Israeli army storms West Bank’s Fawwar refugee camp
The Israeli army has stormed the Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, as part of an ongoing military assault on camps and cities in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.
Videos posted by Palestinian groups and verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency show Israeli forces entering the camp and breaking surveillance cameras.
Israel’s army sent additional troops to the city of Jenin and resumed the demolition of several homes in the Nur Shams camp, east of Tulkarem.
Israeli soldiers raid mosques in the occupied West Bank
Palestine’s official news agency, Wafa, reports Israeli forces have raided several mosques in the Old City of Nablus and prevented Friday prayers from being held.
Quoting Palestinian security sources and residents, it said three Palestinians were detained during the operations.
Israeli military vehicles stormed multiple neighbourhoods in the city and fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, the report said.
Israeli soldiers take part in a military raid in the old town of Nablus in the occupied West Bank in February 2025
Nearly 200 Israeli violations in occupied territory last month: Report
The Israeli army and settlers occupying Palestinian land committed 187 violations against Bedouin communities in the occupied West Bank in February, a rights group says.
The report by the Organization for the Defence of Bedouin Rights said attacks and incidents of abuse included 39 in Hebron, 18 in Bethlehem, seven in Nablus, 21 in Jericho and the Jordan Valley, 33 in Tubas, 21 in Ramallah, 21 in Salfit, 21 in Qalqilya, and six in occupied East Jerusalem.
Incidents involved damage to shelters and tents, physical assaults on civilians, livestock theft, the burning of property and agricultural equipment, home demolitions, destruction of farmland, uprooting of trees, and the construction of new settlement roads, the report said.
Settlers storm Palestinian community in Jordan Valley, raise flags
The Wafa news agency reports settlers have raised Israeli flags near the tents of Palestinian residents in the northern Jordan Valley. Quoting local sources, it said a group of settlers stormed Khirbet Samra in the occupied West Bank, raising fears among Palestinians they would seize farmland.
Settlers are Israeli citizens who live illegally on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. Israel started building settlements after capturing the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in the June 1967 Six-Day War.
Now, more than 700,000 settlers – 10 percent of Israel’s nearly seven million population – live in 150 settlements and 128 outposts spread across the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
