Israeli forces arrest at least 9 Palestinians in West Bank’s Dura city
Israeli forces have arrested nine Palestinians during a raid in Dura city, south of Hebron, according to the Wafa news agency, citing security sources.
The report said the troops raided the homes of those arrested, searched and ransacked their contents, and stormed the towns of ad-Dhahiriya, as-Samu, Beit Ummar, and several neighbourhoods in the city of Hebron.
Germany decries Israeli settlement expansion plan in occupied West Bank
Germany has condemned Israeli plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, describing the move as “unacceptable”.
“We call on the Israeli government to halt the expansion of the settlements but, above all, the practice of land seizure, destruction of homes and expulsion of the Palestinian population,” Foreign Office spokesperson Josef Hinterseher said at a news briefing in Berlin.
Germany views the Israeli announcement “as unacceptable because it runs counter to a two-state solution” and it “naturally rejects any annexation efforts”.
The settlements are illegal under international law, but last week, the Israeli government said it will establish 22 settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank. That plan includes the “legalisation” of some outposts already built without government authorisation.
