Israeli forces arrest five Palestinians from Bethlehem
Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians from the Bethlehem governorate in the occupied West Bank.
According to security sources quoted by the Wafa news agency, forces arrested four of the men from the town of al-Khader and one from the city of Beit Jala, after raiding and searching their family homes.
Moreover, Israeli troops handed the man who was arrested in Beit Jala a notice to report to their intelligence.
Moscow says Israeli troops did not intervene as settlers attacked Russian diplomatic vehicle in West Bank
Moscow has lodged a formal complaint with Israel over an attack by Israeli settlers on a Russian diplomatic vehicle near an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank.
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in a statement on Tuesday that Moscow considered the attack a “gross violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961”, and expressed “bewilderment and disapproval” that the attack “occurred with the connivance of Israeli military personnel”.
Bethlehem village residents receive forced displacement notice amid illegal Israeli settlement expansion
Israeli forces have issued forced displacement notices for residents in the village of Beit Askaria, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, amid a move to take more Palestinian land for the Gush Etzion settlement bloc.
The head of the Beit Askaria village council, Muhammad Ibrahim Atallah, told the Wafa news agency that forces stormed the village, delivering a verbal order to vacate a plot of land planted with grapevines that belonged to him and his brothers.
Atallah was given a 10-day deadline to vacate the land.
At least 30 Palestinians arrested by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank
The Palestinian Authority’s Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs says Israeli forces have arrested at least 30 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem overnight.
“Among the detainees are a female journalist, two women, and former prisoners”, it said in a statement.
“The arrests and field investigations were concentrated in the city of Dura/Hebron, while the rest were distributed among the governorates of Nablus, Bethlehem, Ramallah, Tulkarem, and Salfit.”
The commission said that since Israel began its war on Gaza, more than 18,500 Palestinians have been arrested or detained in the occupied West Bank.
Jordan slams Israeli settler attack on Gaza aid convoy
Jordan says Israeli settlers have attacked a Gaza-bound aid convoy in the second type of incident in days.
Government spokesman Mohammad al-Momani told the Reuters news agency that the convoy, which was carrying 30 trucks of humanitarian aid, was delayed.
“This requires a serious Israeli intervention and no leniency in dealing with those who obstruct these convoys,” al-Momani said.
