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Israeli settlers carry out attacks in Jordan Valley and near Ramallah
Israeli settlers have cut water pipelines in Khirbet ad-Dir in the northern Jordan Valley in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.
The report quoted human rights activist Aref Daraghmeh as saying that settlers cut water lines from one of the springs scattered throughout the area, which belonged to resident Ammar Jihad Daraghmeh.
At the same time, the settlers also set fire to two vehicles and wrote racist slogans during their attack on the village of Taybeh, east of Ramallah.
Israeli forces launch dawn raid, arrest campaign in West Bank
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Media Office (ASRA) has reported that Israeli forces launched raids and arrests in several governorates across the occupied West Bank at dawn. The advocacy group said the operation included the storming of Palestinian homes, vandalising their contents and assaulting residents.
A number of people were arrested in the dawn campaign, including Ibrahim Adi Abu Jabal and Qais al-Ajouri from Hebron, and Baraa Raed from Bethlehem.
At least 95,000 Palestinians affected by intensified Israeli operations in northern West Bank
Every week, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issues an update on the humanitarian situation in the occupied West Bank. Here are the key highlights of this week’s report:
- Half of the 227 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces or settlers between January 1 and December 1 in the West Bank were in Jenin and Nablus governorates. Four were killed in the past week alone.
- More than 95,000 Palestinians were affected by expanded operations by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank this week, particularly in Jenin and Tubas governorates.
- The UN agency documented 1,680 attacks by Israeli settlers in more than 270 communities across the Palestinian territory so far this year – an average of five incidents per day.
- The olive harvest continues to be marked by widespread settler violence, with 178 attacks documented in October and November in 88 communities.
Palestinian man killed during Israeli raid near West Bank’s Nablus
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has announced that Israeli soldiers shot and killed Bahaa Rashid, 38, during the raid following a direct shot to the head According to a medical source, Rashid was transferred to the Beit Furik Medical Centre, south of Nablus, where doctors attempted to resuscitate him before he died due to the attack.
Clashes erupted in the town following the raid, which coincided with Friday prayers, local sources reported. In response to the clashes, Israeli forces fired tear gas and live ammunition, which resulted in Rashid’s injury and death.
As we reported earlier, Israeli forces have conducted raids and arrests across the illegally occupied territory since dawn. At the same time, settlers have stormed farms near Umm Safa village, northwest of Ramallah, releasing their livestock and raising Israeli flags.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians working on their land near Tubas
Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians as they were working on their agricultural land in Khirbet Yarza, east of Tubas, according to the Wafa news agency.
The head of the Yirza village council, Mukhlis Masa’id, said settlers attacked a number of people while working on their land, beat them, and broke a number of olive trees.
Masa’id added that settler attacks against Palestinian citizens have increased as the ploughing and planting of the land start in the rainy season of each year.
