Around 9:30 am, Israeli drones shot and killed two Palestinians **inside an UNRWA school** opposite of the municipal stadium in central Rafah. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Musa Muhammad Qeshta "Abu Bahaa" 2. Khaled Muhammad Al-Shaer "Al-Saqr" In addition, since the early morning hours IDF troops opened fire around homes in the Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. In addition, two Palestinians were injured by Israeli gunfire in Al-Shaaf area, east of Gaza City. Around midday, Israeli patrol boats opened fire on the shore of Rafah. Around 2:30 pm, Israeli drones were dropping grenades near residential buildings on Omar ibn al-Khattab Street in central Rafah.

**General Context:** Since October 7, 2023, Israel has intensified efforts to expel Palestinian shepherding communities from the northern Jordan Valley. This involves land takeovers, settler violence, travel restrictions, military actions, and local government harassment. **Situation of Samra:** Khirbet Samra is one of the Palestinian shepherding communities in the Jordan Valley affected by settler expansion and Israeli policies. The Israeli authorities and settlers have significantly reduced Palestinian grazing areas by taking over thousands of dunams of land, installing fences, and blocking access roads. Samra and other communities experience frequent settler attacks, including physical assaults, destruction of property, and livestock theft. Shepherding families in Samra face increased costs for feed and water due to restricted grazing land and blocked water sources. Forced Displacement: The combined pressures of violence, land restrictions, and economic difficulties make it difficult for residents of Samra to maintain their way of life, leading to displacement. **On Summer 2024**, several families from this community were expelled,when settlers from Kurnitz's outpost attacked them dozens of times in raids, pepper spray and stones. **On February 2025**, the shepherd community that lives in Khirbet Samra has been suffering for weeks from harassment by settlers from Asael Kurnitz's illegal outpost, which sits on a hill across the road. Nighttime incursions, intimidation, and sheep theft,.. They attacked the Abu Aram community in Samra, and led to its expulsion after establishing an outpost ~100 meters from the community. **On February 26**, settlers from the outpost arrived and began building a new outpost right above the community. Another stage in the attempted expulsion and continued ethnic cleansing in the Jordan Valley. **On March 2, 2025**, the local communities decided to move away under the pressure of the daily sattler violence. **On April 26,2025**, Israeli settlers stormed Khirbet Samra raised Israeli flags near Palestinian tents. **On June 11, 2025**, during the night, 45 sheep were stolen by the settlers. **On June 22, 2025**, youth from Asael Kurnitz's illegal outpost, "Erez Shemesh Farm", came to the home of A, a Palestinian Shepered, and proclaimed that he and his family have 8 days to evacuate their home. **On June 23**, The following day, a Magav cop showed up in uniform and said they have 7 days remaining. Uri Cohen from the illegal outpost "Nof Gilad Farm" also threatened them with expulsion, and said he will expand the fence he is constructing along Alon Raod. to block Palestinian Shepereds To the lands of their community. Kurnitz and Cohen (each receive hundreds of thousands of NIS from the state) have a long history of attacking and expelling communities in the Northern Jordan Valley. A.'s family is the latest target in their sight. All of this happens with the help of state forces who push the communities to leave and arrest their residents, as part of the campaign to ethnically cleanse the Jordan Valley. **On July 3, 2025,** Several Palestinian houses of Khirbet Samra were destroyed by settlers who left their signature the Star of David and the words “the people of Israel live” Fifty Palestinian shepherd families lived there. They were forced to flee"

