In Occupied Palestine – 21 August 2023

21 August 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.

Gaza ceasefire violation

– 6 wounded

Youngster killed in home invasion

9 wounded in home invasion raids

2 homes destroyed

Night peace disruption and/or

home invasions in 2 refugee camps

and 20 towns and villages

3 attacks – 1 Israeli ceasefire violation

48 raids including home invasions

1 killed – 15 wounded – 1 injured

2 abducted – 51 taken prisoner

Home invasions: 05:25, al-Zabadeh – 16:55, Beita – 03:15, Abwein – 14:30, Silat al-Harithiya – 03:05, Tulkarem refugee camp – 01:05, Azzun – 11:50, Ein al-Dyouk al-Tahta – 12:10, Hebron – midnight, Beit Ula.

Peace disruption raids: 04:00, Kafr Aqab – 10:00, Kharbatha Bani Harith – 19:35, Turmusaya – dawn, Ramallah – 11:15, Jaba – 12:15, Jalboun – 12:15, Beit Qad – 12:15, al-Jalama – 13:45, Araba – 13:45, Anza – 14:30, al-Yamoun – 14:30, al-Hashimiya – 14:30, Kafr Qud – 14:30, Kafr Dan – dawn, Sanur – 10:25, Anabta – 12:40, Shufa – 12:40, Izbit Shufa – 03:05, Tulkarem – 13:45, Azzun – 22:30, Kafr Laqif – 04:25, Qalqiliya – 09:10, Tal – 11:00, Aqraba – 19:05, Osirin – 21:30, Beit Furik – 02:55, Beit Dajan – 05:00, Nablus – 05:30, Burqa – 01:30, Qarawat Bani Hassan – 02:15, Jericho – 22:30, Tuqu’ – 03:00, Harmala – 04:40, Aida refugee camp – 10:25, Hebron Basic School – 11:45, Hebron – 17:30, Halhul – midnight, Ithna – 05:10, Beit Kahil – 05:15, Surif. 39

Palestinian missile attacks: none.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army attack – 6 wounded: Gaza – an Israeli Army position, behind the Green Line, opened fire towards protesters demonstrating, east of Gaza City, wounding six and causing a number of tear gas casualties.

Israeli Army attack – youngster killed – home invasions: Jenin – 05:25, a 17-year-old youth, Othman Atef Abu Kharj, was killed when Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided al-Zabadeh and invaded a number of homes. One person was taken prisoner.

Israeli Army attack – 8 wounded – home invasions – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 16:55, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Beita, invading homes and wounding eight residents. One person was taken prisoner.

Home invasions – rubber-coated bullets fired – 15 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:15, Israeli Occupation forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Abwein, invading homes and taking prisoner 15 people.

Home invasions – rubber-coated bullets – 1 child wounded – 2 people taken prisoner: Jenin – 14:30, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Silat al-Harithiya and invaded a number of homes, wounding a child, Wissam Ahed Jaradat, as well as taking prisoner two people.

Home invasions – rubber-coated bullets fired: Tulkarem – 03:05, the Israeli Army, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and invaded homes in the refugee camp.

Home invasions – stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Qalqiliya – 01:05, Israeli troops, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Azzun and invaded a number of houses.

Homes destroyed: Jericho – 11:50, the Israeli military demolished two homes in the village of Ein al-Dyouk al-Tahta.

Home invasion: Hebron – 12:10, Israeli soldiers raided the city and searched a house.

Home invasions: Hebron – midnight, Israeli Occupation forces raided Beit Ula and invaded a number of cave-dwellings.

Israeli Army destruction and population-control: Jerusalem – 08:00, Israeli Occupation forces demolished a house-under-construction in Biddu.

Israeli police and settlers’ mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, settler militants, escorted by Israeli police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.

Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 12:10, Israelis, from the Beit El Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles at the nearby al-Mahkama checkpoint.

Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 22:40, Israeli Occupation settlers stoned passing vehicles, near the northern entrance to al-Bireh.

Occupation settler stoning – injury: Ramallah – 07:05, Israeli settlers stoned a vehicle, near Ramallah, injuring the driver: Wassim Adi.

Occupation settler stoning and assault: Qalqiliya – 02:00, stone-throwing Israelis, from the Kedumim Occupation settlement, assaulted one person, Saeed Mahmoud Bouzia, at the nearby roundabout.

Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 19:00, Israeli settlers stoned vehicles, on the main Nablus to Tulkarem road.

Occupation settler assaults: Hebron – 15:25, Israeli settlers assaulted people, near the village of Susiya.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 04:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided Kafr Aqab, taking prisoner two people.

Raid: Ramallah – 10:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Kharbatha Bani Harith.

Raid: Ramallah – 19:35, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Turmusaya.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli troops raided the city, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Jenin – 11:15, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Jaba.

Raids: Jenin – 12:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the villages of Jalboun, Beit Qad as well as al-Jalama.

Raids: Jenin – 13:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Araba and the village of Anza.

Raids: Jenin – 14:30, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided al-Yamoun, al-Hashimiya, Kafr Qud and Kafr Dan.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jenin – dawn, the Israeli Army raided the village of Sanur, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Tulkarem – 10:25, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Anabta.

Raids: Tulkarem – 12:40, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the villages of Shufa and Izbit Shufa.

Raid- rubber-coated bullets fired – 4 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 03:05, Israeli soldiers, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided the city, taking prisoner four people.

Raid: Qalqiliya – 13:45, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Azzun.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 22:30, Israeli forces raided the village of Kafr Laqif, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 04:25, the Israeli Army raided the city, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Nablus – 09:10, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the village of Tal.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 11:00, the Israeli military raided Aqraba, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – stun grenades and tear gas canisters fired: Nablus – 19:05, Israeli soldiers, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled the village of Osirin.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 21:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided Beit Furik, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:55, Israeli forces raided the village of Beit Dajan, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Nablus – 05:00, the Israeli Army raided Nablus, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 05:30, Israeli troops raided the village of Burqa, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Salfit – 01:30, the Israeli military raided Qarawat Bani Hassan, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Jericho – 02:15, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the city.

Raid: Bethlehem – 22:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Tuqu’.

Raid: Bethlehem – 03:00, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Harmala.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 04:40, the Israeli Army raided the Aida refugee camp, taking prisoner one person.

Raid on school: Hebron – 10:25, Israeli troops raided the Hebron Basic School.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets fired – 2 children abducted – 7 people taken prisoner: Hebron – 11:45, the Israeli military, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, seized surveillance camera recordings from a number of shops and took prisoner seven people, including two children.

Raid – rubber-coated bullets fired: Hebron – 17:30, Israeli soldiers, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Halhul.

Raid – with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – midnight, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and patrolled Ithna.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 05:10, Israeli forces raided Beit Kahil, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: – 3 taken prisoner Hebron – 05:15, the Israeli Army raided Surif, taking prisoner three people.

Restrictions of movement (39): 08:00, roadblock between Turmusaya and the village of al-Mughayir – 08:00, roadblock at the eastern entrance to al-Mughayir and on the Wadi al-Delb road – 21:40, entrance to Turmusaya closed – 21:45, eastern entrance to the village of al-Mughayir – 15:15, tightened procedures at the Tayasir checkpoint – 15:50, tightened procedures at the Einav checkpoint – 21:15, tightened measures at the Shufa checkpoint – 09:15, eastern entrance to Qalqiliya – 23:00, entrance to the Kifl Haris – 15:40, near the Homesh road junction – 17:50, tightened procedures at the Deir Sharaf checkpoint – 19:05, tightened measures at the Huwara checkpoint – 22:05, entrance to Qusra – 22:05, entrance to Aqraba – 21:55, northern entrance to Jericho – 22:05, southern entrance to Jericho – 14:45, tightened procedures at the Container checkpoint – 11:45, southern entrance to Bethlehem – 15:30, southern entrance to Nahalin – 17:35, between Nahalin and the village of al-Jaba’a – 20:20, southern entrance to Bethlehem – 10:40, entrances to the Al-Fahs area, south of Hebron, Khirbet Qalqas, Wadi al-Samen, Bani Naim, Halhul, Beit Kahil, Ithna, Dura, al-Fawar refugee camp, southern entrance to Hebron, Wadi Sa’ir road Nabi Yunis road, near entrance to the Kiryat Arba settlement – all closed – 16:10, Khursa village road junction closed – 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, Tulkarem – 1, Jericho 1.

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