Palestinians describe scenes of a massacre after Israel bombs a refugee camp in north Gaza. Videos surface of Israeli soldiers torturing and abusing naked, bound Palestinian detainees in the West Bank.
As the humanitarian conditions in Gaza become “catastrophic,” tensions continue to rise on the border with Lebanon as Israel orders the evacuation of more settlements. Meanwhile, Israel denies rumors of a ceasefire.
While the world’s eyes are on Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza, Israel has also put the entire West Bank on lockdown. We are living under siege.
Four Palestinians were killed in the span of 24 hours, including a teenager that was killed in a settler attack on the Nablus-area town of Huwwara.
Amid the Jewish holiday season, Palestinians across the occupied territory pay the price, as settlers increase their attacks and the military and police restrict Palestinian access to holy places.
“Admitting Israel into the program after only a month-and-a-half-long trial after decades of discrimination, occupation, and apartheid is irresponsible,” AJP Action Advocacy Director Ayah Ziyadeh tells Mondoweiss.
Israeli settlers conducted attacks against Palestinians and their property across the occupied West Bank, including a settler’s ramming of a young disabled Palestinian man, and settlers pepper-spraying a four-year-old in the face.
Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in separate incidents on September 5. Meanwhile, both Israel and the PA step up their attacks against Palestinian resistance fighters in the West Bank.
The West Bank has become a crucial front for the battle over political legitimacy among Palestinian factions as a new phase of armed resistance rises.