Five injured in confrontations in Beit Ummar
At least five people have been injured during clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Beit Ummar, occupied West Bank, local news agency Wafa reported. The Israeli military opened fire in the town, located north of Hebron, wounding five men with live rounds. More were hurt by rubber-coated metal bullets or suffered from tear-gas inhalation.
The United Nations has called on Israel to end “unlawful killings” and settler violence in the occupied West Bank, warning of a rapidly deteriorating human rights situation during intensified Israeli raids.
At least 18 Palestinians arrested in West Bank overnight
At least 18 Palestinians were arrested overnight in the occupied West Bank, including two women from Jericho. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs say detentions also took place in Hebron, Qalqilya, Nablus, East Jerusalem and Ramallah.
The total number of arrests after October 7 is 7,020. Arrests are “one of the most prominent tools of collective punishment”, the groups said in a statement on Telegram.
Israeli army raids home of Silwan activist before demolition
The Israeli army stormed the house of Fakhri Abu Diab, an activist and spokesman for the people of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem, in advance of a planned demolition. The neighbourhood has been under increased pressure as the Israeli-controlled Jerusalem Municipality pursues its policy of encroachment on the occupied eastern part of the city.
Palestinian activist’s house demolished to pave way for ‘biblical theme park’
We were first inside the house then the Israeli police came in fully armed and threw us all out forcefully and moved us as far away as they could. The demolition is happening as we speak, a jackhammer on the end of a digger. That is the house of Fakhri Abu Diab. He is an activist who campaigns to stop exactly the same thing that is happening to his house right now.
The Israelis say many of the homes in this neighbourhood – it’s called al-Bustan, part of occupied East Jerusalem – are illegal. Palestinians don’t have the right permit since anything built after 1976 shouldn’t have been built and, therefore, is eligible for demolition. There are about 116 houses in this neighbourhood in the crosshairs and could have the same fate. There’s no compensation, Abu Diab is now homeless. This is something that happens very regularly.
This home isn’t being demolished for settlers, it’s because the Israelis want to build a biblical theme park in this neighbourhood.
