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What we know about two-year-old girl killed in Jenin

As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian toddler during a raid near the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

  • The Palestinian Ministry of Health says that her name was Laila Muhammad Ayman Al-Khatib and she was two and a half years old.
  • According to the ministry, Laila died from critical wounds after she was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers in the Martyrs’ Triangle area in Jenin.
  • Earlier, Wafa reported she had been taken to hospital by a Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance.
  • The Times of Israel reported that Laila’s pregnant mother was also lightly wounded in the attack.
  • The Israeli military says it is investigating the incident and that its troops opened fire on a building after receiving intelligence on the presence of Palestinian fighters.
  • At least 14 Palestinians have been killed in Jenin in the occupied West Bank since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began in Gaza, as Palestinian civilians continue to be caught up in violent conflict between the Israeli army, the Palestinian Authority and Palestinian fighters from the al-Quds Brigades.




Israel’s West Bank raids show violence against Palestinians ‘is far from over’

Action for Humanity, a British human rights group, has condemned Israel’s continuing military operation in and near the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.

The offensive, dubbed Iron Wall and launched just two days after the ceasefire in Gaza took effect, “signals that the violence is far from over”, the group said.

It has “brought devastating levels of destruction and loss of life” in just a few days, with at least 12 Palestinians killed and dozens more wounded. At least 58,000 Palestinians “now face the imminent threat of forcible transfer”.

Action for Humanity called on the United Kingdom and the international community to suspend arms sales to Israel and ramp up pressure to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory.

“Without addressing the structural injustices of occupation, the region will continue to face cyclical violence, suffering, and instability,” it said. “The recent shift of violence to the West Bank serves as a stark reminder that ceasefires alone are insufficient without accountability and justice.”

The issue of prisoners is key to the Palestinian struggle, analyst says

Xavier Abu Eid, the former communications director for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), told Al Jazeera that Israel’s imprisonment of Palestinians is “not a marginal issue” but “one of the key issues for the Palestinian struggle”.

He noted that under the Israeli occupation, Israeli forces “can go into any Palestinian home, can take any Palestinian without providing any charges, and keep that person for years”.

This means that there has been one million prisoners since 1967, as well as “a 98 percent of the conviction rate in Israel courts,” Abu Eid said.

He also lamented the deportation of the 70 Palestinians who were freed on Saturday.

“At the heart of the Palestinian struggle is a struggle for the right to return, so for people to be kicked out of Palestine, it’s not an easy decision,” he said.


Palestinians welcome the freed prisoner Mohammed Al-Arida, who was released as part of the ceasefire deal, in Araba, near Jenin, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on Saturday


Trump says Jordan, Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza

Trump made the comments while briefing reporters on board Air Force One.

The US president said he told Jordan’s King Abdullah, “I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people.”

Trump said he would also speak to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday.

“I’d like Egypt to take people,” he added.