Report alleges Israeli abuse in West Bank
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Report alleges Israeli abuse in West Bank

China Daily  

An injured woman is evacuated after an Israeli strike in the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City on Tuesday. OMAR AL-QATTAA / AFP The Israeli army, while continuing to cause civilian deaths by bombing Gaza buildings, is being accused of "systematically" abusing Palestinians in the West Bank city of Hebron, according to a report published by Israeli human rights group B'Tselem. The report, titled "Unleashed: Abuse of Palestinians by Israeli Soldiers in the Center of Hebron", is based on more than 20 testimonies from Palestinians alleging sexual abuse, violence, and humiliation collected between May and August. "The testimonies collected by B'Tselem field researchers paint a shocking picture of the violent behavioral norms of Israeli soldiers," Novak said in a statement. On Wednesday, an Israeli drone attack on a food distribution point and a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed at least five people, including four children, Al Jazeera reported.

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Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank
4 days ago

Israeli settlers set mosque on fire in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Governor of Salfit says the settlers had previously entered the village ‘under the protection of the Israeli army’. Israeli settlers have set fire to a mosque in the occupied West Bank, while also defacing the building’s facade with hateful and racist slogans such as “Revenge” and “Death to Arabs” spray-painted in Hebrew. One resident of the village told AFP news …

"A calculated policy of deprivation": Israel committing "act of genocide" in Gaza, HRW says
5 days ago

"A calculated policy of deprivation": Israel committing "act of genocide" in Gaza, HRW says

Salon  

For most of the past year, human rights watchdogs have characterized Israel's deeds in Gaza as collective punishment, war crimes, violations of human rights, but not necessarily "genocide" — defined as intentionally destroying a people as a whole, and that carries more weight than perhaps any other crime. That action, the report said, was further evidence that "Israeli authorities have …

Palestinians decry ‘barbaric’ Israel strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp
1 week, 4 days ago

Palestinians decry ‘barbaric’ Israel strike on Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp

Al Jazeera  

At least 36 people, many members of same family, were killed in the Israeli strike on a Palestinian shelter. Palestinian authorities have said that at least 36 people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, as Israel continues to conduct devastating attacks across the strip. As of October 2024, the one-year anniversary of …

Israel kills dozens of civilians across Gaza
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Israel kills dozens of civilians across Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed dozens of civilians and injured many others, according to the Wafa news agency. More than 30 people were killed on Friday morning in an Israeli attack on a residential block in the vicinity of the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern city of Beit Lahiya, Wafa reported. On Thursday, an Israeli drone strike on …

Who accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza?
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Who accuses Israel of committing genocide in Gaza?

Al Jazeera  

Amnesty International says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. “here is sufficient evidence to believe that Israel’s conduct in Gaza following 7 October 2023 amounts to genocide,” Amnesty stated in its report. Israeli President Isaac Herzog also declared: “There are no innocent civilians in Gaza.” Center for Constitutional Rights The CCR is a United States-based legal advocacy fighting for civil …

Israel’s Gaza Offensive Is Genocide: Amnesty International
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Israel’s Gaza Offensive Is Genocide: Amnesty International

Huff Post  

Israel is committing a genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the human rights group Amnesty International said on Wednesday, in a campaign that’s benefited from huge military and diplomatic support from the United States. The report cites in particular the “relentless” Israeli attacks on civilians, infrastructure and cultural sites, and the U.S.-backed offensive’s displacement of around 2 million Palestinians …

Israel committing Gaza war crimes and ethnic cleansing, says Moshe Yaalon
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Israel committing Gaza war crimes and ethnic cleansing, says Moshe Yaalon

Al Jazeera  

Former Israeli army chief and defence minister says northern Gaza is being ‘cleared of Arabs’, echoing ICC allegations. Former Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon has accused Israel of committing war crimes and ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip, echoing the allegations by the International Criminal Court against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant. Yaalon, a …

U.N. Report Says Israel’s Actions Toward Palestinians Qualify As Genocide
1 month, 1 week ago

U.N. Report Says Israel’s Actions Toward Palestinians Qualify As Genocide

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Israel’s actions since it laid siege to war-torn Gaza last year are “consistent with the characteristics of genocide,” according to a new report by the United Nations committee investigating how the state’s policies and practices impact the Palestinian people’s human rights. The casualty count from the war likewise does not account for deaths from starvation, from diseases …

Israel’s forced displacement in Gaza amounts to war crime: HRW
1 month, 1 week ago

