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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has publicly called for war in the occupied West Bank, according to Al Jazeera. The statement from a senior member of Israel's government drew immediate attention, with critics warning it escalates rhetoric over Israel's conduct in Palestinian territories amid ongoing tensions and military operations in the region.

The last remaining residents of Oleshky, a Ukrainian city in Kherson region under Russian occupation, are reportedly eating weeds to survive, with conditions described as 'hell on earth'. The report highlights severe food shortages and worsening humanitarian conditions in the occupied city, drawing international attention to the plight of civilians left behind.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for a full-scale military campaign in the occupied West Bank, saying Israel should 'do there what we did in Gaza'. The remarks drew immediate attention as Israeli operations in the territory intensify, with critics warning such a campaign would bring Gaza-level destruction and deepen the humanitarian crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory.

Ukraine has raised the alarm over conditions in Oleshky, a city in Kherson region under Russian occupation since 2022. According to Ukrainian officials, civilians trapped there are being deliberately starved and some have been forced to eat grass to survive. Kyiv is describing the situation as a war crime and is pressing international partners, including bodies in Brussels, to respond to the reports of intentional deprivation of food among residents unable to flee.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has called for war in the occupied West Bank, comments that landed as Israeli authorities announced a week-long comprehensive military closure across the territory, citing the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Critics online are denouncing the remarks as advocating war crimes, and the combination of the minister's language with a sweeping movement closure has drawn sharp international attention to escalating tensions in the occupied territory.

Israel's finance minister has publicly called for military action in the occupied West Bank resembling the campaign in Gaza. The remarks have drawn attention amid the ongoing war in Gaza and rising violence in the West Bank, with critics viewing the statement as an endorsement of escalatory and potentially unlawful military measures in occupied territory.

The BBC has published a short article on Oleshky, a Ukrainian city under Russian occupation in Kherson region. The city was flooded after the Nova Kakhovka dam collapse in 2023, and residents now reportedly face severe food shortages. The report is drawing attention to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in occupied territories and the lasting consequences of the dam's destruction.

Extremist Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian home near the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The incident adds to a pattern of settler violence against Palestinian residents in the area. Activists and observers are sharing reports of the attack and calling attention to rising tensions across the occupied West Bank.

Israeli forces are accused of preventing Palestinians from reaching their farmland across the occupied West Bank ahead of the annual olive harvest season, while allowing Israeli settlers to enter Palestinian groves and take the olive crop. One reported incident occurred in Deir Abu Mash'al, northwest of Ramallah. Critics describe the restrictions as part of a wider pattern of settler violence and land annexation in the territory.