A far-right Israeli MP, Zvi Sukkot, used a sledgehammer to badly damage a Palestinian memorial in the West Bank village of Madama while under military escort, prompting widespread condemnation from Palestinians and figures across the Israeli political spectrum. The monument commemorated Palestinians killed in the 1968 battle of Karameh and during the first and second intifadas. The incident has intensified concern over rising settler violence in the West Bank, which has already drawn international criticism.

The Israeli military said it had approved a tour of monuments for Sukkot and provided security, but accused him and his group of acting deceptively and without authorisation before soldiers intervened and escorted them out. Netanyahu's office criticised the act as "taking the law into one's own hands", while election rival Gadi Eisenkot called it "a disgrace", accusing Netanyahu of allowing settler anarchists free rein. Finance minister Bezalel Smotrich, whose party Sukkot belongs to, instead attacked the opposition for condemning Sukkot rather than "terrorism itself". Separately, a senior Israeli general reportedly warned Netanyahu that escalating settler violence risks triggering a major escalation.