08 May 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.
Assassination air-strikes
also kill indiscriminately
Slain children among victims
in air-strikes on homes
Night peace disruption and/or
home invasions in 9 towns and villages
7 air-strikes – 4 attacks
8 Israeli ceasefire violations
14 raids including home invasions
21 killed – 19+ wounded
2 abducted – 24 taken prisoner
5 acts of
agricultural/economic sabotage
Home invasions: 02:00-05:15, Qalqiliya – 18:15-00:45, Kafr Qaddum – 07:40, Dura.
Peace disruption raids: dawn, Qatanna – 22:50, Beit Rima – 01:35, al-Mughayir – 03:25, Ras Karkar – 17:10, Ya’abad – 00:50, Rumana – 00:50, Zububa – 18:00, Azzun – 10:05, Tel village – 00:30, Hebron – 03:25, Yatta.
Palestinian missile attacks: none.
Ceasefire violations – air-strike: Gaza – 02:10, in an assassination operation that targeted an apartment building in the al-Remal neighbourhood of Gaza City, the Israeli Air Force fired two missiles, killing the intended victim, Tariq Ibrahim Mohammed Ez el-Din, as well as his wife, Mervat Salih Mohammed Ekhsiwan and their children: Ali, aged 8 and Mayar, aged 11. Fifteen other people were killed in the attack, including four children and four women. One nearby house was destroyed and several others were damaged. More air-strike deaths and injuries occurred in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood.
Ceasefire violation – air strike: Central Gaza – 02:45, two Israeli air strikes launched four missiles into South Deir al-Balah.
Ceasefire violation – air strike: Central Gaza – 02:50, two Israeli air strikes launched three missiles into West Deir al-Balah.
Ceasefire violation – air strike: Khan Yunis – 02:25, Israeli air strikes hit the west of Khan Yunis.
Ceasefire violation – air strike: Khan Yunis – 02:50, more Israeli air strikes hit the west of Khan Yunis.
Ceasefire violation – air strike: Khan Yunis – 04:15, an Israeli air strike hit eastern Khuza’a.
Ceasefire violations – air strike: Rafah – 02:30, an assassination operation that targeted a house in al-Zahra Street killed two people, Jihad Shaker Diab Abdel-Hafez Al-Ghannam and his wife, Wafa Nimr Tawfiq Al-Ghannam, injuring six other residents. The victims’ homes, as well as others nearby, were damaged.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Central Gaza – 08:40, Israeli forces, accompanied by reconnaissance aircraft, invaded an area close to the al-Maghazi UN refugee camp and laid waste to the land.
Israeli settler attack: Ramallah – 22:45, armed Israeli settlers invaded the outskirts of Deir Dibwan, opening fire on people and then withdrawing.
Occupation settler stoning: Qalqiliya – 14:20, an armed Israeli settler, driving a vehicle through the entrance to Azzun, opened fire towards pedestrians.
Israeli Army attack – 13 wounded – 2 taken prisoner: Nablus – 07:40, raiding Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, surrounded a house and opened fire on residents, wounding 13 of them as well as causing 75 tear gas casualties. Two people were taken prisoner.
Home invasion – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Qalqiliya – 02:00-05:15, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Qalqiliya and searched a house.
Home invasion: Nablus – 18:15-00:45, Nablus – 10:05, Israeli forces raided Kafr Qaddum and searched a home.
Home invasions: Hebron – 07:40, the Israeli Army raided Dura and stormed, as well as searching, two homes.
Israeli Army – abduction: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli troops abducted a youngster, Mohammed Yasser Darwish, in the village of al-Issawiya.
Israeli Army – abduction: Jerusalem – 08:00, the Israeli Army abducted a boy, Omar Nidal Al-Natsheh, on his way to school in Jerusalem.
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 destruction – agricultural sabotage: Jerusalem – 09:30, Israeli Occupation forces demolished an agricultural nursery in Hizma.
Israeli Army armed robbery – agricultural sabotage: Tubas – 11:30, Israeli forces seized agricultural equipment from a farm in the North Jordan Valley area of al-Baqa’a.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Tulkarem – 21:00-23:00, the Israeli Army fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards people near the entrance to the village of Shufa, harassing and detaining five.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 17:20, near al-Mukhtar roundabout in the Old City.
Occupation settlement development and growth: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation authorities issued tenders for the construction of 1,248 new units in the settlements of: Betar Illit, Gilo, Efrat, Kiryat Arba, Ma’ale Ephraim and Karnei Shomron.
Occupation settler stoning: Jenin – 18:05, Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the Dotan checkpoint.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 09:25, Israeli settlers assaulted farmers and prevented them from cultivating their Qaryut village land.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 11:20, Israeli settlers assaulted two farmers in the Khallet al-Wusta area of Jalloud village, to prevent them from ploughing their land, as well as damaging a tractor.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided Qatanna, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Ramallah – 22:50, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Beit Rima.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 01:35, the Israeli Army raided al-Mughayir, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:25, Israeli troops raided the village of Ras Karkar, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Jenin – 17:10, the Israeli military raided Ya’abad and detained for a time, a man: Antar Oqab Anfa’at.
Raids – population-control: Jenin – 00:50, Israeli soldiers raided the villages of Rumana as well as Zububa and ordered two people to report for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 18:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Azzun.
Raid: Nablus – 10:05, Israeli forces raided Tel village and searched a house under construction.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 00:30, the Israeli Army raided Hebron, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 7 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:25, Israeli troops raided Yatta, taking prisoner seven people.
Restrictions of movement (19): 12:40, eastern entrance to al-Mugheir – 22:00, Atara Bridge; 1 taken prisoner – 18:05, Dotan closed – 11:55, tightened procedures at the Einav checkpoint – 00:50-02:00, checkpoint on main Tulkarem to Nablus road – 18:35, tightened measures at the Huwara checkpoint – 15:30, Yitzhar settlement road junction: two taken prisoner – 19:10, Deir Sharaf village roundabout – 19:35, entrance to village of Awarta – 16:00, Deir Sharaf village roundabout closed – 11:05-12:10, southern entrance to Bethlehem – 11:55, entrance to Beit Awa – 13:40, Karantina area – 19:00-20:30, Karantina area – 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, Jericho 2, Bethlehem 1.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
YAWN!