Former prisoner detained as Israeli soldiers storm homes in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have arrested a former detainee at the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, Wafa news agency reports. According to local sources, the soldiers raided several homes of Palestinians who were recently released as part of a prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel.
The person arrested, Fahed Sawalhi, was freed a few months earlier after serving 23 years in Israeli prisons, Wafa said.
Israeli military says settlers torched West Bank ‘security site’
Israel’s army says “several Israeli citizens set fire to and vandalised” an Israeli “security site” used for surveillance in the Ramallah area of the occupied West Bank. Photographs shared by the military in a post on X appear to show burned computer servers and other equipment as well as graffiti in Hebrew.
“Damage to the site poses a danger to the safety of residents,” the Israeli army said. “The [Israeli military] condemns any act of violence against security forces and expects the security forces to bring to justice those Israelis who harm the security forces fulfilling their role in protecting the safety of Israeli civilians.”
According to The Times of Israel, the incident occurred after settlers earlier rioted outside a nearby army base.

Israeli settlers watch Palestinian farmers in the village of Burqa, east of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank
One more Palestinian detainee dies in Israeli custody
A Palestinian administrative detainee has died at Israel’s Soroka Hospital, according to the Palestinian authorities.
Lo’ay Faisal Nasr-Allah, 22, died at the hospital to which he was transferred from Negev prison, Wafa news agency said in a report, quoting the Civil Affairs Commission in the occupied territory.
It added that the detainee was from the occupied West Bank governorate of Jenin, adding that he was held under administrative detention since March 26 last year.
Israeli army shoots at journalists in Jenin
The Israeli army shot at a group of journalists and photographers near Jenin Government Hospital, according to eyewitnesses and local sources cited by the Wafa news agency. The journalists were documenting large-scale demolitions being carried out by Israeli forces when they were targeted.
Meanwhile, bulldozers continued tearing down shops, residential buildings and roads in the area, as part of what local officials say is a plan to demolish 95 homes in the camp.







