21 October 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 since we, 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.
Ceasefire violations – Palestinian missile attacks:
Hundreds of missiles were again fired towards, and across, the Green Line into Israel.
Ceasefire violations – air strikes: From 08:00 on 21 October until 08:00 on 22 October, Israeli war planes continued to strike homes, including apartment tower-blocks, service facilities and many other targets over the whole of the Gaza Strip enclave. Another 266 deaths have raised the number of fatalities to 4651. A further 684 people have been wounded, now bringing that total to more than 14,245.
Restrictions of movement: Since midnight, 7 October, Israeli Occupation forces have imposed a complete closure on access movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israeli military attacks: From 08:00 on 18 October until 08:00 on 19 October, the Israeli Occupation‘s military positions on the Green Line have targeted farmland and homes, as well asmany other public areas all across the Gaza Strip. Israeli gunboats have been firing missiles at sites along Gaza’s shore, also opening fire on, and pursuing, Palestinian fishing boats.
Attacks:
Israeli Army attack: Ramallah – 18:10, Israeli Occupation forces fired live ammunition towards protesters, near the entrance to the Ofer refugee camp.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Ramallah – evening, Israeli forces opened fire on a motor vehicle, near the village of Deir Sudan, wounding and hospitalising the driver.
Israeli Army attack: Ramallah – 04:00, the Israeli Army stormed into al-Bireh, firing live ammunition and rubber-coated bullets.
Israeli Army attack – 1 killed, another wounded: Jenin – 07:50, Israeli troops stormed into Qabatiya, killing one person, Obaida Khaled Nasser Kamil, and wounding another. Two people were taken prisoner.
Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Jenin – 18:00, the Israeli military opened fire towards farmers, near Zububa village.
Israeli Army attack – 2 killed and 2 wounded: Jenin – 02:15, an Israeli air strike on the Al-Ansar Mosque in the Jenin refugee camp, killed two people, Mohammed Hussein Abdel Hafeez Abu Abed and Mohammed Marwan Abdel Rahman Abdullah, as well as wounding two others: Nour Al-Din Al-Bitawi and Asaad Ali Al-Damj.
Israeli Army attack – 1 killed and 6 wounded: Tubas – 03:50-06:40, Israeli Occupation forces stormed Tubas and invaded homes, killing one resident, Adnan Jihad Hilmi Bani Odeh (aged 19),and wounding six others.
Israeli Army attack: Qalqiliya – 19:00, Israeli soldiers opened fire towards people, near the northern entrance to Azzun.
Israeli Army attack – 3 wounded: Qalqiliya – 22:10, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition towards protesters near the entrance to the village of Immatin, wounded a 17-year-old youth,Omar Osama Ibrahim Ghanem, and two other people: Majd Basem Mohammed Sawan, and Ibrahim Ayman Ghanem.
Israeli Army attack: Qalqiliya – 22:15, Israeli forces opened fire near the Hotel village.
Israeli Army attack – 4 wounded: Nablus – 16:15, four protesters were wounded by the Israeli Army, near the Askar refugee camp.
Israeli Army attack – 1 killed and 8 wounded – refugee camp: Nablus – 06:15, Israeli troops, invading Nablus as well as the Askar refugee camp, killed one resident, Malik Jamil Youssef Sharqawi, and wounded eight others.
Occupation settler attack and arson: Nablus – 22:40, armed Occupation settlers, in Huwara, opened fire on homes and set fire to a garage and also a motor vehicle.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Salfit – 14:20, five people were wounded by the Israeli military near the entrance to the village of Yasuf.
Israeli Army attack: Jericho – 11:15, Israeli soldiers opened fire towards farmworkers, near Hisham’s Palace in the city.
Israeli Army attack: Hebron – 11:45, Israeli Occupation forces opened fire on a water-tanker in the Qab al-Janab area of the Old City.
Israeli settler attack – arson – agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 17:25, armed Occupation settlers invaded Bani Naim farmland, setting fire to trees and opening fire towards people’s homes.
Israeli Army attack: Hebron – 03:30, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed into Dura.
Death: Tulkarem – 22:00, 19-year-old Qassam Farouk Mohammed Haj Ahmed has now died from wounds sustained during an assault by Occupation forces, near the Geshuri factories on 13 October.
Home invasions:
Home invasions – 1 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 01:50, Israeli Occupation forces raiding Zeita searched three homes and took a resident prisoner.
Home invasions – in refugee camp – 1 killed – 8 taken prisoner: Nablus – Israeli forces, raiding the Askar refugee camp and invading homes, killed one resident, Malik Jamil Youssef Sharqawi, and wounded eight others.
Israeli Army violence:
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Jerusalem – 20:30, Israeli Occupation forces, in the Silwan neighbourhood, fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Ramallah – 09:10, Israeli forces fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades ,in the village of Kafr Ein.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Ramallah – 09:45, the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards protesters.
Israeli Army abduction: Jenin – 18:20, Israeli troops abducted a 16-year-old youth, Fadi Bassam al-Hindi, near the Araba road junction.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Qalqiliya – 18:05, the Israeli military fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards protesters, near the Eyal checkpoint.
Israeli Army assault on olive harvest – agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 10:45, Israeli soldiers halted the olive harvest in the villages of Burin, Douma and Madama and forced harvesters from off the land.
Israeli Army assault on olive harvest – agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 14:10, the Israeli Army forced a halt to the olive harvest on Yatma village land and expelled the harvesters.
