Israeli settlers raze Palestinian lands in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers bulldozed Palestinian lands in the Wadi Qana area, northwest of Salfit in the West bank, Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
Activist Nazmi al-Salman told Wafa that the goal of this attack is to place a fence along and create a buffer zone for the benefit of the illegal Yakir and Novim settlements.
Israeli forces bulldoze farmland in Kafr Dan raid
Israel’s military bulldozed Palestinian-owned agricultural land and damaged infrastructure during a raid on the village of Kafr Dan, in the illegally occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
The latest destruction comes as the World Food Programme reported in February that an estimated 600,000 Palestinians are experiencing food insecurity in the occupied West Bank, amid escalating Israeli military and settler violence, arbitrary arrests, and movement restrictions on the local population since October.
Reports of Israeli demolitions of Palestinian properties in occupied West Bank: UN
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has issued an alert following reports of demolitions of Palestinian-owned property in the town of Duma, located about 25km (15.5 miles) southeast of Nablus city.
According to the OCHA, 10,794 Palestinian-owned structures have been demolished across the occupied West Bank by Israeli authorities since 2009. The demolitions have displaced 16,377 people.
“The threat of destruction of homes and sources of livelihood contributes to the generation of a coercive environment pressuring people to leave their areas of residence,” the OCHA said.
Three Palestinians shot, nine arrested during Israeli military raids in Jenin
Confrontations broke out and gunfire was exchanged between Palestinian groups and the Israeli military as Israeli forces raided the Jenin area of the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
The Israeli military shot one man in the shoulder during its raid on Jenin, while another man and a child were also injured by shrapnel in the nearby town of Kafr Dan. Nine people have also been arrested during raids on homes in Kafr Dan, Wafa reports, while two men have been arrested in the town of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya.
Thirty-five people arrested in Hebron: Report
Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that Israeli forces have rounded up 35 people in the town of Beit Ummar, 11km (6.8 miles) northwest of Hebron, where we earlier reported an Israeli army campaign was under way.
The arrests come during a familiar wave of raids across the occupied West Bank, with Israeli forces also moving into areas near Jenin, Nablus, Ramallah and Jericho.
