The Daily File

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Adi Ronen Argov3 min read

Saturday, December 21, 2024 – The West Bank

General

Killed

1. Mohammad Yassar Ali Rashaida, 6-years-old from Rashayida;

2. Hussein Abed Alqader Khdur, 37-years-old from Faqqua.

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Sinjil, Abwein, Silat al-Harithiya, Burqa. During the day they raided Illar, Zeita, Aboud, Husan, Hebron, Sa'ir, Qusra, Turmus Ayya, Beita, Jericho, Kafr Malik, Zububa, Ya'bad, Burin, Beit Rima, Deir Ghasana, Kafr Ein, Rummanah, Tayibe, Al-Bireh. At least 26 Palestinians were arrested, 3 minors among them.

Beita

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Silat al-Harithiya – night raid and confrontations including improvised explosive charge.

2. Burqa, north-west of Nablus – night raid, property in houses vandalized. 5 persons arrested.

3. Rashayida, south-east of Bethlehem – a 6-year-old out to graze with his father was killed by a mine explosion. The mine was left by the Israeli military.

4. Beita, south of Nablus – raid and attack of inhabitant. Hurried to medical treatment. Confrontations.

5. Faqqua, east of Jenin – shots fired near the Separation Wall. One person killed.

6. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – raid and vehicles confiscated.

7. Qusra, south-east of Nablus – raid with live fire and teargas. Suffocations.

8. Zububa, west of Jenin – raid and confrontations.

9. Rummanah, west of Jenin – raid and confrontations. Improved explosive charge used against military vehicle.

10. Ya'bad, south-west of Jenin – confrontations, use of improvised explosive charge.

11. Burin, south of Nablus – confrontations.

12. Sa'ir, north-east of Hebron – confrontations.

13. Umm al-Khair, Masafer Yatta – curfew imposed.

Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Te'enim Crossing (Tayibe) - west of Tulkarm – shots fired.

Demolitions

1. Jabel Mukaber, south-east Jerusalem – an inhabitant forced to demolish his own home.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Burka, east of Ramallah – colonists attack farmers and house (throw stones).

2. Yatma, south of Nablus – colonists attack houses.

3. Susya, Masafer Yatta – colonists throw stones, vandalize gardens, uproot trees, tear up sacks of flock feed, several inhabitants and a dog wounded. The army arrived only at the end of the event.

4. Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem – colonists block the road.

5. Ras Al Ein, north-west of Jericho – colonists enter the community with camels and threaten its members.


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