A Palestinian man was killed and seven others injured in by an Israeli airstrike on a tent camp in central Gaza, as a rights group warned that Israeli forces are moving to forcibly expel 11 families from their homes in the Silwan area of East Jerusalem , amid fears of mass displacement across the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa on Wednesday, Israeli warplanes struck the densely populated Al-Sitt displacement camp just south of Deir al-Balah . Gaza’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital later confirmed the casualties. Wafa identified the man killed in the Israeli attack as 22-year-old Abdulrahman Qanbour. Flames engulfed the tents, sending thick black smoke into the sky, resident Suhaila Khalil told AFP , adding that she heard screams as the strike tore through the camp. “The explosion happened several hundred metres from our tent, but smoke and shrapnel rained down on displaced people, leaving several injured,” 57-year-old Khalil said.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been living in makeshift camps since the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza began in October 2023.
According to the UN, around two-thirds of Gaza’s population continue to live in tents or damaged buildings, even six months after a ceasefire agreement. Israel’s deadly attacks have persisted despite the truce since it came into effect last October. Gaza’s health ministry says at least 689 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the start of the ceasefire. Hamas disarmament proposal Nickolay Mladenov , the US-backed Board of Peace’s envoy for Gaza, told the UN Security Council that a five-point disarmament proposal had been presented to Hamas, urging the international community to pressure the group to accept it.
He said the plan is based on "reciprocity", with weapons decommissioning taking place alongside a phased Israeli military withdrawal, a measure he described as essential to the process’s credibility.
Mladenov added that the proposal follows a sequencing approach, prioritising the dismantling of heavy weaponry, including rockets and explosive devices, as well as the neutralisation of tunnels, before personal arms are addressed through a regulated registration and collection process.
The framework also includes strict verification mechanisms and links Gaza’s reconstruction directly to progress on disarmament.
He further noted that the plan incorporates reintegration pathways for individuals affiliated with armed groups, offering structured amnesty arrangements and civilian opportunities, while allowing for flexible timelines, with extensions granted where parties demonstrate good faith. Forced displacement in East Jerusalem Fears of forced displacement of Palestinians have intensified in East Jerusalem , with Israeli human rights group B’Tselem reporting on Wednesday that 11 Palestinian families in the Silwan area of Jerusalem are facing eviction. The organisation said Israeli forces entered the area to evict the families from their homes, adding that "approximately 2,200 people in Silwan are facing an imminent threat of forced displacement". B’Tselem also warned that in the neighbourhoods of Batn al-Hawa and al-Bustan, 90 families (around 700 individuals) and 150 families (around 1,500 individuals) respectively are at risk of displacement. "This is the reality of systematic, institutionalised violence and a clear manifestation of an Israeli policy aimed at engineering the demographic balance and ‘Judaizing’ the neighbourhood by exploiting discriminatory laws," the group said. "These measures are designed to expand Israeli presence and control over one of the most politically and religiously sensitive areas in the region, serving as a crucial component of the broader ethnic cleansing currently unfolding across the West Bank."
Israeli military and settler attacks are on the rise in the West Bank, amid Israel's wars on Iran and Lebanon.
On Thursday, Wafa reported that several Palestinians were wounded in a settler attack northeast of Tubas, where dozens of settlers assaulted residents in the Safah Tayasir area. Settlers also stormed the town of Imrin, northwest of Nablus, erecting illegal tents on Palestinian land. Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided Dheisheh refugee camp south of Bethlehem and searched the home of Palestinian journalist Hassan Abdel Jawad. Israeli forces also carried out a series of arrests across the West Bank, including in Ein Sinya, Tulkarem, Aqabat Jabr, Zita Jamma’in and areas within the Hebron governorate.
According to data from the Palestinian Authority's health ministry, at least six Palestinians had been shot dead in settler attacks in the West Bank as of 22 March, since the start of the US-Israeli war on Iran on 28 February . The Palestinian Authority presidency condemned the recent "terrorist attacks carried out by Israeli colonist gangs" in the West Bank, stating: "These assaults constitute a serious escalation for which the Israeli occupation government bears full responsibility." Diplomats from 13 European countries and Canada also condemned what they described as “increasing settler terror” on Saturday, warning that violent attempts to seize Palestinian land “must end”.