In Occupied Palestine – 07 March 2023
07 March 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.
Israeli Army waste-laying
Gaza incursion
Israeli Army assaults shepherds
and farmers in Gaza
Armed settlers – raid,
beatings and injuries
12-year-old boy abducted
Night peace disruption and/or
home invasions in 6 villages
4 attacks –
2 Israeli ceasefire violations
24 raids including home invasions
6 killed – 28 wounded
Several injured
1 abducted
2 acts of
agricultural/pastoral sabotage
12 taken prisoner
Home invasions: 12:00, al-Bireh – 15:30, Askar UN refugee camp – 02:30, Nablus – 02:25, al-Auja – 20:20, Beit Ummar.
Peace disruption raids: 12:50, Shuqba – 22:45, Nabi Saleh – 09:00, Ya’bad – 09:00, Kefert – 10:40, Kafr Sour – 10:40, al-Ras – 21:30, Hajjah – 21:30, al-Funduq – 09:10, Deir al-Hatab – 10:30, Beit Furik – 10:30, Salem – 10:30, Deir Sharaf – 10:30, Qusin – 10:30, Urif – 10:30, Asira al-Qibliya – 17:05, Asira – 22:50, Azmut – 08:15, Salfit – 15:35, Bruqin.
Palestinian missile attacks: none.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army Gaza incursion – agricultural sabotage: Khan Yunis – morning, Israeli forces, accompanied by reconnaissance aircraft, invaded an area, east of Abasan, and laid waste to the land.
Ceasefire violation – Israeli Army – agricultural and pastoral sabotage: Khan Yunis – afternoon, the Israeli Army fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters, from the the Green Line towards farmers and shepherds, east of al-Qarara.
Israeli Army – attack – homes in refugee camp hit with missiles – 6 killed – 26 wounded: Jenin – 13:00, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, along with cover from helicopters and reconnaissance aircraft, stormed both Jenin and the Jenin UN refugee camp, as well as Bruqin village. Houses were attacked, with anti-tank missiles fired at one home. In the refugee camp, six people were killed: Mohammed Wael Ghazzawi, Tariq Ziyad Mustafa Natour, Ziyad Amin Al Zareini, Abdel Fattah Hussein Kharousha, Mutasim Nasser Sabbagh and Mohammed Ahmed Salim Khallouf. During the assault, 26 more people were also wounded, 24 of whom are named: Waleed Saad Dawoud Nassar (aged 14), Qasim Mahmoud Hussein Al-Hajj (aged 15), Amin Jamil Mohammed Hussein (aged 16), Ali Ateeq, Hakim Faris (aged 17), Sanad Mahmoud Freihat (aged 17), Ashraf Amouri, Mohammed Akram Nassar, Ibrahim Younes Jarrar, Aman Jaber Shalabi, Sameh Hanoun Jarrar, Abdul Karim Mohammed Ahmed, Mohammed Bilal Kamil, Mohammed Nizar Nimr Abu Naasa, Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed Fayed, Ashraf Abu Al-Haija, Muammar Mohammed Dheeb Abu Amira, Abdullah Qiblawi, Mahmoud Mohammed Khalil Talib, Mohammed Nassar, Mohammed Ibrahim Abdullah Khatib, Omar Mohammed Omar Shehab, Anas Montaser Mahmoud Saba’na and Nidal Ibrahim Abdel Nassa’.
Israeli settler – armed raid: Nablus – 10:45, armed Israeli settlers raided Hawara, opening fire towards a clothing shop.
Israeli settler – armed raid – beatings – injuries: Hebron – evening, armed Israeli settlers, in the Old City, opened fire in the streets, stoning, beating and pepper-spraying pedestrians. One person, Raed Gharib, was left unconscious.
Home invasion – 1 taken prisoner: Ramallah – 12:00, Israeli Occupation force, firing stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided al-Bireh and searched a house, taking prisoner one person.
Home invasion in UN refugee camp – 2 taken prisoner: Nablus – 15:30, Israeli forces, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided the Askar UN refugee camp, searched a home and took prisoner two residents.
Home invasion – 1 taken prisoner: Nablus – 02:30, the Israeli Army, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided the eastern neighbourhoods of Nablus, searching one home and taking prisoner one person.
Home invasion – boy (aged 12) abducted: Jericho – 02:25, Israeli troops raided al-Auja and abducted a 12-year-old boy: Uday Musa Munawar. Two adults were also taken prisoner.
Home invasion – 2 wounded: Hebron – 20:20, the Israeli military, firing rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided Beit Ummar and searched a house, wounding two residents.
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 population-control – mosque violation: Jerusalem – 18:00, the Israeli Occupation issued an order, banning preacher, Mohammed Sarandah, from entering the Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 10:00, fired in Abu Dis.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 12:45, fired at entrance to al-Mugheir village.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 23:00, fired at entrance to Nabi Saleh.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Tulkarem – 20:30, fired near annexation Wall Gate No.104.
