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Dozens of Palestinian residents from the town of Halhul, north of Hebron, organized a protest on Thursday against Israeli settlers -  known as the Hilltop Youth - who had set up tents on their land, Wafa news agency reported.

The protest was held in conjunction with representatives of national and community organizations.

Jihad Abu Asba, the mayor of Halhul, told Wafa that the protest was organized to voice opposition to illegal settlement practices whereby the Israeli settlers had attacked Palestinians, damaged vineyards and fields belonging to residents, erected tents and brought in sheep and livestock in an attempt to establish a new illegal outpost on Palestinian land in the West Bank. 

He added that settler are seeking to seize more than 2,000 hectares of the town’s land. 

Israeli settlers set up a new illegal outpost on Thursday in the northern Jordan Valley, Wafa news agency reported

Several settlers set up a makeshift structure near the tents of Palestinian residents in Hammamat al-Malih, according to local sources.

Erecting structures on Palestinian land is normally a signal that settlers are trying to take over the land. Israeli settlers currently have more than eight illegal outposts on land in the northern Jordan Valley and have taken control of those areas.

Israel plans to seize 180 hectares (1800 dunams) of privately owned land in the occupied West Bank, claiming it wants to “develop an archaeological site.”

Haaretz reported on Thursday that the targeted area sits near the town of Sebastia, north of Nablus. It contains tens of thousands of olive trees.

The order covers land in Sebastia and the neighbouring village of Burqa. 

Local officials say it is the largest confiscation for archaeological purposes since 1967. The site in Sebastia dates back to the Bronze Age, around 3200 BCE.

Israel argues the area is linked to the biblical city of Samaria, tied to the ancient Kingdom of Israel. 

Palestinians say the move is part of a wider policy to “Judaise” Palestinian heritage and justify land grabs.

Sebastia’s mayor, Muhammad Azem, told Middle East Eye that Israel aims to connect the archaeological site to the nearby Shavei Shomron settlement, built on land belonging to several Palestinian towns.

Read more: Israel to seize 180 hectares near Bronze Age heritage site in West Bank

More than 80 leading lawyers and legal scholars have signed a letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood MP warning of a proposed amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill, arguing it poses a serious threat to protest rights in England and Wales. The amendment would require police to factor in the “cumulative impact” of repeated demonstrations when imposing conditions on assemblies and processions.

80 leading legal scholars, solicitors, and barristers have signed this letter to the Home Secretary @ShabanaMahmood & Attorney General criticising the proposed changes to protest law.

If you are a legal scholar or practitioner based in Britain, please consider adding your name https://t.co/VeFSPBhYlU

— Nimer Sultany (@NimerSultany) November 20, 2025

"The fact that the amendment requires, not only permits, the police to consider duration and 'cumulative impact' illustrates that the intended effect of the amendment can only be to direct the police to give more prominence to the idea and thereby impose tighter restrictions on public assemblies and processions," the letter said.

"They would do so by reference not only to past protests but even those that in the view of a senior police officer are 'intended' by anyone."

The letter added that there is little meaningful legal remedy for protesters subjected to such restrictions, as court challenges are expensive and often resolved long after the events in question.

Combined with other measures, including plans to ban face coverings, the letter argues the proposal represents a significant weakening of rights protected under Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Although the amendment is drafted broadly, the authors say it will have a particularly chilling effect on protests opposing Israel’s conduct in Gaza.

"In addition to showing solidarity with the Palestinian people, these protests express opposition to British complicity in atrocity crimes," it added. 

They noted that anti-genocide demonstrations have already faced "systematic attempts at vilifying and delegitimising their lawful, and overwhelmingly peaceful, protests in the mainstream media over the last two years.

"This vilification has led to the aggressive policing of anti-genocide protests, and calls for new, repressive laws targeting anti-genocide protestors, such as this latest proposed amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill."

The signatories call on the government to withdraw the amendment and urge MPs to vote it down.

An Israeli citizen from Beersheba was arrested on Thursday on suspicion of communicating with Iranian intelligence agencies, Shin Bet announced. 

Times of Israel reported that 22-year-old Rafael Reuveni was detained on suspicion of spying for Iran during his mandatory military service. 

"The suspect allegedly maintained contact with an Iranian intelligence agent who recruited him to take videos in a park near his home, and photograph a bus station and a shopping mall in the southern city," the report said. 

Israeli authorities on Thursday delivered more than 40 demolition and stop-work notices in Wadi al-Hummus, the Jerusalem Governorate reported.

Meanwhile, clashes between young Palestinians and Israeli occupation forces were reported by local media after the military stormed the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron. 

