On Thursday, July 23rd, 2026, two young Palestinian men were killed in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. According to Palestinian officials who spoke to the Wafa news agency, Israeli forces opened fire in the area, injuring four Palestinians during the incident. The men had been attempting to put out fires on Palestinian agricultural fields that were reportedly started by Israeli settlers.

Yousef Hanani, the mayor of Beit Furik, stated that residents trying to extinguish the flames were attacked by both Israeli soldiers and settlers. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that its medical teams treated two men, aged 40 and 43, for gunshot wounds to the abdomen and transferred them to hospital.

Additionally, an Israeli man was reportedly stabbed during the incident and was airlifted to hospital, according to an Israeli military report. It remains unclear whether the gunfire came from settlers or soldiers.

This event occurs amid ongoing tensions in the region, including increased settler attacks in the West Bank and recent large-scale Israeli visits to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

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