A Palestinian teenager was fatally shot by Israeli settlers Friday following a rock-throwing altercation in Sa’ir, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian health authorities. The incident occurred after Palestinians threw rocks at Israeli civilians in the area, prompting an armed response that left the 17-year-old dead and another man wounded. Israeli military officials stated that soldiers were dispatched to the location after the initial rock-throwing incident.
Separately, Palestinian officials reported that a 58-year-old man was killed by Israeli forces during an overnight operation in Jenin early Friday. Israeli military representatives said the individual attempted to stab a soldier during the operation. Violence in the West Bank has intensified significantly this year, with Palestinian authorities documenting at least 87 Palestinian deaths resulting from approximately 1,500 attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers, while three Israelis have been killed by Palestinians.
Turkey announced it is pursuing an international arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu through Interpol in connection with the Israeli naval interception of boats attempting to break the blockade of Gaza in May. The action stems from an Istanbul court case involving 35 defendants and allegations including crimes against humanity and unlawful detention. Netanyahu responded by characterizing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as an antisemitic dictator and stating that the legal effort would be ineffective.
Israeli human rights monitors released a report indicating that settler violence has expanded geographically from rural areas toward larger Palestinian population centers in the West Bank. The organization attributed this shift to government approval of new settlements and expansion of unauthorized outposts, which have emboldened extremist settlers to encroach on communities previously removed from violence hotspots.
The World Bank projected that Lebanon’s economy will contract 6.4% this year due to damage from the Israel-Hezbollah conflict that began in March, reversing economic gains achieved in the previous year. Additionally, eleven countries’ foreign ministers issued a joint statement condemning Israeli airstrikes on a Syrian air base as an extreme escalation that threatens Syria’s reconstruction and security restoration efforts.
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