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SvennoJ on 25 July 2024
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Israelis continue killing, displacement of Palestinians in occupied West Bank: UN

Between October 7 and Monday, a total of 563 Palestinians had been killed in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem by Israeli forces or armed Israeli settlers, the UN reports.

According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli forces have killed a total of 548 Palestinian people since October and Israeli settlers have killed 10 Palestinians. In the case of seven killings, it was not known if the perpetrators were soldiers or settlers.

During the same period, OCHA has documented 1,143 attacks by Israeli settlers on local Palestinians.

Israeli authorities have also demolished or forced the demolition of 1,247 Palestinian-owned structures in the occupied West Bank, including 481 homes, resulting in the displacement of 2,836 Palestinian people, including 1,245 children.

Israeli soldier succumbs to car-ramming injuries: Military

The 24-year-old captain died from injuries sustained on July 14 in a car-ramming attack at the Nir Zvi intersection in central Israel, the Israeli military said in a brief post on social media.

A second Israeli soldier was slightly injured in the attack, which was reportedly carried out by a Palestinian man from occupied East Jerusalem who was shot and, according to Israeli authorities, later died from his injuries.

Israeli military carries out arrests across the West Bank

The Israeli military has arrested at least 11 people, including a journalist, in raids across the occupied West Bank in recent hours, the Wafa news agency reports.

Israeli forces stormed the town of Abwein, north of Ramallah, and arrested four people, while a fifth man was arrested from the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah.

The Israeli military has also arrested five men in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, as well as journalist Hazem Nasser from the Iktaba suburb of the city of Tulkarem, Wafa reports.


Three Israeli soldiers wounded in West Bank shooting attack

Three Israeli soldiers have been wounded in a drive-by shooting on the road between Qalqilya and Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to local media reports.

The attack occurred when an unidentified gunman opened fire from a vehicle near the towns of Azzun and an-Nabi Elyas. A hunt for the perpetrator is now ongoing.

Ambulance crews are treating the three men for minor injuries.

Translation: Scenes from the site of the shooting attack on the road between Qalqilya and Nablus, which resulted in the injury of 3 occupation army soldiers.


Multiple demolitions reported across occupied West Bank: UN

The UN has confirmed receiving multiple reports of Palestinian homes being demolished by Israeli forces today.

The Wafa news agency had earlier said Israeli bulldozers demolished three Palestinian-owned residential facilities in the village of al-Jiftlik in the Jordan Valley and a residential apartment in the village of al-Walaja northwest of Bethlehem.

According to UN data, Israeli forces have destroyed at least 11,159 Palestinian structures since 2009, displacing over 17,000 people.


Israel arrests 22 Palestinians in overnight raids in West Bank: Rights groups

Israeli forces have arrested at least 22 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank overnight, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.

The two organisations said those arrested included journalists and former prisoners as well as a child.

The detentions took place in Ramallah, Hebron, Tulkarem and the occupied East Jerusalem.


Israeli military ‘surrounding’ Palestinian villages in West Bank after shooting

The Israeli military has confirmed that three soldiers were wounded in the drive-by shooting attack near an-Nabi Elyas in the occupied West Bank that we reported on earlier, saying none of them was hurt badly.

It says the soldiers were patrolling the area, adding that Israeli forces are now increasing their presence in the area and “surrounding” adjacent Palestinian villages in an attempt to find the perpetrators.