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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 16, April 2018 Issue
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Bethlehem
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, also searched homes, before detained Mohannad, 18, and his brother Hamza Mahmoud Darwish, 16, in the al-Jabal area. (IMEMC 1 April 2018)
• Some 200 Israeli settlers stormed Al Fawwar area in Wadi Fukin village, west of Bethlehem, spread near the agricultural ponds and hindered Palestinian farmers' work in the area. (WAFA 1 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) suddenly closed Aqbat Hasna road entrance which leads to the villages of Husan, Bateir, Nahalin, and Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem. The IOA also closed the main western entrance of Husan village, and prevented Palestinian vehicles from crossing as well as Pedestrians for no apparent reason. The IOA also closed the southern entrance of Al Khader village, west of Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Bethlehem, which led to a long queue of Palestinian vehicles over long distances. (WAFA 1 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, violently searched homes and detained Mahmoud Mohammad Thawabta, 25. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and searched many homes in the al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, and interrogated many Palestinians. (IMEMC 3 April 2018) • 50 Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation Army (IOA), stormed the area of Solomon's pools south of Bethlehem driving their private cars and stationed at the third pool. The settlers performed Tamudic rituals in the area. (WAFA 3 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Umm Rokba area, in the al-Khader town south or Bethlehem, searched homes and detained Mohannad Mahmoud al-Wash, 19. Mohannad’s brothers, Ra’fat, 18, and Hamza, 16, were detained by the IOA three days ago, also from their home, in the al-Jabal area, in the opposite direction of Solomon Pools in the town. (IMEMC 4 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained three Palestinian children near the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The three detained children, who remained unidentified, were attacked by the soldiers who took them to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 6 April 2018).
• In Bethlehem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Sufian Amer Ta’amra, 21, from his home in Beit Ta’mar area, east of Bethlehem, after invading his family’s home and violently searching it. (IMEMC 8 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-‘Azza refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, searched homes and summoned Suleiman Abdul-Karim al-‘Ajouz, 24, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, north of Bethlehem. (IMEMC 8 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation (Army) stormed Nahhalin village, west of Bethlehem, broke into a number of houses in the village, and broke Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
front door panes. The IOA also checked the ID cards of a number of Palestinians and documented their numbers. The Palestinians whose ID cards were checked were identified as' Ali 'Abd al-Qader Fannoun, Raffa' Mahmud Fannoun and Haj Muhammad Mousa Sawad. (WAFA 9 April 2018) • Israeli settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation army, stormed the area of Solomon's Pools, south of Bethlehem, and carried out Talmudic rituals. (WAFA 9 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) and settlers forced Palestinian farmers to leave their land in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem. The IOA and settlers broke into the land of Ibrahim Sbeih and forced him and his brothers who were working on their land located near the outpost of Sidi Boez to leave it at gunpoint. The land in question is a privately-owned 18- dunums plot planted with vine and olive trees. This area is subject to regular and repeated attacks by settlers in an attempt to seize it for the benefit of settlement expansion. (WAFA 10 April 2018) • The “Israeli Regional Committee for Organization and Building” approved the new structural plan of the settlement built on the Green Line near the Wadi Fokin village in Bethlehem that included 5700 housing units to house about 29,000 settlers. (NBPRS 10 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked a school with tear gas canisters in Nahalin town, to the west of Bethlehem. The IOA raided the town, particularly the school area, and surrounded Nahalin Secondary Boys School. The IOA fired a barrage of tear gas canisters at the school, causing panic among the students and a number of suffocation cases. Residents attempted to take their children from the school, but were prevented by the IOA. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
• In Bethlehem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) searched several homes, and summoned Hadi al-Wahsh, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, south of the city. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) prevented municipality staff in the village of Nahalin, to the north of the city of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank, from working on the construction of a water supply pipeline system. The IOA raided the village and prevented the staff from working on a water pipeline system under the pretext of Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
lacking an Israeli-issued permit. The water pipeline was supposed to be constructed in the area of Wadi Salem to the north of Nahalin town, which is considered the only outlet for urban expansion in the area. The IOA further seized all equipment, including a bagger, a goods vehicle, and iron pipes, as well as threatened to detain the municipality staff if construction works were resumed. (WAFA 15 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded Deheishe refugee camp and shot a young man with a gas bomb in his face, after dozens of youngsters protested the invasion and hurled stones at the army vehicles. The IOA also invaded and searched homes in the refugee camp, and detained Ahmad Omar al-Atrash, 19. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, searched homes and detained Ammar Yasser al-‘Amour, 18. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• Palestinian farmers in al-Bireh area, south of al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem, found two Israeli stop-construction notices targeting an 80-square-meter rainwater collection system used to irrigate crops in the area belonging to Issam Ahmed Eissa, and an agricultural farm belonging to Khader Ali Issa. The two notifications include giving Palestinian owners until the 26th of April 2018, 2018, to file an objection to the Israeli court in the Beit El settlement north of Ramallah. (NBPRS 16 April 2018) • 250 Israeli settlers raided the area of Solomon’s pools south of Bethlehem and down to Um Muhamadeen mountain near Artas and Al Khader villages and carried out Talmudic Rituals. (WAFA 19 April 2018)
• A group of settlers from Bat Ayin settlement, which is a part of the cluster of Israeli settlements making up the Gush Etzion bloc, intercepted five Palestinian chess referees and hurled stones at their vehicle, forcing them to flee their vehicle. The referees were on their way from the northern West Bank to Nahhalin town, west of Bethlehem, to participate in a chess match. (IMEMC 20 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• A group of Israeli settlers uprooted at least 100 olive trees from an Orchard in Burin village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The settlers who came from a nearby settlement, invaded an orchard owned by Mohammad Raja, and cut 100 trees; many of them were planted more than 60 years ago, in addition to cutting several almond trees. The attacked land is the only source of livelihood to Mohammad and his family. The settlers also wrote racist graffiti, including “Death To Arabs”, on big rocks in the orchard. (IMEMC 20 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Sahour city, Hindaza and Janata area, east of the city, and searched several homes. (IMEMC 24 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained at dawn, the Dean of Students of Bethlehem University from his home in the Saff Street, in the center of Bethlehem city. The IOA stormed and ransacked the home of Mahmud Mohammad Hammad, 47, and detained him. (IMEMC 24 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) confiscated around 240.000 shekels from homes of what it called “Hamas affiliates” in Beit Fajjar and Bethlehem city. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) confiscated around 6.000 shekels from the home Hasan Mahmoud Al Wardian, 54, in Hindaza Village east of Bethlehem after raiding and searching the house. (WAFA 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) confiscated around 4.000 shekels from the home of Qutaiba Qasem, 28, in Al Saff Street in Bethlehem city. (WAFA 25 April 2018)
• Several Israeli army vehicles invaded the Saff Street area, in Bethlehem city, and detained a young man, identified as Mahmoud Hammad, after breaking into his home and searching it. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) accompanied by freight cars, stormed the western entrance of Husan village west of Bethlehem and seized all the contents of a car-wash shop owned by the two brothers, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Ibrahim and Abed al-Hayy Shousha. The IOA also confiscated a forklift and a small bulldozer from a sale shop owned by Ashraf Ja'fra. The IOA informed Palestinians in Husan that this action was a response to the stone throwing at Israeli settlers' vehicles, with threats of continued incursions and arrests of young Palestinians in the village. (WAFA 25 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a wounded Palestinian teen from his home in Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and injured several other Palestinians. The IOA invaded the family home of Hussein Eyad Shahin, 17, and searched the property before detaining him. (IMEMC 26 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem, also searched homes and detained Dia’ al-Afifi, Mohammad Waleed Thawabta, 17, and Mohammad Mansour Deeriyya, 22. (IMEMC 27 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young Palestinian man from his home in Beit Fajjar town, south of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. The IOA invaded the town, searched homes and detained a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad Mansour Thawabta, 19. The IOA interrogated the Palestinian and his family, while searching their property, and took him to Etzion military base, south of Bethlehem. (IMEMC 28 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed the “Container Roadblock” northeast of Bethlehem, and prevented the Palestinians from crossing in both directions, causing a huge traffic jam. (IMEMC 28 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) closed the "Container" checkpoint northeast of Bethlehem from both sides, causing major traffic jams for thousands of Palestinian commuters in the central West Bank. The closure resulted in a major traffic jam in the adjacent area, leaving hundreds of cars stranded on both sides of the checkpoint. (WAFA 28 April 2018). • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded homes in Harmala village, east of Bethlehem, and detained Ahmad Sa’id Atallah and Salah Mousa Atallah and Hamza Awad Atallah. (IMEMC 29 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Mohammed Daoud Rabai'a, 38, from the village of Al Obeidiya east of Bethlehem after raiding his family house and searching it. (WAFA 29 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained 'Issa Mohammed Tqaqqa, 18, from the village of Beit Fajar south of Bethlehem after raiding his family house and ransacking it. The IOA also ransacked and searched a number of Palestinian homes in the village. The houses were reported belonging to 'Alaa' Eddin Fakhri Tqaqqa, Jand his brother, Jamal, and Fu'ad' Abd al-Qader Taqatqa. (WAFA 29 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation authorities served notifications to seize 42 dunums of land in the village of al-Khader, to the south of Bethlehem, in the occupied West Bank. The IOA notified Palestinians from the village about their intention to take over the 42 dunams, for “security reasons”. The IOA also notified a villager from al-Khader about their intention to demolish a retaining wall he had built in the village. (IMEMC 29 April 2018) • Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the Deheishe refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, and fired several live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at Palestinian youngsters, who protested the invasion and hurled stones at the military jeeps. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded homes in Teqoua’ town, east of Bethlehem, and detained three Palestinians during violent searches of homes. The detained Palestinians have been identified as Khaled Sabah, 19, Zakariya Mohammad Sabah, 19, and Atiya Suleiman Sabah, 19. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the ‘Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and detained a former political prisoner, identified as Khaled Waleed al-‘Azza, 26. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
Jenin
• Israeli Settlers carried out Talmudic Rituals in Tersallah settlement site near Sanur village south of Jenin city and chanted anti-Arab and Muslim slogans. (WAFA 2 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed a military roadblock, and detained a young man, in addition to confiscating his motorcycle, near Sielet al-Harithiyya town, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed a military roadblock at Kafr Dan village junction, near Jenin, stopped and searched dozens of cars and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 2 April 2018) • In Qabatia town, south of Jenin in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Mandoub Khaled Kamil, Aysam Emad Nazzal and Mahmoud Riyadh Zakarna. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Jenin city, before storming an apartment building in the al-Basateen neighborhood and detonated the doors of several flats before breaking into them. The IOA searched the flats of Shadi Jarrar, Mohannad Masharqa, along with his brothers Essam and Abu Adnan, before interrogating them and their families. The IOA also detained one Palestinian, identified as Salem Ghaleb Abu Bakr, from his home in Jenin city. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• In Jenin refugee camp, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) searched homes and detained Mohammad Talal Jalamna. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• A Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Awwad, was detained by the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) from his home in Deir Abu Da’if village, east of Jenin. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detonated the main door of the home of former government minister, former political prisoner Wasfi Kabaha, in the al-Basateen neighborhood in Jenin city, and interrogated him along with his son, Osama. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Jenin city, in northern West Bank, detained Abdul-Jabbar Mohammad Jarrar, 52, a former political prisoner, after detonating the front door of his home and ransacking the property. The IOA cuffed and blindfolded Jarrar, before moving him to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 9 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two young Palestinian men from Sielet al-Harithiyya town and Zabbouba village, in the northern West Bank governorate of Jenin. The IOA installed a sudden military roadblock at the Jenin-Jaffa Road, near al-Yamoun town junction, before stopping and searching dozens of cars and detained two Palestinians identified as Mos’ab Mustafa Khabbass, 24, from Sielet a-Harithiyya, and Mohammad Emad Abu al-‘Amoud, 18, from Zabbouba. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Qabatia town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and attacked local youngsters, who protested the invasion. (IMEMC 12 April 2018)
• Israeli occupation Army (IOA) notified the family of Ahmad Jamal Qunbu, a prisoner from Jenin city in the northern West Bank, about their intention to demolish their home. The IOA handed Ahmad’s father a notification informing him that they will demolish his home on April 17. (WAFA 12 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation army (IOA) raided Bartaa town, southwest of Jenin, ransacking the family house of a Palestinian prisoner, interrogating his family members and seizing ILS10,000 (about US$ 2,900). (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded the home of Mohammad Nasser Alaqma, a former political prisoner, in Barta’a town, south of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, interrogated him and his family, before illegally confiscating 10000 Shekels from the property. (IMEMC 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) Kafrit village, southwest of Jenin, detained two young men, identified as Mohammad Salim and Laith Salem Abu Bakr, and released them after interrogating them for several hours. (IMEMC 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) detained a teenage boy, identified as Yousef Mahmoud ‘Obeid, from Sielet al-Harithiya town, northwest of Jenin, and interrogated him for a few hours for “standing near the Annexation Wall,” on town’s land, but later handed him to the Palestinian District Coordination Office. (IMEMC 13 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded and violently searched many homes in Jenin city, and detained Mohammad Emad Tazaz’a, Amjad Damouni, Mustafa Kamil Dib’ey and Ahmad Hakim Jamil. The IOA also invaded many stores along Nazareth Road, north of Jenin, violently searched them and confiscated surveillance recordings. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two Palestinians from Burqin village south of Jenin city after riding their families’ homes and searching them. The two have been identified as Khaled Ali Qablawi, 20, and Nour Ad Din Abdel Latif. (WAFA 17 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed a military roadblock near Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and detained Ibrahim Ahmad Zeid, from Barta’a nearby town, in addition to confiscating his car. (IMEMC 19 April 2018)
• In Jenin Governorate in northern West Bank, The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stormed and ransacked many homes in the governorate, and detained five Palestinians, including two siblings who are also former political prisoners. The IOA detained Ahmad Mohammad Sa’adi, his brother, Noureddin, in addition to Firas Hani al-Ghoul, Mohammad Bani Ghorra and Mahmoud Ali Sa’adi. (IMEMC 23 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) demolished a Palestinian-owned house using dynamite in the city of Jenin. The house belonged to Ahmad Jamal al-Qumbaa, a prisoner in Israeli jails. The bombing of the house has led up to the damaging of four nearby houses. The IOA were accompanied by a bulldozer and experts who attempted to blew up the house and failed in the first time, then put more explosives inside of it blew it up. Clashes also broke out between youths and Israeli forces during the army raid of Jenin. The IOA fired rubber bullets and tear gas at the Palestinian youths causing one injury from a rubber bullet and several cases of suffocation from tear gas inhalation. Members of the Qumbaa’ family had left their house almost 10 days ago after the Israeli court issued a decision to be demolished. The family was handed the demolition notice three months ago and they tried to appeal three times and failed. (WAFA 24 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Jihad Khaled Fashafsha from Jaba’ town, southwest of Jenin, in northern West Bank ater raiding his house and ransacking contents. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two young Palestinian men, including a former political prisoner, after invading and searching their homes in Burqin town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The IOA detained former political prisoner, Yazan Mahmoud Sobeh, in addition to Mustafa Abdul-Hamid Salama. The IOA searched a few homes, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, and withdrew later taking the two young men to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the houses of prisoner Nathmi Hilmi Alawneh, his brother and his father in Jenin city. The IOA also raided a number of house in Jenin old city and ransacked contents. (IMEMC 26 April 2018) • Clashes broke out between Palestinians and the Israeli occupation Army (IOA) during an incursion into the village of Jaba, south of Jenin city, resulting in several suffocation cases and the injury of the 15-year- old Lu'ai Jawdat Malaisha with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the foot. The IOA also seized two bulldozers belonging to Awad Mahmoud Arshid Abu Aoun in the village, raided and searched a number of Palestinian houses owned by Ahmed Yousef Malaysheh, Mohammed Fayez Malaysheh, Musab Fawzi Ghannam and Faraj Ahmed Ghannam. (WAFA 30 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Jaba’ town, south of Jenin, and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at local protesters. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
Jerusalem
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) arrested a Palestinian woman near the Damascus gate in occupied Jerusalem after searching her and took her to one of the detention and interrogation centers in the city. The IOA also erected three observation towers in the area. The IOA Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
deliberately harass Palestinians as they enter and leave the Old City of Jerusalem. (WAFA 1 April 2018) • 275 Israeli Settlers, guarded by intensive police forces, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque to via The Moroccan Gate, carrying out provocative tours in its courtyards, and receiving Talmudic teaching. (IMEMC 1 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) injured, 98 Palestinians after the army attacked protesters in front of the Al-Quds University, in Abu Dis, east of occupied Jerusalem; two of the wounded were shot in the head, and one in the chest. 87 Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, and five others suffered burns from Israeli gas bombs and concussion grenades. Another Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, which struck him above one of his eyes, causing a moderate injury. Another Palestinian was shot with a rubber- coated steel bullet which penetrated his chest, causing a moderate injury. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, searched and ransacked many homes and detained six Palestinians, before moving them to interrogation centers in the city. The children have been identified as Mahmoud Ashraf Obeid, 13, Younes Sofian Obeid, 15, Rida Mohammad Obeid, 17, Saleh Fakhouri, 13, Ismael Ali ‘Aassi, 13, and Ali Amjad ‘Atiya, 13. The town has been subject to daily invasions for more than a year, in addition to a strict military siege over the past two months. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• In Jerusalem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stationed at the Chain Gate, leading to the Al-Aqsa Mosque, prevented one of the holy site’s guards, identified as Mohammad Badran, from entering it. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) arrested six young men and two girls from Shu'fat refugee camp in the center of Jerusalem CITY while they were at the entrance of the camp, allegedly for their illegal presence in Jerusalem. (WAFA 2 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• 246 Israeli Settlers, guarded by intensive Israeli police force, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque to via The Moroccan Gate, carrying out provocative tours in its courtyards. (WAFA 2 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) handed the family of a Palestinian slain following an alleged attack in Jerusalem an order to demolish their home in Aqraba town, south of Nablus. The IOA conducted a predawn raid into Aqraba, where they handed the family of Abdul- Rahman Bani-Fadel a notice to demolish the second floor of their home and the staircase leading to it. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) soldiers gave the family until 8:00 A.M. next Thursday to challenge to the demolition order. This came two weeks after the IOA took measurements of the house in preparation for demolition. (WAFA 2 April 2018)
