UN human rights office slams Israeli forces’ detention of Palestinian children in Hebron
The detention of a five- and a six-year-old in Hebron in the occupied West Bank demonstrates “the cruel daily realities on the ground for Palestinians”, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in occupied Palestinian territory says.
“Every day, children are killed, injured or arbitrarily detained by Israeli forces,” the office said, calling for accountability, an end to Israeli occupation and the implementation of a two-state solution.
Israeli soldiers were filmed detaining the two Palestinian children on Monday. When a passer-by intervened and urged their release, a soldier replied: “I don’t care.”
Israeli raid near Jerusalem injures two Palestinians
Israeli forces have opened fire during a raid on the town of Kafr Aqab, north of occupied Jerusalem, injuring at least two people.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said one person was treated for a live bullet wound to the hand and transferred to the hospital, while a second person was injured by a rubber-coated metal bullet and received treatment on the spot.
The military stormed the town with several vehicles and closed off the street near the Sikal roundabout, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported. Israeli army officers then raided a residential building in the area, but no arrests were reported.
Israeli forces resume assault and siege of Tulkarem camps
Israeli forces are continuing their months-long assault on the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem and its two refugee camps, seizing Palestinian homes in the eastern neighbourhood and converting them into military outposts, Wafa news agency reports.
Troops forced families from several homes at gunpoint, smashed belongings and threw them from windows as vehicles deployed throughout the area. Snipers have also been positioned inside the seized homes.
The siege on Tulkarem and Nur Shams refugee camps has barred residents from entering, with soldiers firing on anyone approaching. An explosion was reported in Nur Shams camp earlier today, though details remain unclear due to the blockade, the report said.
The offensive has displaced more than 25,000 people from the two camps, leaving them nearly empty. At least 14 Palestinians have been killed since the campaign began, including a child and two women, one of them eight months pregnant.
Dozens more have been injured or detained, while homes, shops, and infrastructure have suffered heavy damage.
