As Israel carried out strikes far beyond its borders, violence surged in the occupied West Bank

TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — As Israeli strikes in far-off Qatar and Yemen sparked regional tensions this week, violence surged in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem.

A shooting attack at a Jerusalem bus stop killed six Israelis, and another two were stabbed and wounded in a separate incident. Israeli forces in the West Bank shot three 14-year-old Palestinians, killing two of them, and detained hundreds in a separate raid after an explosive device struck an armored vehicle, lightly wounding two soldiers.

They were the latest violent ripples from the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip — where tens of thousands of Palestinians have been killed — and the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict that began decades earlier.

Israel captured east Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza in the 1967 Mideast war, and the Palestinians want all three for a future state. This week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu once again vowed that would never happen as he formalized a major new settlement project that critics say would split the West Bank in half.

On Monday, the same day as the Jerusalem attack — later claimed by Hamas — Israeli troops shot and killed two 14-year-old boys in the West Bank city of Jenin. The army carried out a major raid there earlier this year that destroyed scores of homes and displaced tens of thousands.

Relatives of Islam Majarmeh said he was killed as the family returned to their home to try to retrieve their belongings. His father, Abdul Aziz, said they went back after hearing the army had left, only to find their home completely destroyed. As they were leaving, troops opened fire, he said.

"He was standing right next to me, and suddenly he collapsed, face-first on the ground,” said Majarmeh. “A soldier came and told me to leave. I said, ‘How can I leave? I won’t go. This is a child.'”

The military said in a statement that several individuals it described as suspects had entered an off-limits area of Jenin and approached soldiers threateningly. It said troops opened fire after they ignored orders to leave, and that it was reviewing the incident.

Another 14-year-old, Mohammed Masqala, was killed by Israeli fire that day, according to the Palestinian Authority's Health Ministry. The circumstances of that shooting were not immediately clear.

On Wednesday, another 14-year-old, Oday Turkman, was shot and wounded while riding his bike, his father, Faisal, said as he stood by his bedside. The teenager is now in stable condition.

The military said troops opened fire because individuals were throwing stones at them, but Turkman said his son had done nothing wrong.

″He wasn’t carrying a stone or anything else, and he posed no threat,” the father said.

At least 18 Palestinian children under the age of 15 have been shot and killed by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank since the start of the year, according to data from the United Nations.

On Thursday, Israeli forces encircled the West Bank town of Tulkarem and detained hundreds of people after a bomb blast wounded two soldiers. Hamas and the smaller Islamic Jihad group claimed the attack.

A video of the raid, shared on social media and obtained by The Associated Press, showed dozens of men in a line, each with his hands on the shoulders of the man in front of him. The army did not respond to request for comment.

Troops brought roughly a thousand people to an open field area near a military checkpoint and held them overnight before releasing most of them, according to the Palestinian Prisoners Club, a group that advocates for prisoners and detainees, and two men who were detained and spoke to the AP after their release.

Pharmacist Yazeed Al-Sarghali said troops entered his shop Thursday afternoon, detaining him, his son and the customers inside.

“They made us stand in a line, like a train. There were seven of us, and they marched us for about 100 meters (yards),” he said. “As we were walking, they would stop anyone they suspected, including people living in the houses on both sides of the street.”

Al-Sarghali said the troops did not interrogate anyone and released most of the men around 1 a.m. Friday.

Mohammed Baddo, 19, said he was sitting at a cafe with a friend when the soldiers detained them.

“They didn’t take our ID cards, our phones, or anything at all — they just kept us sitting there," he said.

On Friday, a Palestinian working in a hotel near Jerusalem stabbed and wounded two guests, in what police said was a militant attack.

Israel says its near-daily military raids across the West Bank are aimed at rooting out Hamas and other militant groups that attack Israeli civilians. The raids have grown far more intense and wide-ranging since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel triggered the war nearly two years ago.

To Palestinians, the raids cement Israel's control over a territory where 500,000 settlers have full Israeli citizenship and 3 million Palestinians live under military rule. The Palestinian Authority exercises limited autonomy in towns and cities.

On Thursday, Netanyahu attended a signing ceremony for a major settlement project in an area known as E1, just outside of Jerusalem. Palestinians and rights groups say it will cut the West Bank in half and further sever it from east Jerusalem, making it virtually impossible to establish a viable Palestinian state.

The creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel is seen internationally as the only realistic way to resolve the conflict and end the kind of bloodshed seen this week.

Israel’s current government and most of its political class are opposed to Palestinian statehood. Hamas leaders have at times suggested they might accept a state along the 1967 lines, but the group remains formally committed to Israel’s destruction.

“We said that there will not be a Palestinian state – and indeed there will be no Palestinian state,” Netanyahu said at the ceremony in Maale Adumim, a sprawling settlement just outside of Jerusalem. “This place is ours.”

Frankel reported from Jerusalem.

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Israeli police and rescue teams inspect the scene of a shooting attack carried out by two Palestinian gunmen, in which several people were killed and others injured at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

A mourner looks trough a curtain during the funeral of Levi Yitzhak Pash, who was killed along with five other Israelis in a shooting attack by two Palestinian gunmen at a bus stop in Jerusalem Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Faisal Nasrallah visits his 14-year-old son, Oday Nasrallah, at a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent and the hospital's director, Oday was shot by Israeli troops in the West Bank the previous day. (AP Photo/Aref Tuffaha)

Mourners attend the funeral of Levi Yitzhak Pash, who was killed along with five other Israelis in a shooting attack by two Palestinian gunmen at a bus stop in Jerusalem Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Qassam, 11, center takes the last look at his brother Islam Majarmeh, one of two 14-year-old Palestinian boys who were killed in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday, during his funeral in the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Coach Steve Kerr spoke with Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga during the morning shootaround Thursday about the player's situation being out of the rotation for more than a month now with expectations he will be traded before the deadline next month.

“We talked this morning and that’s all private,” Kerr said. “I will keep coaching him, he’ll be part of the team, he’ll be here. It is what it is.”

Kerr discounted any issues between them as being reason Kuminga has reportedly requested a trade from the team after not being used in the last 14 games since Dec. 18 and 17 of 18 — though he has been listed as injured for nine games this season.

“Our relationship is fine,” Kerr said before Golden State's 126-113 win over the New York Knicks. “There's not a whole lot I can say about the other stuff. It is what it is, difficult situation for everybody and part of this league, part of the job. We just keep moving forward.”

Kuminga has been training much of the time on his own, shooting on the Warriors’ practice floor out of the eyes of fans at Chase Center. He wears a black hood over his head on the end of the bench during games. Perhaps Kuminga and the Warriors weren't a great fit from Day 1 — not that it's his fault — and he might be eager to leave and start fresh elsewhere. If so, the Golden State brass might want to make sure he doesn't get hurt before trying to trade him.

Yet nobody has taken issue with his work ethic, at least not publicly. Kuminga, selected seventh overall in the 2021 draft, has been known to stay long after games shooting on the arena's main floor.

“It’s not a distraction at all. It’s a very unique situation but our job is just to keep playing, keep winning, it’ll resolve itself one way or the other,” Stephen Curry said.

The 23-year-old from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has appeared in just 18 games total with 13 starts, averaging 11.8 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists.

On Sept. 30, he agreed to a two-year contract that could be worth up to $46.5 million if the team were to exercise its option for 2026-27. Kuminga had had a $7.9 million qualifying offer in hand since June 29 but was also weighing other options and he missed media day.

He has long had the support and confidence of teammates — like Jimmy Butler saying he has been having Kuminga over and continuing to encourage him.

“We love JK in this locker room, that's not going to change,” Butler said postgame. “If he happens to not be in here, we'll still rock with JK. I speak for everybody. We love the guy. I wish him the best here, I wish him the best wherever. It doesn't change. We don't listen to the noise, I hope he don't listen to the noise he keep coming here with a smile doing what he's supposed to do and being the ultimate pro.”

Kuminga missed much of last season with a right ankle injury. He averaged 15.3 points, 4.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists in 24.3 minutes over 47 games with 10 starts. He also scored 15.3 points per game over eight playoff games while shooting 48.4% from the floor and making 40% of his 3-point attempts. That included a career-best 30-point performance in Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Kerr said the uncertainty around Kuminga's future “won't be a distraction.”

“Jonathan's a great young guy, his teammates like him,” Kerr said. "He's handling himself well.”

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Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga, middle, sits near the team bench during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks in San Francisco, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Golden State Warriors forward Jonathan Kuminga (1) and Utah Jazz center Oscar Tshiebwe (34) swap jerseys after the Warriors defeat the Jazz during an NBA basketball game, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Justine Willard)