Israeli Army assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 11:30, fired in Orif village.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Nablus – 21:15, fired at Beita road junction.
Israeli Army child injured in assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 20:30, a child was injured, near the Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, by Israeli Army rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters being fired.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 21:30, fired at entrance to Husan village.
Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Bethlehem – 22:55, fired at northern entrance to Tuqu’.
Israeli Army assaults with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Hebron – evening, fired at entrances to al-Aroub UN refugee camp as well as Khursa village.
Occupation settler violence: Nablus – 13:00, Israeli Occupation settlers harassed people, near the Einabus village roundabout.
Occupation settler violence – beatings and stoning: Nablus – 15:45, Israeli settlers in al-Nasariya and armed with batons, beat up and stoned two villagers: Sarhan Dweikat as well as Ibrahim Hamadneh.
Occupation settler – stoning: Bethlehem – 00:15, Israelis, from the Efrat Occupation settlement, stoned passing vehicles.
Occupation settler – stoning: Hebron – 16:40, Israeli settlers stoned pedestrians on al-Shuhada Street.
Occupation settler vandalism: Hebron – 19:40, Occupation settlers, in the Old City, smashed the windows of motor vehicles.
Raid: Ramallah – 12:50, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Shuqba.
Raid: Ramallah – 22:45, Israeli forces raided and patrolled the village of Nabi Saleh.
Raids: Jenin – 09:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled Ya’bad, as well as the village of Kefert.
Raids: Tulkarem – 10:40, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the villages of Kafr Sour and al-Ras.
Raids: Qalqiliya – 21:30, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Hajjah as well as al-Funduq.
Raid: Nablus – 09:10, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled the village of Deir al-Hatab.
Raids: Nablus – 10:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Beit Furik and also the villages of Salem, Deir Sharaf, Qusin, Urif and Asira al-Qibliya.
Raid: Nablus – 17:05, Israeli forces raided and patrolled Asira.
Raid: Nablus – 22:50, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Azmut.
Raid: Salfit – 08:15, Israeli troops raided and patrolled Salfit.
Raid: Salfit – 15:35, the Israeli military raided and patrolled Bruqin.
Restrictions of movement (14): 16:00, entrance to the village of Nabi Saleh – 18:35, entrance to the village of Burqa – 08:45, Jit village road junction – 17:15, a number of roads in Hawara closed – 19:15, southern entrance to Jericho – 09:50, northern entrance to Tuqu’ – 22:25, entrance to Husan village closed – 10:50, entrance to the village of Qalqas – 12:00, al-Shuhada Street 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, Ramallah 1, Salfit 1, Hebron 3.
[NB: Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children]
I think that there is assymetric warfare going on between Israel and Palestine. There is not the chance of any settlement from meetings between these countries as there is no trust, and there have been too many infractions. It is time to resettle the Palestinians away from the Israelis whose leaders tell their people that they are in the right and can impose their power on the Israeli citizens and on the Palestinians. And objectively one could say they do have a case for what they are doing; but objectivity is dangerous to adopt when considering how people should be treated. Yhe world powers that like to give the impression they are moral cannot allow this to go on for long and must act after so many decades while they can still strike a pose of decent humanity responding to outrages!
Remember the Jewish massacres and feel outraged, and then help the Israelis not to besmirch themselves with their own retaliations as they claw back land and, hopefully, security.
This should be remembered:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto (German: Warschauer Ghetto, officially Jüdischer Wohnbezirk in Warschau, “Jewish Residential District in Warsaw”; Polish: getto warszawskie) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940 by the German authorities within the new General Government territory of occupied Poland. At its height, as many as 460,000 Jews were imprisoned there,[5] in an area of 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi), with an average of 9.2 persons per room,[6][7] barely subsisting on meager food rations.[7] From the Warsaw Ghetto, Jews were deported to Nazi concentration camps and mass-killing centers. In the summer of 1942, at least 254,000 ghetto residents were sent to the Treblinka extermination camp during Großaktion Warschau under the guise of “resettlement in the East” over the course of the summer.[7] The ghetto was demolished by the Germans in May 1943 after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising had temporarily halted the deportations. The total death toll among the prisoners of the ghetto is estimated to be at least 300,000 killed by bullet or gas,[8] combined with 92,000 victims of starvation and related diseases, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, and the casualties of the final destruction of the ghetto.
Palestine situation – population:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_State_of_Palestine
The demographic statistics of The World Factbook and the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics estimated (2017) that the collective population in the Palestinian territories amounted to 4,543,126 people in 2017. Thereof, 2,155,743 Arabs live in the West Bank, 1,795,183 Arabs live in the Gaza Strip, and 391,000 Jews live in the West Bank.[8] Approximately 214,600 Jews live in East Jerusalem.[9] East Jerusalem, once administered by Jordan, came under Israeli occupation after the 1967 Six-Day War.[10] In the Palestinian territories, c. 86% of the population is Arab (predominantly Sunni), c. 13% is Jewish, other <1% (cf. Israel: Jewish 74%, Arab 21%, other 5%)