Israeli forces to remove electricity network in occupied West Bank town west of Hebron
Israeli forces have notified residents of Idhna town in the West Bank’s Hebron governorate of a plan to remove the electricity network, according to the Wafa news agency.
Idhna Mayor Jaber Tmaizi told the outlet that this was part of Israel’s ongoing efforts to displace Palestinian residents from the area.
Israeli authorities had previously confiscated land in the eastern part of the town for illegal settlement expansion, with the aim of creating a contiguous settlement bloc south of Hebron.
At least 30 Palestinians arrested in Israeli army raids across West Bank
At least 30 Palestinians, including children, have been arrested across the occupied West Bank in raids by Israeli forces today, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society has told Al Jazeera.
Palestinian child with cancer in West Bank barred from entering Israel for treatment
The Jerusalem District Court has dismissed a petition for a five-year-old Palestinian cancer patient to enter Israel for treatment.
A statement by Gisha Legal Center for Freedom of Movement released on Monday said the petition was filed by the organisation, and the boy currently resides in the occupied West Bank but is registered as a resident of Gaza. “The petition sought to facilitate the boy’s entry into Israel in order to receive life-saving medical treatment at Tel Hashomer Hospital,” it said.
“The decision was made despite the severity of the boy’s condition and an expert opinion by an Israeli physician recommending treatment available to him nearby and warning of the risks in transferring him abroad for treatment.”
Gisha, which has been representing him since November 2025, said the child moved from Gaza to the West Bank in 2022 to receive medical care not available in the Strip. According to the statement, after treatment options in the West Bank were exhausted, his doctors determined that he urgently requires antibody immunotherapy, followed by a bone marrow transplant – available in Israel.
Palestinian citizens of Israel demand government do more to stop crime
Palestinian citizens of Israel make up approximately 21 percent of Israel’s overall population. They are the descendants of Palestinians who were not forced out in the Nakba of 1948, when 750,000 people fled following the establishment of the State of Israel.
The Palestinians who remain in Israel largely live separate lives from the rest of the population in isolated towns and villages, suffering from a lack of government funding and living as de facto second-class citizens.
To many that live in those communities, it is not that the state is actively working against them, rather it is entirely absent.
