Israeli settlers attack school in occupied West Bank
Israeli settlers have raided an educational facility in the occupied West Bank village of Khirbet Ibziq, the Wafa news agency reports.
Azmi Balawna, an education official for the nearby city of Tubas, said the gang of settlers damaged the school’s equipment and burned a Palestinian flag.
Israeli settlers, often backed by soldiers, continue daily assaults and raids across the occupied West Bank. The number of settler attacks has risen sharply since 2016, with 852 recorded in 2022, 1,291 in 2023, and 1,449 in 2024. With more than 1,000 attacks in the first eight months of 2025, this year is on track to become the most violent yet.
Israeli troops arrest 21 Palestinians in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces have arrested 21 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reports.
The detentions occurred during extensive raids and included children, it said.
According to official Palestinian figures, more than 20,000 Palestinians have been arrested by Israel in the occupied territory since the genocide in Gaza began two years ago.
Children among 11 arrested by Israeli police in occupied East Jerusalem
Israeli police say they have arrested 11 people, including children, over the past two weeks in occupied East Jerusalem who are suspected of setting fire to bins, throwing stones and hurling firebombs at police.
The Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem reported that as of the end of 2024, 206 minors were held in Israeli custody, 113 of whom on “security grounds“.
Defence for Children International, an NGO working on children’s rights, said as of June, 41 percent of 360 detained Palestinian children were held without charge.
Palestinians face worsening conditions in Israel’s Megiddo Prison
The conditions for prisoners held in northern Israel’s Megiddo Prison have deteriorated since the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire took effect on October 10, according to the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs.
Prisoners face beatings by guards, are not receiving medical checks and are being refused outdoor exercise, it said in a statement.
There are nearly 10,000 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory, according to the prisoners rights group Addameer.
So-called administrative detainees, including women and children, are held by the military for renewable six-month periods based on “secret evidence” that neither the detainees nor their lawyers are allowed to see.
Israel establishes new settlement outpost on Palestinian land near Jerusalem
This report comes to us from Wafa, whose source observed army activity in the town of Anata, north of occupied East Jerusalem. Soldiers accompanied by a bulldozer levelled land, setting up caravans, tents and mobile homes at the site.
Israel has issued 54 military orders for Palestinian land seizures since the beginning of the year, according to the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, a settlement expansion watchdog.
