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Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem

Advocating for a Sustainable and Viable Resolution of Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

“Israeli settlement Activities in the occupied State of Palestine”

Volume 18, June 2018 Issue

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Brutality of the Israeli Occupation Army

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed a Palestinian medic, identified as Razan Ashraf Najjar, 21, and injured at least 100 others, including 40 who were shot with live and exploding rounds. Razan, who was wearing a clearly-marked medic vest, was killed when an Israeli sniper shot her in the back, and the bullet went through her heart. She was at least 100 meters away from the eastern border fence when she was shot while providing aid to wounded Palestinians and attempting to evacuate them to the field clinic. (IMEMC 1 June 2018) • A Palestinian was reportedly run over by an Israeli military vehicle on Wednesday night, in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. Locals told Ma’an News Agency that Muhammad al-Zaru, who they said was a teenager, was ran over by an Israeli military patrol vehicle near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the Old City. (IMEMC 1 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked the Palestinians in Wad Abu al-Hummus area, near al-Khass and an-No’man villages, east of Bethlehem, and prevented them from entering Jerusalem. (IMEMC 1 June 2018)

• In Bethlehem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The IOA also shot a journalist identified as Safiyya Omar with a concussion grenade in her back. Safiyya works for Baladna Radio. (IMEMC 1 June 2018)

• In Hebron, The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the southern part of the city and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at locals, who protested the invasion, and added that several gas bombs struck homes in the area. (IMEMC 1 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Nuba village, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at protesters, in addition to breaking into and searching homes. (IMEMC 1 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and searched homes in Beit Ula town, northwest of Hebron, and ath-Thaheriyya town, south of the city. (IMEMC 1 June 2018)

• A Palestinian was injured in the foot during confrontations with the Iraeli Occupation Army (IOA). (IMEMC 1 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed a Palestinian worker in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, while he and other workers were conducting work for the Hebron City Council to rehabilitate and expand a road near the Ibrahimi Mosque. The IOA fatally shot Rami Wahid Hasan Sabarna, 36, in Jaber neighborhood in the Old City, near the military roadblock leading to the Ibrahimi Mosque. The IOA also stopped a Palestinian ambulance at the scene, and prevented the medics from approaching the Palestinian, before he bled to death. (IMEMC 2 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a young man on Palestinian lands near the border fence, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part

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of the Gaza Strip. The IOA stationed behind sand hills, opened fire at the Palestinian, and shot him with a live round in his abdomen. (IMEMC 2 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a young Palestinian man, in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The IOA shot the young man, 25 years of age, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the abdomen. The IOA resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters, and fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them. (IMEMC 2 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked the weekly nonviolent procession against the wall and settlements, in Ni’lin village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The IOA attacked the nonviolent procession with gas bombs and concussion grenades, just as the protesters reached Bawwabat al-‘Asfour area, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 2 June 2018)

• Three Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) and settlers after the former broke into the village of Urif, to the south of Nablus in the West Bank. Dozens of Israeli settlers accompanied by soldiers broke into the village, attacked an elderly and injured him, sparking clashes with locals. A local resident was Shot and injured by gunfire during the clashes, while another one was hit by an Israeli settler with an iron bar in the head and injured. (IMEMC 2 June 2018) • A Palestinian was shot and injured by live ammunition fired by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) after he allegedly approached the barbed-wire fence between Gaza and Israel, to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. The IOA stationed along the Gaza borders reportedly opened live fire on a group of Palestinians after they allegedly approached the Israeli-installed barbed-wire fence along Gaza’s border with Israel, shooting and injuring a youth. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• A young Palestinian man, who was shot and seriously injured by Israel army fire, last month, has succumbed to his wounds. The Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Na’im Hamada, 30, was shot by the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) during the Great Return March, on May 14. (IMEMC 3 June 2018) 3

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and searched homes in Ethna town, west of Hebron, and detained Marwan Hdeib. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) searched many homes in the governorate of Hebron, especially in Kharas town, northwest of Hebron, Bani Neim, east of Hebron, and Beit Ola, northwest of Hebron, in addition to Hebron city. Owners of some of the invaded homes have been identified as Samir Halahla, Mahmoud Dweik, Nour Ashour, Ali Qawasmi and Jamal al-‘Adam. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• The Israeli Air Force fired many missiles targeting fifteen sites in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli F16 fighter jets, and armed drones, fired three missiles into the al-Hashashin area, west of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The army also fired three missiles into al-Yarmouk and Ein Jalut sites, in southern Gaza, in addition to firing missiles at other targets, including an observation post, east of Gaza city, and two targets in central and northern Gaza. Furthermore, the soldiers fired two artillery shells into a site near Malka Junction, southeast of Gaza city. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• A Palestinian was shot and injured by live ammunition fired by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) after he allegedly approached the barbed-wire fence between Gaza and Israel to the east of Khan Younis city, south of the Gaza. The IOA stationed along Gaza borders reportedly opened live fire on a group of Palestinians after they allegedly approached the Israeli-installed barbed-wire fence along Gaza borders with Israel, shooting and injuring a youth. (WAFA 3 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed a young Palestinian man with live fire, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The IOA opened fire at several young men, who approached the border fence, seriously wounding one of them, before detaining him, while the rest managed to escape unharmed. The wounded Palestinian died from his serious injury shortly after being detained. |The Palestinian was later identified as Ramzi Najjar. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• Four Israeli tanks and three D9 armored military bulldozers, invaded Palestinian lands near Malka area, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, in

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the eastern part of Gaza city. The vehicles advanced at least 150 meters into Palestinian agricultural lands, and bulldozed them, in addition to placing sand hills and more barbwire fences. The soldiers fired several live rounds, and smoke bombs, during the invasion, while military drones flew overhead. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot and injured a Palestinian with live ammunition after he allegedly approached the barbed-wire fence between Gaza and Israel, to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• In the Gaza Strip, a young Palestinian man, identified as Mohammad Na’im Hamada, 30, who was shot and seriously injured by Israel army fire, on May 14, has succumbed to his wounds. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• An Israeli landmine detonated while a Palestinian shepherd was herding his live stock in the Sakout area, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, killing five of his cows, while the shepherd escaped the explosion unharmed. The three cows are owned by Fayez Yousef Daraghma, and were injured in a grazing area. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) rushed to the scene and detained five Palestinian shepherds. (IMEMC 4 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot and killed a Palestinian young man from Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The slain Palestinian has been identified as Ramzi Najjar, a relative and a neighbor of the Palestinian medic, Razan Najjar, 22, who was shot and killed by the IOA while helping treat wounded protesters, on Friday June 1st, 2018. (IMEMC 5 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and shot a young Palestinian man, in his twenties, with a live round in his thigh, during protests that took place after the soldiers stormed and violently searched many homes. (IMEMC 5 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the courtyards of the Al- Aqsa Mosque, in occupied East Jerusalem, assaulted many worshipers and detained fifteen young men. Dozens of Palestinians were siting

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and walking in the yard of the al-Qibli Mosque, in Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, before the soldiers stormed it through the al-Magharba gate, to accompany groups of settlers in a provocative tour into the holy site. The soldiers attacked many young men with clubs and batons and tried to remove them from the holy site compound, before detaning fifteen of them. Five of the detained Palestinians have been identified as Assad Mifleh, Ezzeddin Zyoud, Mohammad Tafesh, Amjad al-Ashqar and Obeida ‘Ayesh. Furthermore, the soldiers stopped many Palestinians, who were filming the invasion and the unfolding attack, and threatening to abduct them. (IMEMC 5 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) have threatened to kill Aref Jaber, an activist with Human Rights Defenders in the southern West Bank city of Hebron if he continues to document Israeli army and settler acts against Palestinians in occupied Hebron. The IOA stopped him as he came out of his house in Jaber neighborhood, in the occupied section of Hebron known as H2, and threatened to kill him should he continue to document violations against Palestinians in that part of the city. (IMEMC 5 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a young Palestinian man with a rubber-coated steel bullet, in the village of An Nabi Saleh northwest of Ramallah city during clashes in the village and later detained him. (WAFA 6 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed a young Palestinian man, after shooting him with three live rounds from a very close range and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him. The Palestinian identified as Ezzeddin Abdul-Hafith Tamimi, 21, was shot by soldiers, who were less than two meters away from him, and logged three live rounds in his neck. Many Palestinians tried to provide aid to the seriously wounded man, but the soldiers assaulted them, and threatened to shoot them. The IOA also shot another Palestinian with a live round and caused many others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, during protests that took place after the soldiers killed Tamimi. The Palestinian worked as a car mechanic, and was chased and wanted by the army for 18 months. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Rima town, northwest of Ramallah, shot a young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg, and detained Adli Farah Rimawi, from his home. The IOA searched and ransacked many homes in the town, causing excessive damage, and closed many roads in its neighborhoods, in addition to sealing roads leading to surrounding villages and towns. (IMEMC 6 June 2018) • In Hebron city, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the home of Mo’tasem Taiseer Natsha, and searched it, before confiscating gold, a mobile phone and a laptop from the property. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded another home, inhabited by Omar al-Qawasmi, and confiscated his car, before searching homes belonging to Eyad al-Jo’ba, Abdullah al-Juneidi. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Sa’ir town, and searched the home of Jalal Jabarin, while interrogating him and his family. (IMEMC 7 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided Al Tahadi mixed elementary school in Imreiha village southwest of Jenin city hours after its inauguration. The IOA also photographed the facilities. Few days ago, the IOA confiscated some construction machinery were in site and threatened to demolish it for the second time due to its location in Area “C” which requires a special permission from the Israeli Civil Administration. (WAFA 7 June 2018) (IMEMC 7 June 2018) • Eight Palestinians were injured with rubber coated bullets in Nablus city when the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided the city and fired live bullets at Palestinians who protested the invasion. One Palestinian identified as Maddin Daoud, 20, was shot in the chest. His condition is described as critical. (WAFA 7 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Fadi Abu As Soud from Rafidiya neighborhood and Kareem Barqawi from Amman Street in Nablus. (WAFA 7 June 2018) • An Israeli army drone dropped firebombs at protest tents, in one of the Great Return protest camps in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The firebombs caused fire to the tents, and burnt dozens of tires around them. The Israeli fire bombs caused fire in several other tents,

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in the same area; the attack led to property damage, but no injuries. (IMEMC 8 June 2018)

• Stun grenades were fired and many Palestinians denied entry as thousands gathered at Qalandia checkpoint, south of Ramallah, on their way to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque today, the last Friday of Ramadan. (IMEMC 8 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot and killed three Palestinians, including a child, and injured more than 500 others as they descended on the continuing protests at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. The IOA shot and killed 15-year-old Haitham al-Jamal while he was partaking in the protests at Gaza-Israel border, to the east of Khan Younei, in southern Gaza Strip. Prior to this, Ziad Jadallah Bureim was shot dead to the east of Khan Younis, while Imad Nabil Abu Drabi, 26, was killed by the forces at the border to the east of Jabalia town, in northern Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, 92 protesters sustained live fire injuries, including seven critically, as well as 26 children and 14 women. The remaining of the cases suffocated from teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 8 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed four Palestinians, including one child, and injured 618 others, including five journalists, 26 children and 14 women, and added that 117 of the wounded were shot with live fire, among them eight who suffer very serious injuries. The Palestinian, identified as Ziad Jadallah al-Breem, 27, was killed by Israeli army fire east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The army also killed a Palestinian child, identified as Haitham Mohammad Khalil al-Jamal, 15, from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The IOA also killed Emad Nabil Abu Drabi, 26, near the Great Return Camp, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza. In addition, the IOA killed Yousef al-Faseeh, 29, with live fire, east of Gaza City. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked the weekly nonviolent procession against the Wall and settlements in Kfur Qaddoum, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and injured several Palestinians, in addition to an Israeli peace activist. The IOA attacked

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the protesters with rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, shortly after the procession started, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The IOA also fired rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding an Israeli peace activist in his back, and chased many protesters in an attempt to detain them. Furthermore, the IOA invaded homes, and occupied their rooftops, to use them as firing posts and monitoring towers. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the home Aref Jaber, in Hebron city, a cameraman and local nonviolent activist against the Wall and settlements before confiscating his mobile phone and his camera, in addition to erasing all videos and pictures he took of the army during previous invasions and violations. During the invasion into his home, the IOA assaulted him, his wife and children, and threatened to kill him if he continues to document their invasions, and violations committed by the army and illegal Israeli colonialist settlers. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-Baq’a and Safa areas, in Beit Ummar, smashed front doors of some homes, searched them, and interrogated the families. During the invasions, The IOA used K9 units to search the homes of Bassam Badawi Ekhlayyel and Ra’ed Ahmad ‘Aadi, before smashing inner doors of the two properties, and removed tiles in addition to causing damage to the furniture. The invasion lasted about two hours. The IOA also shot a child, 16 years of age, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his leg and caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) assaulted Palestinian medics from the alestinian Red Crescent (PRC) while they were attempting to reach the wounded in a traffic accident which occurred outside the illegal settlement of Gush Etzion, to the south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. The PRC staff were attempting to reach the accident to help the wounded, but Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) and policemen who were present at the scene prevented them from reaching the wounded. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

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• A wrangle later developed between the soldiers and the medics who sought to provide first aid to the injured of the accident, before the soldiers assaulted one of the PRC medics, Jamal Balboul, and reportedly beat him, according to WAFA. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) prevented a Ramadan “Iftar” (meal to break the fast) for Jerusalemite journalists invited by the Chamber of Commerce in the city. The IOA detained the head of the Chamber of Commerce lawyer Kamal Obeidat and director of the Jerusalem Hotel Raed Saadeh after barring the Iftar for Jerusalemite journalists at the hotel. The Israeli occupation intelligence stormed the Jerusalem Hotel while special forces personnel surrounded the entrance and prevented the entry of anyone to the hotel, and then they placed a decision to prevent the Ramadan Iftar following an order by the Minister of Internal Security, Gilad Aradan. According to the ban order placed on the gate of the hotel in Arabic and Hebrew "The Jerusalem Hotel was supposed to hold an Iftar under the title" Summary of the activity of the Chamber of Commerce in East Jerusalem "under the auspices of the Palestinian Authority. The orderwas based on the law of “implementing the agreement regarding the West Bank and Gaza Strip / identification of activities ". (SILWANIC 9 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked a Palestinian ambulance crew while they were trying to rescue persons who were injured in a traffic accident near the illegal Gush Etzion block, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Palestinian ambulance rushed to a site of a traffic accident, between a Palestinian car and an Israeli car, near the settlement, but the IOA stopped them near and ordered them not to approach the wounded. The medics insisted on performing their humanitarian duty, before the ioa assaulted them, wounding one of them, identified as Jamal al-Balboul, 51, who was beaten up and pushed around by the IOA, who also pointed their guns at the medics. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Municipality of Jerusalem launched a campaign against street vendors in Al-Wad Street, which stretches from Bab Al-Amoud

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area and leads to the Old City of Jerusalem and its gates and the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The Municipality confiscated many stalls and fined Palestinian vendors. (WAFA 10 June 2018)

• Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, and bulldozed sections near the border fence while firing live rounds. The invasion was carried out by four tanks and three D9 armored military bulldozers. The vehicles advanced approximately 150 meters into the agricultural lands, east of the refugee camp and bulldozed large sections of the invaded lands, and installed sand hills and barbed-wire fences, before firing live rounds at random while military drones flew overhead. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• The Israeli army military training in the northern West Bank town of Aqraba, south of Nablus has destroyed Palestinian farmers crops. The Israeli army was conducting training with live ammunition in Khirbet al-Tawil, an area in Aqraba. The exercises are being conducted in the vicinity of residential homes and between them, and in agricultural land, destroying crops and causing serious loss to farmers. (IMEMC 11 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Sateh Marhaba area in the al-Biereh city, and the al-Am’ari refugee camp, south of al-Biereh, in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah and al-Biereh, injured seven Palestinians, including a woman, before detaining her son. Three of the seven Palestinians were shot with live Israeli army fire, after the IOA attacked Palestinian protesters with live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs. Two Palestinians were shot with rubber- coated steel bullets in the legs, and one in his abdomen, in addition to one resident who was injured by shrapnel from a bullet. (IMEMC 13 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Bal’a town, east of Tulkarem and searched at least one home before withdrawing. (IMEMC 14 June 2018)

• Several armored Israeli military jeeps invaded the al-Lubban ash- Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and

