Israeli raids across West Bank, Gaza reels from aftermath of storm

Israeli forces have shot and wounded a young man in the town of ar-Ram, in the occupied West Bank.
In Gaza, flooding from a storm has exposed more damaged shelters, revealing a drainage system no longer working.
Israeli soldiers launch violent raids across occupied West Bank
Israeli forces launched a series of raids in several areas of the occupied West Bank over the night and this morning, according to local sources and the Wafa news agency.

Israeli soldiers stormed the city of Tubas and the town of Tammun.
They raided the town of Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem, entering the home of a child who was previously killed by occupation authorities.
A young Palestinian man was shot and wounded in the knee in occupied East Jerusalem’s ar-Ram, hours after another man was shot in the leg and taken to hospital in the same area.
More raids were reported in the towns of Jenin, Ramallah and Nablus.

We now see the ugly face of Gaza’s ‘new normal’
Winter came to Gaza last month with a violent storm.

I woke up at night to a disaster. Our tent was flooded with water which had transformed our “floor” into a shallow pool. The mattresses and pillows were completely soaked, cooking pots were submerged, the clothes were drenched, and even our bags – which function as our “closets” – were filled with water. Nothing inside remained dry.

All 1.4 million displaced Palestinians who lack proper shelter suffered that day—people with no protection against the weather or its sudden storms.

ICC rejects Israeli bid to block Gaza war crimes investigation
As we’ve reported, the appeals chamber of the International Criminal Court has rejected one of Israel’s legal challenges seeking to block an investigation into its actions in the genocidal war against the Palestinian people in Gaza.

In their decision issued on Monday, judges refused to overturn a lower court decision allowing the ICC prosecutor to investigate alleged crimes in Israel’s war on Gaza following the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.