Key facts
- Four Palestinians and two Israelis were killed in a clash near the West Bank village of Tell.
- Reports indicate Israeli settlers initiated the confrontation, with a Palestinian allegedly seizing a weapon and opening fire.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered firm measures against terrorism, including demolishing the alleged attacker's home.
- Netanyahu also directed the acceleration of settlement legalization and the establishment of new settlements.
- Israeli forces have raided approximately 70 homes and arrested around 50 Palestinians in the town of Tal, southwest of Nablus.
- Rights groups, including B’Tselem and Human Rights Watch, are calling for international intervention against 'pogroms' and escalating settler violence.
A violent clash near the West Bank village of Tell resulted in the deaths of four Palestinians and two Israelis. Reports indicate that Israeli settlers initiated the confrontation, with a Palestinian subsequently seizing a weapon and opening fire. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by ordering "firm measures against terrorism," including the demolition of the alleged attacker's home and reinforcement of the military. He also directed the acceleration of settlement legalization and the establishment of new settlements in the occupied territory.
Israeli rights groups, including B’Tselem and Human Rights Watch, have urged the international community to intervene to prevent further violence and what they describe as "pogroms" against Palestinians. They stated that settler violence, enabled by the Israeli army, has escalated, involving property destruction and forced expulsions, and has been met with international silence. Settlers also attacked Surra village, near Nablus, setting fires and injuring Palestinians, and fired at Palestinian vehicles in Abu Njeim village.
The Israeli military announced it was conducting an operation in Nablus to arrest dozens of Palestinians involved in the incident and confirmed arresting two Palestinians from a hospital. The army's investigation found that the settlers had entered an off-limits area. In a separate incident, Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian-owned land near the Shavei Shomron settlement, northwest of Nablus.
Overnight Israeli military and settler raids left a Palestinian teenager and an elderly man injured by gunfire in Bethlehem and Nablus. Military units entered villages and towns near Nablus, conducting detention campaigns and searching homes, while settlers attacked homes in Urif village. Israeli forces also raided camps and towns in the Jericho, Ramallah, and Jerusalem districts, as well as the Jenin and Tulkarem governorates. Israeli forces have since raided some 70 homes and arrested around 50 Palestinians in Tal, southwest of Nablus.