As the first phase of the ceasefire deal ended, Israel continued stalling the start of the second phase, proposing instead an extension of the first phase. This move was widely seen as an attempt to keep the door open for a resumption of its aggression on Gaza, instead of gradually paving the way to a permanent ceasefire. Since the early morning hours on March 2, 2025, a series of Israeli attacks were reported across the length of the Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians, while injuring at least five others. At the same time, the Israeli Prime Minister's office announced that it would unilaterally close all borders crossings into Gaza and halt the entry of aid.  The following is a timeline of Israeli crimes and violations of the ceasefire during the day: - 6:45 am: intense gunfire from Israeli tanks east of the towns of Al-Qarara and Abasan, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as east of the town of Johr Al-Dik and Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza. - 8 am: an Israeli drone strike targeted a group of people in Al-Bura area east of **Beit Hanoun**, North Gaza. The airstrike killed child Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Masri (14 y/o), and later killed his older brother, Huthaifa Ibrahim Al-Masri (21 y/o) as his rushed to carry Mohammad. Moments later, Israeli troops advanced in the northern areas of Beit Hanoun and opened fire. - 9:30 am: **stun grenades** launched towards home in Al-Janina neighborhood, **Rafah**. One woman was injured. - 11:30 am: **Mahmoud Midhat Abu Harb** was shot by a **sniper** while he was atop his house in **Rafah**. - Midday: Palestinian woman Wafaa Fathi Fusayfis Killed by an **airstrike** in Al-Farrahin neighborhood in **Khan Younis**. Two other people were injured. - 6:40 pm: Two killed in Israeli drone strike around the airport in **Rafah**. One of the victims was identified as Badr Ibrahim Abu Sanima, a yonug man freed from Israeli captivity. In the meantime, leading Israeli figures praised the Israeli move and incited for an escalation of aggression: Deputy Speaker of the Knesset Nissim Vaturi  Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich 

Video shows Israeli soldiers chasing a 52-year-old Palestinian man with an intellectual disability, throwing him to the ground, and kicking him during a raid on the al-Fawwar refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, before another Palestinian man intervened.

On Wednesday 26 February, 2025, Israeli forces shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian boy yesterday near the northern checkpoint of Qalqilya in the occupied Palestinian West Bank. The 16-year-old Hamed Mohammad Fadel Nazzal, from Qalqilya, was shot behind his head with live ammunition fired by the Israeli army while he was near the separation and expansion wall. He was subsequently transferred to Qalqilya Hospital, where his condition was described as critical. He was pronounced dead shortly after. **Defense for Children International - Palestine report about the event :** "Hamed Mohammad Fadel Nazzal was near the Qalqilya checkpoint with a small group of boys around 3:30 p.m. on February 26 where he was killed shortly after, according to documentation collected by Defense for Children International - Palestine. Eyewitnesses reported no visible presence of Israeli soldiers or military vehicles outside the checkpoint at the time. At approximately 3:45 PM, the sound of four to six gunshots was heard in the area. Minutes later, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society received a report of a child shot near the checkpoint. When paramedics arrived, they found Hamed lying in a pool of blood with no vital signs, surrounded by 30 to 40 Israeli soldiers. Hamed sustained a gunshot wound to the upper right shoulder from behind, lodging in his neck, causing a fractured vertebra, severe damage to his jaw, and internal bleeding. The paramedics attempted to revive Hamed but found no response to these efforts. He was transferred to Darwish Nazzal Hospital in Qalqilya, where he was pronounced dead at 4:18 p.m. **Defense for Children International - Palestine statement** “Israeli forces continue to kill Palestinian children with impunity, using live ammunition in situations where they pose no threat,” according to Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “Hamed’s killing is yet another example of the Israeli military’s shoot-to-kill policy, where soldiers face no consequences for the unlawful killing of Palestinian children.” Hamed’s killing is part of a broader pattern of Israel’s escalating use of unlawful lethal force against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Evidence collected by DCIP consistently shows that Israeli forces regularly kill Palestinian children in situations that amount to extrajudicial or willful killings, further entrenching Israel’s culture of impunity. Israeli forces routinely carry out raids with excessive and reckless force, often targeting children with live ammunition, obstructing medical aid, and carrying out indiscriminate shootings with complete impunity. Under international law, civilians are entitled to protection from excessive and arbitrary violence, yet Israeli authorities continue to disregard these protections, furthering its system of systematic oppression and domination over Palestinians. Israeli forces have killed 17 Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank in 2025, according to documentation collected by DCIP. Eight children were killed by Israeli drone strikes, eight children were shot and killed with live ammunition, and one child with unknown nature of injury. **Name of the victim :** Hamed Mohammad Fadel Nazzal

