Editorial Note: The following news reports are summaries from original sources. They may also include corrections of Arabic names and political terminology. Comments are in parentheses.

 

13 Palestinians Killed, Hundreds Injured, Abducted, Homes Demolished, by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers, July 6-31, 2023

August 1, 2023 

Editor's Note:

"مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا"  (المائدةُ ، 5: 32).

"Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul, unless for a soul, or for corruption in the land, it is as if he had killed humankind entirely" (The Holy Quran, Al-Ma-ida, 5: 32).

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While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of David, Solomon, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, of the Israeli occupation government abuse, mistreatment, and violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

Bilal Ibrahim Qadah, 33, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers, in Dair Nidtham,, on July 10, 2023	Abdul-Jawad Hamdan Salih, 24, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers, in Um Safa, on July 7, 2023	Hamza Maqbool, 32, and Khayri Shaheen, 34, were killed by Israeli occupation soldiers, in Nablus, on July 7, 2023

Fawzi Hani Mokhalafa, 18, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers, in Sebastia, on July 22, 2023	Muhammed Fuad Atta Al-Bayed, 17, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers, in Um Safa, north of Ramallah, on July 21, 2023	Badir Samer Ribhi Al-Masri, 19, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers, in Nablus, on July 2023

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Palestinians Noureddine Al-Ardah, Montasir  Salama, and Saad Al-Kharraz, were killed by Israeli occupation soldiers in Nablus, on July 25, 2023	Palestinian child Faris Sharhabeel Abu Samra, 14, was killed by Israeli occupation soldiers in Qalqilia, on July 27, 2023	Muhammad Abdul Hakim Naim Nada, 23, was killed by Israli occupation soldiers in Al-Ain refugee camp, Nablus, on July 26, 2023

Israeli occupation soldiers abducting a Palestinian child in the West Bank, file, July 26, 2023	sraeli occupation soldiers abducting a Palestinian child in the West Bank, file, July 30, 2023	Palestinian elders injured by illegal Israeli settlers, who attacked Kafr Thulth town, south of Qalqilia, on July 14, 2023

The following news stories are just examples, not a systematic record, from: https://imemc.org/

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Killing of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Israeli Occupation Army Shoots and Kills A Palestinian Child in Qalqilia

 JUL 27, 2023

Israeli occupation soldiers shot dead, on Wednesday night, a Palestinian child in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, the Ministry of Health confirmed.

The army invaded the “Al-Naqqar neighborhood” in the western part Qalqilia, sparking protests among local Palestinian youths,

Soldiers responded to the protests by firing live ammunition, rubber-coated steel rounds, tear gas canisters, and concussion grenades at citizens and their homes.

The Ministry of Health, in a brief statement, that a Palestinian child Faris Sharhabeel Abu Samra, 14, was critically wounded after soldiers shot him in the head with live ammunition.

The severely injured child was transported to the Qalqilia Governmental Hospital, where doctors pronounced him deceased as a result of a critical gunshot wound to the head.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health data shows that 202 people have been killed by the Israeli forces in 2023, including 37 children.

Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli forces shot and killed, a Palestinian young man in the Al-Ein refugee camp, in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus.

The Ministry of Health announced that Muhammad Abdul Hakim Naim Nada, 23, succumbed to a critical live bullet wound to the chest.

On Tuesday, occupation soldiers shot dead three Palestinian young men after an exchange of fire south of the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus.

The slain men were identified as Noureddine Tayseer Al-Ardah, 32, Montaser Bahjat Ali Salama, 33, and Saad Maher Al-Kharraz, 43.

Israeli Occupation Forces Shoot and Kill a Palestinian Young Man in Nablus

 JUL 26, 2023

Israeli occupation forces shot and killed, on Wednesday, a Palestinian young man in the Al-Ain refugee camp, in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Ministry of Health confirmed.

Local sources reported that occupation special forces invaded the Al-Ain camp in Nablus, backed by large army reinforcements who were stationed throughout the camp, while sharpshooters occupied rooftops of civilian homes. Palestinian youths protested the incursion, while armed Palestinian resistance fighters exchanged fire with the invading army.

Soldiers fired live rounds and tear gas canisters, seriously injuring one young man in the chest with a live round and causing dozens to sustain inhalation injuries from exposure to tear gas.

Medical sources at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that the critically injured young man was transported to hospital, and pronounced dead from a deadly gunshot wound to the chest, shortly after arrival.

The Ministry of Health identified the slain young man as Muhammad Abdul Hakim Naim Nada, 23.

It was reported that a large army force besieged a Palestinian-owned home in the camp, and abducted Nour Al-Basiouni, who was forced to surrender to the army, according to the young man’s brother.

Furthermore, at least one woman was injured when an Israeli military vehicle struck the vehicle she was in, while a number of other vehicles sustained damage as a result of the army incursion.

On Wednesday afternoon, Palestinian mourners attended the funeral procession for the slain Muhammad Abdul Hakim Naim Nada, in front of the Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus.

Mourners carried the body on their shoulders through the streets, to the “Martyrs’ Roundabout” at the center of the city, where the funeral prayer was performed.

Finally, the body was carried to the Al-Ein refugee camp where his family and loved ones bid a final farewell, before laying him to rest in the camp’s cemetery.

Israeli forces, shot dead, on Tuesday, three Palestinian young men after an exchange of fire in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, killing Nooriddieen Tayseer Al-Ardah, 32, Montasir Bahjat Ali Salama, 33, and Saad Maher Al-Kharraz, 43.

Israeli Occupation Forces Shoot Dead Three Palestinians in Nablus

 JUL 25, 2023

Israeli occupation forces, shot dead, on Tuesday, three Palestinian young men after an exchange of fire in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, the Ministry of Health confirmed.

On Tuesday morning, three Palestinian young men were present in a vehicle, parked at the entrance to Jabal Gerizim (Mount Gerizim), south of Nablus.

The army claimed that one young man exited the vehicle and allegedly opened fire at soldiers who were stationed in the area.

Occupation forces opened heavy fire at the vehicle, killing all three occupants. No injuries were reported among the army.

Hebrew channel Kan claimed that the slain young men had “opened fire at a military force in the area, which in turn responded with fire and killed those inside, while M-16 rifles were found inside the vehicle.”

The Palestinian Civil Affairs Authority informed the Ministry of Health of the death of the three young men who were identified as Nooriddeen Tayseer Al-Ardah, 32, Montaser Bahjat Ali Salama, 33, and Saad Maher Al-Kharraz, 43.

Security sources said that occupation forces denied ambulance crews and journalists access to the scene, and eyewitnesses said that the army deliberately destroyed the surveillance cameras in the area.

In a statement, the army claimed that all three men were armed, and alleged that there were three M16 rifles, a pistol, cartridges and other equipment found in the car.

Soldiers closed the iron gate at the entrance to Mount Gerizim, for a number of hours, preventing citizens from entering or leaving.

It was added that soldiers confiscated the bodies of the slain men, in addition to their vehicle.

NOTE: This is a developing story, any updates will be added as they become available.

Israeli Occupation Forces Shoot and Kill a Palestinian Teen, Injure and Abduct Another, Near Nablus

 JUL 22, 2023

Israeli occupation forces shot and killed, on Friday night, a Palestinian teenager and injured another, before abducting him, in the northern occupied West Bank town of Sebastia, northwest of Nablus, local sources reported.

According to the director of the ambulance and emergency services at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Nablus, Ahmed Jibril, soldiers prevented its medical crews from approaching the vehicle, until the teen was deceased.

Soldiers opened heavy live fire at a vehicle with two occupants, killing one and injuring the other. Citizens were able to inspect the damage to the car which revealed dozens of bullet holes across the entire vehicle.

Screenshot – J Media J Media The slain teen was identified as Fawzi Hani Mokhalafa, 18, and the other occupant of the vehicle was identified as Muhammad Omar Mukhaimer, who was wounded by live rounds and abducted by the army.

The PRCS medics transported the body of the slain teen to Rafidia hospital in Nablus, once the army allowed them on to the scene.

