Around 11:30 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of people as they were getting flour in Al-Shaaf neighborhood, east of Gaza City. Three people were killed. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Sulaiman Shamali 2. Amjad Sulaiman Shamali (son) 3. Ahmad Sulaiman Shamali (son)

Around 8 am, an Israeli drone strike targeted a group of farmers, killing three, in Mawasi Rafah. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Muhammad Mahmoud Abdurahman Shalouf 2. Mahmoud Iyad Mahmoud Shalouf 3. Rajaa Abu Khatla

Around 11 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted the Abu Sahloul family house in the vicinity of Al-Shafii mosque in Al-Qatatwa area west of Khan Younis, killing eight people. **Names of the martyrs (identified):** 1. Lamia Abd Muhammad Abu Sahloul 2. Mohammad Ibrahim Farih Abu Sahloul (12 y/o) 3. Ahmad Ibrahim Farih Abu Sahloul (7 y/o) 4. Osama Ahmad Mohammad Abu Sahloul 5. Shorouk Omar Al-Astal/Al-Najjar

Around 10 am, Israeli artillery shelled the town of Khuza'a, eats of Khan Younis, killing one young man. **Name of the martyr:** - Muhammad Nidal Abu Reeda

Around 11:50 am, an Israeli drone killed a child and a man in the Shujaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City. The 15 year-old child Fayz Abu Samra was trying to reach his home to fetch flour for his four sisters.

Around 11 am, an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of people in Beit Lahia, killing two people. On the mornng of the next day, an Israeli drone airstrike targeted a funeral home where the victims' family (Al-Masri) was gathered, killing six other memebrs of the family. **Names of the martyrs:** 1. Wisam Adnan Al-Masri (May 1st) 2. Wael Al-Masri "Abu Haitham" (May 1st) 3. Sari Tamer Al-Masri (May 2nd) 4. Adnan Abdul-Raouf Al-Masri (May 2nd) 5. Muhammad Adnan Al-Masri (May 2nd) 6. Sami Abdul-Raouf Al-Masri (May 2nd) 7. Bilal Nabil Al-Masri (May 2nd) 8. Sameh Wael Al-Masri (May 2nd)

On May 1st, 2025, in the framework of the "Iron Wall" military operation in West Bank, Israeli forces published mass Demolition Orders in Tulkarem and Nur Shams. They announced plans to demolish 106 homes in the Nur Shams and Tulkarem refugee camps, giving residents only 24 hours to evacuate. Dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, were detained while attempting to retrieve belongings from their homes. They were rounded up, threatened at gunpoint, and forced to march through the streets. Tear gas and stun grenades were thrown at them during their attempt to recover their possessions. **Attack against journalists** The female Palestinian Journalist Roaa Draidi, was taRGeted by gunfire when covering the attempt of the civilians to retrieve their belongings. The 2 Palestinian journalists Hamza Hamdan and Fadi Yassin (photojournalist) were arrested while covering the invasion of Tulkarem and its refugee camp.   **Context:** Eviction and demolition of the three main Refugee Camps in the northern West Banks is ongoing since the end of january and the beginning of the Iron Wall military operation. Israel ordered on May 1st 2025, the evacuation of 106 homes that it wants to demolish in Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps in the West Bank. The demolition intends to divide the camps into blocks with wide roads that separates them.

