24 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.
Israeli Navy opens fire on
Palestinian fishing boats
Israeli Army positions open fire
on Gaza farmland
More than 50 refugee
camp homes invaded
Israeli Army destruction
and economic sabotage
Night peace disruption and/or
home invasions in 9 towns and villages
13 attacks –
10 Israeli ceasefire violations
16 raids including home invasions
20 wounded – 3 injured
2 abducted
14 acts of
agricultural/economic sabotage
24 taken prisoner
Home invasions: 23:15-04:30, Jericho – 11:10, Sawahra – Jerusalem – 03:55-06:35, al-Yamoun – 01:40-05:30, Kafr Laqif – 02:20-05:20, Beita – 23:30, Hebron.
Peace disruption raids: 04:20, al-Mughayir – 13:00, Ya’bad – 13:00, Nazlat Zaid – 13:00, Toura – 17:20, Rumana – 03:55-06:35, Silat al-Harithiya – 03:55-06:35, Tanak – 09:00-10:00, Deir Ballut – 10:40, Kafr al-Dik – 03:10, Yatta
Palestinian missile attacks: none.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Northern Gaza – evening, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off the al-Waha area, north-west of Beit Lahiya, wounding one of the crew: Mahmoud Arouq.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Central Gaza – 15:40, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of Deir al-Balah.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Central Gaza – 21:30, Israeli forces, positioned behind the Green Line, opened fire on farmland east of Deir al-Balah.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Central Gaza – 02:00, Israeli gunboats opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off Deir al-Balah.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army incursion – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – morning, Israeli forces, accompanied by reconnaissance aircraft, invaded an area, east of al-Fukhari, and laid waste to the land.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – 09:15, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of Khuza’a.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – 13:15, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of Khuza’a.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – 14:00, Israeli forces, positioned behind the Green Line, opened fire on farmland east of Abasan al-Kabira.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Khan Yunis – 06:00, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off Khan Yunis.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – 06:00, an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards agricultural land east of Khuza’a.
Israeli Army attack – 4 wounded – pastoral sabotage: Nablus – 19:30-22:45, the Israeli Army, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, invaded the village of Burqa, in support of raiding settlers who had set fire to a livestock shelter. Four people, Loay Mahmoud Lutfi Hajjah, Mustafa Ahmed Omar Salim and Hikmat Ahmed Saif, were wounded in the attack.
Israeli Army attack – 50+ homes invaded – 15 wounded – 14 taken prisoner: Jericho – 23:15-04:30, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, invaded the Aqbat Jabir UN refugee camp, storming and searching more than 50 homes. Fifteen people: Mustafa Jamal Abu Al-Sukkar, Mahmoud Mohammed Abu Hazim (aged 16), Abdullah Hamza Al-Ajouri (aged 16), Suhaib Jihad Habash, Mahmoud Imad Hajajah (aged 16), Omar Manasra, Uday Khaled Awad, Ahmed Humaidan, Ahmed Galaita, Malik Mahmoud Musleh, Tail Khalil Malihat, Musa Mohammed Galaita (aged 16), Baraa Mohammed Bakr al-Hindi, Mohammed Yahya Jamal and Mohammed Mahmoud Galaita were wounded. Fourteen others were taken prisoner:Omar Nasser Al-Hinnawi, Mohammed Issa Hajjaj, Mohammed Adel Sharaf, Iyad Hamidat, Mohammed Fawzi Awadat, Ibrahim Youssef Yaghi, Alaa Al-Bitar, Mohammed Fawaz Bilhan, Ramzi Fawaz Bilhan, Fayez Ramzi Bilhan, Ramy Yahya Al-Jamal , Zaid Mohammed Raslan, Ibrahim Al-Alam and Alaa Abu Atta,
Israeli Army attack – 3 injured: Hebron – 19:15, Israeli forces fired live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards the Khaled bin Al-Walid Mosque, injuring three people and smashing windows.
Home invasion: Jerusalem – 11:10, Israeli forces raided Sawahra and searched a home.
Home invasion and destruction: Jerusalem – the Israeli Occupation demolished a house in the Jabal al-Mukabbir neighbourhood.
Home invasion – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – 03:55-06:35, the Israeli Army raided al-Yamoun, taking prisoner one person.
Home invasions: Qalqiliya – 01:40-05:30, Israeli troops raided the village of Kafr Laqif and searched two homes.
Home invasion and abduction: Nablus – 02:20-05:20, the Israeli military raided Beita and abducted a 16-year-old youth: Jamal Youssef Hamayel.
Home invasions: Hebron – 23:30, Israeli soldiers raided Hebron and searched two homes.
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 damage and vandalism: Jerusalem – 09:00, Israeli Occupation forces bulldozed privately-owned land in Sur Baher village, as well as destroying a wall.
Israeli Army robbery: Jerusalem – 10:20, Israeli forces seized a bulldozer in the village of Kafr Malik.
Israeli Army – destruction: Bethlehem – 10:50, the Israeli Army dismantled a marketing kiosk, near the entrance to the village of al-Walaja.
Israeli Army – pastoral sabotage: Jerusalem – Israeli troops destroyed a livestock shelter, in an area between Beit Jallah and al-Khadr.
Israeli Army – agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 11:00, the Israeli military demolished a barn under construction, as well as retaining wallsin the al-Aida area and also demolished a greenhouse.
Israeli Army – destruction and economic sabotage: Hebron – 15:00, Israeli soldiers demolished a tourist villa in the Annab al-Kabeerah area of al-Dhahiriya.
Occupation settler violence: Jerusalem – 20:50, Israeli settlers assaulted a woman and her children, in the Silwan neighbourhood.
Settler land-grab: Nablus – 11:25, Israeli settlers fenced off and seized privately-owned land, in the village of Asira al-Qibliya.
Occupation settler vandalism: Hebron – 09:30, Israelis, from the Hagai settlement, bulldozed privately-owned land.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 04:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of al-Mughayir, taking prisoner two people.
Raids: Jenin – 13:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Ya’bad as well as the villages of Nazlat Zaid and Toura.
Raid: Jenin – 17:20, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Rumana.
Raids: Jenin – 03:55-06:35, the Israeli Army raided Silat al-Harithiya as well as the village of Tanak.
Raid: Salfit – 09:00-10:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Deir Ballut.
Raid: Salfit – 10:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Kafr al-Dik.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:10, Israeli soldiers raided Yatta, taking prisoner one person.
Restrictions of movement (25): Eastern and western entrances to the village of al-Mughayir closed for the twelfth day in a row, forcing people to take long and rough detours to reach their workplaces – 08:20, entrance to the village of Azzun – 13:20, between Jayus and the village of al-Nabi Elias; 1 taken prisoner – 09:35, Awarta checkpoint closed to traffic – 21:45, Beit Furik checkpoint closed – 00:45, tightened procedures at the Beit Furik checkpoint – 00:45, Huwara – 18:25, Jureish village road junction – 19:15, near Deir Sharaf village roundabout, youngster abducted – 11:00, western entrance to al-Auja – 20:50-03:10, Aqbat Hasna area – 11:55-15:00, entrance to Bani Naim – 12:00-15:00, entrance to Beit Awa – 15:00-16:00, eastern entrance to Dura – 18:00-19:30, roadblock at the village of Beit Einoun – 19:15-20:30, entrance to Ithna – 19:20-21:45, entrance to the village of Beit Einoun closed – 22:00-23:10, entrance to the village of Susiya – 23:20, Halhul Bridge: roadblock – 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 1, Qalqiliya 1, Hebron 3.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
YAWN!