Inside settler violence in the West Bank
Chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay has been in the West Bank, witnessing the Israeli settlers who are forcing Palestinians from their homes. He also sees how the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) is protecting the growing number of Israelis claiming this land is theirs.
Stuart meets one Palestinian man who left for work and when he returned home, he found his home had been taken over by Israeli settlers. He also meets the settlers who say this land belongs to them.
To watch Stuart's film in full, click here.
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Telegraph
33 minutes ago
- Telegraph
US halts visas for Gazans after Loomer highlights their arrival at airports
The US has halted all visitor visas for people from Gaza after Laura Loomer, the far-Right activist, shared videos allegedly showing evacuees from the wartorn enclave arriving at US airports. 'All visitor visas for individuals from Gaza are being stopped while we conduct a full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days,' the US state department wrote in a statement posted on X. On Friday, Ms Loomer, a Maga loyalist, posted several times about Heal Palestine, a humanitarian aid group, allegedly facilitating the evacuation of Gazans injured by Israeli forces to the US for medical treatment. According to its website, the NGO has helped evacuate 148 people from Gaza, including 63 injured children. It claims to have carried out the largest single medical evacuation of injured children from Gaza to the US in July. This included 11 critically injured children, with their caregivers and siblings. Among those evacuated were Seba, 12, who lost both legs in a school bombing and Anas, eight, who is the sole survivor of a bombing that killed his entire family. Ms Loomer took credit for the state department's halt on medical humanitarian visas for Gazans on Saturday, saying it had been in response to the 'release of my reports yesterday exposing flights of Gazans arriving at airports all across the US'. Writing on X, Ms Loomer said: 'The Trump administration needs to shut this abomination down ASAP before a family member of one of these Gazans goes rogue and kills Americans for Hamas.' She also called for those responsible for approving humanitarian visas to the children and their families to be fired. Her posts were picked up by some pro-Israel Republicans. 'Deeply concerned about the incoming flights – including to Texas – allegedly filled with folks from Gaza as reported by @LauraLoomer. Inquiring,' Congressman Chip Roy wrote on Friday. Florida Republican Randy Fine said: 'Massive credit needs to be given to @LauraLoomer for uncovering this and making me and other officials aware.' The US government halting visas for children injured in Gaza comes amid continued outrage over the conditions faced by those in Gaza. A baby girl and her parents were reportedly killed by an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, according to Nasser hospital officials and witnesses. Motasem al-Batta, his wife and the girl were killed in their tent in the crowded Muwasi area. Israel's military says it is dismantling Hamas' military capabilities and takes precautions not to harm civilians. Muwasi is one of the heavily populated areas in Gaza where Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, said his forces plan to widen the coming military offensive. The mobilisation of forces is expected to take weeks, and Israel may be using the threat to pressure Hamas into releasing more hostages. It comes as the United Nations was warned that levels of starvation and malnutrition in Gaza were at their highest since the war began. Palestinians are reportedly drinking contaminated water as diseases spread, while some Israeli leaders continue to talk openly about the mass relocation of people from Gaza. Another 11 malnutrition-related deaths occurred in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the territory's Hamas-run health ministry said on Saturday, bringing the malnutrition-related deaths during the war to 251. The UN and partners say getting aid into the territory of more than two million people, and then on to distribution points, remains highly challenging with Israeli restrictions and pressure from crowds of hungry Palestinians. The UN human rights office claims at least 1,760 people were killed while seeking aid between May 27 and last Wednesday.
