Israeli forces impose curfew on village near Nablus
Israeli soldiers sealed off the village of Madama, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, imposing a curfew on its residents, Wafa news agency is reporting.
Abdullah Ziyada, head of Madama’s village council, said Israeli forces blocked the entrances to the village and imposed a curfew on residents. In recent days, the village has been raided repeatedly and has had its entrances closed, Wafa added.
“In a related development, a group of [settlers] gathered at the bypass road near the bridge connecting Madama and Burin areas and attacked the vehicles of Palestinian residents,” the agency reported.
Fatah condemns attack on imprisoned leader Marwan Barghouti
Fatah’s central committee has denounced what it called repeated attacks by Israeli forces on Barghouti, who has been in prison since 2002, and other Palestinian detainees, who have been subject to “horrific violations” since October 2023.
In a statement, the committee said that detainees are being subject to solitary confinement, assault, as well as a denial of food and medical treatment. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and Commission of Palestinian Detainees both confirmed that prisoners have been subject to mistreatments since the war on Gaza began.
“As the genocidal war continues in Gaza, Israeli occupation authorities are committing heinous crimes in prisons that are not being documented by cameras,” the committee said in a statement.
