Live Updates: Israeli attacks on West Bank devastate Jenin infrastructure

Sunday, September 1, 2024

06:34 GMT — Israeli attacks on West Bank devastate Jenin infrastructure

The Israeli army destroyed about 70 percent of the streets and infrastructure in Jenin city in the occupied northern West Bank during its ongoing military offensive for the fourth consecutive day, the local municipality has said.

“The occupying (Israeli) forces have demolished more than 70 percent of the city's streets completely (...) to a depth of approximately one to one-and-half meters, which has led to the destruction of water and sewage networks, as well as communication and electricity cables,” the Palestine news agency Wafa reported, citing Bashir Matahen, the director of Public Relations and Media at the Jenin Municipality.

He noted that “water has been cut off from 80 percent of the city and the entire camp due to the destruction of networks and the inability of technical teams to reach these networks to redirect them to other areas.”

05:42 GMT — Palestinians killed, injured in Israeli air strike near Gaza hospital

Several Palestinians were killed and injured in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday evening that targeted the area surrounding the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, but also caused damage to the health facility.

Israeli fighter jets carried out bombing hours after the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the launch of a polio vaccination campaign in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

“An Israeli airstrike targeted the vicinity of the Baptist Hospital, resulting in casualties and causing damage to the building,” a medical source told Anadolu.

04:52 GMT — German police detain several pro-Palestinian protesters after rally in Berlin

Several pro-Palestine protesters were detained by German police following a protest demonstration in Berlin against Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza, which has claimed over 40,600 lives since October 7 of last year, as well as recent intensified attacks in the occupied West Bank.

Hundreds of people gathered at Breslauer Square in the Fridenau district to protest Israel's attacks on Palestine and show solidarity with the Palestinians.

Demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags marched to Rathaus Steglitz subway station.

04:00 GMT — Four Palestinians injured as Israeli settlers storm Qusra in northern West Bank

Four people were injured Saturday evening when illegal Israeli settlers stormed Qusra, a Palestinian town south of Nablus in the northern West Bank, accompanied by Israeli security officials.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its teams in Nablus transported four injured people to the hospital.

The injured include “a 27-year-old man shot in the back with live ammunition, a 27-year-old man shot in the leg with live ammunition, a 16-year-old boy hit by a rubber bullet, and a 25-year-old man struck in the chest by a gas canister,” the statement said.

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