ITV News
2 hours ago
- ITV News
UK must bring in sick and injured children from Gaza 'without delay', MPs demand
A cross-party group of 96 MPs have urged the government to bring sick and injured children from Gaza to the UK for treatment "without delay". In a letter to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper, Foreign Secretary David Lammy and Health Secretary Wes Streeting, the MPs warn the health system in Gaza has been "decimated" and that conditions in the territory are "worsening by the minute". More than 50,000 children are estimated to have been killed or injured in Gaza since October 2023, according to Unicef. With "essential infrastructure destroyed" and a long-running blockade by Israel of food, water and medical supplies, they say the population now faces a "medical and humanitarian catastrophe of horrific proportion". Citing World Health Organisation estimates, the letter warns 14,800 Palestinians are "in urgent need of medical evacuation - including children at immediate risk of death from trauma injuries and severe pre-existing conditions, such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.". "Given this grave reality, we urge the government to launch the medical evacuation scheme without delay". The letter, co-ordinated by Labour MP and GP, Dr Simon Opher, welcomes the government "finally prioritising" the issue but calls on senior ministers to "recognise the real urgency around medical evacuations". The group make six key demands of ministers while a scheme is developed: Timeline: MPs ask ministers to confirm the planned timeline for a medical evacuation scheme for Palestinian children. "This should be done in close coordination with the WHO and civil society organisations, with all eligible evacuees and their accompanying family members expedited as a matter of urgency," they add. Medical needs first: " The prioritisation of medical evacuations from Gaza must be determined solely based on clinical necessity and individual case assessment, without regard to financial implications, political considerations or reputational interests," the letter says. Funding: "Large-scale evacuations cannot rely on private donations or diversion of aid from other conflict responses," MPs say. "We urge you to ensure adequate government funding for medical treatment, psychosocial support, housing and other essential costs." Family unification: The 96 MPs say it is "vital" that children are accompanied by parents, close family members or another appropriate caregiver. "There is clear medical evidence to suggest their presence can positively impact the recovery of sick or injured children," they add. Legal status of evacuees: Ministers are asked to clarify the legal status of evacuees upon their arrival in the UK and following completion of medical treatment, including any rights to remain and pathways to settlement."We would urge that children and their families are given the option of applying for asylum, humanitarian protection or the chance to resettle in the UK. Evacuees must not be returned to Gaza," the MPs say. Biometrics:"The requirement for biometrics as a prerequisite to issue visas remains a major barrier, given that the only authorised biometrics centre in Gaza closed in October 2023," the groups warns. "We urge you to waive biometric requirements for evacuees under this scheme and permit applications to be completed after departure from Gaza." ITV News has contacted the government for comment on the MPs demands. Ministers have already started working on plans to evacuate up to 300 seriously ill or injured children from Gaza for NHS treatment in the UK. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said in late June that the government was 'urgently accelerating' efforts to bring children over for treatment. Two weeks ago a government spokesperson said: 'We are taking forward plans to evacuate more children from Gaza who require urgent medical care, including bringing them to the UK for specialist treatment where that is the best option for their care. 'We are working at pace to do so as quickly as possible, with further details to be set out in due course.' Scottish First Minister John Swinney welcomed the move to fly up to 300 children from Gaza but criticised the Westminster government for not taking action sooner. 'We have been consistently clear that the suffering being inflicted on the people of Gaza is beyond any justification.'People in Gaza are being bombed and left to starve by Israel on a massive scale. I wrote to the Prime Minister on 9 July to request support from the UK government in meeting the call from Unicef to provide medical care for children from Gaza.'If the UK government is prepared to evacuate Palestinians for medical treatment it would be entirely only regret is the UK government has taken this long to act."
Glasgow Times
2 hours ago
- Glasgow Times
Israel prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza ahead of offensive
The Israeli military body in charge of humanitarian aid to Gaza, Cogat, said the supply of tents and other shelter equipment to the territory would resume on Sunday ahead of the mass movement of Palestinians to the south. The military said it had no comment on when that movement would begin. Meanwhile, anxious families of Israeli hostages called for a 'nationwide day of stoppage' in Israel on Sunday to express growing frustration over 22 months of war. Families of hostages fear the coming offensive further endangers the 50 hostages remaining in Gaza, just 20 of them thought to still be alive. The families and supporters have pressed the government for a deal to stop the war – a call that some former Israeli army and intelligence chiefs have also made in recent weeks. 'I want to believe that there is hope, and it will not come from above, it will come only from us,' said Dana Silberman Sitton, sister of Shiri Bibas and aunt of Kfir and Ariel Bibas, who were killed in captivity. She spoke at a weekly rally in Tel Aviv.
