Current sectionWest Bank NewsThe IDF raided Palestinian localities across the West Bank on Saturday after two Israelis and four Palestinians were killed near Nablus a day earlier, warning the escalating violence could require calling up reservists and deploying additional battalions.Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeYaniv Kubovich09:01 AM • July 26 2026 IDTSenior IDF officials say right-wing officials are encouraging rioters to carry out violent acts against Palestinians, as settlement movement leaders show little interest in calming tensions in the West Bank that could place even greater strain on an already overstretched military and put Israel's border communities at risk.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:PalestiniansIsrael settlementsWest BankIDFCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankNetanyahuIranKarim KhanTrump's AircraftIsrael ElectionsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastGov't Fueling Violence Against Palestinians in West Bank, IDF Officials SaySettlers Push for Escalation in West Bank as Palestinian Restraint Wears ThinChoosing Pathetic Populism, Defense Minister Katz Shows Contempt for the IDFFriday's West Bank Pogroms Show Yair Golan is Another Ultranationalist GeneralHow Arab Party Leader Mansour Abbas Changed Israel's Political GameRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World Cup'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli ElectionAn Israeli Election Surprise Called the DemocratsEd Miliband, the U.K.'s New Foreign Secretary – and His History With IsraelIsrael's Far Right Is Repeating the Sin That Brought Down the Temple