US Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for “both sides” to de-escalate tensions in the Palestinian West Bank. Since the start of the year, Israeli forces have killed 72 Palestinians; 12 Israelis have also been killed.
Israeli soldiers shot at 3 Palestinian teenagers, hitting one in the back and killing him. Over 65 Palestinians, including 14 children, have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of 2023.
In another military invasion, Israeli soldiers shot Mahmoud Hamdan, age 22 and took him away, announcing later that he was dead.
Israeli forces targeted three Palestinian resistance activists in a massive assault in downtown Nablus, but managed to kill at least eight others as well, including a youth. Over 100 Palestinians were injured, many by live ammunition, others by an Israeli army jeep that rammed into a crowd. Israeli soldiers also blocked paramedics and damaged ambulances.
Video shows Israeli police beating a Palestinian boy after he refuses to take his trousers off in freezing temperatures.
Haroun Abu Aram, 27, had been shot in the neck by an Israeli soldier trying to confiscate a family’s generator; Haroun had been a quadriplegic ever since. Mahmoud Al-Ayedi, 17, was shot in the head during an Israeli military invasion of his refugee camp…
Israeli settlers killed Mithqal Suleiman Abdul-Halim Rayan, 27, father of a 4-year-old boy, a 2-year-old son, and a baby girl; and the Israeli military killed Qusai Radwan Waked, 14…
Israeli violence made January 2023 the bloodiest month for West Bank Palestinians in 8 years – including murders, injuries, land theft, building demolitions, and more. 7 Israelis have also been killed.
Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint shot Abdullah Samih Ahmad Qalalwa, age 25, in the chest, then denied him medical assistance. Their reasons for attacking him are implausible.
Israel’s efforts to control and destroy the lives of Palestinians is visible in the thousands of big and small incidents that happen every day. Below are summaries of just a handful of shocking (but unsurprising) stories from the past few days that you may not have heard about.