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fired dozens of gas bombs, causing scores of Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The invasion started approximately at 2 after midnight, before the soldiers hurled many sound bombs and concussion grenades, at a group of Palestinian youngsters cleaning the streets of their town’s center, in preparation for al-Fitr Muslim feast, which marks the end of the Holy Month of Ramadan. The soldiers fired many gas bombs at the Palestinians, and many surrounding homes, causing dozens of Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. In addition, the soldiers surrounded the Old Mosque in the village, where dozens of residents were praying. The invasion lasted for about two hours, during which the soldiers also broke into and ransacked many homes and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 14 June 2018)

• Dozens of Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded Jenin refugee camp, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, detained a child identified as Luay Emad ‘Amer, 16 and rammed a young man with one of their jeeps causing various cuts and bruises. The rammed Palestinian has been identified as Ali Mohammad Taleb. (IMEMC 14 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot two young Palestinian men at the main entrance of Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah in central West Bank. The IOA stationed on a military tower at the main entrance of the town, shot the two Palestinians while entering the town. oNe Palestinian was shot with two live rounds in his legs, and the other was injured by shrapnel in the head and shoulders. The two are from Kafr Ein village, northwest of Ramallah. (IMEMC 15 June 2018)

• A number of Palestinian suffocated in Barta’a village southwest of Jenin city as they protested the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invasion to the village. The IOA fired teargas bombs and sound bombs at Palestinians in the village which resulted in several suffocation cases. A Palestinian, identified as Bilal Fayez, was among the Palestinians who suffered Tear Gas inhalation. The IOA also surrounded the building where the family of prisoner Ala’ Rateb lives. The family received a military order last week notifying them of the demolition of their house, and asked the family to evacuate it in preparation of demolishing it. (WAFA 16 June 2018)

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• Two Palestinians were injured after an Israeli military drone fired a missile at Palestinians allegedly flying kites in central Gaza. The Israeli drone fired a missile at Palestinians east of the al-Boreij refuge camp, in central Gaza. One of the injured Palestinians suffered life-threatening wounds. (IMEMC 17 June 2018)

• One Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Ziad Tawfiq al-‘Aassi, 21, died from serious wounds he suffered several days earlier, when an Israeli gas bomb struck him directly in his head, causing very serious wounds. His death brings the number of Palestinians, who were killed by Israeli army fire since March 30th, to 126, including two journalists and thirteen children. The army also injured 13672 others, including hundreds of suffered serious wounds, mainly after being shot with expanding bullets. (IMEMC 17 June 2018)

• An Israeli military drone fired a missile at a Palestinian car which was parked near a mosque, east of Gaza City. The missile destroyed the car, which was empty at the time of the attack, and caused fire around it, but did not lead to any casualties. (IMEMC 17 June 2018)

• Two Palestinians were injured after an Israeli military drone fired a missile at Palestinians allegedly flying burning kites from central Gaza. (IMEMC 17 June 2018)

• The Israeli Air Force fired several missiles into sites in the Gaza Strip causing damage. The first strike targeted the “Bader” center, and the second strike targeted the Safina site, west of Gaza city; both were struck with around three missiles each. (IMEMC 18 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stationed at checkpoints in Tel Ar Rueida neighborhood in central Hebron forced Palestinians to strip off their clothes in order to be able to enter their homes. (WAFA 18 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked Palestinian farmers and shop owners who sell their agricultural products near their lands and homes in Halhul and Beit Ummer town north of Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank. The IOA confiscated the products farmers had and emptied their private trucks. (WAFA 18 June 2018)

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• The Israeli occupation police (IOP) set up a military checkpoint on the roof of Bab al-Rahma hall inside Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. Israeli guards prevented Palestinians present on top of the Dome in Bab al- Rahma area from following up the situation in the area, detained them in one room and ordered them not to move. The IO police also detained the head of the guard department, Abdullah Abu Talib, for hours before releasing him. The IO also caused destruction to the area of Bab al-Rahma, and destroyed some of the work carried out by Palestinian volunteers during the month of Ramadan, which allowed worshipers to benefit from it. This coincided with the provocative incursions of Israeli settlers. (WAFA 18 June 2018) • A large police force and intelligence officers invaded a hall of a hotel in occupied East Jerusalem, attacked a celebration held by the Palestinian Russian Friendship Society, and detained several Palestinians. The participants were celebrating the Russian National Day, before the Israeli officers stormed the hotel and attacked the celebration which was attended by many Palestinian officials and intellectuals, including the deputy governor of East Jerusalem Abdullah Siyam, the Greek Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna, the head of the Joint Arab List Ayman Odah, and various other figures and leaders, including Palestinian author, journalist and intellectual Rassem Obeidat. The police detained Rassem Obeidat along with several other figures, and later released him, in addition to Hani al-Isawi. The detained Palestinians were all taken to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility. Persons who run the hotel were summoned for interrogation. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• A child died from serious wounds h suffered after Israeli soldiers shot him several days earlier in Gaza. The child, Zakariya Hussein Bashbash, 13, suffered a very serious injury, several days ago, after an Israeli soldier stationed across the border fence shot him with a live round. Zakariya is from the al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed Sabri Ahmad Abu Khader, 24, after shooting him with live fire near the Great Return Camp, east of Gaza city. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

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• A Palestinian was shot and injured by The Israeli Occupation Army’s (IOA) live ammunition during clashes that broke out in the village of al-Mazra'a al-Gharbiyeh, near Ramallah. The IOA stormed the village, leading to clashes with villagers. A Palestinian was shot and injured with live ammunition during the military raid. During the army’s withdrawal from the village, clashes broke out between dozens of Palestinian students and the IOA at the nearby eastern entrance of Bir Zeit University. (WAFA 19 June 2018) • Israeli police summoned six Palestinian figures from East Jerusalem to interrogate them on holding a reception in the city celebrating Russia Day, which police broke up shortly after it started. The six were detained after police broke up the reception held in an East Jerusalem hotel but were released later that night before they were ordered to appear once again at the Russian Compound police station in West Jerusalem for interrogation. A large number of police and security forces raided the hotel where the reception organized by the Palestinian-Russian Friendship Society in Jerusalem was held to celebrate Russia Day. The reception, attended by Russian ambassador to Palestine, Haidar Aghanin, was broken up by police immediately after Aghanin has finished his keynote address on this occasion in spite of cutting off power to the hotel to prevent him from continuing with his speech. (WAFA 19 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) opened fire at many Palestinian shepherds, hundreds of meters away from the border fence, in the Gaza Strip. The IOA stationed in Kissufim Crossing, fired many live rounds at shepherds, east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. The army also fired live rounds at Palestinians, east of Abasan al-Kabeera town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 19 June 2018) • A Palestinian youth was injured after Israeli occupation Army (IOA) opened fire at his vehicle near the Gush Etzion settlement cluster, to the north of the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The IOA stationed at the Gush Etzion intersection opened fire at a Palestinian- owned vehicle resulting in injuring 27-year-old Ahmad Nasser Thawabtah with a bullet in his back. The IOA closed off entrances to towns near the settlement cluster such as Beit Fajjar, Taqou and Um Salmoneh and searched cars. (WAFA 20 June 2018) • A number of Palestinians were injured in the Gaza Strip following Israeli air strikes on different areas in Gaza during the night and early

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morning. Air strikes were conducted from the north of the Gaza Strip to the south, where at 25 different locations were hit by missiles causing at least three injuries – two in the Rafah area and one in Khan Younis area in the south. Big explosions throughout the night, causing panic and fear of possible escalation in the fighting. Fire was also caused in some areas hit by missiles as well as damage to homes. (WAFA 20 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stationed at Etzion junction fired at a Palestinian vehicle and injured Ahmad Naser Thawabta, 27, with a bullet in his back. (WAFA 20 June 2018)

• Israeli police detained analyst and political commentator Rasem Obeidat, 60, following a raid at his home in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem. The Israeli security service detained Rasem during raid at his home Rasem was detained following his participation in a reception marking Russia Day held at the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem and released hours later. Meanwhile, the security services also detained Abdullah Kiswani, head of Mount of Olives Club and former member of the Palestinian Football Association, after raiding his home on the Mount of Olives in East Jerusalem. No reason was given for the detention of both Jerusalem residents. (WAFA 21 June 2018)

• A Gaza man identified as Mohammad Abu Daqqa, 22, died of wounds sustained during the May 14 protests at the Gaza border with Israel. Abu Daqqa was getting treatment at an East Jerusalem hospital where he was transferred after being critically injured by Israeli army gunfire. A total of 135 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip by Israeli army gunfire since the outbreak of the March of Return border protests on March 30. More than 14,000 others were injured, many of them in critical condition. (WAFA 21 June 2018) • A Palestinian child suffered amputations of fingers in his hand, after an explosive object, believed to be dropped by the Israeli occupation army (IOA), detonated near him, in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The child Abdul-Mohaymin Abdul- Mohsin Dweik, 14, suffered amputation of three fingers in his right hand, and serious injuries to two fingers. Dweik also suffered to numerous cuts and bruises to several parts of his body, including his head. (IMEMC 23 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a young Palestinian man at the Container Military roadblock, north of Bethlehem, in the occupied West bank. The IOA shot the young man with a live round in his leg and prevented Palestinian medics from even approaching them. His identity, and the reason for shooting him, remain unknown, especially since the IOA closed the overcrowded military roadblock, causing a huge traffic jam. (IMEMC 23 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) injured seven Palestinians, including one journalist, after the army attacked the weekly protests against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. Dozens of soldiers invaded the town, before breaking into homes and occupying their rooftops to use them as firing posts. The IOA fired a barrage of gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters. The IOA also invaded Morad Eshteiwi’s home, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, causing anxiety attacks among children, as the army violently stormed the property and tried to occupy its rooftop. (IMEMC 23 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) opened fire and injured a Palestinian man at an Israeli army checkpoint north of Bethlehem. Maher Thalji Jradat, 34, from the town of Sair, north of Hebron, was shot in the leg and injured at what is known as “Container” checkpoint. Jradat was left at the sidewalk near the checkpoint for over one hour while the army has refused to allow Palestinian medics or ambulances to attend to him until an Israeli army ambulance arrived at the scene and took him away into custody. (WAFA 22 June 2018)

• The Palestinian Ministry of Health (MOH) in Gaza has issued an updated count of Palestinian casualties since the “Great March of Return” began on March 30th, in the besieged Gaza Strip. The Ministry announced that the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces is 131, including 15 children and a woman, since the weeks-long massive demonstrations began. The total number of injuries and gas inhalation was 14,811. Among the injured were 2,525 children and 1,158 women. Of the total injuries, 3,947 are related to live ammunition,

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427 with rubber bullets, 1466 are of tear-gas suffocation; 366 of the injuries are critical, 3,746 were declared moderate and 10,699 light. Fifty-four amputations were carried out; seven of them in the upper extremities, 47 in the lower extremities, Al Ray reports. The ministry said that two paramedic, including a female paramedic were killed, and 229 medics were injured with live ammunition and tear-gas suffocation, while 39 ambulances were partly damaged. Meanwhile, the Forum of Palestinian Journalists in the Gaza Strip said that two journalists, Yasser Murtaja and Ahmad Abu Hussein, were killed during the protests. The forum added that 175 journalists were injured since the beginning of the marches. (IMEMC 24 June 2018)

• A young Palestinian man, identified as Osama Khalil Abu Khater, 29, died from serious wounds he suffered last Friday, after the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot him with live fire. (IMEMC 24 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and injured several Palestinians, who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 24 June 2018) • A large Israeli military Army invaded Beit Fajjar village, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, before surrounding and isolating it. The army initiated extensive searches in Beit Fajjar and invaded and searched a gas station in the area, and confiscated surveillance recordings. Furthermore, the army placed concrete blocks on the western entrance of the town, completely shutting it down. In addition, the dozens of army soldiers were deployed around Beit Fajjar, before stopping and searching dozens of Palestinian cars, and interrogated many citizens, while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• Three residents were injured after an Israeli drone fired a missile at them while riding a motorcycle east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza city. The three Palestinians suffered moderate-to-severe wounds. The Palestinians were targeted by the drone in Malka Junction area, in the Zeitoun neighborhood, in Gaza city. Furthermore, the army fired a tank shell at a site, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, causing damage. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided the house of Ibrahim Thawabta in Marah Rabah village south of Bethlehem city, checked the surveillance cameras installed in his house and confiscated Camera recordings. (WAFA 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) raided and searched the office of Hebron Governor in the Old City of Hebron. The IOA also searched several houses belonging to the families of 'Aida, al-Muhtaseb and Qafisha in the city. (WAFA 25 June 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) raided several neighborhoods in the city of Hebron and erected military checkpoints at the entrances to Beit 'Awa and Sa'ir, and at the northern entrance of Hebron, "Jouraat Halas" where they stopped vehicles and searched their personal ID cards. (WAFA 25 June 2018)

• Three Palestinians were injured after an Israeli drone fired a missile at them while riding a motorcycle east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza city. The Palestinians were targeted by the drone in Malka Junction area, in the Zeitoun neighborhood, in Gaza city. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli army fired a tank shell at a site, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, causing damage. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• Scores of Palestinians were injured during clashes with Israeli occupation Army (IOA) who raided the northern West Bank city of Nablus to arrest Palestinians and to secure a visit to Joseph’s Tomb for Jewish fanatics. At least 26 Palestinians, including a woman journalist, were treated for rubber bullet injuries in Nablus, one 14-year-old boy hit by a rubber bullet to the head, while one person was treated from a live bullet injury to the leg. At least 17 others were treated from tear gas and stun grenade injuries. The army raided Nablus to secure Joseph’s Tomb area, located inside Balata refugee camp, prompting clashes with Palestinians. (WAFA 26 June 2018) • Clashes took place in Nablus when the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided neighborhoods to arrest activists. A number of Palestinians were injured and five detained. (IMEMC 26 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) opened fire at a car in Nablus injuring its occupants identified as Mohammad Abdallah Merie, who

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was injured by a live bullet in the hand, and his son Abdallah hit in the shoulder. Both, from the village of Marj Najeh in the northern Jordan Valley, were on their way to the central vegetable market in Nablus when shot at for no apparent reason. (WAFA 26 June 2018) • The Israeli occupation army (IOA) raided a vehicle exhibit in the town of Arrabeh, south of Jenin, belonging to Mansour al-Badawi. (IMEMC 26 June 2018) • An Israeli unmanned aircraft targeted a group of Palestinians close to the borderline area between eastern Gaza city and Israel with at least two missiles. Israeli reconnaissance aircrafts also flew at low altitudes over Gaza. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• A Palestinian detainee from occupied Jerusalem, is suffering complications and severe pain, due to torture during extended interrogation by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) . The detainee Omar al- Kiswani, was detained by the IOA on March 7th 2018, after the army invaded Birzeit University, in Birzeit city, in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah; the Palestinian is the elected head of the Students’ Senate at Birzeit University. Al-Kiswani, from Beit Iksa town near occupied Jerusalem, was subject to ongoing interrogation, and torture at the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility, in Jerusalem, and was tied to an iron chair for roughly eighteen hours each day. He was punched and kicked by the IOA, in addition to being repeatedly stuck with electric batons on several parts of his body, causing many serious sores, cuts and bruises, but was only given painkilling pills, without being seen by a healthcare professional. Al-Kiswani was also verbally and emotionally assaulted and abused by the soldiers, and was denied the right to council for two months. (IMEMC 27 June 2018)

• Dozens of Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded, many homes in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, conducted violent searches of homes and detained two Palestinians, in addition to illegally confiscating cash. The IOA detained Sobhi Abu Shakhdam, after searching and ransacking his home, and summoned his father, Suleiman, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron. (IMEMC 27 June 2018)

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• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded homes in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and detained Mahmoud Mohammad Abu Ayyash. Furthermore, the soldiers invaded the homes of Ismael al- Hashlamoun, and his sons, Soheib and Hamza, in Khallet Hadour area, and searched them before illegally confiscating 25.000 Shekels. The soldiers also installed roadblocks at the entrances of ath-Thaheriyya town and the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, in addition to several areas in Hebron city, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. In addition, the soldiers abducted three young men, including a former political prisoner, in Bethlehem and Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. (IMEMC 27 June 2018)

• The Israeli Air Force fires at least one missile at a Palestinian jeep in the Nusseirat refugee camp, in Central Gaza, causing damage but no injuries. The IOA also fired flares while flying at a law altitude over the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 27 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded the house of Mahmoud Bisharat in Kherbit Humsa At Tahta near Al Hamra checkpoint. The IOA raided his house and checked his ID card and causing a state of panic among his children. (IMEMC 27 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) raided the house of Isma’el Al Hashlamoun and his sons, Suheib and Hamza in Khallet Hadour area and confiscated NIS 25,000. (WAFA 27 June 2018)

