In Occupied Palestine - 21 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)
21 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 Army attack:
home invasions & destruction,
3 killed, 6 wounded, 10 taken prisoner
Israeli Navy opens fire on
Palestinian fishing boats
Israeli Army position opens fire
on Gaza farmland
Israeli Army land-grabs
for settlement growth
Night peace disruption and/or
home invasions in 3 UN refugee camps
as well as 4 towns and villages
4 attacks – 2 Israeli ceasefire violations
13 raids including home invasions
3 killed – 8 wounded – 1 abducted
17 taken prisoner
4 acts of
agricultural/economic sabotage
Home invasions: dawn, Jenin - 01:00-03:55, Balata UN refugee camp - 15:40-17:35, Bal'a - 23:00, al-Auja.
Peace disruption raids: 21:30, Shuafat UN refugee camp - dawn, Abu Dis - 11:50, Ein Yabroud - morning, Beit Rima - 13:20, Burqa - 03:00-05:25, Aqbat Jabir UN refugee camp - 21:35, Hebron - 02:35, Bani Naim - 03:30, Dura.
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 the al-Waha area, north-west of Beit Lahiya.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Rafah – 14:00, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of al-Shouka.
Israeli Army attack – home invasions – 2 wounded/injured: Jenin – dawn, raiding Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, stormed into and searched homes, wounding two people, Ahmed Mahajneh Al-Shakhshir, as well as his son, who was attacked by a police dog and taken prisoner.
Israeli Army attack – home invasions and destruction – 3 killed – 6 wounded – 10 taken prisoner: Nablus – 01:00-03:55, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided the Balata UN refugee camp and searched a number of homes, killing three people, Fathi Jihad Abdel Salam Abu Rizk, Abdullah Yusef Mohammed Abu Hamdan and Mohammed Bilal Mohammed Zaytoun. The Israeli forces used explosives to destroy three houses, which also caused serious damage to nearby homes. Six people were wounded in the raids and the names of three of them are: Khalil Ahmed Ziyad Araisha, Ali Abdullah Al-Srouji and Yazan Abdul Qadir Damra. Ten more people were taken prisoner.
Home invasions – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Tulkarem – 15:40-17:35, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Bal'a as well as searching a number of homes.
Home invasion and abduction: Jericho – 23:00, Israeli forces raided al-Auja and abducted a 16-year-old youth: Basil Salem Arinat.
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 – 20:50, fired in al-Tur neighbourhood.
Israeli Army population-control: Nablus – evening, the Israeli Army forced shops in central Huwara to close.
Israeli Army agricultural sabotage: Nablus – Israeli Occupation bulldozers ruined an area of Asira al-Qibliya land.
Israeli Army land-grabs for settlement growth: Nablus – the Israeli military issued an order, for the seizure of 1.45 hectares of land from the villages of Tel, Farata and Jit, to provide for the enlargement of the Givat Gilad Occupation settlement.
Israeli Army agricultural sabotage – water crime: Jericho – Israeli forces bulldozed three hectares of al-Nuwaima village land, planted with onion and eggplant crops, as well as destroying the agricultural water supply.
Occupation settlement development: Jenin – the Israeli Occupation issued an order, to cancel the 2005 withdrawal law that removed settlers from the Homesh, Ghanim, Kadim and Sanur settlements.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 22:10, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles at the al-Mahkama checkpoint.
Occupation settler violence: Tubas – settlers, in the North Jordan Valley, attacked a number of local shepherds, pepper-spraying two of them: Mahmoud Awwad and his son, Hani.
Raid – UN refugee camp: Jerusalem – 21:30, raiding Israeli Occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at people in the Shuafat UN refugee camp.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli forces raided Abu Dis, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 11:50, the Israeli Army raided the village of Ein Yabroud, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – morning, Israeli troops raided Beit Rima, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 13:20, the Israeli military, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the village of Burqa.
Raid – UN refugee camp: Jericho – 03:00-05:25, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the Aqbat Jabir UN refugee camp.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 21:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided Hebron, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:35, Israeli forces raided Bani Naim, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:30, the Israeli Army raided Dura, taking prisoner one person.
Restrictions of movement (20): Eastern and western entrances to al-Mughayir village closed for the ninth day in a row, forcing people to take long and rough detours to reach their workplaces - 18:00, entrance to the village of al-Nabi Saleh - 08:30, entrance to the village of Hajjah - 21:20, entrance to Azzun - 12:50, tightened procedures at Huwara checkpoint - 15:55, Deir Sharaf village roundabout; 1 taken prisoner - 09:25, southern entrance to Jericho - 20:55-22:10, northern entrance to Jericho - 09:10-10:30, northern entrance to Tuqu' - 10:15-11:30, entrance to Bani Naim - 12:15, Hebron - 18:55, northern entrance to Hebron - 22:20-23:30, entrance to Wadi al-Saman Road - 23:00-midnight, entrance to Dura - Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing closed - al-Mantar-Karni crossing closed - al-Shujaiyeh crossing (Nahal Oz) closed - Sufa crossing closed - al-Awda Port closed.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
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