Israeli settlers attack Palestinian farmers near Ramallah
The settlers threw stones at agricultural workers in the villages of Abu Fellah and al-Mughayyir, near the city of Ramallah, according to witnesses. They set fire to one Palestinian home on the outskirts of Abu Fellah, the witnesses said.
Amin Abu Aliya, the head of the al-Mughayyir Council, told the Wafa news agency that Israeli forces were deployed at the eastern entrance of the village to provide protection for the settlers during the attack.
The UN’s humanitarian agency (OCHA) said settler violence in the occupied West Bank reached record levels in 2024, with nearly four incidents reported every day.
Israeli forces wound four Palestinians in Nablus
Israeli forces have shot and wounded Palestinians during a raid on the Old City in Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.
Sources from the Red Crescent told the agency they treated four people for injuries to the abdomen and the hands and transferred them to the hospital.
Israeli forces also arrested two Palestinians on the outskirts of Tulkarem city overnight after raiding and searching their homes, Wafa reported.
Israeli forces carry out more arrests in the occupied West Bank
Here’s a breakdown of the latest arrests, as reported by the Wafa news agency:
- Two men from the Aqabat Jaber camp, south of Jericho. They were identified as former prisoners Khaled Ezz el-Din and Adi Khalil Saeed Kamal.
- Five people, including two brothers aged 17 and 18, from the governorate of Hebron.
- Two people, including 14-year-old Karam Saber al-Shaer from the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem.
- One person from the town of Silwad and another 19-year-old from the village of al-Mughayyir.
Israeli forces kill Palestinian south of Jenin
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian identified as Hassan Ali Rabaya in Maithalun, south of Jenin, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reports.
Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces wounded at least one person while raiding the town in the occupied West Bank, prompting confrontations with Palestinian fighters.
Israeli woman stabbed in occupied West Bank: Report
Israel’s public broadcaster reported a suspected stabbing attack on an Israeli woman in the village of Deir Qaddis, west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
The woman reportedly arrived in the village to wash her car, the broadcaster said.
At least 20 Palestinians detained in occupied West Bank: Report
Israeli forces have detained at least 20 Palestinians, including children and former prisoners, over the past 24 hours, according to a joint statement by the Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society, Wafa news agency reports.
The statement said the detentions took place across several occupied West Bank governorates, including Hebron, Bethlehem, Tulkarem, Jericho, Ramallah, and Jerusalem. Israeli detentions of Palestinians surged following the outbreak of Israel’s war on Gaza in October 2023.
Additionally, Israeli forces killed Hassan Ali Rabay’a, 40, in the town of Meithalun in Jenin district, Wafa said. The forces surrounded his home, opened fire on him, detained him, and later announced his death.
His body continues to be held by the Israeli authorities, the news agency said.