The incidents come amid continued Israeli escalation across the West Bank over the past few days.
On Friday, Israeli settlers, backed by the army, attacked the Palestinian town of Tell near Nablus, killing four Palestinians. Two Israelis were also killed in a shooting during the confrontation, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.
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Israeli forces also imposed a siege on Nablus and surrounding towns following the violence, carried out mass arrest raids, and announced preparations for a wide-scale military operation across the occupied West Bank.
Since October 2023, Israeli forces and occupiers have killed at least 1,182 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, injured thousands and detained around 24,000, according to official Palestinian figures.
The Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said in a report on July 6 that Israeli settlers carried out 3,488 attacks against Palestinians and their property in the first half of this year, including assaults on villages, arson attacks on homes, shootings, land seizures and the establishment of settlement outposts, leaving 17 Palestinians dead.
Palestinians warn that the escalating attacks are part of Israeli efforts to pave the way for the formal annexation of the occupied West Bank, undermining the prospects for an independent Palestinian state envisioned in relevant UN resolutions.
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