Day: 23 July 2021

Four Palestinians were shot and injured with live ammunition, and a photographer working for WAFA was shot with a sponge bullet during clashes that broke out with Israeli forces in the town of Beita to the south of Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, said Director of the Palestinian Red Crescent’s (PRC) Emergency Department in Nablus, Ahmad Jibril.

He told WAFA that forces attacked Palestinians with live bullets and tear gas canisters, shooting and injuring four people in their lower extremities, including one seriously.

WAFA cameraman, Ayman al-Nobani was struck with a sponge bullet in the thigh.

Dozens of others were treated at the scene from tear-gas suffocation.

Residents from Beita and other nearby villages have been protesting, day and night, the establishment of the settlement on their lands since the first day the settlers had stormed Jabal Sabih two months ago. So far, five Palestinians have been killed by Israeli army gunfire during these protests, four of them from Beita and one from Yatma.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency

At least seven Palestinians were shot and injured and dozens suffocated today as Israeli forces violently suppressed a peaceful march protesting the establishment of a settlement outpost on land expropriated from the village of Beit Dajan to the east of Nablus, according to a local activist.

Member of the Land Defense Committee, Salim Abu Jaish, told WAFA Israeli forces attacked protesters with rubber-coated steel bullets and tear gas canisters, shooting and injuring seven people. They all received medical treatment at the scene except one who was transferred to hospital for treatment.

Dozens of others suffocated due to tear gas inhalation.

Beit Dajan has become a scene for weekly protests against the Israeli authorities’ move to construct new colonial settlements and expand existing ones at the expense of Palestinian territory.

The establishment of settlements on the West Bank violates international humanitarian law, which establishes the principles applying during war and occupation. Moreover, the settlements lead to the infringement of international human rights law, said the Israeli information center for human rights in occupied territories, B’Tselem.

The establishment of the settlements leads to the violation of the rights of the Palestinians as enshrined in international human rights law. Among other violations, the settlements infringe the right to self-determination, equality, property, an adequate standard of living, and freedom of movement, said B’Tselem.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency

Major-General Talal Dwaikat, spokesman for the Palestinian security forces, said the legal advisor to the military treasury, Ikrima Muhanna, was gunned down in his house by unidentified gunmen.

The Major-General told WAFA in a telephone call that preliminary information suggests that unidentified gunmen shot Muhanna while he was inside his home in Deir al-Ghusun town in Tulkarem, killing him instantly, before fleeing the scene.

He said that the military prosecution and competent authorities have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the crime, and identify perpetrators to bring them to justice as soon as possible.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency

Palestine today recorded 59 new Covid-19 cases, three fatalities in Gaza, and 191 recovery cases in the last 24 hours, according to Health Minister Mai Alkaila.

Among the new 59 new cases, 18 cases were recorded in the West Bank, and 41 others in the Gaza Strip.

She added in her daily report on the disease that 191 Covid-19 patients have recovered; 21 recovery cases in the West Bank and 170 others in the Gaza Strip.

The recovery rate in Palestine has so far reached 98.6 percent, while active cases reached 0.3% percent. The death toll stood at 1.1 percent of total infections.

Alkaila said 11 corona patients are in intensive care units while pointing out that 572,344 people were vaccinated in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip so far, including 403,313 people who received the second dose of the vaccine.

Source: Palestinian News & Info Agency