Hamas condemns settler attack on Aqraba
The group says that the killing of a 17-year-old boy by Israeli forces near the occupied West Bank town proves the “necessity of confronting the settlement attacks with all force and igniting anger throughout all areas of the West Bank”.
As we reported earlier, the boy, whom Hamas named in its statement as Muin Sobhi Abu Kabar Diriyah, was shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers during an attack by Israeli settlers from a nearby outpost. Several others were wounded.
It said that the “crimes committed by settlers in the West Bank are increasing significantly”, and called for “a wide mobilization and popular anger to confront their escalating brutality and attacks”.
Far-right minister leads settlers in Jerusalem flag march
Footage released by Palestinian sources, which has been verified by Al Jazeera, shows far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir leading hundreds of settlers and armed guards in a flag march around the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.
The move is to mark Tisha B’Av, or “the destruction of the Temple”, a major day of mourning and fasting in the Jewish calendar.
Ben-Gvir has repeatedly created controversy by entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and other areas in the occupied Palestinian territory, accompanied by far-right settlers and armed police.
إيتمار بن غفير يشارك في مسيرة المستوطنين بالبلدة القديمة في القدس المحتلة بمناسبة ما يسمى "ذكرى خراب الهيكل" pic.twitter.com/d7uWSsAsCn
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) August 2, 2025
Translation: Itamar Ben-Gvir participates in the settlers’ march in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem on the occasion of what is called “the anniversary of the destruction of the Temple”
