In a desert region of the occupied West Bank, Israeli activist Eyal Shani has fitted a tiny camera on his T-shirt to collect evidence of settler violence against Palestinian sheep farmers.Israel has occupied the West Bank, home to three million Palestinians, since 1967 and around 490,000 Israeli settlers live there in communities considered illegal under international law.
The Biden administration is likely to impose sanctions against an Israeli military battalion accused of violating human rights before Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The Israeli army and border police have reportedly killed at least 10 gunmen in a major military operation in the West Bank. Eight Israeli soldiers and a member of the undercover Yamas special unit of the Magav border police were also injured in fighting in the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm, an army spokesman said on Saturday. The Israeli forces were shot at and attacked with explosive devices, he said. Palestinian media and the Palestinian Ministry of Health had previously reported two dead
Dozens of angry Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, shooting and setting houses and cars on fire. The rampage killed a Palestinian man and wounded 25 others, Palestinian health officials said. The violence was the latest in an escalation in the West Bank that has accompanied the war in the Gaza Strip.