Israel detains Palestinian journalist in occupied West Bank
The Wafa news agency says that Israeli forces detained one of its journalists, Rasha Hirzallah, after summoning her to a detention centre in Ariel, an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, on Sunday night.
Hirzallah went to the detention centre with a lawyer after being summoned by Israeli intelligence, who told her she would be held for 72 hours, Wafa said. She was not told why she was being detained or what charges, if any, she was facing, Wafa added.
There are 49 Palestinian journalists in Israeli detention, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society. At least 102 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed since the Israel-Gaza war began in October, according to the Committee to Protest Journalists (CPJ).
Israeli intelligence summoned Rasha for investigation at a detention center in the illegal Ariel colony, adding that she went there with a lawyer, and upon their arrival, she was informed that she would detained for 72 hours.
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Israeli military identifies body of paramedic slain during October 7 attacks
The body of Israeli paramedic Dolev Yehud has been identified after being found in the Nir Oz kibbutz in southern Israel, where he was killed while responding to the October 7 attacks by Hamas fighters, according to the Israeli military.
Yehud, who volunteered with Israel’s national emergency service, was initially believed to have been taken captive by Hamas.
However, Israel’s military found “no indications from Gaza of him being there” and, following forensic examination, determined that previously unidentified remains from the kibbutz belonged to him, The Times of Israel reports.
In a post on social media, the Israeli military said the National Institute of Forensic Medicine was involved in the identification process after which the late paramedic’s family was notified.
Palestinian home, park demolished near Jerusalem: Report
Israeli forces have carried out numerous demolitions in the Palestinian town of Anata, on the northeastern outskirts of Jerusalem, tearing down a home, agricultural facilities and a park, reports the Wafa news agency.
Footage verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking agency shows several Israeli bulldozers razing some of the property in Anata. In May, Israeli forces carried out 20 demolitions throughout the Jerusalem governorate, according to Wafa.
Israel’s military strategy not working in Gaza: Expert
Omar Ashour, of the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies, says Israel’s military strategy is to reoccupy parts of Gaza, including a 1km (0.62 miles) wide buffer zone between Gaza and Israel – the Netzarim Corridor – which divides Gaza into northern and southern sections, and positions along the Salah al-Din Street to divide Gaza into east and west.
“It also wants to refortify them to make strong positions and then carry out intelligence-led raids that aim to degrade and destroy Hamas cells and other military formations,” he told Al Jazeera. “Then after that when forces get tired, redeploy and continue and repeat again.
“But this is not working as we saw in Jabalia refugee camp. This military strategy created more and more civilian deaths leading to more international pressure on the Netanyahu government.”
Ashour also said that the Israeli military has probably not achieved its military objectives in Rafah as well.