• In Occupied Jerusalem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Mohammad Abed Atiya, and a child identified as Ma’moun Ahmad ‘Obeid, in addition to Bassel Raed Atiya and Mohammad Abdul- Hafith Atiya. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• 160 Israeli Settlers, guarded by Israeli police forces, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque to via The Moroccan Gate, carrying out provocative tours in its courtyards. (WAFA 3 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stationed at the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque prevented two employees of the Islamic Waqf Department, Bassam Ayesh and Anas al-Dabbagh, from entering the mosque to carry out their work, without prior notification. (WAFA 4 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) opened fire on shepherds while they were grazing their livestock in pastures along Gaza borders with Israel. The shepherds were forced to leave the pastures located along the borders in fear of their lives. No injuries were reported. (IMEMC 4 April 2018)
• 381 Israeli settlers raided Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Mughrabi gate and carried out Talmudic rituals in its courtyard. (WAFA 4 April 2018)
• Undercover Israeli soldiers assaulted two Palestinians in Sultan Suleiman Street, between Damascus and the Sahera Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, causing one of them to lose consciousness. (IMEMC 5 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded homes in the al-Isawiya town, in the center of Jerusalem, and searched them before detaining a young man, identified as Amir Karkash. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem, and fired at dozens of protesters. The town has been surrounded by the soldiers over the last two months and witnesses daily invasions. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• Dozens of Israeli soldiers have been deployed in Jerusalem, especially in the area extending from al-Misrara neighborhood, Bab al-Amoud, Sultan Suleiman Street, Sahera Gate in addition to Salahuddin, Rashid and Az-Zahra’ Streets, and installed sudden military roadblocks at several gates of the Old City. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• Several Israeli settlers invaded Beit Hanina neighborhood, north of occupied Jerusalem, wrote racist graffiti on Palestinian cars, in addition to puncturing the tires of many cars. (IMEMC 5 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem and ransacked many homes in the town, and detained Amir Khaldoun Mustafa, Ahmad Amer Mahmoud and Mohammad Ayman ‘Obeid. (IMEMC 8 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Monir Dari, 15, Fahed Amin al-Qaisi, 17, and Majd Hatem Shalalda, 18 from al-‘Isawiya town, in occupied Jerusalem. (IMEMC 8 April 2018) • 33 Israeli setters renewed their incursions to Al Aqsa Mosque through Bab Al Magharba (Al Mughrabi gate) and carried out Talmudic rituals. (WAFA 8 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) evacuated a house belonging to Al-Ruwaydi family in Silwan town in occupied East Jerusalem, in favor of Israeli settlement organizations. The IOA closed several main roads leading to the area, including Al-Ayn, Al-Rababah Valley, Wadi Hilweh Valley, amid large presence of IOA who prevented citizens from reaching the targeted house. (WAFA 8 April 2018) • A Palestinian man, identified as Mohammad Marshoud, died from serious wounds he suffered on 8 April 2018 when an Israeli settler shot him in the head near Mishor Adumim settlement between Jerusalem and Jericho. Mohammad Abdul-Karim Marshoud, 30, died from his Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
serious wounds. The Israeli army claimed that the Palestinian attempted to carry out a stabbing attack with a screwdriver near Mishor Adumim settlement. The settler has not been taken into custody for the killing, and has not been identified by Israeli authorities. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed Al-Isawiya town in occupied East Jerusalem and began to tight the siege on the town’s inhabitants. The IOA also issued financial tickets to shops and homes owners, and forced inhabitants to remove slogans off the walls in the town. (WAFA 9 April 2018)
• A large police force evacuated three Palestinian families from their homes in favor of the Elad settler organization. Elad, which claims to have bought the house from its owners, took advantage of the bankruptcy process in which it scored a easy legal victory in the purchase from the purported property owner. The Ruweidi family, which owns the homes, appealed the decision, but the eviction was carried out before the hearing on the appeal. During the evacuation, the family managed to obtain a temporary order from the Supreme Court forbidding the evacuation, but the order was issued too late after the settlers, under police protection, managed to evacuate the entire building. Currently the settlers are occupying the building, have put down mattresses and a refrigerator, and are now being guarded by a police force outside the home. In the last two years, Elad has managed to take control of close to 10 additional properties in the Wadi Hilweh area in Silwan, and continues to use its economic power and political status to turn Silwan into a Jewish neighborhood. Such an outcome would jeopardize prospects for a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem– one of the widely-accepted requisites for a two-state solution. (PEACENOW 9 April 2018) • Several Israeli army military jeeps invaded the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem, searched homes and detained Ali Sufian Obeid and Ahmad Essam Darwish. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the home of former political prisoner Obeida Amira, 30, in Sur Baher town, southeast of Jerusalem, and detanied him, in addition to detaining his uncles Ahmad Amira and Amira Amira, who rushed to his home after hearing a commotion in the property. The IOA assaulted them with Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
clubs and Taser guns, before detaining them, and took them to an interrogation facility. Furthermore, the IOA stormed and ransacked many homes in the town, and interrogated dozens of residents. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Roshdi Yasser Khatib from his home in Hizma town in Jerusalem. (IMEMC 10 April 2018) • 53 Israeli settlers, and 25 members of the Israeli Intelligence police and the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stormed Al Aqsa Mosque, from Al Mughrabi gate, carried out provocative tours in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque, amid silent Talmudic movements near "Bab al-Rahma area. (WAFA 10 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shut down several gas stations in Hizma town in Jerusalem. The town has been under siege for the past ten weeks, in addition to constant invasions of homes and properties, as part of illegal collective measures imposed by the army to stop the ongoing protests. (IMEMC 10 April 2018) • The Jerusalem Occupation Municipality plans to build 1,045 new housing units in several settlements in Jerusalem after the municipal committee approved the construction of 3,000 new units in the Gilo settlement two weeks ago. Within the context, the weekly “Kol Haer” newspaper reported that the “Tsarfti Shimon Construction Co.” started to establish a new settlement project in the “Pisgat Zeev settlement” last week that consists of 92 housing units in 4 buildings near the Street 90. Moreover, Aharon Co. finished marketing of 65 housing units in the “Park Project in “Pisgat Ze’ev. (NBPRS 10 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shut down several gas stations in Hizma town in Jerusalem. The town has been under siege for the past ten weeks, in addition to constant invasions of homes and properties, as part of illegal collective measures imposed by the army to stop the ongoing protests. (IMEMC 10 April 2018) • Seven Palestinians were injured, including a paramedic, during clashes with Israeli occupation Army (IOA) in the town of Abu Dis, to the east of Jerusalem. The paramedic was reportedly hit by a steel round in his head. (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation authorities isolated 7 Jerusalemites including a child from Al-Aqsa Mosque for two weeks. The IOA arrested Abdullah Murrar, Nidal Siam, Ismat Hammouri, Abdelrahman Hammouri, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Ra’fat Najib, Tawfiq Kaloti and Hamzeh Murrar while leaving Al-Aqsa Mosque as the policemen stationed at the gates followed the young men and arrested them. After interrogating them regarding the sit-in that was organized inside the courtyards of Al-Aqsa, the police decided to release them after signing a bail and on condition of The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded and searched homes in Shu’fat refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, and detained a former political prisoner, identified as Amir Khader Dibis, and Nidal Sheeha. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• Dozens of Israeli settlers rioted in the Old city of Jerusalem and surround the gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque during their monthly march, and under the protection of the Israeli Occupation Police and Army. The settlers held racist slogans calling for the expulsion and killing of Arabs, as the Israeli occupation army closed many of the city's streets. The Israeli Police also closed the road leading to the Old City from the side of the Lion's Gate (Asbat Gate), allowing the settlers to practice their rituals in this area, which is very close to Al Aqsa Mosque. (NBPRS 16 April 2018) • Two Israeli settlers, in the early morning hours, have damaged a grave in Bab Al-Rahma historic Islamic cemetery, adjacent to the eastern wall of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, defiling it. The settlers were screaming racist slogans, insults and hatred while they were attacking the grave. (NBPRS, IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• An elderly Palestinian man has died of wounds he sustained as a result of being run over by a settler. The man, identified as Odeh Malash, 65, from Al-Doha town, in Bethlehem, the man was run over by an Israeli settler about a month ago, in the town of Shu’fat in Jerusalem, where he works. Malash has been in a coma in the al-Massaked Hospital, in Jerusalem, since then, and was announced deceased, as a result of his wounds. (IMEMC 16 April 2018) • Israeli occupation Authorities carried out preliminary work to install more surveillance cameras in the town of Silwan, in occupied East Jerusalem. The IOA began digging the sidewalks in Be'er Ayyub neighborhood of Silwan, in preparation for the installation of surveillance cameras in the area to protect the settlers, who are Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
deployed in several outposts in several neighborhoods of the town of Silwan. (WAFA 16 April 2018) • The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem continued its excavations at Al- Yusufiya cemetery adjacent to the walls of Jerusalem from the side of the Lion's gate (Al-Asbat Gate). The closest route to As Sahera and the Lion's gate is no longer available to Palestinian citizens due to the Israeli closure of the road for about 10 months. The Municipality of Jerusalem had earlier placed a large sign in the area explaining that the road is closed under the pretext of maintenance work and excavations, but the aim behind the excavations, according to residents of the area, is the establishment of a Talmudic Park adjacent to the walls of Jerusalem. The property of the historical Islamic Yusufiya cemetery extends over an area of 14 dunums, from Burj al-Laqlaq area in the north to the Lion's Gate in the south. (NBPRS 16 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stationed at the Qalandia terminal, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, detained a young man from the Gaza Strip, after searching him and locating a hidden knife. (IMEMC 19 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) extended the detention of Wafa Abu Jomaa and Amir Dibs from Jerusalem until Sunday for allegedly writing incitement on Facebook. The IOA detained Abu Jomaa After raiding her home in al-Tur neighborhood and Dibs, a freed prisoner, detained after raiding his home in Shufat refugee camp. (WAFA 19 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) released Izzedine Mesbah Abu Sbeih from prison, on the condition of expelling him from the city of Jerusalem and putting him under house-arrest for five days. The IOA also ordered not to hold any celebrations on the occasion of his release. (WAFA 19 April 2018)
• Israel’s Defense Minister signed an order closing Elia Youth Media Foundation, a media group for Palestinian youngsters in occupied Jerusalem. The military order signed by Avigdor Lieberman claims that the foundation is a “terrorist” organisation and must remain closed. In February, the Israeli Minister of Public Security, Gilad Erdan, decided on the closure of many Palestinian organisations in occupied Jerusalem. Among them were the Orient House, the Chamber of Commerce, the High Tourism Council, the Palestinian Centre for Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Studies, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club and the Office of Social and Statistical Studies. (MEM 19 April 2018) • A Palestinian man, identified as Ziad Zidani, 65 years of age, was injured after Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed his home in in the al-Bustan neighborhood in Silwan town, in occupied Jerusalem, and detained his son during a violent search of the property before hurling a concussion grenade at him. The IOA also detained a child identified as Mohammad Abu Rajab, from his home in al-Westa neighborhood during the invasion. The IOA also invaded and searched many homes in the town, especially in the al-Ein Street, al-Bustan and al-Westa neighborhoods, installed many roadblocks and hurled concussion grenades at the residents. (IMEMC 20 April 2018) • Israeli police and Israeli authorities handed notices for the intended demolition of a number of residential and commercial structures in the neighborhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem. Staff from the Israeli municipality of Jerusalem accompanied by police handed notices for demolition of a number of homes and structures in the area, citing construction without a permit as a pretext. (IMEMC 20 April 2018) • On April 12, 2018, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman issued an order to close the Elia Youth Media Foundation on Salah a-Din Street in downtown East Jerusalem under the pretext of practically recruiting the terrorist youth and preparing them to produce incitement videos. (IMEMC 20 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided Qalandyia refugee camp north of Jerusalem city and summoned citizen Raed Fayez for interrogation. The IOA also raided Kafr Aqab and the airport’s area and stormed a number of Palestinian homes. (WAFA 21 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Police stationed at the Damascus gate in occupied Jerusalem detained a Palestinian woman from Gaza as she left the city. The woman was accompanying a patient in one of Jerusalem hospitals. The IOA took her to one of the new observation towers in the city and then transformed her to the police station in the area to check her permit. (WAFA 22 April 2018) • Plan 125195, an outline plan for the southeast of the Gilo neighborhood, is a derivative of the 2000 master plan for Jerusalem, which designated the area as a planning area for urban construction. It is required to submit a comprehensive plans a condition for promoting detailed plans. The plan is descriptive, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
suggesting an urban wall along Highway 60 (the Tunnels Road), and includes public and commercial buildings and an additional 2,900 housing units in buildings of 12-15 floors and higher construction along Rosemary Street, along which will run the blue line of the light rail. In this plan, distribution of sites is proposed on a basis of cost, with the outline of the public section presented in detail. Plan 379594 of the urban artery along the "American Highway", located on the west of East Al-Sawahra includes areas of commerce and trade, housing, public areas and hotels. The proposed plan is derived from the master plan for East Al-Sawahra. It allows the addition of 708 residential units, including varied use for commerce, trade and hotels (totaling 300,000 square meters) along the road between Ein el-Luza and the Sheikh Sa'id Junction in the south, as well as the addition of public buildings and open public spaces. The plan suggests distribution of sites on the basis of cost, while trying as far as possible to provide areas for the needs of the public in each compound. The "American Highway" route is already under construction, and the current plan will enable areas of commerce and trade for the entire region. The plan was coordinated with neighborhood representatives and landowners along the route. (JM 22 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) have attacked and closed down a print shop in Beit Anan village, northwest of Jerusalem, under the pretext of printing “inciting materials”, The IOA invaded the area at 6:00 AM, where they partially demolished the building, seized printers and computers worth tens of thousands of shekels. The IOA also served the owner with an order to close the print shop and stop their work, as of today. (IMEMC 22 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) and bulldozers demolished a cafe shop near Qalandyia border crossing in occupied East Jerusalem to expand the crossing. (WAFA 22 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the Schools Street and the areas around the al-Quds University in Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem. Clashes had broken out between young Palestinians and Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Abu Dis campus after the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided the town and the university area to seal holes Palestinians have drilled in the apartheid wall Israel had built to separate the town from bordering East Jerusalem. The Israeli Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
army shut down two schools in the area, a vocational college and an area around al-Quds University campus to seal shut the holes in the wall and to set up surveillance cameras in the area, where clashes usually occur. (WAFA 23 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Abu Dis town, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, causing scores on injuries, including some who were shot with live bullets. The IOA attacked dozens of Palestinians who protested the invasion into the Schools’ Street, and around the Al-Quds University. The army fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at the protesters, wounding many, including some who were shot with live rounds, and causing scores to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The invasion was the second in less than 24 hours, after the soldiers invaded the town, and fired dozens of concussion grenades, gas bombs and live rounds at local youngsters, who hurled stones at them. Many Palestinians were injured, some with live rounds. (IMEMC 23 April 2018) • In occupied Jerusalem, dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the al- ‘Isawiya town and Shu’fat refugee camp, also searched many homes and detained nine Palestinians. The detained Palestinians have been identified as Hussein Shadi Obeid (child), Qussai Dari, Adam Fadi Mustafa, Adham Sabta, ‘Esmat ‘Obeid, Mohammad Marwan ‘Obeid, and ‘Odai Ayman, Mohammad, from al-‘Isawiya, in addition to Tha’er ad-Dabet and Monther Najjar, from Shu’fat refugee camp. (IMEMC 23 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained a young man, identified as Rashid Resheq, after invading and searching his home in the Old City of Jerusalem, and took him to an interrogation facility. (IMEMC 23 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) banned four guards at Al-Aqsa Mosque from entering the premises for varying periods of time ranging between a month and six months. The ban targeted six guards and no grounds for the ban were provided so far. (WAFA 23 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• Members of the Israeli organization, Price Tag, vandalized dozens of Palestinian-owned vehicles and spray painted anti-Arab slogans on homes in the village of Beit Iksa, to the northwest of Jerusalem. The Israeli settlers damaged more than 20 vehicles and painted slogans that said “death to Arabs” and “price tag”, among other racist, anti-Arab slogans. (WAFA 23 April 2018) • 40 Israeli settlers, 41 Yeshiva students and 15 members of the Israeli Intelligence Police raided Al Aqsa Mosque through Al Magharbeh gate and carried out provocative tours amid intentions to perform Talmudic rituals. (WAFA 23 April 2018) • Israeli bulldozers razed lands belonging to Palestinians from the village of Sur Baher, to the southeast of occupied Jerusalem, in spite of ongoing legal battle between its Palestinian owners and the Israeli authority. The bulldozers uprooted olive trees planted on 56 dunums, of farming land. The trees and land belong to four local families and has been planted for over 100 years with 500 olive trees, which landowners cultivate and harvest every year. The Israeli Authorities sealed off the area before the bulldozers proceeded to destroy the land and uproot the trees. A legal case regarding the land is pending in Israeli courts and has not been settled yet. Additionally there is an Israeli court order barring any work on the land for two months until a decision is made regarding its future. In 1972, Israeli authorities decided to seize this land. The owners objected to the decision, showing land deeds proving their ownership of the land. The judge, in 1984, banned construction on the land but allowed owners to use it for farming purposes. Israel announced its intention to build a settlement on the land 2010. The settlement was supposed to include 160 housing units exclusively for retired Israeli police and military members. (WAFA 23 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded at dawn, Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, searched homes and detained a child, identified as Mohammad Samer Sarhan, 14. (IMEMC 24 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded homes in the al-‘Isawiya town, and detained two young men, identified as Mohammad Soheib Moheisin, and Husam Sameeh Oleyyan. (IMEMC 24 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained three children identified as Tareq Firas Mohammad, 15, Yousef Khalil Mustafa, 15, and Ala’ Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Hamdan, 16, from their homes in al-‘Isawiya town. (SILWANIC 24 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained Rashid Resheq, 19, and Khaled as-Sokhon, in al-Wad Street, and Abdullah al-Jolani, from Aqbat as-Saraya, in the Old City of Jerusalem. (IMEMC 24 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) summoned four of Al Aqsa Mosque Guards for interrogation at Al Qeshla detention center in Jerusalem city. The four Palestinians have been identified as Fadi Illian, Khaleel Al Tarhuni, Arafat Najeeb and Luai Abu As Saed. (WAFA 24 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed roads leading to al-Quds University campus in the village of Abu Dis to the southwest of the occupied Jerusalem following clashes between Palestinians and the IOA stationed in the area. A number of Palestinians were injured from bullets and tear gas inhalation fired by the IOA. Intense clashes erupted between dozens of Palestinians and the IOA Tuesday night and continued until the early hours of Wednesday where the IOA fired tear gas and rubber bullets at the protesters who hurled rocks and empty bottles at them. (WAFA 25 April 2018) • 74 Israeli settlers and 17 members of the Israeli Intelligence raided Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem from Al Magharba gate. (WAFA 25 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) prevented the Al-Aqsa reconstruction committee of the Islamic Awqaf Department from carrying out maintenance work inside the mosque and arrested one of the Awqaf employees, identified as Mahmoud Al-Anati, and took him outside the mosque. (WAFA 26 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two Palestinians in Jerusalem city after severely assaulting them in the old city of Jerusalem. The two have been identified as Hamza Qateina and Ahmad Al Basti. The IOA also assaulted two Palestinian women who were in the area. (WAFA 26 April 2018) • More than 100 Israeli settlers including Yeshiva students, and escorted by the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Magharbeh gate and carried out Provocative Tours in the court yard of Al Aqsa Mosque. (WAFA 26 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• A Palestinian family from occupied Jerusalem had to demolish its own garage, in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, in Silwan town, to avoid excessively high fees and fines by the City Council. The family of Eyad Ramadan, demolished its garage, which is attached to its home in Wadi Hilweh. The family received a demolition order three months ago, and tried to obtain all needed permits, but its applications and appeals were all denied. The police and soldiers invaded the property several days ago and informed the family that if it does not demolish the garage by Sunday, April 29th, the City Council will demolish it, and will impose fines that could exceed 60.000 Shekels. (IMEMC 28 April 2018)
