In Occupied Palestine - 12 July 2023
While the Occupation is business as usual for Israel,
there should be no business with Israel
In Occupied Palestine
Zionism in practice
Israel’s Daily Toll on Palestinian Life, Limb, Liberty and Land
(Compiled by Leslie Bravery, Palestine Human Rights Campaign, Auckland, New Zealand)
12 July 2023 {Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG):
https://www.nad.ps/en/violations-reports/daily-report NB:The period covered by this newsletter is taken from the PMG's 24-hour sitrep ending 8am the day after the above date.}
We shall always do our best to verify the accuracy of all items in these IOP newsletters/reports wherever possible [e.g. we often suspect that names of people and places that we see in the PMG sitreps could be typos; also the translation into English seems rather odd ~ but since we, sadly, do not speak Arabic, we have no alternative but to copy and paste these names from the PMG sitreps!] – please forgive us for any errors or omissions – Leslie and Marian.
Israeli Army raid sets home ablaze
Israeli Police and settlers'
mosque violation
Israeli Army destruction
and vandalism
Israeli Army assault in support of
land-grabbing settlers
Israeli Army – beating
and hospitalisation
Israeli Army raid and armed robbery
Night peace disruption and/or
home invasions in UN refugee camp
and 28 towns and villages
Home invasions: 23:55, Silwan - 03:45, Ramallah - 02:50, Haris village.
Peace disruption raids: 09:15-12:00, Turmusaya - 02:55, Bir Zeit - 03:20-05:55, Abu Shadkhanim - 03:45, Ramallah - 04:45, Shuqba village - 05:10, Qibya - 16:35, Toura - 19:35-23:45, Jalboun - 20:55-22:05, Ya'bad - 21:25-23:30, Kefert - 03:30, Jalboun - 04:35, Faqua - dawn, Araba - 03:30-06:30, Tamoun - 03:30-06:30, Tubas - 03:30-06:30, al-Far'a UN refugee camp - 03:30-06:30, Tayasir - 16:40, Izbit Shufa - 18:35, Beit Lid - 18:35, Safarin - 19:30, Khirbet Jbara - 22:20, Sharqiya - 23:25-04:55, Hajjah - 14:20, Nablus - 14:40, Madama - 00:50-02:30, Asira al-Shamaliya - 00:50-02:30, Aqraba - 01:25-02:30, Awarta - 01:50, Jama'in - 04:10-05:35, Nablus - 23:10, al-Zawiya - 01:50-03:00, Marah Rabah - 01:45-04:25, al-Dhahiriya - 02:45-04:25, Dura - 03:45, Sa'ir.
Home set ablaze: Jerusalem – 23:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing grenades and tear gas canisters, set fire to a house in the Silwan neighbourhood.
Home invasions: Ramallah – 03:45, Israeli forces raided the city and invaded a number of homes.
Home invasions: Salfit – 02:50, the Israeli Army raided the village of Haris and invaded three homes.
Israeli police and settlers' mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, settler militants, escorted by Israeli police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.
Israeli Army destruction and vandalism: Jerusalem – 12:00, the Israeli Occupation demolished a pergola, in the Wadi al-Joz neighbourhood.
Israeli Army destruction: Jerusalem – 12:00, the Israeli Army demolished a retaining wall in the al-Tur neighbourhood.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 17:45, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, near the eastern entrance to the village of al-Mughayir.
Israeli Army assault in support of land-grabbing settlers: Ramallah – 18:35, Israeli troops fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at people in Kobar trying to resist the imposition, by settlers, of a new Occupation settlement outpost.
Israeli Army – beating and hospitalisation: Nablus – 02:20, Israeli soldiers beat up and hospitalised a man, Saleh Ali Atallah Hashash, at the Hawara checkpoint.
Occupation settlement development: Salfit – 15:45, Israeli forces carried out excavation and bulldozing work over a large area of Kifl Haris land, to lay water-supply lines to the Barkan and Ariel Occupation settlements.
Occupation settlement development: Salfit – 23:10, Israelis, from the Badoil Occupation settlement and supported by the Israeli Army, excavated land for settlement west of Kafr al-Dik.
Occupation settlement development: Hebron – 09:50, Israeli forces bulldozed an agricultural access road in the village of Zanuta, in preparation for the expansion of the Shama'a and Tina Occupation settlements.
Occupation settler stoning: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli Occupation settlers smashed the windows of vehicles in the Silwan neighbourhood.
