In Occupied Palestine - 15 January 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)
15 January 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 attack – motorist shot dead
Child wounded in UN refugee camp
Israeli Army positions open fire
on Gaza communities
Israeli Army positions open fire
on Gaza farmland
Israeli Army destruction
and population-control
Night peace disruption and/or
home invasions in UN refugee camp
and 14 towns and villages
8 attacks – 8 Israeli ceasefire violations
34 raids including home invasions
1 killed – 3 wounded
18 taken prisoner – 2 abducted
3 acts of
agricultural/economic sabotage
Home invasions: 01:50, Qabatiya - 02:55-06:30, Tarqumiya - 02:55-06:30, al-Samou' - Dura.
Peace disruption raids: dawn, al-Eizariya - dawn, Kafr Ni'ma - 23:50, Beit Sira - 02:10, al-Bireh - 02:15, Deir Ammar - 03:30, Ni'lin - 12:40, Araba - 12:40, Bir al-Basha - 15:25, Fahma - 16:00, Rumana - 16:40, Ya'bad - 10:20-13:15, Jayus - 10:50-13:15, Kafr Laqif - 20:50, Azun - 18:25, Asira al-Shamaliya - 01:20, Tel village - 02:35, Askar UN refugee camp - 12:45-14:45, Bidya - 12:45-14:45, Qarawat Bani Hassan - 14:55, Kafr al-Dik - 16:20, Haris village - 03:00, Qarawat Bani Hassan - 03:05, Husan - 04:40, Doha - 04:40, al-Khadr - 10:30-16:00, Yatta - 10:30-16:00, al-Samou' - 16:00, Halhul - 01:05, Hebron - 01:05, Ithna.
Palestinian missile attacks: none.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack: Northern Gaza – 12:00, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards people, east of Jabalia.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Northern Gaza – 15:00, Israeli forces, positioned behind the Green Line, opened fire on farmland north of Beit Lahiya.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack: Gaza – 09:15, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards people, east of the al-Tuffah neighbourhood.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack: Central Gaza – 14:45, Israeli forces, positioned behind the Green Line, opened fire towards people, east of Deir al-Balah.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – 14:50, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of al-Qarara.
Israeli Army attack – motorist shot dead: Ramallah – 08:50, near the western entrance to Silwad, Israeli Occupation forces opened fire point-blank, killing a motorist, Ahmed Hassan Abdel-Jalil Kahla, while trying to force him out of his vehicle.
Israeli Army attack – home invasions – 2 wounded: Jenin – 01:50, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Qabatiya and invaded homes. One person, Arshad Adam Zakarneh, was wounded and two other residents were ordered to report for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.
Israeli Army attack – child wounded in UN refugee camp: Bethlehem – 04:40, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided the al-Dheisheh UN refugee camp, wounding a 14-year-old boy: Omar Khaled Lutfi Al-Khamour.
Home invasions: Hebron – 02:55-06:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided Tarqumiya as well as al-Samou' and searched a number of homes.
Home invasion: Hebron – Israeli forces raided Dura and searched a house.
Israeli Occupation population-control: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation issued an order, banning a resident, Shadi Al-Motwer, from entering West Bank governorates for a period of two months.
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 assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 09:00, in al-Issawiya village.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 20:30, in the al-Tur neighbourhood.
Israeli Army agricultural sabotage: Jerusalem – Israeli forces uprooted trees in the Silwan neighbourhood, on land already seized by settlers at the end of last month.
Israeli Army destruction and population-control: Jerusalem – 22:00, the Israeli Army demolished a number of shops and vehicle repair workshops as well as a petrol station, near the entrance to Hizma.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Qalqiliya – 18:00, Israeli troops fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards people, west of Jayus.
Israeli Army population-control: Salfit – 12:15, Israeli soldiers closed a municipal waste dump-site in al-Zawiya and prohibited access.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 12:30, the Israeli military fired stun grenades at passing vehicles, near the northern entrance to Tuqu'.
Israeli Army abduction: Hebron – 17:15, Israeli Occupation troops abducted a 16-year-old youth, Mohammed Mahmoud Ahmed Ayyash, from his workplace in a butchery near the entrance to Beit Ummar.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 21:20, the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards homes, near the entrance to the al-Arroub UN refugee camp.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided al-Eizariya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli forces raided the village of Kafr Ni'ma, taking prisoner three people.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 23:50, the Israeli Army raided Beit Sira village, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Ramallah – 02:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Bireh.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:15, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Deir Ammar, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:30, the Israeli military raided Ni'lin, taking prisoner one person.
Raids: Jenin – 12:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Araba, as well as the village of Bir al-Basha.
Raid: Jenin – 15:25, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Fahma village.
Raid: Jenin – 16:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Rumana.
Raid: Jenin – 16:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Ya'bad.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 10:20-13:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Jayus.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 10:50-13:15, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Laqif.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 20:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Azun.
Raid: Nablus – 18:25, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Asira al-Shamaliya.
Raid: Nablus – 01:20, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Tel village.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner – in UN refugee camp: Nablus – 02:35, the Israeli Army raided the Askar UN refugee camp, taking prisoner two people.
Raids: Salfit – 12:45-14:45, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Bidya and Qarawat Bani Hassan.
Raid: Salfit – 14:55, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Kafr al-Dik.
Raid: Salfit – 16:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Haris.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Salfit – 03:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Qarawat Bani Hassan, taking prisoner three people.
Raid – 1 abducted – 1 other person taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 03:05, the Israeli Army raided the village of Husan and abducted a 17-year-old youth: Osama Mohammed Hamamreh. One other person was take prisoner.
Raids: Bethlehem –04:40, Israeli troops raided Doha and al-Khadr
Raids: Hebron – 10:30-16:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Yatta and al-Samou'.
Raid: Hebron – 16:00, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Halhul.
Raids: Hebron – 01:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Hebron as well as Ithna.
Restrictions of movement (24): 09:30, al-Mahkama checkpoint closed - 15:15 and again at 21:20, Einav - 16:15, Far'un village - 09:45, near entrance to the village of Kafr Laqif - 10:25, entrance to Azun - 18:30, eastern entrance to Qalqiliya - 20:40, entrance to Azun - 11:10, Huwara - 19:25, al-Muraba'a - 14:10, entrance to Bruqin - 15:35, western entrance to Kafr al-Dik - 19:30, southern entrance to Jericho - 12:30, northern entrance to Tuqu' - 16:20, northern entrance to Tuqu' - 16:35, entrances to al-Huwar and al-Nabi Younis closed - 16:35, entrance to Beit Ummar closed - 17:10, Halhul Bridge closed - Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing closed - al-Mantar-Karni crossing closed - al-Shujaiyeh crossing (Nahal Oz) closed - Sufa crossing closed - al-Awda Port closed.
Numbers of other people reportedly taken prisoner:
Ramallah 1, Hebron 2
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
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