Ramallah, October 6 (Petra) – Several Palestinians were shot by illegal Israeli settlers on Tuesday, while three others including AFP photojournalist Jafar Ishtayeh were beaten in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its teams treated the injured at the scene and transported several of them to hospital for further treatment.
In Jenin, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission said the Israeli occupation authorities had issued a new military order to seize 0.741 dunams of land in the Al-Jabriyat neighborhood, which lies within the area classified as "Area A," citing what they described as "urgent military purposes." The commission said the order targets plots in Basin 20071 and partially overlaps with land previously targeted by a military order issued last May, creating a contiguous area.
The order is valid for 60 days, with a 24-hour period for submitting objections, it said.
The commission warned that the significance of the decision extends beyond the size of the targeted area, saying the cumulative impact of successive orders to seize land and establish corridors threatens the Palestinian urban fabric within the classified area.
In occupied Jerusalem, Israeli occupation forces demolished a five-story residential building containing 10 apartments in the Al-Tur neighbourhood, following a raid involving several military vehicles.
The Jerusalem Governorate said the authorities had issued the residents a final demolition notice on Monday, following years of legal proceedings involving demolition orders and financial fines, while refusing to grant the owners building permits.
According to the governorate, the authorities carried out 139 demolition and leveling operations in Jerusalem during the third quarter of 2026 and issued 150 notices and orders related to demolition, eviction and land seizure. Of those, 140 concerned demolition.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has documented the demolition of approximately 170 Palestinian structures in East Jerusalem since the beginning of the year, citing the absence of building permits.
OCHA has highlighted the difficulties Palestinians face in obtaining such permits, as well as an escalation in demolition and eviction operations and the concerns these actions raise under international humanitarian law.
//Petra// AK
