Israeli army attacks in Rafah city, Khan Younis kill 11
Attacks on Rafah city, particularly in the northern and eastern parts, killed at least eight people and injured multiple others, according to medics. We heard from paramedics and civil defence sources on the ground that the attacks caused a great deal of destruction to the surrounding areas of the targeted homes. They are trying to remove people from under the rubble of those homes.
Separately, a small village in the eastern part of Khan Younis, the military attacked a residential home with three people reported killed and multiple others injured.Civil defence officers say they are trying to remove people who under the rubble.
We are seeing the same exact patterns of attacks like before on residential homes with causalities being mostly children and women.
The aftermath of Israeli attacks in Khan Younis
Israeli military says ‘fighting continues’ inside al-Shifa hospital
The Israeli military has said that there will be “several more days” to its deadly siege on the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
“The fighting continues inside the hospital buildings. There are Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists who … are currently barricading themselves in the area of the emergency room,” Israeli military spokeman Daniel Hagari said in a statement.
“We continue to call upon the terrorists in the building to surrender, those who surrender will stay alive,” he said, adding that the Israeli military is “evacuating” about 220 patients trapped in the building to another location.
Hagari said the Israeli military has arrested more than 500 suspects in al-Shifa, “358 of which are Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists”. He said that the Israeli military has arrested “very senior officials” who will be named once they are interrogated.
Hamas has denied having combatants at al-Shifa or using the hospital as a base. International law states attacking health facilities is a war crime.
A Palestinian woman fleeing the Israeli siege on al-Shifa Hospital carries her triplets as she moves southwards in central Gaza on March 21
Israeli soldiers ‘beat all the young men and arrested them’ in al-Shifa Hospital
Israel’s military continues with its operation in and around the al-Shifa Hospital in central Gaza as people flee from the area.
A 60-year-old patient, who gave his name as Younis, told the AFP news agency that he had been forced outside without clothes, blindfolded and interrogated before being freed. The soldiers “beat all the young men and arrested them”, he was quoted as saying by the agency.
The Israeli military said it killed many fighters and arrested hundreds of people since the start of its latest operation involving the hospital on Monday. It claims fighters hide in the vast hospital complex. The government in Gaza says the attack on an area crowded with patients and people seeking refuge is a crime.
Images and videos showed streams of people fleeing south from the hospital along Gaza’s coast in recent days.
Israeli military claims to kill 150 fighters near al-Shifa
The Israeli military says it is continuing to conduct “precise operations” in al-Shifa Hospital, with its forces killing 150 fighters in or around the facility in the last day and apprehending “hundreds of suspects”.
Over the past 24 hours, Israeli troops also killed fighters in close-quarter combat in al-Qarara of northern Khan Younis, while killing others by sniper fire in central Gaza, the military said in its latest update.
Israeli fighter jets meanwhile struck 40 targets from the air, including “launch pits and military compounds”, the military statement said. Israel’s latest attacks in Gaza have also killed dozens of civilians, including in its siege of al-Shifa, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Hamas denies Israeli claims of arrests at al-Shifa Hospital
A statement made by Hamas late last night denied allegations by Israel’s military claiming that soldiers arrested members of the movement in al-Shifa Hospital. It pointed out that the vast majority of the people on the list were academics, doctors and civil society leaders sheltering inside the hospital.
Everybody else is merely civilians, also sheltering inside the complex after fleeing from the ongoing horrors of bombing, according to the statement. The government in Gaza accused Israel’s military of conducting intense operations and deliberately killing 13 patients inside the hospital. It said they were cut off from oxygen after a facility was damaged by bombings, adding that they needed a constant flow of oxygen.
Further adversity for northern Gaza, especially after al-Shifa Hospital raid
The northern Gaza Strip is experiencing unprecedented hardship, especially after the Israeli incursion into al-Shifa Hospital. A campaign of arrests is ongoing, and more than 600 people have so far been detained, including medical staff and displaced people. Two patients lost their lives because of the lack of medical staff there.
People have been killed inside al-Shifa Hospital and in the surrounding areas. We know that around 160 people lost their lives. There is no coordination between the international bodies and the Israeli military, so evacuating the compound is very dangerous.
