Settlers set fire to West Bank area of Duma
Israeli settlers have set fire to an area called Duma, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa.
“Settlers, under the protection of the [Israeli] occupation forces, set fire to the village lands from the southern side, which led to their spread in olive fields and crops,” the head of the Duma village council, Suleiman Dawabsha, told Wafa.
Dawabsha said the fire will lead to a lot of damage and huge losses, as Israeli forces prevent the Palestinian Civil Defence from reaching the area.
Israeli forces conduct more raids on occupied West Bank
Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports that large groups of Israeli soldiers have stormed the city of Nablus from its eastern entrance, and have also stormed the town of Husan, close to Bethlehem.
In Husan, our correspondent says that soldiers have launched an arrest campaign.
Casualties following Israeli air attack near Syria’s Aleppo: Report
Syrian state media report that several people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on sites in the vicinity of the northern city of Aleppo.
Six children and women killed in Israeli strike on Bureij refugee camp
An Israeli strike has killed six children and women in Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
The bodies of six children and women killed in the attack were taken to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, health sources told Wafa, while rescuers were still searching the rubble for survivors after the strike, which hit the home of the Aqal family home after midnight on Monday.
The Bureij refugee camp is approximately two kilometres (1.24 miles) from the Nuseirat refugee camp, where an earlier Israeli strike killed four people.
Thousands march in New York City in support of Israel, captives
Large crowds came out in New York for the annual Israel Day parade to show support for the country as it continues to be the focus of ire worldwide for its war on Gaza, which has killed at least 36,439 Palestinians over its seven-month duration.
Marchers chanted for the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza as they moved through the city under heightened security measures.
The attendees included Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who made headlines in mid-March when he called for early elections in Israel to replace the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