• A child died from serious wounds he suffered at dawn, after Israeli occupation Army (IOA) fired several shells at Palestinians, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The slain child, identified as Abdul-Fattah Mustafa Abu ‘Azzoum, 17, suffered serious head wounds, inflicted by fragments of an Israel shell. Another Palestinian was injured in the Israeli attack and suffered moderate-to-severe wounds to various parts of his body. The Israeli army claimed that the two Palestinians “were crawling towards the border fence,” when the IOA fired a shell at them. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot five Palestinians, including one child near Rafah and Jabalia, in the southern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip, and detained the wounded child. One of the injured Palestinians suffered serious wounds. The IOA fired live rounds at protesters on Palestinian lands near the ‘border fence’, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, wounding four of them. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) seriously injured two young Palestinian men near the “Return Camp,” east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The army fired an artillery shell at a group of Palestinians, seriously wounding two. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a young Palestinian man in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded the towns, especially the al-Bawwaba area, and attacked protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs. The IOA injured a young man with a rubber-coated steel bullet. Furthermore, the IOA stormed and ransacked many homes in the town, and interrogated the families. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked the weekly nonviolent procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The IOA resorted to the excessive use of force against the protesters immediately after they started marching in the town. The IOA also invaded the home of Zohdi Eshteiwi, and occupied its rooftop, before using it as a firing post. The IOA fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at the Palestinians, who marched while chanting for national unity, and rejecting all attempts to strip them from their rights of liberation and

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independence, and all their legitimate internationally-guaranteed rights. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked nonviolent Palestinian protesters near the northern entrance of al-Biereh city, in central West Bank, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The procession was organized by national and Islamic factions, in addition to social figures, rejecting Israel’s ongoing Israeli occupation, and the American policies against the legitimate, internationally guaranteed rights of the Palestinian people. The IOA fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters, while several youngsters responded by throwing stones at them. many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) injured many Palestinians in the center of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. hundreds of Palestinians nonviolently marched in the city, condemning and rejecting the illegal policies of both Israel and the United States, the ongoing military occupation and the so-called “Deal of the Century.” The army resorted to the excessive use of force against the nonviolent protesters and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at them. Many Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)

• In the Gaza Strip, The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed two Palestinians, including a child, and injured 415 others, including 11 children, two women and three medics, in the “Great Return March” processions along the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip. The IOA killed Mohammad Fawzi Mohammad al-Hamayda, 24, after shooting him with live rounds in the abdomen and his leg, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The IOA also killed a child, identified as Yasser Amjad Abu Naja, 14, east of Khan Younis, also in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The soldiers injured more than 415 Palestinians. Three of the wounded Palestinians suffered life- threatening injuries and are still in serious conditions. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)

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• Using excessive lethal force against the peaceful protesters in eastern Gaza Strip for the 11th Friday in a row, Israeli occupation Army (IOA) killed 2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, and wounded 124 other civilians, including 13 children, 3 women, 3 paramedics and a female journalist, in addition to dozens suffering tear gas inhalation. Those civilians killed were identified as Yaser Amjad Mousa Abu al-Najjah (12). He was wounded with a live bullet to the head, causing a laceration to his brain in eastern Khuza’ah and immediately succumbed to his wounds; and Mohamed Fawzi Mohamed al- Hamiydah (24). He was hit with a live bullet to the abdomen when he was in eastern Rafah. (IMEMC 29 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) injured dozens of Palestinians during processions in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Hundreds of Palestinian protesters marched in the center of Beit Ummar, in addition to the junctions of at-Tarbeeqa and al-Ein, before the IOA invaded the town, and forced store owners to close, in addition to stopping and searching dozens of cars. The IOA fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters, causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. A young Palestinian man suffered a fracture in one of his arms after falling while several Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) were chasing him. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) confiscated two Palestinian cars from the town and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades into a farmland, owned by a local farmer, causing fire and destroying his crops. (IMEMC 30 June 2018)

Israeli Arrests

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Kafr Dan town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, searched homes and detained a young man, identified as Mohammad Marwan Mer’ey. (IMEMC 1 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) briefly detained a local activist who filmed the fatal shooting of a Palestinian worker earlier in the morning in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. The IOA detained Aaref Jaber, who filmed the moment when Israeli forces shot

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and killed Rami Sabarneh, 36, was detained by the IOA and taken into the Kiryat Arba settlement in Hebron. (IMEMC 2 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded at dawn, ‘Aida refugee camp, north of the city of Bethlehem, and detained Mos’ab Adam al- Baraq’a, 16. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded homes in Husan town, west of Bethlehem, and detained Rami Mohammad Hamamra, 22. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Ziad Ahmad Jibril, 40, and Mojahed Kamel Jibril, 29, from their homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and ransacked many homes in Hebron city, illegally confiscated thousands of shekels. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Motayyam Awad Rimawi, from his home. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Anas Abu Bakr, from Ya’bad town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Yazan Nazzal, from Jenin, after stopping him at a military roadblock, near Bethlehem, while he was heading back home. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two young men near Mitzpe Yishai illegal settlement, near Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. (IMEMC 3 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young Palestinian man from Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The IOA detained the Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Khaled ‘Aadi, 19, after interrogating him in Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron. The same

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Palestinian was summoned for interrogation last week, after the IOA invaded his home, at dawn, and violently searched it. (IMEMC 4 June 2018) • In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stormed and ransacked many homes, interrogated dozens of Palestinians and detained nine. The detained Palestinians have been identified as Oweis Hashem Rajoub, Mofeed Eqeilan Amayra, Karam Bassam Tanneena, Abada Mahmoud Adawi, Azzam Abu Arqoub, Raed Mofeed Sharabati, Ali Taleb al-Hroub and Mustafa Jamal al- Hroub. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad Ahmad ‘Aadi, 60, from his home in Safa area, in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• In Bethlehem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Mohammad Nassim Taqatqa, Sami Awad Atallah and Yazid Mohammad Amarin. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Methaloon town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and detained Sami Sadeq No’eirat, from his home. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian, identified as Qadri Ayyadh Ghawadra, from his home in Be’er al-Basha village, southwest of Jenin. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained four young Palestinian men in Zabbouba village, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• In Jenin, several Israeli army jeeps invaded the village, and stopped a Palestinian car, before detaining three Palestinians. The detained Palestinians have been identified as Abdul-Fattah Salim Jaradat, Wisam ‘Ayed Khamaisa and Mohammad Yasser Abahra. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young man, identified as Ahmad Adel al-Qaleq, from Zabbouba village, west of Jenin, after

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stopping him at a military roadblock on the Jenin-Jaffa Road, near Sielet al-Harithiyya junction. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a member of Hebron City Council, identified as Suzan Ahmad al-‘Oweiwi, in addition to Mo’men Mousa al-Atrash, and Karam Mahmoud Amro. (IMEMC 5 June 2018)

• In Teqoua’ town, southeast of Bethlehem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) summoned a child, identified as Ahmad Fahed Abu Mfarreh, 15, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, northern of Bethlehem, after detaining his father Fahed, 47, in addition to Hussein Khaled Abdul-Khalil, 19, Mohammad Khaled Hajahja, 19. (IMEMC 5 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained 14 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank. The detained Palestinians have been identified as: Luay Zoheir al-Qarm, 34, from Jilqamous village, east of Jenin. Mohammad Mahmoud Ayyad, from Abu Dis – Jerusalem. Suzan al-‘Oweiwi – from Hebron. Mo’men Mousa al- Atrash, Hebron. and Karam Mahmoud Amro, Hebron. Ibrahim Shehada, from Orif village, south of Nablus. Mahmoud Wajeeh Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah. Mo’tasem Khalil Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh. ‘Assem Sameeh Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh. Baha’ Mohammad Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh. Wisam Eyad Tamimi, from Nabi Saleh. Fahed Abu Mfarreh, 47, Teqoua, southeast of Bethlehem. Hussein Khaled Abdul-Khalil, 19, Teqoua, southeast of Bethlehem. Mohammad Khaled Hajahja, 19, Teqoua, southeast of Bethlehem. (IMEMC 5 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a member of the City Council in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, after storming her home and ransacking it. The City Council member, Suzan Abdul-Karim al-‘Oweiwi, 39, has a Master’s Degree in Institution Building and Development from the Al-Quds University, and is a social activist and a volunteer in advocating the right of Palestinian detainees, held by Israel, in addition to the cause of the refugees and the Right or Return. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, stormed and searched homes in Beit Ummar, before detaining former political prisoner, Saed Emad Sleibi, 22, and Mohsin Mohammad Za’aqeeq, 17. The IOA fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian protesters, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded homes of Palestinians from Sabarna family, and confiscated their work and entry permits into occupied Jerusalem, because they are related to Rami Sabarna, 36, the Palestinian worker who was killed by Israeli army fire in Hebron, on June 2nd. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many homes of former political prisoners, in Hebron city, and violently searched them. The invaded homes belong to Fawzi Khatib, Anas Zghayyar, Raed Ashour, Hashim Abu Turki, Abdullah Joneidi and Hazem Joneidi. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• In occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, in the center of the city, searched homes and detained Monther Najjar. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Rash Khamis area, near Shu’fat refugee camp, and abducted Mohammad Khaled Sheikha, in addition to a child, identified as Mohammad Obeido, from Ras Shehada area. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• In Jerusalem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two young men while leaving the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and took them to an interrogation facility. The two were detained near Bab al-Asbat (The Gate of the Tribes). (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Rima town, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and surrounded the home of Farah Rimawi, before storming the property, and detained

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his son, Adli, 27, who is a former political prisoner. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• Several army jeeps also invaded the al-Biereh city, before dozens of Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) surrounded and stormed many neighborhoods, especially Sateh Marhaba. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Qalqilia city, in northern West Bank, searched many homes and detained Ahmad Samir Abu Thiab, 19, and Ra’fat Doweiri, 22. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Nur Shams refugee camp, and Bal’a town, east of the city, and detained Hamza Fathi Qar’awi, and Tha’er Rida Mer’ey. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Kafr Dan village, west of the city, searched homes and summoned Ahmad Adnan Mer’ey for interrogation. During the invasion, the soldiers also interrogated many Palestinians in their homes, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades, before withdrawing. (IMEMC 6 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Al Am’arai camp in Ramallah Governorate and detained Dia’, Baha’ and Ala’ Jaber after raiding their family house in the camp. (WAFA 6 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained four Jerusalemite youths while being near New Gate- one of the Old City’s gates. The IOA detained Baha’ Ibrahim Dabagh, 13, Zein Al-Din Obeid, 14, Ismaeel Ma’moon Abu Rammouz, 14, and Hamdi Majdi Jaber, 14, and transferred them for interrogation at Salah Al-Din Street police station. (SILWANIC 6 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and the surrounding towns of Halhoul, Yatta, Beit Ola, Sa’ir, Doura and Kharas, before storming many homes, and violently searching them. During the searches, the army interrogated many

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Palestinians, and detained Mohammad Jamal Saya’ra from Kharas town. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

• In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) searched homes and detained Rabea’ Mahmoud Abu Ayyash, 18. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young Palestinian man from the al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem. The IOA invaded the home of Wasim Nayef Obeid, and detained him, after violently searching the property. The young man was cuffed and blindfolded, before the soldiers took him to an interrogation facility in Jerusalem. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the town of al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of occupied Jerusalem, stormed and searched many homes, and interrogated several Palestinians. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained four Palestinian children near the New Gate, of the old city of occupied Jerusalem, and moved them to an interrogation center. The IOA assaulted and injured the four children, before detaining them. The detained children have been identified as Baha’ Ibrahim Dabbagh, 13, Zeineddin Obeid, 14. Hamdi Majdi Jaber, 14, and Ismael Ma’moun Abu Ramouz, 14. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian child and a young man in the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards, in occupied Jerusalem, after dozens of officers and settlers invaded the holy site and conducted provocative tours. The IOA also detained a child, and a young man, from the mosque, and took them to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 7 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and the surrounding towns of Halhoul, Yatta, Beit Ola, Sa’ir, Doura and Kharas, before storming many homes, and violently searching them. During the searches, the army interrogated many Palestinians, and detained Mohammad Jamal Saya’ra from Kharas town. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

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• In Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) searched homes and detained Rabea’ Mahmoud Abu Ayyash, 18. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian child and a young man in the Al-Aqsa Mosque courtyards, in occupied Jerusalem, after dozens of officers and settlers invaded the holy site and conducted provocative tours. The IOA also detained a child, and a young man, from the mosque, and took them to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 7 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and detained two Palestinians. The detained Palestinians have been identified as Majdi Thawabta, 24, and Moayyad Salah Taqatqa, 24. (IMEMC 8 June 2018) • Several Israeli army jeeps invaded Beit Kahil town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stormed and ransacked many homes, and detained at least one Palestinian. The Palestinian, identified as Sayyaf al-Asafra,

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was cuffed and blindfolded, before the soldiers took him to a nearby military center. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, searched many homes and abducted Majdi Mohammad al- Kar, 25, and Moayyad Salah Taqatqa, 25. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, searched homes and detained Ahmad Sami. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• In occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded al- Judeira village, northwest of the city, and detained a child, identified as Hindi Nasser Sa’ad, 16. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• In Hebron city, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the home of Shafiq al-Qawasmi and searched his property. The Palestinian is the father of Hatem al-Qawasma, 36, who was killed by Israeli army fire on December 10, 2003, and Bassel al-Qawasma, 26, who was killed by the army on September 22, 2003. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian man and his wife for several hours on their agricultural land in Khallet al-Katla area, in Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The IOA invaded the agricultural land, close to Karmie Tzur settlement, and detained Ali Ayyad Awad, 54, and his wife Amina Hamed Awad, 47. The IOA demanded the two to leave their land and told them they are not allowed to enter their land, or do any work “without a permit” from the Israeli side. The couple refused to leave their land, and the soldiers threatened to detaine and imprison them if they stay. (IMEMC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian man at Al Container checkpoint while on his way back from his work in Ramallah city and took him to unknown destination. The Palestinian

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has been identified as Ameid Yaser Muhamamd Breighth, 26, from Beit Ummer town in Hebron Governorate. (WAFA 9 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian child after attacking him, in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The child has been identified as Hamza Mustafa, 15. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Rima town, north of Ramallah, searched homes and detained three siblings, identified as Hammad, Jaber and Majd Awad Rimawi, and took them to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• In Bethlehem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Teqoua’ town, east of the city, searched homes and detained Mustafa Taleb al- Badan, 20. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Tulkarem governorate, in northern West Bank, searched many homes and detained Eyad Mohammad Abdullah, 42, and Yasser Mahmoud Abdul-Rahim, 32. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained four other Palestinians, after invading and searching their homes, but released them a few hours later. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained three siblings, identified as Jaber, Majd and Hammad Awad al-Hajj, in addition to Ghassan Mousa Azzam, after searching their homes. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• In addition, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, searched homes and detained Walid Sharaf, Mohammad Sa’id and Hotheifa Bader. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian woman, from Al-Reshiq family, the wife of Odai Sonnokrot who was only released from prison just a week ago. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• In Jericho, in northeastern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Mahmoud Abdul-Majid Abu Sal’oum and Mahmoud Bader Ibrahim. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Mustafa Taleb al-Badan, 20, from his home in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Ibrahim Airbases, from occupied Jerusalem, just minutes following his release from the Negev Detention Camp, after her served a prison term of 50 months, and moved him to the al-Maskobiyya interrogation center, in Jerusalem. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• Israeli Prison Services (IPS) has issued more than 309 administrative detention orders since the decision to boycott administrative trials by administrative detainees. The IPS has issued more than 4.000 administrative detention orders during the last three years, 456 of which were issued since the beginning of 2018, against ex-detainees who are again taken into custody. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Tulkarem governorate, in northern West Bank, searched many homes and abducted Eyad Mohammad Abdullah, 42, and Yasser Mahmoud Abdul-Rahim, 32. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained four other Palestinians, after invading and searching their homes, but released them a few hours later. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA)abducted three siblings, identified as Jaber, Majd and Hammad Awad al-Hajj, in addition to Ghassan Mousa Azzam, after searching their homes. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, searched homes and detained Walid Sharaf, Mohammad Sa’id and Hotheifa Bader. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian woman, from Al-Reshiq family, the wife of Odai Sonnokrot who was only released from prison just a week ago. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

