In Occupied Palestine - 16 August 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)
16 August 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 home invasions –
death, wounding and destruction
Israeli Navy attack and hijacking –
economic sabotage
Israeli Army armed robbery,
plunder and population-control
Night peace disruption in 6 villages
2 attacks –
1 Israeli ceasefire violation
1 killed – 1 wounded
22 raids including home invasion
3 acts of
agricultural/economic sabotage
24 taken prisoner
Home invasions: Hebron.
Peace disruption raids: 13:00-13:45, al-Qubeiba - 13:00-13:45, Qatanna - 17:20, al-Ram - 21:40, al-Mughayir - dawn, Bil'in - 10:45-12:15, Anin - 15:10, Ya'bad - 23:55-02:05, Ya'bad - 12:40, Bardala - 06:40, Tubas - 06:40, Tayasir - 19:45, Zita - dawn, Attil - 19:45, Zeita - 16:50, Azzun - 17:35, Osirin - 00:45-04:25, Einabus - 01:45-07:15, Burqa - 22:05, Tuqu' - 03:20-05:10, Janata - dawn, Beit Ummar. 21
Palestinian missile attacks: none.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack and hijacking – economic sabotage: Northern Gaza – morning, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off the al-Waha area, north-west of Beit Lahiya, hijacking one vessel and taking prisoner two crew members: Awad Fathi Al-Sultan and Ghaith Abu Aoun.
Israeli Army attack – death, wounding – home invasions and destruction: Jenin – 06:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, stormed into Jenin and invaded homes. One resident, Mustafa Akram Qanbaa al-Kastouni, was killed and another, Sally Ibrahim Al-Bitar, wounded. The Israeli Army also partly demolished one house, as well as a bakery adjacent to it.
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 armed robbery, plunder and population-control: Tubas – 14:45, Israeli Occupation forces, in the village of Kardala, seized a person's vehicle that was carrying building equipment for work on the village mosque.
Israeli Army armed robbery: Qalqiliya – 18:20, Israeli forces seized possession of a bulldozer, in the area between Azzun and the village of Asla.
Israeli Army armed robbery: Qalqiliya – 19:30, the Israeli Army robbed a Jit village resident, Mohammed Sahlab, of his bulldozer.
Israeli Army armed robbery: Qalqiliya – 20:45, Israeli troops also robbed another Jit village resident, Mohammed Sami Basalat, of his bulldozer.
Israeli Army armed robbery – population-control: Salfit – 12:20, the Israeli military, in Qarawat Bani Hassan, seized a bulldozer from a man, Yazan Mahareq, while he was working on local land controlled by Israel.
Israeli Army agricultural sabotage: Bethlehem – 10:00, Israeli soldiers laid waste to farmland in al-Khadr.
Israeli Army – mosque violation – population-control: Hebron – since 22:00 on 15 August, Israeli Occupation forces have kept the Old City Ibrahimi Mosque closed to worshippers, in favour of settlers performing religious rituals there.
Occupation settler threatening behaviour: Ramallah – 13:00, Israeli Occupation settlers, near the al-Taybeh road junction, insulted and threatened people.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 12:25, Israelis, from the Shvut Rachel Occupation settlement, raided nearby Qaryut village farmland and felled around 20 olive trees.
Occupation settler destruction and terrorism: Hebron – Israelis, from the Ma'on settlement, invaded the Khalal al-Arda area, east of Yatta, and destroyed a room lived in by a villager: Mohammed Ali Al-Shawahin.
Raid: Jerusalem – 13:00-13:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of al-Qubeiba.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 13:00-13:45, Israeli forces raided Qatanna, taking prisoner three people.
Raid: Jerusalem – 17:20, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled al-Ram.
Raid: Ramallah – 21:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of al-Mughayir.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – dawn, the Israeli military raided the village of Bil'in, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Jenin – 10:45-12:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Anin.
Raid: Jenin – 15:10, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Ya'bad.
Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired: Jenin – 23:55-02:05, Israeli forces, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled Ya'bad,.
Raid: Tubas – 12:40, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Bardala.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Tubas – 06:40, Israeli troops raided Tubas, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Tubas – 06:40, the Israeli military raided the village of Tayasir.
Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired : Tulkarem – 19:45, Israeli soldiers, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled Zeita.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided Attil, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Tulkarem – 19:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Zeita.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 16:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Azzun.
Raid: Nablus – 17:35, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Osirin.
Raid: Nablus – 00:45-04:25, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Einabus.
Raid: Nablus – 01:45-07:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Burqa.
Raid: Bethlehem – 22:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Tuqu'.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 03:20-05:10, Israeli forces raided Janata, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, the Israeli Army raided Beit Ummar, taking prisoner two people.
Restrictions of movement (16): 08:35, tightened measures at the Einav checkpoint - 20:10-01:15, tightened measures at the Shufa checkpoint - 20:10-01:15, tightened measures at the Einav checkpoint - 16:50-19:20, entrance to Azzun closed - 22:15, between the villages of Orif and Asira al-Qibliya - 03:45, Deir Sharaf and Surra checkpoints closed - 10:45, al-Hamra checkpoint closed - 18:00, southern entrance to Jericho - evening, Route 90 near al-Auja - 20:20-00:20, southern entrance to Bethlehem - 13:35-15:20, Wadi al-Hariyah area - 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, Jenin 2, Tulkarem 2, Qalqiliya 1, Bethlehem 1, Hebron 3.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
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