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Palestinians attend an anti-war protest and against Hamas in a rare show of public anger against the group that rules the territory, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP)
Asharq Al Awsat
3 August 2025
3 August 2025
AD ـ 09 Safar 1447 AH
Thousands of Palestinians protested in the occupied West Bank's major cities Sunday against the war in Gaza and in support of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
One of the largest marches took place in Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority located just north of Jerusalem, with hundreds gathering at the main square, waving Palestinian flags.
Many protesters carried photos of Palestinians killed or imprisoned by Israel, as well as photos depicting the hunger crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip, where UN-backed experts have warned that a "famine is unfolding".
"My son is in (Israel's) Megido prison and he suffers from many things, such as the lack of medicine the lack of food," Rula Ghanem, a Palestinian academic and writer who took part in the march, told AFP.
Thousands of Palestinians protested in the occupied West Bank's major cities Sunday against the war in Gaza and in support of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons.
One of the largest marches took place in Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority located just north of Jerusalem, with hundreds gathering at the main square, waving Palestinian flags.
Many protesters carried photos of Palestinians killed or imprisoned by Israel, as well as photos depicting the hunger crisis unfolding in the Gaza Strip, where UN-backed experts have warned that a "famine is unfolding".
"My son is in (Israel's) Megido prison and he suffers from many things, such as the lack of medicine the lack of food," Rula Ghanem, a Palestinian academic and writer who took part in the march, told AFP.
She told AFP that her son had lost 10 kilograms and suffered from scabies in jail.
The number of Palestinians jailed by Israel skyrocketed after the start of the war in Gaza, some for violent acts, but some also for posting political statements on social media, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees' and Ex-Detainees' Affairs says.
The commission's spokesman Thaer Shriteh told AFP: "The international community is a partner in all this suffering, as long as it does not intervene quickly to save the Palestinian people and save the prisoners inside the prisons and detention centre."
A group of protesters dressed as skeletons and carried dolls around to symbolize the Gaza war's dire effect on children, who are most at risk of malnutrition.
Israel has heavily restricted the entry of aid into Gaza, which was already under blockade for 15 years before the war began.
UN agencies, humanitarian groups and analysts say that much of the trickle of food aid that Israel allows in is looted or diverted in chaotic circumstances.
"We hope that our stand today will have an impact in supporting our people in Gaza and the hungry children in Gaza," said 39-year-old Tagreed Ziada, one of the protesters at the Ramallah march.
Protests were held Sunday in other major Palestinian cities such as Nablus in the north and Hebron in the south, with many government employees receiving a day off to attend the demonstrations.
While there have been somewhat regular demonstrations against the war in Gaza, they are rarely coordinated across various cities in the West Bank.
West Bank Village Buries Palestinian Killed by Israeli Settlers
Mourners gather at a hospital in Nablus, West Bank, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2025, for the funeral of Muin Asfar, 24, a Palestinian killed during clashes with Israeli settlers in the village of Aqraba. (AP)
Asharq Al Awsat
3 August 2025
AD ـ 09 Safar 1447 AH
Residents of the occupied West Bank village of Aqraba buried a 24-year-old Palestinian on Sunday who was killed by Israeli settlers the day before, the mayor told AFP.
The man was killed during a violent confrontation involving firearms that lasted half an hour and left eight other people injured, mayor Salah Jaber said.
"It happened very close to the homes of residents. That's why they (came out) to defend their area, their homes and their farms," Jaber said.
"The shooting was clearly intended to kill. The injuries were extremely severe, even to the limbs -- one person was killed instantly," Jaber said, identifying the dead man as 24-year-old Muin Asfar.
Jaber said that although the Israeli army was present, "it was supporting the settlers more than protecting the Palestinians".
Contacted by AFP, the military said that it was looking into the incident.
Fouad Nafaah, director of the hospital in the nearby city of Nablus, told AFP that Asfar was already dead when he arrived at the facility.
An AFP photographer reported that relatives had come to the morgue to retrieve Asfar's body, which was wrapped in a Palestinian flag.
Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has soared since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 triggered the Gaza war.
Since then, Israeli troops and settlers have killed at least 967 Palestinians, including many militants, according to health ministry figures.
Over the same period, at least 36 Israelis, including security forces, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations, according to official figures.
Residents of the occupied West Bank village of Aqraba buried a 24-year-old Palestinian on Sunday who was killed by Israeli settlers the day before, the mayor told AFP.
The man was killed during a violent confrontation involving firearms that lasted half an hour and left eight other people injured, mayor Salah Jaber said.