• 62 Israeli settlers raided Al Aqsa Mosque from Al Magharbeh gate and carried out provocative tours in the courtyard of Al Aqsa Mosque. (WAFA 29 April 2018) • Israeli occupation authorities decided to strip four Jerusalemite MPs of their permanent residency, under the pretext of not being loyal to Israel. The Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri decided to revoke the residency of MPs Mohammed Abu Tir, Ahmad Attoun, and Mohammed Toutah, as well as that of the former Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Khaled abu-Arafa. The decision came after the Knesset approved a new bill, earlier in March, that allows the interior minister to strip any Jerusalemite of their residency rights if they are involved in “terrorism” or “anti-Israel acts”. (IMEMC 29 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Khaled az-Zeer from Bab ar-Rahma historic graveyard, in the eastern side of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, after he and several Palestinians managed to enter the cemetery despite the closure and siege around it, as it has been subject to frequent Israeli violations. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
Hebron
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, searched homes and detained Ahmad Amjad Jawabra and a teenage boy, identified as Mahmoud Yousef Madhi. The IOA also stopped and searched cars at Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
the main entrance of the refugee camp, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 1 April 2018)
• The Israeli settlers from the Gush Etzion settlement, nearby, flooded sewage into a 40-dunam orchard planted with grapes near the town of Beit Ummar, to the north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank in order to damage the crops, which belong to Palestinian farmers. (IMEMC 1 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed "Bir al-Ramah" archaeological site in Hebron city and closed it in front of the Palestinian movement in preparation for the settlers' visit to site and the performance of Talmudic rituals in the area. (WAFA 1 April 2018) • Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Far'a water spring, north of Dura, in Hebron Governorate and set up marches in the area to celebrate the Jewish holidays. The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) prevented Palestinian civilians and herders from reaching the area to protect the settlers. (WAFA 1 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed al-Juwaya area, east of Yatta town, and ordered to halt the construction in a house owned by Hussein al-Jamal al-Nawaj'ah and a water-well owned by 'Issa Hassan Hussein al-Shawahin, under the pretext of building without a permit. (WAFA 1 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stationed in the eastern suburb of Yatta, south of Hebron, detained an agricultural tractor loaded with construction material while on its way to Masafer Yatta, near Al- Tuwani area. The tractor is owned by Mahmoud Hussein al- Hamamdeh. (WAFA 1 April 2018)
• In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and searched many homes, and reportedly confiscated a weapon. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Khader Madhi, 24, the brother of Omar Madhi, 15, who was killed by the army on February 12, 2016. His other brother, Mahmoud, 14, was detained from his home in the al- Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, several days ago. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) forced Palestinian shop owners in the Old City of Hebron to close their shops to secure a march that will be held by settlers in the Old City and Bab Al-Zawia. (WAFA 3 April 2018) • The Israeli “Civil Administration (ICA) issued a military order for the annexation of half a Dunam of Palestinian agricultural land, in Beit Ummar, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The IOA confiscated half a Dunam of land (0.12 Acres) in Sider az-Zeitouna area, in the opposite direction of a military tower which was installed by the army at the main entrance of the town. The confiscation order states that the army will use the land for “security considerations,” and to “installed a power transformer,” to provide electricity for the military observation tower. The lands are privately owned by Ahmad and Mahmoud Younis Abu Ayyash, from Beit Ummar town. (IMEMC 3 April 2018) • Israeli Settlers, escorted by the Israeli occupation Army (IOA), carried out Talmudic rituals in a Roman church located in the town of As Samoua, south of Hebron. The IOA closed several entrances in the town to secure the entry of settlers to pray in the area. (WAFA 4 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) set up tents and military barriers at the entrances of Shu'ab Al Botom and al-Tuwani areas in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron. (WAFA 4 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Hebron city in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and attacked several Palestinians before detaining one Palestinian, identified as Abed Ahmad Abu Sneina, after storming and ransacking his home in the city. The IOA also searched many homes in the city, and assaulted several Palestinians, causing cuts and bruises. Owners of two of the invaded homes have been identified as Mohammad Khalil Zama’ra and Zohdi Sharabati. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) detained Khalil As Said at Abu Ar Reesh checkpoint near the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron Old city in southern West Bank. (WAFA 15 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• Israeli Settlers attacked and assaulted Qafisha family in al-Sahla area in the old city of Hebron and seized the water tanks installed on the roof of the family's house which houses the families of the two brothers, Abdel Ghani and Tareq Qafishah. The settlers also threw bottles and dirt at the family's house. (WAFA 5 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed many roadblocks, especially on roads leading to communities south of Hebron, and the main entrances of various nearby villages and towns. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked dozens of nonviolent Palestinian protesters in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, directly after noon prayers, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The IOA broke into and ransacked many homes and occupied their rooftops to use them as firing posts, in addition to invading and searching stores. Many Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many homes in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of the city, and searched them before detaining Rida Monir Miqbil, 17. (IMEMC 8 April 2018
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) chased a Palestinian teenage boy while riding his bicycle near the Tiwani village, east of Yatta, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and rammed him with their jeep. The military jeep chased the teen, Qussai Mousa Abed-Rabbo, 17, while he was riding his bicycle, and rammed him with their jeep. The teen suffered various fractures, cuts and bruises, while the soldiers who rammed him just drove away, leaving him on the side of the road. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• Israeli military authorities issued administrative detention orders against 33 Palestinians in the period from March 25 until April 2. The Israeli authorities issued two-month administrative detention order against Khadeja Rabai, 30-year-old mother of five from Yatta, to the south of Hebron, pointing that she has been detained since October 10, 2017. 12 orders were issued against Palestinian detainees for the first Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
time or against former detainees who were re-detained after they have been released and the rest has had their detention orders renewed. (PPS, WAFA 9 April 2018)
• Israeli settlers sprayed racist slogans on road signs on bypass roads that lead to illegal Israeli settlements of Shim'a and Otniel, which are built on lands belonging to Palestinians near the town of al-Samou in southern Hebron. The settlers’ racist slogans included “death to Arabs,” “payback,” and “Arabs are dogs,” among others that included threats and calls on expelling Palestinians. (WAFA 9 April 2018)
• In Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a former political prisoner, identified as Shehda Amro. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, before storming into the home of former political prisoners Sufian Zaki Bahar, 42, and Ala’ Mousa Za’aqeeq, 25, and summoned them for interrogation in the nearby Etzion military base and security center. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) claimed to locate a “Carlo” gun during searches in Yatta town, south of Hebron. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• Israeli settlers of the Gush Etzion settlement bloc, built on Hebron’s land poured waste water on about 40 donums of land planted with grapes and almonds in order to expel the farmers from their land and confiscate it. (NBPRS 10 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) break into Harm Ramah area in Hebron and prevented the residents from entering the area to enable the settlers from reaching and performing their prayers in it. (NBPRS 10 April 2018) • Scores of settlers broke into Ein Fara area north of Dura and erected tents to celebrate the Passover. (NBPRS 10 April 2018) • A house belonging to Husein Nawaj’ah, and a well belonging to Issa Hassan Husein Shawahin were targeted with stop building orders, under the pretext of being built without a license. (NBPRS 10 April 2018) • Confiscating half a donum of land, north of Hebron, in the area of Sidr- Zaytouna, no. 582, basin 22, under the pretext of “security purposes.” Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
The land belonging to, Ahmad and Mah’d Younis Abu Ayashn. (IMEMC 11 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, before searching homes, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
• In Hebron in the southern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Bani Neim town, east of the city, searched homes and detained an elderly man, identified as Oleyyan Mohammad Khalil, and his wife. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and searched homes in Doura town, southwest of Hebron, and detained a former political prisoner, identified as Ahmad Abdul-Majid Ibreiwish. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded several alleys in the al- ‘Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron. (IMEMC 11 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the family home of detainee Mohammad Abdul-Basset al-Hroub, from Deir Sammit town, west of Hebron, and violently searched it while interrogating the family. (IMEMC 12 April 2018)
• Detainee Sami Mohammad Janazra, 45, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp in Hebron, continues his open hunger strike for the 18th day, in a protest against the renewal of his administrative detention. Janazra is suffering from a deterioration in his health condition, indicating that he lost much weight. Janazra was detained on 12 December 2017, and was held since then in administrative detention for four months. A few days before his detention ends, they renewed it for another time. (IMEMC 12 April 2018) • Israeli Occupation army (IOA) prevented the rehabilitation of a historical building in the Old City neighborhood in Hebron, in southern West Bank. The IOA prevented the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee, the body in charge of maintaining old buildings in Hebron, from continuing the rehabilitation of the Abu Asab building, without clarifying the reason behind this. This was not the first time Israeli Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
army prevents rehabilitation works in the Old City of Hebron. (WAFA 12 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation army (IOA) raided Deir Samet village, south of Hebron, detaining three Palestinian brothers after storming their family home. The IOA raided al-Hroub family jewelry stores, located in Hebron city, and seized about 40 kilograms of silver (worth of $US21,500). (WAFA 13 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation army (IOA) detained a 16-year-old minor during an overnight raid into Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron. (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded Deir Samit town, before storming and ransacking the homes of Suleiman Younis Hroub, in addition to his sons, Sameeh, Mohammad and Mousa, and detained the three siblings. The IOA violently searched their homes and confiscated 40 kilograms of silver. (IMEMC 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded homes in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and detained a teenage boy, former political prisoner Wahid Hamdi Abu Mariya, 16. (IMEMC 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded Ethna and Beit Awwa town, and closed the main gate leading to Wad al-Yaqeen in Bani Neim town, northeast of Hebron. During the invasions, the soldiers also broke into and violently searched many stores. (IMEMC 13 April 2018)
• Dozens of Israeli settlers from the illegal Israeli settlement of Ma’on and under Israeli army protection stormed the village of al-Tawana, in Masafer yatta area to the south of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, attacked villagers and their homes with rocks. (WAFA 14 April 2018) • Dozens of Palestinians suffered from suffocation after inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) during an Israeli military raid into Asida area, near the main entrance of Beit Ummar town, in the West Bank Governorate of Hebron. The IOA stormed Asida area after failing to detain a resident amid the heavy firing of live ammunition and tear gas canisters toward Palestinians in the area, causing dozens to suffocate. The IOA also sealed off the main entrance leading to the town of Beit Ummar and forced owners to close their shops at gunpoint. (WAFA 15 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) detained seven Palestinians from Hebron city and from the nearby town of Dura and (WAFA 15 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) raided the refugee camp of al- Aroub north of Hebron city. Clashes erupted with Israeli troops as they broke in al-Aroub refugee camp, where they ransacked homes and fired teargas canisters at protesters. (WAFA 15 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) notified to stop the construction work on a house belonging to a Palestinian resident to the east of Yatta town, south of the southern West Bank Governorate of Hebron. Staff from the Israeli civil administration, backed by military forces, stormed the al-Jawaya area, east of Yatta, and handed a local a notice ordering him to stop the construction works on his house. The local was identified as Hussain al-Nawaja’a. The order cited unpermitted construction as a pretext. (WAFA 15 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded ‘Aseeda area, in Beit Ummar, and fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, in addition to forcing many stores shut, after the soldiers failed to detain a Palestinian, they ambushed in that area. The IOA also attacked local activist Mohammad Awad, who was documenting the invasion and violations, and took him to the military tower at the main entrance of the town. (IMEMC 16 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation army (IOA) detained Firas Yacoub Natsha, 12, from his home in the Old City of Hebron. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) detained Nasr Mohammad Rajoub and Younis Rajoub, from the al-Kum village, southwest of Hebron. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, and the as-Seer nearby village, south of the town, searched homes and detained Yasser Awad Za’aqeeq, 27, before moving him to Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron city, in addition to the towns of Bani Neim, Deir Samit, Doura and ar-Reehiyya, and installed many roadblocks, before stopping and searching dozens of cars and interrogated many Palestinians while Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
inspecting their ID cards. The soldiers also installed a roadblock at Hebron’s northern road, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians. (IMEMC 16 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) halted work on an agricultural road west of Dura village, south of Hebron, in the area known as "Khallet Taha", near the settlement of "Negahot. (WAFA 19 April 2018) • Israeli settlers attacked with stones two homes belonging to Jaber and Qfesheh families in the Old City neighborhood in Hebron, in southern West Bank. Israeli settlers escorted by the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked with stones and raided the two homes, smashed some of their windows and terrorized their residents. The attacking settlers also shouted racist slogans at the residents and threatened them to take over their homes through further violence and by force. (WAFA 21 April 2018)
• Dozens of heavily armed Israeli settlers from the settlements south of Hebron, carried out a provocative tour in the Palestinian agricultural land in the village of Al Tuwani and towards Khirbet al-Mafqara near the settlement of Avigal, shouting provocative slogans against Palestinian residents of the area. (WAFA 22 April 2018) • In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Halhoul town, north of the city, searched many homes and detained Mamdouh Hasan Abu Asba, 25. Mohammad Adnan al-Baba, Ali Sobhi al-Baba, 30, and his brother Mahmoud. (IMEMC 23 April 2018)
• Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Mohammad Taiseer al- Badawi, from his home in the al-Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, and Haitham Mreish, from his home in Hebron city. (IMEMC 23 April 2018)
• Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the towns of Ethna, Halhoul, Doura and Yatta, and many neighborhoods in Hebron city, before installing roadblocks, stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 23 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) confiscated a mobile home that belongs to a Palestinian from the town of Yatta, south of Hebron. The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
IOA raided Yatta and confiscated a mobile home along with the house ware, food supplies, mattresses and clothes. The owner was identified as Talib Al-Jundi and the confiscation was supposedly carried out under the pretext that the mobile home was set up in an area C and close to road 60, which is restricted to Israeli settlers’ use. (WAFA 23 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) confiscated a mobile home that belongs to a Palestinian from the town of Yatta, south of Hebron. The IOA raided Yatta and confiscated a mobile home along with the house ware, food supplies, mattresses and clothes. The owner was identified as Talib Al-Jundi and the confiscation was supposedly carried out under the pretext that the mobile home was set up in an area C and close to road 60, which is restricted to Israeli settlers’ use. (WAFA 23 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) summoned two Palestinians from Halhul village north of Hebron city to interview the Israeli Intelligence Police at the Gush Etzion Detention center. The two were identified as Yahya Sadeq Jahshan, 18, and Muhammad Issa Zama’ra, 19. (WAFA 24 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) set up a military checkpoint at Hebron’s northern entrance, and at the entrance of Sair village northeast of Hebron. The IOA stopped Palestinian vehicles and checked Palestinians’ ID cards. (WAFA 24 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and drove around several neighborhoods. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a young Palestinian woman, a student of the Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, al- ‘Arroub Branch, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron just as she left the college campus, and injured several students. The detained Palestinian has been identified as Ibtihal Khader Ibreiwish, 20, from Beit Kahil town, northwest of Hebron. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, searched the home of Sakher Hussein Awad, in ‘Aseeda area, and summoned him for interrogation in nearby Etzion military base and security center. The IOA also invaded the home of Sakher’s Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
father, Hussein Awad, and violently searched it while interrogating the family. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) demolished a tent in the Palestinian village of Susiya, located in the South Hebron Hills area of the southern occupied West Bank. The IOA raided the village and demolished a tent structure belonging to Khader al-Nawajaa and confiscated the tent after the demolition. (Maannews 25 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) notified two Palestinians of stop construction orders and confiscated construction machinery in Beit Ummar town south of Hebron. The IOA accompanied by what is known as the Liaison office staff raided the area adjacent to the Jerusalem and Hebron road to hand the notices. The first house was already built but undergoing renovation work and is owned by Basem Khader Abdel Muhsen. The second house was still under construction and is owned by Hamad Khaleel Hamad Al Alami. (WAFA 25 April 2018) • Israeli demolition and stop work orders issued to a number of Palestinian buildings in the village of Qalandia, bordering Jerusalem from the north. The orders affect 15 buildings where 35 Palestinian families live. (WAFA 25 April 2018)
• Israeli demolition and stop work orders were issued to a number of Palestinians in the town of al-Samou, near Hebron in the south of the West Bank. (WAFA 25 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided Beit Za’ta , east of Beit Ummar and confiscated a digging machine and a truck, both were working to dig a well in a land that belongs to citizen Na’im Ihmeidan Abu Maria. The two machineries were taken to Etzion Detention center. (WAFA 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed the entrances of Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, al-‘Arroub Branch, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and prevented the students and faculty from entering it, before wounding four. The Israeli Military Commander in southern West Bank has issued an order closing the main road, and entrances of the educational facility. The soldiers prevented the students and faculty members from entering the educational facility, an issue that forced them to take alternate, unpaved roads through Beit Ummar nearby town. Many students protested the military violation against their educational facility, while Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
