Israeli occupation authorities have approved a plan to establish shooting ranges at 31 settlement sites across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission.
The approval could expose Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank to greater danger by expanding firearms training and access to weapons among Israeli settlers.
The plan covers 29 settlements and residential areas and two industrial zones, although additional permits are required before construction can begin.
Israeli settlers attack a Palestinian family’s home in Wadi al-Rakhim, south of Yatta, in the occupied West Bank, throwing stones and paint-filled balloons, as the family remains under continuous Israeli siege for nearly 40 days with severe movement restrictions.
Israeli actress and director Einat Weizman has announced that she will leave Israel and move to Athens, Greece, with her partner and two daughters, citing the ongoing genocide in Gaza and growing professional and personal difficulties over her political views.
In an interview with Haaretz, Weizman said she could no longer live a normal life in "Tel Aviv's bubble" while Palestinians were being displaced and starved in Gaza. “I can't sit in a café and drink wine without being constantly aware that people are being expelled from their homes and going hungry in Gaza,” she said.
She also revealed that she had been dismissed or suspended from cultural institutions where she taught because of her outspoken positions.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said overthrowing Iran's clerical leadership was the only way to permanently eliminate the threat to Israel, warning that the Islamic Republic was seeking to rebuild its nuclear program despite Israeli strikes. He made the comment during a speech marking the opening of the Knesset.