Four people killed in Israel' strike on Khan Yunis in Gaza Strip
At least four people died after Israel's airstrike on the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Al Jazeera television channel reported.
According to the television channel, the air raid targeted a residential house in that city. No further details were given.
The WAFA news agency reported earlier that three people were killed and several more were wounded as a result of Israel's strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the enclave.
Tensions flared up again in the Middle East on October 7 after militants from the Gaza Strip-based radical Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise incursion on Israeli territory, killing many Israeli kibbutz residents living near the Gaza border and abducting more than 250 Israelis, including women, children and the elderly.
Israel declared a total blockade of the Gaza Strip and launched bombardments of the enclave and some areas in Lebanon and Syria, as well as a ground operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Clashes are also reported in the West Bank.
Mapping 1,400 Israeli settler attacks in the West Bank over the past year
While Israel continues its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, in the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers have ramped up their attacks on people, often under the protection of Israeli soldiers.
Over the past year, at least 1,423 incidents of settler violence in the occupied West Bank were recorded – an average of four a day, according to data from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
With 321 incidents, Ramallah and el-Bireh governorate saw the highest number of settler attacks, followed by 319 incidents in Nablus and 298 in Hebron.
The highest number of settler attacks in the past year occurred in October 2023 with 233 incidents leading to deaths and/or property damage.
After the Hamas-led attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir distributed semiautomatic rifles and other weapons to settlers and far-right Israelis, which are now being used against Palestinians.
Since then, more than 120,000 firearms have been distributed among Israeli settlers, while tens of thousands more have received conditional approvals.
Written by: Ana Silva (Master student of International Relations and Security, department of politics)