17 February 2023 {Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG):
https://www.nad.ps/en/
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
Agriculture and shepherds
under fire in Gaza
35 victims of Israeli Army
home invasion and robbery
Settlers destroy 70 olive trees
Settlers seize land,
seriously wounding farmer
Night peace disruption and/or home
invasion in 2 villages
8 attacks –
6 Israeli ceasefire violations
8 raids including home invasions
1 beaten – 8 wounded – 1 abducted
4 acts of
agricultural/economic sabotage
7 taken prisoner
Home invasions: 00:40, Far’un.
Peace disruption raids: 14:40, al-Mughayir – 18:30-20:20, Dura al-Qar – 09:30, Qusin – 14:45, Sebastia – 16:40-22:00, Deir Ballut – 14:45, Tuqu’ – dawn, Hadab al-Fawar.
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 Army attack: Northern Gaza – afternoon, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards people in east Jabalia.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Gaza – afternoon, one person was wounded by Israel forces firing live ammunition, as well as launching tear gas canisters, across the Green Line towards protesters.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – pastoral sabotage: Central Gaza – morning, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards a number of shepherds to the east of the al-Bureij and al-Maghazi refugee camps.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – 2 wounded: Central Gaza – afternoon, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition and launching tear gas canisters, from the Green Line towards protesters east of the al-Bureij refugee camp, wounded two people and caused a number of tear-gas casualties.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – afternoon, the Israeli Army fired tear gas canisters towards a number of farmers, east of Abasan.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Hebron – 13:00, one person, Omar Khalil, was wounded by Israeli troops positioned near the entrance to Beit Ummar, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades as well as tear-gas canisters.
Israeli Army attack: Hebron – 19:30 and 21:00, the Israeli military fired live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards the al-Aroub UN refugee camp.
Home invasion: Tulkarem – 00:40, the Israeli Army raided the village of Far’un and searched a home.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – noon, fired in Biddu.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 13:00, Israeli Occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters, towards people protesting against the threatened demolition of a building in the Silwan neighbourhood.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 1 child wounded: Jerusalem – 18:00, a child, Mohammed Essam Sharif Al-Jamzawi, was wounded by Israeli troops firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, in al-Eizariya.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 18:20, fired at the al-Ram road junction.
Israeli Army armed robbery: Jerusalem – 20:00, Israeli Occupation forces seized the equivalent of close to $US50,000 from the bank account of Ahmed Braghetti.
Israeli Army armed robbery: Jerusalem – Occupation forces seized money as well as gold jewellery from the homes andbank accounts of the following 34 prisoners and residents of the village of al-Issawiya: Musa Daoud Derbas, Hakim Musa Derbas, Ziad Adnan Darwish, Tariq Ziad Darwish, Wafaa Mohammed Attia, Fadi Mohammed Attia, Lubna Hassan Elayan, Mohammed Nasser Attia, Nisreen Munir Elyan, Walid Daoud Elyan, Loay Mansour Mahmoud, Ali Mohammed Mahmoud, Abeer, Derbas, Ibrahim Mohammed Derbas, Ali Daoud Derbas, Issa Ali Derbas, Magda Ahmed Malihat, Tamer Muhareb Malihat, Omran Jamil Dari, Saed Omran Dari, Najma Obeid, Mohammed Kamal Obeid, Yusufiya Mohammed Obeid, Mufid Obeid, Janan Khalil Abu al-Hummus, Sultan Rabah Abu al-Hummus, Mohammed Musa Dirbas, Saleh Saeed Mohammed, Mohammed Salih Mahmoud, Nawal Mohammed Obaid, Ahmad Shaban Obeid, Mohammed Musa Darwish, Majd Mohammed Darwish, Nada Atta Derbas.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 13:00, Wadi al-Delb road, near Ras Karkar.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 13:05, entrance to Silwad.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 17:15, near the Ofer UN Refugee Camp.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 3 wounded: Qalqiliya – 12:30, near the closed eastern entrance to Kafr Qaddum: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired towards protesters, wounding three demonstrators and causing tear gas casualties.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Qalqiliya – 18:50, fired at entrance to Azzun.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 12:30, fired in Qaryut village: tear gas casualties.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 12:35, fired in Beit Dajan village: tear gas casualties.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 13:00, the Jabal Sabih area in Beita: rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired towards protesters and international solidarity activists, causing tear gas casualties.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 14:35, Israeli Occupation forces fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters at people trying to reach their land, in Tuqu’, that was being threatened with seizure.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – afternoon, fired in the Bab al-Zawiya district.
Occupation settler violence: Nablus – 14:45, Israelis, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, assaulted and hospitalised a resident: Mohammed Gharib.
Occupation settler violence: Bethlehem – 16:20, Israelis, from the Betar Illit Occupation settlement, invaded Husan village agricultural land, beating up and hospitalising a farmer, Nasser Mahmoud Sabatin, and smashing the windscreen of his motor vehicle.
Occupation settler land-grab: Bethlehem – 18:40, Israeli Occupation settlers seized one hectare of privately-owned al-Khadr farmland.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – Israelis, from the Carmiel Occupation settlement, invaded agricultural land in the al-Thala area, east of Yatta, as well as uprooting and cutting down 70 olive trees.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 14:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided al-Mughayir village, taking prisoner three people.
Raid – children terrorised: Ramallah – 18:30-20:20, Israeli forces raided Dura al-Qar, taking prisoner, for a time, two children.
Raid – stun grenades and tear-gas canisters: Nablus – 09:30, the Israeli Army, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the village of Qusin.
Raid: Nablus – 14:45, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Sebastia village.
Raid – youngster abducted: Salfit – 16:40-22:00, the Israeli military raided Deir Ballut and abducted a 17-year-old youth: Abdul Rahman Jabara Abdullah.
Raid: Bethlehem – 14:45, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Tuqu’.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Hadab al-Fawar, taking prisoner two people.
Restrictions of movement (33): 12:25, near entrance to the Ofer UN Refugee Camp – 13:40, southern entrance to Silwad – 13:40, entrance to the village of Yabrud – 19:45, main road leading to the Jalazoun and the al-Mar UN Refugee Camp closed – 17:55, tightened procedures at the Tayasir checkpoint – 12:25, the Wadi Qana road closed between Qalqiliya and Salfit – 18:50-23:30, entrance to Azzun closed – 12:34, tightened procedures at the Shavei Shamron checkpoint – 13:15, tightened procedures at the Beit Furik checkpoint – 21:05, tightened measures at the Huwara checkpoint – 12:30, between Nablus and Asira al-Shamaliya – 14:15, the al-Muraba’a area, near entrance to Tel village – 21:30, the al-Muraba’a area near entrance to Tel village – 15:35, entrance to the village of Burqa – 16:40, the Yanun area, east of Beit Furik – 22:45, entrance to the village of Surra – 13:35-17:00, western entrance to Deir Istiya – 10:00-12:25, Ush Ghurab area, east of Beit Sahour – 14:35, northern entrance to Tuqu’ closed – 15:20, western entrance to the village of Husan closed – 15:40, western entrance to Beit Fajjar – 20:20, western entrance to Beit Fajjar – 17:25, Aqbat Hasna area – 01:35, western entrance to Husan village – 12:35-16:00, entrance to Beit Awa – 13:25-16:05, entrance to Ithna. – 15:35, entrance to al-Fawar UN Refugee Camp – 21:50-23:00, al-Sahib road junction – 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 – 2
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
