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SvennoJ on 04 March 2024
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Israeli medics refuse to provide care to prisoners from Gaza: Human rights group

Physicians for Human Rights Israel says it has documented instances in which Israeli nurses or imaging technicians have declined to provide care to prisoners from Gaza and had to be replaced. The group said it documented unethical restraining measures and the limited administration of pain medication to patients from the besieged coastal enclave.

Patients are also dehumanised, the group said. They are not referred to by their names but are assigned a five-digit number while being addressed as “almoni” (anonymous), it said. They also undergo treatment with their arms and legs restrained, blindfolded and with minimal clothing, the group added.

“Many medical personnel in Israel have communicated the position that detained Gazans deserve only minimal care to prevent their death, and some have even advocated for the complete denial of access to medical facilities,” the group said in a statement.

 

Palestinian foreign ministry says Israel wrecking havoc in occupied West Bank

Israeli raids, detentions and movement restrictions are making the lives of Palestinians “an unbearable hell”, the ministry has said, warning of “serious risks” of plunging the occupied West Bank into “violence and anarchy”.

“Our people need international protection now more than ever as a prerequisite to ending the occupation and apartheid,” it added in a statement.

Israel arrests 55 Palestinians overnight in occupied West Bank

The Israeli army has arrested dozens of Palestinians, including children and former prisoners, across the occupied West Bank overnight. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said in a statement the arrest operations were concentrated in the Hebron governorate, where 22 Palestinians were arrested. The rest of the arrests took place in the governorates of Tubas, Bethlehem, Qalqilya, Jerusalem and Ramallah.

The total number of arrests since the start of the war has risen to about 7,400, the organisation said.

Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid on refugee camp in Ramallah

Israeli forces have raided the Am’ari refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah and shot and killed 16-year-old Mustafa Abu Shalbak, the Health Ministry said on Monday.

Confrontations broke out during which live bullets were fired by Israeli soldiers at the Palestinians protesting the raid. Abu Shalbak was shot in the neck and chest, and was transferred to the Palestine Medical Complex, where he was announced dead.

Several hours after the incursion, Israeli occupation forces stationed themselves at the main entrance to the camp, witnesses said.

Israeli settlers enter Nablus, beat Palestinian man

Israeli settlers have attacked a Palestinian man in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports. The settlers beat the man and attacked him with pepper spray, Wafa reports. Footage authenticated by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit also shows the Israeli settlers singing and dancing in the streets.

They had entered the city to visit Joseph’s Tomb, regarded by some as the final resting place of biblical figure Joseph. The Israeli military escorts Jewish settlers to the site on a monthly basis, but this incursion was done without authorisation. Israeli forces eventually escorted the group of settlers out of the city.

Translation: “10 vehicles carrying settlers entered the city at dawn”.. Settlers perform Talmudic dances in Nablus in the West Bank.

Israeli military arrests at least 10 people in West Bank town of Dura

The Israeli military has stormed the town of Dura, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank and arrested at least 10 people, the Wafa news agency reports.

All of the men were former Palestinian detainees, according to Wafa. Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are also reporting that Israeli forces have carried out an arrest campaign in the Am’ari camp, south of Ramallah. It is not known how many people have been arrested.

Gunfire, explosions as Israeli forces continue West Bank raids

The Wafa news agency is reporting clashes, gunfire and explosions in the Nur Shams refugee camp after Israeli forces accompanied by bulldozers raided the area. Israeli forces deployed live rounds and destroyed infrastructure, including newly built streets on the camp’s outskirts, it said. There were clashes between Israeli forces and young Palestinian men, while “several explosions” were also heard.

Earlier, we reported that an explosive device was used to blow up an Israeli bulldozer that entered the camp. Israeli military vehicles were also seen in Jericho and Tulkarem city.

The Israeli military has been conducting raids and destroying buildings and facilities in the West Bank nearly every night since October 7.