Ten people killed in attack on residential building in Gaza City
We have started to see a surge in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip in the past hour, mainly in the central and northern areas. In a northwestern area of the Gaza City, a residential building with a family inside was targeted and destroyed. Ten people were reported killed right away.
Since al-Shifa Hospital is under attack by the Israeli forces, there has been a difficulty in transferring the casualties inside. Civil defence crew members say most likely they will be headed to the al-Ahli Hospital, but this is unconfirmed yet, given the difficulty of the situation right now.
There are also people who are still under the rubble.
US military airdrops humanitarian aid into Gaza
The US military’s Central Command said US aircraft dropped “50,600 US meal equivalents” into northern Gaza on Thursday as part of a humanitarian effort to relieve severe food shortages in the besieged enclave.
CENTCOM said in a post on X that of the 80 bundles delivered, the parachutes for five bundles did not deploy, but “landed in a non-populated area and caused no damage”.
Jordan and the US, along with other allies, have been leading aid airdrop operations over Gaza in recent months. Israeli restrictions and inspection delays have limited the amount of humanitarian aid entering the besieged enclave via land routes, leaving northern Gaza on the verge of famine.
Arab ministers call for opening of all Israel-Gaza crossings for aid delivery, for more details please visit our website at https://t.co/F1bMDB5Rhp pic.twitter.com/biLSHVz0LE
— State Info. Service (@SISEGY) March 22, 2024
US Congresswoman Tlaib: Israeli government using ‘starvation as weapon of war’
Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian American member of the US Congress, has accused the Israeli government of committing some of the worst crimes against humanity “of this century” in its war in Gaza.
“This isn’t a tragic accident,” Tlaib said in a speech from the House floor on Thursday. “What we are witnessing, all around this world, is the Israeli government using starvation as a weapon of war. The starvation is a result of the total siege on Gaza and the intentional targeting of local food production, infrastructure and obstruction of aid convoys.”
Tlaib said there would be “nothing humanitarian” about a temporary ceasefire that simply delayed the onslaught of Palestinian civilians and instead called for a “lasting, permanent ceasefire” as the only solution to the war.
“Palestinian children deserve to live. They are not disposable,” Tlaib said.
Finland becomes latest country to resume UNRWA funding
Finland’s Foreign Trade and Development Minister Ville Tavio said Helsinki would continue supporting the UN agency for Palestinian refugees after it improved its risk management practices.
Israeli military conducts raids across the occupied West Bank
Local media and our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are reporting Israeli raids in multiple locations across the occupied West Bank tonight. They include:
In addition, Israeli forces have also arrested a Palestinian man from the town of Barta’a in Jenin Governorate.
Israeli military says gunman opened fire on minibus in West Bank
The Israeli military has said it is engaged in a fight with a gunman who opened fire on a minibus this morning near the Israeli settlement of Dolev in the occupied West Bank.
It said the gunman caused damage to the bus but there have been no reported injuries.
Three hurt by gunman in West Bank: Report
Three people have been injured, one severely, in clashes with a Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank, reports The Times of Israel, citing a hospital where the wounded were taken.
The Israeli military earlier said it was using a fighter jet and drone to pursue the gunman, who had first fired at an Israeli vehicle near the settlement of Dolev.
Palestinian killed in violent clashes near Ramallah
A Palestinian has been killed and at least seven Israeli soldiers have been injured in clashes near the West Bank village of Deir Bzayeh, west of Ramallah. The clashes erupted after a bus was shot at near the settlement of Dolev, the Israeli army said, causing no injuries to the Israeli settlers onboard.
The confrontation lasted more than four hours after the military was deployed to the scene. One Palestinian was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade.
Al Jazeera correspondents reported hearing the sound of explosions as well as that of gunfire.
West Bank gunman hit by Israeli rocket after hours-long standoff: Witnesses
It started at about 5:30am local time (03:30 GMT) near Ramallah. A Palestinian man wielding a gun went to a junction below one of the illegal Israeli settlements in the area and started firing towards a bus. There were no injuries from that attack. The gunman then hid on a mountainside amid the trees, where he stayed for about five hours.
