Surging Israeli military, settler violence in the West Bank: By the numbers

Israeli military and settler attacks against Palestinians have surged across the occupied West Bank.

Here’s a look at the latest figures, according to the UN humanitarian office (OCHA):

Settlers attack homes in Kisan, east of Bethlehem

Israelis from illegal settlements opened fire on citizens’ homes in the village of Kisan, east of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank.

Wafa news agency, citing security sources, reported that settlers under the protection of the army stormed Kisan, attacked Palestinian homes, and fired live ammunition. So far, no injuries have been reported.

Kisan has witnessed frequent assaults by Israelis from illegal settlements, including attacks on homes and the theft of livestock.

Israel kills 2 Palestinians at security checkpoint in Hebron

The Israeli army has announced two people have been killed in Hebron, the occupied West Bank, during “operation activity”.

In a short statement on Telegram, the army said two people accelerated their car towards soldiers at a security checkpoint. “The soldiers fired at the terrorists and eliminated them,” it said.

Hamas says Hebron incident reflects ‘growing anger’ in West Bank

The group says an alleged car-ramming incident in Hebron that saw the Israeli army fatally shoot two people reflects mounting anger over Israel’s occupation and “daily crimes” against Palestinians.

“The continuation of the criminal Zionist occupation in its oppressive practices, its continuous attacks on citizens, its desecration of holy places, and its attempts to annex and displace” will bring “more confrontation”, Hamas said.

Fighting between Israeli troops, Palestinians west of Ramallah

Fighting has broken out between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the town of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

The fighting came after Israeli soldiers stormed the town and fired stun grenades and tear gas. So far, no casualties have been reported, according to the Wafa news agency.

Israeli soldiers raid Hizma town near East Jerusalem

Israeli forces have stormed the town of Hizma, north of East Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank.

Soldiers also set up a military checkpoint at the entrance to the town, checking the identity cards of Palestinian residents and searching their cars. So far, no arrests have been reported, according to the Wafa news agency.

Concerns rise over jailed Palestinian political figure Marwan Barghouti

Group urges Spain to arrest Israeli soldier accused of Gaza war crimes

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) says it filed a criminal complaint in Spain requesting the “urgent arrest” of Benayau Nahum, an Israeli soldier it accused of war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

HRF said Nahum served in the 97th Netzah Yehuda Battalion of the 900th Kfir Brigade, which it said was involved in the destruction of northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoon in late 2024 and early this year.

“The evidence in HRF’s possession places Benayau Nahum directly on the ground during these operations,” it said.

“It shows his participation in systematic destruction of civilian infrastructure, including homes and public buildings, at a time when Beit Hanoon was already largely depopulated and defenseless.”

The Hind Rajab Foundation has sought multiple international arrest warrants for Israeli military members, as well as political leaders, for alleged involvement in war crimes in Gaza.

January 29, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers receive an emergency call. A 5-year old girl is trapped in a car under fire in Gaza, pleading for rescue. While trying to keep her on the line, they do everything they can to get an ambulance to her. Her name was Hind Rajab.

Main events on December 6th

• At least seven Palestinians were killed in northern Gaza, including a 70-year-old woman and her son, who were stalked and then attacked by an Israeli quadcopter drone.
• At least 367 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the first full day of the truce on October 11, the Health Ministry announced.
• The Israeli army announced two “terrorists” were killed in Hebron, the occupied West Bank, after a vehicle raced towards a military checkpoint.
• Qatar and Egypt called for the swift deployment of the so-called Gaza stabilisation force after warning the truce is at a “critical moment”.
• Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said at the Doha Forum that the Rafah crossing will not become a “displacement gateway”, days after Israel said it would open the crossing “exclusively for the exit of residents from the Gaza Strip to Egypt”.
• Israeli human rights group B’Tselem said the international community has continued to “neglect its responsibilities” as Israel maintains restrictions on the free-flow of aid to Gaza.

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Norway’s Wealth Fund Just Changed Everything for Microsoft’s Israel Ties

Microsoft is facing investor pressure from Norway and regulator pressure in Ireland for it's Israel links, so will they be held to account? 

Microsoft has spent years telling the world it’s the sensible one in Big Tech, the adult in the room, the company that doesn’t get itself dragged into political mud fights because it’s too busy selling trust and responsibility by the terabyte. Yet here it is, knee-deep in a surveillance scandal tied to an occupation the world is now calling out in the strongest terms, and suddenly all that corporate calm looks like a very expensive illusion.

When the biggest sovereign wealth fund on Earth is voting against your own chief executive because you can’t explain what you’ve been doing with Israeli military data, you’re not managing a risk anymore — you’re managing fallout. And the thing Microsoft never imagined could happen to them is exactly what’s happening: the politics they thought they could ignore has turned around, pulled the evidence out of their own cloud, and asked them to explain why they ever thought neutrality covered any of this.

Microsoft has spent years cultivating this image of corporate stability, the big name, the reassuring brand, the sort of company that can stand above the chaos of the tech sector because it doesn’t make reckless bets, it doesn’t chase controversy, and it doesn’t let itself get dragged into the kind of geopolitical mess that ends careers. Yet here it is, watching the consequences pile up because it decided to embed itself in Israel’s digital security apparatus and pretend that the politics wouldn’t follow them home.

That was the mistake. The politics always follows you home.  You don’t get to power the infrastructure of an occupation, you don’t get to process the communications of an entire population under military rule, and you don’t get to maintain the architecture of state surveillance without eventually finding yourself answering questions that no corporation wants to answer. Microsoft is now in that position, and the thing that makes the whole situation remarkable is that they walked into it thinking their size would protect them.