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Kafr Aqab raid
Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teenagers during an overnight raid in the Kafr Aqab area on the edge of occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, Palestinian authorities and local residents said.
“Israeli forces killed two Palestinian teenagers during an overnight raid in Kfar Aqab, a town near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, residents and Palestinian officials said.”
Palestinian health officials and Wafa identified the dead as 18-year-old Amr Al‑Marbou' (also reported as Amr Khaled Al-Marboua) and 16-year-old Sami Mashaikh (also reported as Sami Ibrahim Mashaikha).
Officials said both later died of wounds sustained during the raid.
Residents described troops deploying on streets and rooftops before opening fire.
Israeli police described the operation differently, saying their forces fired at individuals who "posed an immediate threat" and reporting that some suspects were evacuated for medical treatment.
West Bank violence overview
The killing occurred amid a wider surge of violence and tightened restrictions in the West Bank since Israel’s war in Gaza began in October 2023.
Multiple outlets report high casualty and arrest figures that illustrate the scale of the campaign.
Several reports cite roughly 1,076–1,078 Palestinians killed and about 10,700 injured across the occupied territory since the Gaza war.
Some outlets add arrest figures exceeding 20,000.
Other sources put recent West Bank deaths since the start of the year at lower but still significant tallies.
West Bank violence overview
Alongside nightly raids by Israeli forces, multiple outlets report a parallel upsurge in settler violence across the West Bank.
“Settler violence has reportedly surged, coinciding with the olive harvest. Attacks and arson were reported in multiple locations: settlers burned a scrapyard in Huwara (destroying over 350 vehicles, Palestinian sources told the outlet), carried out arson in Ramallah and Abu Falah, and assaulted residents in Khirbet al-Markaz (Masafer Yatta), wounding at least five.”
Attacks, arson and vandalism have been reported in Huwara, Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron and Masafer Yatta, including a reported burning of a scrapyard that destroyed hundreds of vehicles and assaults on Palestinian residents.
Human-rights groups and UN actors have documented and condemned these incidents, which outlets present as part of a broader deterioration of security for Palestinians across the occupied territory.
Security and rights perspectives
Official Israeli security sources and domestic agencies framed responses in security terms.
Israel Police said its forces fired at alleged hostile suspects and evacuated some for medical care.
The military deferred comment to the Border Police, and Israeli domestic intelligence (Shin Bet) told a special session that settler violence should be confronted "with full force."
In contrast, regional and rights-focused outlets link the raids and settler attacks to broader legal and humanitarian concerns.
They cite international opinion and rights groups that have labeled aspects of the occupation and displacement as illegal or amounting to possible war crimes.