In Occupied Palestine – 18 May 2023

18 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 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.

Israeli Army opens fire on

protesters in Gaza

More Occupation authority

and settler land-grabs

Israeli police and settlers’

mosque violation

Child terrorised and later released

Night peace disruption and/or

home invasions in UN refugee camp

and 12 towns and villages

1 attack –

1 Israeli Gaza ceasefire violation

38 raids including home invasions

6 wounded (including child)

1 beating

3 injured – 24 taken prisoner

Agricultural sabotage

Home invasions: 00:25, Zeita – 01:35, Tulkarem.

Peace disruption raids: 21:00, Shuafat UN refugee camp – 10:40, al-Bireh – 14:05, Silwad – 01:25, Deir Birzeit – 01:25, Ein Arik – 03:00, al-Mughayir – 16:00, Faqua – 17:45, Toura – 17:45, Nazlat Zaid – 02:40, Qabatiya – 04:20, Sanur – 04:20, Siris – 22:55, Kafr al-Labad – 02:15, Bala – dawn, Izbit al-Tayah – 18:30, Azzun – 18:30, Izbit al-Tabib – 19:00, ‘Hotel‘ village – 19:50, Kafr Thulth – 08:10, Asira al-Qibliya – 08:10, Einabus – 08:10, Madama – 09:10, Sebastia – 12:05, Asira – 13:05, Deir al-Hatab – 13:05, Salem – 15:50, Iraq Burin – 22:05, Kafr Qallil – 00:40, Asira al-Qibliya – 10:35, Bidya – 10:55, al-Zawiya – 10:55, Rafat – 23:55, al-Auja – 12:30, Husan – 18:40, Marah Rabah – 16:15, Hebron.

Palestinian missile attacks: none.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – 3 wounded: Gaza – afternoon, three people were wounded when an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards a demonstration protesting against the settler march of flags organised by the Occupying power.

Home invasions: Tulkarem – 00:25, Israeli Occupation forces raided Zeita and searched two houses.

Home invasions – population-control: Tulkarem – 01:35, Israeli forces raided Tulkarem and searched a number of homes, ordering oneperson to report for interrogation at Israeli Military Intelligence.

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 population-control: Jerusalem – 11:50, Israeli Occupation forces forced the closure of shops in the Old City, to accommodate the settler march of flags.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 21:30, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 1 injured: Ramallah – 14:05, stun grenades and tear gas canistersfired. One person was injured.

Israeli Army – agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 10:20, Israeli forces forces demolished an agricultural building, in ​​the village of Duma.

Israeli Army – vandalism: Nablus – 11:30, the Israeli Army bulldozed land, near Qusra.

Israeli Army – armed robbery – population-control: Jericho – 13:25, Israeli troops seized a machine being used to dig a well.

Israeli Army assault – child wounded: Bethlehem – 13:15, the Israeli military, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, wounded a child near the Aida UN refugee camp.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 16:35, fired near entrance to the town of Tuqu’.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 19:15, fired in the Um Rukba area of ​​​​al-Khadr.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 1 wounded: Bethlehem – 22:00, the Israelimilitary, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, wounded one person, near the eastern entrance to the village of Husan.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 12:20, fired near the entrance to the al-Arroub UN refugee camp.

Israeli Army – population-control: Hebron – the Israeli Occupation prevented the Hebron Reconstruction Committee from completing restoration work on a building and forced the workers to leave.

Occupation settlement expansion: Bethlehem – the Israeli Occupation announced a new plan to expand by another 29 hectares the Migdal Oz settlement established on Beit Ummar land.

Occupation settler violence: Jerusalem – 15:00, four people, Abd Barbar, Firas al-Atrash, Malik Mutwar and Majd Mutwar, were severely beaten up by members of the settler flag march that began in the Old City. Ministers and other members of the Knesset, headed by the Israeli Minister of Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, took part in the march.

Occupation settler land-grab: Nablus – 13:50, Israeli settlers seized and bulldozed land on the eastern side of Qusra, in order to expand the Migdalim settlement.

Occupation settler land-grab: Nablus – settlers, in the village of Jalloud, bulldozed its land, with the aim of expanding the Yesh Kodesh settlement outpost.

Raid – UN refugee camp: Jerusalem – 21:00, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas and tear canisters during a raid on the Shuafat UN refugee camp.

Raid: Ramallah – 10:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled al-Bireh.

Raid – 1 injured: Ramallah – 14:05, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Silwad, injuring one person, Baraa Mohammed Hamed.

Raids: Ramallah – 01:25, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the villages of Deir Birzeit and Ein Arik.

Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:00, the Israeli military raided the village of al-Mughayir, taking prisoner four people.

Raid: Jenin – 16:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Faqua.

Raid:s Jenin – 17:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Toura and Nazlat Zaid.

Raid: Jenin – 02:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Qabatiya.

Raids – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – 04:20, the Israeli Army raided the villages of Sanur and Siris, taking prisoner two people in Sanur.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 22:55, Israeli troops raided Kafr al-Labad, taking prisoner three people.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 02:15, the Israeli military raided Bala, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner – destruction with explosives: Tulkarem – dawn, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Izbit al-Tayah, using explosives to destroy a building and taking prisoner two people.

Raids: Qalqiliya – 18:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Azzun as well as the village of Izbit al-Tabib.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 19:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the ‘Hotel’ village.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 19:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Kafr Thulth.

Raids: Nablus – 08:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the villages of Asira al-Qibliya, Einabus and Madama.

Raid – Israeli Army and settlers: Nablus – 09:10, the Israeli military, accompanied settlers in a raid on Sebastia village.

Raid: Nablus – 12:05, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the northern town of Asira.

Raids: Nablus – 13:05, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the villages of Deir al-Hatab and Salem.

Raid: Nablus – 15:50, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Iraq Burin.

Raid: Nablus – 22:05, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qallil.

Raids: Nablus – 00:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Asira al-Qibliya.

Raid: Salfit – 10:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Bidya.

Raids: Salfit – 10:55, Israeli troops raided and patrolled al-Zawiya as well as the village of Rafat.

Raid: Jericho – 23:55, the Israeli military raided and patrolled al-Auja.

Raid: Bethlehem – 12:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Husan.

Raid – child terrorised: Bethlehem – 18:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Marah Rabah and terrorised a 13-year-old boy, Mohammed Taqatqa, releasing him later.

Raid: Hebron – 16:15, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Hebron.

Numbers relating to other people reportedly taken prisoner:

Jerusalem 9, Ramallah 1, Nablus 1.

Palestine/Israel is an apartheid state

[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]