In Occupied Palestine - 20 May 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)
20 May 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 Navy opens fire on
Palestinian fishing boats
Israeli Army position opens fire
on Gaza farmland
2 land-grabs for settlement growth
Israeli Army supports
2 settler assaults
Youngster and shepherd
shot and wounded
Night peace disruption and/or
home invasions in 6 towns and villages
7 attacks –
4 Israeli ceasefire violations
11 raids including home invasions
3 wounded – 9 taken prisoner
Economic sabotage
Home invasions: Jerusalem, al-Tur neighbourhood.
Peace disruption raids: 16:45, Ta'anak - 19:10-20:15, Zububa - 00:50-05:10, Tulkarem - 20:20, Salem - 21:20-04:35, Kafr Qallil - 08:45, Bidya - 22:40-01:20, Marda village - 22:00, Bani Naim - 03:05, Dura - 03:30, Hebron.
Palestinian missile attacks: none.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Northern Gaza – morning, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off al-Sudaniya.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Khan Yunis – 02:00, Israeli gunboats opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off Khan Yunis.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Rafah – 08:00, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of al-Shouka.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Rafah – morning, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off Rafah.
Israeli settler attack with Israeli Army support: Jerusalem – armed Israeli settlers, accompanied by Occupation troops, assaulted a number of people in the al-Tur neighbourhood, smashing vehicle windows and opening fire towards nearby homes.
Israeli Army attack – youngster wounded and hospitalised: Tulkarem – 13:25, Israeli troops, at an annexation Wall gate, near Quffin, shot and wounded a 16-year-old youth: Bashar Suleiman Daoud Tohme. The injured youngster was admitted to hospital.
Israeli Army attack – shepherd wounded and hospitalised: Nablus – 13:30, a security guard, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, shot and wounded a shepherd, Mamoun Amin Fayez Nassar, as he grazed his flock near Madama village. The injured man was admitted to the government hospital in Nablus.
Home invasions and occupation: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces raided the al-Tur neighbourhood and invaded a home, taking prisoner one person: Abdel Nasser Al-Ledawiyah.
Israeli Army assault – 1 wounded: Jerusalem – 17:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, wounded a man: Obeida Taha.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 23:00, fired in the Silwan neighbourhood.
Israeli Army population-control: Ramallah – the Israeli Army kept the eastern and western entrances to al-Mughair village closed, for the eighth day in a row, forcing people to take long, rough detours to reach their workplaces.
Israeli Army – land-seizure for settlement development: Tulkarem – Israeli Occupation forces issued a land-seizure order on an area of Shufa village land, in order to facilitate further development of the Evni Hefetz settlement.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 13:25, fired at entrance to al-Arroub UN refugee camp.
Occupation land-grab for settlement growth: Nablus – Israeli Occupation bulldozers bulldozed areas of Deir al-Hatab land, in order to enlarge the Alon Moreh settlement.
Occupation settler violence with Israeli Army support: Jerusalem – Israeli settlers, accompanied by Occupation soldiers, pepper-sprayed people in the Old City's al-Wad Street and vandalised the entrances to a number of shops.
Occupation settler violence: Ramallah – evening, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned people in Turmusaya as well as in the village of al-Mughayir.
Raid: Jenin – 16:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Ta'anak.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – 19:10-20:15, Israeli forces raided the village of Zububa, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Tulkarem – 00:50-05:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the Irtah suburb.
Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 20:20, Israeli troops, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the village of Salem.
Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 21:20-04:35, the Israeli military, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qallil.
Raid: Salfit – 08:45, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Bidya.
Raid: Salfit – 22:40-01:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Marda village.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 22:00, Israeli forces raided Bani Naim, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:05, the Israeli Army raided Dura, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:30, Israeli troops raided Hebron, taking prisoner one person.
Restrictions of movement (17): 10:55, Halamish settlement roundabout - 20:20, entrance to the village of al-Nabi Saleh - 10:45, tightened procedures at the Huwara checkpoint - 18:40, Yitzhar settlement road junction - 21:45, Yatma village road junction - 20:50, al-Muraba'a area, near entrance to Surra village; 1 taken prisoner - 10:30, southern entrance to Jericho - 14:10, eastern entrance to Jericho - 07:10, southern entrance to Jericho - 21:25, southern entrance to Nahalin - 11:15, al-Zarzour road junction - 14:55-16:00, entrance to Ithna - Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing closed - al-Mantar-Karni crossing closed - al-Shujaiyeh crossing (Nahal Oz) closed - Sufa crossing closed - al-Awda Port closed.
Number relating to other people reportedly taken prisoner:
Jerusalem – 1.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
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