Pregnant Palestinian women endangered by Israeli military restrictions in West Bank: UN
The UN’s Population Fund (UNFPA) said international law must be upheld to protect people who need medical treatment, as the Israeli military’s restrictions on travel in the occupied West Bank are endangering pregnant women.
“These restrictions could threaten the lives of more than 50 women who give birth every day” in the West Bank, the UN agency said.
In a post on social media, the agency quoted a Palestinian mother who was forced to wait three weeks to have stitches removed after a caesarean-section birth.
“Snipers were targeting anything that moved on the road,” the mother from West Bank’s Tulkarem City was quoted as saying.
Palestinian women are blocked by Israeli soldiers from entering Tulkarem refugee camp to remove their belongings, in the occupied West Bank, on May 26
Israeli soldiers raid West Bank refugee camp as settler attacks continue
Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli soldiers have raided Palestinian communities across the occupied West Bank as intensified Israeli settler attacks continue.
Here’s the latest:
- Israeli soldiers arrested two young Palestinian men after raiding the Askar al-Jadid refugee camp in Nablus.
- Israeli settlers set up new mobile homes near the illegal “Mitzpe Ziv” outpost, on the lands of the Palestinian village of Berin, in Hebron.
- Settlers set fire to Palestinian agricultural land in the town of Haris, in Salfit.
As we reported earlier, Israeli soldiers shot and killed a young Palestinian man in Jericho.
Israeli forces carry out arrests amid raids on occupied West Bank
The Israeli military has conducted arrests in Nablus and Hebron, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office has said, as military operations continue across the occupied West Bank.
Two men were arrested during a raid on the Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus, and two others in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron.
Israeli forces have detained at least 10,068 Palestinians since launching a war on Gaza on October 7, 2023. Israeli authorities have confirmed the death of 70 Palestinian prisoners in jail.
Israeli forces injure at least 19 Palestinians in West Bank’s Nablus: PRCS
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says 19 people have been wounded by live bullets in Nablus, as the Israeli army launched a series of simultaneous raids on money exchange shops in cities across the occupied West Bank.
Two people were shot, including a 15-year-old, while 15 people suffered tear gas inhalation.
As we reported earlier, Israeli forces have carried out raids in cities including Nablus, Jenin, Tubas, Qalqilya, Bethlehem and Hebron.
