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On 30 October, the German government called on Israel to protect Palestinians in the West Bank. [269] On 31 October, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell "firmly condemned" settler attacks in the West Bank. [270] Linda Thomas-Greenfield stated the United States was "deeply concerned," and condemned the killings of Palestinians in the West Bank. [271]
Eygi arrived in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on 3 September 2024 to engage in activism work with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM). [1] According to her family, she had been compelled to travel to the Israeli-occupied West Bank to stand with Palestinian civilians who have been enduring ongoing repression and violence. [ 17 ]
[13] [14] The PA has called it "Operation Protect the Homeland" [b] and says it was launched in order to "eradicate sedition and chaos" in the West Bank, [14] portraying militants as agents of instability and collaborators with the Israeli far-right, which has sought to weaken the PA. [15]
Khdour's death has been cited in discussions and news articles about the killings of Americans by Israelis, [8] including the killing of Ayşenur Eygi in the West Bank in September 2024. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] After Eygi's death, The Washington Post interviewed Khdour's father who referred to "an ongoing killing machine in the West Bank."
More broadly, there are reports of various forms of necroviolence against Palestinians (against corpses) in the ongoing occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In addition to the desecration or destruction of cemeteries, techniques include the withholding of Palestinian bodies from families, thus preventing the families' ability to mourn ...
In 2024 alone, Israel seized 23.7sq km (9.15 sq miles) of Palestinian land in the West Bank, more than in the past 20 years combined. [416] In August 2024, the Norwegian Refugee Council stated that 229 homes in East Jerusalem were demolished in 2023, the highest number on record. [417] Some families were forced to destroy their own homes. [418]
It was one of the largest airstrikes on the West Bank in more than two decades. [ 5 ] The IDF and Shin Bet stated that Zahi Yaser Abd al-Razeq Oufi, a Hamas commander planning to carry out an attack on the first anniversary of the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel , was killed alongside six other members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic ...
Palestine TV Khan Yunis Killed along with eleven relatives in an airstrike on his residence. [6] Mohamad Al-Bayyari Al-Aqsa TV Killed in an Israeli airstrike. [1] November 3, 2023 Haitham Harara Government media office in Gaza Rimal, Gaza City Killed by an airstrike on the gate of Al-Shifa Hospital. [7] November 5, 2023