4 February -Israel razedKhirbet Humsa al-Fawqa for the second time because of what it claimed was an illegal settlement next to a militaryfiring range. The Israeli rights groupB'Tselem called the demolition "unusually broad," accusing Israel of seeking "to forcibly transferPalestinian communities in order to take over their land."[1]
23 April - More than 100 people are injured after clashes inEast Jerusalem.[2]
Dozens of Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village inWest Bank in response to the drive-by shooting of three Israelis days prior.[4]
Multiple Palestinian factions including members from Hamas rejected President Mahmoud Abbas' decision to postpone the 2021 Palestinian parliamentary elections.[5]
7 July - Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa was demolished by Israel again for at least the third time.[14]
6 September - Six Palestinian prisonersescape fromGilboa Prison, a maximum security prison in northern Israel.[15]
10 September - Palestinians hold rallies across West Bank following calls from Hamas and other Palestinian factions to hold "day of rage" in solidarity with the escaped Gilboa prisoners.[16]
20 October - A Palestinian woman is held in detention and prevented frombreastfeeding her baby byIsraeli police officers.[17]
23 December - Some 125 Palestinian civilians sustained light to moderate injuries during clashes with the Israel Defense Forces, which erupted shortly after hundreds of Israeli settlers protected by the army attempted to break into and attack the village ofBurqa, according to medical sources. The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) told that 42 Palestinians, including a journalist, were injured after being hit with rubber-coated steel rounds, while another 83 sustained suffocation from inhalation of teargas fired by the Israeli army. PRC added that a girl was treated for shock after a group of violent Israeli settlers attacked her family’s home on the outskirts of the village.[18]
