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General strike in Hebron after killing of 2 Palestinians

A general strike is taking place in Hebron after Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians in Bab az-Zawiya on Saturday evening.

Footage posted by local media and verified by Al Jazeera shows empty streets in the occupied West Bank city, with shops still shut.

The Israeli army said the two victims, identified as 17-year-old Ahmed Khalil al-Rajabi and 55-year-old Ziad Naeem Abdul-Jabbar Abu Daoud, accelerated their vehicle at a checkpoint and were shot by Israeli officers.

Four wounded in settler attack near Ramallah

An elderly Palestinian woman, her grandson and two international solidarity activists were wounded in an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, the Wafa news agency has reported.

The group of settlers attacked the family of Rizq Abu Naim, breaking his wife’s arm and hitting their grandson on the head. Two activists were also hit with sticks and stones while in the village.

Separately, Israeli settlers installed mobile homes between the towns of Burqa and Deir Dibwan, in an attempt to expand the Ramat Migron settlement, which is built illegally on Palestinian land.


Israeli bulldozers uproot hundreds of olive trees in West Bank village

Israeli bulldozers have uprooted hundreds of olive trees in the village of Qaryut, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank.

Olive trees have been cultivated across Palestine for thousands of years, serving as a source of livelihood, cultural heritage and resilience. More than 100,000 families rely on the harvest for their income. It runs through to November and brings together the entire community.

Olive trees generally live from 300 to 600 years, the oldest are up to 4,000 years old. It can take 10 years to regrow one to significant fruit production. Uprooting them has at least a 10 year impact on the harvest.


Israeli forces arrest West Bank ambulance crew

Al Jazeera’s correspondent on the ground and Wafa, the Palestinian news agency, report that soldiers arrested the crew after detaining their vehicle for several hours at the entrance to the city of el-Bireh.

Eyewitnesses told Wafa that the ambulance belonged to the municipality of Silwad, and that both paramedics on board, Ahed Smeirat and Mujahid Abu Aliya, were arrested after their detention.