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• In Jericho, in northeastern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Mahmoud Abdul-Majid Abu Sal’oum and Mahmoud Bader Ibrahim. (IMEMC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) and intelligence service requested the wife of prisoner Oday Sinokrot for interrogation; her husband was arrested last month. (SILWANIC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided Al-Tur village and arrested 6 young men. They are: Ali Walid Sayyad, Hashem Abulhawa, Fadi Abulhawa, Ali Abulhawa, Yousef Abulhawa and Siraj Abu Sbitan. (SILWANIC 10 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained three young Palestinian men in the border fence area, east of Gaza City and in northern Gaza. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• In Gaza, Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two young men in the border fence area, east of Gaza city. The IOA detained a third Palestinian, also near the border fence, in the northern part of the coastal region. The three Palestinians, were taken by the soldiers to unknown destinations. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained one Palestinian, identified as Tareq Adnan Ashour, near the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the Saff Street, in the center of the city, searched homes and detained Anas Mohammad Abu ‘Ahour, 22. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• In Bethlehem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a young man, 20, with an expanding bullet in his left leg, before he was rushed to a local hospital. The Palestinian was with several other workers when he was shot in Wad al-Hummus area, near Al-Khass and an-No’man villages, east of Bethlehem. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan village, west of Salfit, searched a few homes and detained a father, identified as Amin Mer’ey, 60, in addition to his sons, Mustafa and

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Abdul-Rahman. The father also has four other sons, who were detained by the IOA in previous invasions, and are still imprisoned. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many neighborhoods in the city, and Doura town, searched and ransacked several homes causing damage, and detained Bashir Hafith Zahda, Khader Dandees, Amro Obeid, Bara’ Talahma, Tareq Ayman Ashour, and a photojournalist, identified as Bilal Tawil, 25. Tawil is a freelance photojournalist who deals with various local and international media outlets. The IOA also confiscated his computer, before moving him to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the ath-Thaher area and al-Hara at-Tihta neighborhood, in Beit Ummar town north of Hebron, searched homes and detained Samar Samir Abu Mariya, 19, and Mo’tasem Jamal ‘Alqam. The IOA caused excessive damage to the home of Abu Mariya, while searching it using K9 units, and removed many of its tiles. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• One Palestinian was injured by shrapnel after the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired live rounds at the main door of one of the invaded homes, before breaking into it. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Arraba town, southwest of Jenin, searched homes and detained a young man, identified as Bassel Sa’id Rahhal. During the invasions, the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, at locals who protested the invasion. (IMEMC 11 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, searched the home of Radwan Abu Thabet, before detaining his son, Soheib, who is also a former political prisoner. (IMEMC 12 June 2018)

• In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and ransacked several homes and detained Mohammad Zghayyar, a local nonviolent activist with the Youth Coalition against

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Settlements, in addition to Ibrahim Jaber and Azmi Abu Daoud, 19. (IMEMC 12 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed military roadblocks at its northern entrance in Jouret Bahlas area, in addition to the Sa’ir and Halhoul towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 12 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young man, identified as Omar al-Hreimi, after assaulting him at a military roadblock, north of Bethlehem, while heading for prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. (IMEMC 12 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young man, identified as Majdi Awwad, from Deir Abu Da’if, while trying to enter Jerusalem to pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque. (IMEMC 12 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian, identified as Wisam Mustafa ‘Aabed, from Kafr Dan in Jenin Governorate. (IMEMC 12 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Jenin city, especially the al-Almaniyya Street, and drove around in a provocative manner, before withdrawing. (IMEMC 12 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Sami Abu Ar Rakez in Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. Al Rakez is from Jenin refugee camp. (IMEMC 12 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Islam Yousef Abu Hamed, 32, from the al-Am’ari refugee camp. The IOA also injured Islam’s mother. The woman was wounded after the ioa attacked her and throw a gas bomb at her. The military is still operating in the al- Am’ari refugee camp, deployed more vehicles on all its entrances and completely isolated it. (IMEMC 13 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Silwad town east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, stormed and ransacked many homes and detained four young Palestinian men from Silwad town.

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The four Palestinians have been identified as Mohannad Samir Tawil, Mohammad Soheil Hamed, Mohammad ‘Aahed Hamed and Eyad Ahmad Majed. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) also fired gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber-coated steel bullets at Palestinians, who hurled stones at the invading army jeeps. (IMEMC 13 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded ‘Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, also searched homes, and detained a young man, identified as Sa’ad Bilal Sweidan, after assaulting and wounding him. (IMEMC 13 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Sateh Marhaba area in the al-Biereh city, and the al-Am’ari refugee camp, south of al-Biereh, in the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah and al-Biereh, injured seven Palestinians, including a woman, before abducting her son, who is reportedly involved in the death of an Israeli soldier in late May 2018. (IMEMC 13 June 2018)

• Several Israeli army jeeps invaded the town of Ya’bad, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and injured several Palestinians who protested the invasion. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many homes in the town, and violently searched them while interrogating the families and inspecting their ID cards. Owners of two of the invaded homes have been identified as Ali Sabri ‘Atatra and Fathi Iskandar Sheikh Ali. Many Palestinians protested the military invasion into the town, and hurled stones at the IOA who fired many gas bombs, and concussion grenades, and detained several Palestinians before releasing them. Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 13 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded ‘Aida refugee camp north of Bethlehem, before storming and violently searching homes, and detained Moath Mohammad Abu ‘Aker, 25, and Ahmad Mer’ey Da’amsa. (IMEMC 14 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained one Palestinian in Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarem, after searching his home. The

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detained Palestinian has been identified as Bara’ Fathi Qar’awi. (IMEMC 14 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained citizen Luai Imad Ibrahim Amer, 16, and raided a number of homes and searched them after raiding Jenin camp in the northern West Bank. The house of Ahmad Ibrahim was among the Houses that were raided in the camp. Other house were still unidentified. (IMEMC 14 June 2018) • The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) stated that a Palestinian from Amari refugee camp, near Ramallah, and who was detained by the Israeli army on June 6, was tortured during interrogation at the Russian Compound prison in West Jerusalem. Eight interrogators questioned him constantly for six consecutive days, during which he was deprived of full sleep and while cuffed both hand and foot. The interrogator also used the shaking method against him, as well as profanity and other threats. (IMEMC 15 June 2018) • The Israeli Ofer military court renewed the Administrative Detention of Palestinian Legislator Khaleda Jarrar for six more months, without charges. Jarrar, a democratically-elected legislator and a senior leader of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), was detained from her home in Ramallah on July 2nd, 2017, and was held under Administrative Detention orders since then. (IMEMC 16 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, searched homes and detained a young man and two children. The detained Palestinian has been identified as Raed al-Beyari, 18, in addition to Qussai Barakat, 15 and Sultan al-‘Ammouri, 15. The IOA them to an unknown destination. The IOA also invaded the home of Saed al-Masri and summoned one of his sons for interrogation. (IMEMC 17 June 2018). • Several Israeli army jeeps invaded Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and detaineda child after assaulting and wounding him. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the home of Nabil Ali, violently searched the property and abducted his child, Tareq, only 14 years of age. The IOA assaulted the

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child, causing various cuts and bruises, before detaining him. (IMEMC 17 June 2018).

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed Nablus’s city southern entrance to secure a settlers gathering near Yetzhar settlement junction and Huwwara checkpint, and hindered Palestinian movement to and from the area. (WAFA 17 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two young Palestinian men in occupied East Jerusalem after stopping them in the Old City of Jerusalem. They were handcuffed before the soldiers took them to a detention and interrogation facility in the city. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed the southern entrance of Nablus city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The closed road is near Huwwara military roadblock. The IOA sealed the road groups of Israeli settlers protested the evacuation of an illegal outpost, which was installed on Palestinian lands, south of Nablus. The settlers were protesting near Yitzhar junction, before the IOA closed the road to all Palestinian traffic. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided the home of Akram Taha Abu Sneina, in Hebron city in the southern part of the occupied West Bank and violently searched it, before detaining his daughter, Safa’. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, searched homes and detained Anas al-‘Absi, from his home. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Doura town, southwest of Hebron, and detained Mahmoud Mohammad al-Hroub, from his home. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian, identified as Salem Ahmad Qabaja, from his home in Tarqoumia town, west of Hebron. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed roadblocks at the entrance of Sa’ir town,

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northeast of Hebron, and Halhoul Bridge, north of the city, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired several gas bombs, and rubber coated steel bullets at Palestinian youngsters, who protested the invasions and hurled stones at the armored military vehicles. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• An Israeli military court ordered Suzan al-‘Oweiwi, 39, a member of Hebron City Council, under interrogation for eight more days, and continued to deny her lawyer’s request to see her. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked several Palestinian farmers in Halhoul and Beit Ummar towns, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, and stole their produce. The farmers were selling their fruits and vegetables near their farmlands, and in front of their homes, near the main Jerusalem-Hebron Road. The soldiers assaulted the farmers and stole their produce before loading it into trucks before driving away. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• A detained Palestinian teen, identified as Taiseer Hassan Tamimi, 18, from Deir Nitham village, northwest of Ramallah, in central West bank, was released, after he lost his sight while in prison, due to torture and after being denied specialized medicine or any treatment for preexisting health conditions. Tamimi required specialized treatment, and ongoing consumption of medications at specific times, in addition to vitamins, but was denied access to them. He was detained by the Israeli Occupation Army on April 7th, and suffers from liver and kidney diseases, but after he was denied access to specialized care and medications, his health condition witnessed a sharp deterioration, eventually resulting in him losing his eyesight. (IMEMC 18 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and searched many homes in Bethlehem governorate, and detained two former political prisoners, identified as Shadi Nayef al-‘Amour 23, and Jamal Sabah, 20, from Teqoua’ town, east of the city. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young man, identified as Yazan al-Bal’awi, 22, from his home in Beit Jala city, northwest of

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Bethlehem, after breaking into his property and violently searching it, causing serious damage. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stormed and ransacked many homes in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and fired concussion grenades at Palestinians, protesting the invasion. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Madama and ‘Aseera al-Qibliyya towns, south of the city, before searching many homes. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Sanour town, south of the city, before storming the home of Allam Gharbiyya, and interrogated him along with his family, while ransacking the property, causing damage. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed roadblocks at the main road of the town and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it for several hours. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• In Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the Southern Neighborhood, before storming the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Rami al-Battah, and confiscated his car. The IOA were extensively deployed in various streets in Tulkarem and installed many roadblocks. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Nabi Saleh village, northwest of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, before searching many homes. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian mother from the town of Taqou’, in the southern West Bank Governorate of Bethlehem, during a family visit to her detained son in the Israeli Ramon Prison. The son, Mohammed al-Badan, was detained in 2008 from inside the Israeli settlement of Gilo, after he was shot and injured by an explosive bullets, also known as “dum dum” bullets, which necessitated his admission and stay in hospital for several months due to the seriousness of his injury. Al-Badan’s left kidney, and a meter-

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long of his intestines were removed and replaced by plastic ones. He also underwent a total gastrectomy as a result of the injury. The detainee was sentenced to 29 life imprisonment and 14 years in jail. (WAFA 19 June 2018)

• Israeli military authorities have issued administrative detention orders against 44 Palestinians since June 1. Israel issued such orders against first time detainees and former prisoners. Among the detainees were lawmaker Khalida Jarrar, whose administrative detention was extended for four months, and Osama Shahin, a journalist, who has been imprisoned since May 31. Jarrar’s detention has been renewed by Israel for the third time, just two weeks before she was due to be released from military prison. She was detained by Israeli forces after raiding her family home in the central West Bank city of Ramallah on July 2, 2017 only a year after her release from a prior prison term. (WAFA 19 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided several neighborhoods in Nablus city and invaded homes in Al Jabal Ash Shamali, Kroum Ashour and the old city neighnorhoods and detained 4 Palestinians. The four have been identified as Yousef Awwad, Muhammad Al Azizi, Ubada Al Tashtoush and Rami Al Kousa after raiding their family homes. (WAFA 20 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided Tel village west of Nbalus city and detained Qusai Hassan Al Bahti and Enad Mustafa Aseeda after raiding their families’ homes and searching them. (WAFA 20 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained twenty Palestinians, including a child, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank, including Jerusalem. One of the detained Palestinians is an author, intellectual and human rights activist, former political prisoner Rassem Obeidat. Obeidat was summoned for interrogation in the al-Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility and was detained shortly after arriving there. The abducted Palestinians have been identified as: Bethlehem: Mohammad Adel Zboun, 14. Mahmoud Adel Zboun. Odai Raed Makhlouf. Mohammad Naim Taqatqa, 24. Hamada Fayez Salhab. Odai Zawahra. Hebron: Karim Ibrahim Abu Mariya. Mahdi Abu Mariya. Fahed Abdul-Mon’em Salayma. Mohammad Nassar Salayma. Ahmad Nassar Salayma. Abdullah Ziad

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two Palestinians, including a writer and activist, from their homes in occupied East Jerusalem. The IOA invaded the home of Abdullah al-Kiswani, a former member of the Palestinian Football Association, in the at-Tour neighborhood overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, and detained him, after searching his home. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Palestinian author and intellectual Rassem Obeidat, 60, from Jabal al-Mokabber neighborhood in Jerusalem. Obeidat was summoned for interrogation in the al- Maskobiyya detention and interrogation facility, and was detained shortly after arriving there. It is worth mentioning that he was among several Palestinians who were held, and interrogated, last Monday, after a large police force and intelligence officers invaded a hall of the Ambassador Hotel, in occupied East Jerusalem and attacked a celebration held by the Palestinian Russian Friendship Society. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the city, and detained Ahmad Ghassan Daraghma, 24, and Jamil Ya’coub ‘Oweiss, 19. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Bethlehem city, searched homes in the al-Karkafa neighborhood, and detained Odai Makhlouf Zawahra, 21, Hamada Fayez Shehab, 20, Abdul-Majid Zeidan Salhab, 18, Mohammad Adel Zboun and his brother Mahmoud. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

• A Palestinian identified as Mohammad Naim Taqatqa, 24, was detained from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before storming homes, and detained a former political prisoner, identified as Karim Ibrahim Abu Mariya, 19, in addition to Mahdi Mohammad Abu Mariya. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young Palestinian man from his home in Bani Neim town, east of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded the town, before storming and ransacking many homes, casing anxiety attacks among the children, and detained Mousa Mohammad Zeidat. The army also installed temporary roadblocks in the town, and around it, before stopping and searching dozens of cars. (IMEMC 22 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, shot a young man with three rubber-coated steel bullets injuring him in his chest, suffering moderate-but-stable wounds. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and searched several homes, and detained Odai Adnan Shehada, 20. The IOA also detained Odai’s uncle, Jamal Shehada, but released him a few hours later. (IMEMC 22 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained five young Palestinian men, and shot five others, in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. Several armored military jeeps invaded the towns, before the IOA stormed and ransacked many homes, causing damage, and detained five young men, including Ahmad Mohammad Taqatqa, who was shot by army fire, a few days ago, near Um Salmouna village, south of Bethlehem. The detained Palestinians have been identified as Mohammad Ahmad Taqatqa, Qassam Ahmad Thawabta, 23, Khalil Mohammad Thawabta, 28, Mohammad Eyad Thawabta, 16, and Mo’tasem Na’im Taqatqa, 21. The IOA also shot five young men with the illegal “Toto” expanding bullets, after dozens of residents protested the invasions into their town and homes, and the detention of the five residents. It added that the IOA shot the five young men with Toto bullets in their lower extremities, causing moderate-but-stable injuries. (IMEMC 22 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained ten Palestinians, including two journalists, during an activity in support of residents who received annexation orders of their lands, in the al-Hamra area near Bani Neim town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The IOA invaded the lands, and assaulted the nonviolent protesters, before detaining ten of them, including two journalists. Eight of the detained Palestinians have been identified as; WAFA News Agency Cameraman Mashoor Wahwah, Palestine TV correspondent Azmi Banat, the head of the Popular Committee in Southern West Bank Younis Arar, Hebron governorate representative Tha’er Hdeib, in addition to Wadea’ Hmeidat, Assad Manasra, Majdi Manasra, and an elderly man, identified as Mohammad Mahmoud Khdour. The Israeli army declared the entire area a “closed military zone,” and forcibly removed the protesters. It is worth mentioning that Israel is trying to confiscate 20 dunams, owned by members of D’eis Palestinian family in the al-Hamra area, in order to build a new settlement, especially after settlers installed, last week, a tent, a mobile home and a barn. (IMEMC 23 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young Palestinian man from Jenin, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The detained young man, identified as Saqer Abdul-Qader Hamdiyya, was taken by the IOA close to the Annexation Wall, on Palestinian lands, west of the al-Yamoun town, west of Jenin. Hamdiyya, from al- Yamoun, was cuffed and blindfolded before the IOA took him to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 23 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Bara’ Aref Jaber, 17, from Jaber Neighborhood in the old city of Hebron in the couthern Wet Bank after raiding his family house and searching it. (IMEMC 23 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the old city of Hebron and raided a number of Palestinian homes belonging to Saleh Sameh Al Ja’bari, Jawad Khader A Ja’bari, Ahmad Roshdi Az Zeir and Muhammad Al Ja’bari. (WAFA 23 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained thirteen Palestinians from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The IOA invaded dozens of communities across the West Bank, violently searched homes, interrogated Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, and detained thirteen, including three former political prisoners. The detained Palestinians have been identified as Mohammad Shehada.Hussein Kawazba, Mahdi Nawawra, Mousa Salahat, Mahmoud Shweiki, (Former political prisoner) Ramzi al-Hreimi and (Former political prisoner) Khalil al-Hreimi. from Bethlehem Governorate. Haitham Mer’ey Shehada, 35, Mohammad Ahmad Fouda, 19, Ibrahim Fares Sharqiya, 22 from Tulkarem Governorate. Nitham Nasr Khadraj, 28 from Qalqilyia Governorate. Mohammad Fawzi Rajabi from Hebron Governorate. Anwar Monir Abu Alia from Ramallah Governorate. (IMEMC 24 June 2018)

