Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian little one within the occupied West Financial institution amid extra violent raids by troopers and settlers, and as Israeli authorities place to confiscate extra land.
Native Palestinian sources reported on Friday that 13-year-old Amr Ali Qabha was hit with stay ammunition in a avenue in Yabad, positioned south of Jenin, and was denied medical remedy as troopers prevented ambulances from reaching him.
Qabha’s father additionally tried to achieve him, however was severely overwhelmed and detained by Israeli troopers, based on the Wafa information company, which stated the kid was pronounced lifeless on the hospital after an ambulance was lastly in a position to get him there.
Greater than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed throughout the occupied West Financial institution since Israel’s conflict on Gaza started on October 7, 2023. Of that determine, a minimum of 204 have been kids.
The United Nations humanitarian workplace (OCHA) stated on Friday that a minimum of 14 Palestinian deaths and 355 accidents have been recorded within the West Financial institution final month, whereas there have been a minimum of 129 Israeli settler assaults leading to Palestinian casualties or property injury.
In response to OCHA figures, between the start of 2024 and the top of June 2025, greater than 2,200 Israeli settler assaults have been reported, leading to greater than 5,200 Palestinian accidents.
In that very same interval, almost 36,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced throughout the West Financial institution as a consequence of Israeli navy operations, settler violence or dwelling demolitions carried out by the Israeli authorities.
Ongoing raids and harassment
The lethal incident on Friday got here as Israeli troopers continued their raids throughout the occupied territory that have been accompanied by arrests, and assisted settlers of their assaults geared toward driving Palestinians from their lands.
In Jenin’s village of Raba, Israeli forces fired tear fuel at Palestinians, together with kids, who have been protesting towards the confiscation of their land and property.
Israeli forces hearth tear fuel at Palestinians who demonstrated towards the confiscation of their land in Raba, close to Jenin, within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, July 18, 2025 (Raneen Sawafta/Reuters)
Within the city of Dura, positioned south of Hebron, 5 Palestinians have been detained after a raid that included the ransacking of a number of properties.
Six extra have been arrested in Qalqiliya’s village of Kafr Laqif, with one other two taken from the village of Sir in the identical district.
A Palestinian man was arrested in Bethlehem after being summoned by Israeli intelligence to the Gush Etzion settlement. Two individuals have been taken throughout a raid on Nablus, with one shot and wounded earlier than his arrest. One other arrest was reported within the Askar refugee camp.
Within the village of Umm Safa close to Ramallah, Israeli troopers destroyed a fundamental water pipeline, which left about 1,000 residents with out water.
Within the neighbourhood of Beit Hanina in occupied East Jerusalem, households residing in a residential constructing have been pressured to depart in preparation for the demolition of their properties. The Palestinian households have been amongst these pressured to demolish the buildings themselves after an order by Israeli authorities, as a result of the municipality would positive them extra if it demolishes the constructing.
Armed Israeli settlers launched a violent assault earlier on Friday within the village of al-Malih within the northern Jordan Valley, positioned northeast of the occupied territory. They killed a minimum of 117 sheep belonging to Palestinians, stole extra livestock and vandalised tents and different property, based on Wafa.
Israel’s plan to divide future Palestinian state
Israeli authorities are planning to illegally confiscate extra Palestinian land as nicely, regardless of worldwide criticism.
The UK on Friday opposed Israel’s announcement of its intention to resume plans for development within the E1 space within the occupied West Financial institution, a transfer that may cut up the Palestinian territory.
“The UK strongly opposes the announcement by the central planning bureau of Israel’s Civil Administration to reintroduce the E1 settlement plan, frozen since 2021,” stated a International, Commonwealth and Improvement Workplace spokesperson.
The plan would come with the development of greater than 3,000 homes to the east of Jerusalem, dividing a future Palestinian state in two, learn the assertion, and “marking a flagrant breach of worldwide legislation”.
A Palestinian man inspects burned automobiles, after Israeli settlers set hearth to automobiles within the Palestinian city of Burqa, close to Ramallah within the Israeli-occupied West Financial institution, July 15, 2025 (Mohammed Torokman/Reuters)
US Democratic Senators Bernie Sanders, Peter Welch, Jeff Merkley and Chris Van Hollen issued a joint assertion on Friday condemning Israel’s longstanding plan to destroy and power out Palestinian communities in Masafer Yatta, within the South Hebron Hills.
Amid frequent assaults by settlers and troops within the space, Israeli authorities are advancing with plans to show the Masafer Yatta space into an “open hearth” zone for his or her navy.
