16 March 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 sincewe, 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.
4 killed, 6 wounded
in UN refugee camp
Israeli Army position
opens fire on Gaza farmland
Night peace disruption
in 4 villages
2 attacks – 20 raids
1 Israeli ceasefire violation
4 killed – 23 wounded
1 beaten – 1 injured –
4 taken prisoner
1 abducted (aged 15)
5 acts of
agricultural/pastoral sabotage
Peace disruption raids: 15:15, Jenin – 10:10-12:55, Saniriya – 08:00-11:30, Asira al-Shamaliya – 10:25-11:30, Tell – 10:25-11:30, Urif – 10:25-11:30, Asira al-Qibliya – 13:20, Nablus Deir Sharaf – 13:20, Qusin – 16:05, Sebastia – 19:50, Salem – 10:05, Kafr al-Dik – 10:15, Bidya – 10:15, Rafat – 13:25-14:50, Deir Ballut – 22:10, Marda – 21:15, Beit Fajar – 02:50, Beit Jallah– 02:50, Doha – 02:50, al-Khadr – dawn, Beit Ula.
Palestinian missile attacks: none.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Gaza – morning, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of the al-Zaytoun neighbourhood.
Israeli Army attack on UN refugee camp – 4 killed – 23 wounded: Jenin – 15:15-16:25, raiding Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, in the Jenin UN refugee camp, killed one youngster and three adults as well as wounding 23 other residents. Those killed are: Omar Mohammed Omar Awadin (aged 16), Nidal Amin Zaidan Khazem, Youssef Saleh Barakat Shreim and Luay Khalil Al-Zughair. https://www.aljazeera.com/
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 abduction: Jerusalem – 19:30, Israeli Occupation forces, in the Silwan neighbourhood, abducted a 15-year-old boy: Yaman Hajjaj.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 21:30, fired in al-Issawiya village.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 08:50, fired at the Tariq bin Ziyad road junction.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 17:30 and 00:40, fired at entrance to the village of al-Nabi Saleh.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 15:10, Israelis, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, raided Burin village farmlandand severed branches from a number of olive trees.
Occupation settler beating and pastoral sabotage: Hebron – 11:30, Israeli Occupation settlers beat up and hospitalised a shepherd, Salah Abu Jundiyeh, as he was grazing his flock in the Tuba area, south-east of Yatta.
Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – Israeli settlers grazed their livestock on farmland in the Qawawis area, south of Yatta, ruining a large portion of wheat and barley crops.
Raid: Jenin – 15:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided Jenin.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 10:10-12:55, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Saniriya.
Raid: Nablus – 08:00-11:30, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Asira al-Shamaliya.
Raids: Nablus – 10:25-11:30, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the villages of Tell, Urif and Asira al-Qibliya.
Raids: Nablus – 13:20, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Nablus, as well as the villages of Deir Sharaf and Qusin.
Raid: Nablus – 16:05, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled village of Sebastia.
Raid: Nablus – 19:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Salem.
Raid: Salfit – 10:05, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Kafr al-Dik.
Raids: Salfit – 10:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Bidya as well as the village of Rafat.
Raids – population-control and agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 13:25-14:50, the Israeli military raided Deir Ballut and issued demolition notices, as well as orders to halt construction, against a number of agricultural facilities.
Raid: Salfit – 22:10, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Marda.
Raid: Bethlehem – 21:15, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Beit Fajar.
Raids: Bethlehem – 02:50, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Beit Jallah, Doha and al-Khadr.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, the Israeli Army raided Beit Ula, taking prisoner one person.
Restrictions of movement (27): 20:30, entrance to al-Eizariya – 08:40 and again at 22:20, tightened measures at the al-Mahkama checkpoint – 08:40, Oyoun al-Haramiya road junction, entrances to Bir Zeit, al-Taybeh, the village of Nabi Saleh and on the Wadi al-Delb road – 18:15, entrances to Turmusaya, Silwad, al-Taybeh, al-Mughayir village, Rawabi roundabout, Halamish settlement roundabout – 23:25, near the Atara Bridge – 16:05, al-Muraba’a area, near entrance to Tel village – 19:30, southern entrance to the town of Jama’in closed – 19:45, western entrance to the village of Marda closed – 20:45, western entrance to Kafr al-Dik – 19:15, centre of al-Auja – 16:10 and again at 19:25, northern entrance to Tekoa – 18:45, under al-Sawahra Bridge – 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:
Ramallah 1, Nablus 1, Salfit 1.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]