• Several Israeli army jeeps invaded Nour Shams refugee camp, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, and detained three Palestinians. The IOA ransacked many homes in Nour Shams refugee camp, and interrogated several Palestinians, while inspecting their ID cards. The detained Palestinians were identified as Haitham Mer’ey, Mohammad Fahmawi and Mohammad Ahmad Fouda, and took them to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 24 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and searched the homes of two former political prisoners, identified as Mamdouh Abu Asba and Ayman Jabarat, before summing them for interrogation in Etzion military base. (IMEMC 24 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the homes of two other former political prisoners in the town, and searched them. (IMEMC 24 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and injured several Palestinians, who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. The IOA invaded the ath-Thaher area and the at-Tihta neighborhood, and conducted extensive military searches of homes, in addition to

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searching agricultural lands in Shu’ab as-Seer area, close to the Karmie Tzur settlement. The IOA also fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinians, who protested the invasion, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The IOA also stopped and searched many Palestinian cars and interrogated drivers and passengers. (IMEMC 24 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained four young Palestinian men, and summoned one for interrogation, after invading and searching their homes, in the Wad Maali area, in the hearth of Bethlehem city. The detained Palestinian has been identified as Khalil Jamal al-Hreimi, 22. The IOA also invaded homes in the Saff Street, also in the center of Bethlehem city, and detained Ramzi Mohammad al-Hreimi, 22, Mahmoud Amman Shweiki, 21. Furthermore, the IOA detained Hussein Ashraf Kawazba, 22, from his home in the al-Manara area, in Bethlehem. The IOA also invaded the al-‘Obeyyat area, searched a few homes, and summoned Mahdi Yasser ‘Obeyyat, 22, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of Bethlehem. (IMEMC 24 June 2018)

• Three Palestinian minors - Musatafa Abu Snaineh, 15, Nabil Sader, 16, and Hisham Bshiti, 17, in Megido prison - from occupied Jerusalem who were were physically and verbally tortured during interrogation at the Russian Compound in West Jerusalem. The Police brutally beaten them while they were waiting in the Russian compound for only waving back at their families who were calling out their names while waiting at the entrance of the detention center. (IMEMC 24 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two children in the al- Hareeqa area, near the illegal Keryat Arba’ Israeli settlement. The Israeli army claimed that the two children burnt a fire near the fence of the settlement. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stationed at Abu ar-Reesh military roadblock, near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron city, detained a young man while walking back to his home, after they forced him to undress while searching him, and insisted that he removes all of his clothes.

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The Palestinian, known to the IOA who are permanently deployed in the area, refused to be mistreated this way, and the soldiers decided to detain him. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• A large Israeli military force invaded Shweika area, north of the city of Tulkarem, searched many homes and detained Jihad Anan Edheilia, 28, and Khaled Raslan Edheilia, 38. Dozens of soldiers surrounded their home, before storming it approximately at 3:30 at dawn, detained Jihad, and confiscated his mobile phone. The soldiers took Jihad to his store, where he sells mobile phones and electronic, violently searched the store and illegally confiscated several mobile phones and laptops. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Jenin city, in northern West Bank, and Qabatia town, south of Jenin, searched and ransacked many homes and detained five Palestinians. The detained Palestinians have been identified as Emad Abu al-Haija, from the Eastern Neighborhood in Jenin, in addition to Qoteiba Ahmad Shalabi, Bassem Tazaz’a, Rabea Fadel al-Basha and Ahmad Sa’id Abu ar-Rob. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the office of Hebron Governorate in the Old City, in southern West Bank, and several surrounding homes, before searching them, and installed roadblocks. The IOA stormed the governorate’s office in the Old City, and violently searched it, causing damage. The IOA also stormed and ransacked several surrounding homes, owned by members of Eada and al- Mohtaseb families. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, and installed roadblocks at Hebron’s northern entrance in Jouret Bahlas area, in addition to the main entrances of Beit Awwa and Sa’ir nearby towns. The IOA stopped and searched dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians, while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed a roadblock at the entrance of Zeef village, near Hebron, and detained one Palestinian,

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identified as Ra’fat Mosallam ‘Ashour, 31, from Hebron city. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) briefly detained seven Palestinians, in Hebron city, after stopping them at a sudden military roadblock. The seven residents were cuffed, while the soldiers examined their ID cards, and interrogated them for several hours. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Naseem Muhamamd Salous, 24, from Nablus city while crossing Za’tara checkpoint south of the city, heading to Ramallah. (WAFA 25 June 2018)

• Asqalan Israeli court extended the detention of Prisoner Safaa Abu Hussein for eight more days, to continue interrogation. Abu Hussein is denied lawyer visit. (WAFA 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA invaded the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron, searched several homes, and detained Ibrahim Shehada Abu Sharkh, before moving him to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded lands owned by members of Jweihan family, near the illegal Kharsina Israeli settlement, east of Hebron, and installed a military tower overlooking Palestinian lands. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA installed the tower after a group of illegal Israeli settlers installed an outpost on Palestinian lands in the al- Boweira area, close to the Kharsina settlement. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, in the center of Jerusalem, and the ar-Ram town, north of the city, before storming and searching dozens of homes, and detained fourteen Palestinians. Furthermore, the IOA detonated front doors of many stores in the al-Ram town, and Kufr Aqab neighborhood, north of Jerusalem, before breaking into them and searching them, in addition to breaking into and searching several apartments. The detained Palestinians have been identified as: Mohammad Ghorab, Shu’fat. Adham Alqam, Shu’fat. Abed Sweity, Shu’fat. Ahmad Siyam, Shu’fat. Hammouda Houshiyya, Shu’fat. Ali Bader, Shu’fat. Tareq al-A’raj,

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Shu’fat. Ahmad Sharha, Shu’fat. Yahia Hammoud, Shu’fat. (Unknown fist name) al-Kurdi, Shu’fat. Amir Salah, Shu’fat. Wadea’ Salah, Shu’fat. ‘Ala Shawabka, ar-Ram. Nayef Shawabka, ar-Ram. (IMEMC 26 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Hamza Enad Abu Jabal, 22, from the al-Jadeeda town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while crossing Za’tara military roadblock, south of Nablus, in northern West Bank. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• A Palestinian, identified as Anan Mohsin Jaber, 24, from Anabta town, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem, was detained at Za’tara roadblock. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Balata refugee camp and attacked protesters in the Al-Quds and the Schools Streets, before detaining five Palestinians, identified as Mohammad Ghassan Abu Hweila, Sa’id Abed Majdalawi, Sobhi Jawabra, Hani Abu Ziyada, in addition to Faraj Mustafa Abu Leil, who was shot with a live round in his right leg, before the soldiers detained him. Furthermore, the IOA invaded and searched many homes, including the home of a political prisoner, identified as Omar Abu Leil, in addition to the homes of Daoud Abu Bassam, Anas Abu Hamada and Ata Hannoun. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Kafr Qalil village, east of Nablus, also searched homes and detained Omar Farouq Amer, while resident Majdi Sadeq Shouli was detained at a sudden military roadblock on the Nablus-Qalqilia Road. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• Israel’s Police ordered a Jerusalemite Palestinian, from Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, out of the Holy City for six months. The Palestinian, Odai Sonnokrot, a married father of two children, was held under interrogation at the al-Maskobiyya interrogation facility for thirty-two consecutive days. Odai was released and forced under house arrest at his in-law’s house in the Old City , for eight days, in addition to being prevented from seeing his father for one week. He also received an order preventing him from leaving the country for six

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months, and was ordered to pay a 10.000 Shekels fine, while two of his relatives had to sign a bail commitment of 100.000 Shekels. The Palestinian will have to leave his family and relatives and live in the occupied West Bank for six months, otherwise, he will be imprisoned and face high fines, in addition to losing the bail money. (IMEMC 26 June 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained eleven Palestinians, including a husband and his wife, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The IOA stormed and ransacked many homes, interrogated dozens of Palestinians and detained the eleven residents, including a former political prisoner, identified as Mahmoud Mohammad Abu Ayyash. Also among the detained Palestinians is Mahmoud Salem Tarayra, the brother of Issa Tarayra, 15, who was killed by the army on September 20, 2016. In addition, the IOA detained husband, identified as Nitham Ma’ali, and his wife, Najla’, from their home in the Burqa town, east of Ramallah. The detained Palestinians have been identified as: Mohammad Hasan Alama, 19, Hebron. Mahmoud Salem Tarayra, Hebron. Sobhi Suleiman Abu Shakhdam, Hebron. Mahmoud Mohammad Abu Ayyash, Hebron. Nitham Ali Ma’ali, Ramallah. Najla’ Omar Ma’ali, Ramallah. Nasser Jamal Makhlouf, Ramallah. Amin Mahmoud Thawabta, Bethlehem. Qais Mohammad Abu al-Jadayel, Bethlehem. Mohammad Mousa Hamamra, Bethlehem. Ahmad Tawfiq Sawalha, Nablus. (IMEMC 27 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of the city, and searched several homes before detaining two Palestinians. The detained Palestinian has been identified as as Qais Mohammad Thawabta, 19, and Amin Ali Thawabta, 20. (IMEMC 27 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded homes in Asira ash- Shamaliya town, north of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and searched many homes before detaining a former political prisoner, identified as Ahmad Tawfiq Sawalha. (IMEMC 27 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) raided the house of Sobhi Abu Shkheidim from Hebron city and detained him. The IOA also

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summoned his father, Suleiman for interrogation. (WAFA 27 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained Mahmoud Muhmmad ABY Ayyash from Beit Ummer town north of Hebron city. (WAFA 27 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a child, 15 years of age, after shooting him on Palestinian near close to the fence, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained twenty Palestinians, including one woman, in several parts of the occupied West Bank and summoned a young woman for interrogation. The IOA invaded and searched dozens of homes across the West Bank, and interrogated dozens of Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. The detained Palestinians have been identified as: Wa’el al-Faqeeh, 48 (former political prisoner, Nablus. Thabet Nassar, (former political prisoner), Madama, Nablus. Mohammad SobhiTabanja, (former political prisoner), Nablus. Mahdi Shaihin, Nablus. Mohammad Sa’id Awwad, Nablus. Mohammad Safi, al-Jalazoun refugee camp, Ramallah. Jabr Awad Rimawi, 27, Beit Rima, Ramallah. Ziad Mahmoud Awwad, 35, Bethlehem. Khaled Mohammad Ibrahim, 18, Beit Fajjar, Bethlehem. Nidal Khaled Taqatqa, 34, Beit Fajjar, Bethlehem. Ekrima Aziz Mer’ey, Qarawat Bani Hassan, Salfit. Sayyaf Mahyoub al-Arabi, Qarawat Bani Hassan, Salfit. Mohammad Ammar Daraghma, Tubas. Aseed Saleh, Tubas. Firas Maslamani, Tubas. Sajed Mousa Awad, Halhoul, Hebron. Mohammad Sobhi Awad, Halhoul, Hebron. Mohammad Dirar Awad, Halhoul, Hebron. Abdul-Hadi Awad, Halhoul, Hebron. Rawda Mohammad Abu Aisha, 53, Hebron. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the home of a journalist, identified as Mos’ab Qfeisha, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and searched his property. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained five Palestinians in Hebron city, including a woman, identified as Radwa Mohammad Abu Aisha, 53. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-Am’ari refugee camp, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and summoned a young woman, identified as Rafeef Ghazi, 25, for interrogation, after breaking into her home and violently searching it. (IMEMC 28 June 2018) • Palestinian grassroots activist Wael al-Faqeeh, a coordinator at the Tanweer Forum in Nablus who frequently works with international solidarity activists, was seized by Israeli occupation Army. Al-Faqeeh been arrested on multiple occasions for his work in land defense and supporting popular struggle against settlements and Israeli occupation and colonization. He was taken to Megiddo prison after being seized from his home in a night raid. This is the fourth time he has been arrested; he has spent several years in Israeli prison over multiple arrests and was released for the last time in February 2017 after serving a sentence of over one year. (IMEMC 30 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained three young men, from the central West Bank governorate of Ramallah, after stopping them at Za’tara military roadblock, south of Nablus. The detained Palestinians were interrogated at the military roadblock, before the IOA detained them. They have been identified as Hakim Shahwan, Ahmad Sheikh Qassem and Mohammad Hassouna. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a former political prisoner, identified as Sami Saber Abu Sneina, 20, after invading and searching his home in Wad al-Harya area in Hebron city. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and ransacked the home of Dr. Adnan Abu Tabbana, in Wad al-Harya, in addition to the home of Yousef Rajab al-Haimouni, in Abu Kteila area. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained, for several hours, a former political prisoner in Salem military camp south of Jenin city. The detained Palestinian, identified as Muhammad Zakarneh, was summoned by the Israeli Intelligence Police in Salem camp. Zakarneh

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was then detained for interrogation for several hours before being released again. (WAFA 29 June 2018)

Israeli Settler Violence

• Groups of Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, under heavy protection of Israeli police. The number of settlers who stormed the mosque since morning hours was 50 settlers. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• Israeli settlers invaded, ‘Orif Palestinian village, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus, attacked and injured an elderly Palestinian man, and two young men, before the soldiers invaded the village and injured three others. The attacked Palestinian was identified as Salim Shehada, in his seventies, causing various cuts and bruises. The settlers also attacked a young man, identified as Bahjat Safadi, and injured him in the pelvis, in addition to striking another Palestinian with an iron bar on his head. Furthermore, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked many Palestinians, who protested the invasion and assaults, before shooting one of them with a live round in his pelvis, and two others with rubber-coated steel bullets. (IMEMC 3 June 2018) • Israeli Jewish settlers opened fire in the vicinity of an elementary school in the Bethlehem Governorate, causing panic among children but not injuries. A group of settlers approached al-Tahadi School 5 in the area of Beit Taamer, to the east of the city of Bethlehem, while workers were opening a road to facilitate movement of the students and opened fire in the air terrorizing the children. (WAFA 4 June 2018) • Israeli settlers took over a new house on Al-Sahla Street, in the old city of Hebron. The house is part of the Qaitoun neighborhood and is in need of reconstruction. A group of Israeli settlers, heavily guarded by soldiers, took over the house. The soldiers facilitated the settlers’ entry into the house. (IMEMC 4 June 2018)

• The Israeli settlers bulldozed and uprooted Palestinian agricultural lands near Beita village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The bulldozed lands are in the same area where the settlers installed an illegal, several months ago, before it was removed. (IMEMC 5 June 2018)

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• Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli Occupation Police, renewed their incursions to Al Aqsa mosque in occupied East Jerusalem through Bab Al Magharbeh (Al Mughrabi Gate). (WAFA 6 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot two young Palestinian men in Burin village, south of the northern West bank city of Nablus, after a group of settlers invaded the village and attacked homes. A group of setters from Yitzhar illegal colony, built on Palestinian lands, invaded the town, and attacked many homes, causing damage. Several army jeeps invaded the town, and the IOA fired live rounds and rubber- coated bullets at the Palestinians, who protested the invasion and assault. The IOA shot one Palestinian with a live round in his neck, and another with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the chest. (IMEMC 12 June 2018) • A group of Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian olive orchards in Khirbet Beit Iskariya village, southwest of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, and cut 200 trees owned by Kamil Khalil Sa’ad and ‘Amer Hussein Odah. The attack is second of its kind in less than two weeks and added that the village is subject to frequent violations. (IMEMC 14 June 2018)

