Egyptian Soldier Killed in Israeli Clash on Rafah Crossing

Amnesty Calls For Release of Dr Abu Safiya

• CrossFireArabia
• September 1, 2026

The Palestinian Pulse

Amnesty International has called for the release of Palestinian paediatrician Hussam Abu Safiya, who has completed 600 days in Israeli detention. He was abducted by the Israeli occupation on 27 December 2024 and has been held without charge or trial since

In August Alone: 2,030 Israeli Army, Settler Attacks on West Bank Palestinians

• CrossFireArabia
• September 1, 2026

The total number of attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank by the Israeli army and settlers for the month of August was 2,030. This massive number was tallied by a report, Tuesday, made by the Wall and Settlements Resistance Committee.

The commission stated it recorded 1,402 attacks by the Israeli army and 628 by settlers. It clarified these attacks were made on Palestinians, their land and property across the West Bank.

The Drop News Website reported that the attacks were focused in areas facing intensified settlement expansion and growing efforts to control roads, movements routes, and agricultural and grazing land.

It added these attacks continued on Monday and Tuesday including in Palestinian cities such as Ramallah pointing out Israeli settlers there severely beat an elderly Palestinian woman as she and her husband resisted an attempt to steal their livestock in the village of Burqa, according to Al Jazeera Arabic. In a separate attack on Monday evening, Israeli settlers, under the protection of Israeli soldiers, attacked Burqa, injuring another Palestinian and her 10-year-old son. The settlers reportedly hit the mother in the head with clubs and stones, and pepper-sprayed the 10-year-old in the face, and raided another family home in the area, assaulting the women and children inside.

Similiarly in Nablus settlers attempted to set fire to the Nur Al-Din Zengi Mosque in Bizzariya, northwest of the city, setting a nearby room ablaze after failing to break down the mosque’s doors and spray-painting racist slogans. Separately, Israeli forces beat and injured a young Palestinian man during a raid on Nablus’s Old City.

And in Bethlehem, Israeli settlers set fire to a vehicle and spray-painted racist slogans on the wall of a home in the Bakoush area of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, WAFA reported.