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Tuesday, August 20, 2024 – The West Bank

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Raids and arrests

During the night, Israeli forces raided Kafr Abush, Beit Kahil, Jaba', Ras Atiya, Qibya, al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya, Turmus Aya, Silwad, Hajja, Birzeit, Tubas, Tammun, Bethlehem, Bani Na'im, Silat ad-Dhahr, Nablus, Balata refugee camp, Tayasir. During the day they raided Halhul, Wadi Joz, Qusra, Tuqu’a, Silwan, Dura, Baqat al-Hatab, Burka, Beit Ummar, Balata refugee camp (for the second time), Al Khader, Sebastia, Kufeirit, Kafr Jamal. At least Palestinians were arrested, plus a journalist of the WAFA News Agency who was detained.


Clashes and army attacks against Palestinians

1. Jaba', south of Jenin - night raid and confrontations.

2. Tubas and Tammun (south of Tubas) - night raid and confrontations. Fire exchange, destruction in the streets, damaging transformers, commercial shops.



A fire broke out in a shop and the forces prevented access of firefighters. 4 persons wounded, one due to live fire, 3 due to shrapnel.



3. Nablus - night raid on western part of town, confrontations.

4. Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus - night raid with bulldozers, destruction of infrastructure. Another raid in daytime, confrontations.

5. Beit Ummar, north of Hebron - raid with live fire, confrontations.

6. Al Khader, south of Bethlehem - shots fired at motorcycle, one passenger wounded.

7. Sebastia, north-west of Nablus - town and archaeological site raided with teargas and stun grenades.


Palestinian attacks against the army

1. Tayasir, east of Tubas - explosive charge thrown at military vehicles.


Demolitions

1. Wadi Joz, East Jerusalem - house and 7 commercial structures demolished.

2. Tuqu’a, south-east of Bethlehem - 2-story house demolished.

3. Ras Karkar, west of Ramallah - bulldozer works to expand Sdeh Efraim and create access roads to the colony on village ground.



4. Deir Istiya, west of Salfit - dozens of olive and almond trees uprooted.

5. Kafr A Dik, west of Salfit - continued bulldozer works to flatten area for colony expansion.


Attacks against colonists

1. Avnei Hefetz, south-east of Tulkarm - shots fired.


Colonist attacks

1. Az-Zawiya, west of Salfit - colonists set fire to a barn.


2. Susya, Masafer Yatta - colonists raid a house and beat up one of the inhabitants.

3. Umm Al Jamal, northern Palestinian Jordan Valley - 2 days after 14 families left due to colonist violence, the expellers raid the houses.

 

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