Thursday, July 4, 2024 – The West Bank
Raids and arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Hebron, Sebastia, Beit Ummar, Aqraba, Kafr Laqif, Izbat Nasser, Tulkarm, Shu’afat refugee camp, Dura, Idhna, Surif, Qalqilya, Jalazone refugee camp, Nablus. During the day, they raided Ni'lin, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Az-Zawiya, Beita, Kafr Zibad, Nablus (for the second time), Kafr Abush, Osarin, Turmus Aya. 14 persons were arrested, a woman among them. 2 were beaten up during their arrest and later released.
Clashes
1. Tulkarm - night raid of a mosque in the Old City. Confrontations and fire exchange.
2. Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron - raid and confrontations at the camp entrance.
3. Turmus Aya, north-east of Ramallah - special force kidnaps a villager.
4. Beita, south of Nablus - evening raid. Confrontations. Suffocations and one person by a rubber-coated bullet.
Demolitions
Taking selfie, eat snacks and having fun during the demolition of a house, and upload to the social media
1. Beit Ta'mir, east of Bethlehem - as a form of collective punishment, the Israeli army demolished the homes of two brothers who killed an Israeli citizen and wounded 6 others in a terrorist attack at az-Za'ayyem Checkpoint on February 22nd. During this demolition, the father of the two brothers was beaten up and needed medical treatment.
2. Jabal Mukaber, south-east Jerusalem - a family is forced to demolish its own home.
3. Birin, east of Hebron - demolition of 2 residential buildings and another 5 framing structures.
4. Beit Jala, north-west of Bethlehem - demolition orders issued for 2 houses.
5. Al Walaja - demolition orders issued for 2 houses, removal of caravans placed over house rubble.
Colonist attacks
The phone call with a police operator while an activist is under attack at A Jawaya
1. Jenin - 2 colonists enter town and are returned to the Israeli army by the Palestinian security forces.
2. Fandaqumiya, south of Jenin - colonists attack homes with stones thrown and ignite a vehicle.
3. Silat ad-Dhahr, south of Jenin - setting olive trees on fire and attack of villagers. One Palestinian wounded.
4. Deir Sharaf, west of Nablus - stones thrown at vehicles.
5. Ni'lin, west of Ramallah - the colonist outpost is expanded.
6. A Jwaya, Masafer Yatta - colonists throw stones at Solidarity activists.
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
