Friday, August 2, 2024 – The West Bank
Killed
1. Tamer Saker, 21-years-old from Balata refugee camp - paramedic shot by the Israeli army while caring for the wounded a few days ago. Died of his wounds today.
Raids and arrests
Arrest at the Lions Gate, Jerusalem
During the night, Israeli forces raided Tulkarm, Al Am'ari refugee camp, Ramallah, Al Bireh, Hizma, Nablus, Aqraba, Dheisheh refugee camp, Bethlehem, Jenin. During the day, they raided Silwad, Ramin, Kafr Qaddum, Beita, Ajjul, Danaba, Issawiya. 14 Palestinians were arrested, 2 minors and an elderly person among them.
The arrest of Ekrima Sa'id Sabri, 85 years-old
‣ The Israeli forces arrested Ekrima Sa'id Sabri, a preacher at Al Aqsa Mosque, 85-years-old, who eulogized Ismail Haniyeh during the Friday prayers. Later, he was distanced from the Mosque until Sunday, with an option to extend this order to half a year. During his interrogation, he shackled in the presence of the Israeli flag.
Itamar Ben Gvir's tweet about the investigation of the 85 year-old Al-Aqsa preacher, Ekrima Sa'id Sabri
Clashes
1. Al Bireh - night raid, shots fired at vehicle. 3 persons wounded by live fire.
2. Ramin, east of Tulkarm - raid in order to perform bulldozer work in farmland (uprooting trees and preparing them for colonization). Improvised explosive charges were directed at the force.
3. Umm Safa, north of Ramallah - colonists and soldiers raided Jabal Al Ras (taken over by colonists in recent months) using teargas and stun grenades. Confrontations. Numerous suffocations.
4. Beita, south of Nablus - the forces prevented the town inhabitants from praying at Jabal Sabih that was sequestered for Eviatar outpost.
The inhabitants prayed on the nearby road, confrontations ensued. One person wounded by live fire.
5. Anata, north-east of Jerusalem - forces detain a Palestinian police van.
6. Al Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron - confrontations, live fire at Palestinians throwing incendiary bombs and firecrackers at the military watchtower.
A military vehicle tries to run over Palestinians in Nablus, two days ago
Attacks against Colonists
1. Bat Hefer (within 1949 armistice agreements borders), west of Tulkarm - two shooting events at the community.
2. Avnei Hefetz, south of Tulkarm - shots fired.
3. Karmei Tzur, north of Hebron - improvised explosive charges.
4. Beitar Ilit, west of Bethlehem - a bus stop ignited.
Colonist attacks
1. Beita, south of Nablus - colonists ignite a quarry in the town’s industrial zone, and am olive grove.
2. Burka and Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah - colonists attack houses and ignite fields.
3. At-Tuba, Masafer Yatta - colonist sanctioned in the US and in the EU invades the village lands and chases a shepherd away from his land.
Sources
Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War