Israeli forces also detained 56 Palestinians in a mass arrest campaign in the town, where the military also raided homes and destroyed property.

Reports said that the occupying forces rounded up dozens of people in a local stadium and positioned snipers on rooftops. 

Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Thursday said Israel is committing a blatant violation by shifting the yellow line and displacing Palestinians. 

"The occupation is committing a blatant violation by continuing to move the yellow line westward daily, accompanied by a mass displacement of our people," Hamas said. 

"The change to the yellow line contradicts the maps agreed upon in the ceasefire agreement. We call on mediators to pressure the occupation to stop the violations immediately," the Palestinian group added. 

The British minister for development, Jennifer Chapman, on Thursday said that Israeli restrictions on aid and crossings are leaving civilians hungry and homeless in Gaza.

"We continue to press Israel to allow an urgent increase in the volume of aid to Gaza," she said. 

"Settler violence is escalating in the West Bank, and Israeli government measures are hindering economic development," Chapman added. 

An Israeli drone strike in Khan Younis on Thursday killed one Palestinian, marking the second such death in the area today, Al Jazeera reported. 

Earlier, Gaza's civil defence agency said that Israeli forces killed three Palestinians by bombing a house in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis. 

This brings the total number of people killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza today to five. 

On Wednesday, 28 Palestinians were killed in Israeli air strikes, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said. 

At least 312 Palestinians have been killed since the US-brokered ceasefire came into effect on 11 October, the health ministry said.

Nearly half of those were killed in a single day last week, according to Palestinian health authorities.

The death toll in Gaza since Israel's genocide began in October 2023 has risen to 69,546.

Qatar condemned the latest Israeli strikes in Gaza on Thursday, saying they threatened the fragile truce in the territory ravaged by two years of war, AFP news agency reported. 

"Qatar strongly condemns the brutal attacks carried out by the Israeli occupation in the Gaza Strip [...] and considers them a dangerous escalation which threatens to undermine the ceasefire agreement," the Qatari foreign ministry said in a statement.

Israeli forces on Thursday detained 56 Palestinians in a mass arrest campaign in the Hebron governorate in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. 

The report said that the occupying forces rounded up dozens of people in a local stadium. 

Most of the detainees were reported to be from the town of Beit Ummar to the north of Hebron, where Israeli forces also raided numerous homes and destroyed residents’ property. 

Israeli forces have also positioned snipers on rooftops and imposed restrictions on movement in areas around Beit Ummar, where more than 150 Palestinians were arrested yesterday. 

Israeli air strikes pummelled the besieged Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least 33 Palestinians, including 20 women and children, less than 48 hours after the UN Security Council adopted US President Donald Trump's 20-point plan for the enclave.

Israeli fighter jets bombed tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, as well as homes in Gaza City, with more than 70 people reported wounded.

Shelling and air strikes were also reported on Thursday morning, with most of the casualties reported in Khan Younis, local media reported.

The Palestinian group Hamas condemned the latest "massacre" and described it as "a dangerous escalation through which [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu seeks to resume the genocide."

The Israeli military said it launched the strikes after its troops came under fire in Khan Younis earlier on Wednesday.

Read more: Israeli air strikes pummel Gaza less than 48 hours after UN adopts Trump's plan

Israeli forces advanced 300 metres into Gaza City, breaching the yellow line and changing its boundaries, Al Jazeera reported on Thursday. 

The report said that Israeli soldiers moved the markers, making it difficult for Palestinians to identify the boundary. 

In Gaza City’s Shujaiya neighbourhood, Palestinians unable to reach their homes said they’re being pushed into the western parts of Gaza.

Israeli media on Thursday reported that a new settlement was established last night in the Gush Etzion area near the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.

The report by Israeli Channel 7 comes as Israeli forces raided the National Hospital courtyard and stormed the Al-Hajj Nimr Mosque in the city of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank. 

Human Rights Watch said that Israel has been carrying out the forced displacement of residents of three camps in the occupied West Bank since January 2025. 

"Israel's forced displacement of residents from three refugee camps in the West Bank amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity," HRW said. 

Hamas on Thursday said that Israeli leaders must face international prosecution for “crimes against children”, demanding “the protection of our children, and the empowerment of their legitimate rights, just like children everywhere else in the world”.

The Palestinian group, in a statement issued on the Universal Children’s Day, said that Palestinian children are being denied the rights guaranteed to children under UN conventions.

“The United Nations commemorates Universal Children’s Day on November 20th, while Palestinian children endure a tragic reality,” Hamas said.