Israeli settler bus comes under fire near West Bank’s Nablus
A bus carrying Israeli settlers to Joseph’s Tomb has come under fire near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
Israeli and Palestinian media reported that the group intended to visit the archaeological site, located in an area under full control of the Palestinian Authority, with no prior authorisation.
The Israeli military sent reinforcements to protect the settlers. The army said in a statement posted on X that the bus driver was injured and warned that “entry of Israelis into Area A in the West Bank is dangerous and prohibited”.
Israeli forces arrest 3 Palestinians in occupied West Bank’s Jericho: Report
Israeli forces have stormed the city of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, detaining three Palestinians in the city’s Ein el-Sultan and Aqbat Jabr refugee camps, according to the Wafa news agency.
Eid Brahma, the director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society in the city, was quoted by the agency as saying that those arrested included a former prisoner Shaher Abu Sharar, Abdullah Wahdan and Omar Abu Al-Hussain.
Israel arrests 15 Palestinians in occupied West Bank: Report
A woman from Gaza is among 15 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces across the West Bank, according to prisoners’ groups quoted by the Wafa news agency. The Commission of Prisoners’ Affairs and the Prisoner’s Society said that the woman from Gaza was in the West Bank for medical treatment, according to Wafa. The report said the arrests were made in the governorates of Hebron, Jericho, Tulkarem, Ramallah, Qalqilya and Jerusalem.
Israeli army storms occupied West Bank’s Salfit city: Report
As we have been reporting throughout the day, the Israeli army has been carrying out a number of raids across the occupied West Bank, including in Jericho. Now, the Wafa news agency reports that Israeli soldiers stormed the central city of Salfit. The report quoted local sources as saying that a number of military vehicles stormed the city and seized surveillance camera recordings on a road.
Palestinian man dies after being shot by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank
Sources told Al Jazeera that a Palestinian man died of his wounds today after being shot by Israeli forces in the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.
Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers assaulted a Palestinian man on Tuesday night at a military checkpoint in the Al-Murabba’a area, southwest of Nablus, according to local sources, Wafa reported.
Sources reported that Israeli soldiers stopped a passenger bus at the checkpoint, forced one of the passengers to get off, and then physically assaulted him, the Palestinian agency said. The checkpoint was closed by Israeli forces after the incident, which spurred heavy traffic in the area.
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