Raids and arrests
During the night, Israeli forces raided Hajja, Baqat Al Khatab, Deir Abu Mash’al, El Ein refugee camp. During the day they raided Atil, Arranah, Jalamah, Qarawat Bani Hassan, Turmus Aya, Beita, Madama, Bizzariya, Hebron, Beit Imrin, Al Khader, Beit Ummar, Kafr Laqif. At least 11 Palestinians were arrested.
The old city of Hebron. Colonists' march. The Palestinians are under curfew
Clashes and army attacks against Palestinians
1. Baqat Al Khatab, east of Qalqilya – night raid with live fire. Also at a family in its private car.
3. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah – repression of a non-violent demonstration protesting land-grab at Jabal Al Ras. Journalists and paramedics attacked.
4. Tarqumiyah Checkpoint, north-west of Hebron - shots fired at vehicle carrying 2 Palestinians who were wounded, one of them badly.
7. Qarawat Bani Hassan, west of Salfit – raid and confrontations.
Demolitions and displacements
1. Silwan – Supreme Court Justice Sohlberg ruled that the Jit family must evacuate its home leaving it to colonists, without appeal.
Palestinian attacks against colonists
1. Beit Horon colony, south-west of Ramallah – explosive charge discovered near the colony.
Colonist attacks against Palestinians
1. Dura, south of Hebron, Jabal Al Abed area – colonists fire at villagers’ homes during the night, the army secures the colonists.
2. Umm Safa, north-west of Ramallah – colonists accompanied by soldiers break into the village and shoot live bullets at homes. Confrontations. 2 Palestinians wounded.
3. Khallet Al Louza, south-east of Bethlehem – colonists graze their flock in an almond and olive grove (olive harvest time is near), causing damage. They invade homes and threaten mainly women and children. The inhabitants confront them. The army shoots live fire and teargas at the villagers.
5. Zanuta, south of Hebron – families from the southern part of the village, 3 weeks after returning there by force of a court order, have left for a second time due to constant abuse by colonists and soldiers.
6. Al Mu'arrajat, north-west of Jericho – colonist from nearby outpost grazes his flock again on privately-owned 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, Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Local Call, OCHA OPT, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO.
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