the soldiers fired rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, wounding four. The IOA detained a young Palestinian woman, a student of Kadoorie, and injured several students. (IMEMC 26 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot at night, two young Palestinian men after opening fire at their car in Halhoul town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron. The IOA fired many live rounds at a Palestinian car, driving on Halhoul Bridge, at the main entrance of the town, and injured Ahmad Issa Zama’ra and Mohannad Khaled ad-Douda. Ahmad was shot with four live rounds in his back, while Mohannad was shot with one round in his arm. (IMEMC 26 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot two Palestinians in Halhoul Bridge area, north of the city. The Two Palestinians suffered moderate- but-stable wounds. (IMEMC 27 April 2018) • Israeli settlers who recently occupied the Za’tari home in downtown Hebron attempted to displace the Kfeisheh and Jaber families from their nearby homes on April 21, 2018. The settlers told the Kfeisheh family to leave their house and tried to enter it. The same settlers told the Jaber family to leave their home before threatening to take it over. Both homes are located in the center of the Old City near the Ibrahimi Mosque. Both attacks happened in the sight of Israeli occupation Army (IOA) who did not stop them. (IMEMC 27 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained at dawn, a young Palestinian man from his home in Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. The IOA invaded the Old City of Hebron, searched homes and detained Fawzi Sa’adi Rajabi, 25, before moving him to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 28 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many neighborhoods in Hebron, and installed a roadblock at its northern entrance, in Jouret Bahlas area, in addition to the main entrances of Halhoul and Sa’ir nearby towns, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 28 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• In Hebron, in southern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded many homes and detained Jihad Hafeth Jaber, from the Old City. (IMEMC 29 April 2018)
• An Israeli settler ran over a Palestinian man near Ath Thahriya checkpoint south of Hebron city and fled the scene. (WAFA 29 April 2018). • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) confiscated a bulldozer owned by the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture as it was working on opening an agricultural road to the west of the town of Dura, south of the southern West Bank district of Hebron. The municipality was working on the construction of an agricultural road to facilitate Palestinian residents’ access to their land and to protect the land from settlement expansion in the area. (IMEMC 29 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) installed many roadblocks on main roads, south and east of Hebron governorate, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards, and deployed more soldiers around many villages and towns. (IMEMC 29 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) set up an Iron gate at Kharsa junction near Dura town in southern Hebron. (WAFA 30 April 2018)
Qalqilyah
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) arrested Bilal 'Anaya (35 years old) from' Azzun village, east of Qalqilya, at a sudden military checkpoint at the entrance of Jayyous village. (WAFA 1 April 2018) • In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Mohammad Ali Sweilem, 22, while crossing a sudden military roadblock, east of the city. The Palestinian was heading to his college, Palestine Technical University – Kadoorie, and his father is a political prisoner, serving a life term in Israeli prisons. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) added a new section to the separation wall that surrounds the town of Azzoun Atmeh, southeast of Qalqilya in the north of the West Bank, further isolating it from its surroundings. The town has petitioned Israeli courts to stop the construction of the wall that already surrounds the town from all sides Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
totally isolating it from nearby towns and villages. Town residents can enter or leave the town from only one side that is controlled by a metal gate, which the soldiers open three times a day and for only 20 minutes each time. The wall extends seven kilometers around the town and has isolated 2000 dunums of its rich agricultural land. (WAFA 3 April 2018) • Israeli settlers spray-painted racist anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian graffiti on walls of Palestinian homes in the village of Farata, to the east of Qalqilya in the north of the West Bank, and slashed tires of five Palestinian-owned cars. The settlers from the illegal Gilad outpost broke into the village and spray painting walls with racist slogans written in Arabic and Hebrew languages. The settlers also vandalized five cars and slashed their tires, and performed loud Jewish rituals terrifying people who were awaken by their voice. (WAFA 4 April 2018)
• In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked the weekly nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and settlements in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the city, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters. The IOA also installed a military roadblock at a bypass road leading to the village. In addition, the army invaded and ransacked homes, and used their rooftops as monitoring towers and firing posts. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed the northern entrance of Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and assaulted many Palestinians. The IOA closed the iron gate which was installed at the entrance of the town and preventing the Palestinians from entering or leaving it. The IOA also invaded many homes and searched them, while interrogating the Palestinians and investigating their ID cards, in addition to confiscating surveillance recordings and equipment. (IMEMC 8 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) closed the iron gate at the northern entrance of 'Azzun village east of Qalqilyia city, which connects the village with Nablus-Qalqiliya road. The IOA prevented Palestinians and vehicles from entering or leaving the village, and assaulted all those present. The IOA also raided and searched a number of houses in the village. (WAFA 8 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• An Israeli settler ran over two Palestinian children, identified as Anan Mohammed Arman and Diaa Mutasim Arman, as they were trying to cross the street in front of Jit elementary school, adjacent to the main road linking Qalqiliya and Nablus Governorates. (WAFA 9 April 2018)
• In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) searched homes and detained Mustafa Radwan. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation government continues to build new sections of the Apartheid Wall around the Azzun Al-Atma town, southeast of Qalqilya, in an attempt to impose a de facto position on the ground and to fix the wall, with a width of 50-70 m. and isolates 2000) donums out of the 9400 donums town’s land. (NBPRS 10 April 2018) • In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, several Israeli army jeeps invaded Azzoun town, east of the city, searched homes and detained a teenage boy, identified as Yassin Rajeh Shbeita, 16, in addition to Bassam Nabil Hussein. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) attacked the weekly nonviolent procession in Kufur Qaddoum, near the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The soldiers also shot one Palestinian with live fire at the northern entrance of al-Biereh city, in central West Bank. In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire, four with rubber-coated steel bullets, and caused six others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation in Kufur Qalil town, south of the city. (IMEMC 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) closed the water gate at the Separation wall south of Qalqiliya city. The IOA brought a large bulldozer to the site, and closed a rainwater drainage gate designated for draining rainwater under the wall. The gate was closed for fear of being used by Palestinian workers to get inside the Green Line land to work there without permits. (NBPRS 16 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained thirteen Palestinians, including a senior political leader of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), during extensive and violent searches of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. Names of Palestinians who were abducted by the army at dawn: Ja’far Dahbour, 24, from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia. Osama Sweidan, 16, from Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia. Yazan Shbeita, from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia. Abdul-Hamid Shbeita, , from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia. Ahmad Mohammad Abu Haniyya, from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia. Noureddin Hamada, Jenin. Khalil Ali Qabalawi, Burqin town, west of Jenin. Husam al-Rozza, Nablus. Ahmad Abdul-Mohsin, 42, al-Am’ari refugee camp, Ramallah. Daoud Suleiman Habboub, 26, al-Am’ari refugee camp, Ramallah. Nader Abbas, 28, al-Am’ari refugee camp, Ramallah. Ibrahim Suleiman Da’dou’, Bethlehem. Mustafa Sawafta, Tubas. (IMEMC 17 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) started bulldozing and uprooting Palestinian lands in Immatain town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, to expand the illegal Emanuel Settlement, which was built on private lands. (WAFA 17 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) razed 15 dunums of privately- owned Palestinian land in the village of Immatin, to the east of Qalqilya in the north of the West Bank, in order to expand the illegal settlement of Emanuel, which is built on Palestinian lands, The Israeli bulldozers returned to raze the land owned by Fawzi Ghanem, who was able to stop a previous work on his land after obtaining an Israeli High Court ruling last month ordering stoppage of the work on his land. The Israeli authorities did not comply with the court ruling and resumed razing the land this morning. (WAFA 17 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Nidal Yousef Nazzal, 35, from Qalqilyia city after raiding his house and searching it. The IOA also confiscated Nazzal’s vehicle. (WAFA 19 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) injured Mo’men Morad, 8, with a rubber-coated steel bullet in his abdomen, after the army attacked the weekly nonviolent procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia. The IOA also fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at the protesters, who marched in solidarity with the Palestinian detainees, held by Israel, and demanding the army to reopen the main road, which was blockaded fifteen years ago to provide easy access to colonizers driving to and from Kedumim settlement, which was built on private Palestinian lands. (IMEMC 20 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and detained Yousef Zahran Sweidan, 23, while walking in the downtown area. The IOA were heavily deployed near the main entrance of the town, in addition to Kafr Laqif nearby village, east of Qalqilia, and installed a military roadblock on the main road between ‘Azzoun town and Ezbet at- Tabeeb village, east of Qalqilia. (IMEMC 22 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a child, identified as Ezz Mohammad Shamasna, 14, from Jayyous town, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, only four days after detaining his father, who was taken prisoner after shielding his son with his body to prevent the soldiers from beating him up, when the military broke into the family home. (IMEMC 22 April 2018)
• In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two young men, in their twenties, from their homes in the city. The two have been identified as Mohammad Zoheir Eshteiwi and Mahmoud Abu Tayyim(IMEMC 23 April 2018)
• Several Israeli army jeeps invaded Jayyous village, northeast of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, especially the Schools Street and the Eastern Neighborhood, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at locals who protested the invasion. The IOA also installed a military roadblock near the main entrance of Jayyous, on the Tulkarem-Qalqilia road, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC, WAFA 24 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) invaded ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, searched homes and detained Omar Abu Haniyya, in his twenties. (IMEMC 24 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) gave out demolition orders and halt construction notices to at least 10 houses in the village of Qalandia, to the north of the occupied city of Jerusalem. The IOA were accompanied by building Inspectors when they gave out the orders and the notices. (WAFA 24 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Khallet ad-Darba area, in ‘Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, to detain a young man, identified as Amro Abu Haniyya, but failed to find him for the fourth consecutive time. (IMEMC 25 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) raided Qalqilyia city and searched a number of Palestinian houses owned by Sweilem family in the southern neighborhood of the city and ransacked houses’ contents. (WAFA 26 April 2018) • A Palestinian young man was injured when he was shot with rubber- coated steel rounds by Israeli Occupation army during clashes in the village of Kafr Qaddoum, to the east of Qalqilia city in the occupied West Bank. The IOA fired live shots and steel rounds at protesters in the village, injuring at least one of them with a steel round in his shoulder. Army also fired teargas canisters at the protesters, causing many cases of suffocation from teargas inhalation. (WAFA 27 April 2018)
• Several army jeeps invaded Far’ata village, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, before the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stormed and searched homes, and detained two young men, in their twenties. The two detained Palestinians have been identified as Ehsan Saleh Tawil, a student of the Najah National University in Nablus, and his cousin Shehab Tawil. (IMEMC 27 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed the main entrance of Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, after the army attacked protesters, and fired live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, while several young men hurled stones at the invading army jeeps. (IMEMC 27 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot and seriously injured a Palestinian man, after the army attacked the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The man, Waleed Barham, 55, was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet in the head, while in his land. The bullet fractured his skull, causing a serious injury, especially since the soldiers shot him from a close range. (IMEMC 29 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilyia. The IOA set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Azzoun and detained a young Palestinian who was identified as Yusuf Salim, on his way back to the town. The reasons behind his detention remain unknown. (IMEMC 29 April 2018)
• Undercover Israeli special forces raided a number of houses in the village of 'Azzun east of Qalqilya and tried to detain a number of Palestinians in the village. (WAFA 29 April 2018) • In Qalqilia, in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and ransacked homes in ‘Azzoun town, east of the city, and detained a former political prisoner, identified as Ahmad Mustafa Radwan, in his twenties. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
Tubas
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) ordered five Palestinian families to leave their homes in Hamsa al-Foqa in the northern Jordan Valley because the Israel military intends to carry out exercises in that area. Five households from the Abu Kibash clan, have been ordered to stay away from their homes on April 2 and May 1 and 8 from 6 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon while the military conducts drills in the area. (WAFA 23 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) notified Palestinian farmers in the northern Jordan Valley of eviction orders that target agricultural land planted with crops and trees. The Israeli liaison office notified Palestinian farmers to evict their agricultural lands. The Land slated for razing is planted with over 380 olive trees, 10 dunums of cucumber and seven dunums of corn are also at risk of destruction. The notified land is owned by 10 people and they were all notified verbally without a written notice. (WAFA 24 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) and bulldozers uprooted 320 olive trees and leveled land in the Jordan Valley village of Bardala. Three army bulldozers broke into the village in the early hours, uprooted trees and leveled land. The land belonged to Hussein Abu Laban (Sawafta). The army closed several roads leading to the village and prevented non-residents from reaching it. Bardala residents were informed a day earlier of the army’s intention to raze their farming land. (WAFA 25 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) and bulldozers uprooted scores of olive trees and leveled lands in the village of Bardala, in the Jordan Valley region in the West Bank. The IOA bulldozers broke into the village and embarked on uprooting olive trees planted by Palestinians and international activists to make up for trees uprooted by Israeli bulldozers last week. (WAFA 29 April 2018)
Ramallah
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot four young men, assaulted and detained one of them, after the army invaded Nabi Saleh village, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attacked protesters. The IOA shot three Palestinians with live fire in their legs. The IOA also shot another Palestinian, and assaulted him despite his wounds, before abducting him. Dozens of Palestinian suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, especially since the IOA fired a barrage of gas bombs at the protesters and homes in the village. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Ahmad Ibrahim, Khaled Omar Taha and Bassem M’eitan. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed the main gate, leading to Deir Nitham village, west of Ramallah, and prevented the Palestinians from entering or leaving it. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the city of Ramallah, searched homes and detained Mohammad Hasan Oleyyan. (IMEMC 4 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the city of Ramallah, searched homes and detained Mohammad Hasan Oleyyan. (IMEMC 4 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked the weekly nonviolent procession held by many Palestinian, Israeli and international peace activists in Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Ramallah, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot three Palestinians, including one who suffered a head injury, in Ramallah, in central West Bank. (IMEMC 6 April 2018) • In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Budrus village, west of the city, searched homes and detained a woman, identified as Ibtisam Abdul-Hamid. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) interrogated the woman and her family, during very violent searches of their home, causing excessive damage. Several Palestinians also scuffled with the IOA while trying to stop their violent searches, and field interrogations. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• Two seriously wounded Palestinians —Yousef Karnaz, 20, and Mohammad Al-‘Ajouri, 17, both from Gaza --- who were shot by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) on March 30th at the Land Day protests are in imminent danger of losing their legs, and have requested transfer to a specialty hospital in Ramallah. But Israeli authorities have denied their applications for permits to travel. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked a school with tear gas canisters in al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah. The IOA raided the village, searched several homes and prevented residents from leaving their homes. The IOA were deployed in the vicinity of al-Mughayyir Girls School and fired a barrage of tear gas canisters towards students, obstructing students’ accessibility to the school. Several suffocation o cases were reported among students. (WAFA 10 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) searched homes in Ramallah, in central West Bank, before detained Jad Fahed Barghouthi, Ala Husam Rimawi and Sharhabeel Bustafa Salama, from their homes in Beit Rima town, and al-Jalazoun refugee camp. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• At least 12 Palestinians were injured in clashes with Israeli occupation Army (IOA) at the northern entrance to al-Bireh city near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The IOA clashed with protesters at the northern entrance to al-Bireh and injured one of them with live bullets and 11 others with rubber-coated rounds. Army also assaulted medical Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
teams who were providing first aid to the injured and journalists who were covering the clashes. (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) attacked the weekly nonviolent procession against the Annexation Wall and settlements in Ni’lin village, near of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The IOA attacked the protesters with gas bombs and concussion grenades, instantly after reaching the gate of the Annexation Wall. (IMEMC 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) attacked the weekly nonviolent procession in Bil’in nearby village, west of Ramallah. Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly nonviolent procession against the illegal Annexation Wall and Colonies in Bil’in village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, causing large areas of land to burn. (IMEMC 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed Beit El checkpoint in both directions and prevented Palestinians from crossing the checkpoint, causing obstruction to the movement. (WAFA 14 April 2018). • The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) detained In Ramallah Governorate in the central West Bank, six Palestinians including a minor aged 13 who was identified as Ayham Ahmad. (WAFA 15 April 2018). • Israeli Settlers vandalized the memorial of martyr Minister Ziyad Abu Ein in Tirmsayya, northeast of Ramallah city. (WAFA 15 April 2018). • More than 112 Israeli settlers raided Al Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem and carried out provocative actions in the court yard of Al Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals. (WAFA 15 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) distributed leaflets in the al-Am’ari refugee camp, in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, warning “further restrictions and ongoing invasions,” if the Palestinians continue their protests. (IMEMC 17 April 2018)
• More than 150 heavily armed settlers raided the area of Harasha in the village of Al-Mazra’a ash-Sharqiya west of Ramallah under heavy Israeli army protection. The army responded with teargas to the villagers who tried to force the settlers out of the area. (WAFA 19 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• Several Israeli settlers invaded the village of Burqa, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, wrote racist graffiti and punctured tires of many cars. The settlers came from the Migron outpost, which was installed on private lands owned by the villagers. The settlers wrote racist graffiti on several walls and cars, and punctures the tires of many parked cars. (IMEMC 20 April 2018)
• Israeli settlers raided a Palestinian town in the central occupied West Bank Governorate of Ramallah before dawn, puncturing the tires of several vehicles and spraying racist, anti-Arab graffiti across the town. Residents of the town of Burqa, east of Ramallah, woke up to find that settlers from the nearby Migron settlement — which was illegally built on lands of the village — had punctured the tires of dozens of vehicles in the town. Settlers also sprayed racist graffiti on cars and the walls of homes.