Israel’s forced displacement in Gaza amounts to war crime: HRW

Al Jazeera  

Rights group says Israel appears to have plans to permanently prevent Palestinians from returning to parts of the Gaza Strip. In addition to the widespread destruction carried out by Israeli forces across the besieged enclave, HRW found that Israel has continued to expand three so-called “buffer zones” by razing large areas of Gaza’s cities, including Rafah, and building Israeli military …

Violence by extremist Israeli settlers increases in the occupied West Bank
1 month, 1 week ago

Violence by extremist Israeli settlers increases in the occupied West Bank

NPR  

Violence by extremist Israeli settlers increases in the occupied West Bank Human rights groups say there have been at least 1,000 attacks by extremist Israeli settlers on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank in the past year. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: With so much of the world's attention focused on Gaza, violence in the occupied West Bank has escalated. There's been …

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in raid on occupied West Bank town
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israeli forces kill Palestinian man in raid on occupied West Bank town

Al Jazeera  

The Health Ministry says a young man was killed and two people injured in an assault in the town of Aqqaba. Israeli soldiers have killed at least one person during a raid in the occupied West Bank town of Aqqaba, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said. The body of the Palestinian man, identified as 25-year-old Adham Zayed Ezzat Masri, was …

The war is in Gaza, but Palestinians in the West Bank are targeted with violence too
2 months, 1 week ago

The war is in Gaza, but Palestinians in the West Bank are targeted with violence too

NPR  

The war is in Gaza, but Palestinians in the West Bank are targeted with violence too toggle caption Maya Levin for NPR This story is a part of an NPR series reflecting on Oct. 7, a year of war and how it has changed life across Israel, the Gaza Strip, the region and the world. “I was scared.” In the …

Israeli forces using ‘war-like’ tactics in occupied West Bank: UN
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli forces using ‘war-like’ tactics in occupied West Bank: UN

Al Jazeera  

UN’s humanitarian agency says dozens of people have been killed over the past week in Israeli attacks including air strikes. Israeli forces are using “lethal war-like tactics” in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN’s humanitarian agency. Israeli military’s latest assault in Jenin is in its eighth day, and the third day in Tulkarem, where Israeli forces are inflicting …

Deadly Israeli raids in occupied West Bank as Gaza war rages
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Deadly Israeli raids in occupied West Bank as Gaza war rages

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli military is pressing on with its deadly offensive in the occupied West Bank despite widespread international condemnation from countries and rights groups. The Israeli military said its forces killed five Palestinian fighters on the second day of its so-called “counterterrorism” operations. Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said the Israeli operations took place “in close …

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on occupied West Bank
4 months ago

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Israeli forces have carried out near-daily raids in the territory, killing more than 600 Palestinians since October. Three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air attack on a house in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health says. Israeli forces also conducted raids in cities and towns across the West Bank, the …

Settler rampage in West Bank sparks rare condemnation from Israeli leaders
4 months, 1 week ago

Settler rampage in West Bank sparks rare condemnation from Israeli leaders

The Independent  

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Israeli settlers set West Bank village ablaze in deadly attack
4 months, 1 week ago

Israeli settlers set West Bank village ablaze in deadly attack

CNN  

CNN — An assault by dozens of Israeli settlers has devastated a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank, drawing blistering condemnation from top Israeli officials. Moshe Arbel, Israel’s interior minister, called the attacks a “serious nationalist crime” that runs “contrary to the values of Judaism,” and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant slammed the “violent, radical riots” as “the opposite of …

Released Palestinians describe worsening abuses in Israeli prisons
4 months, 1 week ago

Released Palestinians describe worsening abuses in Israeli prisons

LA Times  

Palestinian boxer Muazzaz Abayat, 37, holds his 2-month-old son, Mohammed, and 5-year-old daughter Mira at home in the West Bank city of Bethlehem after his release from an Israeli prison. Released Palestinians have described worsening abuses in Israeli prisons crammed with thousands detained since the war in Gaza began 10 months ago. According to autopsy reports for five of the …

Israeli forces step up attacks, raids in occupied West Bank
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli forces step up attacks, raids in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

UN agency says the number of Palestinians displaced has more than doubled since October 7. Israeli forces have stepped up attacks across the occupied West Bank, in which at least seven Palestinians, including two children, were wounded. Israeli forces raided the Qalqilya refugee camp near Nablus on Wednesday night, shooting two Palestinians – the first in the back and the …