The condition of the apprehended young man was not known at the time of writing this report.

Earlier Friday, the army shot and killed another Palestinian teen and seriously injured another, in the village of Um Safa, northwest of Ramallah in the central part of the occupied West Bank.

The child was identified as Muhammad Fouad Atta Al-Bayed, 17, from al-Jalazoun refugee camp northwest of Ramallah, was shot in the head with a live round when local youths protested the military incursion into their village.

The army alleged that the vehicle was involved in a “car-ramming attempt”, which they claim was the justification for the killing of the teen and wounding of his friend, noting that no soldiers were injured.

According to the army, the vehicle reportedly sped towards Israeli soldiers who were involved in “proactive activity” in the village, adding that “the forces returned fire at the two suspects in the car.”

The army said that Mokhalafa, who was the driver of the vehicle, was “neutralized” and that the passenger was injured and detained by occupation forces.

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill a Palestinian Child, Critically Injure a Young Man, Near Ramallah

 JUL 21, 2023

Israeli occupation forces shot and killed, on Friday, a Palestinian child, and seriously injured a young man during protests in the village of Um Safa, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, the Ministry of Health confirmed.

Local sources reported that Israeli soldiers invaded the central West Bank village of Um Safa, northwest of Ramallah, which sparked protests among the local Palestinian youths.

Palestinians threw rocks at the armored military vehicles, while the army opened fire with live ammunition, concussion grenades and tear gas canisters, causing 2 critical injuries and caused many citizens to suffer the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation.

Two Palestinians sustained serious injuries, one of whom was shot with a live round in the head, while another was shot in the abdomen with live ammunition, both shooting victims were transported to the Istishari Hospital in the village.

Shortly after his arrival to the hospital, medical staff pronounced the death of a Palestinian teenager who was brought in with a critical gunshot wound to the head, inflicted on him by the Israeli military.

The Ministry of Health identified the slain child as Muhammed Fuad Atta Al-Bayed, 17, from the al-Jalazoan refugee camp, northwest of Ramallah.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill A Palestinian, Injure Three, In Nablus

 JUL 20, 2023

On Thursday dawn, Israeli occupation soldiers killed a Palestinian and shot three others, two seriously, in the eastern area of Nablus city, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.

Media sources said many army vehicles invaded Nablus from several directions to accompany several buses filled with illegal Israeli colonizers, heading to Joseph’s Tomb after the army closed many streets and alleys, leading to massive protests.

The source added that military bulldozers also closed Amman Street with sand hills to block Palestinian traffic.

The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of Badir Samer Ribhi Al-Masri, 19, and said the soldiers shot him in the chest before the medics rushed him to the Al-Arabi Hospital in Nablus.

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers also shot three other Palestinians with live fire, including two who suffered critical injuries, and caused dozens, mostly in their homes, to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency department of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Nablus, said a newborn girl, only twelve days of age, was among at least thirty Palestinians who suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Jibril added that the soldiers also fired many rubber-coated steel bullets at a Palestinian ambulance while transporting a patient near the Balata refugee camp, damaging its windshield.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Ramallah

 JUL 10, 2023

On Monday, Israeli occupation soldiers killed a Palestinian at a military roadblock near Dair Nidtham town, northwest of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part.

A few hours after the incident, the Israeli army officially informed the Palestinian General Authority of Civil Affairs that the Palestinian was killed.

He has been identified as Bilal Ibrahim Qadah, 33, from Shuqba village, northwest of Ramallah.

He was killed at the military roadblock at the southern entrance of Dair Nidtham town.

The Israeli National News claimed the soldiers shot a man who “threw a grenade and aimed a weapon” at the soldiers.

It added that the Palestinian was “eliminated” and that no soldiers were hurt in the reported incident.

It later said that the Palestinian was “armed with an improvised explosive device and a rifle,” and added that an initial investigation by the army revealed “he planned to harm soldiers”, and “attempted to throw a grenade at the soldiers.”

Meanwhile, the Israeli Jerusalem Post alleged that the man “was killed after attacking the soldiers with gunfire” and added that he also carried an “improvised explosive” near Neveh Tzuf colony.

The Jerusalem Post said the man initially parked his car by the roadside which prompted the soldiers to approach him, and that when they asked him to identify himself, he reportedly opened fire, and was about to throw a grenade before they killed him.

On its part, Israeli Ynet News said the soldiers fire at the Palestinian who was reportedly “seen placing an explosive device on the road.”

The Ynet News added that the soldiers found an improvised submachine gun on the Palestinian.

The army closed the roadblock area to Palestinian traffic, causing an extended traffic jam, and initiated searches in the area.

On Friday, Israeli soldiers killed Abdul-Jawad Hamdan Saleh, 24 after shooting him with live fire in Um Safa village, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part.

Earlier Friday morning, Israeli soldiers killed Hamza Moayyad Maqbool, 32, and Khairi Mohammad Shahin, 33, and injured three others after the army and its undercover forces invaded Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.

On Thursday, one Israeli soldier, Shilo Yosef Amir, 19, was killed after a Palestinian opened, Ahmad Hilal Ghethan, during an exchange of fire at an Israeli military roadblock near Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, before the soldiers fatally shot him.

On Tuesday, The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of Abdul-Rahman Hasan Sa’abna, 22, from Fahma village, southwest of Jenin, after the Israeli soldiers him in the head in Jenin during the two-day Israeli offensive in Jenin and Jenin refugee camp.

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers killed Jawad Mujahed N’eirat, 22, from Meithalun town, south of Jenin, after shooting him in the head in Jenin.

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed Odai Ibrahim Khamaisa, 22, in Jenin City, bringing the number of slain Palestinians in Jenin to ten on the second day of the Israeli offensive. Khamaisa was from Al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin.

Last Monday night the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian teen, Mustafa Nidal Al-Qassem, 17, whom Israeli soldiers shot during the offensive on Jenin.

He was the nineth Palestinian the soldiers kill in Jenin, after the army killed eight earlier Monday, in addition to wounding more than 100, twenty seriously.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Ramallah

 JUL 7, 2023

On Friday, Israeli occupation soldiers killed a Palestinian man after shooting him with live fire in Um Safa village, north of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank’s central part.

Mohammad Bahar, an Um Safa Village Council member, said the soldiers shot the young man in the chest in the Ar-Ras area in the northern part of the village.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the slain Palestinian Abdul-Jawad Hamdan Salih, 24, succumbed to profoundly serious wounds at the Istishari hospital in Ramallah.

The Health Ministry added that soldiers shot Abdul-Jawad, from Aroura village, northwest of Ramallah, with a live round in the chest.

It is worth mentioning that dozens of soldiers invaded the village before noon Friday, anticipating a procession against establishing an illegal colonialist outpost at their village’s southern entrance.

Bahar said the soldiers installed roadblocks, invaded buildings, and used their rooftops as monitoring towers before attacking the nonviolent protesters who marched following noon prayers.

Also, Israeli colonizers tried to assault several Palestinians with batons and hurled stones at them before the Israeli soldiers shot a young Palestinian man with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the arm.

It is worth mentioning that, on June 22, the colonizers installed an outpost on the stolen Palestinian lands, built barns, and brought dozens of cows.

The village has been subject to constant attacks by the soldiers who burnt homes, cars and opened fire at the Palestinians and their property.

In related news, a young Palestinian man, Mahdi As’ad Al-Hilo, 20, was killed in an accidental explosion in Tulkarem, in the northwestern West Bank.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said Mahdi was one of its members, and added that he was killed during “preparation and readiness.”

Earlier Friday morning, Israeli soldiers killed Hamza Moayyad Maqbool, 32, and Khairi Mohammad Shahin, 33, and injured three others after the army and its undercover forces invaded Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.

Also Friday, Israeli soldiers abducted six Palestinians, assaulted and injured one of them, in several parts of the occupied West Bank in Hebron, Bethlehem, And Jerusalem.

In addition, the soldiers injured five Palestinians and caused many to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation during the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.

