Palestinian children among those detained by Israel in West Bank raids
Israeli forces detained seven Palestinians, including two children, during overnight raids in the West Bank. The report also details escalating settler violence and the construction of new illegal outposts in the region.
Why it matters
Documents ongoing human rights concerns and geopolitical instability in the occupied West Bank.
Settler violence escalates, with illegal outposts and frequent attacks reported across Ramallah, Hebron and Nablus.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info Israeli soldiers raid a camp for Palestinian refugees near the city of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank [File: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP] By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 1 Aug 2026 1 Aug 2026 Seven Palestinians, including two children, have been detained by Israeli forces in overnight and predawn raids across the West Bank, according to Palestinian local sources.
Israeli settlers separately assaulted a Palestinian man and his wife on their own farmland on Saturday.
The couple was attacked in the al-Zarqa area of Beitillu, northwest of Ramallah, when a group of settlers stormed the farm where they were working, leaving both with injuries and bruising that required hospital treatment.
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