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Israeli army raids Silwad in West Bank during prisoner’s release

The Israeli army has conducted a military raid on the town of Silwad, east of Ramallah, as former prisoner Moamen Mahmoud Hamed was being reunited with his family after his release as part of the Gaza ceasefire.

The Palestinian Wafa news agency also reported that clashes broke out in Kobar, northwest of Ramallah. Two Palestinians were injured after being shot in the leg by Israeli live bullets, and a 13-year-old was arrested.


Israeli soldier killed, five injured in Jenin fighting: report

An Israeli soldier was killed and five others were wounded during an exchange of fire with Palestinian fighters in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media.

The Times of Israel identified the slain soldier as 20-year-old Liam Hazi, of the Kfir Brigade’s Haruv reconnaissance unit. One of the wounded was listed as being in a serious condition.


Israeli military action in West Bank an ‘act of desperation’

The intensification of Israel’s military activity in the West Bank should be seen as an act of desperation driven by the country’s inability to “shape its security surroundings”, Tel Aviv-based analyst Ori Goldberg has told Al Jazeera, rather than a move that follows a clear plan.

“This military operation can and should be seen not as an initial drive towards annexation, but as the last final resort of leadership that has absolutely no other course of action,” Goldberg said.

The analyst added that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu was attempting to project himself as fighting “terrorism” ahead of an election that was sure to come in a few months.

“But this is not an operation that has an end game. This is a display of presence and it comes within the context of a failure across the board, a sense of pointlessness,” Goldberg said.



Clinics remain open in West Bank, East Jerusalem: UNRWA

The United Nations Palestinian relief agency (UNRWA) says that its clinics remain open in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, as Israel’s ban on the agency comes into effect.

UNRWA’s humanitarian work in Gaza also continued, and the agency is committed to “staying and delivering” necessary relief, a UN spokesperson said.

The UN agency has warned that Israel’s ban on its operations operations “will have serious consequences” for the tens of thousands of Palestinians it supports. The agency said earlier that it had not received any official communication on how the Israeli parliament’s bills banning its operation would be implemented.