Power runs out at northern Gaza hospital
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting electricity was cut off at Kamal Adwan Hospital after Israeli forces bombed the generators. Earlier, health officials in Gaza warned all hospitals will have to stop or reduce services “within 48 hours” because of a lack of fuel, accusing Israel of blocking its entry.
An Israeli strike hit the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, one of three medical facilities barely operational in besieged northern Gaza, injuring six medical staff, some critically, the Health Ministry said in a statement.
Israeli military attacks kill 7 in Gaza City, 3 in Khan Younis
An Israeli strike on a building in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City in northern Gaza has killed at least seven people, including children, and wounded several others, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report.
Three people have also been killed and 24 wounded after an Israeli attack on a house near tents housing displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
Palestine slams Israeli decision to suspend administrative arrest for settlers
In a statement, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said the move will “encourage supremacist settlers to commit acts of terrorism against Palestinians and their properties, escalate crimes against them, and further foster their impunity”.
The statement noted only a few Israelis from illegal settlements were detained in “token arrests” as part of “a revolving door policy”.
The ministry demanded “international effective action to rein in settlers’ militias, end their impunity”, and protect Palestinians from Israeli occupation violations.
Israeli forces detain, assault ambulance crew in Nablus
The Israeli military has assaulted an ambulance crew and detained a female ambulance officer in the village of Osarin, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
An ambulance driver told Wafa that Israeli forces detained the crew members, assaulted and interrogated them, before searching their vehicle and arresting the female paramedic for several hours.
Israeli military raids have been reported in other locations across the occupied West Bank, including:
- The city of Nablus, where Palestinian fighters targeted an Israeli bulldozer with an explosive device in the old Askar camp
- The city of Tulkarem
- The town of Kafr Abbush, south of Tulkarem
- The village of Husan, west of Bethlehem
- The town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem
- The village of Beit Dajan, east of Nablus
Translation: The moment an Israeli occupation bulldozer was targeted with a highly explosive device on the main street in the old Askar camp, east of Nablus, in the West Bank.