The Israeli military then completely blocked the Palestinian roads all the way around the area. When we arrived here, a security expert pointed out an Apache helicopter above – it fired three rockets towards where this man was located.
Locals tell us the second one hit him. We saw the man being carried out on a stretcher from the mountainside.
Since then, we’ve seen at least 10 more military vehicles entering one of the villages behind us. In the last half an hour, a drone carrying tear gas fired towards us. We were clearly showing our press vests and it was right above us. We were hit by some of the tear gas.
Air strike in Jenin – Israeli raids kill 8 in occupied West Bank
Funerals were held for some of the eight Palestinians killed in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, in a night of violent Israeli raids. One was 19-year-old Mohammed Salhiyeh, who was shot and killed outside the Am’ari refugee camp where he lived.
Israel claims another 2,000 acres in Jordan Valley, announces settlement plans: Report
Israel has claimed 8,000 dunams (1,977 acres, 800 hectares) of land in the Jordan Valley, paving the way for new development projects, Israel’s Kan broadcaster reports. There are plans to develop hundreds of housing units in the area, which is located near the Israeli settlement of Yafit, as well as a business and industrial district, according to the broadcaster.
Israel’s far-right Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who oversaw the settlement expansion move, said it was an “important and strategic issue”.
“While there are those in Israel and the world who seek to undermine our right to Judea and Samaria and the country in general, we promote the settlement movement with hard work and in a strategic manner across the country,” said Smotrich in comments carried by The Times of Israel.
More than 7,350 West Bank Palestinians arrested by Israel during Gaza war
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/3/22/israel-arrested-over-7350-west-bank-palestinians-since-war-on-gaza-began
Israel has taken thousands of Palestinians captive since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7. In the process, Israeli authorities have become increasingly violent, often storming homes inside the occupied West Bank and beating everyone inside, according to a staff member of the Palestinian monitor Addameer.
Once in custody, Palestinians face even more abuse. “Lots of people had their [sternum] or heads broken, often gushing with blood,” 54-year-old Matar told Al Jazeera three months after he was released from detention.
“We weren’t even treated like animals. At least animals are treated with some sort of dignity.”
UN rapporteur: Israeli crimes in Gaza could keep ICC ‘busy for the next five decades’
The UN special rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territory has said that “accountability is more needed than ever” over Israeli war crimes in Gaza.
“The colossal amount of evidence concerning [international] crimes committed by Israel in Gaza just over the past 6 months could keep the [ICC] busy for the next five decades, especially at the current proceedings pace,” Francesca Albanese said in a post on X.
She was responding to footage of four Palestinian men being killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza.
The colossal amount of evidence concerning int'l crimes committed by Israel in Gaza just over the past 6months could keep the @IntlCrimCourt busy for the next five decades, especially at the current proceedings pace. Accountability is more needed than ever. https://t.co/2dCAEKZOrr
— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) March 22, 2024
Israeli protesters march near Netanyahu’s home demanding early election
Israeli protesters marched on Thursday night near the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea, south of Haifa, demanding the return of captives in Gaza and for national elections to be held early.
Footage from the demonstration, published by Al Jazeera Arabic, shows the protesters marching to the sound of drums and horns, waving Israeli flags and holding a sign saying “Bibi – stop killing Israel”.
مظاهرة في قيسارية جنوب حيفا قرب منزل رئيس الوزراء الإسرائيلي بنيامين نتنياهو تطالب بإجراء انتخابات مبكرة وعودة الأسرى في غزة#فيديو #حرب_غزة pic.twitter.com/UbzlvG5wU2
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) March 22, 2024
Why have people taken to video games to express solidarity with Palestine?
Some 3.2 billion people, or nearly half of the world’s population, play video games on a regular basis.
Online multiplayer games are particularly popular, allowing users to interact virtually. And one of the ways players have been interacting is through protests – from Black Lives Matter to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement – and now, Palestine.
