Israeli military continues raid, arrest campaign in Nablus
Earlier, we reported that the Israeli military had shot and arrested a Palestinian man during a raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
The hours-long military operation continues, the Palestinian Information Center reports, with Israeli forces launching a raid and arrest campaign on homes in the new Askar refugee camp, east of the city.
Israeli settlers steal and kill dozens of sheep in Jordan Valley
Israeli settlers have stolen and killed dozens of Palestinian-owned sheep in the northern Jordan Valley area of the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
Mahdi Daraghmeh, the head of al-Malih village council, told Wafa the settlers stole dozens of sheep belonging to families in the Palestinian community in the northern Jordan Valley, before killing 117 of the sheep.
The armed settlers also attacked Palestinian-owned tents in the area and assaulted the occupants, according to Daraghmeh.
Settler attacks, displacement: West Bank under attack
The UN’s humanitarian office (OCHA) has released its latest figures on casualties and violence in the occupied West Bank, which has experienced a surge in Israeli army and settler attacks amidst the Gaza war.
At least 14 Palestinian deaths were recorded in the West Bank last month, OCHA said, while 355 others were also injured. In the same month, at least 129 Israeli settler attacks resulting in Palestinian casualties or property damage were reported.
According to OCHA figures, between the beginning of 2024 and the end of June, more than 2,200 Israeli settler attacks were reported, resulting in more than 5,200 Palestinian injuries.
In that same period, nearly 36,000 Palestinians were forcibly displaced across the West Bank due to Israeli military operations, Israeli settler violence or home demolitions carried out by the Israeli government.
Palestinian child killed by Israeli forces near Jenin
Amr Ali Qabha was killed after Israeli forces opened fire in Ya’bad, south of Jenin, in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian news agency Wafa said Israeli troops fired live ammunition at the 13-year-old as he was walking down the street and prevented ambulances from reaching him to provide medical treatment.
Qabha’s father also tried to reach him, but he was severely beaten and detained by Israeli forces, Wafa said.
The child was pronounced dead at the hospital after an ambulance was finally able to bring him in.
More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed across the occupied West Bank since Israel’s war on Gaza began on October 7, 2023. Of that, at least 204 were children.