UN report says Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7 faced torture, mistreatment
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN report says Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7 faced torture, mistreatment

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, dogs set on them, and other forms of torture and mistreatment. The report said Israel’s prison service held more than 9,400 “security detainees” as of the end of June, and some have …

Detained Palestinians subjected to waterboarding, electric shocks and other forms of torture in Israeli prisons, UN report says
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Detained Palestinians subjected to waterboarding, electric shocks and other forms of torture in Israeli prisons, UN report says

ABC  

Thousands of Palestinian prisoners have been subjected to waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks, the release of dogs on them and other forms of torture and mistreatment, according to a report by the UN Human Rights Office. The report on detention, released on Wednesday local time, said Israel's prison service held more than 9,400 "security detainees" as of the end of …

Hamas-led groups committed ‘numerous war crimes’ during October 7 attack in southern Israel, HRW says
5 months, 1 week ago

Hamas-led groups committed ‘numerous war crimes’ during October 7 attack in southern Israel, HRW says

CNN  

Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. CNN — Hamas-led armed groups committed “numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity” against civilians during the October 7 attack in southern Israel, according to a Human Rights Watch report released Wednesday. In a 236-page report …

Hamas' sexual violence during October 7 attack was planned & terrorists were trained for it, says report
5 months, 1 week ago

Hamas' sexual violence during October 7 attack was planned & terrorists were trained for it, says report

Firstpost  

Hamas terrorists indulged in rampant sexual abuse, including rape, of women during the October 7 attack on Israel The photographs depicts the victims, many of them, of the Hamas attack The sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack was planned and they were trained for it, according to a report. Now, the Palestinian Media Watch, an …

Palestinians observe strike in West Bank against killings by Israel in Gaza
5 months, 1 week ago

Palestinians observe strike in West Bank against killings by Israel in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians call a general strike in solidarity with people in Gaza in the wake of Israeli attack on safe zone that killed at least 90 people. Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are observing a general strike in protest against Israel’s war on Gaza, denouncing Saturday’s attack on a designated safe zone of al-Mawasi that killed at least 90 people …

‘We have nothing': Palestinians return to utter destruction in Gaza City after Israeli withdrawal
5 months, 1 week ago

‘We have nothing': Palestinians return to utter destruction in Gaza City after Israeli withdrawal

Associated Press  

SHIJAIYAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinians returned to breathtaking scenes of destruction in the Gaza City district of Shijaiyah after Israeli troops withdrew, ending a two-week offensive there. “There’s only one solution, hit us with a nuclear bomb and relieve us of this life.” The Israeli military has invaded Shijaiyah several times in the nine-month war against Hamas militants in Gaza. …

US announces sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence
5 months, 1 week ago

US announces sanctions on Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

Al Jazeera  

US measures target three Israeli individuals and five entities over violence in the occupied West Bank. The United States has announced new sanctions on several Israeli settlers and affiliated groups, accusing them of involvement in violence or threats of violence targeting civilians, seizure of property or other actions that threaten security in the occupied West Bank. “The United States remains …

Outgoing Israeli general condemns settler violence in occupied West Bank
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Outgoing Israeli general condemns settler violence in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Yehuda Fox said that the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank, is in Israel’s security interest. An Israeli general has condemned the government’s decision to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank and criticised rising levels of settler violence in the region, according to Israeli media reports. Major General Yehuda Fox, the outgoing head of Israel’s central command, said …

Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank kills a Palestinian militant and wounds 5 other people
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank kills a Palestinian militant and wounds 5 other people

The Independent  

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Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘intentional attack on civilians’: UN inquiry
6 months ago

Israel’s actions in Gaza ‘intentional attack on civilians’: UN inquiry

Al Jazeera  

New report says Israeli military and Palestinian groups committed war crimes and rights abuses since October 7. As she presented the report to the UN Human Rights Council, Pillay said the Israeli military operating in Gaza “forcibly transferred almost the entire population into a small enclosure that is unsafe and uninhabitable” and used heavy weapons in densely populated areas in …

UN rights chief warns situation in West Bank ‘dramatically deteriorating’
6 months ago

UN rights chief warns situation in West Bank ‘dramatically deteriorating’

Al Jazeera  

The top United Nations human rights official has warned of the worsening situation for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the “unconscionable death and suffering” in the Gaza Strip. “The situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, is dramatically deteriorating,” Volker Turk told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday. “Since Israel escalated its operations into …