• The IOA confiscated a car that was “carrying a large sum of cash,” in addition to “closing a print-shop, in Ramallah, for printing incitement materials.” (IMEMC 22 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) nineteen other Palestinians in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The army claims that many of the detained Palestinians are “affiliated with Hamas”. Sixteen of the abducted Palestinians have been identified as: Majid Ahmad Masalma, 40, Sinjil – Ramallah. Hussein Mohammad ‘Asfour, 30, Sinjil – Ramallah. Ahmad Abdul-Karim Hamed, 32, Sinjil – Ramallah. Hamed Riyad Hamed, 22, Silwad – Ramallah. Mohammad Yahia Abu Salim, 25, Rantis – Ramallah. Amin Mahmoud Dar Darraj, 20, Kharbatha al- Misbah – Ramallah. Eyad Abdul-Ra’ouf ‘Atiya, Kharbatha al-Misbah – Ramallah. Ala’ Thabet B’eirat, 19, Kafr Malek – Ramallah. Mo’tasem Mohammad Tamimi, 23, Nabi Saleh – Ramallah. Tha’er ‘Amira, 42, Ni’lin – Ramallah. Salim Idrees Hamdan, Doura al-Qare’ – Ramallah. Khaled al-‘Abed, Kobar – Ramallah. Abdul-Hamid Mowaffaq Rimawi, Beit Rima – Ramallah. Ezzeddin Mohammad Shamasna, 14, Jayyous – Qalqilia. Mohammad Ra’ed ‘Amarna, Thaher al-’Abed village – Jenin. Nassim Taiseer Teety, 16, al-‘Arroub refugee camp, Hebron. (IMEMC 22 April 2018) • Israeli settlers members of the outlawed group Price Tag attacked for the second time the village of Ramoun, east of Ramallah. Settlers broke into the village during the night and vandalized three cars, slashed their tires and wrote hate slogans. (WAFA 23 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Kamal al-Khatib, from his home in Deir Dibwan, east of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked the weekly peaceful march held in Nilin village, west of Ramallah, to protest Israeli settlement activities, land expropriation, and the separation wall. The IOA violently attacked the march, firing tear gas canisters and stun grenades at protesters as they approached one of the separation wall gates to the south of the village, causing several people to suffocate due to tear gas inhalation. (WAFA 27 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the Al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central west Bank city of Ramallah, allegedly after shots were fired at Beit El settlement. The IOA also invaded a gas station to confiscate surveillance recordings before additional Israeli Army invaded the area and fired dozens of live rounds to secure the retreat of the IOA. During the invasion into the Gas Station, the IOA caused excessive damage, and confiscated several computers and surveillance equipment. (IMEMC 28 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and detained a child, identified as Mohammad al-Hattab. (IMEMC 29 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded dorms of Birzeit University, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and detained a student, identified as Majdi Ibrahim, from Jenin city in northern West Bank. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
Jericho
• In Jericho, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) searched homes and detained Saleh Abu Sharar and Osama Issa Hdeib, from Ein al-Sultan refugee camp. (IMEMC 4 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• Several Israeli army jeeps invaded Beit Rima town, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. The IOA fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at local youngsters. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
Salfit
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) resorted to the excessive use of force, against Palestinians planning trees on their lands in Deir Ballout town, west of Salfit, in northeastern West Bank, causing several injuries, during a nonviolent activity aimed at Planting trees on lands threatened by Israel’s illegal construction of expansion of its settlements and the Annexation Wall. One of the wounded is Fawwaz Nasser, of the Popular Work department of the Palestinian Committee against the Wall and settlements; he was shot with a rubber-coated bullet in his arm. Many Palestinians suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) assaulted the Palestinians for holding this nonviolent activist and plant olive trees, on lands near the illegal Annexation Wall, and are targeted with illegal annexation by Israel. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed a young Palestinian man near the junction of Ariel settlement, north of Salfit, in northwestern West Bank. The army initially claimed the Palestinian reportedly “attempted to ram soldiers and settlers with his car,” but later revealed that the driver was driving a stolen car, and escaping from private security guards. The soldiers opened fire at the Palestinian driver, in his thirties, and seriously wounded him, when his car crashed into a bus stop. The driver exited the car, and tried to escape on foot, when the soldiers shot him, and he later died from his serious wounds. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• In Salfit, in northwestern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained Rateb Abdul-Karim Mer’ey and Amir Ammar Aziz. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded and searched homes in at- Tour, overlooking the Old City, and detained three children. The detained children have been identified as Mahmoud Walid Abu al- Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Hawa, 15, Yazan Anwar Salfiti, 15, and Amir Hazem Sayyad, 16. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) summoned for interrogation several young men, after invading their homes in Qarawat Bani Hassan village, in Salfit in central West Bank. (IMEMC 17 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Qarawat Bani Hassan town, west of Salfit in northwestern West Bank, and detained Adnan Mer’ey, 21, after storming his home and searching it. (IMEMC 23 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed al-Salam car-wash, owned by Nael Rashid Abdullah, at the entrance of Deir Ballut village west of Salfit and seized its equipment. The IOA also dug and destroyed its entrance to prevent vehicles from entering. (WAFA 30 April 2018)
Tulkarem
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot and seriously injured a Palestinian man, in his fifties, at a military roadblock east of Tulkarem, in the northern part of the West Bank. The IOA shot the man, 55 years of age, after reportedly “ran towards them in a suspicious manner,” near the al-Kafriyyat military roadblock, east of Tulkarem. Following the incident, dozens of soldiers were deployed in the area, before closing the military roadblock and its surrounding area. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• A Palestinian man who was shot and seriously wounded by Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) on April 2nd near Tulkarem died of his wounds on April 8. Mohammad Sobhi Anbar was shot in front of the military roadblock east of Tulkarem on April 2nd. He remained in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit until April 8 when he died of his wounds. (IMEMC 8 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) prevented farmers from reaching their lands on the Israeli side of the Segregation Barrier, north of the city of Tulkarm in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian farmers in Deir al-Ghusun village were surprised when they were told by Israeli Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
soldiers that they were not allowed to enter their lands planted with Olive trees and without any reasons. (WAFA 8 April 2018) • In Tulkarem, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Shweika area, north of the city, searched homes and detained Hammouda Forsan Na’alwa. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) raided the three storey house of 'Abdul Jabbar Ahmed Ghazala and his sons in the village of Kafr El Lubad, east of Tulkarm. Ghazaleh and his sons (and their families) were all detained in one room before the IOA began searching the three floors. During the search, the IOA caused destruction to the furniture and the windows and removed the closets' doors in addition to stealing 1600 shekels and gold from inside. (WAFA 17 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) detained Mujahid Abdel Fattah Ahmed Khalid (28), from Thinaba village and Bilal Munir Lotfi Ashqar (26) from Tulkarem in the northern West Bank. (WAFA 23 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades at many students and locals, participating in the celebration, coordinated with the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) honoring seven Kadoorie students, who were recently released from Israeli detention camps. One Palestinian was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, and several others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 25 April 2018
Nablus
• In Nablus, in northern West Bank, several Israeli army jeeps invaded Ras al-Ein and Rafidia, searched many homes and detained Khaled Ala Tawil, 20, Mohammad al-Kawni, 23, and Hamza Khweira, 24. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the home of Abdul- Rahman Bani Fadel, in Aqraba village, and handed his family a demolition order to their property. The army claims that Bani Fadel carried out a deliberate attack, last month, killing one Israeli security guard, before he was shot dead by Israeli soldiers. (IMEMC 2 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed the Archeological site in Sabastiya village, north of Nablus, and declared it a closed military zone for two days, in preparation for the visit of hundreds of settlers to the area to celebrate the Jewish “Passover”. The IOA took over the rooftops of many Palestinian houses close to the archaeological area, and closed the roads leading to it. (WAFA 2 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed the al-Lubban School for Girls, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, after threatening to attack it with gas bombs. The IOA ordered the instant evacuation of the school, allegedly after a colonialist settler’s car crashed into another car when Palestinian youngsters hurled stones at it, near the educational facility. The IOA threatened to fire a barrage of gas bombs into the school unless it is immediately evacuated and closed. The soldiers chased many students in the meadows surrounding several schools in the area, near the main Ramallah-Nablus road, which is also used by the military and colonialist settlers. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Ras al-‘Ein area, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before storming the local Power Company, and detained a young man, identified as Roshdi al-Qayyim. The IOA also fired many gas bombs, concussion grenades and rubber- coated steel bullets at local youngsters. (IMEMC 4 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Sorra town, west of Nablus, and fired dozens of concussion grenades before withdrawing. (IMEMC 4 April 2018)
• More than 500 Israeli settlers attacked the eastern area of Beita village south of Nablus city and hurled stones at Palestinian citizens. (WAFA 4 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded a residential building in Balata al-Balad village, east of Nablus, searched many homes and flats, and detained Masoud al-Asmar Dweikat. (IMEMC 5 April 2018) • Dozens of soldiers, accompanying several colonialist settlers’ buses, invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, to visit a site known as Joseph’s Tomb in the city. The soldiers clashed with many local Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
youngsters and fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at them. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot one Palestinian with a rubber- coated steel bullet and caused at least five others to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Beita and Kafr Qalil villages, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed Joseph’s Tomb, in Nablus city, north of West Bank, guarded by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) under the pretext of performing Talmudic rituals and celebrating the Jewish Passover. More than ten military vehicles came from Beit Furik checkpoint and stormed the eastern region of the city just before midnight. The vehicles spread around the tomb of Joseph, and a reconnaissance plane was flying over the area to secure the arrival of dozens of buses and vehicles carrying hundreds of settlers. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• invaded and ransacked homes in the governorate, and detained Awadallah Eshteyya, from Salem town, east of the city, and summoned his brother, Adam, for interrogation. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained two former political prisoners, identified as Aseed Abdul-Jalil Eshteyya and Omran Khaled Eshteyya, from Salem, in addition to Wasim Haitham Ennab from his home in Nablus city. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Qalqilia city, and detained Mahmoud As’ad Yassin, and former political prisoner Mahmoud Khadraj, after searching and ransacking their homes. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Salem village, east of Nablus, also searched homes and detained Awadallah Jamil Eshteyya, Omran Khaled Eshteyya and Aseed Abdul-Jalil Eshteyya. (IMEMC 9 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and searched many homes in Tal village, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Nablus, before detaining two young men, identified as Luay Hassan al- Bahti and Ma’rouf Bassel al-Hindi. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained fourteen Palestinians from their homes, after invading and violently searching them, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The detained Palestinians in the West Bank have been identified as: Ahmad Essam Zakarna, Qabatia – Jenin. Rami Khaled Abu ar-Rob, Qabatia – Jenin. Ayman Maher Abu ar-Ron, Qabatia – Jenin. Sayyaf Khaled Masad, Faqqu’a – Jenin. Fadi Osama al-Khatib, Faqqu’a – Jenin. Qussai Osama al-Khatib, Faqqu’a – Jenin. Nassar Mohammad Dahbour, Azzoun – Qalqilia. Ahmad Zorba, Nablus. Emad Raqban, Deheishe refugee camp – Bethlehem. Abdul-Salam Jawabra, al-‘Arroub refugee camp – Hebron. Shadi Riyadh al-Hroub, Deir Samit – Hebron. Rami al-Ghoul, al-Far’a refugee camp – Hebron. Qassem As’ous, , al-Far’a refugee camp – Hebron. Jihad Abu Mariya, Beit Ummar – Hebron. (IMEMC 12 April 2018) • Five Palestinian protesters were injured in clashes with the Israeli occupation Army (IOA) in many locations in Nablus Governorate in the West Bank. The IOA used live fire, rubber-coated rounds and teargas to disperse protesters in the village of Luban e-Sharqia, south of Nablus, injuring one of them with gunfire and another one with rubber-coated rounds. Others also suffocated from teargas inhalation. (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• Clashes erupted between local Palestinian protesters and Israeli occupation Army (IOA) In the village of Kafr Qalil couth of Nablus. (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• Clashes erupted between local Palestinian protesters and Israeli occupation Army (IOA) In the village of Madama south of Nablus. Two protesters were injured by live shots, and a third by rubber-coated steel rounds. (WAFA 13 April 2018) • Suspected Israeli settlers vandalized and attempted to torch a mosque in Aqraba village, south of Nablus. Israeli settlers poured flammable materials at the entrance to Sheikh Sa'adeh Mosque and spray-painted racist graffiti on its walls. A viral security camera footage showed two masked figures arrive with backpacks, pour flammable material at the building’s entrance and set it on fire before fleeing the scene. Pictures of the aftermath showed apparent fire and smoke damage to the front Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
door. The words “Death” and “price tag” were spray-painted onto the mosque external walls in Hebrew. The attack reportedly took place at roughly 2:00 AM. (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) closed with sand hills the main entrance of Madama village, south of Nablus. (IMEMC 13 April 2018)
• Dozens of Palestinians gathered at the center of the northern West Bank city of Nablus in a show of solidarity with Syria following the American, British and French strike on the Arab country. Participants in the demonstration raised Palestinian and Syrian flags and held banners stressing the unity of the Syrian people and land. (WAFA 14 April 2018)
• Dozens of Palestinians gathered at the center of the northern West Bank city of Nablus in a show of solidarity with Syria following the American, British and French strike on the Arab country. Participants in the demonstration raised Palestinian and Syrian flags and held banners stressing the unity of the Syrian people and land. (WAFA 14 April 2018)
• Five Palestinians were injured from rubber-coated metal bullets during predawn clashes with Israeli troops in the city of Nablus. The IOA raided the city at dawn and fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated bullets during clashes with youths erupted following the raid. Five Palestinians sustained injuries and were treated at the location. (WAFA 16 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) conducted military exercises with live ammunition in Khirbet al-Tawil area in Aqraba village south of Nablus city. (WAFA 16 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation army (IOA) invaded the Shuhada Junction, in the center of Nablus city, and shot five Palestinian protesters, after firing rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs at them. During the invasion, the soldiers stormed and searched homes in the Old City of Nablus, and detained a young man, identified as Ahmad ‘Amira. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• A Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Taleb Miskawi, 20, was detained from his home in Balata refugee camp, east of the city. (IMEMC 16 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) detained Mohammad Mousa Safadi, 27, from his home in Tal town, southwest of Nablus. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) detained Ahmad Mohammad Shehada from his home in Jama’in town, south of the city. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• A group of Israeli settlers stormed a historic archaeological site in the town of Sebastia, near Nablus, northern West Bank, under heavy protection by the Israeli army. A number of settlers, broke into the site amid the protection by the army, who closed the area for any other visitors. Confrontations broke out in the area, following the visit, while the Israeli occupation Army (IOA)fired teargas towards the protesters. (IMEMC 16 April 2018)
• The usual serenity of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya, a village of 4000 people located south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, was interrupted early Tuesday when residents woke up to find out that their cars and property have been vandalized during the night. Issa Oweis, a truck driver who works in distributing home goods to nearby villages, woke up at six in the morning to get ready to start work when he saw that the tires on his truck have been slashed, apparently with a sharp tool. In addition to slashing his tires, the vandals also painted hate slogans in Hebrew on his vehicle, something he knew was the work of the Jewish terrorist group Price Tag. At least 30 cars had their tires slashed. The slogans painted on the vehicles in al-Lubban were in green and they called for the return to the Jewish messiah. (WAFA 17 April 2018) • A Palestinian was injured when shot by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) soldiers during clashes at Joseph’s Tomb to the east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The IOA raided Nablus and went into Tal Balata and Joseph’s Tomb, which they claim is a Jewish shrine. Clashes erupted between Israeli soldiers and local residents during which a Palestinian was shot and injured. (WAFA 17 April 2018)
• Israeli Occupation troops raided a building in a Nablus neighborhood west of the city and detained a 55-year-old man identified as Husam al-Razzeh after ransacking his home. (WAFA 17 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• Al-Sawiyeh village suffered a similar fate where cars were vandalized during the night. The slogans in Al Sawiyeh were painted in blue. (WAFA 17 April 2018) • Israeli settlers living in Yetzhar settlement, and escorted by the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA), attacked Palestinian farmers in the village of Duma south of Nablus after they entered their land in the early morning after receiving approval from the Israeli occupation authorities. The settlers forced the farmers to leave the land at gunpoint. The IOA also fired tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian farmers and expelled them from their land. (WAFA 17 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a Palestinian child with live fire, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The IOA also assaulted the Palestinians who marched in their village, protesting the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation of Palestine, and the escalating violations against them, their property and holy sites. The IOA also fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 20 April 2018)
• A 7-year-old child was injured when an unexploded Israeli army stun grenade blow up while he was playing near his family home in the village of al-Lubban al-Sharqiya in the north of the West Bank. The children were playing in the vicinity of their homes when a stun grenade went off. (WAFA 21 April 2018)
• Hundreds of Israeli settlers stormed the West Bank town of Sebastia west of Nablus under the protection of Israeli occupation Army (IOA). Dozens of Israeli buses carried the settlers, who stormed the heritage area in the town under heavy protection of Israeli troops. (WAFA 22 April 2018) • A number of students suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas fired at them by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) near their school in al-Lubban, to the north of Nablus in the West Bank. (WAFA 23 April 2018)
• Israeli settlers slashed the tires of vehicles and spray-painted racist graffiti on walls near the village of Asira al-Qiblia, to the south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. (IMEMC 27 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a Palestinian teenage boy, and caused many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, after the army invaded the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The IOA invaded the village after dozens of Palestinians held a protest against the ongoing occupation. The IOA fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding 17-year-old boy, in his back. The IOA also fired dozens of gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing scores of Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, especially since some gas bombs directly struck homes. (IMEMC 28 April 2018)
