Two Palestinian children killed by Israeli forces near Hebron
Two Palestinian children have been shot and killed by Israeli forces in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency is reporting.
Israeli soldiers opened fire on the children in the southern part of the town, before seizing their bodies and declaring the area a closed military zone.
Mohammed Awad, a local activist, said Israeli forces have been intensifying raids and pursuing farmers in the area, where the illegal Karmei Tzur settlement has encroached, adding that Palestinians have faced beatings, arrests and escalating settler assaults aimed at pressuring residents to leave the land.
Israeli military orders land seizure, uprooting olive trees in West Bank
Israeli forces issued two military orders to uproot olive trees and seize land in the eastern area of the city of Qalqilya, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to Wafa news agency.
Citing local sources, the report said the first order will see the uprooting of olive trees in the eastern part of the city, covering approximately 8 dunums (8,000sq metres) of land.
The second order amends a previous military order that had authorised the confiscation of 2.3 dunums, expanding it to 5.137 dunums.
Israeli forces fire shots at Palestinians in West Bank raid
Palestinian media is reporting that fighting has broken out between Israeli forces and Palestinians in the town of Anabta, east of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank.
Sources said Israeli forces fired shots at the Palestinians.
Our colleagues on the ground reported that Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian youths during a raid on the town of Birzeit.
Child among three Palestinians wounded in Israeli military raid
Three Palestinians, including a 14-year-old child, have been injured after being shot by Israeli forces on Thursday in the town of al-Eizariya, southeast of occupied Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reports.