In related news, the soldiers injured many Palestinians and internationals, nonviolently protesting against the illegal Israeli colonialist activities in Burqa town, northwest of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern West Bank.

Also in Nablus, the soldiers fired live rounds at a Palestinian car driving near Tal village, southwest of Nablus, causing damage.

The driver, who was with his family, suffered injuries from the shattered windshield; his family escaped the attack physically unharmed, but suffered anxiety attacks.

First Published on: Jul 7, 2023, at 17:38

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Kill Two Palestinians, Injure Three, In Nablus

 JUL 7, 2023

Earlier Friday morning, Israeli occupation soldiers killed two Palestinians and injured three others after the army and its undercover forces invaded Nablus, in the occupied West Bank’s northern part.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed Hamza Muayyad Maqbool, 32, and Khayri Muhammed Shaheen, 34, both from Nablus and added that their bodies were moved to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus.

The invasion started when more than fifteen undercover Israeli soldiers infiltrated the Al-Habla and Al-Faqqous neighborhoods in Old City before several armored military vehicles invaded Nablus.

Media sources said dozens of soldiers surrounded a home before using loudspeakers, ordering two Palestinian to surrender.

The two were shot dead by Israeli military sharpshooters who stormed homes and occupied rooftops.

Palestine TV correspondent said the two Palestinians exchanged fire with the soldiers for about two hours and were killed after leaving the home, trying to get into another property, and added that the soldiers used expanding bullets.

Three Palestinians were also injured by Israeli army fire in the Old City; one of them was shot with live fire in the back and the leg, suffering moderate wounds, and another was shot with a gas bomb to the face.

The Israeli army claimed the Palestinians opened fire at a military base atop the Jirzim Mountain in Nablus, a day earlier.

Also, Palestinian fighters detonated an explosive charge near one of the invading military vehicles in the Old City.

Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Emergency Department of the Palestinians Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Nablus, said the PRCS dispatched four ambulances to the area before they evacuated the wounded and the two slain young men to a hospital.

The army also abducted three Palestinians from their homes before the military vehicles withdrew from Nablus.

On Thursday evening, Israeli soldiers injured a Palestinian man, 60 years of age, after assaulting him with their batons and rifles in Burqa village, northwest of Nablus.

On Thursday, one Israeli soldier, Shilo Yosef Amir, 19, was killed after a Palestinian opened, Ahmad Hilal Ghethan, during an exchange of fire at an Israeli military roadblock near Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, before the soldiers fatally shot him.

On Tuesday, The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of Abdul-Rahman Hasan Sa’abna, 22, from Fahma village, southwest of Jenin, after the Israeli soldiers him in the head in Jenin during the two-day Israeli offensive in Jenin and Jenin refugee camp.

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers killed Jawad Mujahed N’eirat, 22, from Meithalun town, south of Jenin, after shooting him in the head in Jenin.

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed Odai Ibrahim Khamaisa, 22, in Jenin City, bringing the number of slain Palestinians in Jenin to ten on the second day of the Israeli offensive. Khamaisa was from Al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin.

In related news, the soldiers fired many gas bombs at displaced Palestinian families sheltering in the yards of Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin, causing many injuries.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the situation in Jenin refugee camp is very dire, especially since the Israeli army is preventing its ambiances from entering it and has constantly opened fire at medics and ambulances.

On Monday night, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian teen, Mustafa Nidal Al-Qassem, 17, whom Israeli soldiers shot during the offensive on Jenin.

He was the ninth Palestinian the soldiers kill in Jenin, after the army killed eight earlier Monday, in addition to wounding more than 100, twenty seriously.

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the eight slain Palestinians as Samih Firas Abu Al-Wafa, 21, Aws Hani Hannoun, 19, Husam Mohammad Abu Theeba, 18, Noureddin Husam Marshoud, 16, Mohammad Mohannad Shami, 23, Ahmad Mohammad Al-Amer, 21, Ali Hani Al-Ghoul, 17, and Majdi Ar’arawi, 17.

The Israeli military spokesperson said Israel still has ten targets to achieve in its Jenin refugee camp offensive and said the soldiers have abducted about 120 young men.

In a press conference, the spokesperson said that the army estimated that there are 300 Palestinian fighters in Jenin and added that it has a list of names of about 160.

Hundreds of Palestinian families were displaced from their homes in the refugee camp and went to the nearby Jenin governmental hospital and mosques after the army ordered them to leave as it continues its offensive.

Israeli military bulldozers and missiles caused excessive damage to homes and buildings, and bulldozed streets, in addition to destroying cars, and blocking access to the refugee camp, and attacking ambulances, medics and journalists.

Furthermore, the soldiers killed Mohammad Emad Hassanein, 21, at the entrance of the Al-Biereh city in the central West Bank.

First Published on: Jul 7, 2023, at 10:24

Israeli Occupation Soldier, Palestinian, Killed In Shooting Near Qalqilia

 JUL 7, 2023

On Thursday, one Israeli occupation soldier was killed after a Palestinian opened fire at an Israeli military roadblock near Qalqilia, in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, before the soldiers fatally shot him.

The Israeli army identified the soldier as Shilo Yosef Amir, 19, of the Givati Reconnaissance Battalion from Kibbutz Merav in the northern part of the country.

The shooting occurred near the illegal Kedumim colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands near Kufur Qaddoum town, east of Qalqilia.

Israeli daily Haaretz quoted a security source stating that, after the shooting, one of the colony’s patrols “spotted a suspicious car” and called the army before the 19-year-old Palestinian, Ahmad Hilal Ghethan,  “opened fire at the soldiers and fled on foot, but they chased him and fatally shot him.”

In a statement, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, claimed responsibility for the shooting and said it was a natural response to the Israeli aggression and crimes against the Jenin refugee camp and the Palestinian people in every part of Palestine.

“This is a message to the criminal Smotrich (Israeli Finance Minister, far-right ultranationalist colonizer Bezalel Smotrich), telling you that Al-Qassam almost knocked on your door,” Al-Qassam said, “We promise you more resistance; those who plant death and destruction against our people will only reap death and defeat….”

After the shooting, dozens of soldiers invaded Qibya village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, where Ahmad lived with his family, and abducted his father, Hilal Ghethan, his older brother, Mohammad, and his sister, Sanari, 25. The army released Mohammad after interrogating him for several hours.

Khadra Ghethan, the slain Palestinian’s mother, said the soldiers invaded and caused serious damage to her home and interrogated the family before abducting her daughter Sanari, a married mother of two children, 3 and 4 years of age.

Many Palestinians protested the invasion before the soldiers shot two young men with live fire and caused several Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

The soldiers also fired live rounds at a car of a photojournalist, Karim Khamaisa, shattering its rear windshield.

Furthermore, illegal Israeli colonizers closed many roads in the northern West Bank and attacked many Palestinian cars and ambulances, causing damage,

Ramez Abdullah, the director of the Darwish Nazzal governmental hospital in Qalqilia, said the colonizers attacked an ambulance transporting a seriously injured infant to the hospital, shattering its rear windshield.

Abdullah said the ambulance was transporting an infant, who fell and suffered a skull fracture and hemorrhaging, to the hospital and tried to prevent it from reaching its destination.

Also, Israeli colonizers attacked many cars in Huwwara town, south of Nablus, causing damage and wounding at least one Palestinian.

In Salfit, in the central West Bank, Israeli colonizers attempted to invade Hares town, west of the city, but the locals intercepted their attack before Israeli soldiers invaded the town, closed its entrance, and fired many live rounds and gas bombs, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

On Tuesday, The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of Abdul-Rahman Hasan Sa’abna, 22, from Fahma village, southwest of Jenin, after the Israeli soldiers him in the head in Jenin during the two-day Israeli offensive in Jenin and Jenin refugee camp.

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers killed Jawad Mujahed N’eirat, 22, from Meithalun town, south of Jenin, after shooting him in the head in Jenin.

