Settlers set fire to homes, land in occupied West Bank city of Burqa
Settlers set a house ablaze in the town of Burqa, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to local social media platforms.
Several settlers from the Israeli settlement of Homesh, near Nablus, also threw burning tyres at the homes of citizens in multiple areas north of the village, setting nearby agricultural land on fire, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Commander of Israeli army’s Gaza division resigns
Brigadier-General Avi Rosenfeld is the first Israeli military combat commander to resign since October 7, The Times of Israel reports.
In his letter of resignation, he wrote that he failed in his mission to protect Israeli civilians in the towns and villages along Gaza. “I intend to continue to take part in the investigations and the learning of lessons, to do everything so that what happened on October 7 does not happen in the future,” Rosenfeld is quoted as saying.
The newspaper said Rosenfeld is only the second senior officer in the army to resign over the Hamas attack, after the chief of the Military Intelligence Directorate announced he was quitting in April.
