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Gaza’s civil defense identified one of the dead as Mohamed Tamous and said he was a volunteer for the agency, which serves as an emergency rescue service under Hamas.Israeli occupiers injure four Palestinians, besiege family home in West BankMeanwhile, Israeli occupiers injured four Palestinians in separate attacks across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, including a couple whose home was besieged south of Hebron.Dozens of Israeli occupiers surrounded the home….
He said the occupiers had earlier erected a tent just metres from the house before gathering there in large numbers.Israeli soldiers later arrived but did not lift the siege, while ambulances were unable to reach the injured couple, he said.
Seven children remained inside the home.Read: Vandalism to arson: Israeli occupier attacks on mosques in West Bank hit record levelsElsewhere in the Hebron area, Israeli occupiers attacked Palestinian homes and opened fire in Beit Ummar, according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.
Israeli forces also raided several homes in the town.
No injuries or arrests were reported.In the northern West Bank, two Palestinian farmers who are brothers were injured after Israeli occupiers attacked olive harvesters from Marda and nearby Jamma’in north of Salfit.
Both were taken to a hospital in stable condition, Wafa said.The occupiers also stole olives collected by the farmers.Israeli occupiers have carried out more than 14,742 attacks across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since October 2023, killing 66 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission.Israel denies Palestinian election officials entry to Gaza, East JerusalemSeparately, a Palestinian source said Israel refused to allow representatives of the Palestinian….
No further details were provided.On July 9, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas issued a decree setting November 28 as the date for legislative elections in East Jerusalem, the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
If held, they would be the first such elections since 2006.The commission began accepting applications to register electoral lists on September 26, receiving eight applications during the first four days.
Registration remains open until October 13.Palestinian Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh told journalists on August 2 that an alternative arrangement would be pursued if elections could not take place because they were prevented or obstructed in Gaza or any other part of the Palestinian territories. “The alternative plan is to form the Palestinian National Council by consensus, as the Palestine Liberation Organisation is the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people,”….
A political split followed between Hamas and Fatah.
Hamas took control of Gaza about a year later, while the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority remained in the West Bank.The Palestinian Legislative Council has been inactive since 2007.
The Supreme Constitutional Court ordered its dissolution in 2018.