On Tuesday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed Odai Ibrahim Khamaisa, 22, in Jenin City, bringing the number of slain Palestinians in Jenin to ten on the second day of the Israeli offensive. Khamaisa was from Al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin.

In related news, the soldiers fired many gas bombs at displaced Palestinian families sheltering in the yards of Khalil Suleiman governmental hospital in Jenin, causing many injuries.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the situation in Jenin refugee camp is very dire, especially since the Israeli army is preventing its ambiances from entering it and has constantly opened fire at medics and ambulances.

On Monday night, the Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed the death of a Palestinian teen, Mustafa Nidal Al-Qassem, 17, whom Israeli soldiers shot during the offensive on Jenin.

He was the nineth Palestinian the soldiers kill in Jenin, after the army killed eight earlier Monday, in addition to wounding more than 100, twenty seriously.

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the eight slain Palestinians as Samih Firas Abu Al-Wafa, 21, Aws Hani Hannoun, 19, Husam Mohammad Abu Theeba, 18, Noureddin Husam Marshoud, 16, Mohammad Mohannad Shami, 23, Ahmad Mohammad Al-Amer, 21, Ali Hani Al-Ghoul, 17, and Majdi Ar’arawi, 17.

The Israeli military spokesperson said Israel still has ten targets to achieve in its Jenin refugee camp offensive and said the soldiers have abducted about 120 young men.

In a press conference, the spokesperson said that the army estimated that there are 300 Palestinian fighters in Jenin and added that it has a list of names of about 160.

Hundreds of Palestinian families were displaced from their homes in the refugee camp and went to the nearby Jenin governmental hospital and mosques after the army ordered them to leave as it continues its offensive.

Israeli military bulldozers and missiles caused excessive damage to homes and buildings, and bulldozed streets, in addition to destroying cars, and blocking access to the refugee camp, and attacking ambulances, medics and journalists.

Furthermore, the soldiers killed Mohammad Emad Hassanein, 21, at the entrance of the Al-Biereh city in the central West Bank.

Injuring of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers and Illegal Settlers

Illegal Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians in Bethlehem, Jericho, Burn Hundreds of Trees Near Nablus

 JUL 29, 2023

Illegal Israeli settlers attacked, on Saturday, a number of areas in the occupied West Bank, setting Palestinian-owned lands on fire, and assaulting citizens, local sources reported.

In the northern part of the West Bank, a group of settlers, under army protection, burned hundreds of trees belonging to local residents in Burin village, south of Nablus, and assaulted those who attempted to extinguish the fires. Media sources said that several illegal colonists invaded farmlands in the village and set fire to trees, which resulted in the destruction of hundreds of trees.

Furthermore, the colonizers assaulted the Palestinian landowners who tried to stop the burning of their crops.

There were no reports of injuries at the time of writing this report.

In the northeastern West Bank, west of the ancient city of Jericho, illegal settlers attempted to steal sheep belonging to local Palestinian Bedouin citizens in the “Arab Al-Malihat area”, west of the city.

According to Hassan Malihat, the head of the Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, said that the army provided security for the illegal colonizers who tried to steal sheep belonging to local residents.

Malihat added that armed settlers harassed residents and stopped the Bedouin residents from grazing their sheep, on their own land.

The shepherds were forced to graze their livestock close to their homes, despite the vast grazing pastures.

Meanwhile, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, Israeli colonists, armed with clubs, invaded the village of Tuqu’, located south of Bethlehem and tried to set fire privately-owned property and harm their livestock.

According to the head of the Bethlehem office of the Wall & Colonization Resistance Commission, Hasan Breijiyya, dozens of illegal settlers assaulted a local elderly couple, and attempted to burn their residential tent and harm their sheep.

Breijiyya added that this was the second attack in two consecutive days against the residents Salim al-Badan, 65, and his wife.

He said that the settlers were from a recently established illegal outpost, built on Palestinian-owned lands.

Local Palestinian citizens and the couple were successful in forcing the colonizers out of the area and stopping the attack.

Al-Badan said that the colonizers beat two of his family members with clubs when they were watering their crops, resulting in one of them sustaining bruises.

Israeli Occupation Regime Navy Opens Fire at Fishermen off the Northern and Southern Coast of Gaza

 JUL 29, 2023

Israeli occupation regime naval ships attacked, on Saturday morning, Palestinian fishermen in two separate areas off the coast of the Gaza Strip, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, local sources reported.

Occupation Navy ships opened fire with live rounds and high velocity water cannons at Palestinian fishing boats that were sailing in the “Al-Sudaniyya area” northwest of Gaza City in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.

No injuries were reported, however the fishermen were forced to go to shore, abandoning a day of work, the main livelihood for many Palestinians in Gaza.

Meanwhile, off the coast of Rafah, in southern Gaza, Navy ships fired water cannons at fishing boats, coercing the fishermen to leave their work and exit the sea.

On a regular basis, the occupation Navy shoots at and abducts Palestinian fishermen, in addition to confiscating and/or damaging their boats.

The Gaza Strip, a tiny coastal enclave, isolated from the West Bank, has been under a brutal Israeli blockade of the air, land, and sea, for the past sixteen years.

More than two million people live in Gaza with limited fresh water and electricity, in addition to a high rate of unemployment and poverty.

“The Gaza Strip is the scene of a humanitarian crisis that has nothing to do with natural causes; it is entirely man-made, a direct result of official Israeli policy.” – B’Tselem

Illegal Israeli Settlers Injure a Palestinian Near Ramallah, Burn Olive Trees Near Nablus

 JUL 28, 2023

Illegal Israeli settlers attacked, on Friday, a Palestinian vehicle and injured its driver in Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, local sources reported.

Media sources said that a group of Israeli settlers hurled rocks at Palestinian-owned vehicles, shattering the front windshield of one of them, and injuring its driver.

The driver, Mustafa Dannoun, sustained wounds to his hand as a result of broken glass, and was transported to the Al-Mughayyir Medical Center for medical intervention.

In related news, illegal Israeli settlers burned olive trees belonging to Palestinian citizens in the village of Einabus, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to a local official.

Ghassan Daghlas, the local official who monitors Israeli violations and colonialist activities in northern occupied West Bank, said that a group of illegal colonizers set fire to Palestinian-owned farmlands planted with olive trees, resulting in the destruction of several trees.

Israeli Occupation Settlers Attack Homes, Burn a Vehicle Near Nablus, Steal Sheep Near Salfit

 JUL 27, 2023

Illegal Israeli settlers attacked, on Thursday, Palestinian-owned homes, knocked down residential tents, burned a vehicle, and set up two residential tents in different parts of the occupied West Bank.

Under the full security of the occupation army, illegal Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian-owned homes and burned a vehicle in Asira al-Qibliya village, south of Nablus in the northern West Bank.

According to Hafez Saleh, head of the village council, said that armed Israeli colonizers from the nearby illegal “Yitzhar” settlement attacked Palestinian farmers reclaiming the land.

Saleh added that local Palestinian youths confronted the invading settlers, which soldiers responded to by firing live rounds and tear gas canisters, causing at least 15 citizens to sustain inhalation injuries.

Meanwhile, in Beita town, south of Nablus, Israeli soldiers invaded the “Al-Arma Mountain”, triggering protests among local Palestinian youths.

Medical sources from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that occupation forces fired concussion grenades and tear gas canisters, causing at least ten people to suffer the toxic effects of tear gas inhalation.

Photos on social media platforms show that fires erupted in the area as a result of the army’s firing of tear gas canisters.

Meanwhile, Israeli settlers set up a residential tent on Palestinian-owned lands between the Qaryout and Talfit villages, south of Nablus, a local official reported.

According to Ghassan Daghlas, the official monitoring Israeli violations and colonialist activities in northern West Bank, a group of illegal Israeli colonizers are now living in the tent they set up in the “Al-Qalila” area between the two villages.

He added that this move could be the beginning of a new illegal colonial outpost.

In the central part of the West Bank, Israeli colonists set up tents on Palestinian-owned land in the town of Hares, west of Salfit, and stole 17 sheep belonging to local shepherd Omar Atef Musleh, in Sarta village, west of Salfit.

