Live Updates: Israeli army re-raids Tulkarem in occupied West Bank

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

05:46 GMT — Israeli army re-raids Tulkarem in occupied West Bank

The Israeli army has stormed the city of Tulkarem in the northern occupied West Bank again.

State-run Palestine TV reported that Israeli forces "entered Tulkarem from its southwestern axis."

Gunfire was reported around a besieged house in the Azbat al-Jarad area, with the army targeting it with a suicide drone, it added.

04:50 GMT — Jewish protesters in US demand Gaza ceasefire

Hundreds of Jewish protesters have gathered inside the Capitol building to demand a ceasefire in besieged Gaza and an arms embargo against Israel amid its carnage on the Palestinian enclave.

Activists with Jewish Voice for Peace staged a sit-in in the Cannon Rotunda, wearing shirts that read: "Stop Arming Israel" and "Not in Our Name."

Capitol police arrested some of the protestors.

04:00 GMT — Palestinian child succumbs to wounds from Israeli army gunfire

A Palestinian boy died from wounds he sustained after being shot earlier this month by Israeli forces in the northern occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

The agency said that 13-year-old Saif Ziyad Ali Ameir was shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers on July 11.

Ameir, from the town of Bal'a east of Tulkarm, was visiting his grandfather's home in the town of Meithalun, south of Jenin, when he was shot.

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