Several Palestinians were injured. The incidents were the latest in a recent surge in settler violence coinciding with the olive harvest season, when Palestinians head to their agricultural land around towns and villages. It comes just after the UN's humanitarian office said the number of violent attacks by settlers last month was the highest since it began collecting figures nearly 20 years ago.

Israel has built about 160 settlements housing 700,000 Jews since it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem - land Palestinians want, along with Gaza, for a hoped-for future state - during the 1967 Middle East war. An estimated 3.3 million Palestinians live alongside them. The settlements are illegal under international law.

Footage from Tuesday shows dozens of masked men on a hillside east of Tulkarm. A Palestinian warehouse in Beit Lid was attacked, with lorries set on fire. Tents can be seen ablaze in the Bedouin village of Deir Sharaf, with the sound of women shouting in the background. Palestinian Authority Minister Muayyad Shaaban, the head of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, said the attacks were part of a campaign to impose "a hostile environment through intimidation and terror". The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that troops went to the scene "to disperse the confrontation using riot dispersal means and apprehended several Israeli civilians". It added that soldiers were then attacked by settlers gathering nearby and their vehicle was damaged. Israeli police stated that four suspects were arrested.

In a post on X, Israeli President Isaac Herzog called the latest events "shocking and serious", blaming "a handful of violent and dangerous individuals". He went on: "Such violence against civilians and against IDF soldiers crosses a red line and I condemn it severely." (BBC)