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Israeli settlers, led in part by far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, while more than 100 extremists attacked the village of Jalud, burning homes and cars and blocking a Palestinian family from returning home; Israeli forces were also targeted by rioters. Separately, a Palestinian boy was shot and wounded by Israeli gunfire during a raid on al-Fara'a refugee camp near Tubas, and hundreds of Palestinian families were stranded for hours at checkpoints near Ramallah amid a tightened, multi-day West Bank lockdown. Haredi men were also reported assaulting Arabs near Jerusalem's Old City. The UAE condemned the mosque incursions as a "provocative escalation," and Prime Minister Netanyahu blamed a "small number" of rioters, drawing rare rebukes from some right-wing figures alongside broader condemnation. Musician Bono added to the criticism, comparing Ben Gvir's rhetoric on Palestinians to Nazi SS chief Himmler, underscoring growing international alarm over the scale and intensity of settler and state violence in the territory.