Israel seals off neighbourhoods in Old City of Hebron
Israeli forces have set up checkpoints in the Jaber, as-Salaymeh and Wadi al-Hassin neighbourhoods near the Ibrahimi Mosque, the Wafa news agency reports, citing local activist Aref Jabar.
The military declared the areas closed military zones and banned the movement of Palestinians, according to the report.
The Ibrahimi Mosque has been a flash point in the past. In 1994, an Israeli settler opened fire on a group of Palestinians praying there, killing 29 people. The mosque was subsequently divided, with a synagogue created at the location.
Israeli forces raid Attar and Sinjil in occupied West Bank
Footage shared online and verified by Al Jazeera shows Israeli forces storming the towns of Atara and Sinjil in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
Local sources said an Israeli military bulldozer stormed Atara, accompanied by military vehicles, on Tuesday evening.
Palestinians retrieve 42 bodies as Israeli forces withdraw from eastern Khan Younis
The bodies of 42 Palestinians have been retrieved after the Israeli army withdrew from a nine-day ground offensive in the eastern parts of Khan Younis, the Anadolu news agency reports.
Earlier we reported that Gaza officials said 255 people had been killed, about 300 people wounded and 31 people were missing and that Israeli forces had obstructed efforts to reach dozens of wounded during the attack
“We condemn in the strongest terms the Israeli occupation’s horrific massacre against civilians and displaced persons in the east of the Khan Younis governorate,” the office said, calling on the international community to push Israel to stop “the crime of genocide” in Gaza.
