Jordan says King Hussein (Allenby) border crossing to open tomorrow
A spokesman for Jordan’s Public Security Directorate has said that the crossing – also known as Allenby Bridge – will open tomorrow for travellers at 8am local time (05:00 GMT), according to state media.
The spokesman said that commercial trucks will not be permitted to use the crossing for the third consecutive day. The crossing into the occupied West Bank has been closed since Sunday, when an armed man killed three Israeli border guards at the site.
Israeli forces detain at least 12 Palestinians in West Bank overnight
According to a joint statement by the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission of Detainees Affairs, this number includes one female journalist and several former prisoners.
The detentions occurred during Israeli military raids on Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem, Qalqilya and occupied East Jerusalem, the organisations said.
They added that 20 people were placed under administrative detention – with no trial or evidence of wrongdoing presented. This includes three women from Hebron, two of whom are students.
Israeli forces target Palestinians near Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank
Israeli forces opened live gunfire, targeting the homes of Palestinian citizens in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, citing local sources.
Israeli forces fired live ammunition at houses, as well as light bombs in the area, the agency reported. No injuries were reported.
Elsewhere, in Bethlehem’s village of Husan, Israeli forces seized the rooftop of a house and turned it into a military observation point, Wafa said.
Israel to seize more occupied West Bank land, says local official
Israel has delivered notice of their intention to seize land from the Palestinian villages of Asira al-Qibliya, Burin and Madama, south of Nablus, reports Wafa news agency.
Wafa quoted the head of the Madama village council, Abdullah Ziada, who said that Israeli forces delivered a notice for the appropriation of around 18 dunums (about 18,000 square meters) of land belonging to Palestinians under the pretext of using it for military purposes.
Ziada added that the lands threatened with seizure are located close to the illegal Israeli settlement of Yitzhar.
In July, Israeli authorities green-lighted the largest West Bank land seizure in more than three decades.
Peace Now, an Israeli anti-settlement watchdog group, says that this year is by far the peak year for Israeli land seizures in the occupied West Bank.