While hundreds of thousands of people have turned out in solidarity with Palestine in cities around the world in recent months, online protests through games like Roblox are an important outlet for those who are unable to join them in the real world.
https://www.haystack.tv/v/people-video-games-express-solidarity-palestine
USA continuing their virtue signalling and stalling tactics
‘We want to see an immediate and sustained ceasefire’ in Gaza: US
US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield told the Security Council that despite divisions, “We want to see an immediate and sustained ceasefire that can allow a much more sustained entrance of humanitarian aid.”
“A UN resolution means much less if it cannot be implemented on the ground, that’s why the US, Qatar and Egypt are working around the clock,” she said. “We believe we’re close but we’re not there yet.”
Thomas-Greenfield has said the proposed UN resolution “will move us closer to securing that deal and help us alleviate suffering”.
“I urge all Security Council members to vote yes,” the US ambassador to the UN said. “To vote for a resolution that condemns Hamas for its horrific attacks and sexual violence, that makes clear that all civilians – Israeli and Palestinians – should be able to live without fear of violence, and stresses that a ground offensive in Gaza poses a great threat to civilians.”
Russian envoy says US text ‘effective green light’ for Rafah raid
Vasily Nebenzya says the US draft resolution “contains an effective green light for Israel to mount a military operation in Rafah”. Nebenzya adds that Russia has already stated that it will no longer tolerate “pointless resolutions, which do not contain a call for a ceasefire which lead us to nowhere”.
Security Council does not pass resolution
Russia and China have voted against the US-drafted resolution.
Eleven countries in the 15-member Security Council backed the resolution. Three countries – permanent members Russia and China, as well as rotating member Algeria – voted against. One country – Guyana – abstained.
Algeria takes UNSC floor
Amar Bendjama, Algeria’s ambassador to the UN, said the text was inadequate and failed to address the immense suffering endured by the Palestinians.
“Those who believe that the Israeli occupying power will choose to uphold its international legal obligations are mistaken,” he told the council. “They must abandon this fiction.”
US draft resolution ‘dodges issue of ceasefire’: China
Chinese Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun has said the Security Council has “dragged its feet” for too long on the issue of an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The US draft evades and dodges the issue of a ceasefire, remains ambiguous and avoids calling for an immediate ceasefire, he said.
“This [resolution] falls short of the expectations of the international community,” he added. “The US draft on the contrary sets up conditions for a ceasefire, which is no different from giving a green light to continued killings, which is unacceptable.”
Guyana says US resolution lacks proper attribution to Israel
Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said the proposed text “lacked attribution in a number of key areas”. While it includes condemnation of Hamas, there was no mention of the Israeli authorities.
“To whom is the demand for compliance with obligations under international law [addressed to?] … Who is preventing the use of all available routes to the Gaza Strip? Who does not respect deconfliction and notification mechanisms?” she said.
“We know the answers to these questions … Why then were the relevant demands in this resolution not clearly addressed to the occupying power, not even once?”
France to work on new UN Gaza ceasefire resolution after veto
“Following Russia’s and China’s veto a few minutes ago, we are going to resume work on the basis of the French draft resolution in the Security Council and work with our American, European and Arab partners to reach an agreement,” Macron said at end of a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels.
France’s foreign ministry said on Thursday it had started drafting a resolution with diplomats, saying they would put a draft forward if the US draft resolution did not pass.
US says Russia, China vetoes ‘outrageous’
Thomas-Greenfield has reacted to Russia’s and China’s vetoes of the US resolution by saying the two countries “refuse to condemn Hamas for burning people alive, for gunning down innocent civilians at a concert and for raping women and girls”.
“This was the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, and a permanent member of the Security Council cannot even condemn it,” she said. “I’m sorry, but this is outrageous and is below the dignity of this body.”
Hamas has repeatedly denied allegations its fighters committed acts of sexual violence during the October 7 attacks.
Says the one that veto'd 3 previous ceasefire resolutions.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/02/1146697
The US stalled for a month before bringing this resolution which they said they would present on Februari 20th.
The attack was also not only on Jews and there is still no evidence of multiple rapes. But it's clear now why the US brought this weakened one side resolution, to feign outrage and distort the facts to blame Russia and China for no ceasefire. That UN link on the previous US veto was already buried on Google under a mass of articles about Russia and China veto'ing this non resolution that basically only calls for ongoing negotiations.
