Israeli military arrests 3 in Bethlehem raid
Israeli soldiers have arrested three Palestinians in the Bethlehem area of the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting, beating one of them.
According to Al Jazeera Arabic, Israeli forces stormed the Dheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem with confrontations breaking out with local Palestinian people.
Israeli forces demolish Palestinian building in Anata
A local Palestinian media channel has shared videos showing Israeli bulldozers demolishing a building in the town of Anata, 4km (2.5 miles) northeast of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem.
Footage shows the demolition of buildings by a bulldozer and the bulldozing of land, with Israeli soldiers and military vehicles at the site. In one video, Palestinian resident Ziad Fahidat spoke about how Israeli forces also demolished a water well in the neighbourhood.
The videos have been verified by Sanad, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency.
Child casualties from Israeli violence ‘skyrocket’ in West Bank since October 7: UNICEF
Since October 7, one Palestinian child has been killed every two days on average in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
It said in a statement that a total of 143 Palestinian children have been killed there during the past nine months, a spike of nearly 250 percent compared to the preceding nine months, during which 41 Palestinian children were killed. Two Israeli children have been killed in the West Bank in conflict-related violence during the same period.
Additionally, more than 440 Palestinian children have been injured with live ammunition, the press release said.
“For years now, children living in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, have been exposed to horrific violence,” said UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell. “The situation has deteriorated significantly, coinciding with the escalation of hostilities inside Gaza. We are seeing frequent allegations of Palestinian children being detained on their way home from school, or shot while walking on the streets. The violence needs to stop now.”
The casualties have been reported in 10 out of 11 governorates in the West Bank, with more than half of the killings taking place in Jenin, Tulkarem and Nablus, the statement said.
