What’s happening in the occupied West Bank?
- Israeli settlers assaulted several peace activists at dawn on Monday in the village of Shalal al-Auja, north of Jericho. Hassan Malihat of Al-Baydar Human Rights Organisation said many residents and activists were injured in the attack.
- Israeli forces blew up the home of prisoner Ahmad Rafiq al-Haimouni in Hebron’s Wad Abu Ektaileh neighbourhood at dawn. The explosion caused extensive damage to the property and nearby homes.
- Firing by Israeli forces injured a Palestinian youth as they arrested four young men from Tubas and the Far’a refugee camp, south of the city.
- Israeli settlers uprooted about 120 Palestinian-owned olive trees overnight in the Marj Sa’i plain, between the villages of al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, northeast of Ramallah.
Israeli drone attack kills 2 people in southern Lebanon
At least two people have been killed and one wounded after an Israeli drone attack on a vehicle travelling to the southern Lebanese town of Zebdine, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said.
Israeli army claims to have killed Hezbollah fighter in southern Lebanon
As we reported earlier, at least two people have been killed in an Israeli drone attack on a vehicle in southern Lebanon. Now, the Israeli army claims one of those killed was Hezbollah fighter Hassan Ali Jamil Atoui.
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in November following more than a year of hostilities, including a two-month all-out war. Israel, however, has continued carrying out attacks, with both sides accusing each other of violating the agreement.
And the other? Oops? Not that assassinations are legal, especially not under ceasefire. And it's all too easy to claim they were targeting Hezbollah, like everyone is Hamas in Gaza...
Israeli ceasefires are meaningless.
