Israeli forces blow up family home of Palestinian prisoner near NablusFrance says will never recognize illegal annexation of Palestinian-occupied territories

NABLUS: Israeli occupation forces Tuesday dawn blew up the family home of prisoner Osama Bani Fadl in the town of Aqraba, south of Nablus. Large forces from the occupation army stormed the town late at night and surrounded the family home of prisoner Osama Bani Fadl in the Diriyah neighbourhood, before blowing it up. The house is located in a three-storey building. The occupation forces carried out an arrest campaign and field investigation in the town of Aqraba, targeting a number of youths. Local sources reported that the occupation forces detained both Obaida Aws Bani Fadl and Alaa Saud Taha, after raiding their house in the town. The sources explained that confrontations broke out between Palestinian youths and occupation soldiers at the site, during which the soldiers fired stun grenades and gas bombs, causing 14 citizens to suffocate, while the forces prevented ambulances from providing treatment to the injured. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA Amman: France's Deputy Permanent Representative, Nathalie Estival-Broadhurst, said her country "will never recognize the illegal annexation" of the Palestinian Occupied Territories nor the legalization of rogue settlements in the West Bank. Addressing a Security Council meeting on Tuesday, Estival-Broadhurst strongly condemned the recent announcement of new settlement building and the expulsion of Palestinian families authorized by the Israeli government. "Such decisions jeopardize the possibility of a two-state solution," she said. She added that an environment of "total impunity" in the West Bank was driving the spike in violence. "We cannot accept the abuses that deprive Palestinians of their rights and their land", she reiterated We must urgently restore prospects for a political horizon to implement the two-state solution. "We call for a new immediate, lasting humanitarian truce, which must lead to a lasting ceasefire," to obtain the release of all the hostages still held by Hamas and to provide the population of Gaza with the aid they need. She said a resumption of the political process is urgent. "We must work seriously towards building a state for the Palestinians." Source: Jordan News Agency