Occupation settler stoning: Tubas – evening, pedestrians in the Ein al-Sakot area of the North Jordan Valley were assaulted by stone-throwing Israeli settlers, who also smashed the windows of nearby vehicles.
Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 03:00, Israeli Occupation settlers invaded the outskirts of Burin village and stoned a home.
Israeli Army raid and armed robbery: Ramallah – 09:15-12:00, raiding Israeli Occupation forces, in Turmusaya, invaded a shop and robbed the owner of cash to the value of approximately $US167,000. Two people were taken prisoner.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:55, Israeli forces raided Bir Zeit, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Ramallah – 03:20-05:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Abu Shadkhanim village.
Raid – rubber-coated bullets: Ramallah – 03:45, Israeli troops, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the city's streets.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 04:45, the Israeli military raided Shuqba village, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 05:10, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Qibya, taking prisoner four people.
Raid: Jenin – 16:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Toura.
Raid: Jenin – 19:35-23:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Jalboun.
Raid: Jenin – 20:55-22:05, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Ya'bad.
Raid: Jenin – 21:25-23:30, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Kefert.
Raid: Jenin – 03:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Jalboun.
Raid: Jenin – 04:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Faqua.
Raid: Jenin – dawn, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Araba.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Tubas – 03:30-06:30, the Israeli Army raided Tamoun, taking prisoner one person.
Raids: Tubas – 03:30-06:30, Israeli troops raided the city, the al-Far'a refugee camp and the village of Tayasir.
Raid: Tulkarem – 16:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Izbit Shufa.
Raids: Tulkarem – 18:35, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Beit Lid and the village of Safarin.
Raid: Tulkarem – 19:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Khirbet Jbara village.
Raid: Tulkarem – 22:20, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Sharqiya.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 23:25-04:55, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Hajjah.
Raid: Nablus – 14:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the city.
Raid: Nablus – 14:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Madama.
Raids: Nablus – 00:50-02:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Asira al-Shamaliya and Aqraba.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 01:25-02:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Awarta, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Nablus – 01:50, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Jama'in.
Raid: Nablus – 04:10-05:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the eastern neighborhoods of Nablus.
Raid: Salfit – 23:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Zawiya.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 01:50-03:00, the Israeli military raided the village of Marah Rabah, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Hebron – 01:45-04:25, Israeli soldiers raided al-Dhahiriya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:45-04:25, Israeli Occupation forces raided Dura, taking prisoner four people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:45, Israeli forces raided Sa'ir, taking prisoner one person.
Restrictions of movement (0): 18:00, entrance to al-Eizariya - 17:55, under Deir Dibwan Bridge - 20:45, western entrance to the village of al-Mughayir - 21:15, entrance to Bir Zeit - 22:15, roadblock leading to the al-Jalazoun UN refugee camp - 10:05-13:50, tightened procedures at the Shufa checkpoint - 18:00, tightened procedures at the Einav checkpoint - 17:30, eastern entrance to Qalqiliya - 23:00, entrance to the village of Hajjah - 09:05, tightened restrictions at the Huwara checkpoint - 19:20, tightened restrictions at the Huwara checkpoint - midnight, western entrance to Kafr al-Dik closed - 19:40-21:00, northern entrance to Jericho - 19:20-20:30, al-Tarabea area in Beit Fajjar - 17:50, entrance to Ithna - 19:30-21:00, Nabi Yunis road junction - 19:30-22:20, entrance to the village of Qalqas - 21:40, Abu Sneina neighbourhood - 22:30, entrance to the al-Fawar UN refugee camp - Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing closed - al-Mantar-Karni crossing closed - al-Shujaiyeh crossing (Nahal Oz) closed - Sufa crossing closed - al-Awda Port closed.
Numbers relating to other people reportedly taken prisoner:
Jerusalem – 3, Ramallah 1, Salfit 2, Jericho 2.
OCHA
United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Occupied Palestinian territory
OPT: The Humanitarian Impact
of the Israeli Forces operation in Jenin, 3-4 July
Situation Overview:
On 3-4 July 2023, Israeli forces conducted a large-scale operation in Jenin city and the Jenin Refugee Camp, resulting in casualties, displacement, and severe infrastructure damage. Twelve Palestinians, including four children, were killed and 143 others injured, marking the highest number of Palestinian fatalities in a single West Bank operation since 2005. Hundreds of housing units were damaged, and over 500 families were displaced during the operation. About 36 families remain displaced. Urgent support is needed to address the humanitarian needs of those affected. Full report
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
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