The Daily File

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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Wednesday, December 18, 2024 – The West Bank

Killed

1. Subhi Hassan, 46-years-old from Qusra. Wounded yesterday during confrontations, died of his wounds today.

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Nablus, Abwein, Old Askar refugee camp, Balata refugee camp, Al Ein refugee camp, Beit Ummar, Ramallah, Al-Bireh, Qaffin, Ein Al Sultan refugee camp, Aqabat Jaber refugee camp, Hebron. During the day they raided Qusra, Bil'in, Kafr Laqif, Al Fawwar refugee camp, Burin, Yatma, Madama, Kafr Malik, Silwad, Anabta, Ramin, Rujeib, Azzun. At least 15 Palestinians were arrested, including minors.

‣ Incarcerated persons in Menashe Prison have gone on a hunger strike protesting the harsh conditions of their imprisonment.

Ramallah

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Abwein, north of Ramallah – night raid. One person wounded by live fire.

2. Nablus – night raid. One person wounded, overrun by a military vehicle. The forces spread out as colonists invaded Joseph’s Tomb (detailed below) and shots fired at bus. Confrontations ensued around the Tomb.

3. Al Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron – confrontations during raid of the camp.

4. Yatma, south of Nablus – confrontations.

5. Burin, south of Nablus – confrontations.

6. Anabta, east of Tulkarm – raid and confrontations.

7. Ramin, east of Tulkarm – raid and confrontations.

8. Madama, south of Nablus – raid and confrontations.

9. Bil'in, north-west of Ramallah – raid and vehicle confiscation.

Demolitions and confiscations

1. Yasuf, east of Salfit – bulldozers dig up farmland to expand a colonist outpost.

2. Deir Razih, south of Hebron – 400 dunams sequestered for colonies.

Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Hashmona'im, west of Ramallah – a colonist attacked and wounded.

2. Sebastia, north-west of Nablus – improvised explosive charge used against a truck.

3. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem – stones thrown at vehicles.

4. Deir Istiya, north-west of Salfit – stones thrown, damage to bus.

5. Marda, north of Salfit – stones thrown at colonist vehicles.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Farsiyeh – colonists invade a cowshed and attempt to steal cows. Inhabitants confront them. In addition, colonists are using bulldozers to dig up farmland.

2. Burka, east of Ramallah – colonists attack Palestinians.

3. Nablus, Joseph's Tomb – colonists in a bus invade the Tomb without coordinating with the army. Palestinian fire shots at the bus while colonists in the compound. Driver wounded. Forces raided in order to rescue them.


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