In Occupied Palestine – 15 August 2023

15 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.

Israeli Navy hijacking –

fishing crew taken prisoner

Home destroyed with explosives –

8 wounded

Israeli Army plunder and

population-control

Night peace disruption and/or

home invasions in 2 refugee camps

and 11 towns and villages

6 attacks – 37 taken prisoner

1 Israeli Gaza ceasefire violation

26 raids including home invasions

3 children abducted

Economic sabotage

Home invasions: 02:50-05:55, Jenin – 22:15-05:45, Balata refugee camp – 02:50-05:55, Burqin – 02:50-05:55, Kefert – 02:50-05:55, Triangle of the Martyrs – 05:20-06:30, Beit Fajjar – 12:25, Zif village.

Peace disruption raids: 02:50-05:55, Nablus – dawn, Biddu – dawn, Anata – 12:05-13:15, al-Bireh – 06:30, Surda village – 09:55-12:15, al-Yamoun – 09:55-12:15, Silat al-Harithiya – 09:55-12:15, Kefert – 09:55-12:15, al-Hashimiya – 15:10, Ya’bad – 15:10, Araba – midnight, Ya’bad – dawn, Tulkarem – dawn, Bal’a – 01:55-03:35, Kafr Thulth – 03:25-06:00, Qalqiliya – 20:35-01:40, Haris village – 01:20-02:20, al-Auja – 03:20, Ein al-Sultan refugee camp. 19

Palestinian missile attacks: none.

Ceasefire violation – Israeli Navy attack – economic sabotage: Northern Gaza – 06:00, the Israeli Navy opened fire on, and pursued, Palestinian fishing boats off al-Sudaniya, hijacking one of them and taking prisoner two of its crew: Raafat Mohammed Ali Youssef Al-Sultan and Mohammed Rafiq Mohammed Ali Al-Sultan.

Israeli Army attack – home invasions – 3 taken prisoner: Jenin – 02:50-05:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and searched a number of homes, taking prisoner three residents.

Israeli Army attack – home invasions: Jenin – 02:50-05:55, Israeli Occupation forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, raided and searched a number of homes in Burqin as well as the villages of Kefert and the Triangle of the Martyrs.

Israeli Army attack – home invasions – 8 wounded – home destroyed with explosives: Nablus – 22:15-05:45, Israeli forces, firing live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters in the the Balata refugee camp and (accompanied by settlers) the eastern neighbourhoods of Nablus. Eight people were wounded in the raids that also caused 85 tear gas casualties. A number of homes were invaded in the refugee camp, with one home and an office building destroyed with explosives.

Home invasion – 1 taken prisoner: Bethlehem – 05:20-06:30, Israeli Occupation forces raided Beit Fajjar, searched a home and took prisoner one resident.

Israeli Army armed robbery and home invasion: Hebron – 12:25, Israeli soldiers seized a family’s caravan, in Zif village.

Israeli Army – child abductions: Jerusalem – morning, Israeli Occupation forces, in the Silwan neighbourhood, abducted two children: 12-year-old Mohammed Salman Al-Shweiki and Luay Hidayah, aged 14.

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 assault with stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Jerusalem – 22:00, Israeli forces fired stun grenades and tear gas towards people in the Silwan neighbourhood.

Israeli Army assault with rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters: Ramallah – 18:25, the Israeli Army fired rubber-coated bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters, near the Ofer refugee camp.

Israeli Army armed robbery – population-control: Qalqiliya – 15:25, Israeli troops seized a bulldozer belonging to a resident of Azun, Mohammed Bahjat Salim, while he was working on land-reclamation between Azzun and the village of Sir.

Israeli Army plunder and population-control: Salfit – 11:20, the Israeli military destroyed a park in the area of ​​Bir Abu Ammar, north-west of Qarawat Bani Hassan, smashing lighting and solar energy cells, as well as seizing furniture, solar lighting items and uprooting 40 trees.

Occupation settler stoning: Jenin – 18:05, Israeli settlers stoned vehicles passing through the Dotan checkpoint.

Raid – 9 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli Occupation forces raided Biddu, taking prisoner nine people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Jerusalem – dawn, Israeli forces raided Anata, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – population-control: Ramallah – 12:05-13:15, the Israeli Army raided al-Bireh and issued orders to stop building work.

Raid: Ramallah – 06:30, Israeli troops raided the village of Surda.

Raids: Jenin – 09:55-12:15, the Israeli military raided and patrolled al-Yamoun, Silat al-Harithiya aas well as the villages of Kefert and al-Hashimiya.

Raids: Jenin – 15:10, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Ya’bad and Araba.

Raid: Jenin – midnight, Israeli Occupation forces raided and patrolled Ya’bad.

Raid – 1 youth abducted and 2 adults taken prisoner: Tulkarem – dawn, raiding Israeli forces abducted a 16-year-old youth, Ayash Yasser Hassan, and took prisoner two adults.

Raid – 2 taken prisoner: Tulkarem – dawn, the Israeli Army raided Bal’a, taking prisoner two people.

Raid – 1 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 01:55-03:35, Israeli troops raided Kafr Thulth, taking prisoner one person.

Raid – 5 taken prisoner: Qalqiliya – 03:25-06:00, the Israeli military raided Qalqiliya, taking prisoner five people.

Raid: Salfit – 20:35-01:40, Israeli soldiers raided and patrolled Haris village.

Raid – with stun grenades: Jericho – 01:20-02:20, Israeli Occupation forces, firing stun grenades, raided and patrolled al-Auja.

Raid – in refugee camp – 1 taken prisoner: Jericho – 03:20, the Israeli Army raided the Ein al-Sultan refugee camp, taking prisoner one person.

Restrictions of movement (18): 13:15, southern entrance to Silwad – 23:55, entrance to Beit Ur al-Tahta – 16:20, Araba road junction; 1 taken prisoner – 12:20, eastern entrance to the village of Atuf closed – 13:15, Shufa checkpoint closed – 19:50-21:30, tightened procedures at the Einav checkpoint – 08:30, between Azzun and Kafr Thulth; 1 taken prisoner – 08:10, Beit Furik checkpoint closed – 08:25, Huwara checkpoint closed – 01:10, entrance to Deir Ballut – 21:00, northern entrance Jericho – 18:50-20:00, southern entrance to Bethlehem – 22:10-00:10, western entrance to Beit Fajjar – 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 4, Ramallah 1, Bethlehem 1, Hebron 2.

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