Palestinian detainee dies in hospital four days after being shot by Israeli forces
Musab Abdelmoneim al-Ayadeh, 20, has died in hospital four days after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.
On Thursday, al-Ayadeh was shot by Israeli forces in his hometown of Hebron and taken into custody despite severe injuries.
He was brought before a military court on Sunday at Ofer prison, which extended his detention, and was held at Shaare Zedek Hospital, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said in a statement on Telegram.
Israeli authorities announced his death to the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs, which in turn informed the advocacy groups.
“The killing of al-Ayadeh adds yet another entry to the ever-growing record of Israeli brutality – field executions chief among them – which have reached unprecedented levels amid a genocide now almost in its second year,” the statement said.
Israeli soldiers raid al-Mughayyir again as settlers attack West Bank towns
Israeli military forces have once again launched an incursion into the al-Mughayyir village in the occupied West Bank’s Ramallah, where they have been raiding and arresting Palestinians for several days. No further arrests have been reported so far today.
In the town of Idhna west of Hebron, the Wafa news agency said soldiers fired sound bombs and caused a fire to break out in a plot of land adjacent to a road. No injuries were reported.
Another raid was reported in the town of al-Ram north of occupied East Jerusalem, with soldiers firing tear gas canisters.
At least two new settler attacks have been reported as well, one in the Jaba town east of Jerusalem, and another in Masafer Yatta south of Hebron. Several Palestinians were injured during the settler attack on Masafer Yatta, which took place with backing from armed soldiers.
Israeli forces storm Qalqilya in occupied West Bank
Israeli soldiers stormed the city from its main eastern entrance and deployed in the areas of Kafr Saba, Sufin, al-Fath Mosque and al-Maslakh, while firing stun grenades, Wafa reported, citing local sources.
Sources on the ground also told Al Jazeera that clashes broke out between Israeli forces and young men during the raid.
Israel should begin annexing West Bank within month: Settlement minister
Israeli Settlement Minister Orit Strook says the country should begin “the application of sovereignty” in the occupied West Bank during the Jewish calendar month of Elul, which has just begun.
The Israel Hayom newspaper quoted the minister, who is a member of the far-right Religious Zionist Party of Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, as saying Israeli authorities should stop construction of a separation wall in the West Bank to accommodate the country’s expanding borders.
“Only after the application of sovereignty and the determination of Israel’s new official borders, will it be possible to consider whether and along what route, security measures should be created that will allow protection against potential terrorism from the Arab residents of Judea and Samaria,” Strook said, using the Israeli name for the West Bank.
Annexing the West Bank would violate international law’s prohibition on acquiring land by force – a principle that has been the bedrock of international relations since World War II.