• In Nablus in northern West Bank, the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and searched homes in Beita town, south of the city, and detained two former political prisoners, identified as Nassr Sabri Hamdan and Ja’far Jaghoub, in addition to a young man, identified as Nasser Fawzi Abu Khalil. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Beit Dajan village, east of the city, searched homes and detained a young man, identified as Ayman Ribhi Hanani. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
Gaza
• A young man died from serious wounds he suffered when the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked nonviolent protesters in several parts of the Gaza Strip, killing 17 of them, and wounding hundreds. The Palestinian, Fares Roqab, 29, was shot with a live round in his abdomen, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian remained in a very critical condition until he died from his wounds despite all efforts to save his life. (IMEMC 2 April 2018) • Israeli authorities confirmed that they are holding the bodies of two Palestinians who were killed during the protests at the borders in Gaza. The two men were identified as: Mohammad Rubaiya and Mosab Zohair Salloul. The Israeli government said they have no intention of releasing the bodies or returning them to their families for burial. The Israeli military spokesperson claimed that the two men whose bodies were taken after being killed by the military were Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
members of the armed wing of Hamas. The two men were among a total of 17 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces on March 30th at the Land Day protests. The Israeli military also injured at least 1416 Palestinians. 758 were shot by live ammunition, and 148 injured by rubber-coated steel bullets. The others were injured by tear gas, concussion grenades and other so-called ‘non-lethal’ weapons. At least twenty of the wounded Palestinians suffered life-threatening injuries, especially since the soldiers used exploding bullets. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot five Palestinians with live fire in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, while many others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• One Palestinian suffered a life-threatening injury, after an army sharpshooter shot him in the head, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot two young Palestinian men with live fire, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• Three Palestinians were detained by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) while reportedly attempting to cross the border fence from Gaza into Israel. The three unarmed Palestinians were detained at the southern end of the besieged coastal enclave while attempting to crossing the heavily militarized fence and were taken in for questioning. (Maannews 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot two Palestinian, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot eight Palestinians, with live fire, east of Gaza city. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• A Palestinian was shot in Khuza’a village, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and one east of al-Boreij, in central Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Gaza. Dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed a young man east of the al- Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip. Ahmad Omar Arafa, 26, died from serious wounds he sustained from a live round in the chest, after the IOA attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, east of the al- Boreij refugee camp. His death brings the number of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli army fire since Friday, March 30th, to 18, including sixteen killed that day alone. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) shot two young men with live fire, in their lower extremities, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city. The IOA were heavily deployed behind the border fence and fired many live rounds at Palestinian protesters. The IOA also fired many live rounds at Palestinian reporters in the area, in addition to firing gas bombs and concussion grenades. (IMEMC 4 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) killed Ahmad Omar Arafa, 25, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. (IMEMC 4 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) reported to the excessive use of force against dozens of protesters east of Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip, in addition to the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, the Sheja’eyya neighborhood in Gaza city, and Jabalia, in the northern part of the coastal region, wounding six persons, and causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed one Palestinian and wounded several others with a missile fired from an armed drone near Erez Crossing, in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip, killing one of them. The slain Palestinian has been identified as Mojahed Nabil al-Khodary, 23, from Gaza city. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) hsot a Palestinian, identified as Shadi Hamdan al-Kashef, 34, from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Al Kashe suffered from serious wounds he suffered after the IOA shot him with a live round in the head. (IMEMC 5 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• Israeli navy ships opened fire on several Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters, in the western part of the coastal region, moderately wounding three Palestinians. (IMEMC 5 April 2018) • Two Palestinian civilians, including a photojournalist, were injured at the border protests, and died of their injuries overnight in the north, east, and southern borders of Gaza. The two were wounded when Israeli occupation Army (IOA) attacked protesters who were gathered in the north, east, and southern borders of Gaza. The two Palestinians were identified as Yassar Mortaja, 31 (journalist), and Hamza Abdul-al, 20. Photojournalist Yassar Mortaja, 31, died of a gunshot wound he sustained while documenting the protest. Mortaja was shot with a live round in his abdomen while covering a protest in east Khan Younis, near the border fence that imprisons Gaza. Hamza Abdul-al, 20, from Zoweida village in Deir al-Baleh District in central Gaza, died of injuries sustained during the protest earlier that day. Abdul-al was shot with a live round by the IOA. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• A young Palestinian man died from serious wounds he suffered when Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot him with live fire in northern Gaza. The Palestinian, Tha’er Mohammad Rabe’a, 30, suffered serious wounds after being shot with live army fire, and remained in critical condition until his death. Rabe’a is from Jabalia city, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; his death brings the number of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli army fire since, March 30th, to twenty-one. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fisherman as they were sailing along the coast of the Gaza Strip. Three fishermen were injured with live ammunition, including one who suffered life-threatening wounds. The fishermen, identities were unknown. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• Dozens of Israeli soldiers, including sharpshooters, heavily deployed across the border fence in the Gaza Strip, started taking positions and shooting posts in several parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, ahead of mass nonviolent protests in the coastal region. (IMEMC 6 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• Israeli navy ships opened fire on several fishing boats, in Palestinian territorial waters, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, forcing them back to shore. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) has stepped up military measures on the border with the Gaza Strip after demonstrators gathered there for the Great March of Return. The Israeli army has issued directives to its soldiers to open fire on any armed Palestinian up to 300 meters from the border fence. The directives included an order to open fire at any Palestinian protester if he comes within 100 meters of the border fence. The Israeli army is also building a sand barricade and installing more barbed wire fences and is planning to detain any Palestinian who crosses the border. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed Ala’ Yahya az-Zamily, 17, after shooting him with a live round in his neck, east of Rafah. Ala’ was from Shaboura refugee camp, in Rafah. (IMEMC 6 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed Mohammad Sa’id Mousa al- Hajj Saleh, 33, from Rafah, in southern Gaza Strip. Saleh sustained injury in the abdomen and chest. (IMEMC 6 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed Hussein Mohammad Madhi, 16, east of Gaza city. (IMEMC 6 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed Sidqi Faraj Abu ‘Oteiwi, 45, from Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza. (IMEMC 6 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed killed Ibrahim al-‘Orr, 20, in central Gaza. (IMEMC 6 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed Majdi Ramadan Shbat, 38, east of Gaza city, after shooting him with a live round in the neck. (IMEMC 6 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed Osama Khamis Qdeih, 38, from Abasan al-Kabeera town, east of Khan Younis. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot three young Palestinian men, including one who suffered a serious injury, in Malka area, east of Gaza city. The three Palestinians were all shot with live fire and one of them is in a serious condition after being shot in the abdomen. The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
sporadically opened fire on Palestinian protesters in the area, which is one of five main areas of protests near the border fence, across the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 7 April 2018)
• Five Palestinian protesters were shot and injured by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) to the east of al-Bureij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip. (WAFA 7 April 2018) • Israeli artillery stationed along Gaza borders with Israel, to the southeast of Gaza city, fired six missiles targeting agricultural land to the east of Juhr ad-Deek. The Israeli army claimed that the shelling came in response to machine gun-fire from the Gaza Strip, against Israeli forces stationed near the concrete barrier along the borders to the east. (IMEMC 8 April 2018)
• Two Palestinians were shot and injured with live ammunition in the foot during clashes that erupted with Israeli occupation Army (IOA) near the border fence with Israel, to the east of the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. (WAFA 8 April 2018) • Marwan Awwad, 44, from Khan Younis, who was shot and injured during Land Day protests at the Gaza borders, died of his wounds. Awwad was shot and critically wounded by Israeli army gunfire during the March 30 protests that left 19 dead and over 1400 wounded, many critical. An additional 10 were shot dead a week later in similar border protests, which brings the total killed in the last two weeks to 30. (WAFA 9 April 2018)
• Israeli navy opened fire more than once at Palestinian fishermen and their boats who were sailing in the northern Gaza shores. No injuries were reported but the fishermen were forced to change location to avoid being hit. (WAFA 9 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot two young men, in Khuza’a village, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a medic with live fire while he was providing treatment to Palestinians who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. The medic, identified as Emad al-Buheisi, was shot with a live round in his leg. (IMEMC 10 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) targeted a procession of Palestinian journalists, protesting the escalating Israeli violations against them during their coverage of the ongoing processions, which led to many injuries and the death of their colleague Yasser Mortaja. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fire live rounds and dozens of gas bombs at protesters near Malka junction, southeast of the Zeitoun neighborhood, in Gaza city. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) targeted a procession of Palestinian journalists, protesting the escalating Israeli violations against them during their coverage of the ongoing processions, which led to many injuries and the death of their colleague Yasser Mortaja. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fire live rounds and dozens of gas bombs at protesters near Malka junction, southeast of the Zeitoun neighborhood, in Gaza city. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• A Palestinian identified as Marwan Odah Qdeih, 45, died of critical wounds sustained a week earlier, on March 30th, at the Palestinian Land Day protests in the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• An Israeli army sharpshooter shot and seriously injured a young man with a live round in his neck, identified as after the army attacked protesters near the border fence, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• Israeli occupation authorities will impose a total closure on the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip for three days next week as Israel marks 70 years for its creation. The closure will be in effect from Tuesday through Thursday, which means entry to Israel will be prohibited to all Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza, even for holders of Israeli army-issued permits. (WAFA 11 April 2018) • Israeli occupation authorities will impose a total closure on the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip for three days next week as Israel marks 70 years for its creation. The closure will be in effect from Tuesday through Thursday, which means entry to Israel will be prohibited to all Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza, even for holders of Israeli army-issued permits. (WAFA 11 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• An Israeli army sharpshooter shot and seriously injured a young Palestinian man with a live round in his neck, after the army attacked protesters near the border fence, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The IO soldier who shot the Palestinian was stationed, along with other army sharpshooters, behind the huge sand hills the army created along the border fence. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
• Israeli snipers deployed at the border fence in northern Gaza opened fire at two Palestinians and injured them. One was hit with live ammunition in the leg. His injury was described as moderate. Another Palestinian man sustained injury in the thigh by Israeli snipers, where he was described in moderate condition. (WAFA 11 April 2018) • Israeli artillery shelled agricultural lands and a location to the east of Gaza City, while tanks and bulldozers infiltrated the area. Israeli military vehicles infiltrated the border to raze land in the area. Israeli artillery fired four shells at open agricultural lands near the border without causing any injuries. Israel said the shelling came in response to targeting Israeli military vehicles with explosive devices planted near the border fence. (WAFA 11 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) caused many Palestinians to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation in the al-Kum village, southwest of Hebron, and invaded the home of Mora Rajoub, a former political prisoner who was forced into the Gaza Strip, away from his family. (IMEMC 12 April 2018)
• Israeli navy opened fire at Palestinian fishermen and their fishing boats while they were sailing in the Mediterranean Sea in the northwest of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli navy boats opened fire and launched shells at fishermen and their boats while they were sailing north of the Gaza Strip forcing them to leave the area. (WAFA 12 April 2018) • A Palestinian identified as Mohammed Iyad Hjeileh, 30, was killed and another critically wounded in an Israeli airstrike east of Gaza City. An Israeli drone fired a missile at a location near the border fence east of Gaza City killing Hjeileh and wounding others, one reported in critical condition. Israel claimed the attack came in response to the detonation of an explosive device at the border fence between Gaza and Israel. (WAFA 12 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• A Palestinian young man identified as Abdullah Mohammad Shahri, 28, died of his wounds after he was shot and critically injured by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) near the Gaza-Israel border fence, to the east of Khan Younes in southern Gaza Strip. Shahri was shot and critically injured by the IOA as he was partaking in a non-violent protest, as part of the ongoing Great March of Return at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. (WAFA 12 April 2018)
• The Israeli military stepped up its assault on the coastal enclave with bombs dropped by the Israeli airforce and killed one Palestinian and injured another. The Palestinian who was killed was identified as Mohammad Hjeila, 31. He was hit by a bomb dropped by an Israeli fighter jet east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, in the eastern part of Gaza City. (IMEMC 12 April 2018)
• A number of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded Gaza near the al-Mintar (Karni) crossing. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stationed at the border then fired at least five shells east of Gaza City in the Sheja’eyya and al-Zeitoun neighborhoods. A Palestinian was moderately wounded by the shelling. Later during the day, The Israeli military sent in fighter jets to drop bombs in the same areas, which they claimed were being used as training sites for resistance fighters. (IMEMC 12 April 2018) • Islam Herzallah, 28, who was shot and critically injured by Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, was announced dead of his wounds. (IMEMC 13 April 2018) • More than 363 Palestinians were injured by the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) as the IOA cracked down on peaceful protests of the ongoing Great March of Return at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. Soldiers opened gunfire and fired teargas canisters at the non-violent protesters at many locations on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip with Israel, injuring at least 363 protesters, 30 of them with gunfire. Others were also injured by rubber-coated steel rounds. (WAFA 13 April 2018) • At least 16 medical personnel suffocated from teargas inhalation, while two journalists were shot and injured, one of them seriously, by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) during the protests of the Great March of Return at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. 16 medical staff suffocated after the IOA used teargas to disperse the protesters who Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
gathered at many locations on Gaza-Israel border for the third Friday in a row as part of the ongoing Great March of Return. Two journalists, Ahmad Abu Hussein and Mohammad Hajjar, were shot and injured by live bullets in the abdomen and shoulder respectively as they were covering the protests at Gaza-Israel border. Abu Hussein's injury was described as critical. (WAFA 13 April 2018) • At least 30 non-violent protesters were injured after Israeli occupation Army (IOA) opened gunfire at dozens of protesters who gathered on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip on the third Friday of the Great March of Return to demand return of the refugees. Soldiers opened gunfire and fired teargas canisters at the non-violent protesters to the east of Gaza City, injuring seven of them with gunfire. (WAFA 13 April 2018) • Five Palestinian protesters were hit by live bullets near the town of Jabalia, in northern Gaza Strip. (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• Three Palestinian protesters were hit by live bullets in Beit Hanoun town, in the northern Gaza Strip. (WAFA 13 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation army (IOA) opened gunfire at protesters at the border to the east of Khan Younes, in southern Gaza Strip, injuring three of them by gunfire and 10 others by teargas inhalation. (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• Five Palestinian Protestors were injured when Israeli occupation Army (IOA) attacked participants of the non-violent protests east of Rafah, in the farthest south of the Gaza Strip. (WAFA 13 April 2018)
• The Israeli occupation army (IOA) killed a young man east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The killed Palestinian have been identified as Abdullah Mohammad Shahri, 28. He was shot with live round in the chest. The IOA also fired many live rounds directly targeting a Palestinian ambulance, and medics trying to provide aid to a wounded Palestinian, and injured one medic, identified as Emad al-Buheisi. (IMEMC 13 April 2018) • Israeli navy boats barred fishermen from sailing in the northern Gaza shores and forced them to return to coast. The navy opened fire at fishermen across from Sudaniya shores in the northern Gaza Strip, leading the fisherman to return to the marina. No injuries were reported. (IMEMC 14 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• Four people were killed and several others injured in what initially appeared to be an Israeli artillery attack targeting a group of Palestinians who were riding a three-wheeled “tuk tuk” motorcycle (rickshaw) east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The four were identified as Amjad Qartous, 18, Ayed Hamaydeh, 23, Hesham Kallab, 18, and Hesham Abdul-Al, 22. All four were from from the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. (IMEMC 14 April 2018)
• A Palestinian was shot and injured with live ammunition fired by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) along Gaza borders to the east of Khan Younis city, south of the Gaza Strip. The IOA stationed along Gaza borders opened fire at Palestinian protesters to the east of Khan Younis, shooting and injuring a Palestinian in the hand. (WAFA 14 April 2018) • A Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) live fire along Gaza borders to the east of Gaza city. The IOA stationed in military watchtowers along Gaza borders with Israel reportedly opened fire at Palestinian protesters, shooting and injuring a man. (WAFA 15 April 2018) • A Palestinian was shot by Israeli occupation army (IOA) near the border fence with Israel on the eastern part of Gaza City during a protest. The IOA stationed in military watchtowers along the Gaza border reportedly opened fire at Palestinian protesters, hitting one with live gunfire. (IMEMC 16 April 2018) • A Palestinian journalist from Gaza, identified as Ahmad Abu Hussein, is critically injured from a bullet wound inflicted when Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinian protesters at Gaza border. Abu Hussein, works for a local radio station in Gaza. (WAFA 16 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA)infiltrated Gaza’s southern and northern borders and razed land. Israeli bulldozers infiltrated east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza strip and east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza strip and proceeded to raze lands as Israeli war planes flew overhead. (WAFA 16 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot and injured five Palestinians, including one child, during a nonviolent procession near the border fence. (IMEMC 17 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired artillery shells into a site, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. (IMEMC 17 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) injured several Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, after the army opened fire at the “al-Awdah” (The Return) protest camps, near the border fence in the besieged Gaza Strip. Several Palestinians were shot with live fire along the border area, in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 19 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot two Palestinians with live fire in Khuza’a town east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 19 April 2018)
• Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation after the Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked protesters east of Gaza, while a young man was shot with a live round in his shoulder. (IMEMC 19 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a child with a live round, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. (IMEMC 19 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a Palestinian with a live round in his arm, and another in his leg, after the army opened fire on protesters who dragged sections of the border fence. (IMEMC 19 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired an artillery shell at a site east of al-Boreij, after the soldiers claimed shots were fired at a military vehicle driving across the border fence. (IMEMC 19 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stationed at the Qalandia terminal, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, detained a young man from the Gaza Strip, after searching him and locating a hidden knife. (IMEMC 19 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot and killed, four Palestinians, including one child, and injured more than 729, including 24 children and twelve women, after the army resorted to the excessive use of force against protesters, on their lands, near the border fence, in the besieged Gaza Strip. The IOA killed a child, identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Ayyoub, 15, from Jabalia in northern Gaza, after shooting him with an expanding bullet in the head. The IOA also killed Ahmad Rashad al- Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Athamna, 24, from Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, after shooting him with a live round in his neck, east of nearby Jabalia. The IOA Ahmad Nabil Aqel, 25, after shooting him with an expanding bullet in the head, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza. The IOA killed Sa’ad Abdul-Majid Abu Taha, 29, from al-Qarara town, northeast of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, after shooting him with a live round in his neck. The IOA also shot more than 729 Palestinians. (IMEMC 20 April 2018)
• Two journalists were wounded when the Israeli occupation Army (IOA) attacked civilians east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Journalist Du'aa Zu'arab suffered from tear gas inhalation east of Khan Younis, and camera man Ahmed Hasballah was shot with a gas grenade directly in the foot . (WAFA 20 April 2018)
• A young man, identified as Abdullah Mohammad Shamali, 20, from al- Barazil neighborhood, in Rafah died from serious wounds he suffered after Israeli soldiers shot him on April 27th. (IMEMC 22 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot three young Palestinian men with live fire, east of Khan Younis, and Gaza city, after the army attacked nonviolent protesters in the two areas. (IMEMC 22 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) opened fire at protesters in Malka Junction area, east of Gaza City, before shooting and moderately wounding a young man in his leg. Many Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, in addition to various cuts and bruises. (IMEMC 22 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot two Palestinians with live fire east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis. the two Palestinians suffered moderate wounds. (IMEMC 22 April 2018)
• A Palestinian identified as Tha’er Nayef az-Zare’ey, 30, was killed when a siege-busting tunnel collapsed on him near the border in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. (IMEMC 22 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• A young man died from serious wounds he suffered in Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal region. The Palestinian, identified as Abdullah Mohammad Shamali, 20, from al-Barazil neighborhood, in Rafah. Abdullah shot in the abdomen with a live round fired by an Israeli soldier stationed across the border fence, and died from his wounds. (IMEMC 23 April 2018)
• Journalist Ahmad Abu Hussain died of serious wounds he sustained on the 13th of April after being shot by Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) two weeks ago while covering protests on the Gaza border. Journalist Abu Hussain is from Jabalia refugee camp north of the Gaza Strip. (WAFA 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) injured nineteen Palestinians in several parts of the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians were participating in the nonviolent “Great March of Return” which started on Palestinian Lad Day, on March 30, 2018. The IOA shot four Palestinians with live fire; two in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, and two in northern Gaza. Fifteen Palestinians suffered cuts and bruises, in addition to the severe effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) and several armored military vehicles and bulldozers invaded Palestinian lands near the border fence in Jabalia, in northern Gaza, and bulldozed them in addition to installing sand hills. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• Palestinian who was killed by army fire has been identified as Khalil Na’im Atallah, 22, from Gaza. The IOA also injured 995 Palestinians, including many who suffered serious wounds. (IMEMC 27 April 2018) • Israeli war jets fired missiles at a side west of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. (IMEMC 27 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired missiles at two Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza port. The boats are parts of preparations for welcoming an upcoming flotilla to challenge the illegal Israeli siege on Gaza. (IMEMC 27 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot three Palestinians with live fire, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. (IMEMC 27 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) SHot one Palestinian with live fire, in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the coastal region. (IMEMC 27 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot one Palestinian with live fire, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region. (IMEMC 27 April 2018)
• A Palestinian child died of a serious gunshot wound he suffered after an Israeli army sharpshooter shot him with a live round in the head, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The child, identified as Azzam Hilal Oweida, 14, was shot by the Israeli army sharpshooter near the border fence east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis. (IMEMC 28 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, on their lands, east of Gaza city. The shots came from soldiers, stationed on towers in Nahal Oz military base, across the border fence, east of Gaza city. (IMEMC 29 April 2018)
• A Palestinian, was shot and injured in the foot with live ammunition fired by Israeli occupation Army (IOA) along Gaza borders with Israel, to the east of Khan Younis city, in the south of the Gaza Strip. The IOA stationed along the borders opened fire at a Palestinian youth who was identified as Saif al-Najjar, after he allegedly approached the border fence near al-Awdeh refugee camp, to the east of Khan Younis city, shooting and injuring him in the foot. (IMEMC 29 April 2018)
• In the Gaza Strip, Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) stationed in military bases and towers across the border fence, fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers and workers, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
• Israeli navy ships fired live rounds at fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters, in the northern part of Gaza Strip. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)
• Israeli naval boats opened fire towards Palestinian fishermen offshore the northern besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli naval boats opened its Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
machine gunfire towards Palestinian fishermen sailing within the four nautical miles fishing zone unilaterally imposed by Israel offshore the northern coastal enclave. The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) opened fire towards a group of people and farmers east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. (WAFA 30 April 2018)
Others
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) arrested three young Palestinian men who reportedly “attempted to cross the border fence,” and moved them to an integration facility. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired gas bombs at students of the Nahda School, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. (IMEMC 2 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired several gas bombs at schoolchildren in Abu Sneina neighborhood, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, causing many children, and other Palestinians, to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation. The IOA fired the gas bombs into the Nahda School, and its surrounding areas. (IMEMC 3 April 2018)
• Tsarfti Shamoon co. laid l the foundation stone for a new settlement project called “Tsarfati in Pisgat Zeev”, which includes the construction of 92 residential units. This is the first stage of a project that includes the construction of 300 units Housing units. (IMEMC 3 April 2018) • In the Salfit governorate, the Israeli occupation authorities began implementing the railway project, which in the first stage connects “Ariel” settlement with the Green Line. It consists of 3 stages, the first phase will end in 2025 at a cost of NIS illion 3,000,000 on a 2,000 dunums of the lands of the Al-Zawia, Masha, Badia, Saratah, Kafr- Deek and Bruqin villages, which means destruction of agricultural lands, uprooting trees and water sources. The Israeli occupation authorities plan to build 11 West Bank railways with a length of 475 km, 30 rail-station at Rosh Pinam and Btah-Taqfa in the Ras-Ein area in 1948, and Ariel and Barkan, “Arail” and “Tufuh” settlement. (PNN 3 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Prosecution acquitted settlers from the settlement of Yitzhar, located on the ‘Asira al-Qibliya land to the south of Nablus City from his crime of assassinating Mah’d Odeh, 48 in the village of Qusra near the city of Nablus, at the end of November. (PNN 3 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded Khirbat Hamsa village, in the Northern Plains, before storming and searching residential tents used by local shepherds. The IOA also invaded and searched several barns, owned by Mahmoud Abu Kabbash, in the same area. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• The Israeli authorities have recently deported a Palestinian mother, who is married and was living with her Jerusalemite Palestinian husband and children for the past sixteen years, after repeatedly denying her applications for residency in the occupied city. The Palestinian woman, identified as Ibtisam Obeid, 35, is married to Wisam Obeid from the al-‘Isawiya town, in Jerusalem, where she gave birth to their three children, Nayef, 14, Mohammad, 13, and Amira, 10. Although she is married to a native Jerusalemite Palestinian man, the Israeli authorities kept denying her applications and appeals for residency over the last several years, for what they called “security considerations,” without providing further details. Ibtisam is now living with her parents, along with her daughter Amira, in Ramallah city, while her husband and two sons live at home in al-‘Isawiya. (IMEMC 5 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) killed ten Palestinians, including a journalist, and injured 1354 others; 491 of them were shot with live rounds, including expanding bullets, and that 33 are still in critical conditions. Palestinians Killed By Israeli Army Fire have been identified as Hamza Abdul-al, 20, Yassar Mortaja, 31. Tha’er Mohammad Rabe’a, 30. Ala’ Yahya az-Zamily, 17. Osama Khamis Qdeih, 38. Ibrahim al-‘Orr, 20. Sidqi Faraj Abu ‘Oteiwi, 45. Mohammad Sa’id Mousa al-Hajj Saleh, 33. Hussein Mohammad Madhi, 16 and Majdi Ramadan Shbat, 38. (IMEMC 6 April 2018)
• Marking Palestine Children’s Day, the PLO’s Prisoners’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said that 353 Palestinian children Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
had been taken into Israeli custody since the start of 2018. (IMEMC 6 April 2018) • 28 violations by Israeli occupation army against journalists working in the occupied Palestinian territories during March 2018. WAFA in its monthly report of Israeli violations against journalists said that 16 journalists were either shot and injured by Israeli army, suffocated from teargas or were beaten by Israeli soldiers. 14 other journalists were arrested, briefly detained or were fired at by Israeli soldiers but not injured. (WAFA 8 April 2018)
• Israel is refusing to let two young Palestinian men who were seriously wounded by Israeli military gunfire as unarmed protesters during demonstrations in Gaza travel to Ramallah in the occupied West Bank for urgent medical care. Adalah and the Gaza-based Al Mezan Center for Human Rights filed a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday demanding Israel let the two seriously wounded young men leave the Gaza Strip. The two men—Yousef Karnaz, 20, and Mohammad Al-'Ajouri, 17, both from Gaza, were wounded when Israeli troops fired on them during the March 30 Land Day protests at the Gaza border with Israel. (WAFA 9 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot a Palestinian protester with sniper fire, the soldiers could be heard cheering and celebrating a “successful shot.” (IMEMC 10 April 2018)
• The director of land registration at the Justice Ministry decided to renew the registration of land in East Jerusalem. This would seem to be a positive step that will greatly help residents there. However, the manner in which this is being done raises suspicions that it is not their benefit which is of paramount interest for decision makers, but the interests of settler groups, which find a responsive ear in the ministry headed by Ayelet Shaked. Contrary to the recommendations of the Jerusalem Institute, the ministry is not cooperating with the Palestinian public. Worse, the ministry is refraining from announcing that registration will not serve as a means for the state to take over land through the custodian of absentee property, who is empowered to expropriate the property of anyone who is currently living in an enemy country, or who lived in one in the past. Thus, for example, if a father leaves a house to three brothers, two of whom are in Jordan (an enemy until 1994), the custodian can take possession of two thirds of the house. The thing is that nearly every family in East Jerusalem has a relative in Jordan. The concern is that the state will exploit the Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
opportunity and take over such houses and plots which, judging by past experience, will immediately be transferred to settler groups. The state has rightfully earned the suspicions of the Palestinian residents of Jerusalem. The process of land registration could be a positive one that will empower these residents and improve the quality of their lives. It could also be a destructive move that will continue to fragment Palestinian areas in Jerusalem through the taking over of buildings by settlers, and through increased violence, destroying any hope for a political settlement in the city. The government should quickly issue clarifications regarding this process and declare that areas in East Jerusalem are intended for its residents. (Haaretz 10 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) handed over a stop building order to Sami Ahmed Mostafal. (NBPRS 10 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded fired live rounds, rubber- coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, at dozens of youngsters who protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the army jeeps. (IMEMC 11 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) broke into Sebastia, north of the West Bank, to provide protection for hundreds of settlers who stormed the town’s archaeological site, triggering clashes. The IOA entered the town to facilitate entry of three busloads of fanatical Jewish settlers to the archeological site, where they performed religious rituals. Residents confronted the settlers and the IOA who fired tear gas canisters at Palestinian homes and schools, causing a number of residents and school children to suffocate. (IMEMC 11 April 2018) • Israel denied entry of Ghanaian Member of Parliament Ras Mubarak to attend a conference planned in Ramallah. Mubarak, from the NDC's Kumbungu party, was invited by the Palestinian Authority to give a speech at an Islamic conference in Ramallah planned to open on Wednesday. Israeli authorities had issued a permit for him to enter the occupied Palestinian territories through the Allenby border crossing with Jordan. However, when Mubarak arrived at the border, Israeli authorities, which controls entry into the occupied territories, did not allow him. (WAFA 11 April 2018)
• Settlers praying in the middle of a road serving about a dozen Palestinian villages, along with prolonged security checks by soldiers, are for all intents and purposes blocking the road for thousands of Palestinians living west of Ramallah. Road 450 connects the villages of Bitilu, Deir Ammar, Jamala, Ras Karkar, Jania and others to Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
communities northwest of Ramallah and to the northern West Bank. After a Palestinian man from Kaubar murdered three members of the Salomon family in their home in the settlement of Halamish in July, the army closed the road to local Palestinian traffic, which was redirected to a path leading from the road to the village of Deir Nizam. This restriction forced Palestinians to make a large detour to reach their destinations. The order was extended a few times until December 24, but as the result of legal measures taken by local residents through human-rights lawyer Neta Amar Schiff, the closure order was not extended after that, and since then this part of the road is also officially open to Palestinians. However, right after the Salomon murders, residents of Halamish built an outpost on the east side of the road and declared it a new neighborhood of the settlement. At the edge of the road, just south of Halamish, a sign was put up in Arabic reading: “The area where you are now is under the control of the Jews. Entry by Arabs to this area is completely prohibited, danger of death!” The sign, which was not put up by Israel’s Civil Administration, is often taken Israeli settlers slashed tires of four Palestinian-owned vehicles and spray-painted anti-Arab slogans in the village of Jaloud, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. The settlers vandalized the cars and wrote hate slogans on walls of homes in the eastern part of the village, an area where two illegal Jewish outposts were built. (WAFA 25 April 2018) • down but soon replaced. In recent months, an army unit stationed at two military roadblockson the road — one next to the outpost and the other a few hundred meters south of it — has conducted prolonged inspections of Palestinians and their vehicles at the roadblocks. According to testimony given to Amar Schiff, the soldiers do not make do with checking identification and opening the trunk or the hood of the cars, but make the passengers turn off the engine and get out of the vehicle. Sometimes they stop people from talking on their cellphones. According to reports, sometimes a car will be allowed through the first checkpoint but not the second one. Even before these reports reached Amar Schiff, on a number of occasions students taking the bus to Bir Zeit University were ordered off the bus. Soldiers frisked male students and searched the bags of female students. As a result, students began asking the drivers to take the detour, to avoid the humiliation of the prolonged inspections and the body searches. Individuals who said they tried arguing with the soldiers reported being subjected to even longer delays or being turned back at the first checkpoint. Sometimes when Israeli cars go through the checkpoint, soldiers will order Palestinians to wait on the shoulder of Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
the road. Palestinians who gave statements to Amar Schiff on their experiences declined to give their names, out of fear of retaliation by soldiers. A few reported that they asked the soldiers why they were treating them this way, and said the soldiers told them outright it was so that Palestinians would take the detour (through Deir Nizam). In addition, a few months ago, settlers began praying on Saturday morning in the middle of the road between the outpost and the settlement. On Passover the prayers were also held in the interim days of the weeklong holiday, thus blocking the road to Palestinians for several hours for each day. Although the Israel Defense Forces Spokesman’s Office told Haaretz that the prayers were not authorized by the army, soldiers were present to guard the worshippers. Thus during these hours the road was blocked completely to Palestinian traffic. (On Friday the worshippers demanded that the Haaretz photographer not take pictures because of the holiday.) Haaretz asked the IDF spokesman if this did not constitute a breach of the order of the general of command barring the extension of the travel restriction to Palestinians on this road. In a response, the army said it endeavors to maintain public order and security in the Halamish area and the road near the settlement. “This includes conducting inspections on the road from time to time, while attempting to minimize harm to the travelers’ routine. Claims of extreme behavior during the inspections are not known, and they will be checked if details are provided.” The statement said that prayers held on the road described by Haaretz in its query had not been authorized by the army, adding, “The security forces are working to maintain order on the road and disperse gatherings that disrupt traffic.” The closure of a few hundred meters of road 450 to Palestinians will enable it to become an “interior” road between Halamish and the outpost built to its east, which is constantly expanding. The eastern part of road 450 is already blocked; Palestinians have not been allowed to use it since the beginning of the second intifada, in October 2000; it has become an interior road for the settlements of Talmon, Dolev and Nahliel. (Haaretz 11 April 2018)
