Israeli forces arrest 13 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
That includes seven arrests in Ramallah. One of those detained is Zain al-Barghouti, who was released earlier this year during a short-lived ceasefire as part of a prisoner exchange, the Wafa news agency reports.
Israeli gunfire wounds Palestinian near occupied East Jerusalem
Israeli forces have opened fire and wounded a Palestinian in the town of ar-Ram, north of occupied East Jerusalem, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
In a statement, the organisation said its teams treated the young Palestinian, who was shot in his thigh by Israeli forces near a separation wall before he was hospitalised. No other details were immediately available.
Desperate to earn a living, some Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are risking their lives trying to climb the heavily monitored separation wall to work inside Israel.
Palestinian group says two girls among 49 females in Israeli custody
The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) says Israeli authorities continue to detain 49 Palestinian females, including two girls. The group released the figures on Palestinian Women’s National Day, which is marked on October 26 every year.
The Palestinian Foreign Ministry also posted a tribute to the detained Palestinian women on X, adding that Israel’s two-year war on Gaza killed 33,000 women and girls.
UN says 40 children killed in West Bank in 2025
A UN humanitarian update says Israeli forces have killed at least 40 children in the occupied West Bank this year, a number that represents 20 percent of all Palestinian fatalities.
The UN update added that since October 2023, at least 77 Palestinians have died in Israeli detention while more than 3,000 people have been displaced by settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israeli army to demolish West Bank home of suspected attacker
Israel’s military has announced its “intention to confiscate and demolish” the home of Ayman Najeh Ghanem in the village of Aqqaba in the occupied West Bank.
According to the statement, Ghanem was allegedly one of the perpetrators of an attack at Mehola Junction in the Jordan Valley in August 2024. Yehonatan Deutsch, an Israeli from Beit She’ an, was killed in the attack.
Israeli media reports say the homes of three other suspects involved have been demolished, while the home of another is in the process of being destroyed.
Four wounded in Israeli incursion in West Bank’s el-Bireh town
One of the wounded people is in serious condition after soldiers opened fire on people as they stormed Am’ari refugee camp in the town of el-Bireh in the central occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, all the wounded people were taken to the hospital.
One killed, two injured in Israeli attacks in occupied West Bank
A Palestinian was killed by Israeli forces at the Meitar checkpoint, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, a medical source tells Al Jazeera. The Palestine Red Crescent Society, meanwhile, said two Palestinians were wounded in an attack by Israeli soldiers in the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin.
Israel’s military guards more than 700,000 illegal Israeli settlers who live in about 250 settlements and outposts across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. They have targeted Palestinian property more than 2,400 times in the last two years, displacing at least 3,055 people, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
