Israel’s deadly West Bank raids continue as Gaza ceasefire holds
- Israeli soldiers kill two more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as they continue a military assault that has rendered the Jenin refugee camp “nearly uninhabitable”.
- A United Nations official says aid agencies in Gaza are increasing food distribution, restocking and rehabilitating hospitals, and repairing water networks as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire continues to largely hold.
- The relief effort comes as aid groups warn a looming Israeli ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) could severely harm recovery efforts in Gaza.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 47,283 Palestinians and wounded 111,472
Hospitals in West Bank’s Jenin struggle to keep lights on: Governor
Israeli forces have shut off electricity in West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp and some surrounding areas, according to Jenin Governor Kamal Abu al-Rub.
Speaking to the Wafa news agency, al-Rub said the outage extends to Jenin Hospital and the Ibn Sina Specialized Hospital, jeopardising their emergency operations.
Currently, the hospitals are trying to use fuel reserves and bring in more fuel to keep power on in their emergency, dialysis, and nursery departments, said al-Rub.
Here are the latest developments:
- At least 122 bodies, including 120 of those killed in Israeli attacks before the ceasefire, and 306 injured people have been received by Gaza’s hospitals, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
- Dozens of residents have confirmed to Al Jazeera that Israeli troops are forcing Palestinians in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp to leave their homes, coinciding with their siege of the area.
- The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has expressed “alarm” amid the Israeli military operation in the West Bank, saying it is “seeing disturbing patterns of unlawful use of force in the West Bank that is unnecessary, indiscriminate and disproportionate”.
- Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar, currently in Budapest, has thanked his Hungarian counterpart for the country’s refusal to honour the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
- The governing body of the ICC says it’s deeply concerned following efforts in the US to sanction the UN institution over its arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
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Israeli tank fire kills two Palestinians west of Rafah
At least two Palestinians have been killed by Israeli tank fire in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood, west of Rafah, in southern Gaza, the enclave’s civil defence told Al Jazeera.
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NRC expresses concern for Israeli tactics in occupied West Bank
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) has expressed “alarm” at the escalating violence in the occupied West Bank, since the ceasefire in Gaza came into effect last week.
“We are seeing disturbing patterns of unlawful use of force in the West Bank that is unnecessary, indiscriminate and disproportionate. This echoes the tactics Israeli forces have employed in Gaza,” said Angelita Caredda, NRC’s Middle East and North Africa regional director, in a statement.
“Under international law, Israel must bring its occupation of Palestinian territory to an end as rapidly as possible. Until then, it must fully comply with its obligations as an occupying power, including the protection of civilians.”
At least 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in the Israeli military assault that began on Tuesday in Jenin in the northern West Bank.
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