In Occupied Palestine – 20 May 2023

20 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 Navy opens fire on

Palestinian fishing boats

Israeli Army position opens fire

on Gaza farmland

2 land-grabs for settlement growth

Israeli Army supports

2 settler assaults

Youngster and shepherd

shot and wounded

Night peace disruption and/or

home invasions in 6 towns and villages

7 attacks –

4 Israeli ceasefire violations

11 raids including home invasions

3 wounded – 9 taken prisoner

Economic sabotage

Home invasions: Jerusalem, al-Tur neighbourhood.

Peace disruption raids: 16:45, Ta’anak – 19:10-20:15, Zububa – 00:50-05:10, Tulkarem – 20:20, Salem – 21:20-04:35, Kafr Qallil – 08:45, Bidya – 22:40-01:20, Marda village – 22:00, Bani Naim – 03:05, Dura – 03:30, Hebron.

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 Navy attack – economic sabotage: Khan Yunis – 02:00, Israeli gunboats opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off Khan Yunis.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Rafah – 08:00, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of al-Shouka.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Rafah – morning, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off Rafah.

Israeli settler attack with Israeli Army support: Jerusalem – armed Israeli settlers, accompanied by Occupation troops, assaulted a number of people in the al-Tur neighbourhood, smashing vehicle windows and opening fire towards nearby homes.

Israeli Army attack – youngster wounded and hospitalised: Tulkarem – 13:25, Israeli troops, at an annexation Wall gate, near Quffin,shot and wounded a 16-year-old youth: Bashar Suleiman Daoud Tohme. The injured youngster was admitted to hospital.

Israeli Army attack – shepherd wounded and hospitalised: Nablus – 13:30, a security guard, from the Yitzhar Occupation settlement, shot and wounded a shepherd, Mamoun Amin Fayez Nassar, as he grazed his flock near Madama village. The injured man was admitted to the government hospital in Nablus.

Home invasions and occupation: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces raided the al-Tur neighbourhood and invaded a home, taking prisoner one person: Abdel Nasser Al-Ledawiyah.

Israeli Army assault – 1 wounded: Jerusalem – 17:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, wounded a man: Obeida Taha.

Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 23:00, fired in the Silwan neighbourhood.

Israeli Army population-control: Ramallah – the Israeli Army kept the eastern and western entrances to al-Mughair village closed, for the eighth day in a row, forcing people to take long, rough detours to reach their workplaces.

Israeli Army – land-seizure for settlement development: Tulkarem – Israeli Occupation forces issued a land-seizure order on an area ofShufa village land, in order to facilitate further development of the Evni Hefetz settlement.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – 13:25, fired at entrance to al-ArroubUN refugee camp.

Occupation land-grab for settlement growth: Nablus – Israeli Occupation bulldozers bulldozed areas of Deir al-Hatab land, in order to enlarge the Alon Moreh settlement.

Occupation settler violence with Israeli Army support: Jerusalem – Israeli settlers, accompanied by Occupation soldiers, pepper-sprayed people in the Old City‘s al-Wad Street and vandalised the entrances to a number of shops.

Occupation settler violence: Ramallah – evening, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned people in Turmusaya as well as in the village of al-Mughayir.

Raid: Jenin – 16:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Ta’anak.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jenin – 19:10-20:15, Israeli forces raided the village of Zububa, taking prisoner two people.

Raid: Tulkarem – 00:50-05:10, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the Irtah suburb.

Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 20:20, Israeli troops, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the village of Salem.

Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 21:20-04:35, the Israeli military, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qallil.

Raid: Salfit – 08:45, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Bidya.

Raid: Salfit – 22:40-01:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Marda village.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 22:00, Israeli forces raided Bani Naim, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:05, the Israeli Army raided Dura, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:30, Israeli troops raided Hebron, taking prisoner one person.

Restrictions of movement (17): 10:55, Halamish settlement roundabout – 20:20, entrance to the village of al-Nabi Saleh – 10:45, tightened procedures at the Huwara checkpoint – 18:40, Yitzhar settlement road junction – 21:45, Yatma village road junction – 20:50, al-Muraba’a area, near entrance to Surra village; 1 taken prisoner – 10:30, southern entrance to Jericho – 14:10, eastern entrance to Jericho – 07:10, southern entrance to Jericho – 21:25, southern entrance to Nahalin – 11:15, al-Zarzour road junction – 14:55-16:00, entrance to Ithna – 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 – 1.

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