At least 11, including children, injured in Israeli raids near Nablus
Israeli settlers and soldiers conducted raids in areas southwest of Nablus in the occupied West Bank on Friday, resulting in at least 11 Palestinians injured, including four children. Israeli forces used live ammunition, stun grenades, and tear gas during the operation. The raids followed intensified violence in the town of Tal and resulted in multiple arrests across West Bank communities.
Israeli military forces accompanied by settlers conducted operations across multiple towns in the occupied West Bank on Friday, with particular focus on areas surrounding Nablus. Medical sources reported that at least 11 Palestinians sustained injuries during a raid in the Junaid neighbourhood, with four of the injured being children. One individual received a gunshot wound to the abdomen, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Israeli forces deployed live ammunition alongside non-lethal crowd control measures including stun grenades and tear gas canisters during the operation.
The raids resulted in at least ten detentions across multiple West Bank locations including Nablus, Tal, Salem, and Bethlehem. Video documentation verified by Al Jazeera showed Israeli military personnel deployed in significant numbers throughout Tal. Correspondents confirmed settler and soldier presence in the Ain al-Mazrab area of Tal and the al-Ameriya area west of Nablus, though forces subsequently withdrew from the Nablus region. Israeli military statements acknowledged that Israeli civilians had entered Area A of the occupied West Bank, which is prohibited under Israeli law, and reported that a Palestinian cemetery had been vandalized.
These operations occurred within a broader context of escalating tensions. On Thursday morning, Israeli forces had seized four Palestinian homes in Tal and converted them into military barracks. Israeli settlers had called for a large-scale march on Tal on Friday in response to the deaths of two Israeli settlers who had participated in an attack on the town the previous week. That earlier incident had resulted in four Palestinian deaths and multiple injuries, with settlers setting Palestinian homes and vehicles ablaze.
Additional operations extended beyond the Nablus area. Raids were reported at Ramallah's Qaddura refugee camp, where Israeli forces deployed tear gas and detained one individual. Arrests occurred in multiple locations including Wadi Shahin near Bethlehem, Anabta east of Tulkarem, and Salfit, where soldiers briefly detained and subsequently released several young men. On Thursday evening, a man sustained a gunshot wound to the neck when Israeli soldiers fired on his vehicle in Beita, south of Nablus.
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