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SvennoJ on 07 December 2024
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Israeli forces kill more Palestinians in occupied West Bank as settler violence surges: UN

The latest humanitarian situation report on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank paints a brutal picture of increasing Israeli settler violence, forced displacement of local Palestinian communities, and ongoing killings by Israeli forces.

In the week between November 26 and December 2, Israeli forces killed five Palestinians and wounded 27 others – including seven children – across the West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports.

OCHA also said that Israeli settlers vandalised more than 700 mostly olive trees owned by Palestinians in three locations in the occupied West Bank over just three days.

During the latest reporting period, 14 people, including eight children, in three Palestinian Bedouin households were forcibly displaced by Israeli settler violence, OCHA said.

Since October 7, 2023, an estimated 300 Palestinian households – totalling around 1,757 people, including 855 children – have been displaced from Bedouin and herding communities due to settler attacks and restrictions on accessing their land imposed by Israeli authorities.

The UN also reports on continued collusion between Israeli military and police forces and violent settlers, including on December 1 when “masked and armed Israeli settlers believed to be from Yitzhar settlement raided Madama village, south of Nablus city”.

“Villagers gathered to try to repel the settlers, after which Israeli forces intervened by firing live ammunition, tear gas canisters, and sound grenades at the Palestinians. According to medical sources, six Palestinians, including two children, were treated on-site for gas inhalation,” the UN reports.


Israeli military carries out raids across the West Bank

The Israeli military has carried out raids in locations across the occupied West Bank over recent hours, including:

  • The Qalandiya refugee camp, north of occupied East Jerusalem, where a Palestinian man has been arrested.
  • The village of al-Lubban, south of Nablus, where a vehicle has been confiscated by Israeli forces.
  • The town of Beita, south of Nablus, where clashes have erupted with Palestinian resistance fighters.
  • The village of Qusra, south of Nablus.


Israeli forces launch more raids in Nablus in occupied West Bank

As we reported earlier, the Israeli military has launched multiple raids across the occupied West Bank today.

At least two raids have been confirmed in Nablus, with the Wafa news agency reporting Israeli forces seized a vehicle during a military incursion into the village of al-Lubban Asharqiya at dawn. The vehicle belonged to a local resident of the village south of Nablus.

During a raid in the town of Qusra south of Nablus, Israeli forces fired sound bombs and checked identities of local residents. No injuries were reported.


Israeli forces shoot Palestinian at West Bank checkpoint

Israeli soldiers have shot and reportedly killed a young Palestinian man at the military checkpoint in Qalandiya in the occupied West Bank. Israeli media reported that a “terrorist” was “neutralised” at the checkpoint but did not give further information.


Israeli army arrests 12 Palestinians in occupied West Bank: Prisoners’ groups

The people detained included former prisoners, according to a statement by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. Their joint statement said the arrests took place across the governorates of Tulkarem, Nablus and Ramallah.

The number of arrests of Palestinians by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the start of Israel’s war on Gaza has surpassed 11,900, the report said.