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  • Writer's pictureAdi Ronen Argov

Friday, August 9, 2024 – The West Bank

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Talfit, Beit Sira, Burqin, Osarin, Hebron, Beit Ula, Tarqumiyah, Tulkarm, Far’un, Tubas, Tammun. During the day they raided Beita, Kafr Qaddum, Shu’afat refugee camp, Yatma, Silwan, Issawiya, Umm Safa, Sebastia, Rujeib, Balata refugee camp. 16 Palestinians were arrested, 2 of them minors, brothers.


Clashes and army attacks against Palestinians


Beita - American activist wounded in the leg by live fire


1. Al Aqsa Mosque - restricted number of people allowed to perform their Friday prayers, attacks against Palestinians, two arrested.

2. Beita, south of Nablus - live bullets, teargas and stun grenades fired at march protesting land-grab. American activist wounded in the leg by live fire.



3. Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya - teargas and stun grenades fired at march protesting land-grab. No casualties reported.



4. Shu’afat refugee camp, north-east Jerusalem - raid and confrontations.

5. Silwan, East Jerusalem - inhabitants attacks at Batn Al Hawa neighborhood. Head of neighborhood council wounded and arrested.



6. Sebastia, north-west of Nablus - raid and confrontations. Suffocations and arrests.


Attacks against the army

1. Jalamah Checkpoint, north-east of Jenin - shots fired.


Colonist attacks

1. Awarta Checkpoint, south of Nablus - Salem inhabitant attacked close to the checkpoint in his vehicle by colonists who smashed his car windows and beat him us with clubs and stones. He was hurried to hospital, suffering from a wounded eye, bruises and lesions.



2. Arab Al Malihat, north-west of Jericho - colonists raid the community grounds and threaten.



3. Northern Palestinian Jordan Valley, Al Juba area - colonists armed with a pocket knife attacked a shepherd and cut him, later they attacked activists filming the event, grabbed their cellular phones and broke them. One of the activists was hurried to hospital.



4. Al Maniya, south of Bethlehem - colonists attacks Palestinians farmers and prevent them from accessing their fields.



5. Giv’at Ronen outpost, south of Nablus - 4 Bedouin women and a toddler from Rahat (inside Israel-proper) entered the outpost mistakenly, in a car with an Israeli license plate. They were attacked and stoned. They managed to escape on foot. The car was incinerated. No arrests.

6. At-Tuba, Masafer Yatta - a colonist invaded the village with his sheep and watered them in the village well. All this secured by the army.

7. Za’atara Junction, south of Nablus - Israeli opponents of the occupation were attacked by colonists throwing stones and threatening with murder.

8. Auja spring, north of Jericho - colonists vandalize a Palestinian vehicle.


 

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