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SvennoJ on 23 July 2024
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Israel again raiding Tulkarem after five killed in earlier operation

Israeli forces have re-entered the city in the occupied West Bank, about nine hours after withdrawing following a raid that killed five people, according to WAFA news agency.

Clashes were reported near the western Ezbet al-Jarad area and witnesses told the news agency that a residential building was under drone attack.

Five people were killed in Israel’s earlier raid, including three commanders of Palestinian armed groups, as well as a woman and a young girl.

Israeli war on Gaza drives Palestinian budget deficit up 172%: PA

The Palestinian Authority’s budget deficit is projected to surge by 172 percent in 2024 compared with 2023, according to a statement from the cabinet.

Revenues are also expected to drop by 21 percent due to the Israeli war on Gaza.

The announcement followed President Mahmoud Abbas’s approval of the emergency budget for 2024, which includes austerity measures such as reducing salaries, operational and capital expenditures, and maintaining minimal development expenditures.

The Palestinian administration’s ability to pay public sector salaries in full for over two years has been hindered by reduced aid and Israel withholding tax money it owes to the PA.

“The Israeli government has deducted about two-thirds of Palestinian tax revenues since October last year, amounting to a $937.52m decline from the previous year,” the statement said.


Two Palestinians injured in Israeli settler attack near Nablus, West Bank

A group of Israeli settlers have stormed the village of Huwara, south of Nablus, injuring at least two Palestinians, the Wafa news agency is reporting, citing Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance crews which responded.

The settlers broke windows in shops and cars, Wafa said, and were escorted by Israeli soldiers, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

The latest attack comes after the International Court of Justice ruled that Israeli occupation is unlawful, with the court’s president describing Israel’s laws in the Palestinian Territories as “tantamount to the crime of apartheid”.



Israeli forces storm home of slain Palestinian, prepare it for demolition

The Israeli military has stormed the home of a deceased Palestinian man in the Qalandiya refugee camp in the occupied West Bank and planted explosives in preparation for its demolition, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report.

Israeli forces shot and killed Muhammad Manasra on February 29 near the town of al-Lubban Asharqiya, south of Nablus. He was accused of killing two people in an attack at a gas station near the illegal Israeli settlement of Eli.

About 20 Israeli army vehicles, a bulldozer and some 100 soldiers have surrounded the house, according to the Wafa news agency. Clashes have erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces, resulting in one man being shot in the thigh and another being run over.

 

Israeli forces shoot second person during Qalandiya raid

Earlier, we about that a Palestinian man was shot and another was run over as about 100 Israeli soldiers raided the Qalandiya refugee camp and bulldozed a home.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society now says two people were shot during the raid, including one who was shot in the knee and another in the foot. Their condition is not currently known.

A video shared on social media shows a large number of armed Israeli soldiers and military vehicles making their way through the refugee camp during the overnight raid.

Translation: Large forces of the occupation army storm Qalandiya camp in Jerusalem in preparation for bombing the house of the martyr Muhammad Manasra.