On April 30, Israeli forces raided Nablus and Beita. The killing occurred as the forces imposed a complete closure on the village, located in southern Nablus, following reports that one of their soldiers had been seriously injured during a raid. Israeli forces destroyed parts of the village’s infrastructure, raided Palestinian homes, and stormed the village’s elementary school for girls. On May 1, in the evening, the young Palestinian Alaa Shawkat Ahmed Khader (29 years old) from Nablus Governorate, was killed by a Israeli commando as a result of being directly targeted with live bullets. - The young man Alaa Shawkat Khudair was killed after succumbing to wounds inflicted by Israeli gunfire following confrontations with Israeli forces in Beita. - The Red Crescent emergency services in Nablus had earlier reported treating him for critical injuries sustained in the chest area before transferring him to the hospital. - The Ministry of Health, for its part, confirmed that 29-year-old Alaa Shawkat Ahmed Khudair was killed by Israeli gunfire, after being critically wounded during the IOF raid on Beita. - The funerals took place on May 2 in the West Bank village of Beita amid a large crowd. Photographer Wahaj Bani Moufleh documented the event for Activestills. [photos](https://www.activestills.org/image/57265/) **The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine statement** They issued a statement mourning Alaa Shawkat Khudair, 29, who was killed in Beita during confrontations with Israeli forces, which had besieged the town for days. The Front praised him as a hero and reaffirmed that popular resistance is the only path to freedom. It called for escalating action against the army and settlers, unifying resistance factions, and rebuilding Palestinian institutions democratically to achieve liberation, return, and independence. The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) is a Marxist-Leninist Palestinian faction founded in 1969, advocating for national liberation and socialism. It is a member of the PLO and supports a two-state solution, though it maintains an armed wing in West Bank to resist against Israeli raids. The group is mostly a political activism than an armed resistance. **Name of the Martyr :** Alaa Shawkat Ahmed Khudair, 29

On April 30, 2025, at around 10:20 P.M., about ten masked settlers, some of them armed, arrived in a white pickup truck and three ATVs at the tent encampment of the Abu Seif family in order to destroy their property, and steal all their Sheep. - They attacked this Palestinian farm belonging to the Abu Seif family, close to the Hamra military roadblock in the northern Jordan Valley, stealing dozens of the family’s livestock. - The settlers entered the sheep pen, drove the flock out, and stole it (70 sheep) - They smashed windows, solar panels with rocks and stones - They rammed deliberately rammed one of the family vehicle - They damaged the Second car damaged, - The tractor tires were punctured - They slashed the tires of water tankers The tent tarps were slashed, one tent set on fire. The community members managed to extinguish the fire before it spread. **Recognition of Attackers:** A Ranger ATV seen on security footage was recognized by locals as used by guards of a nearby outpost. Despite calls to the police, no officers responded. **Conclusion:** This incident reflects a broader pattern where settler violence is intertwined with state inaction or complicity, reinforcing the statement: "Settler violence is state violence." For instance, Israeli forces have tightened their military measures on Thursday at the Tayasir and Hamra military checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley, blocking Palestinians from crossing in either direction. **A Violation of International Law** All Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law. They violate the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits an occupying power from transferring its own civilian population into occupied territory or forcibly transferring the local population. These actions also amount to war crimes under international legal standards and have been condemned by multiple UN and Security Council resolutions.

On April 30, Israeli forces demolished two houses, five barracks, a livestock pen, and a water well in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. The army, accompanied by bulldozers and HYUNDAI excavators, demolished - a two-storey home belonging to the citizen, Hashem Ibrahim Al-Atmin in the village of Al-Zweidin in Masafer Yatta; the home was inhabited by 13 citizens. - a house belonging to the citizen, Khalil Ramadan Al-Atmin, which was shelter for 14 citizens, in addition to demolishing five barracks, a sheep pen, and a water well, all of which belonged to the Al-Atmin family. **The context:** The village mentioned is Zweidin, known in Arabic as الزويدين (al-Zweidin). It is a Palestinian village located in the South Hebron Hills, within the Masafer Yatta region of the southern West Bank. Zweidin has been the site of recent tensions and incidents involving Israeli settlers and military forces. Reports indicate that settlers, with military support, have entered the village, leading to confrontations with residents and international activists. These events have included arrests and restrictions on residents' access to their land. On April 11, 2025, Israeli soldiers (Magav Border Police) raided the village at the order of the violent settler Shimon Attia, who lead the outpost “Havat Shorashim.” They tried to expell the residents.