In the West Bank, 1 Israeli settler was killed and her 2 relatives wounded by an explosive device near the Dolev Israeli settlement. After the incident, several roads and towns west of Ramallah were sealed off. Israeli settlers also blocked roads and hurled stones at Palestinians after the incident. In Kafr Qaddum, Israeli forces violently dispersed the weekly anti-settlement protest, injuring 3 Palestinians using rubber-coated bullets. In Gaza, Israeli forces injured 122 Palestinians during the Great March of Return protests; 5 of the injured were hit by live ammunition and 26 were said to have been hospitalized. (AJ, HA, HA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 8/23; PCHR 8/29)
A U.S. official told the New York Times Israel had been carrying out several strikes in recent days in Iraq against Iranian-linked groups, including the 7/19 attack. (AJ, HA, JTA 8/23)