Israeli army takes 8 into custody after detaining dozens of men in Fawwar camp
We have been reporting on the Israeli military’s detention of more than 60 Palestinian men as part of a raid on the Fawwar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Information Center now reports that many of those men were held in the courtyard of a house and interrogated, before eight were taken into Israeli custody.
The reason for the mens’ detention and arrest is not immediately clear.
Translation: Israeli occupation forces carried out a massive arrest campaign targeting more than 60 young men in the Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron. The raid is ongoing, and detainees are being interrogated on the spot. The occupation forces have released a number of them.
Settlers storm Bedouin village: Report
Israeli settlers have stormed the Bedouin village of Ras Ein al-Auja, north of Jericho in the occupied West Bank, walked their sheep among the homes of residents and destroyed property, according to Wafa.
Heavy gunfire in Israeli raid at Nur Shams camp
Israeli forces are shooting inside the Nur Shams refugee camp, which has been subjected to a military campaign for weeks, sources tell Al Jazeera, adding that an explosion has been heard inside the camp, located east of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank.
The latest attack comes after at least eight Palestinians were arrested by Israeli forces in the Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, according to the Wafa news agency.
At the same time, settler attacks have been reported in the Palestinian communities of Khirbet ad-Dir in the northern Jordan Valley and the Bedouin village of Ras Ein al-Auja, north of Jericho.
Settlers build unauthorised outpost under army’s backing in occupied West Bank
Footage shared online shows Israeli settlers starting construction of an unauthorised outpost near the Palestinian village of Turmus Aya with the backing of the Israeli army.
“Over the past two days, all the farm outposts in the Shiloh Valley area received caravans and prefabricated homes,” rights group Yesh Din said in a post on X with videos of the ongoing construction.
“Once again, the army is cooperating with settlers to establish illegal farm outposts that use violence to expel Palestinians from their lands under the protection of the state.”
According to Peace Now, another Israeli NGO, a record 48 new settlement outposts were established in 2024 in the West Bank.
Israeli forces assault news photographer in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have assaulted a photographer from the Wafa news agency during a raid on his home in the al-Rabay’ah neighbourhood in the city of Tulkarem in the northern West Bank.
Wafa Awwad told the outlet that Israeli soldiers stormed his house without warning, physically assaulted him while hurling verbal abuse. “They attacked me brutally and cursed me repeatedly, then confiscated my press card, ID and phone,” he said. Despite identifying himself as a news photographer, he said soldiers vandalised his home, smashing furniture and other belongings.
Israeli forces also raided homes belonging to the Awwad family in Tulkarem’s al-Hadayeida neighbourhood, including the residences of brothers Walid and Raed Awwad. Soldiers detained 15-year-old Ahmad Raed Awwad, blindfolded him and took him to an undisclosed location.
One child wounded by Israeli live fire in occupied West Bank
A 13-year-old Palestinian has been shot by Israeli forces during a raid in the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. The Palestine Red Crescent Society said the child was shot in the thigh and transferred to a hospital for treatment.
Local sources also told the Wafa news agency that Israeli settlers abducted three Palestinian children for more than an hour from the al-Dubbat neighbourhood in the western part of the town before residents found the children tied to olive trees.