U.S. punishes Israeli extremists accused of blocking, ransacking humanitarian aid for Gaza
6 months, 1 week ago

U.S. punishes Israeli extremists accused of blocking, ransacking humanitarian aid for Gaza

LA Times  

Palestinians who were forced to flee to the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah wait for water in May. The Biden administration took the unusual step Friday of blacklisting a group of Israelis implicated in the looting and destruction of lifesaving humanitarian aid destined for Palestinians trapped in the Gaza Strip after eight months of brutal war. “For months, individuals …

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in raid on West Bank’s Jenin
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in raid on West Bank’s Jenin

Al Jazeera  

At least 15 others were wounded by Israeli forces during an incursion into Jenin refugee camp, local officials say. Israeli forces have killed at least three Palestinians during a raid in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry has said, as Israel intensifies its deadly attacks in the territory. The report said Israeli army …

Extermination, expulsion ‘identifiable strategies’ of Israel’s war in Gaza
7 months, 1 week ago

Extermination, expulsion ‘identifiable strategies’ of Israel’s war in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

A human rights group calls on the United Kingdom to stop arming Israel as its campaign in the strip continues. London, United Kingdom – Mass extermination and mass expulsion are “identifiable strategies” of Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, a human rights group warns, as it calls on the United Kingdom to impose an arms embargo. “Rather than meeting …

US penalties aren’t stopping Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians
7 months, 4 weeks ago

US penalties aren’t stopping Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians

Al Jazeera  

The Biden administration has focused its punishments on Israeli settlers, but Palestinians on the ground have seen little change. “We’re talking about organised plans that have been pushed forward on the ground strongly and systematically by the Israeli government.” Legitimising illegal settlements Israel has expanded illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank despite signing the 1993 Oslo Accords, which initiated …

Israel gave no evidence UNRWA staff linked to ‘terrorism’: Colonna report
8 months ago

Israel gave no evidence UNRWA staff linked to ‘terrorism’: Colonna report

Al Jazeera  

Report from former French foreign minister finds Israel has not backed up claims it made against refugee agency operating in Gaza. Israel has not presented credible evidence to support its claims that UNRWA staff were members of “terrorist” groups, an independent review for the United Nations led by a former French foreign minister has said. The review, headed by former …

‘We’re on the edge’: Palestinians terrified by Israeli settler violence
8 months, 1 week ago

‘We’re on the edge’: Palestinians terrified by Israeli settler violence

Al Jazeera  

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank are living in fear as armed Israeli settlers attack them, their families and homes in vengeful acts of violence which could uproot hundreds of Palestinians from their lands, residents said. Armed settlers and the Israeli army have also killed 460 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since October 7, while uprooting hundreds of people …

Palestinian man killed in Israeli settler raids in occupied West Bank
8 months, 1 week ago

Palestinian man killed in Israeli settler raids in occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

Dozens of settlers stormed villages, setting fire to homes in search for missing teenager. A Palestinian man has been killed in an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, where tensions remain high amid fears of more violence. Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid criticised “violent riots” by settlers in the occupied West Bank and urged the country’s leadership …

Palestinian terrorist 'ADMITS international media is being manipulated into blaming Israel for horrors in Gaza': Footage 'shows prisoner explaining how rocket hitting hospital was blamed on IDF'
8 months, 1 week ago

Palestinian terrorist 'ADMITS international media is being manipulated into blaming Israel for horrors in Gaza': Footage 'shows prisoner explaining how rocket hitting hospital was blamed on IDF'

Daily Mail  

Israel's Defence Forces have released a clip of an alleged member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad admitting militant groups in Gaza attempted to pin the blame for last year's al-Ahli hospital bombing on Israel. The clip shared on IDF official channels shows the interrogation of a man named as Tarek Abu Shaluf, who Israel claims is a PIJ spokesman and was …

U.N. Report Accuses Israel Of Committing Genocide In Gaza
8 months, 3 weeks ago

U.N. Report Accuses Israel Of Committing Genocide In Gaza

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A detailed human rights report by a United Nations expert argues there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza — a major accusation as the war approaches six months of heavy fighting. Israel’s ongoing military offensive in Gaza qualifies as genocide on at least three grounds, according to the report by …

UN expert accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza
8 months, 4 weeks ago

