Israel detains over 70 suspects in West Bank after deadly violence

The Israeli military says more than 70 people have been detained following deadly violence in the West Bank.

This a day after troops were deployed across the territory following violence that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead.

Soldiers remained in the village of Tell, in the northern West Bank, where Friday's clashes were centered.

Searches were carried out in the city of Nablus, one of the territory's most violent areas.

A hospital's director says armed forces detained, bound and insulted staff and patients, raided hospital departments and arrested a seriously injured man.

Palestinians in the West Bank have faced violence as Israel's hard-line government, dominated by settler leaders and supporters, has overseen a surge in settlement construction over the past four years, a move overwhelmingly considered illegal by the international community.