Israeli Army population-control: Bethlehem – 13:30, Israeli Occupation forces took prisoner a Beit Fajjar resident, Mohammad Ali Mahmoud Taqatqa, when he reported, as ordered, for interrogation by Israeli Military Intelligence.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Hebron – 20:10, Israeli forces, near the entrance to the al-Arroub refugee camp, fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards protesters.
Israeli Army mosque violation: Hebron – Since 8 October, Israeli Occupation forces have kept the Ibrahimi Mosque closed to worshippers.
Occupation settler violence:
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Ramallah – 17:00, Israeli Occupation settlers assaulted olive harvesters, in the villages of Ras Karkar and Kharbatha Bani Harith.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Ramallah – 18:10, Israeli settlers assaulted olive harvesters, on lands near the Hammad area of Ni’lin.
Occupation settler stoning: Ramallah – 20:00, Israelis, from the Shilo Occupation settlement, stoned and damaged passing vehicles on the al-Rayes road between Ramallah and Nablus.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Nablus –12:30, Israeli Occupation settlers assaulted olive harvesters on Aqraba land and forced them off it.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 14:20, Israeli settlers assaulted olive harvesters, in the Khallet al-Azab area of Beit Furik.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 17:15, Israeli settlers assaulted olive harvesters, in the village of Talfit, and prevented the harvest from proceeding.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 17:25, Israeli settlers assaulted olive harvesters, on land between Qabalan and the village of al-Sawiya, and prevented the harvest from proceeding.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 10:15, Israeli settlers assaulted a man, Nazzal Rashid Mansour, as he was harvesting his olive crop in Deir Istiya.
Occupation settler vandalism and agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 12:35, Israeli settlers invaded Yasuf village farmland and severed the branches from about 70 olive trees.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Salfit – 13:50, Occupation settlers stoned olive harvesters in the al-Khalah area of the village of Yasuf.
Occupation settler stoning: Nablus – 22:40, armed Occupation settlers in Huwara opened fire on homes and set fire to a garage and motor vehicle.
Hebron – 18:50, stone-throwing Israeli settlers invaded the Khirbet Tuba area of Yatta and destroyed a tent- dwelling.
Occupation settler vandalism – economic sabotage: Hebron – 19:30, Israelis, from the Sham’a Occupation settlement, attacked people in the village of Khirbet Zaneta and destroyed the solar electricity panels. They also shattered the windows of a motor vehicle.
Occupation settler beating: Hebron – 21:00, Israeli settlers seized and beat up a man, Ahmed Ziyad Zuhdi Al-Adili, in an area between Beit Ummar and Halhul.
Raids:
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – 04:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided Abu Dis, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Ramallah – 20:30-02:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Umm Safa.
Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 04:00-07:05, the Israeli Army raided al-Bireh, taking prisoner three people.
Raids – 6 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 04:00-05:50, Israeli troops raided the villages of Kafr Ni’ma and Ras Karkar, taking prisoner six people.
Raid – 7 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 05:30, the Israeli military raided the village of Beit Sira, taking prisoner seven people.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 05:45-06:45, Israeli soldiers raided the Jalazoun refugee camp, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Ramallah – 05:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Beit Ur al-Fawqa.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 06:00-07:20, Israeli forces raided the village of Dura al-Qarara, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 06:20, the Israeli Army raided Beit Liqiya, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli troops raided the village of Deir Ammar, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Jenin – 12:45, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Ya’bad.
Raids: Jenin – 03:30-06:30, Israeli soldiers raided Araba, as well as the villages of Kafriyat and Fahma.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Jenin – 03:30-06:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided Kafr Rai, taking prisoner four people.
Raids – refugee camp: Tubas – 03:50-06:40, Israeli forces raided Aqaba and Tamoun, the village of Tayasir and the al-Farah refugee camp.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – 03:25, the Israeli Army raided the city, taking prisoner two people.
Raids – refugee camps: Tulkarem – 03:25, Israeli troops raided the city and Nur Shams refugee camps, as well as Anabta, Kafr al-Labad, Bal’a, Deir al-Ghousoun, Attil Allar, Kafr Ruman, Pharaoh and Sidon.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 21:55, the Israeli military raided and patrolled the village of Kafr Qaddum.
Raid: Qalqiliya – 22:00, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Elias.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 04:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raids: Nablus – 14:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the Popular Housing area, the Askar refugee camp and the villages of Deir al-Hatab and Azmut.
Raids: Nablus – 18:45-20:20, the Israeli Army raided the villages of Deir Sharaf and Qusin,
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Nablus – 18:45-20:20, Israeli troops raided Beita, taking prisoner two people.
Raids – 2 taken prisoner: Nablus – 19:00-20:20, the Israeli military raided Asira al-Shamaliya and the village of Talluza, taking prisoner two people.
Raid: Nablus – midnight, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Awarta.
Raids: Nablus – 01:00, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the villages of Deir al-Hatab and Einabus.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 01:45, Israeli forces raided the village of Tal, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:25, the Israeli Army raided the village of Asira al-Qibliya, taking prisoner four people.
Raid: Nablus – 06:15, Israeli troops raided the eastern neighbourhoods of the city.
Raid: Salfit – 14:55, the Israeli military raided Bidya.
Raid: Salfit – 20:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Bidya.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Salfit – 02:40-05:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided Salfit, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Hebron – 22:40, Israeli forces raided the village of Beit ar Rush ar Tahta, taking prisoner four people.
Raid: Hebron – 00:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the city.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:15, Israeli troops raided Beit Kahil, taking prisoner five people.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:30-05:40, the Israeli military raided Dura, taking prisoner five people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 05:40-06:50, Israeli soldiers raided Halhul, taking prisoner one person.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
YAWN!