Furthermore, in the southern West Bank, Israeli settlers knocked down, on Thursday at dawn, residential tents and sheep pens, in the “Fateh Sadra” area, east of Yatta, south of Hebron, a local official reported.

According to Rateb Jabour, who monitors Israeli violations in southern West Bank, several colonists tore down tents and sheep pens belonging to local citizen Mohammed Jibril Makhamra.

Illegal Israeli Settlers Injure Four Palestinians Near Qalqilia

 JUL 14, 2023

On Thursday night, illegal Israeli settlers injured four Palestinians, including two who suffered serious wounds, in Kafr Thulth town, south of Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank’s northwestern part.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said that four Palestinians were rushed to Qalqilia governmental hospital and that two wounded men sustained life-threatening wounds.

The Health Ministry stated that one of the seriously injured Palestinians sustained a skull fracture and added that another Palestinian suffered facial fractures.

The Israeli assailants came from the illegal Karnie Shomron colony, built on stolen Palestinian lands, and invaded the Arab Al-Khouli area east of Kafr Thulth; the colonizers also burnt a shed owned by a Farid Miqbil.

The attacked area is subject to frequent Israeli violations, aiming at forcing the Palestinians to leave their homes and lands to expand six illegal colonies and colonialist outposts in its northern, eastern, and southern parts.

The colonies are Maale Shomron in the northern part of the town, Elmatan in the east, and Nofim, Yakir, Immanuel, and Karnei Shomron in the southern part.

In Ramallah, in the central West Bank, a young Palestinian man was injured when Israeli soldiers and colonizers invaded Kobar village, north of the city.

The head of Kobar Village Council Shawkat Barghouti said a colonizer hurled stones at the young man, wounding him in the mouth, and added that the attack was carried out by more than 100 colonizers.

On Friday dawn, a group of colonizers, accompanied by soldiers, attempted to invade the Be’er Abu Ammar archeological area in Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of the central West Bank city of Salfit, before the soldiers intercepted.

Israeli soldiers attacked the Palestinians by firing several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, and gas bombs at them.

Abduction of Palestinians by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct 10 Palestinians, Including 3 Children, from the West Bank

 JUL 30, 2023

Israeli occupation forces abducted, on Sunday, 10 Palestinians, including three children, from Salfit, Jerusalem, and Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.

On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted Nassim Abu Hadid, while he was in the vicinity of Bab al-Amoud (Damascus Gate), one of the main gates leading to the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.

Soldiers stormed the town of Hares, northwest of Salfit, in the central occupied West Bank, and invaded the homes of Adham Yahya Shamlawy and Omar Mahmoud Shamlawy, before abducting them.

Meanwhile, occupation troops abducted another resident of Hares town, identified as Walid Ramadan, while he was working in a wood-shop in the nearby town of Qarawat Bani Hassan.

Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinian children in occupied Jerusalem, all of whom just completed 2 months of house arrest.

Soldiers abducted Ahmed Nawaf Al-Salaymeh, Muhammad Khalil Al-Salaymeh, and Moataz Khader Al-Salaymeh, from their homes.

In the southern part of the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces abducted three Palestinian young men from the Hebron governorate after invading and searching their homes.

South of the city, in Yatta town, soldiers stormed and inspected the home of Rasmi Azmi Abu Zahra before abducting him.

Occupation forces broke into and searched the homes of Mohammed Adel Al-Awawdeh and Khalil Ahmed Al-Awawdeh in Deir Samet town, west of Hebron, before abducting them.

Prisoners Authority: “Child Detainees Suffer from Cruel and Inhuman Conditions of Detention in ‘Damon’ Prison”

 JUL 30, 2023

Ramallah 7-30-2023 WAFA –

The Commission for Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs said today, Sunday, that minor prisoners in Israeli occupation  regime prisons and detention centers suffer from harsh and inhuman conditions of detention that lack the minimum international standards for children’s rights.

According to the lawyer, Heba Ighbariya, the authority explained that the suffering includes all aspects of life and living, such as lack of food and its poorness, lack of hygiene, the spread of insects, detention in rooms without adequate ventilation and lighting, high temperatures, medical neglect and lack of health care, cut off from the outside world, and deprivation of life.

Visiting the families, in addition to the verbal abuse, beating, isolation, and intimidation when storming the departments in a frightening and terrifying manner.

It indicated that the number of minor prisoners in the occupation prisons exceeds 170, 48 of whom are in the juvenile section of Damon Prison, and that targeting and pursuing children is a dangerous indicator, through which the occupation authorities seek to terrorize the young generation, sow fear within it, and pressure it psychologically.

The conditions of detention of the youths are comparable in cruelty to what the adult prisoners go through in prisons.

The Commission affirmed that these attacks confirm the brutality of the prison administration against prisoners of all ages, in the absence of human rights institutions, and the renunciation of all humanitarian treaties and covenants.

Israeli Occupation Army Abducts Six Palestinians in Separate Areas of the West Bank

 JUL 29, 2023

Israeli occupation forces abducted, on Saturday, at least 6 Palestinian young men from various parts of the West Bank, including one who was struck by a military vehicle while he was riding a motorcycle, local sources reported.

On Saturday night, Israeli forces abducted Muhammad Aufi, a resident of the Tulkarem refugee camp, while he was driving motorcycle in Bala’a town, east of Tulkarem in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank.

Local Palestinian youths confronted the invading army by throwing rocks at the armored military vehicles, and blockading the road.

Soldiers opened fire with live rounds, tear gas canisters, and concussion grenades at the youths who protested the incursion. No injuries were reported at the time of writing this report.

Meanwhile, on Saturday night, occupation forces abducted three young Palestinian men, after running one over with their vehicle.

In Ya’bad town, west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank, soldiers rammed a motorcycle driven by Raad Turkman, before abducting him and seizing his motorcycle.

In the video, the young man appears to be injured, however no information was known about the condition of the man at the time of writing this report.

Meanwhile, soldiers also abducted two unidentified young men from a gas station in the town of Ya’bad.

Furthermore, soldiers invaded Jalboun village east of the city, and Fahma village to the southwest, in addition to setting up flying military roadblocks in Arraba town southwest, and Ya’bad town to the west.

Sources added that the army abducted two Palestinian residents of Jaba’, southwest of Jenin while they were driving in the town of Arraba.

The young men were identified as Amara Awni Fashafsha and Ahmed Yusef Malaysha.

North of occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces invaded Al-Ram town, sparking protests among local youths.

Soldiers responded by firing concussion grenades and tear gas canisters at those who resisted the incursion.

A social media video shows the occupation forces abducting a young man identified as Saadi Al-Salaymeh, however there were no official reports of this.

The army erected a flying military roadblock at the entrance to the town, stopped vehicles and checked the identification of citizens.

Meanwhile, soldiers invaded the home of Adham Nasser Awwad, 28, in the city of Bethlehem, in the southern west Bank, before abducting him.

Occupation forces stormed Palestinian civilian homes in the Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the West Bank, and detained two young men for a number of hours before releasing them.

Reports stated that Israeli troops stormed the homes of Ghassan Al-Ja’bari and Ishaq Al-Ja’bri, in the southern part of the city, without making any arrests.

It was added that soldiers broke into and searched the homes of Abdullah Maher Masalmeh and Muhammad Maher Masalmeh, town Beit Awa town, west of the city, detained them for an unspecified time and released them.

Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Several Palestinians from the West Bank

 JUL 28, 2023

Israeli occupation forces abducted, on Thursday and Friday, several Palestinian young men from various parts of the occupied West Bank, and invaded a number of towns and villages in the occupied West Bank, local sources reported.

Thursday

In the northern part of the West Bank, the army abducted Muhammad Maher Qabha and Ramzi Iyad Amarneh in Tura al Gharbiya town, west of Jenin, and seized the motorcycle they were on.

Soldiers stormed several towns and villages in the Jenin governorate, sparking protests, but no injuries were reported.