"It happened very close to the homes of residents. That's why they (came out) to defend their area, their homes and their farms," Jaber said.
"The shooting was clearly intended to kill. The injuries were extremely severe, even to the limbs -- one person was killed instantly," Jaber said, identifying the dead man as 24-year-old Muin Asfar.
Jaber said that although the Israeli army was present, "it was supporting the settlers more than protecting the Palestinians".
Contacted by AFP, the military said that it was looking into the incident.
Fouad Nafaah, director of the hospital in the nearby city of Nablus, told AFP that Asfar was already dead when he arrived at the facility.
An AFP photographer reported that relatives had come to the morgue to retrieve Asfar's body, which was wrapped in a Palestinian flag.
Violence in the West Bank, which Israel has occupied since 1967, has soared since the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023 triggered the Gaza war.
Since then, Israeli troops and settlers have killed at least 967 Palestinians, including many militants, according to health ministry figures.
Over the same period, at least 36 Israelis, including security forces, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations, according to official figures.
Palestinian-American dies of smoke inhalation in West Bank after settlers set fires to cars, homes
August 3, 2025 / CBS/AP
A Palestinian American died in the Israeli-occupied West Bank last week after a confrontation with settlers, U.S. officials confirmed.
Khamis Ayyad, who was in his 40s, died Thursday from smoke inhalation in Silwad, a village in the central West Bank near several Israeli settlements, a U.S. official told CBS News. The Palestinian health ministry said on Friday that the fires were set by settlers on homes and vehicles in Silwad, according to the Agence France-Presse.
Haleema Ayyad, mother of slain Palestinian American Khamis Ayyad, holds a mobile phone with her son's photo.NASSER NASSER / AP
A U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed to CBS News the death on Sunday and condemned what they called "criminal violence by any party."
"We offer condolences to the family on their loss and are providing consular assistance to them," the spokesperson said, adding that they would not be commenting further.
Ayyad was laid to rest on Friday.
A Palestinian inspects a burnt car following an Israeli settler attack in the village of Silwad, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 31, 2025.NIDAL ESHTAYEH/XINHUA VIA GETTY IMAGES
The Palestinian Authority, which administers part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, told AFP that some villages around Silwad also came under attack by settlers, in which vehicles, homes and farmlands were set ablaze.
Witnesses said Israeli forces fired live rounds and tear gas toward residents after the settlers attacked.
Israel's military said police were investigating the incident. They said security forces found Hebrew graffiti and a burnt vehicle at the scene but had not detained any suspects.
People inspect the damage after an Israeli settler attack at dawn that torched a house and nearby cars in Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on July 31, 2025.ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Ayyad is the latest Palestinian American to die in the West Bank in three weeks.
Saifullah Kamel Musallet, a 20-year-old man from Tampa, was beaten to death by settlers while visiting family in the West Bank in July. He was killed in a confrontation with settlers while protecting his family's land in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, according to his family and the Palestinian Health Ministry.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who visited Gaza last week with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, has asked Israel to "aggressively investigate the murder" of Musallet, saying in a social media post that "there must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act."
There has been a rise in settler attacks on Palestinians, as well as Palestinian militant attacks on Israelis and large-scale Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel out of Gaza that triggered the Israel-Hamas war.
Hamas-led terrorists killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, that day and abducted 251 others. They still hold 50 hostages, including around 20 still believed to be alive. Most of the others have been released in ceasefires or other deals.
Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which doesn't distinguish between militants and civilians and operates under the Hamas government. The U.N. and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of data on casualties.
In Gaza on Sunday, at least 23 Palestinians seeking food were killed by Israeli forces, according to hospital officials and witnesses, who described facing gunfire as hungry crowds surged around aid sites.
Desperation has gripped the Palestinian territory of more than 2 million, which experts have warned is facing famine because of Israel's blockade and nearly two-year offensive.
Margaret Brennan contributed to this report.
August 3, 2025 / CBS/AP
A Palestinian American died in the Israeli-occupied West Bank last week after a confrontation with settlers, U.S. officials confirmed.
Khamis Ayyad, who was in his 40s, died Thursday from smoke inhalation in Silwad, a village in the central West Bank near several Israeli settlements, a U.S. official told CBS News. The Palestinian health ministry said on Friday that the fires were set by settlers on homes and vehicles in Silwad, according to the Agence France-Presse.
