26 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 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 25 October until 08:00 on 26 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 298 deaths have raised the number of fatalities to 7326. A further 483 people have been wounded, now bringing that total to more than 18,967.
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 25 October until 08:00 on 26 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 youngster killed, another wounded: Ramallah – 11:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition at protesters, near the entrance to the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, killed a 16-year-old youth, Usaid Hamza Hamidat, and wounded another youngster.
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: 08:50, Israeli forces, storming Tayasir village, left one person, Karam Zuhair Abu Ali, wounded.
Israeli Army attack – homes invaded in refugee camp – 3 killed, 17 wounded: 01:25-05:00, the Israeli Army, with cover from the military aircraft, stormed Jenin and invaded homes in the refugee camp, killing three people (Abdullah Bassam Abu Al-Haija, Ayser Muhammad Al-Amer and Jawad Abdel Salam Turki Qutban) and wounding 17 others, including four minors: Adam Muhammad Youssef Salama (aged 16), Ahmed Rifqi Al-Rakh (aged 17), Muhammad Faleh Abu Ghurab (aged16) and Ahmed Ali Ahmed Abdel Salam (aged 17).
Israeli Army attack – 1 wounded: Tubas – 08:50, a resident was wounded as Israeli troops stormed into, and patrolled, Tayasir village.
Israeli Army attack – 6 wounded: Nablus – 02:20, the Israeli military, firing live ammunition, wounded six residents while invading Nablus. Three of the wounded are youngsters: Yassin Jamal Yassin (aged 17), Issam Ziyad Ali Abu Al-Adas (aged 17) and Abdul Rahman Adel Maher Dawaya (aged 15).
Israeli Army attack – indiscriminate shooting: Jericho – 19:00, Israeli soldiers, controlling checkpoints at the entrances to Jericho, terrorised people by opening indiscriminate fire.
Israeli Army attack: Bethlehem – 13:20, Israeli Occupation forces, near the northern entrance to Bethlehem, fired live ammunition towards protesters.
Occupation settler violence: Bethlehem – 17:50, armed israelis, from the Efrat and Etzion Occupation settlements, opened fire towards one person whose vehicle had broken down.
Israeli Army attack: Hebron – 13:45, Israeli forces opened fire on passing vehicles, south of Dura.
Death: Jenin – evening, Muhammad Ahmed Sadiq Qabha, of the Palestinian General Intelligence Service, has died from wounds sustained during an attack by Occupation forces near the entrance to the village of Tura.
Home invasions: Qalqiliya – 17:35, Israeli Occupation forces raided Azzun and invaded a number of homes.
Home invasions: 21:30, Israeli forces raided the village of Jinsafut and invaded a house.
Home invasions: Nablus – 02:10-04:15, the Israeli Army raided Qabalan and invaded two homes.
Home invasions – refugee camp – 6 wounded – 4 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:20-04:30, Israeli troops raided Nablus and the Ein Beit al-Maa refugee camp, invading homes, wounding six people and taking prisoner four others.
Home invasions by Occupation settlers – vandalism: Hebron – 12:20, armed Israeli Occupation settlers, in the al-Masafer area east of Yatta, invaded a home vandalised its interior.
Home invasions by Occupation settlers – vandalism and robbery: 19:05, an armed Israeli in the Shaab al-Butm area, east of the town of Yatta, invaded homes and assaulted members of one family, damaging their furniture and stealing electrical equipment, firewood-cutting machinery and cash.
Home invasions – vandalism: 20:20, armed Occupation settlers raided an area, east of Yatta, and invaded a home, vandalising its contents and smashing the windows of a motor vehicle.
Home invasions: 12:50, Israeli Occupation forces occupied a house in al-Samou, for use as a military post.
Israeli police and settler mosque violation: Jerusalem – 08:00, settler militants, escorted by Israeli police, invaded the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and molested worshippers.
Israeli Army assault on olive harvesters – agricultural sabotage: Tulkarem – 11:10, Israeli Occupation forces fired tear gas canisters at olive harvesters, near Zeita.
Israeli Army land-seizure: Qalqiliya – 19:45, Israeli forces issued a land-seizure order on an area north of Azzun, in order install a military watchtower.
Israeli Army destruction – economic sabotage: Qalqiliya – 04:15, the Israeli Army demolished a shop in the city.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenades: Bethlehem – 09:30, Israeli troops fired rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenades at protesters, near the Aida refugee camp.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenades: Bethlehem – 20:15, Israeli soldiers, near the entrance to the village of Husan, fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards protesters.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades: Hebron – 10:05, Israeli Occupation forces fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards protesters, near the entrance to the al-Aroub refugee camp.
Israeli Army assault on school – population-control: Hebron – 13:35, Israeli forces invaded the village school in Khashm al-Karam, removing from its roof, and tearing up, the Palestinian flag.
