Israeli forces detain 5 people, including girl, in West Bank
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces arrested a former prisoner and a girl from the Jalazone refugee camp near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Another former prisoner was also taken from his home in the city of Hebron. Two young men were detained in a separate raid in the city of Qalandiya, north of occupied East Jerusalem.
Israel says it killed ‘terrorist’ throwing stones in West Bank
We’ve been covering an Israeli attack that killed a 14-year-old Palestinian-American boy and wounded two others near the town of Turmus Aya in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military has confirmed the attack. It said its forces shot “terrorists” hurling rocks in the area.
“During a counterterrorism activity in the area of Turmus Aya, [Israeli] soldiers identified three terrorists who hurled rocks towards the highway, thus endangering civilians driving,” the statement from the military read.
“The soldiers opened fire towards the terrorists who were endangering civilians, eliminating one terrorist and hitting two additional terrorists.”
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry also issued a statement on the attack. It said the “execution” of the child was a “direct result of Israel’s continued impunity”.
Israeli settlers begin placing mobile homes in Masafer Yatta
Israeli settlers have begun placing mobile homes in the village of Khirbet Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, at the southern edge of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights told local media that mobile homes were set up metres from Palestinian houses.
Photos posted online by local media outlets showed crane trucks transporting the containers to the area. Masafer Yatta and the plight of its residents facing Israeli expulsion was the object of the Oscar-winning Palestinian-Israeli documentary No Other Land.
منظمة البيدر: مستوطنون يشرعون بوضع كرفانات استيطانية على بعد أمتار قليلة من مساكن الأهالي في خربة أم الخير بمسافر يطا جنوب شرق الخليل.#طوفان_الأقصى #الضفة_الغربية #قطاع_غزة pic.twitter.com/4OYrtHtZas
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Translation: Al-Baidar Organization: Settlers have begun placing caravans just metres away from the homes of residents in Khirbet Umm al-Khair in the Masafer Yatta area, southeast of Hebron.
Nine Palestinians arrested in Qalqilya, Hebron: Report
Israeli forces have conducted a series of overnight raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank.
They rounded up seven Palestinians, including two brothers, in the city of Qalqilya, as well as two people, including a minor, in Hebron and the nearby town of Beit Ula, according to the Wafa news agency.
Palestinians in West Bank stage general strike in support of Gaza
Several cities in the occupied West Bank are staging a general strike in protest over the ongoing massacre in Gaza, where at least 50,695 Palestinians have been killed. Al Jazeera Arabic reported that the walkout included the closure of businesses in Ramallah, el-Bireh, Nablus and Tulkarem, as well as in occupied East Jerusalem.
Gaza solidarity movements had called for a global strike to take place on Monday, when Netanyahu is expected to visit the White House and the UN marks World Health Day.
Palestinian Bedouins say Israeli settlers terrorising them off their land
When Israel began bombing Gaza on October 7, 2023, Fayez Atil sensed his community in the occupied West Bank would soon come under attack too.
Atil is from the Palestinian village of Zanuta, a traditional herding community in the Jordan Valley. Settlers from illegal Israeli settlements had harassed and attacked his village for years. Still, the violence escalated sharply after Israel launched what many describe as a “genocidal” war on Gaza.
“It suddenly felt like a war,” he told Al Jazeera by phone. “Every day and every night, the illegal settlers would try to steal our sheep or vandalise our village by destroying our property and cars.”
Israeli forces seal off entrances to West Bank city of Nablus
The Israeli army has sealed off all entrances to the city of Nablus as a general strike continues across cities in the occupied West Bank, Al Jazeera Arabic reports.
Local sources told the network that gates and military checkpoints were set up to prevent movement to and from the city.