Haleema Ayyad, mother of slain Palestinian American Khamis Ayyad, holds a mobile phone with her son's photo.NASSER NASSER / APA U.S. State Department spokesperson confirmed to CBS News the death on Sunday and condemned what they called "criminal violence by any party."
"We offer condolences to the family on their loss and are providing consular assistance to them," the spokesperson said, adding that they would not be commenting further.
Ayyad was laid to rest on Friday.
A Palestinian inspects a burnt car following an Israeli settler attack in the village of Silwad, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 31, 2025.NIDAL ESHTAYEH/XINHUA VIA GETTY IMAGESThe Palestinian Authority, which administers part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, told AFP that some villages around Silwad also came under attack by settlers, in which vehicles, homes and farmlands were set ablaze.
Witnesses said Israeli forces fired live rounds and tear gas toward residents after the settlers attacked.
Israel's military said police were investigating the incident. They said security forces found Hebrew graffiti and a burnt vehicle at the scene but had not detained any suspects.
People inspect the damage after an Israeli settler attack at dawn that torched a house and nearby cars in Silwad town, northeast of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank on July 31, 2025.ZAIN JAAFAR/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGESAyyad is the latest Palestinian American to die in the West Bank in three weeks.
Saifullah Kamel Musallet, a 20-year-old man from Tampa, was beaten to death by settlers while visiting family in the West Bank in July. He was killed in a confrontation with settlers while protecting his family's land in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, according to his family and the Palestinian Health Ministry.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, who visited Gaza last week with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, has asked Israel to "aggressively investigate the murder" of Musallet, saying in a social media post that "there must be accountability for this criminal and terrorist act."
There has been a rise in settler attacks on Palestinians, as well as Palestinian militant attacks on Israelis and large-scale Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel out of Gaza that triggered the Israel-Hamas war.
Hamas-led terrorists killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, that day and abducted 251 others. They still hold 50 hostages, including around 20 still believed to be alive. Most of the others have been released in ceasefires or other deals.
Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which doesn't distinguish between militants and civilians and operates under the Hamas government. The U.N. and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of data on casualties.
In Gaza on Sunday, at least 23 Palestinians seeking food were killed by Israeli forces, according to hospital officials and witnesses, who described facing gunfire as hungry crowds surged around aid sites.
Desperation has gripped the Palestinian territory of more than 2 million, which experts have warned is facing famine because of Israel's blockade and nearly two-year offensive.
Margaret Brennan contributed to this report.
Illegal Israeli settlers torch Palestinian vehicle, spray racist graffiti in new West Bank attack
Aysar Alais and Ikram Kouachi |03.08.2025 - TRT/AA
ISTANBUL
Illegal Israeli settlers launched a new attack on Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, setting fire to a vehicle and spraying racist graffiti in the city of Hebron, southern West Bank, a local said.
Ishaq Idris, a resident, told Anadolu that the attackers stormed the area, surrounded his home, and torched his vehicle before fleeing the scene.
Idris said the latest settler attack was part of an ongoing campaign to pressure Palestinian residents to leave the area and make way for illegal settlement expansion.
The assault follows a deadly settler shooting on Saturday in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus, where a Palestinian was killed and eight others were injured.
According to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, nine Palestinians have been killed by illegal settlers since the start of 2025, while the death toll from settler violence since Oct. 7, 2023 has reached 31.
The commission also reported that illegal settlers carried out 2,153 attacks across the West Bank in the first half of this year alone.
Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, at least 1,012 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank by Israeli forces and illegal settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Illegal settlers carried out 2,153 attacks across West Bank in first half of this year alone, according to Palestinian figures
Aysar Alais and Ikram Kouachi |03.08.2025 - TRT/AA
ISTANBUL
Illegal Israeli settlers launched a new attack on Palestinian properties in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, setting fire to a vehicle and spraying racist graffiti in the city of Hebron, southern West Bank, a local said.
Ishaq Idris, a resident, told Anadolu that the attackers stormed the area, surrounded his home, and torched his vehicle before fleeing the scene.
Idris said the latest settler attack was part of an ongoing campaign to pressure Palestinian residents to leave the area and make way for illegal settlement expansion.
The assault follows a deadly settler shooting on Saturday in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus, where a Palestinian was killed and eight others were injured.
According to the Palestinian Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, nine Palestinians have been killed by illegal settlers since the start of 2025, while the death toll from settler violence since Oct. 7, 2023 has reached 31.
The commission also reported that illegal settlers carried out 2,153 attacks across the West Bank in the first half of this year alone.
Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, at least 1,012 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank by Israeli forces and illegal settlers, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
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