Israeli troops remove families from their homes in West Bank raid
Israeli forces have forced out two families from their houses in the village of Burin near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. Israeli troops set up a checkpoint at one of the entrances to the village, Wafa news agency reported.
Settlers and soldiers continue to terrorise Palestinian communities as they prepare to annex the majority of the West Bank. Almost 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army and settler gangs – including 212 children – and more than 10,000 people have been displaced in the occupied territory since October 2023.
Israel shuts down orphan care association in occupied West Bank
The Israeli army has closed a Palestinian charity that provides care for thousands of orphans in the city of Hebron.
The Islamic Charitable Society was raided and staff detained for several hours, said Abdel Karim Farah, the association’s legal adviser. Office equipment and computers were seized.
Israeli forces provided no explanation for the raid. Nor did they say how long the charity’s closure would last.
The Islamic Charitable Society is one of the most prominent nongovernmental organisations in the occupied West Bank, supporting more than 6,000 orphans.
Israeli attacks have escalated across the occupied West Bank since October 2023, killing more than 1,056 Palestinians and injuring 10,300, with more than 20,000 others detained, according to Palestinian figures.
