Friday, October 4, 2024 – The West Bank
Raids and arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Beit Furik, Ramallah, Tulkarm, Anabta, Qalqilya, Beita, Beit Ummar, Nablus. During the day they raided Al-Auja, Urif, Shuweika, Fahma, Kafr Ra'i, Jit, Asira ash-Shamaliya, Hizma, Aqraba, Immatain, Kafr Qaddum, Al Khader, Deir Sharaf, Huwara, Beit Rima, Nabi Salih, Aboud. At least 14 Palestinians were arrested, a minor among them.
Army attacks against Palestinians
1. East Jerusalem – Border Police attack people who wish to pray on Friday. In the meantime, 2 colonists push one of the Waqf Mosque Guards and blow the shofar (ram’s horn) before being removed by the police.
2. Beita, south of Nablus – confrontations during the weekly procession protesting land-grab on Jabal Sabih.
3. Urif, south of Nablus – raid and confrontations. One person wounded by live fire.
4. Al-Auja, north of Jericho – forces attack transport of Dead Sea workers and beat up the passengers. 15 persons needed medical care.
5. Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya – prior to the weekly procession protesting land-grab, forces raided houses and attacked their inhabitants. One person wounded.
6. Al Khader, south of Bethlehem – raid with teargas. Suffocations.
7. Al Mu'arrajat, north-west of Jericho – soldiers raid the community and conduct searches.
8. Deir Sharaf, west of Nablus – forces attack olive harvesters and chase them away with armed threats.
9. Huwara, south of Nablus – forces attack olive harvesters and chase then away with armed threats.
10. Hares, west of Salfit – forces attack olive harvesters and wound two of them.
Palestinian attacks against the army
1. Qalqilya – shots fired at 2 checkpoints south of town.
Palestinian attacks against colonists
1. Avnei Hefetz, east of Tulkarm – live fire.
Colonist attacks against Palestinians
1. Sebastia, north-west of Nablus – armed colonists attack olive harvesters.
2. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem – colonists attack shepherds and shoot them.
3. Khallet Al Louza, south-east of Bethlehem – colonists accompanied by soldiers raid a family home, vandalize its contents and throw stun grenades close to the cowshed.
4. Susya, Masafer Yatta – colonists rad a family home 5 times within 12 hours, vandalizing property and throwing stones. A girl wounded.
5. Khirbet Samra, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – as they do daily, colonists invade the community with their ATV to threaten and harass it.
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