Since February 24, the Israeli army is expanding its offensive "Iron Wall" storming and opening fire in the city of Nablus. **On February 25** The Israeli army conducts a new military raid in Nablus, West Bank, just hours after withdrawing its forces, according to witnesses. They raided in 3 sucessive waves during the same day. - In the morning, Israeli forces have raided the Imam Ali Mosque, blewing up the doors of the mosque and confiscating the recordings of surveillance cameras installed there. - In the afternoon, Israeli soldiers deployed around the city's western cemetery, violating its sanctity and demolishing several graves. Israeli forces fired tear gas in the vicinity of the western cemetery on al-Jamaa Street directly at Palestinian journalists covering the raid. Some children were blocked in the vicinity of the cemetery and were also targeted by tear gas. - A Palestinian child was reported shot and injured by Israeli occupation forces near Al-Masaken neighborhood, east of Nablus. - Palestinian youth Tarek Qassas succumbed to the injuries he sustained after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces near the Western Cemetery in Nablus. Israeli forces attempted to arrest a wounded Palestinian youth from an ambulance after shooting him near the Western Cemetery in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.The victim was shot in the chest and succumbed to his injuries. - At the end of the afternoon, the Palestinian Red Crescent and Nablus Municipality Fire Department evacuated Palestinian children after the were being trapped inside a kindergarten due to the ongoing Israeli incursion in Nablus. Acccording to Palestinian News Agency: one killed and 7 wounded by the occupation forces' bullets in clashes in the western cemetery area in the city of Nablus. - Seven Palestinians were shot with live ammunition, - Three others were injured by bullet fragments, - One person was hurt from a fall. - Dozens of Palestinians, including a seven-month-old infant, suffered from suffocation due to tear gas and toxic gas canisters. Israeli forces withdrew from Nablus after several hours of incursion. Israeli forces also raided the eastern part of Nablus, firing live ammunition and toxic gas canisters near Askar refugee camp, injuring a Palestinian in the leg **Weapon :** According to Avihai Stollar, from Breaking the Silence, A Border Police David jeep fires its multi-barrel Combined System "Venom" 40mm tear gas grenade launcher at demonstrators in Nablus.

The Israeli forces stormed the town at dawn on February 23, 2025, accompanied by military bulldozers, and began destroying streets and infrastructure and cutting off water and electricity lines. – Israeli occupation forces imposed accompanied by a 48-hour curfew on the town of Qabatiya, south of Jenin, according to the governor of Jenin, Ahmad Zakarneh. -Israeli bulldozers destroyed the main entrance to the town from the direction of the Martyrs' Roundabout, reaching the Jerusalem Roundabout, and also vandalized citizens' properties, shops and vehicles, and completed the destruction of side roads between houses, and parts of the Martyrs' Cemetery at the entrance to the town and a café were bulldozed.

**On February 23, in the afternoon**, the Israeli army tanks invaded Jenin, in order to operating inside the Jenin camp، northern West Bank, for the first time since Operation Defensive Shield and the Second Intifada in 2000. - This is the clear sign that the Israeli offensive force will increase in the West Bank. - The force that will enter the camp consists of one tank company from the 188th Armored Brigade. - The army is preparing to remain for a long period inside the Jenin camp with the deployment of a permanent battalion that will continue to operate in Jenin without specifying a time period. **Context :** **On February 13**, The Israeli press reported that the IDF Central Command was considering establishing permanent outposts in the Jenin refugee camp, where a newly formed "Jenin Battalion" would be stationed for rapid deployment. If approved, the outposts would be placed within or near the camp, with an initial phase lasting several months to assess effectiveness. The IDF was also exploring expanding this strategy to other camps in northern "Samaria" (nother Governorate of West Bank). As Operation Wall of Iron nears completion, commanders see these outposts as "a long-term security solution". **Statement by Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz** "Fourty thousand #Palestinians evicted, so far, the Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams refugee camps, now unpopulated. @UNRWA activities in the camps was ceased. I ordered the Israel Defense Forces to remain in the cleansed camps for the next year, and prevent inhabitants from returning (...)." **On February 21, the Prime Minister has ordered the IDF to carry out an intensive operation in West Bank** "Following the attempt to perpetrate a chain of mass bus bombings, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has just completed a security assessment with the Defense Minister, the IDF Chief-of-Staff, the ISA Director and the Israel Police Inspector General The Prime Minister has ordered the IDF to carry out an intensive operation against centers of terrorism in Judea and Samaria. The Prime Minister also ordered the Israel Police and the ISA to increase preventative activity against additional attacks in Israeli cities." **The same day, visiting Tulkarem R.C., Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed,** : "We are entering the strongholds of terrorism, leveling entire streets and eliminating terrorists. I have instructed to augment the forces in Judea and Samaria and to launch additional operations". **On February 23, NGO Al-Haq Urges the International Community to Intervene,** as Israeli Tanks enter the West Bank following Netanyahu Orders of an “Intensive Operation” **On February 28 ** Eitan APCs were documented moving through the streets of Jenin. Deployed to the West Bank since early February. These vehicles are equipped with the Edge RCWS system, which incorporates AI capabilities and automatic target recognition for their machine gun. IDF Ground Forces and MAGAV Border Guard units are seen operating in Jenin, Qabatiya and Nablus. **Consequences of Iron Wall** Since the Iron Wall operation began, over 210 Palestinians have been arrested, more than 60 Palestinians killed, more than 30 infrastructures destroyed, only 85 weapons seized, and more than 14 aerial strikes conducted.

