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Qalqilya Medical Student Killed Amid West Bank Tensions
On September 6, 2026, the West Bank experienced an escalation in field confrontations. Israeli occupation forces carried out attacks, arrests, and assaults, in addition to land levelling, tree uprooting, and expansion of settlement roads. The attacks resulted in the martyrdom of a 20-year-old medical student, Omar Mohammad Kamel Tubaasi, shot by settlers during an attack on the village of Hajja east of Qalqilya. Several others were wounded, some seriously and others moderately. The area also witnessed raids and assaults in Jenin, Qalqilya, and other towns, along with ongoing displacement operations and notices to shut down Palestinian facilities. The number of Israeli assaults in August exceeded 2,000 cases, amid escalating attempts to seize land and destroy crops, particularly around Nablus, Jenin, and Ramallah. Jerusalem also saw repeated incursions into Al-Aqsa Mosque, the detention of several Palestinians from Jerusalem for a week, and continued repression and arrests in Tulkarem and other areas, amidst a significant rise in tensions across the entire West Bank.
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