And that part is conveniently left out from Western media reporting.
For example the Financial times
https://www.ft.com/content/14a7809e-d323-4a5a-a33e-4f1d60d9f2cc
Russia and China vetoed a US resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza at the UN Security Council on Friday, blocking Washington’s clearest attempt yet to distance itself from Israel’s war with Hamas.
It did not call for an immediate ceasefire, just more lies
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/22/us-gaza-ceasefire-resolution-explainer
“determine the imperative for an immediate and sustained ceasefire to protect civilians on all sides, allow for the delivery of essential humanitarian assistance, and alleviate humanitarian suffering”. It thereby supported “diplomatic efforts to secure such a ceasefire in connection with the release of all remaining hostages”.
US draft resolution ‘one-sided’: Palestinian envoy
Riyad Mansour, the Palestinian ambassador to the UN, says the US draft resolution was rejected for “obvious reasons”, calling it “one-sided” and noting that it mentioned Israel only once.
“We reject framing what is happening as a terrorism issue. It is a genocide against the entire population of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip,” he told reporters, expressing support for another draft resolution put forward by elected members of the Security Council that is expected to be voted on soon.
“The essence of it is calling for an immediate ceasefire during the month of Ramadan, which we support because we want to save the lives of the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and we want to have massive humanitarian assistance to the level of the needs of our people,” Mansour said.
“We are against the forced transfer inside Gaza and outside Gaza, and we reject totally any attempts to storm and attack the Rafah area, including the city of Rafah."
What to know about resolution drafted by UNSC elected members
As we previously reported, a separate resolution drafted by the 10 elected members of the Security Council under Mozambique’s coordination could be brought forward for a vote as soon as Friday afternoon.
This draft text demands an immediate humanitarian ceasefire for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan that began last week to be “respected by all parties leading to a permanent sustainable ceasefire”.
It also demands “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages ” and emphasises the urgent need to protect civilians and deliver humanitarian aid throughout the Gaza Strip.
‘More direct, to the point’ UNSC resolution vote on Saturday
The UN Security Council will vote on a new draft Gaza ceasefire resolution put forward by elected members on Saturday at 10am New York time (14:00 GMT), Al Jazeera confirms. “It’s about 10 sentences or so, it’s a more direct and to the point resolution,” reports correspondent Gabriel Elizondo, holding the document in his hand.
“The key part is the wording. It ‘demands an immediate ceasefire’ for the month of Ramadan. It leaves nothing to the imagination, nothing to interpret. It’s very clear. “By all accounts, this draft resolution has widespread support among the Security Council. The big question is will the United States find it acceptable?” said Elizondo.
What a fucking clown show, the UNSC. It's just a political game show, now the US can veto this one again because
Several casualties as Israel bombs Gaza’s Shati refugee camp
Al Jazeera correspondents are reporting several casualties after an air strike on a house near the al-Sousi Mosque in the Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. The area has been under intense bombardment by the Israeli military, the correspondents said.
The IDF has to walk back another lie
Israeli military backtracks on photo of captured fighters
The Israeli military says a collage it posted on X of some of the 358 fighters it claims to have captured during its siege of al-Shifa Hospital mistakenly includes pictures of several fighters still at large. The fighters at large are believed to be barricaded in or near the hospital, the military said in a statement.
Israeli forces, it added, are “continuing work to arrest them” and will publish all their identities “once the operation is over”.
The pictures also included doctors and other civilians and people not currently in Gaza according to Hamas. Also the number of captured "fighters" has been fluctuating between 200 and 800 depending on which IDF official tells the story.
בהמשך לעדכונו של דובר צה״ל, תת-אלוף דניאל הגרי מצורפת תמונה של חלק מ-358 המחבלים שנעצרו בבית חולים שיפאא׳ על ידי צה"ל ושב"כ pic.twitter.com/flyf0bPkqv
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) March 21, 2024
Israel torches al-Shifa Hospital department: Gaza Health Ministry
Israel has bombed several buildings at al-Shifa Hospital and burned down its vascular department, Gaza’s Health Ministry says. Israel forces also detained about 240 patients and 10 health personnel at the Prince Nayef Center, the hospital’s radiology unit, the ministry added.
