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Palestinian prisoner dies in Israeli prison: Report
Amr Hatem Odeh, abducted from Gaza in December 2023, has died in Israel’s infamous Sde Teiman military base that doubles as a prison for Palestinians, reports Quds News Network.
The Israeli military abducted Odeh, age 33 and a father of three, along with some of his family members from Gaza during an Israeli ground invasion, the report added.
Several settler attacks reported across occupied West Bank
There has been a spate of settler attacks in the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem last night and today:
- Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam’s third-holiest site, in occupied East Jerusalem under the protection of Israeli police last night and today.
- The Wafa news agency reported that a settler attacked a shrine located in the Maaman Allah Cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem.
- The news agency also reported that hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Joseph’s Tomb east of Nablus and set fire to a vehicle as they attempted to burn down a mosque between the towns of Osrin and Aqraba, south of Nablus.
- Wafa reported that settlers set fire to a house last night near the entrance to the village of Berin, southeast of Hebron.
Israeli forces seize ambulance, arrest paramedic near Ramallah
Israeli forces have seized an ambulance and arrested a paramedic at a checkpoint east of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. Earlier, the Palestinian Red Crescent said that seven Palestinians were wounded when Israeli forces stormed the Jalazone refugee camp near Ramallah.
Israeli school closures deny education to hundreds of Palestinian children in East Jerusalem
Hundreds of Palestinian children have been left without education after Israeli closure orders for six UN-run schools in occupied East Jerusalem, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has said.
On May 8, Israeli police shut down six schools run by the UNRWA in Shu’fat refugee camp and neighbourhoods of Silwan, Wadi al-Joz, and Sur Baher, citing the lack of permits.
“Nearly 800 children are out of school since 8 May, after the Israeli Forces forced the closure of the 6 UNRWA schools in East Jerusalem,” the refugee agency said in a statement.
“These UNRWA schools are inviolable premises of the United Nations,” it said. “UNRWA schools must continue to be open to safeguard an entire generation of children. Palestinian children’s right to education must be upheld.”
In October 2024, Israel’s Knesset passed two laws banning UNRWA from operating in Israel, with the laws going into effect on January 30.
