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<article data-history-node-id="446795" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-beat-two-elderly-palestinian-sisters-ramallah" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-settlers-beat-two-elderly-palestinian-sisters-ramallah" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli settlers beat two elderly Palestinian sisters in Ramallah</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Two elderly Palestinian sisters were injured after being attacked by Israeli settlers while picking figs from their land in the town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah, Wafa news agency reported</p> <p>Local sources told Wafa that the settlers brutally attacked the sisters, Mona and Alia Mahmoud Hamed, aged 75 and 65, before stealing their mobile phones and the keys to their vehicle.&nbsp;</p> <p>According to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, Israeli forces and settlers have carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinians, their lands, and their properties in July. Israeli forces were responsible for 1,458 of these attacks, while setters carried out 798.</p> <p>Meanwhile, six Palestinians who suffered suffocation on Saturday evening after inhaling toxic tear gas fired by Israeli forces during a raid on al-Fara'a refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank province of Tubas, were treated by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="WestBank" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d1d339d6-b36a-4242-981b-4dc12e24e6c5" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/Palestinian%20men%20watch%20Israeli%20soldiers%20from%20the%20roof%20of%20a%20home%20besieged%20by%20settlers%20in%20Qusra%2C%20occupied%20West%20Bank%2C%2018%20August%202026%20%28Ilia%20Yefimovich%20AFP%29.jpg" width="1341" height="754" alt="WestBank" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission says Israeli forces and settlers carried out 2,256 attacks against Palestinians and their properties in July 2026. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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<article data-history-node-id="441126" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-commits-over-3000-violations-truce-deal-gaza-media-office-says" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-commits-over-3000-violations-truce-deal-gaza-media-office-says" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel commits over 3,000 violations of truce deal in Gaza, Media Office says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Israel has committed 3,005 violations of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which came into effect in October.&nbsp;</p> <p>"These violations have ranged from bombings and direct targeting of civilians to the destruction of entire residential areas, repeated gunfire and incursions into residential zones," the Gaza Government Media Office said in a statement.&nbsp;</p> <p>As a result, over 910 civilians have been killed, with 2,747 others left wounded. Moreover, 82 people were abducted&nbsp;and arrested by Israeli forces during this period.&nbsp;</p> <p>Aid continues to be&nbsp;stifled by Israeli restrictions, with more than 64 percent of relief denied entry into&nbsp;the territory.</p> <p>This includes food, water, medicine, fuel and other humanitarian necessities.&nbsp;</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="Palestinians mourn a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed in an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced families, Khan Younis, south Gaza, 25 May 2026 (Ramadan Abed/Reuters)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9d700345-26d1-430e-840a-de50a58ffdb6" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/palestinians-mourn-six-yr-old-killed-israel-strike-south-gaza-25-may-2026-reuters.jpg" width="5139" height="2891" alt="Palestinians mourn a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed in an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced families, Khan Younis, south Gaza, 25 May 2026 (Ramadan Abed/Reuters)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>Palestinians mourn a six-year-old girl killed in an Israeli strike on tents sheltering displaced families, Khan Younis, south Gaza, 25 May 2026 (Ramadan Abed/Reuters)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

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