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| Palestinian shot by troops amid clash with settlers near Tell, week after deadly gunfight |
| 2026-08-01 |
| [IsraelTimes] IDF says it opened fire on stone thrower, as settlers hold march through West Bank’s Area A in memory of two Israelis killed last week; some vandalize cemetery in Nablus area A Paleostinian was shot and maimed by the IDF as Israeli settlers entered the outskirts of Nablus Friday morning and again clashed with Paleostinians near the site of a deadly shootout last week in the Paleostinian village of Tell. Settlers organized the march Friday in the northern West Bank in memory of two Israelis killed in last week’s fight, during which four Paleostinians were also killed. The military said Paleostinians hurled stones at the Israeli civilians, and one of the Israelis opened fire in the air. The IDF said it also received a report of several Israelis who "vandalized a cemetery" in the Nablus area. The settlers also passed through the outskirts of Tell during the hike. The IDF said that later, Paleostinians hurled stones at troops in the area, and the soldiers shot up a "main instigator." "Our crews in Nablus are treating a young man who was shot with live ammunition in the abdomen during an Israeli army and settler raid on the al-Juneid area," the Paleostinian Red Islamic Thingy said. The hike went through areas A and B of the West Bank, which are meant to be under Paleostinian civil control. Israeli civilians are prohibited by their own government from entering Area A, which is also meant to be under Paleostinian security control. The hike was not approved by the IDF, but the military said troops "had been deployed in advance in the area ahead of the Israelis’ arrival, were dispatched to disperse the gathering and worked to remove the civilians from the area." All of the Israelis eventually left the Nablus area, according to the army. "The IDF emphasizes that entry into Area A is prohibited and dangerous for Israelis, and constitutes a violation of the law," the army added. An AFP journalist at the scene said that between 100 and 150 settlers, including women and kiddies, approached Tell from the west, the direction of Havat Gilad, the home settlement of Benayahu Mellet, 32, who was killed last week. The settlers, roughly 10 of whom were armed, marched through fields near Tell, through the nearby town of Sarra and the Nablus neighborhood of Juneid, while army troops stationed along the route periodically dispersed settlers and Paleostinians when festivities occurred, the AFP journalist said. The journalist saw settlers raiding at least one building in Tell, and four in Juneid, where a clash broke out with Paleostinian youth, before the army dispersed the crowd, firing tear gas. In a separate incident on Friday, a 10-year-old Paleostinian child was reportedly maimed by Israeli gunfire at the central West Bank village of al-Mughayyir. Footage of the incident showed a mother and her three young children trying to run out of the way, as shots are fired from a distance. One of the children holds their arm after apparently being hit. It was not immediately clear if the shots were fired by settlers or soldiers. There were no reports of any arrests, and the IDF did not immediately comment on the matter. TROOPS OPEN FIRE ON PALESTINIAN SUSPECT SPEEDING TOWARD THEM IN WEST BANK — IDF The IDF said on Thursday night troops opened fire on a Paleostinian suspect who accelerated in a vehicle toward them in the Beita area in the northern West Bank. Footage published by Paleostinian media from the incident appears to show a vehicle driving along a village street. The car comes to a sudden stop several meters from IDF soldiers, though it is unclear from the footage at what point the soldiers opened fire. The soldiers are then seen standing near the vehicle for several seconds without approaching the driver, who was maimed in the incident. Footage published by Paleostinian media appears to show a single bullet hole in the vehicle’s windshield, on the driver’s side. The IDF said Thursday night that "during an operational activity, a terrorist accelerated his vehicle toward IDF forces and ignored calls to stop. The troops carried out the suspect arrest procedure, which included opening fire at the terrorist, who was neutralized." No soldiers were hurt in the incident. The official Paleostinian news agency Wafa reported that the driver, 59, was shot in the neck and taken to a hospital. US official says PA must show it ‘can run West Bank’ before getting a chance to control Gaza [IsraelTimes] Asked about the role of the Palestinian Authority in the postwar management of Gaza, a senior US official briefing reporters says the PA should focus on carrying out reforms in the West Bank so that it can one day maybe be ready to govern the Strip. The US official acknowledges the liaison office that was set up to coordinate between the Board of Peace and the PA. “But at the end of the day, they have to focus on reforms. They have to show that they can run the West Bank and then obviously we can consider them coming into Gaza,” he says. “The PA has not been effective in the West Bank, and Hamas has been much worse in Gaza, so we’re going to try something new,” the senior US official adds, making no mention of the long list of punitive actions taken by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government that have brought the PA to the brink of collapse and have significantly hobbled its ability to carry out reforms even if it wants to. Pouring further salt in the wound, the US official confirms that one of PA President Mahmoud Abbas’s top rivals, ousted Gaza security chief Mohammed Dahlan, has been among the people that Washington has consulted about the postwar management of the Strip. An Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel on Thursday that US President Donald Trump’s top aide and son-in-law Jared Kushner has been in constant contact with Dahlan over the past year regarding Gaza. “Mohammed Dahlan is one of the people we speak to. He gives us a lot of good knowledge about Gaza and the situation,” the US official says. Adopting a softer tone toward the PA, the senior Board of Peace official on the call stresses that there is full transparency with the PA. The official also notes that the NCAG is only meant to be a transitional authority in Gaza and that if the disarmament proposal is upheld, it will “reignite the prospect for a political horizon for the Palestinian people, which comes when the PA is reformed and it’s able to take over.” Related: Mohammed Dahlan 05/27/2026 Shin Bet head met exiled PA Gaza security chief Dahlan in UAE — sources Mohammed Dahlan 05/16/2026 Backers of Abbas rival excluded from Fatah confab, despite Egypt’s push for inclusivity Mohammed Dahlan 01/17/2026 'Collection of Downed Pilots': The UAE Saved the Houthi Enemy from Yemeni Revenge Related: Palestinian Authority: 2026-07-28 Children's charity funded by Singham, Soros tied to Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine: report Palestinian Authority: 2026-07-27 Israeli settlers set fire to West Bank mosques after deadly clash Palestinian Authority: 2026-07-23 Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib: Hamas still holds two million hostages |
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