinian olive trees near Turmus Ayya.
18 February Palestinian-American teenager Nasrallah Abu Siyam was shot dead by Israeli settlers in the West Bank village of Mukhmas, making him the second Palestinian-American to have been killed by settlers in less than a year. The settlers also attacked a farmer and injured several other Palestinians. A funeral for Abu Siyam was held the following day.
23 February The Ministry of Religious Affairs of the Palestinian Authority reported that the Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq Mosque in Tell, Nablus was vandalized by Israeli settlers, spray-painted with offensive phrases insulting the prophet Muhammad, words "revenge" and "price tag" as well as setting the mosque on fire.
27 February Israeli drones targeted a police checkpoint at the al-Maslakh intersection in Al-Mawasi, killing four people and injuring several others. That same day, an Israeli drone targeted another police post near the entrance of the Bureij refugee camp, killing two people.
March 8 March Two Palestinians were killed in an attack by Israeli settlers in Khirbet Abu Falah and another resident later died from fumes of a tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldiers who accompanied the settlers to disperse the residents. All three of them were later buried in a joint funeral.
12 March A mosque in the village of Duma was vandalised and attempted to set on fire by Israeli settlers. 14 March A 28-year-old man named Amir Moatasem Odeh was killed while two others were injured by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian village of Qusra. Wafa reported that five Palestinians were injured after Israeli settlers attacked them in Rashayda, near the village of Kisan after "firing live ammunition" as well as stealing a hundred sheep. Israeli police opened fire on the Bani Odeh family, a Palestinian family in the West Bank, after a Ramadan shopping trip through Tammun, killing the parents and two of their children. Two of their other children were also injured. Israeli police later stated that "a vehicle accelerated toward the forces, which felt endangered and opened fire."
15 March The IDF announced that the military targeted several Hamas operatives, including two who were involved in the October 7 attacks, stating that the gunmen were preparing to carry out an attack on Israeli forces in Gaza. A senior police official and eight others were killed by an Israeli airstrike in Zawayda and 14 others were injured. That same day, an Israeli airstrike targeted western Nuseirat, killing a man, his pregnant wife and his son, according to health officials. A 15-year-old child in the refugee camp also later died after taken to Al-Awda Hospital.
26 March A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli settlers in Tayasir.
28 March Israeli forces launched several airstrikes into the Gaza Strip, killing one in Khan Yunis and two more in Shuja'iyya, according to health officials.
31 March Four Palestinians were injured after Israeli settlers attacked the village of Tayasir.
April 1 April Palestinians in the West Bank staged demonstrations and strikes to protest against the Death Penalty for Terrorists Law that was passed by the Knesset. 6 April A 54-year-old driver from the World Health Organization (WHO) was killed and several others injured after Israeli forces opened fire on their vehicle near the Yellow Line in eastern Khan Yunis. In response, the WHO suspended medical evacuations from Gaza to Egypt. 8 April Al Jazeera Mubasher journalist, Mohammed Wishah, was killed by an Israeli drone while driving his vehicle to the Bureij refugee camp. A Palestinian man was killed by an Israeli settler while trying to defend a greenhouse from a settler attack in Tayasir. Palestinian media outlets reported that a woman in Burin and two men in Einabus were attacked by Israeli settlers.
9 April A Palestinian female student was killed by Israeli fire while attending class in a tent in Beit Lahia. The Israeli advocacy organization, Peace Now, reported that the Israeli government had approved of establishing dozens of new settlements in the West Bank. The IDF announced that two militants, a member of the Mujahideen Brigades and a member of the Nukhba forces were killed by Israeli forces in southern and northern Gaza respectively after planning "imminent" attacks against the soldiers.
11 April A Palestinian man was killed during a raid by Israeli settlers in Deir Jarir. At least seven Palestinians were killed and several others were injured by Israeli strikes in central and southern Gaza.
21 April A 16-year-old Palestinian boy named Mohammad Majdi al-Jaabri was killed by a vehicle in an Israeli security convoy which was en route to secure Minister of Settlements Orit Strook in Hebron. Her office later denied involvement of the incident, stating that it "was not the minister's and the minister was not at the scene" and the boy had "crossed a red light", causing the crash. Israel Police stated that an investigation was opened into the incident. Two Palestinians, including a teenage boy, were killed by Israeli soldiers in Al-Mughayyir, Ramallah during a settler raid in the village.
22 April A 25-year-old Palestinian man was killed during a raid by Israeli settlers in Deir Dibwan, Ramallah. Two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed by Israeli settlers during a settler attack in Al-Mughayyir in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Five Palestinians, including three children, were killed by an Israeli drone strike near a mosque in Beit Lahia.
23 April Wafa reported that a 15-year-old boy died from his injuries after Israeli forces shot him during a raid in Nablus.
24 April