Furthermore, soldiers positioned at the “Dotan” military roadblock, west of Jenin, near the town of Ya’bad, stopped several vehicles while inspecting citizens’ identifications.

Sources added that the army invaded several Palestinian civilian homes and interrogated citizens northwest of Jericho, in the Arab al-Malehat community, in the northeastern part of the West Bank.

Meanwhile, in the central West Bank, soldiers abducted Muhammad Essam Suleiman, 34, at a flying military roadblock at the northern entrance to Salfit, and later invaded his family home.

In the southern West Bank, soldiers abducted two young men from their homes, in addition to invading and searching several other homes of Palestinian civilians.

Sources reported that the army invaded a home in Yatta, south of Hebron, a barber shop, and another home in Hebron.

Soldiers abducted Samer Sami Awaidat from Sheikh Al-Aroub town, north of the city, and Waad Mahmoud Salem Al-Zagharneh from Al-Ramadin village, southwest of the city.

Friday

Media sources reported that the army abducted Abdul Karim Abdullah Hajjah from Burqa village, northwest of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank.

On Friday evening, Israeli forces abducted an unidentified Palestinian young man who confronted Israeli settlers, under police protection, who stormed the Damascus Gate (Bab Al-Amoud) Square, one of the main gates leading to the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.

Israeli Occupation Forces Abduct Many Palestinians from Jericho, Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Hebron

 JUL 27, 2023

On Thursday, Israeli occupation forces abducted several Palestinians from the governorates of Jericho, Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Hebron in the occupied West Bank, local sources reported.

Israeli occupation forces abducted, on Thursday, three Palestinian young men, including a former prisoner from the Jericho governorate, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, a local official reported.

According to Eid Brahma, the director of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) in Jericho, occupation forces abducted the former prisoner Sami Mahmoud Abdel-Fattah Atta, from Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, south of Jericho.

Brahma added that soldiers also abducted Hani Bassem Arinat, and Ali Yasser Ta’amra, from Al-Auja town, north of the city.

In the central West Bank, soldiers stormed and searched the home of Muhammad Mashhoor Al-Naasan, 19, in Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of the city of Ramallah, before abducting him, security sources said.

North of occupied Jerusalem, Israeli forces invaded Al-Ram town and abducted Shadi Abu Gharbia from his home in the town, while a second source reported the abduction of others, including Mutasim Al-Shawamrah, Muhammad Al-Shawamrah, Abdul Rahman Muhaisen, Muhammad Idris, and Yazan Idris.

In occupied Jerusalem, soldiers stormed the home of Ahmed Nidal Al-Rajabi, in the Al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan town, before abducting him.

Meanwhile, occupation forces abducted local activist Asmaa Kabha and Firas Bakhtan while they were inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem, in addition to abducting Nizam Abu Ramuz, while he was near Bab Al-Silsilah (the Chain Gate), one of the gates leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Furthermore, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinian civilians from the Hebron governorate in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.

Security sources reported that soldiers abducted Khair Abu Aisha, from the city of Hebron, after invading and ransacking his home.

From the Al-Aroub refugee camp, northeast of Hebron, the army abducted Muhammad Fathi Shehadeh, after storming and searching his family home.

Soldiers broke into and searched the home of Ahmed Hazem Abu Awad in the Al-Fawar refugee camp, southwest of Hebron, before abducting him.

Soldiers invaded and searched the home of Youssef Fathi Rabei, in Dura town, southwest of the city, before abducting him.

Israeli Occupation Forces Abduct Dozens of Palestinians, Including Children in the West Bank

 JUL 26, 2023

Israeli Occupation forces abducted, on Wednesday, dozens of Palestinian citizens, including children and former prisoners, from across the occupied West Bank, local sources reported.

Israeli soldiers stormed Seida town, northeast of Tulkarem, in the northwestern part of the West Bank, according to the local Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS), and abducted Zaher Hosni Hamad, 18, after invading and searching his home.

In the Jenin governorate, in the northern West Bank, the Israeli army abducted eight citizens from different areas, and local youths confronted the invading army in the town of Burqin, west of the city.

In the town of Burqin, soldiers abducted Ahmed Atallah Sabah, Muhammad Yasser Abu Shadouf, Qadri Yasser Abu Shadouf, Rehan Yasser Abu Shadouf, and Firas Ghosn Obeidi.

From Ya’bad, west of the city, soldiers abducted Muhammad Ahmed Hamarsheh, from Al-Yamoun town, northwest of Jenin, the army abducted Khaled Ayman Abdallah Jabari, and Tareq Haifawi, from the city of Jenin.

In the town of Tammun, south of Tubas, in the northern West Bank, Israeli troops abducted seven Palestinian young men, including four former prisoners, and local youths confronted the invading army.

Kamal Bani Odeh, with the local PPS reported that the army abducted Sami Khaled Bani Odeh, Harith Bani Odeh, Hani Bani Odeh, Mustafa Bani Odeh, Rayek Bisharat, Ayman Nasser Bisharat, and Muhammad Bisharat.

In the central part of the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces abducted two Palestinian young men from Qarawat Bani Hassan town, to the northwest of Salfit.

Sources said that soldiers invaded and searched the home of Malik Musa Rayan and Nael Bahaa Rayan before abducting them.

Meanwhile, three young men were abducted from the city of Al-Biereh in the central part of the West Bank.

Sources said that occupation forces stormed and searched the homes of Qassam Abed, Muhammad Abu Aziz, and Suhaib Maher Rummana, before abducting them.

Soldiers broke into the home of Moein al-Faqih in Qatanna village, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, before abducting him.

Northeast of occupied Jerusalem, occupation soldiers abducted three Palestinians from Hizma town, including two children.

Sources said that soldiers broke into and searched the homes of Youssef Askar, 43, and two children, Abdel Salam Ahmed Askar, 17, and Abdel Rahman Ali Askar, 16, before abducting them.

On Wednesday evening, occupation forces invaded the home of former prisoner Areen Al-Za’anin in the Wadi Al-Joz neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem, before abducting him.

Also on Wednesday evening, soldiers also abducted Ramadan Jamjoom from a shop in occupied Jerusalem.

Earlier Wednesday, soldiers stormed the homes of Daniel Abu Nasra, Khader Al-Akari, Zaid Nairoukh, and Youssef Razina, in Jerusalem, before abducting them.

In the southern part of the West Bank, occupation forces abducted nine Palestinians, including three children, from the Bethlehem governorate.

According to local security sources, Israeli forces abducted three children identified as Ibrahim Ismail Alyan, 17, Saif Muhammad Darwish, 14, from the Aida refugee camp, north of the city, and Muhammad Hamamrah, 16, from Husan town, west of the city.

Soldiers invaded and searched the homes of Abd Ibrahim Hamamrah, 21, Ibrahim Khaled Hamamrah, 23, Raed Ibrahim Hamamrah, 51, and Yassin Jadallah Sabatin, 25, in the town of Husan, before abducting them.

Meanwhile, in the town of Beit Fajjar, south of the city, the army abducted Amir Ahmad Taqatqa, 21, and Qusay Jamal Diriyeh, 26, after storming and searching their homes.

Lastly, occupation soldiers invaded and searched the home of former prisoner, Hazem Al-Sharawneh, before abducting him from his home in the city of Dura, southwest of Hebron in the southern West Bank.

Demolition of Palestinian Homes and Property by Israeli Occupation Regime Soldiers

Israeli Occupation Regime Orders Demolition of Palestinian-owned Homes, Irrigation Ponds, Farm Structures, and Roads in Nablus, Salfit

 JUL 30, 2023

Israeli occupation forces delivered, on Sunday, several demolition notices against 8 homes, 2 irrigation ponds, and stop work orders against agricultural structures, and roads, in the Nablus and Salfit governorates, local sources reported.

In the northern part of the occupied West Bank, soldiers invaded Furush Beit Dajan village, east of the city of Nablus, and delivered 10 demolition orders targeting 8 inhabited Palestinian-owned homes in addition to 2 irrigation ponds used for agricultural purposes.

