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Middle East Eye
4 days ago
- Middle East Eye
Two Palestinians injured in occupied West Bank
The Palestinian Red Crescent said on Sunday that a Palestinian was injured by Israeli forces' gunfire near the Meitar checkpoint, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank. Another elderly Palestinian was injured after being physically assaulted by Israeli soldiers in Masafer Yatta, also in the south of Hebron.
Dubai Eye
6 days ago
- Politics
- Dubai Eye
Israeli settlers raid West Bank town, troops kill 3 Palestinians
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Kafr Malik in West Bank on Wednesday, sparking a confrontation that ended with Israeli forces killing three Palestinians and wounding seven more. An Israeli military statement said dozens of Israelis set fire to property and military and police forces were dispatched to the scene after receiving a report of ensuing violence that included an exchange of stone-throwing. The military statement said several Palestinians opened fire and hurled rocks at the forces, who returned the fire. Five Israeli suspects were arrested. An Israeli army officer was lightly wounded. Video footage showed at least two cars had been set ablaze. Reuters could not independently verify the video. Hussein al-Sheikh, the deputy to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, posted on X: "The government of Israel, with its behaviour and decisions, is pushing the region to explode. "We call on the international community to intervene urgently to protect our Palestinian people." Earlier on Wednesday a Palestinian boy was shot dead by the Israeli army during a raid on Al-Yamun, a West Bank town west of Jenin, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.
ITV News
6 days ago
- Health
- ITV News
Palestinian Red Crescent: We have an 'hit iron wall' in Gaza
The mother of a malnourished little boy who died in Gaza has told ITV News even if she could find food she couldn't afford it - as the Head of Gaza's Red Crescent told us the situation means they cannot save lives. Warning: this report contains pictures of a very-ill Hasan which you may find upsetting. The head of the Palestinian Red Crescent has told ITV News the aid organisation has "hit an iron wall" and that its efforts are "becoming useless", as the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to reach new lows.A near-total Israeli blockade of food, medicine and fuel is pushing Palestinians closer to starvation, Dr. Younis Al-Khatib comments came as ITV News spoke to the mother of baby Hassan who died in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis on told us that he was malnourished and that even when she found food for him in the market she could not afford it. Hassan's death highlights both the acute shortage of food and medicine, the supply of which has been severely hampered by Israel's blockade of Dr. Younis Al-Khatib is making a plea to politicians in the UK and across the world to take action, as he feels the humanitarian community has reached the limit in what they can do to help."There is a total failure of the health system," he said. "It is a desperate situation."Only 17 of Gaza's 36 hospitals are still open, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Israel's offensive on Gaza began, at least 56,156 Palestinians are said to have been killed - of those, 17,121 were children. However, Dr. Younis Al-Khatib says they can only estimate the true figures. "No-one can say how many lives are lost. We only know those who try to go to hospital.. and hospitals are becoming useless." Israel has set up its own routes aid routes – with the help of America. It says it will prevent Hamas siphoning off food and medicines. But over the past month, such has been the crush of desperate and hungry Palestinians at these new feeding stations, that often chaos has been followed by shooting. More than 400 Gazans have died, according to the UN. "It is a militarised system," Dr Khatib says. "These people who are there, all what they know is how to shoot. "Their business is not about delivery. "And what do you expect from people who are struggling? They rush into these areas. The number or the amount of goods to be delivered to them does not meet the needs." He told ITV News the system does not meet the basic principles of impartiality and neutrality that humanitarian aid needs."This system is destroying everything, creating something new that discriminates between people, not based on the need, will make people displaced again because they have to move specific points."Without an immediate ceasefire, he said all 2 million Gazan lives are in danger. "You go to get your food parcel and you could be shot dead... People running from their bombed houses to a shelter in a tent and they still bomb. "We are losing families… killed in tents and shelters. Every day." He added, "Losing one human being is too much. So imagine the numbers."I was number one in mathematics in my classrooms always... but now I hate numbers. We are reduced to numbers."
