Coordinated Attacks and Evictions Reported in Gaza and the West Bank

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Israeli-Palestinian tensions continued to escalate this past week, with reports of increased violence and attacks on civilians in both Gaza and the West Bank. According to United Nations experts, Israeli policy has been described as “ethnically cleansing” the West Bank through daily attacks resulting in killings, injuries, and harassment of women and children.

In Gaza, Israeli air strikes, gunfire, and drone attacks continued throughout the week, with a total of 777 Palestinians killed and at least 2,193 injured since the October ceasefire. The cumulative death toll stands at 72,553, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.

Meanwhile, settlers in the West Bank launched coordinated attacks on villages near Ramallah, while Israeli strikes on civilians continued in Gaza. In East Jerusalem, new evictions and demolitions took place in occupied areas.

In diplomatic efforts, US-Hamas talks in Cairo focused on implementing phase-one commitments before discussing disarmament. No official agreement has been reached.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the full military occupation of Gaza and the establishment of Israeli settlements there if Hamas refuses to disarm entirely. This declaration was made during a ceremony commemorating the re-establishment of an illegal settlement in the northern West Bank.

In other developments, aid access into Gaza remains severely constrained due to Israeli restrictions at border crossings. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported that UN and partner aid inflows declined by 37 percent between the first and second three-month periods following the ceasefire.

Additionally, Palestinians in Gaza reported hours-long queues for bread due to dwindling flour and fuel supplies. Two civilian contractors delivering water on behalf of the United Nations Children’s Fund were shot dead by Israeli troops in northern Gaza.

Source: Al Jazeera