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Israeli forces arrest man east of Bethlehem, plane fires gas bombs in Jerusalem
Israeli forces have arrested a Palestinian man near the town of Dar Salah, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
Security sources told Wafa news agency that Israeli forces set up a military checkpoint under the Qabr Halwa bridge and arrested the man after taking him out of a vehicle, without knowing his identity.
At the same time, an Israeli aircraft pursued workers in the Wadi al-Hummus area, located between the village of al-Khas, east of Bethlehem, and Sur Baher.
Moreover, security sources also told Wafa that the plane fired gas bombs at the workers as they were trying to reach their job site in the occupied city of Jerusalem, without any injuries being reported.
Israeli forces have recently escalated their attacks against workers in the Wadi al-Hummus area with the use of live ammunition and beatings.
Israeli soldiers force siblings to leave home in Wadi Qaddum for demolition
Israeli forces forced two siblings to evacuate their homes in the Wadi Qaddum neighbourhood of Silwan, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem, to prepare for demolition as soldiers push through illegal settlement plans.
Local sources told Wafa that the two homes belonging to Kamal and Karam Mohammad Abu Swei, which house 15 people, were facing the threat of demolition due to Israel’s policy of imposing strict restrictions on granting building permits to Palestinians in the occupied territory.
At the same time, Israeli authorities delivered several demolition notices to residents of the al-Bustan neighbourhood in Silwan, targeting the homes of Mohammad Shweiki, the Badran family, Nader Baydoun, Hatem Baydoun, Ishaq Saweh and Abdul Rahman al-Abbasi.
These notices are part of an illegal settlement plan targeting al-Bustan neighbourhood, which will see the demolition of dozens of Palestinian homes and their displacement, despite international condemnation and violation of international law.
Israeli forces order residents of West Bank Bedouin community to evacuate
The Israeli army has ordered residents of a Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank to evacuate and detained three foreign activists, Anadolu news agency reports.
Mustafa Kaabneh, a resident of the Khalayel Bedouin encampment south of the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, told Anadolu that soldiers entered the community earlier today and issued a military evacuation order and arrested the solidarity activists.
According to Kaabneh, the encampment’s 11 families rejected the order, fearing that illegal settlers would move in. He explained that the residents in the encampment had been previously displaced two years ago from the nearby Ein Samiya area in Kafr Malek village, following pressure and repeated attacks by Israeli forces and illegal settlers.
Israeli forces storm village west of Ramallah
Israeli forces stormed the village of Shuqba, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. According to the Wafa news agency’s correspondent, forces stormed Shuqba amidst the firing of tear gas canisters. So far, no injuries have been reported.
The correspondent added that soldiers set up a military checkpoint in the middle of the village, searching residents’ vehicles and checking their identities, without any arrests being reported.
Villages west of Ramallah have been subjected to almost daily raids, amid the firing of sound grenades and tear gas, and the intimidation of residents.
Israeli forces close entrances to town southeast of Bethlehem
Israeli forces closed the entrances to the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.
The mayor of Tuqu, Taysir Abu Mufreh, told Wafa news agency that troops closed the secondary entrances in Khirbet al-Deir, the Halqum area. Mufreh noted that the northern and western entrances to the town have been closed since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal campaign in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli settlers attack town of Sinjil
The Wafa news agency reports that armed Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian land on the outskirts of the town, which is northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The settlers fired shots at the residents of Sinjil, who confronted them, before withdrawing, Wafa says.