According to Ghassan Daghlas, the official who monitors Israeli violations and colonialist activities in Northern West Bank, said that soldiers handed 8 demolition orders against inhabited homes and 2 against agricultural ponds in the village.

Daghlas added that one of the targeted homes was built prior to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank in 1967.

The 1995 Oslo Accords classified the village “Area C” which dictates that Israel has full civil, military, and administrative control of the area.

Meanwhile, in the central part of the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities handed cease-work orders to Palestinian-owned farm structures and roads in the the town of Deir Ballut, west of Salfit, local sources reported.

Media sources said that Israeli forces stormed the town and handed 5 stop-work orders to Palestinian residents to vacate the land, stop construction on farm structures and agricultural roads.

The majority of Deir Ballut is classified as “Area C”.

According to the latest report from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA): Protection of Civilians Report, between July 5 and July 24;

“The Israeli authorities demolished, confiscated, or forced people to demolish 54 structures in East Jerusalem and Area C of the West Bank, including 20 homes, citing the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. As a result, 66 Palestinians, including 34 children, were displaced.” – OCHA

“Some 60 % of West Bank lands have been classified as “Area C” and are under full and exclusive Israeli control. Area C is home to an estimated 180,000 Palestinians and includes the major residential and development land reserves for the entire West Bank. Israel prohibits Palestinian construction and development on some 70 % of Area C territory, arguing various rationales, such as being “state lands” or “firing zones.” Israel’s planning and construction policy virtually ignores the needs of the local population: it refuses to recognize most of the villages in the area or draw up plans for them, prevents the expansion and development of Palestinian communities, demolishes homes and does not allow the communities to hook up to infrastructure. Thousands of inhabitants live under the constant threat of expulsion for living in alleged firing zones or “illegal” communities. In addition, Israel has taken over most of the water sources in Area C and has restricted Palestinian access to them.” – B’Tselem.

Israeli Occupation Army Destroys Water Springs, Uproots Olive Trees, and Razes Farmland in the West Bank

 JUL 27, 2023

Israeli occupation forces destroyed, on Wednesday and Thursday, part of a Bedouin school, farmlands, olive trees, and water springs, in various parts of the occupied West Bank, local sources reported.

In the northern part of the West Bank, Israeli bulldozers razed, on Thursday, Palestinian-owned lands and destroyed at least 120 olive and almond trees in Qusra town, south of Nablus.

On Wednesday, soldiers knocked down a section of the Al-Ka’abneh Bedouin school, located north of Jericho in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank.

According to Hassan Malihat, the head of the Al-Baydar Organization for the Defense of Bedouin Rights, soldiers invaded the area with trucks, tore down a section of the school, which was built with bricks and tin-plate, and confiscate building materials.

Meanwhile, south of Hebron, in the al-Hijrah area, Israeli occupation forces, on Wednesday, accompanied by bulldozers, concrete mixers and a pump, proceeded to destroy a number of water springs, and at least 5 dunams of Palestinian-owned farm land.

Soldiers filled several water springs with concrete and bulldozed at least 5 dunams of farm land, planted with vegetables, according to one of the owners, Shehdeh Dudin.

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OCHA: “Protection of Civilians Report | July 5-24, 2023”

 JUL 29, 2023

Latest Developments (after the reporting period)

[This section is based on initial information from different sources. Further confirmed details will be provided in the next report.]

On 25, 26 and 27 July, Israeli occupation forces shot and killed five Palestinians, including one child, in three separate Israeli forces’ operations in Nablus and Qalqilia. During one of the operations, exchanges of fire were reported between Palestinians and Israeli forces.

Highlights from the Reporting Period

A Palestinian man killed an Israeli soldier and injured an Israeli settlement security guard before being killed in an exchange of fire. On 6 July, a Palestinian man shot and killed an Israeli soldier before fleeing the scene and being killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli forces. The incident occurred near Jit junction, next to the Israeli settlement of Kedumim (Qalqilya), after Israeli forces stopped and searched a Palestinian vehicle. An Israeli security guard was injured in the same incident. Later the same day, Israeli forces raided Qibya (Ramallah), where the perpetrator came from, and took measurements of his family home, reportedly in preparation for its punitive demolition. During the raid, Israeli forces fired live ammunition and teargas canisters at residents who threw stones. Three Palestinians, including two children, were injured with live ammunition and 20 others received medical treatment after inhaling tear gas. Three other Palestinians were arrested. One Israeli soldier was injured by stone throwing, according to Israeli sources.

Israeli occupation forces killed two Palestinians in an operation that involved exchanges of fire in Nablus city. On 7 July, Israeli forces raided the old city of Nablus, surrounded a house, and exchanged fire with Palestinians inside. Two Palestinian men were killed. According to Israeli sources, the men were suspected of having shot at Israeli forces. Another 23 Palestinians were injured while throwing stones at Israeli forces, who fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, and teargas canisters. Three men were arrested. According to medical sources, Israeli occupation forces reportedly obstructed the access of medical crews during the operation.

One Palestinian died in Nur Shams Refugee camp (Tulkarm). On 7 July, a Palestinian man died from wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device that he was preparing detonated. 

Israeli occupation forces killed two Palestinians and injured another during two incidents in Nablus and Ramallah. On 10 July, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man who they claim threw a grenade and shot at them at a checkpoint located on road 450 near Deir Nidham village (Ramallah). No Israeli casualties were reported. According to medical sources, Israeli forces prevented medical teams from reaching the injured man for around four hours. The body is being withheld by Israeli authorities. On 21 July, a Palestinian was shot and killed, and another was injured and arrested by Israeli forces in Sebastia village, northwest of Nablus. The Israeli army reported an attempted vehicle ramming incident. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces who were patrolling in the area opened fire at the vehicle without warning. Human rights organizations reported finding more than 40 bullet holes in the  vehicle. Following the incident, Palestinian residents threw stones at Israeli forces who fired tear gas canisters, leading to 15 Palestinians requiring treatment due to tear gas inhalation. 

Israeli occupation forces killed two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old child, and injured two others in two separate demonstrations against settlement expansion in the Ramallah area. On 7 July, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man and injured another in Umm Safa village during a demonstration against the establishment of a new Israeli settlement outpost. Palestinians reportedly threw stones at Israeli forces, who shot live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas canisters. According to eyewitnesses, the fatally injured man had not been taking part in the demonstration and was not involved in confrontations when he was shot. On 21 July, during a demonstration in Umm Safa, Palestinians threw stones and Israeli forces shot live ammunition, rubber bullets and tear gas canisters, killing a 16-year-old Palestinian and injuring another with live ammunition. The demonstration was held to protest ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and continuing settler attacks against the village. 

Israelioccupation  forces killed a Palestinian during a settler-related incident in Nablus city. On 20 July, clashes erupted between Israeli forces accompanying settlers into Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus city and Palestinians. Palestinians fired live ammunition and threw explosive devices, and Israeli forces shot live ammunition, rubber bullets and teargas canisters.  A Palestinian man was killed, and 73 Palestinians were injured, three by live ammunition, and 65 were treated for teargas inhalation. According to medical sources, Israeli forces prevented medical teams from accessing and transferring to hospital a 12-day-old baby who had inhaled teargas. And an ambulance windshield was shattered by rubber bullets.

This has brought the total number of Palestinian children killed in the West Bank so far in 2023 to 29, compared with 15 in the same period of 2022.

