Israeli Army Shooting Kills 1 in Rafah as Settlers Burn House in West Bank
PALESTINE – An Israeli army shooting in northern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday killed a Palestinian, according to medics, as ceasefire violations by Israel continue.
Medical sources said that the body of an unidentified Palestinian was brought to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis after he was shot in the Al-Baraksat area in northwestern Rafah.
Sources said the victim was left lying at the scene for hours before medical crews were able to retrieve his body because of the danger posed by continued Israeli fire.
In northern Gaza, another Palestinian died Saturday of wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli shooting near the Zikim area in northwestern Beit Lahia, according to medical sources.
The killings came as Israel continues near-daily attacks despite the ceasefire.
On Thursday, four Palestinians, including a child, were killed in separate Israeli attacks across in enclave.
According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least 773 Palestinians have been killed and 2,171 injured in near-daily Israeli attacks in violation of the ceasefire that has been in place since Oct. 10.
The ceasefire followed more than two years of a genocidal war that has killed over 72,000 Palestinians, wounded north of 172,000 and devastated 90% of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Israeli Settlers Burn Palestinian House in West Bank
Israeli occupiers torched a Palestinian home Saturday in the occupied West Bank, as an elderly Palestinian woman was assaulted in a separate attack as three of her sons were detained by the Israeli army.
Sources told Anadolu that a group of Israeli occupiers stormed the town of Turmus Ayya in northeastern Ramallah and set fire to a house belonging to a Palestinian family before residents confronted them and forced them to withdraw.
The occupiers also burned a vehicle belonging to another family. No injuries were reported.
Turmus Ayya has repeatedly come under attack by Israeli occupiers, who target Palestinian homes and property while seizing large areas of land for settlement expansion.
In a separate incident, an elderly Palestinian woman suffered bruises after Israeli occupiers attacked her in the Wadi Khneis area in eastern Hebron while Palestinians were farming their land, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
The Palestinian Red Crescent transferred the woman to a medical center for treatment.
Israeli forces later detained three of her sons.
Elsewhere, the Israeli army detained a young Palestinian from the village of Beit Dajan in eastern Nablus after severely beating him near the entrance to the village, said Wafa.
Israeli forces also raided eastern Nablus and detained Yazan Jabr two days after his release from Israeli prison following six months in detention.
An Anadolu correspondent said Israeli soldiers stormed Jabr’s home while relatives and friends were receiving him after his release.
Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas during the raid, but no injuries were reported.
Violence by Israeli occupiers and Israeli forces has escalated since October 2023, killing more than 1,148 Palestinians, wounding 11,750 and leading to nearly 22,000 arrests.
