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December 8, 2025

Israeli Forces Continue Violent Raids in Occupied West Bank
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Israeli forces are continuing violent raids on Palestinian communities
across the occupied West Bank. On Sunday, residents of Hebron held a
general strike to protest the killing of two Palestinians by Israeli
forces a day earlier. Separately, Israeli forces shot and killed a
Palestinian in the town of Azzun on Sunday. The violence came as Israeli
media reported Israel's far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has
set aside approximately more than $830 million to fund 17 new
settlements in the occupied West Bank over the next five years.

Meanwhile, human rights groups are expressing "grave concerns" about the
fate of jailed Palestinian political prisoner Marwan Barghouti, after
his son said he'd received news that his father had been severely beaten
and tortured by Israeli prison guards, leaving him "physically
shattered."


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