Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians across West Bank in separate incidents

Middle East Eye·August 23, 2026War

Israeli forces open fire on Palestinians across West Bank in separate incidents The Israeli army said it apprehended a 16-year-old Palestinian suspected of stabbing an Israeli on Sunday in Al-Auja in the occupied West Bank. Hani Najum, the head of the Al-Auja village council, told AFP that "the Israeli army raided the village, deployed in its streets," and imposed a curfew. The same day, the Israeli army opened fire at a Palestinian man whom it said attempted "to steal a weapon from an IDF soldier" near the Palestinian town of Taybeh, northeast of Ramallah, saying he was "neutralised.

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