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Four Palestinians were killed in a shooting near Nablus in the West Bank during the night of July 24-25, 2026, according to Al Jazeera. Nighttime funerals were held in their honor. The exact circumstances of the shooting, the identity of the victims, and those responsible for the attack remain unclear from the available information at this stage.
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On July 24, 2026, the Israeli military conducted a raid on a hospital in Nablus in the occupied West Bank and arrested wounded Palestinians there, according to Al Jazeera. Israel simultaneously imposed a complete closure of the city, cutting off usual access routes. This operation was triggered by a deadly attack carried out by Israeli settlers—Israelis illegally established in Palestinian-occupied territories—that occurred on the same Friday.
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The European External Action Service (EEAS), the EU's diplomatic arm, published its annual report on July 17, 2026, documenting Israeli settlement expansion in occupied Palestinian territories. In 2025, the Israeli government approved 54 new official settlements in the West Bank—an annual record. Additionally, 86 informal outposts were established, 58 with agricultural or pastoral purposes. A total of 63,311 housing units were planned—more than double the previous 2023 record. The number of Israeli settlers in the West Bank and East Jerusalem now approaches 800,000. The EEAS describes this expansion trajectory as leading toward de facto annexation and erosion of Palestinian statehood.
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Mary Robinson, Ireland's first president, and Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand, warned on July 17, 2026, that prospects for a Palestinian state are "disappearing." Both are members of the Elders, a group of former political leaders and Nobel Prize laureates founded in 2007 by Nelson Mandela. They recently completed a tour through Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and occupied West Bank. They point to Israeli settlement expansion in the West Bank and incitement to violence against Palestinians by Netanyahu government ministers. The UN recorded over 760 settler violence incidents in the West Bank from January to May 2026.