Israel’s war on Gaza live: Teenager killed by Israel in West Bank raid
- Israeli forces shot and killed 16-year-old Palestinian boy in Far’a refugee camp. Wafa news agency reported that soldiers “fired several bullets at the child, abused him and prevented ambulance crews from reaching him”.
- Hamas says Netanyahu is thwarting a ceasefire deal by refusing to withdraw forces from Gaza’s Philadelphi Corridor.
Israel creating ‘formula of explosion’ in West Bank, former negotiator says
Former Israeli captive negotiator Gershon Baskin has issued what he calls “words of warning” as about 200,000 Palestinians have not been able to work in Israel and the government withholds taxes and customs duties from the Palestinian Authority.
In a post on X, Baskin said the lack of work is causing “despair” and now “hundreds of thousands of young Palestinians are on the streets of the West Bank with nothing to do and with a lot of frustration and anger.”
Alongside that, the war on Gaza continues, and the death toll increases, creating what Baskin said is “the formula of explosion”.
“There are those in the Israeli government who want this explosion to occur and they add fuel to the fire by encouraging and allowing settler violence against innocent Palestinians. This is insane and super dangerous. If there are any responsible decision-makers left in the Israeli government, it is time to wake up and end this insanity,” he added.
People are ‘motivated’ to get the polio vaccination in southern Gaza
The vaccination rollout started in the southern part of the strip, mainly in the city of Khan Younis where at least 50 points and designated sites have been prepared for receiving parents and children for vaccination.
Many challenges face the vaccination campaign itself, starting with the larger picture of the destruction of health facilities, infrastructure, and all roads leading to these sites are making it very difficult. But despite that, people are motivated and the WHO and the health ministry talked about a significant turnout on the first day in the southern part of the Strip.
However, the security situations are quite challenging for parents and children because many of the attacks are happening in an unpredictable way, similar to the attack that took place overnight here at al-Aqsa Hospital.
This particular location was a site that housed three points of vaccination here and it was attacked only hours after the end of the vaccination campaign in the central area.
Israel forces six families to leave their homes in Jenin refugee camp: Report
Israeli forces have forced Palestinian families to evacuate their homes in the Al-Damaj and Jorat al-Dahab neighbourhoods of the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Wafa reported.
Local sources told Wafa that six families were forced to leave their residences in these neighbourhoods and were told to travel to villages west of Jenin using ambulance vehicles.
According to local sources, Wafa reported that since the army’s assault on Jenin City and the refugee camp, Israeli forces have displaced hundreds of residents.
