Man killed by Israeli gunfire near occupied West Bank’s Nablus: Report
Israeli forces have shot and killed a young man in the village of al-Lubban Asharqiya, near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Wafa identified the man as 26-year-old Khattab Mohammad Sarhan Daraghmeh.
Israeli forces also shot another man while raiding the village, said Wafa, adding that he has been hospitalised in Salfit.
Israel’s military admits killing man in West Bank village, claims victim threw stones
Israel’s military has acknowledged its forces shot and killed a man during an overnight raid in the village of al-Lubban Asharqiya in the occupied West Bank, claiming they fired shots after he and several others threw stones at them.
Israeli gunfire hit two other people, said the military, adding that none of its forces were injured.
Israeli forces round up dozens, demolish home in latest West Bank raids: Report
Israeli forces have carried out a familiar wave of raids in the occupied West Bank. According to the Wafa news agency, they:
- demolished an apartment and arrested four people in Nablus
- arrested 29 people, including a child, across Ramallah and el-Bireh governorate
- arrested three people from Tulkarem, including a former prisoner
- arrested two people and searched residents’ homes in several towns near Hebron
- arrested four people from Tubas and the nearby town of Tammun
- continued an incursion in the town of Jaba, near Jenin, for a second day, arresting and interrogating dozens of residents.
Israeli forces demolish two homes near occupied West Bank’s Jericho: Report
Israeli forces have used bulldozers to demolish two houses near Jericho in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Additionally, Israel issued a demolition notice for another house in the area, according to security sources cited by the agency.
The report follows separate mass demolitions in the West Bank’s Nur Shams camp, where Israeli bulldozers tore through residential blocks and flattened homes housing about 100 families yesterday.
Israeli forces storm Jalazone refugee camp near occupied West Bank’s Ramallah
Israeli forces have raided the Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency. Local sources told Wafa that Israeli military jeeps entered several neighbourhoods in the camp and patrolled its streets.
Earlier at dawn, Israeli forces had stormed the camp and arrested nine Palestinians.
Israeli forces bulldoze agricultural road near Salfit: Report
Israeli forces are using bulldozers to tear up an agricultural road in the Palestinian village of Yasouf, near Salfit in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.
A photo shared by the agency appears to show two Israeli military vehicles cutting off access to the road as the bulldozer begins the demolition. The destruction of the road will block dozens of local farmers from accessing farmland, Wafa quoted the village council head, Wael Abu Madi, as saying.