Hamas has condemned what it calls Israel’s “bloody massacre” at al-Shifa and said civilians, patients and displaced people were among dozens of fatalities.
Al-Shifa, the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital before the current conflict started, is one of the few healthcare facilities that is even partially operational in the north of the enclave.
Israeli bulldozers attack al-Shifa Hospital
This Al Jazeera verified video from inside the perimeter of the besieged al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City shows Israeli bulldozers and armoured vehicles wreaking havoc. Intense battles have been ongoing for days inside and in the vicinity of the hospital, with the latest Israeli military operation at al-Shifa coming months after it first laid siege to the key medical complex.
قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي تنفذ عمليات تجريف داخل مجمع الشفاء الطبي بمدينة #غزة#حرب_غزة #فيديو_واس pic.twitter.com/uzR4uvO8Y9
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) March 22, 2024
Death toll in Gaza rises past 32,000 in Israel’s war on Gaza
The number of people killed in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip now stands at 32,070, the health ministry says in a statement. At least 74,298 people have been injured since October 7. The latest figures include 82 people who died and 110 who were wounded over the past 24 hours.
Thousands of bodies remain buried in the debris after months of Israeli bombardment, meaning the actual death toll is far higher.
They blurred the video so it can now be released, still Warning: This video contains disturbing images.
Gaza drone video shows killing of Palestinians in Israeli air attack
A video retrieved from an Israeli drone in Gaza shows the moments four apparently unarmed Palestinians are killed by Israeli air attacks.
The strikes are believed to have happened in February.
Israeli army defends killing of Palestinians in leaked drone footage
The Israeli army has defended the actions of its soldiers after leaked drone footage aired by Al Jazeera showed a strike on a group of seemingly unarmed Palestinians in the Khan Younis area.
Responding to an inquiry from The Times of Israel, the Israeli army said the footage was from an “active combat zone in Khan Younis, which had been significantly evacuated of the civilian population and in which the troops experienced many encounters with terrorists who fought and moved [around] in civilian clothing and disguised weapons in buildings and property that are believed to be civilian”.
The footage is being investigated by Israel’s General Staff Fact-Finding Assessment Mechanism, an independent military body responsible for investigating unusual incidents in conflict.
Doesn't look active, they're casually walking down the 'road' talking. This is from a randomly captured drone, how many more of these drone attacks have there been and are still firing rockets on civilians.
Israeli military says Palestinian fighter killed after Ramallah attack
The Israeli military says a combat helicopter has “eliminated” a Palestinian gunman who had opened fire on an Israeli vehicle near Ramallah earlier today. The man, who can be seen in the video below verified by Al Jazeera, had carrier out the attack this morning in the occupied West Bank.
فيديو متداول لكاميرا مراقبة ترصد منفذ عملية دير ابزيع غربي رام لله#فيديو #حرب_غزة pic.twitter.com/1ILz0stHq8
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) March 22, 2024
At least 60 Israeli military operations in West Bank in two days: UN
The UNRWA report on Israeli assaults on Palestinians during Ramadan that we covered earlier also says there were at least 60 operations by the Israeli military across the occupied West Bank between March 19 and 20.
During that time, 50 Palestinians were detained, including four children at Bab al-Zahra in Jerusalem’s Old City.
The night of March 20 was “one of the deadliest recorded to date” in the occupied West Bank during 2024, UNRWA says, as at least seven Palestinian refugees were killed in two drone strikes, with three killed in Jenin city and four in the Nur Shams refugee camp.
On March 19 alone, Israeli settlers illegally took over 20 residential structures belonging to Palestinians in the central part of the West Bank, and on the next day a Palestinian farmer was physically assaulted and settlers set fire to his vehicle.
Israeli forces raid towns around Jenin
The Israeli army launched incursions into towns around Jenin, the occupied West Bank, setting up military checkpoints and seizing property, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports. The raids took place in Yabad, Arraba, al-Jalama, Faqoua, Beit Qad, and Jalbun.
The army seized an agricultural bulldozer from the village of Zababdeh, south of Jenin, the agency reported.