A medical source reported that "a martyr and 5 wounded arrived at Al-Shifa Hospital as a result of an Israeli drone strike near Haider roundabout, west of Gaza City," after the drone fired a missile directly at a stall selling household goods west of Gaza City, causing the death of one person and the injury of 5 others.
On Wednesday evening, the Israeli army bombed a building housing hundreds of displaced people in the Ansar area, west of Gaza City, causing a fire and burning a number of tents of displaced people surrounding the place and displacing dozens of families, as part of its daily violations of the ceasefire agreement in effect since October 10.
Israeli warplanes launched several raids on a government building after issuing an evacuation warning, causing it to catch fire and the flames to spread to tents of displaced people in the surrounding area.
The Civil Defense Authority in the Gaza Strip said in a statement: "Firefighting crews were able to control a fire that broke out in the tents of displaced people in the Ansar area, west of Gaza City, a short while ago, as a result of the occupation targeting one of the buildings."
In the West Bank, a young Palestinian man was shot and wounded by the Israeli army on Wednesday, and another was wounded in an attack by settlers in the southern and northern West Bank, as the army continued its incursions into Palestinian areas.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that a young Palestinian man was shot by the Israeli army in the Al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, in the southern West Bank.
She added that "the occupation forces stormed the center of Al-Arroub camp and spread out in the streets and around the homes of citizens, and clashes broke out during which the occupation soldiers fired bullets, sound bombs and toxic tear gas towards the homes of citizens, resulting in a young man being shot in the foot."
Regarding the raids, the Voice of Palestine radio station (government-run) reported that the Israeli army stormed the town of Tuqu’ southeast of Bethlehem and “fired gas bombs among the homes of citizens,” while the official agency reported that an Israeli force, with a number of military vehicles, stormed the town of Dura southwest of Hebron, and spread out in the middle of the town, set up a military checkpoint, stopped citizens’ vehicles, and obstructed their movement.
Northeast of Ramallah (central West Bank), the agency said the Israeli army arrested a young man from the village of Al-Mughayyir "on suspicion of attempting to carry out a car-ramming attack," without providing further details.
In the northern West Bank, Wafa reported that Israeli settlers "kidnapped Youssef Mustafa Shteiwi from the village of Kafr Qaddum, assaulted him, causing bruises and fractures, before dumping him in a remote area near the village, from where he was taken to the hospital." According to the official radio station, an Israeli force, accompanied by a military bulldozer, raided the city of Tubas (north).
Since the start of the war on the Gaza Strip on October 8, 2023, settler attacks on Palestinian villages, towns and communities in the West Bank have escalated, leaving 42 Palestinian martyrs, according to data from the Palestinian Authority’s Commission against the Wall and Settlements (governmental).
Attacks by the army and settlers in the West Bank have resulted in the deaths of 1,125 Palestinians and injuries to approximately 11,700, , in addition to the arrest of around 22,000, according to official Palestinian figures. Besides killings and arrests, attacks by the army and settlers focus on the destruction and demolition of homes and structures, the displacement of Palestinians, and settlement expansion in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, which the international community considers occupied territory.
With American support, on October 8, 2023, Israel launched a two-year genocide in Gaza, leaving more than 72,000 martyrs and about 172,000 wounded Palestinians, and widespread destruction affecting 90% of the of the civilian infrastructure.
