Illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers on Monday stormed Khirbet al‑Tawil, east of Aqraba near Nablus in the occupied West Bank’s northern part, and stole equipment belonging to Palestinian electricity technicians working in the community.
Local sources reported that a group of colonizers invaded the area, surrounded the technicians’ vehicle, and stole several pieces of equipment.
They added that the colonizers then assaulted international volunteers who were present to support residents facing escalating attacks and violations.
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Two days earlier, another group of colonizers had sabotaged the main electricity lines, causing a full power outage in the community as part of ongoing assaults targeting Palestinian infrastructure and civilian presence.
Also Monday, an Israeli colonizer attempted to ram a Palestinian woman in the village of Al‑Maniya, southeast of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, as she was crossing the main road in the village.
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All of Israel’s colonies in the occupied West Bank, including those in and around occupied East Jerusalem, are illegal under International Law, the Fourth Geneva Convention in addition to various United Nations and Security Council resolutions. They also constitute war crimes under International Law.
Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention prohibits collective punishment and acts of terror against civilian populations.
Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention states: “The Occupying Power shall not deport or transfer parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies.” It also prohibits the “individual or mass forcible transfers, as well as deportations of protected persons from occupied territory”.
Articles 53 and 147, prohibit the destruction of civilian property and classify pillage as a war crime.
