{"id":269567,"date":"2026-08-29T23:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T23:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/269567\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T23:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T23:42:10","slug":"netanyahu-speaks-out-after-west-bank-settler-violence-and-other-middle-east-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/269567\/","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu speaks out after West Bank settler violence and other Middle East news"},"content":{"rendered":"

CAIRO (AP) \u2014 Israel\u2019s prime minister has spoken out after weeks of settler violence in the occupied West Bank<\/a> and condemned the actions of a \u201chandful of rioters.\u201d Israeli strikes and fire have killed three Palestinians in Gaza<\/a>. And Iran\u2019s leadership now centers on military generals and clerics who are long entrenched in the ruling theocracy.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the latest developments in the Iran war<\/a> and the wider Middle East. Full coverage can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu condemnation follows unrest in West Bank town<\/p>\n

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> condemned criminal acts by a \u201chandful of rioters\u201d in the occupied West Bank that he said do injustice to the \u201claw-abiding settler public.\u201d<\/p>\n

His statement follows over two weeks of unrest in the town of Qusra, where settlers have surrounded several homes including one owned by a Palestinian American. In an unusually sharp statement, U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee referred to the settlers as \u201cterrorists,\u201d<\/a> a word U.S. officials usually reserve for Palestinian militants.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Saturday, Israel\u2019s military and police said Israeli rioters arrived in the Qusra area and violent clashes followed. They said dozens of rioters barricaded themselves in a Palestinian home while residents were inside. They said the groups were separated and rioters\u2019 vehicles were confiscated.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press saw ambulances carry away injured Palestinians. Qusra Mayor Abdel Azim Wadi told AP that two inhaled tear gas and two others were hurt when settlers threw stones. He said the house targeted was no longer under siege.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe actions of these violent extremists are a disgrace and stand in complete contradiction to the values of the State of Israel,\u201d the foreign ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The statements did not mention any arrests.<\/p>\n

Netanyahu\u2019s government, the most ultranationalist and religious in Israel\u2019s history, has presided over a surge of settlement construction<\/a> in the West Bank. Most of the international community views settlements as illegal<\/a>, and Israel has been seeing an erosion of support in the United States.<\/p>\n

4 Palestinians killed in Gaza, health officials say<\/p>\n

Israeli strikes and fire in central Gaza killed four Palestinians and wounded others on Saturday, according to local health officials.<\/p>\n

In Gaza City, two Palestinians were killed and another was wounded in an Israeli strike on a motorbike, according to officials at Shifa hospital. The Israeli military said it struck a \u201cmilitary operative,\u201d without elaborating.<\/p>\n

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Tank fire killed a farmer in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah, according to officials at Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital, where the body was taken. A strike in southern Gaza killed one and wounded others, Nasser hospital said. The Israeli military did not immediately comment.<\/p>\n

And the latest airstrike on the compound of Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital wounded three Palestinians, officials with Gaza\u2019s health ministry said. Israel\u2019s military said it \u201cstruck a Hamas commander who planned to execute terror attacks\u201d adjacent to the compound.<\/p>\n

The military statement accused the commander of hiding in the compound. It said medical authorities in Gaza were warned on Thursday that medical facilities should not be used for \u201cterrorist purposes\u201d and that Israeli forces would act on any threat if it continues. Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital did not comment on the strike.<\/p>\n

A fragile ceasefire in Gaza has continued since October. While the heaviest fighting in Gaza has subsided, Israel\u2019s military has killed at least 1,313 Palestinians since then, according to Gaza\u2019s health ministry. The ministry, part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. It does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s new leadership signals no tolerance for dissent<\/p>\n

After six months of war, Iran\u2019s new leadership appears ready<\/a> for a potentially long confrontation with the United States and determined to prevent any unrest at home.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi reiterated Tehran\u2019s stance that the Strait of Hormuz<\/a> would not open until the U.S. meets its agreements under the memorandum of understanding the countries signed in mid-June, state media reported. The strait has become a source of leverage for Iran after it asserted control of the waterway early in the war.<\/p>\n

The new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei<\/a>, still has not been seen publicly since his father and other senior leaders were killed in the war\u2019s opening strikes on Feb. 28, when the U.S. and Israel attacked.<\/p>\n

With appointments announced Aug. 11 and 12, Khamenei has surrounded himself with longtime personal allies like the new secretary of Iran\u2019s Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, and the new head of the Basij, the Revolutionary Guard\u2019s volunteer street force<\/a>, Hossein Taeb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAIRO (AP) \u2014 Israel\u2019s prime minister has spoken out after weeks of settler violence in the occupied West…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":269568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[41,3368,2254,197,1411,1495,34,196,37,199,324,12760,768,2289,9355,13117,463,200,82],"class_list":["post-269567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-fires","tag-gaza-strip","tag-general-news","tag-hamas","tag-international-news","tag-iran","tag-iran-war","tag-israel","tag-israel-government","tag-mideast-wars","tag-mike-huckabee","tag-military-and-defense","tag-mojtaba-khamenei","tag-palestinian-territories-government","tag-political-violence","tag-religion","tag-war-and-unrest","tag-world-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117181451071075910","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/269568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}