In Occupied Palestine – 19 May 2023

19 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 support

for settler violence

Settlers harass arriving

worshippers at Al-Aqsa

Night peace disruption and/or

home invasions in 6 villages

11 raids – 17 wounded

5 taken prisoner

Agricultural sabotage

Peace disruption raids: 19:20, Aboud – 22:10, Deir Dibwan – 08:00, al-Jalama – 13:30-15:25, Zububa – 22:45-00:45, Faqou’a – 22:45-00:45, Jalbun – 10:05, Hajjah village – 22:40, Sebastia – 22:40, Deir Sharaf – dawn, Beit Awa – 02:25, Beit Ummar.

Palestinian missile attacks: none.

Israeli Army and settler violence: Jerusalem – 13:00, Israeli Occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at people, in support of raiding settlers at the Lions Gate that leads to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 15:05, fired at Ein Bubin, in Deir Birzeit.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 15:55, fired near the entrance to the village of Deir Birzeit.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 19:30, fired near al-Mazra’a.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 3 wounded: Qalqiliya – 13:10, Israeli Occupation forces fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protesters, near the closed eastern entrance to Kafr Qaddum, wounding three people and causing a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 2 wounded: Nablus – 13:40, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protesters in the Jabal Subeih area of Beita, wounding two people and causing a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters – 12 wounded: Nablus – 14:40, Israeli Occupation forces fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protesters, near the village of Beit Dajan, wounding 12 people and causing a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 14:45, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protesters, causing a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 14:15, Israeli Occupation forces fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protesters in the Bab al-Zawiya district, causing a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 15:35, fired in Beit Ummar.

Occupation settler violence: Jerusalem – 12:00, Israeli settlers harassed worshippers arriving for prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Occupation settler vandalism: Jerusalem – 12:30, Israeli settlers smashed the windows of vehicles at the Lions Gate entrance to Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 13:45, Israeli Occupation settlers bulldozed crops on Asira al-Qibliya village land.

Raid: Ramallah – 19:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Aboud.

Raid: Ramallah – 22:10, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Deir Dibwan.

Raid: Jenin – 08:00, Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of al-Jalama.

Raid: Jenin – 13:30-15:25, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Zububa.

Raids: Jenin – 22:45-00:45, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the villages of Faqou’a and Jalbun.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 10:05, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Hajjah.

Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 22:40, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided the village of Sebastia.

Raid: Nablus – 22:40, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Deir Sharaf.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – dawn, the Israeli Army raided Beit Awa, taking prisoner one person.

Raid– 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:25, Israeli troops raided Beit Ummar, taking prisoner one person.

Restrictions of movement (15): 11:50, entrance to Aboud closed – 09:40, entrance to the village of Izbit al-Tabib – 15:30, al-Muraba’a area, near entrance to Tel village – 15:40, Yatma village road junction – 17:55-19:45, between the villages of Urif and Asira al-Qibliya – 19:00, near entrance to village of Deir Sharaf – 07:10, al-Hamra checkpoint closed to traffic – 16:10, roadblock on road to the al-Adaysah area in Sa’ir – 16:55, entrance to Bani Naim – 23:05, al-Samou 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.

Number relating to other people reportedly taken prisoner:

Jerusalem – 3.

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