Israeli Army Injures Palestinian With Gunfire Near Jerusalem, Arrests Four Palestinians

A Palestinian was injured by Israeli army gunfire near the occupied city of Jerusalem on Sunday evening, after the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said its crews transported to the hospital a young man shot with live rounds in the thigh near the barrier in the town of al-Ram, near Jerusalem.

The Jerusalem Governorate said the Israeli army stormed the town of Anata northeast of the city, and WAFA news agency reported that the Israeli army arrested on Sunday four Palestinians, including one in the village of Ti'asir east of Tubas and a woman inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem.

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In the northern West Bank, Mu'taz Bisharat, head of the settlement file in Tubas governorate, said in a statement that settlers damaged water lines east of the village of Atouf, and WAFA said that south of Jenin the Israeli army notified local residents of the seizure of about 9,000 square meters of land from the village of al-Funduqiyah for military purposes.

The same source said the targeted lands are privately owned and near the settlement 'Tersala' that the occupation is rebuilding north of the village and are planted with olive trees, while the article also states that Israel has intensified its attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza genocide in October 2023.

The West Asian report frames the broader context by stating that the Gaza genocide has left more than 1,148 Palestinians martyred and about 11,750 injured and about 22,000 arrested.

On the 78th anniversary of the Nakba, Jerusalem saw a heightened wave of tension in the Old City and the Al‑Aqsa Mosque as thousands of Israelis organized the 'Flag March' through Palestinian neighborhoods while chanting slogans including 'Death to Arabs.'

The report says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to keep Jerusalem 'united' under Israeli sovereignty and quoted him saying, 'After 59 years since unifying our city Jerusalem, we will continue to keep it united for us and for our children and grandchildren.'

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It also describes security deployments around Damascus Gate and near the Al‑Aqsa Mosque, and says videos documented the tense atmosphere and the participation of extreme Israeli ministers Itamar Ben‑Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich in the march.

The Jerusalem governorate confirmed that more than 1,400 settlers stormed the Al‑Aqsa Mosque in a single day, while the report says the mosque saw wide intrusions involving ministers, Knesset members, and settlers, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben‑Gvir raising the Israeli flag inside the mosque’s precincts and shouting 'The Temple Mount is in our hands.'

In a related development, the report says Israel Army Radio reported that Netanyahu’s government is poised to approve a plan to expropriate Palestinian lands and homes on Bab al‑Silsila Street in the Old City, aiming for 'full control' over the street connecting the Al‑Aqsa Mosque to the Western Wall.

Israel’s decision to resume land registration procedures in the occupied West Bank for the first time since 1967 is described by Israeli human rights groups as a move that will facilitate expropriation and displacement of Palestinians, in violation of international law.

“General overview: In Gaza, Palestinians remain shocked by the genocide orchestrated by Israel against them, despite the signing of a fragile ceasefire”

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France Palestine Solidarité says the land registration process was reinstated after Sunday's approval by far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Justice Minister Yariv Levin, and Defense Minister Israel Katz, and it quotes Bimkom saying the measure would 'systematize the dispossession of Palestinian lands in order to continue the expansion of Israeli settlements and to consolidate the apartheid regime.'

The article says land registration under the Jordanian administration covered about 30% of the total area, leaving about 70% of the West Bank 'completely unregistered,' and it adds that the government set a goal of resolving 15% of the unregistered lands within four years.

It also reports that Peace Now said the reinstated land registration process amounts to a 'total annexation' of Palestinian lands, quoting Hagit Ofran: 'It’s a way for Israel to take control of the West Bank.'

The piece further cites the International Court of Justice advisory opinion, including the ICJ holding that 'the expropriation of land and property, the transfer of populations and legislation aimed at incorporating the occupied part are totally invalid and cannot change that status.'