A Palestinian killed in Nablus and the occupation displaces 100 families in the West Bank within two weeks

A Palestinian was killed this Friday evening in Nablus, by Israeli occupation forces' bullets, while the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that more than 100 Palestinian families in the occupied West Bank have been displaced in the past two weeks. Sources reported the martyrdom of a Palestinian farmer while working on his agricultural land near the town of Madama, south of Nablus, after being shot by Israeli occupation forces. Sources said that the occupation forces prevented ambulance crews from reaching the young man at the moment of his injury and transported him to an unknown destination.

In a related context, settlers from nearby settlements attacked residents of the town of Qusra, south of Nablus, under the protection of the occupation army, which led to clashes involving heavy firing of bullets and toxic tear gas, resulting in several citizens suffering from suffocation.

Raids and arrests In Hebron, occupation forces raided a residence and detained a number of citizens after an assault by settlers in Masafer Yatta, south of the governorate. Activists said that the occupation forces provided cover for settler attacks and continued to abuse residents after their attempts to confront the attacks and protect their property. Occupation forces also stormed several areas in Hebron, set up military checkpoints, and detained a number of citizens while they were returning to their homes after performing Friday prayers.

In Tubas, occupation forces arrested a citizen after raiding and searching his home on Friday dawn. Occupation forces also stormed Al-Far'a refugee camp south of Tubas with several military vehicles, and fired tear gas canisters towards Palestinian homes, before withdrawing without reporting any arrests or injuries. Occupation forces raided the town of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, and stationed themselves in the "Gate" area on the main Jerusalem-Hebron road.

Settlers also stormed the Iraqi Martyrs' Cemetery in the village of Bir al-Basha, south of Jenin, using four-wheel drive vehicles, and carried out provocative tours inside the cemetery before blocking the road for citizens and obstructing their movement in the area.

Displacement of 100 families In a related context, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned that settler attacks in the West Bank have led to the displacement of more than 100 Palestinian families from five different communities in the past two weeks, mostly from the Bedouin community of Ras Ein al-Auja, east of Jericho.

The office explained that 77 families comprising 375 people, including 186 children and 91 women, have already begun dismantling their homes and leaving due to the escalation of nightly settler attacks, preceded by the displacement of 21 other families after a series of assaults that included beating an elderly man, destroying property, and plowing private lands. The UN office indicated that more than 72,000 farming and herding families, nearly two-thirds of all agricultural families, are in urgent need of emergency agricultural assistance.

New targeting of UNRWA In another context, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) warned that the Qalandia Vocational Training Center, which teaches 350 students from the West Bank, is threatened with closure within days due to the risk of confiscation of the land on which it is built. Agency spokesman Jonathan Fowler said that closing the center "will deprive hundreds of students of their right to education and economic opportunities," calling on the international community to act "before it is too late."

The West Bank has witnessed an unprecedented escalation since the start of the Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip in October 2023, with more than 1,107 Palestinians killed and about 11,000 injured, while more than 21,000 have been arrested in the past two years.