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Palestinian wounded in Israeli raid in occupied West Bank
A young Palestinian man was wounded by live fire after Israeli forces raided the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, according to local sources.
Osama Makhamareh, a local media activist, told Wafa news agency that several Israeli army vehicles stormed the town and raided the homes of families of three Palestinians currently held in Israeli prisons.
During the raid, soldiers opened fire, wounding a young man in the hand. He was taken to Yatta Governmental Hospital, where his condition was described as stable.
Israel threatens families of Palestinians against celebrating their release
Sources have told Al Jazeera that the families of Palestinians who are due to be released from Israeli prisons received calls from Israeli authorities warning them against celebrating the release.
In February this year, Palestinians were also warned by Israelis against celebrating the release, with authorities banning any attempt at welcoming home the prisoners.
In an incident highlighting the tensions, the Israeli army launched a retaliatory operation just one day after the release of Ashraf Zghair, a 46-year-old Palestinian who had been imprisoned since the age of 23 and was serving six life sentences.
When neighbours and family members openly celebrated Zghair’s release on January 25, authorities arrested his brother Amir, a father of four.
Palestinian farmers detained by Israeli military
Israeli forces have detained several Palestinian farmers and prevented them from harvesting olives on their land in the town of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.
The arrests came as the national olive harvest campaign began in the Hebron governorate, launched in support of farmers facing repeated attacks by Israeli forces and settlers.
Witnesses said the soldiers stopped farmers from reaching their land near the bypass road and the illegal settlements of Adora and Telem. Their vehicles were seized, and they were warned not to return.
Israeli forces also raided several homes belonging to Palestinian prisoners expected to be released under the ceasefire’s captive-prisoner exchange, Wafa reported.
In Nablus, military vehicles stormed multiple neighbourhoods and refugee camps, including Balata and Askar al-Jadid, as well as the nearby towns of Salem, Aqraba and Zeita Jamma’in.
UN peacekeeper wounded by Israeli grenade in south Lebanon
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Lebanon says one of its members was wounded by an Israeli grenade dropped near a UN position in the country’s south, the third incident of its kind in a month.
“Just before noon yesterday, an Israeli drone dropped a grenade that exploded near a UNIFIL [United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon] position” in Kfar Kila, it said in a statement.
“One peacekeeper was lightly injured and received medical assistance.”
Earlier this month, UNIFIL said Israeli drones dropped multiple grenades near peacekeepers providing security for workers clearing rubble left from the war with Hezbollah.
In September, UNIFIL said Israeli drones dropped four grenades near peacekeepers, with Israel insisting at the time there had been “no intentional fire” directed at the force.
Israel has routinely violated its November 2024 ceasefire agreement with the Lebanon.