During the reporting period, 352 Palestinians, including at least 56 children, were injured by Israeli forces across the West Bank, including 26 people by live ammunition. The majority of the injuries (120) were reported in demonstrations against settlement expansion in Umm Safa (Ramallah) and settlement-related access restrictions in Kafr Qaddum (Qalqilya). An additional 121 injuries occurred during 19 search-and-arrest and other operations carried out by Israeli forces across the West Bank. This includes an operation during which Israeli forces raided Nur Shams Refugee Camp (Tulkarem) in Area A of the West Bank, causing damage to road infrastructure including sewage networks with bulldozers, which disrupted water, electricity, and sewage services. Six Palestinians were injured, including four by live ammunition and two by shrapnel. Following the operation,seven children were injured while reportedly tampering with an improvised explosive device. According to official Israeli sources, the operation was carried out to “neutralize explosive devices and apprehend wanted suspects”. In another seven incidents, mainly around Nablus and Ramallah, 87 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces. This followed the trespassing of Israeli settlers, accompanied by Israeli forces, into seven Palestinian communities; Urif and Nablus city, Kufur Qaddoum and Arab Al Khouli/Wadi Kana (both in Qalqilia), Kobar and Al Mazra’a al Qibliya (both in Ramallah) and At Tuwani (Hebron) during which stone throwing incidents were reported by Palestinian residents at Israeli forces. In another two cases, Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinians, including a child, while they were trying to enter Israel via informal openings in the Barrier near Tulkarem and Qalqilia. The remaining 22 Palestinian injuries, including four by live ammunition, occurred during stone throwing confrontations with Israeli forces positioned at the entrance of Beita (Nablus). Overall, 288 Palestinians were treated for teargas inhalation, 26 were shot with live ammunition, 29 were injured by rubber bullets, six with shrapnel, and three were physically assaulted. 

Sixteen (16) Palestinians, including two children, were injured by Israeli settlers; and people known or believed to be settlers damaged Palestinian property in another 44 instances across the West Bank. This is in addition to the Palestinian casualties by Israeli settlers and forces in the above-mentioned settler-related incidents. In two separate incidents, on 7 and 10 July, two Palestinian children were run over and injured by settlers near the entrances of Beit Ummar (Hebron) and Huwara (Nablus). On 12 July, four Palestinians were physically assaulted by settlers near the Ein al Beida community to the East of Tubas.  On 13 July, settlers accompanied by Israeli forces, physically assaulted Palestinian herders in Arab Al Kholi community (Qalqilia) resulting in property damage and injuries. According to the local community, Israeli forces who were present at the scene intervened to protect the settlers. Four elderly Palestinian men required medical treatment at hospital, with two of them in a serious condition.  Israeli forces shot teargas canisters and arrested six Palestinians. On the same day, settlers at the site of a newly established settlement outpost near Kobar village (Ramallah), threw stones at Palestinians, injuring one Palestinian man. Subsequently, Palestinians threw stones at the settlers and at Israeli forces who were accompanying them, and who fired sound and tear gas canisters. According to Israeli media, one settler was injured by a stone thrown during the incident. On 15 July, settlers threw stones and injured a Palestinian man while he was grazing his livestock in At Tuwani (Hebron). Palestinians threw stones at the settlers, injuring one, according to the Israeli media. Subsequently, Israeli forces raided the village and conducted a search operation, resulting in one Palestinian injury and the arrest of three human rights activists. On 17 July, settlers, reportedly from Beitar Illit settlement, physically assaulted a Palestinian woman while she was working on her land near Husan village (Bethlehem). On 22 July, settlers reportedly from the Haresha settlement outpost injured two Palestinians in the village of Al Mazra’a al Qibliya (Ramallah). One Palestinian was injured with rubber bullets fired by Israeli forces who intervened. According to community sources, more than 400 trees and saplings were vandalized during the reporting period on Palestinian land near Israeli settlements, in eight incidents near Al Bowereh, Adh Dhahiriya, Khirbet Sarura, and Umm ad Daraj (all in Hebron), Al Lubban ash Sharqiya and Sebastia (both in Nablus) and Al Mazra’a al Qibliya (Ramallah). Other Palestinian property was damaged, and livestock was injured, in 18 incidents in or near Ramallah, Nablus, Salfit, Hebron, and Jerusalem. The damaged property included residential and agricultural structures, tractors, crops, sections of water networks and solar panels. In the remaining 18 incidents reported across the West Bank, Israeli settlers threw stones and vandalized 38 Palestinian vehicles.

Eight Israeli settlers, including three children, were injured by Palestinians in six separate incidents across the West Bank. On 16 July, armed Palestinians opened fire on Israeli plated vehicles on road 356 near the settlement of Tekoa (Bethlehem). Three Israelis were injured, including two children. Subsequently, Israeli forces conducted a search operation in Bethlehem city, where they injured five Palestinians, including three with live ammunition and raided a mosque where they arrested two Palestinians, including one suspected of carrying out the shooting attack. In addition to the two Israelis injured near Kobar and At Tuwani (see above), on 12 July, a 14-year-old boy was injured by stones thrown by Palestinians during an anti-settlement demonstration in Kobar (Ramallah). On 10 and 20 July, two Israelis were injured in a stabbing attack by Palestinians in Deir Qaddis village (Ramallah) and inside Ghilo settlement (East Jerusalem). In another three incidents, on 7, 9 and 16 July, Palestinians threw stones at Israeli vehicles near Ramallah and Nablus, resulting in the injury of one Israeli and damage to three vehicles, according to Israeli sources. 

Israeli forces forcibly evicted an elderly Palestinian couple from their home in the Old City of Jerusalem. On 11 July, the Ghaith-Sub Laban family were evicted from their home after their protected tenancy was terminated by Israeli courts, making way for their property to be seized by an Israeli settler organization, following their eviction, their home was immediately handed over to Israeli settlers. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in the oPt stated that the Israeli laws used to evict the family are inherently discriminatory and in violation of Israel’s human rights obligations.  According to OCHA assessments, approximately 1,000 Palestinians are at risk of forced eviction in East Jerusalem, mainly due to court cases initiated by settler groups. 

The Israeli authorities demolished, confiscated, or forced people to demolish 54 structures in East Jerusalem and Area C of the West Bank, including 20 homes, citing the lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible to obtain. As a result, 66 Palestinians, including 34 children, were displaced, and the livelihoods of more than 795 others were affected. Sixteen (16) of the affected structures were provided by donors in response to previous demolitions. Fifteen (15) out of those 16 structures were demolished in a single incident in Al Muntar (Jerusalem) and another structure was demolished in Beit Jala (Bethlehem). Eighty percent of the affected structures (43) were in Area C. The remaining eleven structures were demolished in East Jerusalem, including nine residential structures, resulting in the displacement of five households, comprising 24 people, including 12 children. Eight out of the eleven structures demolished in East Jerusalem were destroyed by their owners to avoid the payment of fines to the Israeli authorities. Additionally, not counted above, Israeli authorities demolished two agricultural related structures in area C of Birin near Bani Na’im (Hebron) allegedly for “Trespassing a state land”.

Eight households were displaced from Jerusalem governorate and the South Hebron Hills, citing settler violence and loss of access to grazing land. On 10 and 19 July 2023, seven households comprising 36 people, including 20 children and eight women (all registered refugees) of Al Baqa’a Bedouin community in the Jerusalem Governorate, and one Palestinian household comprising 13 people, including nine children of the Wedadie Herding community in the South Hebron Hills (South of As Samu’a village), dismantled their residential and livelihood structures and left their communities and relocated to safer places. According to the families, they left after increased settlement activities following the establishment of new shepherding and farming settlement outposts. 

About 300 people were displaced from Ras al Tin, Wadi as Seeq, Ein Samiya, Lifjim and Al Baqa’a between 2022 and 2023, citing settler violence and loss of access to grazing land as the primary reasons.

In the Gaza Strip, in at least 20 incidents, Israeli forces opened “warning fire” near Israel’s perimeter fence or off the coast. These incidents disrupted the work of farmers and fishermen. One fisherman was injured, and four others were arrested, and one boat was confiscated.

On 5 July 2023, for the first time since the last May escalation, Palestinian armed groups in Gaza fired five rockets towards Israel, all of which were reportedly intercepted. Israeli air forces carried out four airstrikes and fired eight missiles, reportedly targeting positions belonging to armed groups in Gaza city and in northern Gaza. There have been no reports of injuries from either side. However, one house in Sderot and two civilian facilities in Gaza were damaged.

This report reflects information available as of the time of publication. The most updated data and more breakdowns are available at ochaopt.org/data.

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