• A group of Israeli settlers tried to invade al-Aqsa Mosque through the Hotta and Faisal gates. (IMEMC 14 June 2018)

• Around 30 settlers performed religious rituals at al-Aqsa’s al-Asbat Gate which delayed Palestinians from entering the al-Aqsa compound and praying and breaking their fasts. Israeli police forced the Palestinians to go away and protected the settlers. (IMEMC 14 June 2018) • Israeli settlers renewed their incursions to Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and carried out provocative tours in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque. Settlers also performed religious rituals. (WAFA 18 June 2018) • Groups of Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian farmlands near Tiwana village, east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and uprooted dozens of trees. The settlers brought electric saws, and bulldozers, before uprooting the trees. The attacked lands are owned by Palestinians from the families of Morr, Abu Qbeita and Moghannam. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

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• Israeli settlers set up a new settlement outpost on Palestinian land in the town of Bani Naim, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The settlers put up a tent, a caravan and an animal barn on a 20-dunum plot of land in Bani Naim that belongs to the Ideis family. The measure is a prelude to take over the land and annex it to the nearby illegal settlement of Beni Heifer, also built on expropriated Bani Naim land. The Israeli government has given the green light to expropriate this land and the army has recently declared it a closed military zone in preparation to take it over to expand the area of Beni Heifer settlement. (WAFA 20 June 2018) • Israeli settlers renewed their incursions to Al Aqsa Mosque amid Tensions and carried out provocative tours in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque. (WAFA 20 June 2018)

• Israeli settlers stormed the compounds of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in military occupied Jerusalem through al-Magharebah Gate, under heavy protection of Israeli special forces and police. Extremist settlers toured the Al-Aqsa yards, and performed their provocative Talmudic rituals causing a state of tension and anger inside the shrine. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

• A Palestinian woman was injured after Israeli settlers attacked her with stones at the entrance to the village of Burqa, to the north of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians at the entrance to the village, injuring one woman by with stone. The settlers also set fire to trees in the area. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

• A group of Israeli settlers hurled stones at Palestinian cars trying to cross Huwwara Israeli military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The settlers gathered near the military roadblock and started throwing stones at the Palestinian cars, awaiting to be allow through. The attacks did not lead to injuries or damage. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

• A group of Israeli settlers blockaded the main road linking between Za’tara and Iskaka Palestinian communities, east of Salfit in northwestern West Bank, preventing the Palestinians from crossing. (IMEMC 21 June 2018)

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• A group of Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian orchards near the junction between Burqa and Sielet ath-Thaher town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, injured one woman and burnt at least 30 olive trees. The settlers invaded the Palestinians orchards, and attacked many villagers, injuring a woman, identified as Darin Mustafa Abu al-Haija, causing mild-to-moderate wounds. They also burnt at least thirty olive trees during their invasion into the Palestinian orchards. (IMEMC 22 June 2018) • A group of Israeli settlers burnt dozens of dunams of Palestinian Olive orchards in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Dozens of settlers attacked the village, and invaded olive orchards, before setting dozens of trees ablaze. The attack, committed by settlers from the Yitzhar settlement, is not the first, as they have carried out numerous similar attacks, in addition to dozens of assaults against the residents and their property. (IMEMC 23 June 2018)

• Israeli settlers attacked several Palestinian cars driving near the junction of Burqa village and Sielet ath-Thaher town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, causing damage and wounding one woman. The settlers closed the main road near the junction, and burnt many tires, before hurling stones at dozens of cars, causing damage, and wounding the woman. Resident Mohammad Abu al-Haija was driving in the area, near the evacuated Homish settlement, while was heading to Jenin city with his family, before the settlers started throwing stones at his car. (IMEMC 23 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed a military roadblocks on the Jenin-Nablus Road, south of Jenin, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 23 June 2018)

• Israeli settlers placed a wooden barracks in Tel Rumeida area, in the occupied southern West Bank Governorate of Hebron, to be used as a

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bus stop. The settlers, backed by a military force, placed the wooden barracks on land belonging to Palestinian locals in the said area, in central Hebron. (IMEMC 24 June 2018) • A group of Israeli settlers burnt approximately 300 Palestinian olive trees in northern West Bank owned by Palestinians from Tal village, west of Nablus. The settlers from Havat Gilad outpost, launched an incendiary balloon into the Palestinian orchard, and burnt it. (IMEMC 25 June 2018) • Israeli settlers renewed their incursions to Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem. The settlers toured in the court yard of Al Aqsa Mosque and carried out provocative rituals. (WAFA 25 June 2018) • A group of Israeli settlers installed, an outpost on Palestinian lands in the al-Boweira area, close to the illegal Kharsina settlement, east Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The settlers installed four mobile homes on the Palestinian lands, owned by several families, including Jweihan, Eada and Abu al-Halawa. (IMEMC 26 June 2018) • Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Eli Cohen, invaded the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, accompanied by many officials and settlers. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• A group of Israeli settlers started the construction of a new outpost on Palestinian lands, in Qana Valley area, west of Deir Istiya town, north of Salfit in Central West Bank. The so-called Civil Administration Office, run by the army in the West Bank, decided to build 108 colonialist units on 59 Dunams of Palestinian lands in three basins, to build the new settlement. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

• A group of Israeli settlers from Yitzhar settlement invaded the northern area of the village of Orif, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, wrote racist graffiti, and punctured the tires of many parked cars. The attacks also targeted several homes and cars in the village, including the homes of Ghaleb Radwan Amer, 59, and his son Mahmoud, 25. (IMEMC 28 June 2018)

• Israeli settlers from Itamar settlement in Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, burnt dozens of Dunams of Palestinians of

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farmlands. The settlers burnt dozens of dunams in the Shararba Mountain, in Beit Forik town, east of Nablus while the IOA stood nearby and watched. (IMEMC 29 June 2018) • Several Israeli settlers invaded Palestinian agricultural lands in Ein al- Qassis area in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and cut more than 20 trees and grapevines, in addition to destroying walls. The settlers came from Sidi Boaz outpost which was built on privately- owned Palestinian lands. The settlers cut the trees and grapevines, in addition to stealing three rolls of barbed-wire fences. The invaded lands, owned by Ahmad Rezeq Issa, as well as other lands owned by many Palestinians in the area, are subject to constant violations, carried out by settlers and the army. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) violently quelled a protest held, by dozens of Palestinian demonstrators, at the northern entrance to Ramallah city, in the central occupied West Bank. The IOA attacked, with teargas, participants who were protesting against what has become known as the “Deal of the Century” and the US policies taking a firm grip in the region, causing many cases of suffocation from teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)

• Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed the village of Kifl Haris, in the northern occupied West Bank Governorate of Salfit, to perform Jewish religious rituals under armed security by Israeli occupation Army (IOA). More than 30 Israeli military vehicles and troops raided the village and closed off its entrances. The IOA banned residents of the village from any movement in the streets and forcefully closed shops. Several large buses entered the village carrying more than 800 Israeli settlers from the entrance to the center of the village. Israeli settlers harassed residents of the town by continuously shouting anti-Arab slogans for three hours. Israeli settlers were also seen assaulting an elderly man who attempted to open the old mosque to perform Fajr (dawn) prayers while the settlers were about to perform their religious rituals. • A group of Israeli settlers in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, attacked Palestinian inhabitants of Tal Romeida neighborhood, in the heart if the city. The settlers assaulted many Palestinians, and pepper-

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sprayed Ahmad Abu Haikal, Mohammad Abu Haikal, Sondos al-Azza and Hatem al-Mohtaseb. The IOA failed to remove the Israeli attackers, and instead assaulted the Palestinians before detaining one, identified as Yousef al-Azza. The incident took place after a group of settlers gathered in Tal Romedia, while the IOA prevented the Palestinians from leaving their homes or walking on their streets, after declaring the area “a closed military zone,” a move which was meant to only allow Jewish settlers to move freely. Nonviolent activist Sondos al-Azza, who was one of the Palestinians assaulted by the settlers while heading back home with her mother. (IMEMC 30 June 2018)

Home Demolition & Demolition threats

• Israeli Occupation authorities (IOA) ordered a halt on the construction of a school in the village of Mreiha, near the town of Ya’bad in Jenin Governorate, in northern West Bank. The IOA confiscated the working equipment from the site where the school was being built and ordered the construction to stop, for lacking an Israeli construction permit. (WAFA 2 June 2018) • Staff from the Israeli nature and parks authority resumed digging work at Bab-al-Rahmeh cemetery, just outside Jerusalem’s Old City wall for the benefit of building a national park on parts of the cemetery’s land. Israeli nature began to dig up graves and land in the cemetery almost 20 days ago, placing metal fences on parts of land it intendeds to cut off in preparation to take over an area of the ancient cemetery where centuries-old graves of Muslim leaders are found. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) expelled five Palestinian families from their homes in Khirbet Hamsa al-Fawqa, in the northern Jordan Valley. The IOA expelled the families, including women and children, to the outdoors, under the pretext of conducting military exercises. (IMEMC 5 June 2018) • The Israeli Supreme Court held a hearing on the petition filed by the residents of Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan, south of the Al- Aqsa Mosque against their displacement from their homes in favor of the settlement association “Ateret Cohnim”. Dozens of residents of Batn Al Hawa neighborhood who received judicial reports and notices to evacuate their homes in the neighborhood for the Ateret Cohnim Association filed a petition to the Supreme Court against the

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evacuation decision. The Ateerat Cohanim association is seeking to seize 5200 square meters under the pretext of being owned by the Jews from Yemen since 1881. The association started delivering judicial and eviction notices to the residents since September 2015. Thus, 84 families from the neighborhood - which received the notices - went to the Supreme Court, asserting in the petition that transferring the by the” Israeli لownership of the land to Ateret Cohnim association official” responsible for the land was done without any proof of ownership, especially since the targeted lands are “miri lands” and cannot be turned into a "waqf" as the settlement association claims. Rajabi explained that the Israeli official had used the “miri land” in the Supreme Court against the “waqf” of Kabanya Um Haron in the western part of Sheikh Jarrah in Jerusalem. The court approved his claims and decided that any miri land cannot be turned into a “waqf”, and cancelled the “waqf” classification of the land and started evicting people from their homes. Rajabi pointed out that the danger of eviction orders threatens 1,200 people from Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood, most of whom were abandoned from their villages and lands in 1948. Today, Ateret Cohnim is trying to displace them again and control their properties. The committee called on local and international human rights organizations, Jerusalem neighborhood committees and the city's activists to attend the session scheduled for next Sunday in the Supreme Court to stop the displacement and confiscation of real estate and land and the displacement of the population in Jerusalem. (SILWANIC 9 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) served notices ordering Palestinian Bedouin families living near the village of Nuway’imah, to the north of Jericho in the West Bank, to leave the residential shacks where they live prior to demolishing them. Among threatened owners, the following were known: Mahmoud Hussein Muhhamd Zayed and Ali Muhammad Hussein Zayed. (IMEMC 10 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) notified to demolish a 120 square meters under-construction home in Al Khader village south of Bethlehem city. The house is owned by Majdi Marzouq Issa and is located in Abu Soud area. The house was notified of demolition under the pretext of being built without license. (WAFA 11 June 2018) • The Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) notified to suspense the work on a solar Panel project that is going to feed an artesian well with electricity in Al Qaoun Valley , near the village of Bardala in the

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northern Jordan Valley. The project is submitted by the Italian G.V.C. organization. (WAFA 14 June 2018) • An Israeli military force used bulldozers to demolish a Palestinian- owned house in the village of Qalandia, to the north of the occupied Jerusalem, despite an Israeli court ruling barring the demolition. Mahmoud Awadallah, a Jerusalem-based Palestinian journalist, The IOA accompanied by two bulldozers, raided the village in the early hours and proceeded to demolish the two-room house. Trees in the area were also uprooted. The house was demolished despite the fact that the owner has a High Court ruling against demolishing the house. (WAFA 20 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) delivered demolition orders targeting seven wells and a shed, in Teqoua’ town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The IOA handed seven orders for the demolition of water wells built on private Palestinian lands. The wells are owned by Ahmad Khalaf Jibreel, Ibrahim Mohammad Jibreel, and Salem Za’al Jibreel, Atiya Mousa Jibreel, Salam Abu Mfarreh, Ali Mahmoud Khatib and Ali Yousef Nuwwara. Furthermore, the soldiers handed another demolition order targeting a shed, owned by Monir Mahmoud Suleiman. (WAFA 20 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) notified to demolish two Palestinian homes in Al Khader village south of Bethlehem city under the pretext of lacking valid building permits from the Israeli Civil Administration. The IOA raided Abu Soud area and handed Yousef Abed Musa a demolition order to his under-construction house (120 square meters). The IOA also notified to demolish another house in Al Balou area owned by Abdel Hai shehda Sbeih. (WAFA 20 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) demolished a gate at the entrance of a bus station in Wadi Al Joz area in occupied East Jerusalem. The IOA also removed barbed wires at the entrance of Amr family in the neighborhood under the pretext of un-licensing. (WAFA 20 June 2018) • A large Israeli army unit raided the northern West Bank town of Barta’a and demolished the family residence of Ala’a Qabaha, 26. Around 20 Israeli army vehicles raided Barta’a after midnight and the Qabaha home two weeks after the family was informed by the army that its home will be demolished. The army knocked down the inside walls of the 150-square meter home, located on the third floor of an apartment building owned by his father, Rateb Qabaha, making the home uninhabitable and causing damage to the other apartments in the building. In clashes that broke out in the town between young

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Palestinians and the Israeli forces during the raid and demolition of the Qabaha home, one Palestinian was wounded from rubber-coated metal bullet and others from inhaling tear gas fired by the IOA. (WAFA 21 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Nahhalin town, west of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, and handed orders for halting the construction of three Palestinian homes. The IOA targeted the under- construction 80 square/meter home of Ali Abdul-Hafeth Shakarna, the 120 square/meter home of Yousef Abdul-Rahman Fannoun, and the 90 square/meter home of Bassel Hussein Shakarna. The army said the three homes were built without a permit from the Civil Administration office, run by the army in the occupied West Bank. (IMEMC 24 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) destroyed nurseries in the town of Hizma, east of Jerusalem, on allegation they were not licensed. The IOA broke into the town in the early hours, closed several roads as the IOA proceeded to destroy nurseries and other agricultural facilities in the town’s main street. (WAFA 25 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA), escorting staff from the Israeli Jerusalem Municipality, raided Hizma, and demolished agricultural structures, stone factories and a local shop, under the pretext that the structures were built without the extremely difficult-to-obtain Israeli building permits. The demolished structures provide economic lifelines to twenty Palestinian families. Moreover, owners suffered massive losses that have been estimated at more than 1.5 million shekels. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) and the Israeli municipality had sent demolition notices to five houses in the same neighborhood two weeks ago; the notices included that the houses were built 40-50 years ago but were allegedly built without permits. (IMEMC 25 June 2018)

• Staff from the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolished a Palestinian-owned home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina under the pretext of building without permit. The Police cordoned off the area and prevented people from reaching it as municipality bulldozers proceeded to demolish the house. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

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• Citizen Ibrahim Amira had to demolish his home in Sur Baher town, southeast of Jerusalem, to avoid fines exceeding 90.000 Shekels. Amira filed numerous requests to license his home, which he built, two years ago, on his own land to shelter himself, his wife and four children, but his requests were denied, and the City Council decided to demolish it just as he and his family moved in. Amira filed various appeals with Israeli courts, including the Hight Court, but all of his applications were denied. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• In Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, resident Wael Shweiki and his family had to demolish their two under- construction homes after the City Council issued demolition orders and threatened to impose excessively high fines and fees (up to $30,000) if its workers are the ones who demolish the property. The family said it started the construction in early May of this year, and their applications for construction permits were denied. (IMEMC 26 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) dismantled a residential shed in Khirbet al-Mafqara to the east of Yatta, south of the southern West Bank Governorate of Hebron. Staff from the Israeli civil administration, backed by the IOA stormed Khirbet al-Mafqara and took apart a residential shed belonging to al-Hamamdeh family and confiscated it. Prior to this incident, the IOA opted to demolish the sheds and attack residents’ properties. (WAFA 26 June 2018)

