In the occupied West Bank, the war continues
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After the ceasefire deal was announced, a friend’s little daughter cheered; she then asked to go with her grandparents to pick olives. He told her that it would be difficult to do, to which she responded, “Why? Isn’t the war over?”
How do you explain to a child that the war ending in Gaza does not mean Palestinian families in the West Bank still can access their land to harvest olives? People still cannot reach their groves because of barriers set up by the Israeli military or they fear attacks by Israeli soldiers and settlers, or both.
There are daily violent assaults on Palestinian farmers and their land. Since October 7, 2023, there have been 7,154 attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestian people and property – some of them deadly.
Almost 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army and settler mobs, including 212 children; more than 10,000 Palestinians have been displaced. Settlers and soldiers have destroyed 37,237 olive trees since October 7, 2023.
Palestinian man wounded by Israeli fire in occupied West Bank’s ar-Ram town
Israeli forces have shot and wounded a 30-year-old Palestinian man in the town of ar-Ram, north of occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Wafa news agency.
The report cited the Palestine Red Crescent Society as saying its teams treated the man after he was shot in the leg near the separation wall, which separates the town from Jerusalem.
Israeli army says explosive thrown at troops in West Bank, injuring two
The Israeli military says troops were carrying out an “offensive operation” near Tubas, in the northeast of the occupied West Bank, when an explosive device was thrown at them.
“As a result of the explosion, two troops were moderately injured and were evacuated to receive medical treatment at the hospital,” the army said.
In a separate statement, Hamas said the incident confirms that Palestinian resistance in the West Bank “will not be broken or subdued despite all the [Israeli] occupation’s attempts to neutralize it through repression, arrests, security measures, and the deployment of checkpoints”.
The group added Palestinians “have the legitimate right to respond to the escalating crimes” of Israel, including killings, genocide, forced displacement and illegal settlement expansion.
Israeli settlers assault two Palestinians south of Hebron
Israeli settlers assaulted one man and his wife south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
Local activist Osama Makhmara told the Wafa news agency that the settlers, who came from the illegal settlement of Susiya, attacked farmers from the Nawajaa family, beating them severely.
The attack wounded Nabeel Nawajaa and his wife Rihan, who was later transferred to Yatta Governmental Hospital for treatment. The settlers also vandalised property in the area, breaking several trees and cutting fences surrounding Palestinian farmland.
Since September, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission has found that Israeli forces and settlers have carried out 2,215 violations across the occupied West Bank, with 1,725 by the army and 490 by settlers. The most attacks took place in Hebron with 463 incidents, followed by Ramallah and el-Bireh with 417 and Nablus with 309.
Israeli forces storm West Bank’s Tubas city after two soldiers injured
Israeli forces have stormed the West Bank city of Tubas with a large number of military vehicles that came from the Dotan checkpoint near Jenin, after an explosive was fired, which injured two soldiers.
The Wafa news agency reported that large Israeli military reinforcements were also stationed at the Tayasir checkpoint east of Tubas. Earlier, the Israeli military said soldiers were conducting “operational activity” in Tubas.
