26 July 2024 Tulkarm confrontations

26 July 2024 Tulkarm confrontations
	Part of the July 2024 West Bank unrest
Date	26 July 2024
Location	Tulkarm, West Bank, Palestine
Result	Palestinian Authority security forces withdraw from the hospital Alleged arrest attempt of Abu Shuja thwarted; Anti-PA unrest spreads to other cities in the West Bank;
Belligerents
Palestinian Authority Palestinian National Security Forces;	Tulkarm Brigade; Nour Shams Brigade; Tulkarm protestors; Supported by:; Hamas; Palestinian Islamic Jihad; Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades;
Casualties and losses
None	Several protestors wounded

On 26 July 2024, the security forces of the Palestinian Authority encircled the Martyr Dr. Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital in the West Bank city of Tulkarm, allegedly attempting to arrest Mohammed Jaber aka "Abu Shujaa", the leader of the Tulkarm Brigade who was hospitalized inside.^[2] Clashes between the security forces and West Bank militias broke out in Tulkarm as a crowd of Palestinian civilians arrived at the hospital aiming to break the alleged siege, marking a significant escalation of the typically more muted conflict between the Palestinian Authority and local militant groups. The confrontations, which sparked further unrest across the West Bank, took place amidst the backdrop of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and its spillover into the region.