Overview
- A shootout on Friday near the West Bank village of Tal/Tell left four Palestinians and two Israeli security personnel dead and triggered the current wave of violence.
- Israel launched large raids across the northern West Bank, detained at least 70 people according to military statements and later reported more than 130 detentions, and has sealed homes in Tal pending demolition.
- Israeli settlers carried out widespread retaliatory attacks across multiple villages, setting fire to at least two mosques, burning heavy quarry machinery, damaging homes and spray‑painting revenge slogans.
- Separately, Israeli airstrikes in Gaza in the past 48 hours killed senior Hamas-linked security figures including Brigadier‑General Abdel‑Nasser Al‑Maqadma and Colonel Wael El‑Ledawi, adding to post‑ceasefire casualties.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered troop reinforcements and signalled more settlement approvals, while regional states, the UN and rights groups condemned settler attacks and warned the measures could further inflame tensions.