Thursday, November 21, 2024 – The West Bank

General Information

‣ Yesh Din (Israeli human rights organization) published a new report on Checkpoints in the West Bank.

Killed

1. Jihad al Qatuni, 26-years-old from Al Ein refugee camp.

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Hableh, Burin, Al Ein refugee camp, Nablus, Qalqilya, Al Shuyukh, Zawata. During the day they raided Tulkarm, Idna, Kafr Qallil, Turmus Ayya, Illar, Al Khader. About13 Palestinians were arrested, a minor among them.

Kafr Qallil

‣ According to Israeli media, a cell was arrested in the Hebron district who planned to assassinate Itamar Ben Gvir (Israeli Minister of Homeland Security). Ammunition was also found.

Children talk about the destruction, after a 48 hours military raid. Jenin

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Al Ein refugee camp, western Nablus – night raid with live fire. Confrontations. One person killed.

2. Idna, west of Hebron – raid with teargas and stun grenades. One person wounded by live fire.

3. Al Khader, south of Bethlehem – raid with teargas.

Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Anabta, east of Tulkarm – improvised explosive charge used against a military force.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Yasuf, east of Salfit – colonists vandalize vehicles of olive harvesters.

2. Al-Auja, north-east of Jericho – colonists block the flow of water in a spring that serves as a vital watering source for the Palestinians.

3. Sha’ab A Botm, Masafer Yatta – a colonist enters the community with his flock of sheep. When the villagers tried to chase him away he made a false complaint to the police that they threw stones. The policemen arrested a villager and released him later.

4. Khirbet Al Hamma, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – colonists graze their cattle inside the residential compound of the community.

5. Sebastia, north-west of Nablus – colony expansion works on Palestinian land.

Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, OCHA OPT, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health, Lebanon, Palestinian Health Ministry, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO.