‘No freedom at all’: Israeli closures leave West Bank patients trapped
Palestinians face hours-long waits at Israeli military checkpoints, forcing women to give birth outside hospitals.

Palestinians face hours-long waits at Israeli military checkpoints, forcing women to give birth outside hospitals.




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Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in separate attacks across the occupied West Bank, causing significant damage.
Settlers torch two mosques in the Palestinian territory as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu threatens ‘more broad action’.
The surge in violence comes after four Palestinians and two soldiers were killed in a gunfight on Friday.

‘No accountability for settler war crimes against Palestinians’

Dozens of Israeli activists protested in Tel Aviv against settler violence in the occupied West Bank.
Protest group says at least 200 demonstrated in Israeli capital a day after major escalation of West Bank violence.

Israeli forces intensify West Bank raids as settlers escalate attacks and settlement expansion accelerates.
Military crackdown follows a shooting that killed four Palestinians and two Israeli soldiers.

Overnight funerals were held for four Palestinians killed near Nablus.