In Occupied Palestine - 17 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)
17 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 attack – home invasions
Israeli settler attack – 2 wounded
Israeli Army vandalism – school destroyed
Israeli Army armed robbery
and population-control
Destruction, economic sabotage
and population-control
Night peace disruption and/or
home invasions in refugee camp
as well as 8 towns and villages
2 attacks – 2 wounded – 1 injured –
23 raids including home invasions
1 death – 13 taken prisoner
3 acts of agricultural/economic sabotage
Home invasions: morning, Burqa village - 11:45, Khirbet Humsa.
Peace disruption raids: 23:30, al-Jib - 10:10, Deir Qadis - 11:15-13:50, Toura - 11:15-13:50, Nazlat Zaid - 13:30-15:00, Anin - 16:45, Ya'abad - 18:40-21:05, Toura - 00:55-02:20, Jenin - 00:55-02:20, Qabatiya - 00:55-02:20, al-Shuhada - 15:35, Shufa - 15:35, Izbit Shufa - 02:10, Nur Shams refugee camp - 16:50, Tal village - 16:50, Za'tara - 20:20-23:15, Surra village – 01:50-05:40, Beita - 10:30-14:40, Sarta village - 18:55-22:25, Deir Istiya - 07:35, Jericho - 23:10-01:15, Hebron.
Palestinian missile attacks: none.
Death: Jerusalem – 22:20, a Jerusalem resident, Hamza Abu Sneina, has now died of head wounds received during an Israeli Army storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque on 7 May 2021.
Israeli Army attack – home invasions: Ramallah – morning, Israeli Occupation forces raided Burqa village, searching homes and opening fire, in pursuit of a motor vehicle.
Israeli settler attack – 2 wounded: Jenin – 16:50, armed Israeli settlers opened fire on, and wounded, two people, near the village of Barta'a. The two victims, Mohammed Ahmad Suleiman Jaradat and Sufyan Ali Hussein Jaradat, were subsequently transferred to hospital for treatment in Jenin.
Home invasion and destruction: Tubas – 11:45, Israeli Occupation forces seized, and destroyed, a mobile home in the Khirbet Humsa area of the North Jordan Valley.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 13:00, Israeli Occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at people, in the village of al-Issawiya.
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 vandalism – school destroyed: Ramallah – 09:20, Israeli forces demolished the Ras Al-Tin Bedouin community school, in the Ein Samiya district.
Israeli Army pastoral sabotage – shepherd taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 20:50, the Israeli Army interfered with a shepherd, Ajaj Al-Din Jamal Shehadeh, grazing his sheep, to the east of Azzun, and took him prisoner.
Israeli Army armed robbery and population-control: Hebron – 15:00, Israeli forces seized drilling equipment, an electricity generator and building materials from a man, Aziz Shehdeh Salim Omar, in the Janba area south of Yatta, and stopped him from doing restoration work on a cave, which is home to his family of six.
Occupation settlement development – agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 08:00, Israeli Occupation forces bulldozed an area of Qusra village farmland, in order to extend electricity supply-lines to serve the Esh Kodesh and Ehya settlement outposts.
Occupation settler violence: Hebron – 20:40, an Israeli settler rode his E-bike into, and injured, a woman, Aline Ziyad Abu Aisha, in the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood.
Raid: Jerusalem – 23:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of al-Jib.
Raid: Ramallah – 10:10, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Deir Qadis.
Raids: Jenin – 11:15-13:50, the Israeli Army raided the villages of Toura and Nazlat Zaid.
Raid: Jenin – 13:30-15:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Anin.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 16:45, the Israeli military raided Ya'abad, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Jenin – 18:40-21:05, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Toura.
Raids: Jenin – 00:55-02:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Jenin and Qabatiya, as well as the village of al-Shuhada.
Raids: Tulkarem – 15:35, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of Shufa and Izbit Shufa.
Raid – refugee camp: Tulkarem – 02:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the Nur Shams refugee camp.
Raids: Nablus – 16:50, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the villages of Tal and Za'tara.
Raid: Nablus – 20:20-23:15, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Surra village.
Raid: Nablus – 01:50-05:40, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Beita.
Raid – destruction – economic sabotage – population-control: Salfit – 10:30-14:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Sarta and demolished a blacksmith's workshop.
Raid: Salfit – 18:55-22:25, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Deir Istiya.
Raid: Jericho – 07:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Jericho.
Raid: Hebron – 23:10-01:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Hebron.
Restrictions of movement (15): 11:30, eastern entrance to Qalqiliya - 12:20, near entrance to Aqraba - 14:30, tightened procedures at the Beit Furik checkpoint - 18:30-22:10, entrance to Deir Istiya - 13:05, southern entrance to Bethlehem - 20:10-21:50, southern entrance to Bethlehem - 21:20-22:40, western entrance to Beit Fajjar - 19:30-22:30, entrance to Ithna - 19:35-22:10, Abu Sneina neighbourhood - 21:00-22:50, entrance to Beit Awa - 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 1, Ramallah 3, Jenin 1, Qalqiliya 1, Nablus 4, Jericho 1.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
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