IOF kill preacher in Nablus, continue aggression on West Bank
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A Palestinian Muslim preacher is killed after being brutally beaten by Israeli occupation forces at the entrance of Aqaba town southeast of Nablus. In addition, Israeli forces detain 22 Palestinians from the West Bank.
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Mohammed Hanani looks at his burnt car following a settler attack that damaged vehicles and houses in the village of Beit Furik, in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, December 4, 2024. (AP)
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the West Bank reported the martyrdom of Sheikh Atef Malik Deriyeh after he was brutally beaten by Israeli occupation forces at the entrance of Aqaba town southeast of Nablus.
Furthermore, Israeli occupation bulldozers demolished two commercial establishments selling used vehicle parts in Hawara town south of Nablus on Wednesday. Israeli settlers also set fire to a house under construction and two vehicles.
⬅️ جثمان الشهــيد الشيخ عاطف مالك ديريه الذي ارتقى بعد اعتداء قوات الاحتلال عليه بالضرب المبرح على مدخل بلدة عقربا قبل قليل pic.twitter.com/fYUkQobIlO
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) December 4, 2024
IOF troops also arrested at least 22 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank between last night and Wednesday morning, including two children, a woman, and a former detainee. According to the Palestinian Authority’s Prisoners Affairs Commission and the Palestinian Prisoner Society, the detention campaign was concentrated in the Qalqilya and Tubas governorates, with additional detentions across Beit Lahm, Ramallah, al-Khalil, and Nablus.
In northern occupied al-Quds, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that 14 Palestinians were injured during an Israeli raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp, including two from rubber-coated bullets and 12 from toxic tear gas inhalation. The Israeli army stormed the camp early this morning, closing its entrance and sparking confrontations with local Palestinians, during which toxic tear gas was fired.
Additionally, Israeli occupation forces raided the villages of Qabya and Safa west of Ramallah early this morning, storming several homes.
Israeli settler councils drafting West Bank 'annexation' plan
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s re-election as US President, Israeli settler councils have been formulating a strategy to expedite the "annexation" of the occupied West Bank and other Palestinian territories, Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom reported.
A central focus of this plan is the future control and usurpation of more Palestinian territories, with the aim of developing "an operational strategy ready for implementation during a potential Trump administration," the newspaper pointed out.
It revealed that a high-level meeting on the initiative included Avihai Boaron, a member of parliament from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party, along with representatives of various settler councils.
During the meeting, Boaron emphasized the urgency of the situation, describing it as “a critical juncture – a window of opportunity that we can utilize either wisely or squander."
"Taking the foolish path would merely result in 700,000 residents and additional housing units four years from now," Boaron indicated at the meeting.
He underscored that "the wise approach would establish conditions to make West Bank and the Jordan Valley inseparable from Israel – not just by creating demographic facts on the ground, but by fundamentally transforming the region's administrative framework."
According to Israel Hayom, the plan proposes expanding the authority of settler councils to encompass regional council areas, thereby granting Israeli authorities control over interconnecting regions, not solely the settlements themselves.
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