Overview
- More than 100 Israeli settlers, some armed and escorted by soldiers, marched into Tal and Nablus on Friday, July 31, where clashes left at least 11 Palestinians injured including children and witnesses said settlers looted buildings and vandalised a cemetery.
- Israeli forces have carried out near‑daily raids across the northern West Bank, and overnight operations on Aug. 1 resulted in multiple detentions including two 16‑year‑olds and the temporary conversion of homes into field interrogation posts.
- Israeli airstrikes in Gaza continued on Sunday, Aug. 2, killing scores of civilians across Gaza City, Deir al‑Balah and Khan Younis despite the US 'Board of Peace' publishing a 15‑point roadmap for Hamas disarmament that has not been implemented on the ground.
- Senior Israeli ministers including Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich publicly urged new settlement construction near Gaza and senior security officials signalled they would not withdraw until Hamas is disarmed, strengthening policy signals that fuel settler expansion.
- United Nations agencies and rights monitors warn the combined pattern of settler attacks, military raids and continued strikes is driving displacement, blocking aid delivery and risking wider erosion of the ceasefire framework agreed in 2025.