Israeli Military Orders

• The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) notified citizen Ahmad Asi Damra from Hijla Az Zour east of Jericho to evacuate his 25 dunums land planted with Olives and Palm trees before razing it. (WAFA 12 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) notified citizen Suleiman Az Zayed to evacuate his 4 dunums land planted with Olive Trees. (WAFA 12 June 2018) • The Israeli occupation army ordered a Palestinian farmer in the Jordan Valley to evacuate his land. Ahmad Assi Damra, from Hijlet al-Zour, east of Jericho, was ordered to evacuate his 25 dunam (six acre) plot of

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land, which is planted with palm trees, in order raze it. (IMEMC 13 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation army ordered a Palestinian farmer to evacuate his four dunam plot in the village of Nuweimeh, north of Jericho, which is planted with olive trees. The Land is owned by Suleiman al- Zayed. (IMEMC 13 June 2018) • Israeli bulldozers leveled land belonging to Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley area, without providing any reasons. Israeli bulldozers leveled more than 40-dunums of land in Kherbit Makhoul belonging to Palestinians in the area despite having ownership deeds, known as tabu. The land is located near the illegal Israeli settlement of Hamdat. (WAFA 19 June 2018) • Israeli settlers razed a large tract of Palestinian farmlands, east of Yatta, in the southern West Bank. The settlers from the Israeli settlement of Maon, under troops’ protection, bulldozed dozens of dunums of farmlands belonging to the Morr, Abu Qbeita and Moghannam families. The purpose was to expand the illegal settlements of Maon and Havat Maon in the south Hebron hills. (WAFA 19 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Khirbat Humsa al-Foqa village, in Northern Plains of the occupied West Bank, and handed warrants to 21 families, ordering them to leave their dwellings while the army conducts live fire training. The IOA handed 18 orders to 21 families, instructing them all to leave their homes next Tuesday, June 26th, so that the army can conduct its live fire training, which also includes explosives. (IMEMC 22 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army forced 16 Palestinian families to leave their homes in the village of Khirbet Humsa al-Fouqa in the Northern Jordan Valley under the pretext of conducting military drills in the area. 103 Palestinian individuals were forced to leave their homes at six in the morning and will not be allowed back before eight at night during which Israeli army units will be conducting war games in the area. The army uses the pretext of conducting military exercises in the Jordan Valley in order to force the Palestinian families living there to leave the area as part of an ethnic cleansing policy. The army has ordered families in the Jordan Valley to leave their homes for military drills three times in the past two months. (WAFA 26 June 2018)

Confiscation & Razing of lands

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• Israeli military forces prevented a Palestinian farmer from reclaiming his land in the town of Azun, east of Qalqilia, in the northern West Bank. Staff from the Israeli “civil administration” stopped farmer Abdullah Radwan from reclaiming his land, and threatened to seize it should he continue to work on it. Radwan was also summoned to the military government’s office, at a nearby settlement, for questioning. (IMEMC 4 June 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) erected iron gates at the entrance of "Thagrat Hammad" area belonging to Ghneim family, in the town of Al Khader south of Bethlehem city. The IOA also erected 10 containers to store goods in lands belonging to Dabash family in the town. (WAFA 10 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) confiscated 24 Dunams of Palestinian land in Jabal Sbeih area of Beita village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The IOA handed Beita Town Council a military order for the annexation of 24.5 Dunams of lands, owned by Palestinians from Beita and Qabalan. Daghlas added that the order cited “urgent military considerations” for the annexation of the Palestinian lands, and only comes a few days after the soldiers placed several mobile homes on the lands. (IMEMC 13 June 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) prevented the reclamation of agricultural lands in the village of Aqraba, south of Nablus. The IOA stopped the bulldozer driver from working on the land and seized his bulldozer on the pretext that it was classified as "State Land". (WAFA 13 June 2018) • The Israeli Nature and Parks Authority and the Jerusalem Municipality accompanied with Israeli occupation Army (IOA) raided several neighborhoods and villages in the Jerusalem Governorate razed lands and removed iron gates. The IOA bulldozers razed and leveled several lands in Silwan, Sur Bahir, and Wadi al-Juz, all located in the occupied West Bank Governorate of Jerusalem. In the neighborhood of Silwan, the IOA broke down and confiscated an iron gate and fences in the Moroccans Gate area belonging to the Abu Hadwan family, and in the al-Thawri neighborhood bulldozers razed a piece of land and uprooted trees. Israeli bulldozers also razed a land in the Sur Bahir village and destroyed stones in the land. In Wadi al-Juz neighborhood, Israeli bulldozers razed wires surrounding a land belonging to several Palestinian families, and took down an iron gate near the Amr family house. (Maannews 21 June 2018) 67

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stormed the village of Bardala, in the northern Jordan Valley, and conducted razing operations in the area, under the pretext of searching for 'unauthorized' water holes. The IOA dug around four pits in a 300-meter-long water pipeline. (WAFA 25 June 2018)

Expansion of settlements

• Israeli occupation Army (IOA) and personnel of the Israeli “Civil Administration Office,” run by the military in the occupied West Bank, started the construction work to expand the settlement, which was built on Palestinian lands, in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron. The army started bulldozing and preparing work for expanding Negohot settlement, on lands owned by villagers of Fqeiqis village, west of Doura city, southwest of Hebron. Three months ago, Israel decided to expand the settlement, and issued orders for the annexation of 291 dunams of Palestinian lands. The IOA placed two mobile homes on the lands, before started preparation work for expanding the Settlement. (IMEMC 3 June 2018) • Officers of Israel’s Nature And Parks Authority (INPA) resumed excavation work at the Palestinian Bab-al-Rahma cemetery, just outside the walls of the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem. The INPA staff began digging up graves and land in the cemetery around 20 days ago. Officials returned to continue digging, which was noted as being “for the benefit of building a national [Israeli] park on parts of the cemetery’s land.” Last month, Israeli authorities placed metal fences around the parts of the cemetery that it intends on confiscating. The parts of the cemetery subject to confiscation and destruction contain the centuries-old graves of Muslim leaders. (IMEMC 4 June 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) took over an archaeological house in the old town of Hebron and turned it into a military outpost. The house is located in an area that has been under full Israeli military control for over 15 years now. The house, which is located in an area that was declared a closed military zone and belongs to two Palestinian families; al-Qudsi and al-Kard, is considered one of the oldest heritage houses in the area.

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• The Israeli Knesset approved the bill proposed by MKs Smotrich (Jewish Home), Kish and Bitan (Likud), according to which the Settlement Division of the World Zionist Organization (WZO), a non- governmental body, will be given charge of managing lands in the rural sector of Area C of the occupied West Bank. (PEACENOW 13 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) started establishing a military camp in Wad Al Hussein area in the center of Hebron city, in the southern West Bank. The IOA machinery brought cement walls to a land owned by Jaber family near Kiryat Arba’ settlement and commenced the construction of the military camp. (WAFA 19 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) started preparation work for the construction of a new military base on Palestinian lands, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. Dozens of IOA invaded the Palestinian lands in Wad al-Hasseen area, east of Hebron city, and started the preparation work. They brought heavy equipment, and concrete walls, and started the work on private Palestinian lands owned by Jaber family. The area where the military is preparing for its new camp is located near Keryat Arba’ illegal settlement. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• Planning agencies recently approved two decisions that could create an unbroken stretch of Jewish construction from Jerusalem to Bethlehem in the West Bank. The decisions could also isolate the Palestinian village of Al-Walaja from the West Bank by sandwiching it between the settlement of Har Gilo and the fence that separates Israel from the West Bank. In late March, the Gush Etzion Regional Council’s planning committee approved a plan to almost double Har Gilo from its current 400 families. The plan calls for building 330 new homes, as well as public buildings, a gas station, parks and other amenities. The plan is still in its preliminary stages. But if it is ever actually implemented, Har Gilo, which already hems Al-Walaja in from the southeast, would hem it in from the southwest as well. To the north, the village is hemmed in by the separation barrier. The plan would also create territorial contiguity between Jerusalem and the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, which is adjacent to Bethlehem. And just last week, the Jerusalem district planning

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committee’s subcommittee for defense facilities made a separate decision that also moves Jerusalem closer to Gush Etzion and helps turn Al-Walaja into an enclave. The subcommittee approved relocating the Ein Yael checkpoint from its current location, near Jerusalem’s southern entrance, to beyond the Ein Haniya spring. The decision is meant to prevent Palestinians from visiting Ein Haniya, which is due to open next week as the main attraction of Jerusalem’s Metropolitan Park. But the new checkpoint will be located not far from the site proposed for Har Gilo’s new homes. “Har Gilo’s expansion and the checkpoint’s relocation give us an opportunity to see the true significance of the greater Jerusalem plan,” said Aviv Tatarsky, a researcher for the group Ir Amim, which promotes Jewish-Arab equality in Jerusalem. “The expansion will create contiguity between Jerusalem and the settlements near Bethlehem, and also strangle Al- Walaja. These are two sides of the same coin,” he added. “The situation in which Israel chooses to expand settlements in a way meant to perpetuate its control over millions of Palestinians without citizenship cannot be sustainable. But when the day we finally understand this arrives, the price of fixing it will be much higher.” The Har Gilo plan still requires approval from Israel’s Civil Administration in the West Bank. Planning officials said it has been forwarded to the administration, but the administration hasn’t yet looked at it. Consequently, they couldn’t predict when, if ever, the plan would advance. But in any case, they said, it won’t advance without a green light from the government. Minutes from the Gush Etzion Regional Council’s planning committee show that at the meeting where the Har Gilo plan was approved, council members warned that the settlement’s infrastructure was insufficient even for its current population. Therefore, they said, no new homes should be built without addressing this problem. In the end, the planning committee approved the plan “subject to coordination” with Har Gilo’s local council. Implementing the plan would require rezoning state lands from agricultural use to residential construction and other uses. In addition, the plan must still be approved by Civil Administration officials, the administration’s Supreme Planning Council and the council’s subcommittee on settlements – a process that takes months at best and usually much

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longer. Essentially, therefore, the March decision was no more than a declaration of intent. But in principle, it is feasible because the land in question is state land. Ein Haniya, in contrast, was officially inaugurated about six months ago, though it closed immediately afterward due to a financial dispute between the Israel Nature and Parks Authority and the Jerusalem Development Authority over who would pay for its operation. Recently, however, the two agencies finally agreed to open the site – which contains an ancient pool, gardens and archaeological findings – and split the cost. The police had insisted that before the site opens, the Ein Yael checkpoint should be moved about 1.5 kilometers (0.9 miles) westward, closer to Har Gilo and Al-Walaja. The checkpoint’s current location allows Palestinians from the West Bank to visit Ein Haniya freely, whereas the new location will prevent them from visiting the site. Work began on moving the checkpoint even before the necessary permits had been obtained, but a court order halted it. Last week, however, the subcommittee on defense facilities finally approved the relocation, so the work can now resume and is expected to be finished shortly. The Har Gilo expansion plan and the relocated checkpoint are just the latest moves designed to create territorial contiguity between Jerusalem and Gush Etzion. The most notable was last year’s opening of the Rosemary Junction, which connects Jerusalem’s main artery, the Begin Highway, to Route 60, which is the West Bank’s main north-south artery and the road on which Gush Etzion lies. The new junction has made it significantly easier for residents of Gush Etzion, Efrat and the South Hebron Hills settlements to reach the capital, because it eliminated the traffic jams at Jerusalem’s southern entrance and gave them direct access to Begin Highway. (Haaretz 26 June 2018)

Erection of Outposts

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) erected a military outpost in Jabal Sabeih area, on lands of Beita village south of Nablus City. The outpost was erected for the use of the IOA and will remain in the area for a period of Two weeks. (WAFA 10 June 2018)

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• Israeli settlers erected mobile homes in Jabal Sabeih area, between Beita nd Qabalan villages south of Nablus City, two months after it was dismantled. (WAFA 10 June 2018) • A group of Israeli settlers installed a new illegal outpost on Palestinian agricultural lands in Bani Neim town, east of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The armed settlers invaded the lands, owned by Ed’eis family in the al-Hamra area, and installed a tent, a mobile home, and a barn for their sheep. The new outpost was installed in twenty Dunams of Palestinian lands, only dozens of meters away from the illegal Bnie Havar settlement, which was also installed on private lands. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the area, and declared it a closed military zone, preventing the Palestinians, not the settlers, from entering it. (IMEMC 21 June 2018) • A group of Israeli settlers installed an outpost on Palestinian lands in the al-Boweira area, close to the illegal Kharsina settlement, east Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The settlers installed four mobile homes on the Palestinian lands, owned by several families, including Jweihan, Eada and Abu al-Halawa. The settlers are trying to occupy 70 Dunams of Palestinian lands, to build a new settlement on top of a mountain that overlooks many neighborhoods in Hebron city. Several months ago, the settlers uprooted dozens of olive saplings, planted by the Palestinians from Eada family, on their own lands, in the same area. (IMEMC 26 June 2018) • An employee of Israel’s Civil Administration in the West Bankdeclared a certain plot of land state land and then, after leaving his job, set up an illegal outpost on it. The outpost, located in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, now contains a farm and a guesthouse. The profits of these enterprises go to a company established by the former Civil Administration employee, Yossi Levitt. The outpost, Tzurei Ye’elim, was built entirely without permits. A demolition order was issued against one of its buildings but was never executed. The farm consists of several buildings spread out over 250 dunams (62 acres) and surrounded by 17,000 dunams of pastureland. Levitt and his partner, Moshe Ronen, also planted an olive orchard and vineyards, started a herd of sheep and built rooms for hosting workshops. The Civil Administration declared this land state land on November 24, 2013, and the outpost was established in 2014. Aerial photographs obtained

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by the group Kerem Navot show that Levitt began building the outpost immediately after he resigned from the Civil Administration. Determining which land in the West Bank can be declared state land is one of the Civil Administration’s main jobs. First, it carries out surveys to find land that isn’t being worked. Then, if it can prove through aerial photography that the land has lain fallow for many years, it can declare the site state land. In the case of Tzurei Ye’elim, Levitt was the Civil Administration inspector responsible for declaring the site state land. He is listed as such in Civil Administration records, and a Civil Administration planning official also confirmed this to Haaretz. The official stressed that Levitt no longer works for the agency. Even though the outpost is illegal, it could potentially be legalized because it’s located on state land, the official noted. Moreover, he said, since the outpost is within the jurisdiction of the Gush Etzion Regional Council, the Civil Administration has no power to demolish it. Only the regional council can do that, and it supports the outpost. It even solicits donations for Tzurei Ye’elim on its website. “Yossi Levitt is a product of the corrupt symbiosis between large portions of the Civil Administration and the settlers,” said Dror Etkes of Kerem Navot. “This symbiosis shows how deep the rot runs in this agency, which pretends to be professional when in fact it’s a violent agency that Israel uses to take control of Palestinian lands in the West Bank.” Levitt declined to comment, as did the Civil Administration. A source familiar with the case said plans to declare the site state land date back from before Levitt joined the Civil Administration. But he confirmed that Levitt actually signed the declaration. (Haaretz 29 June 2018)

Erection of Israeli checkpoints

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed a monitoring post on the rooftop of Bab ar-Rahma Hall, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in occupied East Jerusalem. The IOA nstalled the monitoring post, after detaining the local guards of the holy site in one area, and prevented them from performing their duties. The IOA also detained the head of the Guards’ Department, assaulted him, and released him several hours later. The IOA also ransacked areas where local volunteers cleaned and organized the site during the Holy Muslim Month of Ramadan, to provide better accommodations for the worshipers. In addition, the army uprooted trees in the compound, and attacked

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several guards, while groups of Israeli settlers stormed the compound and conducted provocative tours. (IMEMC 18 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) set up a new military tower near Al Fateh Mosque in Ras Al Amoud neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem and stopped tens of Palestinian vehicles. The new monitoring tower, in Bab al-‘Amoud (Damascus Gate) area, overlooks several locations, including the parking lot where Palestinians park their cars outside the walls of the Old City. (IMEMC, WAFA 20 June 2018)

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed a monitoring post, on the rooftop of Bab ar-Rahma Hall, in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. There are currently four military monitoring posts and towers in the Old City, in addition to various iron barricades, violating Freedom of Movement principles, and placing further difficulties and obstacles on the Palestinians, entering or leaving the Old City, including the Al- Aqsa Mosque. (IMEMC, WAFA 20 June 2018)

• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) erected a military checkpoint at the entrance of Zif village, detained Ra'fat Muslim Ashour, 31, and took him to an unknown destination. (WAFA 25 June 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) erected a military checkpoint at Al Fahs area and detained seven Palestinians after being handcuffed. (WAFA 25 June 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) erected a checkpoint at Arraba junction and started to stop vehicles, search them and check the identities of the passengers. (IMEMC 26 June 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) erected several checkpoints at the entrance of Al Dhahriya town, Al Fawwar Camp and Hebron city, stopped vehicles and checked Passengers’ ID cards. (WAFA 27 June 2018)

