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Israeli settlers set fire to mosque near West Bank’s Salfit: Report

A group of Israeli settlers have vandalised a mosque near the town of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.

Quoting a local activist, the agency reports that Israeli settlers poured flammable material at the entrance of the mosque and wrote racial slurs on its walls. The report said residents helped put the fire out before it spread through the mosque.



Israeli forces round up 25 people in latest West Bank raids: Report

Israeli forces have carried out new raids and arrests across the occupied West Bank. According to the Wafa news agency, they:

  • Arrested three young men after raiding their homes in the town of Deir al-Ghusun near the city of Tulkarem
  • Arrested 18 people during a raid in the town of Dura near Hebron. Forces also carried out field interrogations, including of elderly people, in southern Hebron.
  • Arrested four people in the towns of Beita and Qaryut, south of Nablus.


Israeli forces wreck park in occupied West Bank: Report

Israeli forces have brought in bulldozers and demolished a park in the town of al-Qubeiba in the northwest of Jerusalem, reports the Wafa news agency. Photos shared by the agency show the park and playground material reduced to mounds of rubble.


UN statistics highlight deteriorating situation in occupied West Bank

Every week, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) gives an update on the humanitarian situation in the occupied West Bank. Here are a few key facts from its latest report:

  • This year, more than 1,500 Palestinians have been displaced by demolitions due to the lack of permits, which are almost impossible to obtain, including about 1,000 in Area C and 500 in occupied East Jerusalem.
  • Satellite imagery shows that about 1,460 structures have been destroyed or damaged in Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps.
  • Since October 1, OCHA has documented 167 settler attacks related to this year’s olive harvest season, affecting 87 Palestinian communities.
  • Between November 4 and 10, Israeli forces killed four Palestinians, including three children, in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. In total, since January, 45 Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces – about 23 percent of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank so far this year.
  • Since January, the Israeli forces’ operation in refugee camps in the northern West Bank – Jenin, Nur Shams and Tulkarem – has generated the longest and largest displacement crisis in the West Bank since 1967.
  • As of September, UNRWA figures indicate that at least 31,919 Palestinian refugees have been displaced from the three refugee camps and surrounding areas.