Israel raids hospital and closes off Nablus after deadly settler attack
Al Jazeera says Israeli forces arrested wounded Palestinians in a hospital after an attack that killed four Palestinians and two soldiers.
By Lucas Ferreira · Science & Environment Writer
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Israeli forces arrested wounded Palestinians in a hospital and closed off Nablus after a deadly settler attack on Friday, Al Jazeera reported. The report said the attack killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers, and was followed by new “forceful” measures announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the occupied West Bank.
Al Jazeera reported the hospital arrests and the closure of Nablus on July 24, 2026. The report did not specify how many wounded Palestinians were arrested, name the hospital, or give further details on how access to Nablus was being restricted.
What happened in Nablus after the settler attack?
According to Al Jazeera, Israel shut off Nablus after Friday’s attack and carried out a hospital raid in which wounded Palestinians were detained. The report linked those actions to Netanyahu’s pledge of tougher measures in the occupied West Bank after the killings.
The reported sequence adds to tension in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli military action, settler violence and Palestinian casualties have repeatedly drawn international scrutiny. In this case, Al Jazeera identified the immediate toll as four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers killed in the Friday attack.
Netanyahu’s response, as described by Al Jazeera, was to announce a series of measures characterized as “forceful.” The report did not list each measure, but said the hospital raid and the closure of Nablus came after that announcement.
What is known about the casualties?
Al Jazeera reported that four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers were killed in the settler attack. The brief report did not provide the names of those killed, their ages, or the precise location of the attack.
The outlet also reported that Palestinians arrested in the hospital were wounded. It did not say whether they were wounded in the same attack or in a related incident.
The occupied West Bank remains the focus of the measures described by Netanyahu, according to Al Jazeera. Nablus was singled out in the report as the city shut off after the attack.
This story draws on original reporting from Al Jazeera.