Israeli police detain 9 at West Bank protest in Tel Aviv

Israeli police detain 9 at Tel Aviv protest against West Bank settler violence

Israeli forces intervened in a protest in Tel Aviv against settler attacks in the West Bank and military rule. While police said the demonstration was unauthorized, organizers announced that nine people were detained.

Scraper SystemJuly 26, 2026, 09:31 AM

Israeli police detain 9 at Tel Aviv protest against West Bank settler violence

Israeli police intervened in a protest in Tel Aviv against settler violence in the West Bank, detaining nine people. Hundreds gathered on Kaplan Street to protest settler attacks in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israeli military rule.

The protest was organized by the left-leaning Hadash party and its allies. The Mothers Against Violence group announced that police used force at the demonstration, which was attended by more than 200 people, and that nine people were detained. Israeli police told local media that the protest was unauthorized, disrupted public order, and blocked the road.

Following the clashes in the town of Tal

The protest took place immediately after the deadly incident on Friday in the town of Tal near Nablus. Israeli soldiers shot dead four Palestinians as settlers entered Palestinian-owned land. Two Israeli citizens also lost their lives in the clashes.

According to local Fatah official Essam Saifi, a group of about 30 settlers entered Tal, next to the illegal outpost of Havat Gilad, and attempted to force their way into two houses. After residents intervened, the settlers opened fire. Footage showed a Palestinian taking a settler's rifle and shooting him, after which soldiers killed the Palestinian.

Wide-scale military operation

Following the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government ordered a wide-scale military operation across the West Bank. Israeli forces raided around 70 homes in Tal and detained about 50 Palestinians. The Palestinian Prisoners' Society reported that the next day at least 80 Palestinians were detained across the West Bank as part of "collective punishment."

The bodies of the four killed were buried at dawn under attendance restrictions.

Analyst: Videos made denial impossible

Political analyst Ori Goldberg said that videos of the attack in Tal made it impossible for the Israeli public to deny. "They saw the Jewish terrorist enter the village and the response... I don't expect a popular uprising, but I think this could reignite the last remnants of liberal Zionism in protest," Goldberg said. The analyst added, "This could be a turning point for what Israelis previously called 'settler violence' in order to distance themselves."

Heavy toll in the West Bank

Since the genocidal war that began in Gaza in October 2023, at least 1,182 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank, 13,000 have been injured, and about 24,000 have been detained. According to official Palestinian data, a week earlier settlers set fire to a house in Tal with a family inside, and residents rescued the family at the last moment.

Israeli police detain 9 at Tel Aviv protest against West Bank settler violence