Overview

• Residents said the raid began around 3:00 am with soldiers entering multiple neighborhoods of the old city.
• Armored vehicles were deployed as troops searched houses and shops, and some homes were used as temporary military posts, according to a local medical relief official.
• A witness reported that an elderly couple was expelled from their home during the operation.
• Clashes broke out at the eastern entrance where youths threw stones and soldiers responded with tear gas and live fire, and the Palestinian Red Crescent reported several injuries not from gunfire.
• Nablus Governor Ghassan Daghlas called the assault a show of force and said authorities were told it would run until 4:00 pm, while AFP tallies place the raid within a wider surge in West Bank violence since October 2023 with at least 972 Palestinians and 36 Israelis killed.