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SvennoJ on 20 January 2025
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Negev resident’s home demolished for hiding people from Gaza on October 7: Report

The Israeli Land Authority has reportedly demolished the home of a resident of the Israeli city of Rahat in the Negev for “giving shelter to terrorists”.

The resident was also given a one-year prison sentence, according to Israel’s i24NEWS Channel, which released a video of the home being demolished. The Yoav Unit of the police participated in the demolition process.

The man is accused of hiding four Palestinians who had crossed over from Gaza on October 7, 2023, and sought to spend the night in the city.

UN human rights office “alarmed” by a new wave of violence in occupied West Bank

The United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) in Ramallah said it was “alarmed” by a new wave of violence by Israeli settlers and security forces in the occupied West Bank that erupted following the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release agreement.

Israeli security forces shot and killed a reportedly unarmed 14-year-old Palestinian boy on Sunday, the OHCHR said in a statement on Monday.

The OHCHR said “scores of settlers” stormed several Palestinian towns on Sunday, torching houses and vehicles, blocking roads and throwing stones.

Six Palestinians were injured in Sinjil, northeast of Ramallah, including three children between the ages of 14 and 16, the statement said.

“This has been accompanied by increased restrictions on Palestinians’ freedom of movement across the West Bank, including complete closure of some checkpoints and installation of new gates, effectively confining entire communities,” the statement said.

The OHCHR said Israeli security forces closed several checkpoints in Jericho and implemented “flying checkpoints” in Tulkarm, with thirteen new iron gates reportedly installed at the entrances of towns across the occupied West Bank.

“They additionally shut down all entrances to Hebron, which has effectively cut off thousands of Palestinians from neighboring communities and largely prevented children from attending schools, and residents from reaching work,” the statement said.

CNN has reached out the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for a response to the allegations.

The statement from the OHCHR came after Israel’s military chief warned on Monday of the possibility of “significant operations” in the occupied West Bank in the coming days.


Israeli forces arrest dozens of Palestinians near West Bank’s Qalqilya

A large number of Israeli forces have been deployed in a raid on the town of Azzun, located east of Qalqilya in the occupied West Bank. Videos circulating on Palestinian outlets that have been verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency show the Israeli forces rounding up and moving dozens of people.

The Israeli military has said it intends to launch major operations in the West Bank after a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement was reached in Gaza.



Translation: New scenes … The moment occupation soldiers arrested more than 60 Palestinians in the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya.