Monday, January 6, 2025 – The West Bank

Killed

1. Rachel Cohen, 70-years-old from Kdumim colony.

2. Aliza Reiz, 73-years-old from Kdumim colony.

3. El’ad Ya’acov Winkelstein, 35-years-old from Ein HaNetsiv.

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Nablus, Balata refugee camp, Qalqilya, Hebron, Al-Yamun, Birzeit, Urif, Rummanah, Abu Shukheidim, Bayt Surik. During the day they raided Idna, Far'ata, Immatain, Al Funduq, Hajjah, Madama, Bardala, Asira al-Qibliya, Hableh, Beit Furik, Siris, Deir Istiya, Silwan, Issawiya, Far'a refugee camp. At least 20 Palestinians were arrested, 3 minors among them.

Violent arrest in the Old City, Jerusalem

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Nablus – night raid of the Old City. Confrontations.

2. Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus – night raid with bulldozers. Confrontations. Destroyed infrastructures.

3. Qalqilya – night raid and confrontations. Indiscriminate shots fired at vehicles.

2 persons wounded by being beaten up.

4. Birzeit, north of Ramallah – arrest of minor after beating him up.

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

6. Beit Furik, east of Nablus – suffocations by teargas.

7. Bardala, northern Palestinian Jodan Valley – after colonists raided a school (detailed below), army raid and confrontations. 2 minors wounded by being beaten up. Suffocations.

8. Immatain, east of Qalqilya – aluminum plant raided, security cameras confiscated, all workers detained.

Demolitions

1. Issawiya, north-east Jerusalem – demolition orders issued.

2. Silwan, East Jerusalem – demolition orders issued.

3. Deir Istiya, north-west of Salfit – entrance blocked by dirt dykes.

4. Kafr 'Aqab, Al-Ram and Jaba', north of Jerusalem – 262 dunams confiscated for paving a Jews-only road.

5. Khallet al Maye, Masafer Yatta – cessation of construction order issued.

Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Al Funduq, east of Qalqilya – 2 Palestinians opened fire on bus and 2 private vehicles. Escaped in a car with a third Palestinian, all of them known.

2 women in a private car were killed, a policeman in a private car also killed in the presence of his eldest son. Another 8 persons wounded. Calls for revenge began in colonist groups.

The forces raided nearby villages of Hajjah, Immatain and Al Funduq searching after the shooters.

2. Huwara, south of Nablus – incendiary bombs thrown at colonist vehicles.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Burin, south of Nablus – colonists throw stones at vehicles and attack houses on the village outskirts.

2. Jinsafut, east of Qalqilya – attack of houses and vehicles.

3. Jaba', south of Jenin – attack of vehicles. Wounded Palestinians.

4. Hajjah, east of Qalqilya – vehicles set on fire.

5. Bardala, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley – colonists raid school and threaten. Same one raided yesterday. Then another raid by the forces.

6. Immatain, east of Qalqilya – Palestinian property attacked.

7. Turmus Ayya, north-east of Ramallah – farming structure set on fire.

8. Tuqu'a, south-east of Bethlehem – stones thrown at vehicles.

9. Masafer Yatta – colonists partly dressed as soldiers delay vehicles of PA representatives, including a minister.

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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.