Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in multiple West Bank towns
Israeli settlers have been behind several new attacks on Palestinians across the occupied West Bank as the war on Gaza rages.
Settlers attacked farmers in the past few hours in the town of Kafr Ra’i south of Jenin, according to the Wafa news agency, which said the farmers were prevented from entering their lands.
It also reported settler attacks on two Palestinian-owned homes in a Bedouin community northwest of Jericho, coming hours after members of the community received notices from Israeli authorities to demolish eight homes, a sheep barn and a solar energy complex.
Settlers also reportedly attacked Palestinian civilians’ vehicles west of Nablus and threw stones at them.
Several killed in Israeli attack on Rafah
Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports that at least 10 people are dead in two separate Israeli army air attacks on homes in the central and eastern areas of the southern Gaza city. Health officials who spoke to the Reuters news agency said at least nine people were killed in an attack on a home in Rafah.
Qassam Brigades says Israeli soldier sniped in central Gaza
The armed wing of Hamas in the Gaza Strip has released a video that shows one of its fighters sniping an Israeli soldier in the central part of the enclave.
The Qassam Brigades said the Israeli soldier was hit south of the TAl al-Hawa neighbourhood along the so-called Netzarim Corridor that the Israeli military has constructed across Gaza to separate the northern and southern parts.
The video then showed a military ambulance deployed to transport the soldier.
Hamas rocket attack kills three Israeli soldiers, wounds 11 others
The 10 rockets that Hamas launched at the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing between Gaza and Israel have left three Israeli soldiers dead and 11 others wounded, according to the Israeli military.
Military spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement that three staff sergeants, namely 19-year-old Ruben Marc Mordechai Assouline, 19-year-old Ido Testa and 21-year-old Tal Shavit, were killed.
The 11 soldiers who were wounded include two soldiers from the 931st Battalion and a soldier from the Shaked Battalion who are listed as in serious condition.
Israeli officials had claimed the attack had targeted “humanitarian aid”, with Hamas saying it hit a military headquarters at the crossing – which has now been closed by Israeli authorities.
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