Israeli military shoots teenager in Hebron, arrests in occupied West Bank
A 17-year-old Palestinian has been shot after the Israeli military stormed the occupied West Bank town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, the Wafa news agency reports.
Wafa also reports that a Palestinian man was shot by Israeli forces in the nearby Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, while Israeli forces have arrested a man during their storming of the town of as-Samu, south of Hebron.
Local media is also reporting that Israeli forces have arrested a second man in the Balata camp in Nablus, where violent clashes have been reported with Palestinian resistance groups. Israeli forces have arrested a third man during their storming of the town of al-Fandaqumiya in Jenin.
Military raids have been reported in other locations across the occupied West Bank, including:
- The towns of Arrabeh and Kafr Ra’i and the villages of Faqqua and Fahma in the Jenin governorate
- The town of Silat ad-Dhahr, south of Jenin
- The town of Sir, east of Qalqilya
- The town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem
Israeli military leaves path of destruction in Nur Shams refugee camp
Israeli armoured bulldozers and trucks left a trail of destruction after withdrawing from the Nur Shams refugee camp, in Tulkarem, in the occupied West Bank on Monday after a siege that began on Sunday night
Israeli army bulldozers destroyed roads in the refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, which residents have called ‘little Gaza’ after repeated Israeli attacks
Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villagers with tear gas, sticks as soldiers look on: Report
Israeli settlers raided the small Palestinian village of Umm Al-Khair in the south of the occupied West Bank on Monday, leaving six people in hospital, while Israeli security forces stood nearby without intervening, the Associated Press (AP) news agency reports.
It was the latest settler attack on the Bedouin village, which has seen two earlier attacks and a major demolition of homes by Israeli authorities in the last week, the AP reports.
Residents of the village said settlers from a nearby outpost – known as Roots Farm – fired tear gas canisters at residents and used sticks to attack a man. The leader of the Israeli outpost, Shimon Atiya, also fired two live rounds of ammunition in the area, residents said. “There were so many women on the ground, lying on the earth, struggling to breathe,” local rights activist Basel Adra told the AP.
Videos posted to social media by residents showed a group of about 40 Israeli border police and soldiers looking on as settlers attacked the village. As ambulances tried to evacuate the wounded, Adra said soldiers stopped the vehicles, allowing settlers to peer inside. Soldiers also briefly detained one Palestinian man who was in an ambulance before releasing him the same day.
Last week, Israeli military bulldozers demolished several homes in the village, leaving nearly a quarter of the 200-person village – including 31 children and a prominent Palestinian artist – without a home.