On Saturday, February 23, 2025, Israeli settlers burned down a house belonging to a family in the Bedouin community east of the village of Jaba’, north of Jerusalem. - They also burned a vehicle owned by one of the community’s residents and fired heavy gunfire at the citizens. - The group of Israeli extremist settlers acted as a militia using the "Price Tag" strategy. These colonists often carry out attacks on Palestinian civilians, their homes, crops, and livestock, and their actions are frequently accompanied by vandalism, arson, and assaults. - No injuries were reported inside the Palestinian farmers but 2 settlers were injured by the resident who try to protect themselves and their properties. **Statement of Al-Baidar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights and Targeted Villages** Hassan Malihat, General Supervisor of the Al-Baidar stated in a press statement that a terrorist group using the “price tag” strategy burned a house and a vehicle belonging to citizen Daoud Muhammad Musa Kaabneh, a resident of the community, and fired heavy bullets at the citizens, and attacked property. **Context :** On February 11, the Israeli government announced its intention to appoint a settlement official under its supervision to organize the terrorist acts carried out by the *Hilltop Youth gang* in the occupied West Bank, *“in order to protect them and not distract the occupation army forces with security developments that would cause them to lose focus.”*. This gang, like all settlers, are supported by Israeli government that promotes settlement and supports targeting Palestinians and expelling them from their lands. The "hilltop youth" are a group of very extremist Jewish youth who live in settlements, outposts, farms and isolated settlement units.

Ayman Nassar Taysir Al-Hemouni, 12, was near the home of a family member in the Al-Kasara area south of Hebron when he was shot in the back by an Israeli soldier inside a heavily armored military vehicle about 200 meters (656 feet) away around 6:30 p.m. on February 21, according to documentation collected by DCIP. Israeli forces were carrying out a military incursion and had regularly targeted the area for weeks. An ambulance immediately transported him to Mohammad Ali Al-Muhtaseb Hospital, located nearby, where doctors assessed the bullet struck Ayman’s right lung and settled in his left lung. Ayman was pronounced dead about 30 minutes later at 7 p.m. ### **The Guardian investigation (Published on March 1, 2025)** This summary execution occured in the frame of the Israeli expansion of Gaza Military Tactics in the West Bank, including displacing tens of thousands, demolishing districts, and loosening rules of engagement ("Gazafication": This term is used to describe the increasing militarization of the West Bank, resembling Israeli military actions in Gaza.) **Ayman al-Hammouni’s Case**: Ayman, a child, was shot in Hebron, with clear video evidence documenting the events leading up to his death. He was with his family when Israeli forces were conducting aggressive patrols in the area. Security footage shows soldiers advancing toward his location before the fatal shot. Ayman was hit by a bullet that entered his back and lodged in his lungs. Soldiers arrived at the scene, saw his body, and then walked away. **Israeli total impunity** : A soldier at a checkpoint reportedly taunted Ayman’s father, Nassar, claiming responsibility for his son’s death. The Israeli military (IDF) did not respond to inquiries about Ayman’s death. Investigations into Palestinian killings by Israeli soldiers rarely result in prosecutions. Yesh Din, an Israeli human rights group, estimates only a 0.4% chance of a soldier being prosecuted for killing a Palestinian. **Impact on Ayman’s Family:** His younger brother, Aysar, struggled to return to school. His father, Nassar, believes Israeli soldiers act with impunity, targeting civilians indiscriminately : Ayman was a premature baby and was in a hospital incubator for more than a month, Nassar recalled. But being a child is not much of a protection on the West Bank. “It is about rage and revenge,” Nassar said. “They don’t care if it’s a child, or a woman, or an old person. No one’s safe any more.” **Geolocation:** Geolocated to 31.519056, 35.115061 in the Al-Kasara area of Hebron, occupied #WestBank