Israeli Army mosque violation and population-control: Hebron – Since 8 October, Israeli Occupation forces have kept the Ibrahimi Mosque closed to worshippers.
Israeli Army land-grab: Nablus – 17:25, Occupation forces built an additional bypass road on the lands of Burin village.
Occupation settlement development: Bethlehem – 12:30, Israeli forces built a road, for the Takwa settlement, on Palestinian land.
Occupation settler violence: Jerusalem – 14:00, Israeli Occupation forces fired rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades towards people in al-Eizariya.
Occupation settler violence: Jerusalem – 20:50, a group of settlers, from the Haradar colony, sent threatening messages to people in the village of Qatanna, through a model with the words “Death to the Arabs” written on it, which was dropped from a drone in front of one of their homes.
Occupation settler racist vandalism: Jerusalem – 22:00, a group of settlers stormed into the village of Beit Iksa, damaged the tyres of ten vehicles, and wrote racist, anti-Arab, slogans on them in Hebrew.
Occupation settler violence – agricultural sabotage: Ramallah – 09:15, armed Occupation settlers invaded Deir Jarir village farmland and assaulted six olive harvesters.
Occupation settler violence – woman hospitalised: Ramallah – 10:40, armed Israeli settlers, at the Taybeh road junction, assaulted and hospitalised a woman: Amna Abdel Aziz Kaabneh.
Occupation settler violence: Tubas – 16:50, Israeli settlers raided the Nab’ al-Ghazal area in the North Jordan Valley, and assaulted tent-dwellers.
Occupation settler violence – arson – agricultural sabotage: Tulkarem – 21:35, Occupation settlers invaded Ramin village farmland, assaulting people and setting fire to crops.
Occupation settler stoning: Qalqiliya – 23:35, Israelis, from the Kedumim Occupation settlement, stoned nearby passing vehicles.
Occupation settler violence and agricultural sabotage: Nablus – 17:35, Occupation settlers invaded Qusra agricultural land and assaulted olive harvesters.
Occupation settler stoning: 20:10, armed Israeli settlers stoned passing vehicles and pedestrians, at the entrance to the village of Burqa.
Occupation settler violence: Salfit – 15:50, armed Israeli settlers invaded Deir Istiya farmland and assaulted olive harvesters.
Occupation settler violence: Salfit – 18:00, Israeli settlers, near the entrance to Deir Istiya, distributed leaflets with racist, threatening demands that residents leave the West Bank.
Occupation settler population-control: Salfit – 20:50, Israeli settlers closed the entrance to the village of Haris, for a time.
Occupation settler violence: Jericho – 12:10, Occupation settlers placed bloodstained manikins in front of the Al-Kaabneh Basic School, near al- Ma’rajat Road.
Occupation settler violence: Jericho – 01:05, raiding settlers stoned the homes of members of the Arab Al-Malihat community.
Occupation settler violence: Hebron – 11:15, armed settlers stoned residents and their homes, in the al-Thala area, east of Yatta.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided into Hizma, taking prisoner five people.
Raids: Ramallah – 12:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of Qibya as well as Budrus.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 20:20, the Israeli Army raided Birzeit, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Ramallah – 00:15-02:50, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Taybeh.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 02:15, the Israeli military raided the city, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:25-06:30, Israeli soldiers raided Ni’lin, taking prisoner four people.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 03:50-05:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided the village of Kafr Ni’ma, taking prisoner four people.
Raids – 3 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 04:45, Israeli forces raided the villages of Deir Qadis and Kharbatha Bani Harith, taking prisoner three people.
Raid – 1 killed – 2 wounded: Qalqiliya – 04:15-06:35, the Israeli Army raided Qalqiliya, killing one person, Qassam Osama Abdel Hafez, while demolishing a shop as well as wounding two others: Yazid Imad Abu Asab and Abdullah Burhan Daoud.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 03:10, the Israeli military raided Asira, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – dawn, Israeli soldiers raided Qusra, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Jericho – 02:45-05:25, Israeli Occupation forces raided the city, taking prisoner five people, including a 17-year-old youth: Wadih Zuhair Al-Muqiti.
Raids – in refugee camps – 13 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 03:30, Israeli forces raided the Bethlehem and the Aida and Dheisheh refugee camps, taking prisoner 13 people.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 12:55, the Israeli Army raided Idhna, taking prisoner one person.
Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Hebron – 01:15, Israeli troops raided Beit Ummar, taking prisoner one person.
Raid: Hebron – 01:40-03:50, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Beit Awa.
Raid – 7 taken prisoner: Hebron – 02:50-06:40, Israeli soldiers raided al-Samou, taking prisoner seven people.
Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Hebron – 03:00-06:40, Israeli Occupation forces raided Dura, taking prisoner two people.
Raid – 4 taken prisoner: Hebron – 04:45, Israeli forces raided Hebron, taking prisoner four people.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
YAWN!