Thursday, December 19, 2024 – The West Bank

Killed

1. Halima Abu Leil, 80-years-old from Balata refugee camp.

2. Qusai Saruji, 25-years-old from Balata refugee camp.

3. Tareq al Dash, 30-years-old from Tulkarm refugee camp.

4. Husam Al’ufi, 19-years-old from Tulkarm refugee camp.

5. Mohammad Rahaima, 31-years-old from Tulkarm refugee camp.

6. Mohammad Al’ufi, 26-years-old from Tulkarm refugee camp.

Tulkarm refugee camp

Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Nablus, Tubas, Aqabah, New Askar refugee camp, Sa'ir, Halhul, Beit Awa. During the day they raided Balata refugee camp, Tulkarm refugee camp, Shuafat refugee camp., Beit Sira, Yatta, Al-Bireh, Idna, Qaryut, Ni'lin, ad-Dhahiriya, Qalandia refugee camp, Dura, Deir Istiya, Hizma, Husan, Immatain. 14 Palestinians were arrested, 50 were detained in Beit Awa.

Ni'lin

Army attacks against Palestinians

1. Tubas – night raid and confrontations.

2. Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus – special force entered, immediately afterward army auxiliary surrounded a house. Confrontations.

Ambulance access prevented help for wounded persons. An 80-year-old woman and another young man killed by live fire.

3 persons wounded, among them a 65-years-old man shot in the back.

3. Tulkarm refugee camp – drone bombs a vehicle. 4 persons killed, 3 wounded, 2 of them wanted men.

Later, raid of camp with bulldozer destroying infrastructures. Confrontation including improvised explosive charge.

4. Qaryut, south of Nablus – raid and confrontations.

5. ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron – raid with teargas.

6. Dura, south of Hebron – raid, one person wounded by live fire when arrested.

7. Deir Istiya, north-west of Salfit – curfew.

8. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem – raid with teargas.

9. Husan, west of Bethlehem – raid and confrontations.

Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Arraba, south-west of Jenin – improvised explosive charge used against military vehicle.

2. Tayibe Checkpoint, west of Tulkarm – firecrackers at the checkpoint.

Palestinian attacks against colonists

1. Al Khader, south-west of Bethlehem – incendiary bombs thrown at vehicles.

2. Deir Istiya, north-west of Salfit – stones thrown, hit vehicle.

3. Hizma, north-east of Jerusalem – stones thrown, hit bus.

4. Umm Salamuna, south of Bethlehem – stones thrown.

Colonist attacks against Palestinians

1. Ras Al Ein, north of Jericho – today, again, colonists raided the community in order to provoke it, watered dogs and the donkey with the community’s water tanker.

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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.