Israeli authorities announce more land seizure in occupied West Bank
Israeli authorities have announced the seizure of about 790 hectares (1,950 acres) of land near the town of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reports.
The report adds that 7,902 dunums of land – 790 hectares – will be appropriated from residents of the village of Iskaka, for the use of the nearby illegal Israeli settlement of Nofim Haniya, first established in 2002.
US Muslim rights group slams Biden for inaction over Israeli land grabs
The US-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has slammed the Biden administration over its failure to respond to surging Israeli seizures of Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank.
“The Biden administration’s continued silence on the daily massacres and other war crimes in Gaza, and on the de facto annexation of the West Bank, sends the clear message to the far-right Israeli government that it will never be held accountable for any action it takes, no matter how illegal or immoral,” CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell said in a statement.
“This silence in the face of genocide must end.”
Palestinian dies after torture in Israeli prison
A Palestinian from Gaza held in an Israeli prison has died after severe torture, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs says.
The agency added that Omar Abdel Aziz Junaid, 26, died inside the prison. The commission quoted his father as saying he received a call on Thursday from authorities informing him that Junaid had died on June 17.
Junaid and his brother Yasser were detained at their home in Jabalia in December. Yasser was released in April.
Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces in Hebron
The Palestinian news outlet Wafa has said that a Palestinian man on a motorcycle was shot and injured by Israeli forces south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, citing a correspondent who said the man was shot in the back.
The report states that the man was taken to Governmental al-Muhtasib Hospital and is said to be in stable condition.
Israeli army demolishes Palestinian’s house in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have demolished a house and a well belonging to a Palestinian adjacent to an illegal settlement south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported, citing local sources.
