Thursday, August 15, 2024 – The West Bank
Killed
1. Wael Moshe, 18-years-old from Balata refugee camp
2. Ahmad Al Sheikh Khaleel, 20-years-old from Balata refugee camp.
3. Rashid Abed Al Kader Sada, 22-years-old from Jit.
Raids and arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Nablus, Balata refugee camp, Jamma'in, Hebron, Tulkarm, Halhul, Sa’ir, Silwad, Al Bireh, Al Fawwar refugee camp. During the day they raided Umm Safa, Beita, Qalqilya, Beit Rima,Qusra. Shu’afat refugee camp, Jit, Huwara, Hajja, Jayus, Immatain. 32 Palestinians were arrested, a minor among them.
Mass arrests in Hebron
Clashes and army attack against Palestinians
1. Nablus and Balata refugee camp (eastern part of town) - night raid as introduction to colonist pilgrimage to Joseph’s Tomb at town’s eastern part.
Forces with bulldozer destroy vehicles, shoot teargas, pile up dirt, destroy shaheed memorial.
Confrontations, denial of ambulance access and attacks against journalists. Fire exchange and explosive charges implemented.
At the same time, in Balata refugee camp a drone bombs a group of people, 2 persons killed, 7 wounded - one of them critically. The forces stop an ambulance carrying one of the wounded. The forces retreat when the colonists finish praying.
2. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah - raid of houses in the village, vandalizing their contents, violent detentions and arrests.
3. Silwan, East Jerusalem - after the house-owner Shehada family’s petition was rejected, colonists of the Ateret Cohanim association take over a house with 5 apartments. The Israeli forces prevent the owners’ access and attack them.
4. Shu’afat refugee camp, north-west Jerusalem - raid and confrontations.
5. Huwara, south of Nablus - raid with teargas, 8 suffocation injuries.
6. Beit Rima, north-west of Ramallah - raid and confrontations.
7. Qusra, south-east of Nablus - raid with live fire, teargas, stun grenades, confrontations.
8. Halhul, north of Hebron - house set on fire during a raid, teargas used.
9. Immatain, east of Qalqilya - raid and teargas fired.
Attacks against colonists
1. Sinjil, north-east of Ramallah - stones thrown at bus. Damage.
2. Shavei Shomron, north-west of Nablus - stones thrown. Colonist wounded.
Colonist attacks
1. Al Maniya, south of Bethlehem - colonist outpost erected overnight.
2. Az-Zuweidin, Masafer Yatta - colonists attack house, threaten and beat up one of the inhabitants. The police were summoned and arrested the attacked Palestinian.
3. Ramin, east of Tulkarm - colonists set fire to area planted with olive and fig trees, between Ramin and Deir Sharaf. Fired shots and threw stones at Palestinians who came to put out the fire. A minor was injured in the head by colonist attack.
4. Jit, east of Qalqilya - dozens of masked and armed colonists coming by cars from Havat Gil’ad outpost set fire to 4 houses while their inhabitants were inside, ignited 6 vehicles, fired shots, threw stones and incendiary bombs.
Reserves soldiers stood by and did nothing. A Palestinian who tried to protect his home was shot and killed. 3 others were wounded. Authorities looking into the involvement of the Havat Gil’ad emergency squad.
First the army claimed they reached the place after an hour, but according to army senior officers’ testimony, they were present during the event.
5. Husan, west of Bethlehem - colonists prevent landowners from reaching their land, and steal grapes and figs without hindrance.
6. Ain al-Hilweh, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - colonists steal a flock of cattle and take it to the nearby outpost.
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
