Sunday, December 15, 2024 – The west Bank

Raids and arrests

During the night Israeli forces raided Kobar, Beit Fajjar, Rantis, Beit Ummar, Balata refugee camp, Jalazone refugee camp, Baqat al-Hatab, Yatta, Hebron, Budrus, Faqqua. During the day they raided at-Tabaqa, Dura, Beit Awa, Nablus, Askar refugee camp, Za'atara, Ya'bad, Yatta (again), Balata (again), Salfit, Kafr Ein, Deir Ghasana, Nabi Salih, Qarawat Bani Zeid, Beit Rima. At least 10 Palestinians were arrested, a woman among them.

Balata refugee camp

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah – night raid with teargas and stun grenades.

2. Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus – night raid and damage to infrastructures by bulldozers.

During the day, drones fly over the camp. Another raid accelerates into confrontations including the use of explosive charges and fire exchange. A 16-year-old minor is wounded in the head.

3. Nahalin, west of Bethlehem – A pregnant woman on her way to hospital delayed for a long time at the entrance to the city, the fetus died.

4. Old Askar refugee camp, east of Nablus – raid and confrontations. One person wounded by live fire.

5. Dura, south-west of Hebron – raid with teargas at houses and shops. Suffocations.

6. Beit Liqya, west of Ramallah – raid and vehicle confiscation.

Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Burqin, west of Salfit – a Palestinian shoots vehicle of a reserves soldier on his way to Ariel at short range. Vehicle damaged, no casualties. The shooter escaped.

Demolitions, confiscations

1. Silwan, East Jerusalem - inhabitant forced to demolish his own home at Al Bustan neighborhood.

2. Al-Masara, south of Bethlehem – road crusher and water tanker confiscated on their way to work on road repair.

3. Battir, west of Bethlehem – cessation of farming work order.

4. Nu'eima, north of Jericho – farm demolished, lands flattened, destruction of irrigation system, owner required to pay for the demolition.

Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Jerusalem – alert of 2 Palestinians on their way to perpetrate a shooting terrorist attack. Later, a vehicle stopped at Sha’ar HaGai, carrying Palestinians unconnected to the event.

2. Havat Gilad outpost, south-west of Nablus – stones thrown. Damage to Bus.

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

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Silwad, north-east of Ramallah – colonists try to attack, inhabitants confront them.

2. ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron – colonists take over 60 dunams of land.

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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.