Irish Times
6 days ago
- Politics
- Irish Times
Three Palestinians killed by Israeli army during raid by settlers
Palestinian vice-president Hussein Al-Sheikh has condemned the killing of three Palestinians by the Israeli army during a raid by Israeli settlers on the West Bank village of Kafr Malik on Wednesday. Mr Al-Sheik posted on X: 'The Israeli government's behaviour and decisions are pushing the region toward an explosion. We call on the international community to urgently protect our Palestinian people.' More than 100 settlers torched homes and cars and threw stones at residents of the town northeast of Ramallah. As residents of neighbouring villages attempted to intervene, Israeli troops opened fire. The Palestinian Red Crescent said five Palestinians had also suffered gunshot wounds, with some in serious condition. Five Israeli settlers were detained and held in police custody for taking part in the attack. READ MORE The foreign ministry of Jordan, which ruled the West Bank from 1948-67, condemned the attack on Kafr Malik and argued that impunity incites settlers to carry out such assaults, according to Jordan's Petra news agency. An Israeli military statement said dozens of Israelis set fire to property, and military and police forces were dispatched to the scene after receiving a report of ensuing violence that included an exchange of stone-throwing. The military statement said several Palestinians opened fire and hurled rocks at the forces, who returned the fire. Five Israeli suspects were arrested. An Israeli army officer was lightly wounded. A village of Crusader and Ottoman lineage, Kafr Malek is reported to have a population of about 2,900, according to the Palestinian bureau of statistics. Since the 1967 Israeli occupation , Kafr Malek's land has been confiscated for Israeli settlements and the village has been frequently targeted by settlers. Earlier on Wednesday, masked settlers set a car on fire near Ramallah and threw stones at Palestinians at Asira Al-Qibliya village southwest of Nablus in the northern West Bank. On Thursday, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that settlers gathered near the village of Al-Minya, near Bethlehem, and stoned passing vehicles without inflicting injuries or damage. Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights organisation that works in Israel and the West Bank, states on its website: 'Incidents of violence by Israeli civilians against Palestinians and their property are a daily occurrence throughout the West Bank.' Yesh Din says that while the Israeli public thinks this is perpetrated by a 'handful' of ideologically motivated extremists, 'In reality, this is a widespread practice involving many Israeli citizens and includes acts of violence, damage to property, takeover of Palestinian land, and other offenses.' It argues that the attacks are 'part of a calculated strategy for dispossessing Palestinians of their land'. Last week, Britain joined Australia, Norway, Canada and New Zealand by sanctioning Israeli settler leaders Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich for their 'repeated incitements of violence against Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank. Israeli authorities called this move 'outrageous.' Mr Ben-Gvir is police minister and Mr Smotrich holds the finance portfolio.
Al Jazeera
6 days ago
- Health
- Al Jazeera
Israeli attacks kill 62 Palestinians in Gaza, including three near aid site
At least 62 people have been killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip, medical sources told Al Jazeera, as Israel's national security minister called for a 'complete halt' of humanitarian aid supplies to the Palestinian territory. Local health authorities said on Thursday that Israeli air attacks killed at least 15 people in two separate attacks in Gaza City, including nine people who were killed at a school housing displaced families in the city's Sheikh Radwan suburb. A separate strike killed nine people near a tent encampment in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave. Hospital sources told Al Jazeera that nine people were killed and wounded in a drone attack on Deir el-Balah's market street. At least 62 people were killed in Israeli attacks on Wednesday, medical sources said. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that three people were killed and others injured by Israeli army fire while waiting for humanitarian aid near a distribution point at the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza, the latest in a series of killings at aid distribution points set up by the controversial US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). According to Gaza's Government Media Office, at least 549 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to get food from the sites since the GHF began operations on May 27. It said the attacks on those seeking aid have also caused 4,066 injuries, and that 39 civilians remained missing following the attacks. According to British charity Save the Children, more than half of the casualties in the attacks near distribution hubs were children. Of the 19 deadly incidents reported, the organisation found that children were among the casualties in 10 of them. 'No-one wants to get aid from these distribution points and who can blame them – it's a death sentence. People are terrified of being killed,' said Ahmad Alhendawi, Save the Children's regional director for the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe. The GHF has been criticised by the United Nations and international humanitarian organisations, which say it is inadequate to deliver humanitarian supplies to Gaza's population. The GHF took over aid operations in May, following mounting criticism against Israel's months-long total blockade on aid getting into the Strip. That had pushed most of the population to the brink of starvation. Since then, a trickle of aid has been allowed in, but the disastrous humanitarian situation has barely improved. On Thursday, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called for the Israeli government to reimpose its total blockade. 'The humanitarian aid currently entering Gaza is an absolute disgrace,' he said, adding that 'what is needed in Gaza is not a temporary halt to 'humanitarian' aid, but a complete stop.' Meanwhile, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees warned that families across Gaza are at risk of dying of thirst amid the collapse of water supply systems. UNRWA noted that only 40 percent of drinking water production facilities are still operating, and that 'Gaza is on the edge of a man-made drought. 'Extracting water from wells stopped due to fuel shortages, others located in dangerous areas that are difficult to access, pipelines are broken and leaking, and water tankers that often do not arrive,' the agency said. New talks? As Israel continues its assault on Gaza, Arab mediators, Egypt and Qatar, backed by the United States, reached out to the warring parties in a bid to hold new ceasefire talks, but no exact time was set for a new round, according to Hamas sources. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who leads a coalition with far-right parties, insists that Hamas, which has ruled Gaza for nearly two decades, release all captives, relinquish any role and lay down its weapons to end the war. Hamas, in turn, has stated it would release the captives if Israel agrees to a permanent ceasefire and withdraws all its troops from Gaza. While it has conceded it would no longer govern Gaza, Hamas has refused to discuss disarmament.
