A fresh wave of violence orchestrated by Israeli military forces and Jewish settlers across the occupied Palestinian territories left at least three Palestinians dead and dozens more injured in a single day of unrest on Saturday.
Violence was concentrated primarily in the occupied West Bank, where multiple incursions and settler attacks unfolded across multiple communities. In the northern West Bank city of Tubas, Israeli military convoys pushed into urban areas, deploying infantry to secure key positions in the city center. Troops deployed tear gas against local residents, leaving 15 people in need of medical attention, which was provided on-site by teams from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
Southeast of Tubas, near Ramallah, Israeli forces launched a raid on the village of al-Mughayyir. During the incursion, soldiers fired tear gas directly into a private family home, leaving all household members, including minor children, struggling with respiratory distress from the chemical agent. Additional Israeli incursions were recorded across the broader Ramallah governorate, including entries into the nearby town of Turmus Ayya, the village of Abu Falah, and the village of Kobar, where tear gas was fired into public streets to disperse local populations.
Further south in the Hebron governorate, the violence escalated into armed attacks by Israeli settlers, who operated under explicit armed protection from Israeli military forces. In the Masafer Yatta community of Wadi al-Rakhim, settlers opened fire on local residents during a raid, wounding four Palestinians. A 57-year-old man was hospitalized after sustaining a bullet wound to his hand, according to local medical reports.
In Idhna, a town west of Hebron, settlers backed by Israeli troops stormed the area surrounding the Prophet Saleh Mosque. The settlers assaulted local residents, discharged live ammunition, and illegally erected a makeshift tent on privately owned Palestinian agricultural land. When the assault was underway, Israeli soldiers entered the mosque itself and detained seven worshippers, including the mosque’s lead imam, Mu’taz Sa’di Tmaizi. During the raid, troops deployed live bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas, while settlers vandalized a privately owned Palestinian vehicle parked nearby.
Settler violence also spilled over into Abu Falah, where armed groups fired weapons in close proximity to the village’s local school, endangering students and staff. Other separate groups of settlers entered the community of Beit Ur al-Tahta, and roamed through privately owned Palestinian farmland outside the village of Jaljalia, all while Israeli military forces provided armed security for the incursions.
The violence extended to the blockaded Gaza Strip, where Israeli troops shot and killed one Palestinian near the border in northern Khan Younis. The injured survivor was transferred to Nasser Medical Complex for emergency care. Gaza’s Ministry of Health confirmed that two additional Palestinians died on Saturday from injuries sustained during earlier Israeli attacks in the enclave. As of Saturday, the official Palestinian casualty count for the ongoing Israeli military campaign in Gaza, which launched in October 2023, stands at 73,384 people killed and 174,242 others wounded. Even following the ceasefire that took effect in October 2025, Israeli forces and settlers have killed 1,257 Palestinians and wounded an additional 4,131 people across the occupied territories. This report is drawn from independent on-the-ground coverage by Middle East Eye, a media outlet specializing in original, unfiltered reporting on the Middle East and North Africa region.