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Israeli troops round up Palestinians in West Bank village after shootout involving settlers
Israeli forces said they detained more than 70 suspects and searched over 300 sites after the clash that killed four Palestinians and two soldiers.
On Saturday, Israel's military detained over 70 suspects across the West Bank following Friday's clashes in Tell that killed two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinians.
Tensions have surged as Israel's hard-line government oversaw increased settlement construction over the past four years, fueling confrontations between settlers and residents in the West Bank.
Troops raided Nablus Specialty Hospital on Friday, where director Ghassan Barkat said over 50 soldiers 'terrified the patients,' adding, 'This should not happen in a healthcare institution.'
Amin Shuman, president of the Palestinian Higher Commission for the Affairs of Prisoners, said the detention of over 80 Palestinians represents 'an attempt to impose collective punitive measures and retaliatory policies.'
While the West Bank faces rising unrest, Israeli forces continue airstrikes across Gaza, where the Health Ministry reports the retaliatory offensive has killed more than 73,317 Palestinians.
In Nablus, the funerals of the four Palestinians killed on Friday illustrate a new surge in violence in the occupied West Bank. In a territory where nearly three million Palestinians and more than 500,000 Israeli settlers live, clashes have intensified since October 7, 2023, and the start of the war in Gaza.