Israeli Closures

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) welded shut the main door from a Palestinian family’s home to Shuhada Street, in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The street used to be very vital, filled with stores and shops, before Israel shut it down, following 74

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the Ibrahimi Mosque Massacre against Palestinian worshipers in the year 1994. The IOA stormed the home of Sami Zahda, before welding shut the main door of his home leading to Shuahada Street. (IMEMC 7 June 2018)

Other

• The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee has reported that Israeli courts have collected, in May, more than 100.000 Shekels in bail and fines, imposed on detained Palestinian children, held in Ofer Prison, near Ramallah, in central West Bank. The soldiers have detained twelve children in March and sent them to the children’s section of Ofer prion. Twelve of the children held in Ofer Prison were taking prisoners during violent Israeli army invasions and searches of homes, while eighteen were taken from the streets, one after stopping him at a military roadblock, and one was detained for entering Jerusalem without a permit. Two of the detained children were shot before the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained them, and ten others were repeatedly attacked by the army, in addition to being tortured during interrogation. 37 of the imprisoned children have already been sent to military courts and were sentenced to prison terms varying between three and twenty months in prison. Two children are currently imprisoned under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial. The Committee said the courts have imposed fines amounting to at least 100.000 Shekels, punishing the imprisoned children and their families. (IMEMC 3 June 2018)

• Israel plans to deduct from tax funds it collects for the Palestinian government to compensate Israelis living near the Gaza Strip for a wave of arson attacks. Palestinian protesters in Gaza have been sending kites fitted with incendiary devices or burning rags into Israel after Israeli troops responded with deadly force to weekly Friday protests on the border. The fires have damaged forests and farms and disrupted daily life in Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip, while the Palestinian death toll has mounted to more than 120 since the protests began on March 30. Israel collects some taxes and customs on behalf of the Palestinian government, which it transfers monthly. It has previously threatened to withhold the tax money over Palestinian actions it opposes. (WAFA 4 June 2018) 75

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• The so-called Israeli Committee of Foreign Affairs and Security of the Israeli Knesset approved a bill to deduct the salaries paid to the families of Palestinian prisoners and martyrs from the tax revenues transferred to the Palestinian Authority. (WAFA 11 June 2018) • The U.N. General Assembly passed a resolution condemning Israel’s use of excessive force on Palestinian civilians. The resolution passed by a vote of 120-8 with 45 countries abstaining. A U.S. bid to condemn Hamas, a Palestinian fundamentalist group, for attacks on Israel also received a majority vote in favor — 62-58 with 42 abstaining — but the president of the General Assembly rejected it because it didn’t have the required two-thirds majority to pass. (PNN 14 June 2018)

• In May 2018, Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained 605 Palestinians from the West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem, including 94 children and nine women. The IOA seized 197 Palestinians from the city of Jerusalem, 104 from Ramallah and el-Bireh, 70 from al-Khalil, 33 from Jenin, 44 from Bethlehem, 48 from Nablus, 15 from Tulkarem, 32 from Qalqilya, 5 from Tubas, 20 from Salfit, 8 from Jericho and 29 from the Gaza Strip. In addition, the IOA issued 83 administrative detention orders in May 2018 for the imprisonment of Palestinians without charge or trial. 36 of these were new orders and the remainder were renewals of existing detention orders. There are approximately 6000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, including 54 women and six minor girls. There are approximately 350 Palestinian children in Israeli jails and 430 Palestinians jailed without charge or trial under administrative detention. (Addameer 15 June 2018)

• The Israeli Navy has determined any of the proposed solutions for a Gaza sea port were feasible, so long as Israeli forces are authorized to search all cargo entering the strip. Israeli defense officials have been examining ways to improve the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip in an effort to avoid a violent escalation that could lead to war. One possibility that has been under examination for over a year is the construction of a sea port through which Gazans could bring in merchandise, construction materials and civilian equipment to help the local economy recover. According to a professional opinion prepared by the Navy for the political echelons, all four of the options currently under consideration for the sea port are possible: a local sea

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port (the strip's existing docks are in shallow water, making it impossible for larger vessels to dock); an artificial island off the shores of the strip that would include a port; connecting Gaza to the Ashdod sea port; and building a port in Cyprus through which goods will be transferred to Gaza. While the first two options are expensive and complex to construct—and will therefore take more time—the first two are easier to realize in the near future. The Navy determined, however, that random security checks will not suffice, and therefore all cargo must be screened before going into the strip. "There's no question that the screening must be Israeli. We won't play (Russian) roulette, because there's a destructive potential in naval transport," a Navy officer said. (YNETNEWS 17 June 2018) • Trump Administration Will Ask Gulf States to Invest Up to $1 Billion in Gaza Economy. (Haaretz 17 June 2018) • The Islamic Christian Commission for the Support of Jerusalem and Holy Sites has warned of a draft law for a project which allows the Israeli occupation government to confiscate land sold by the Orthodox Church to private investors. The rejection of the imposition of taxes on the churches of Jerusalem and the destruction of their property, which runs contrary to the historical position of the churches in the Holy City over centuries.. The Armenian and Orthodox churches of the Holy Land were called upon to stop the draft law, which aims to confiscate their land, four months after a major crisis led to the closure of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The Secretary-General of the Commission, Hanna Issa, stressed the need to oblige the Israeli occupation to abide by the historical situation of the Holy City, based on the Ottoman and the Jordanian guardianship of the Islamic and Christian sanctuaries in Jerusalem. He stressed that imposing taxes on churches and confiscating their lands, undermines the sacred character of the occupied city, and hinders the churches from performing their role and activities. (IMEMC 19 June 2018)

• The United States administration declared their withdrawal from the UN Human Rights council accusing it of anti-Israel bias. Niki Haley, US ambassador to the UN, described the body as a “cesspool of political bias” because of its focus on human rights abuses in West Bank and Gaza. (IMEMC 20 June 2018)

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• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Transportation Minister Israel Katz agreed this week to begin promoting their “Tracks for Regional Peace” initiative that is intended to create a trade route connecting Europe with the Persian Gulf and Israel, Hadashot news reported Saturday evening. “Tracks for Regional Peace” is based on the planned extension of railway tracks in northern Israel, which would link Haifa’s seaport to Jordan’s rail network, which in turn will be linked with that of Saudi Arabia and other Sunni Arab states. The network is envisioned as creating a regional transportation system to enhance trade relations and promote peaceful coexistence. Introduced in a new PR video from Netanyahu and Katz’s offices, the initiative will see the eastward extension of the Haifa-Beit She’an rail line to the Jordanian border and will also include a stop in Jenin, connecting the Palestinians to the broader plan. Goods would be shipped from Europe to Haifa, allowing them to bypass civil war-torn Syria. “There are two central components at the heart of this initiative,” Katz explained when discussing the plan back in April. “Israel as a land bridge between Europe and the Mediterranean and Jordan; and Jordan as a regional transportation hub, which will be connected to a railroad system to Israel and the Mediterranean in the West; to Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and Iraq in the East and southeast; and to the Red Sea, through Aqaba and Eilat, in the south.” “Beyond its contribution to Israel’s economy, the Jordanian and the Palestinian economies, the initiative will connect Israel economically and politically to the region and will consolidate the pragmatic camp in the region,” he claimed. The existing transportation infrastructure in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and the Gulf will allow for the application of the initiative in a relatively short amount of time, the PR video said. The initiative is said to also offer shorter, cheaper, and safer trade routes in light of regional instability threatening passageways through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf and the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea. In a meeting this week, Katz and Netanyahu reached an agreement regarding the details of the initiative, with the latter instructing his office to begin advancing the plan in consultations with the US, European Union, and various countries in the Middle East and Asia. Israel is expecting the US to play an important role in providing political backing for the plan. Responding to a Times of Israel query on behalf of Greenblatt in April, a White House official said the proposal was “interesting,” but said the US does not yet have an informed position on it. While Katz has said that he has spoken with the leaders of the relevant countries regarding the initiative, there is no indication that any of them have agreed to its application. The transportation

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minister, who opposes Palestinian statehood, has argued that connecting Israelis and Palestinians with the Sunni Arab world would dramatically increase trade and lay the groundwork for a future regional peace. (TOI 24 June 2018)

• Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman has struck an agreement with Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades to begin plans to build a seaport for Gaza that will operate in Cyprus and will be supervised by Israel, according to a report on Channel 2 News on Monday evening. According to the report, within two weeks work teams will be established and within three months, the blueprint for the construction of the seaport will be presented which will include an Israel supervision apparatus to ensure that the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group is unable to exploit the new port for smuggling weapons into the strip. In addition, Israel will assist Americans leading the humanitarian relief efforts in Gaza who intend to pump huge sums of money into the economically crippled enclave as part of an effort to dramatically improve the quality of life for its residents. The handing of the benefits package, however, was said to have been made contingent upon Hamas returning slain soldiers held in Hamas captivity and the release of Israeli citizens who are still alive and who are being held by the terror group. “The moment that all the details are settled and everything is locked and loaded, we will directly turn to the public in Gaza, going above the head of Hamas, and we will put the benefits package on the table in the open and tell them—this is possible, this is the price. Take it or leave it,” said one security official on Monday evening. The strategy is intended to corner Hamas by forcing it to provide an explanation to its public and to other Arab countries as to why it is preventing the rehabilitation of the devastated strip by potentially refusing desperately-needed aid. On Friday, the three defense ministers of Cyprus, Israel and Greece agreed that they must forge deeper military ties to bolster security and more effectively counter common threats in a turbulent region. Cypriot Minister Savvas Angelides and his Israeli and Greek counterparts Avigdor Lieberman and Panos Kammenos said they also seek to expand cooperation on cybersecurity, joint military drills and search and rescue operations in the eastern Mediterranean. Also on Friday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior aide, and Jason Greenblatt, Trump's envoy to the Middle East. During the nearly four-hour-long meeting, Netanyahu, Kushner and Greenblatt discussed ways to alleviate the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, while maintaining Israel's security, ways to 79

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advance the peace process and regional developments. (YNETNEWS 26 June 2018) • Israel has approved a plan to build a solar field in Israel to pump power into the Gaza Strip and ease the electricity crisis in the Palestinian enclave, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday. According to the report in the Yedioth Ahronoth daily, which quoted unnamed diplomatic sources in Jerusalem, the panels would be set up near the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel as a unilateral measure, without the involvement of the Hamas terror group, which rules the Strip. Its construction would reportedly be funded by private donors in Israel and abroad. The step could change the situation in the power-starved territory, the report said, adding that it was discussed this week with the visiting US envoys Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, who toured the Middle East ahead of the unveiling of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan. Gaza currently gets about 120 megawatts from Israel, after the Strip’s sole power plant shut down earlier this year and Egypt recently stopped providing electricity, claiming that power lines were damaged by the Islamic State terror group. That reportedly allows the Strip’s residents some four hours a day of power. Just doubling that to eight hours could require a solar field some 300 acres in size — 15 times bigger than Israel’s current largest field, at Kibbutz Ketura, which is a mere 20 acres large. According to the report, the original plan was to put the field in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, but Cairo rejected the initiative. Another reported plan to ease Gaza economic woes was to allow 6,000 residents to work in Israeli communities near the Strip. But that plan was said to have been shot down by Shin Bet security agency, which regards workers exiting Gaza as a concrete security threat. It said such a measure could provide Hamas with intelligence and be used to smuggle money into the Strip for terror purposes. Officials in Israel and elsewhere have been scrambling to find ways to ease the humanitarian situation in the Strip and possibly fund new infrastructure projects, seen as a key to reducing violence in the beleaguered enclave. On Monday, Hadashot TV reported that Israel has agreed to set up a floating dock in Cyprus to receive goods bound for Gaza as a way to ease the rehabilitation of the ailing Palestinian enclave, conditioning the plan on the return of two Israeli civilians and the bodies of two IDF soldiers held by the Hamas terror group. Israel reportedly intends to put together a working plan in the coming months and then pitch it directly to the public in Gaza, also bypassing Hamas. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman proposed the idea to Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades in Cyprus over the weekend, the report said. The plan is to set up a

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project team within two weeks, with the goal of putting together a working scheme within three months. The dock would include a system enabling Israeli monitoring to prevent Hamas, which seeks to destroy Israel, from using the opportunity to smuggle weapons and materials for terror attacks into Gaza. Hamas has long made access to a sea port a key strategic goal. Two apparently mentally ill Israeli civilians — Abera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed — who entered Gaza of their own volition in 2014 and 2015, respectively, are currently being held Hamas, along with the remains of two IDF soldiers: Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul. Hamas seized control in 2007 of Gaza from the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority, which is dominated by the rival Fatah party. Several attempts at reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah have failed. Gaza is buckling under severe problems with its infrastructure that have left limited access to drinking water and severe shortages of electric power, as well as an economic slump. Israel and Egypt are imposing a sea blockade on the territory to prevent arms smuggling by Gaza terror group. Goods arrive at Israeli ports, where they are screened for weapons or military-capable material, and then transferred to Gaza on hundreds of trucks a day. Israel says Hamas has diverted hundreds of millions of dollars in international financial aid and materials toward building its military forces and infrastructure. (TOI 26 June 2018)

• The United States has frozen aid funds to the Palestinian Authority. The aid has been suspended under the “Taylor Force Law," which was passed in March of this year, and will prevent the Palestinian Authority from paying monthly stipends to families of killed, wounded and imprisoned Palestinians. The move comes two months after the US Congress passed the Taylor Force Law, which aims to force the Palestinian Authority to stop its policy of paying the stipends of Palestinian prisoners and the families of Palestinians killed after or during attacks they carried out. (Maannews 26 June 2018)

• The Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved a bill to deduct funds transferred to the Palestinian Authority. The deduction will be equal to the amount of funds the authority gives terrorists and their relatives. The bill's original draft, according to which there would not be any flexibility regarding the funds deducted, passed its first reading. The bill was proposed by MK Avi Dichter (Likud) and MK Elazar Stern (Yesh Atid) and is expected to go on second and third readings next Monday. (ynetnews 27 June 2018)

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• The Israeli Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee approved a bill to deduct funds transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA). The deduction would be equal to the amount of funds the PA gives to the families of killed Palestinians. The bill’s original draft, there, which states that there would not be any flexibility regarding funds deducted, passed its first reading. The Knesset members rejected the Israeli government’s objection to the bill, proposed by Knesset members Eliezer Stem, of “There is a Future”, and chairman of the committee Avi Dichter, of the Likud, an extreme right Israeli political party, of which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a member. The committee contradicted Netanyahu’s position on the bill and went forward with approval for its final version. Two weeks ago, the committee approved the law, which was introduced under the law of “deduction of financial funds transferred by the Palestinian Authority to the families of ‘terrorist activists’ from the tax allocations that Israel transfers to the PA.” According to the bill’s proposal, the Palestinian Authority transfers 7% of its budget, estimated at 1.1 billion shekels ($300 million), financed largely by US and European aid, to pay salaries and funding for Palestinian prisoners, and to pay stipends to families of killed and wounded Palestinians. Earlier this week, the United States suspended aid funds to the West Bank and Gaza under the “Taylor Force Law”, which was passed in March of this year, and will prevent the PA from paying monthly stipends to the families of killed, wounded and imprisoned Palestinians. (YNETNEWS 28 June 2018)

• New Israeli regulations stipulate that condoms will not be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip, as they might be used in violent actions. The Times of Israel published, last week, a report with the title “Condoms, kites and birthday balloons: ‘Silly’ Gaza weapons could lead to real war”. The report states, according to Days of Palestine, that Palestinians in Gaza are relentlessly flying a variety of airborne devices attached to flammable materials to be launched, into Israel, near the Israeli-Gaza border, causing hundreds of fires and millions of shekels in damage. Palestinians rely on the gentle Mediterranean coastal breeze to push their new weapons across the border. The report

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ignored the fact that the Israeli occupation army had killed 138 Palestinians and injured 14,700, including women, children, medics and journalists in Gaza, since the beginning of the Great Return March, in March of 2018. Given their limited resources, Palestinians rely on such an innovative way to retaliate. No Israeli casualties were reported during the same time period. Palestinians reportedly launched 600 kites from Gaza during the Great Return March, with Israel claiming it had intercepted 400. There was an unconfirmed report that these kites have brought down 10 Israeli drone aircraft. (IMEMC 29 June 2018)