In Occupied Palestine – 24 October 2023

24 October 2023 {Main source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group (PMG):https://www.nad.ps/en/violations-reports/daily-reportNB: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.

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 24 October until 08:00 on 25 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 755 deaths have raised the number of fatalities to 6546. A further 1142 people have been wounded, now bringing that total to more than 17,439.

Restrictions of movement: Since midnight, 7 October, Israeli Occupation forces have imposed a complete closure on access movement inthe West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Israeli military attacks: From 08:00 on 24 October until 08:00 on 25 October, the Israeli Occupation‘s military positions on the Green Line have targeted farmland and homes as well as many 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.

Israeli Army attack – 1 killed – 9 wounded: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces stormed into the Qalandiya refugee camp, killing one refugee, Ahmed Ghaleb Mutair, and wounding nine others: Malik Mahmoud Mohammed Zahran, Saleh Majid Sobhi Mutair, Taher Aslan, Hussein Taha Aslan, Ibrahim Kanaan, Mohammed Kanaan, Ahmed Aziz Mansour, Fouad Ahmed Aziz Mansour and Amir Ismail.

Israeli settler attack – 1 killed – 2 wounded: Ramallah – 19:50, armed Israeli settlers opened fire on a vehicle carrying four people, near the entrance to the village of Ras Karkar, killing one of them, Ahmed Nayef Ahmed Nofal, and wounding two others: Mohammed Wajdi Saeed Nofal and Jihad Mohammed Samhan.

Israeli air strikes – 4 killed – 12 wounded: Jenin – 01:00, Israeli air strikes in the Jenin refugee camp: An Israeli aircraft launched at leasttwo missiles, killing four people, 15-year-old Eid Nabil Qassem Mar’i, Mohammed Qadri Al-Sabah, Mahmoud Al-Fayed and Mohammed Abu Qatana, near the refugee camp‘s cemetery. Twelve other people were injured and Occupation forces prevented the arrival of ambulances, even opening fire towards anyone who tried to approach the wounded. At the same time, the Israeli Army, accompanied by two bulldozers, also raided the refugee camp and invaded homes. A number of neighbourhoods in Jenin experienced power outages as the Israeli refugee camp invasion continued.

Israeli Army attack – agricultural sabotage: Tulkarem – 11:40, Israeli Occupation forces opened fire towards olive harvesters in the village of Jbara.

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Tulkarem – 18:15, Israeli forces, at the Jbara checkpoint, opened fire on and wounded one person: Sami Amjad Ahmed Yamin.

Israeli Army attack: Qalqiliya – 18:30, the Israeli Army opened fire towards protesters, near the Eyal checkpoint.

Israeli Army attack – home invasions – 1 killed – 2 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 05:45, Israeli troops stormed into the city and invaded homes, killing one resident, Hamza Sayel Taha Nazzal (aged 19) and taking prisoner two others.

Israeli Army attack – homes raided: Nablus – dawn, the Israeli military stormed into the eastern neighbourhoods of the city and raided homes.

Israeli Army attack – on refugee camp – 1 wounded: Nablus – dawn, Israeli soldiers stormed into the Askar refugee camp, raiding homes and wounding a refugee.

Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Bethlehem – 21:15, Israeli Occupation forces, stationed at the northern entrance to the city, opened fire on and wounded a man: Sharaf al-Din Ali Abdo.

Israeli Army attack – 2 wounded: Bethlehem – 04:10, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, stormed into Bethlehem, al-Khadr and the Dheisheh camp, wounding two people.

Death: evening, Khaled Salam Saleh Fuqaha, a resident of Anabta, has now died of wounds sustained during an attack by Israeli forces inthe Nur Shams refugee camp on 20 October.

Death: On 24 October, Arafat Yasser Arafat Hamdan, held captive by Israeli forces, died at the Ofer Prison.

Home destroyed: Jerusalem – Israeli Occupation forces demolished a house in the Jabal Mukaber neighbourhood.

Home invasions: Nablus – noon, Israeli forces raided the village of Zawata and searched a number of homes.

Home invasion and arson: Nablus – Israeli settlers raided the outskirts of Talfit village and set fire to a house.

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 abduction: Qalqiliya – 16:30, Israeli Occupation forces abducted a 17-year-old youth, near the entrance to the village of al-Funduq.

Israeli Army assault in support of raiding settlers: Nablus – 13:45, Israeli forces, in Huwara, fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards residents trying to defend themselves against raiding Occupation settlers, causing a tear gas casualty.

Occupation settler violence and Israeli Army complicity: Nablus – 13:45, armed Occupation settlers stormed into Huwara and assaulted residents, while the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades in support of the settlers.

Occupation settler agricultural sabotage: Hebron – 12:55, Israeli settlers raided agricultural land, in the al-Masafer area, east of Yatta, uprooting and cutting down a number of olive trees.

Occupation settler violence – 2 injured: Hebron – 19:20, Israeli settlers, in the al-Masafer area, attacked and beat up two people: Mohammed Abd al-Rahman Jabarin and his son, Mohammed.

Occupation settler mosque violation and population-control: Hebron – Since 08 October, Occupation forces have kept closed to worshippers the Ibrahimi Mosque.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 08:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Kafr Ni’ma, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner:Ramallah – 11:10, Israeli forces raided the village of Deir Qadis, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 18:50, the Israeli Army raided the town of Aboud, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:40, Israeli forces raided the village of Deir Qadis, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:50, the Israeli Army raided the village of Deir Nizam, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 3 taken prisoner: Ramallah – dawn, Israeli troops raided the village of Budrus, taking prisoner three people.

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

Raid: Jenin – 17:30, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Faqua.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Tubas – 03:10-05:20, Israeli Occupation forces raided the city, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 killed – 2 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 05:45-07:30, Israeli forces raided the city and invaded homes, killing one resident and taking prisoner two others.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Salfit – 02:55-05:15, the Israeli Army raided Qarawat Bani Hassan, taking prisoner one person.

Raid: Jericho – 07:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the Aqbat Jabir refugee camp.

Raid – refugee camp – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 03:00, the Israeli military raided the village of Marah Rabah, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 04:30, Israeli soldiers raided the village of Harmala, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 01:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Tawas, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 6 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:15, Israeli forces raided the city, taking prisoner six people.

Raid – several taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:20, the Israeli Army raided the village of Beit al-Rush al-Fawqa, taking prisoner several people.

Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:40, Israeli troops raided Dura, taking prisoner five people.

Raid – 11 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:55, the Israeli military raided Beit Awa, taking prisoner eleven people.

Raid – 8 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:55, Israeli soldiers raided Beit Ummar, taking prisoner eight people.

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