UN expert accuses Israel of ‘genocide’ in Gaza

Al Jazeera  

Francesca Albanese says there are clear indications that Israel has violated three of five acts listed under UN Genocide Convention. There are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel is committing genocide in the besieged Palestinian enclave of the Gaza Strip, according to a report issued by a United Nations-appointed expert. “The overwhelming nature and scale of Israel’s assault on Gaza and …

Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts
9 months ago

Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts

NPR  

Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts Enlarge this image toggle caption Tamir Kalifa for NPR Tamir Kalifa for NPR ZANUTA, West Bank — Nadav Weiman pulls up in an SUV to the small Palestinian sheepherding community of Zanuta, high in the West Bank's South Hebron Hills. Enlarge this image toggle caption Tamir Kalifa for …

More than 7,350 West Bank Palestinians arrested by Israel during Gaza war
9 months ago

More than 7,350 West Bank Palestinians arrested by Israel during Gaza war

Al Jazeera  

Arrested and held unlawfully, thousands of Palestinians are suffering abuse at the hands of Israeli captors. At least animals are treated with some sort of dignity.” Israel has taken thousands of Palestinians captive since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, in which 1,139 people were killed and about 250 abducted. Of all Palestinians detained since October 7, about 3,050 …

U.S. urges 'immediate' ceasefire at UN as Gaza war grinds on
9 months ago

U.S. urges 'immediate' ceasefire at UN as Gaza war grinds on

The Hindu  

The United States has circulated for the first time a draft UN resolution calling for an "immediate" ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, as warnings grow of famine in besieged Gaza. "We were sleeping safely when we heard a big blast," Gaza resident Mahmud Abu Arar told AFP following an Israeli bombardment in the southern city of Rafah on Wednesday. Gaza's …

Gaza ‘safe zones’ led to displacement, Israeli attacks on civilians: Report
9 months, 1 week ago

Gaza ‘safe zones’ led to displacement, Israeli attacks on civilians: Report

Al Jazeera  

Research group finds Israel’s dishonest use of ‘humanitarian protective measures’ resulted in killing of more Palestinians. A report published by the research group Forensic Architecture has called into question Israel’s argument at the International Court of Justice that it had introduced measures to safeguard civilian life in Gaza. But according to the study, Israel’s “evacuation orders” have “produced mass displacement …

UN report reveals Palestinians were abused in Israeli detention centres
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN report reveals Palestinians were abused in Israeli detention centres

Live Mint  

Israel and Hamas war has entered its fifth month. Palestinians abused by Israel “ Detainees reported being taken on trucks to large makeshift ‘military barracks’ housing 100-120 people each, where they were held, often for weeks at a time, in between periods of interrogation at a nearby location,” the UNRWA document said, in allegations first reported by the New York …

UN finds evidence of sexual violence by Hamas since Oct. 7
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN finds evidence of sexual violence by Hamas since Oct. 7

Live Mint  

The United Nations has found “reasonable grounds” to conclude that Hamas committed sexual violence during its Oct. 7 attack in Israel, and said there are indications such violence continues to be carried out against those being held hostage by the group. It said the true prevalence of sexual violence during the attack and afterward “may take months or years to …

U.N. envoy cites ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe Hamas committed sexual violence on Oct. 7
9 months, 2 weeks ago

U.N. envoy cites ‘reasonable grounds’ to believe Hamas committed sexual violence on Oct. 7

LA Times  

Debris left at the site of a music festival near Israel’s border with the Gaza Strip on Oct. 12, 2023, days after Hamas’ attack during which a U.N. team concluded there were “reasonable grounds to believe that multiple incidents of sexual violence took place.” The U.N. envoy focusing on sexual violence in conflict said in a new report Monday that …

UN experts say grounds to believe rape occurred in Hamas attack on Israel
9 months, 2 weeks ago

UN experts say grounds to believe rape occurred in Hamas attack on Israel

Al Jazeera  

Palestinian group has repeatedly denied allegations its fighters committed acts of sexual violence during the October 7 attack. A team of United Nations experts has said there are “reasonable grounds to believe” sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, occurred during the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7. Patten said her team was not able to meet with any …

Settler violence: Israel’s ethnic cleansing plan for the West Bank
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Settler violence: Israel’s ethnic cleansing plan for the West Bank

Al Jazeera  

The Israeli state is actively encouraging settler violence against the Palestinians as part of its long-standing policy of displacement. On February 8, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian shepherds who were out grazing their herds in the Sadet a-Tha’leh community, near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. While humanitarian and human rights organisations tend to register these violent acts as separate incidents, …

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