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2024-04-09T04:41:00.004Z
Suleiman Al-Najada, his two wives, and 9 of his children, in addition to his mother, brother, and family, live in two adjacent houses made of tin and tents in the Al-Auja Waterfall area. About 110 families residing in the Bedouin area are exposed to attacks on an almost daily basis by settlers.
The attacks consist of stealing their sheep, vandalizing their tents, destroying their property, and preventing them from farming on their lands.
The occupation raises the number of arrests in the West Bank to 7,740 since October 7 The occupation raises the number of arrests in the West Bank to 7,740 since October 7. This comes at a time when local Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces were tightening their military measures on the Tayasir and Hamra military checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley...
The European Union condemns Israel's confiscation of 8,000 dunums of the Jordan Valley The European Union condemns Israel's confiscation of 8,000 dunums of the Jordan Valley. This is considered the largest confiscation since the signing of the Oslo Accords between the Palestine Liberation Organization and Israel in 1994...
The Jordan Valley...the breadbasket of the West Bank The Jordan Valley is a narrow strip, about 120 kilometers long, and its width ranges between 5 and 25 kilometers. Its area is about 2,400 square kilometers, equivalent to about 30% of the total area of the West Bank...
Israel confiscates 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank Israel confiscates 800 hectares of land in the occupied West Bank. According to Israeli activists, it is the largest seizure of Palestinian lands since 1993...