• Israeli occupation has resumed building cement separation wall on the southern borders with Lebanon amid tight security measures taken by both sides. The construction was resumed at 5GMT on “non-conflict” border zones near Kfarkila-Oudaisah highway in Lebanon’s southern town of Marjayoun. The separation wall is six-metre high and 120- centimetre wide and the Israeli occupation used heavy equipment to construct it. The Israeli occupation to build a 30-kilometre long wall with the height of 10 metres at some points. It is planned to connect Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
with an older wall which was built a couple of years ago at Fatema Gate on the Lebanese-Israeli borders. (PNN 12 April 2018)
• A tunnel being considered for the Jerusalem light rail’s third line is expected to triple the cost of the project, damage two local parks and delay the completion of the project by some three years. The proposed tunnel would be in the city’s German Colony neighborhood, where over the past year residents and business owners have been waging a public campaign against laying the train tracks in the center of the historic Emek Refaim Road crossing it. The tunnel is being considered following the residents’ objections, which have prevented this part of the line from being approved. Jerusalem’s District Planning Committee favors the tunnel, which submitted documents show will cost half a billion shekels more than the original plan, and will cause damage to Liberty Bell Park and Train Track Park. The committee is due to decide on the light rail track route in a month. On Monday the committee discussed various alternatives for the train line, presented by the Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan Team, a part-state, part- municipal body in charge of managing the capital’s future transportation system. The original plan has the light rail running along Emek Refaim Road while cars travel alongside it. This requires trains from both directions to alternate using one set of rails in a section of the road, with those coming from the opposite direction having to wait their turn. Another alternative has the trains traveling on two sets of rails on Emek Refaim Road, but closes the street to private vehicles altogether. Architect Avi Lindenbaum, a member of the Blue Line (Jerusalem’s third light rail line) planning team, believes the latter is less feasible. “In principle this improves the road’s look, but completely prevents private cars from traveling on it, as well as people who want to visit the street on Friday and see a movie in Lev Smadar cinema,” he says. Residents of the German Colony and nearby streets are vehemently opposed to the Blue Line and maintain that it will destroy the neighborhood’s historic character, businesses and picturesque atmosphere. Residents of nearby neighborhoods, however, support the original proposal, with a single track in Emek Refaim. They claim the first group’s campaign isn’t taking into consideration the light rail’s contribution to developing the entire area. Another alternative based on old plans consists of diverting the light rail line to Hebron Road and from there through the Talpiot industrial area to Oranim junction and the Katamonim neighborhood. This option would be detrimental to residents of Katamonim, who will have to travel seven more minutes in each direction. Due to the topographical layout, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
extensive earth works would also be required, says Lindenbaum. The planners thoroughly examined two other alternatives that are seen as more doable. One has the light rail passing through Train Track Park, where the historic railway line that the park is named after used to be. This is a relatively fast, simple and easy alternative compared to the others. However, it would mean that the park, which has become a great urban success in the last decade, would be torn down. The other alternative has the train passing through a 1,650-meter tunnel under Train Track Park, with stations on either side of it. This is the option the opponents of the train in Emek Refaim road are pushing for. A presentation obtained by Haaretz shows that this plan will lead to engineering and planning problems as well as damaging both Liberty Bell Park and Train Track Park, which is bound to raise residents’ objections. For example, the train’s entrance to the underground tunnel requires a 230-meter open canal, which would shorten Liberty Bell Park and lead to the destruction of about two dunams of it. On the other side of the tunnel, a 130-meter-long portal would shorten Train Track Park. The plan would rezone the extensive gardening grounds and require many ancient olive trees in Liberty Bell park and dozens of eucalyptus trees and old plane trees in Train Track Park to be chopped down. According to the presentation, the tunnel option would cost an estimated 800 million shekels – compared to 254 million shekels for the Emek Refaim Road option and 175 million shekels for the Train Track Park option. The district committee believes the actual costs will be higher. Lindenbaum says the tunnel option could delay the works by two or three years. On top of the damage to the parks, the city’s First Station site would have to be closed down. Asked why the tunnel cannot be extended so that it wouldn’t harm the park, Lindenbaum says that “Oranim junction is supposed to be a meeting of the Blue, Green and Purple lines and extending the tunnel farther would hinder the train’s future operations.” Lawyer Itamar Shahar, one of the supporters of laying the light rail on Emek Refaim Road, set up a website for fellow supporters’ posts. The site features a petition, which 950 people supporters have already signed. Shahar says the discussion clearly shows that the Emek Refaim alternative is the only valid one: “It’s not clear why hundreds of millions of shekels have to be wasted, when the only benefit is continuing to enable private cars to travel on Emek Refaim Road.” “In contrast, the rail track in Emek Refaim will clearly upgrade the street and the neighborhood. The main downside is the construction period,” he says. Shahar criticizes the committee’s foot-dragging. “The committee has all the backing to choose the Emek Refaim alternative,” he says. “I don’t know any planners, apart from Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
those hired by the objectors, who don’t think the Emek Refaim alternative is the best. And yet the committee keeps prolonging the process with all kinds of unclear procedural arguments that don’t pertain to planning.” The opponents to the Emek Refaim line say the presentation intended to persuade the committee to vote for it, because that’s the plan the Jerusalem Transportation Master Plan team supports. “The way this document was drafted is mistaken and misleading,” says Prof. Ariel Hirschfeld, one of the protest’s leaders, adding that the northern portal shown in the plan was copied from a document prepared by the plan’s opponents together with tunnel experts, and it isn’t problematic and will hardly damage Libert Bell Park. The southern portal, on the other hand, was set up to damage Train Track Park, although it doesn’t have to, says Hirschfeld: “The portal can be moved, or other simple engineering solutions can be used so that it isn’t necessary to destroy part of the park.” He also said that ultimately, having the train pass through Emek Refaim Road will cause more damage to Train Track Park than the tunnel option because traffic will be diverted to the park during the years of construction. “The problem isn’t Emek Refaim Road, but the side streets where all the traffic will go. It will bury everything that is the German Colony,” he says. “This is the only historic neighborhood left in Jerusalem.” He adds that the interests of the residents there and those in nearby neighborhoods are the same: “They want mass transportation as well as to protect Train Track Park and that’s exactly what we want. The only thing that will accomplish that is a tunnel under Harakevet Road.” (Haaretz 13 April 2018) • The Israeli airport authority interrogated a number of international visitors about their participation in a conference held in Ramallah as they were leaving the country through Tel Aviv airport. One of the participants, Renata Fayezova, who heads the international relations department at the Kazakh Humanities and Law University, described her treatment at the airport as “cruel and provocative,”. She was interrogated for several hours about her participation in Beit al-Maqdes International Conference held in Ramallah last week. Israel had banned a number of international visitors who were invited to participate in the conference from entering the country. (WAFA 14 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) opened fire at Palestinian homes, shepherds and farmers to the east of Deir al-Balah and to the east of Qararra. (WAFA 16 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) attacked Zanuta Elementary School (Al-Tahadi 7) for the second time in a week and confiscated tents and furniture that were provided to the school following its demolition last week. (NBPRS 16 April 2018) • The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics released population data ahead of Israel’s 70th Independence Day saying that 8,842,000 people live in Israel and in the settlements in the West Bank. According to the data, 6,589,000 (74.5%) are Jews, 1,849,000 (20.9%) are Arabs and 404,000 (4.6%) non-Arab Christians, a number that includes those of other religions or not belonging to any religious denomination. Additionally, there are 169,000 people in Israel who are neither citizens nor permanent residents. The data show that since last day's Independence Day, the number of those living in Israel and in Israeli settlements grew by 163,000. Over the last year, 177,000 kids were born and 41,000 people died. Meanwhile, some 28,000 new immigrants arrived to Israel, adding up to the figure of 3.2 million who arrived to since Israel was founded in 1948. In line with the trend of the past decade, Israel's overall population continued to grow by around 1.9 percent over the last year. In 1948 there were 806,000 people living in Israel, a figure which is up to 8,842,000 today. When Israel turns 100, in 2048, the population is expected to reach 15.2 million. (Haaretz 16 April 2018) • Israel demolished or seized a total of 97 Palestinian structures in the first quarter of 2018, a 50 percent rise when compared to the equivalent quarter in 2017 and 20 percent rise compared to the equivalent quarter in 2016, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to the occupied Palestinian territories said on Tuesday. It said that in spite of the relatively low level of destruction of Palestinian property observed in the first two months of 2018 and a further decreased in March with a total of 28 structures demolished/seized/sealed compared to a monthly average of 35 structures in 2017, the total number of structures demolished/seized during the first quarter of 2018 reached 97, representing around 50 and 20 per cent of the structures demolished/seized in the equivalent quarters of 2017 and 2016, respectively. Almost 30 per cent of the structures targeted in the first quarter of the year were residential, and the rest livelihood-related structures or community infrastructure. Of note, nearly a third of the affected structures during this period have been seized, rather than demolished, up from only 10 per cent during 2017. Twenty-three of this month’s structures were demolished, seized or (in one case) sealed off due to the lack of building permits in Area C and East Jerusalem, and an additional structure, in Area A, was sealed off on punitive grounds. Seventeen of the structures targeted (about 70 Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
per cent) were in East Jerusalem, where, despite the overall decline, demolitions remain at the same high level as in 2017 and 2016. Of them, seven were residences, including three that were demolished or sealed by their Palestinian owners to avoid high fines. The largest incident took place in the community of Al Wata, near the Gilo checkpoint, where the Israeli authorities demolished two homes and five commercial and livelihood structures, displacing 13 people. In Area C, said OCHA, the Israeli authorities demolished six structures in five separate incidents, the lowest number of Palestinian structures demolished in Area C since June 2017. In one incident in the herding community of Susiya, in Hebron, the Israeli authorities seized a residential tent displacing one family. Part of the community is at risk of forcible transfer, with an upcoming hearing at the Israeli Supreme Court to be held in May. None of the structures was donor-funded assistance, although four EU-funded structures in a community in the Jordan Valley received a stop-work order. Overall, during the first quarter of 2018, 14 donor-funded structures have been demolished/seized, representing an 82-90 per cent decline compared to the same quarters in 2017 (78 structures) and 2016 (136 structures). Of concern, in late March, the Israeli authorities requested the Israeli Supreme Court to dismiss a petition filed by the Al Muntar Bedouin community (Ramallah), against the demolition of its only school, and to remove an interim court order preventing the demolition. A decision on the case is pending. The school, made of structures and equipment funded by the EU, began to operate in mid-2017 serving children between 1st and 6th grades. This is one of the 46 Palestinian Bedouin communities in the central West Bank at risk of forcible transfer due to the coercive environment exerted on them, said OCHA report. (OCHAOPT, WAFA 17 April 2018)
• The US State Department has dropped, from its annual human rights report released on Friday, the term “Occupied Territories” when making reference to the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza. The US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, had asked the State Department in December to stop referring to the occupied territories as “occupied.”
• A Palestinian teenager died from very serious wounds he suffered, on April 1st, after Israeli occupation Army (IOA) shot him during a nonviolent protest near the border fence, in Khuza’a village, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The killed Palestinian has been identified as Tahrir Mahmoud Wahba, 18, who Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
was shot in the head during a nonviolent procession, and remained in a very serious condition until his death. The Palestinian, who is also deaf and cannot speak, was shot near the border fence east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis. He was from Tal al-Sultan area, in nearby Rafah. (IMEMC 23 April 2018)
• Facts on the ground showed that Israel’s investment in the occupied West Bank is much more than the one inside the occupied 1948 borders. Within this context, the Israeli government allocated NIS 417,000,000 for developing settlements in the Dead Sea area, in order to attract more settlers, expand the settlements outside the Green Line and judaize it. According to the above information, the budget is not allocated to save the Dead Sea drought, but to strengthen and support the settlement outside the Green Line, within the so-called “Regional Council Megillot north of the Dead Sea, which means expansion under the slogan of development of tourism and maintenance of road no. 90. In turn, Head of the Tamar Regional Council and a member of Kibbutz Ein Gedi, Dov Latinov, said the decision will serve as a lifeline to save the Dead Sea and to further develop the settlements there, as the sea is an irreplaceable national treasure,” after the government decision. The Jordan Valley region is considered part of the Afro-Asian crater pit, one of the lowest in the world, located at a low of about 380 m below sea level. The Palestinian Jordan Valley stretches along the eastern side of the West Bank from Ein Gedi (the Dead Sea) southward to the so- called “Tal Makhkhoz” on the borders of Bisan northward inside the Green Line. And from the Jordan River in the east to the eastern slopes of the West Bank of the Jordan Valley in the west. This area accounts for 28.5% of the West Bank 2,400 sq km. Settlers’ profits through investment in the northern Jordan Valley amount to $ 650,000,000. annually. At the same time, the attacks and violations of the “pay the price gangs” against the Palestinians and their properties escalated under the protection of the occupation government, and silent encouragement from the American administration during the past week. Those terrorist groups carried out several attacks, including attacking the eastern village of Luban, attacking citizens’ property and assaulted farmers from the village of Madma during the plowing of their land and forced them to leave using tear gas bombs. Moreover, assaulted the villagers of Al-Tawana in Mafassar Yatta, threw rocks at them, attacking a bus at a school in Yatta, resulted in injuring 13-year- old Ahmed Abu Aram, as well as assaulting students in schools in the Salameh neighborhood in the Old City of Hebron, puncturing 45 Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
vehicles in the village of Burqa east of Ramallah, and cutting down about 100 olive fruitful trees in the village of Burin south of Nablus and 15 others in the Urief village. For their part, settlers launched a campaign on the “Facebook” calling for the killing of Palestinians and slaughter and burn them, calling hospitals maternity sections to cut heads of the recently born babies recently, another said, “we must revenge for every Jew injured or killed. Within the context, the occupation attorney general decided to abandon the confessions of the perpetrators of the crime of burning the family of Duabsha, in the village of Duma, south of the city of Nablus, 2 years ago under the pretext that the confessions are illegal because they are obtained in an unusual ways. Moreover, the Israeli Kern Keimet Fund decided not to allow the setting up a memorial of its son Moh’d Abu Khudair, who was killed after he was burned alive in a crime committed by 3 settlers in July 2014, in a forest around Jerusalem. On the other hand, the 3rd annual report of the Palestinian Center for Israeli Studies (MADAR), on the “Register of racist and supportive laws for the occupation and settlement,” has been escalated and even accelerated by the Israeli right to enact legislation aimed at consecrating Israeli control of as much of the West Bank as possible. During the 3 years of the parliamentary mandate of the Knesset, 185 laws were passed, including 54 laws that were passed or entered into legislation. This clearly implies the involvement of the Knesset in imposing racist legislation aimed at restricting Palestinian citizens and controlling their land and property. Pal Legislation on the Judaization of Jerusalem and legislation on settlement expansion since the beginning of the Knesset’s 20 mandate, it has dealt with 43 laws for the direct and indirect annexation of the occupied West Bank or settlements. The most important laws that have finally been passed are the Land Grab and Land Privileges Law, the Law for the Consolidation of Jerusalem, the Israeli Higher Education Law on Settlements Institutes, the University in Ariel, and 2 other academic colleges. The National Bureau said the positions of US officials helped radicalizing the behavior of Israelis in general and settlers in particular, it pointed out that the new escalation in the attacks and violations of the terrorist “paying the price gangs” would not have continued seriously in the last few days and weeks. (PNN 24 April 2018) • A large police force secured the uprooting of 80 old olive trees from lands of dozens of dunums of land in Sur Baher near the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood in East Jerusalem. The area was expropriated for public use in 1970, but only 35 years later it was planned as a residential neighborhood of 180 housing units. The Government Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
decided to allocate the units for members of the security forces. In 1970, the Minister of Finance announced the expropriation of thousands of dunums in the area of Sur Baher and Jabal Mukaber, on which the Armon Hanatziv neighborhood (AKA East Talpiot) was later built. The area from which the olive trees were uprooted yesterday in the Ghazail area of the land of Sur Baher was also expropriated in 1970, but for years the state did not use it and the landowners continued to cultivate it and grow olive trees there. In 2005, construction plan No. 7977 was approved, which designated the land for a residential neighborhood of 180 housing units. On 20 May 2012, the government decided to allocate lands in Jerusalem for the members of the security forces, and in October 2012, the Israel Lands Authority announced that the new residential neighborhood near Sur Baher would be designated for members of the security forces. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) Appealed against this decision to the Supreme Court, but the Court approved the allocation to the security forces. In April 2014, the ILA filed an evacuation claim against the Palestinian landowners in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court. The court ordered the landowners to vacate it, and after their appeal was denied, the ILA turned to the Execution Office, and yesterday the olive trees were uprooted according to the court’s order. It is important to emphasize that the decision to allocate the land to the security forces rather than the general public is the government’s way of discriminating against Palestinians without explicitly stating this. In the security forces there is hardly a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem so that the project is actually intended for Israelis only. (PEACENOW, HAARETZ 24 April 2018) • 500 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli prisons under administrative detention (without charge or trial) are continuing their open-ended boycott of Israeli military courts for the 68th consecutive day. The detainees staged the strike in protest of their illegal detention, as well as due to the increasing use of administrative detention orders by Israeli authorities. (IMEMC 24 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained detained Ahmad Yousef Obeid and Waseem Dari, after invading their homes and searching them in al-‘Isawiya, and moved them to an interrogation facility. The IOA also invaded and ransacked many homes in the town and interrogated several Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 25 April 2018) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
• Dozens of Israeli soldiers, accompanied by armored military bulldozers, invaded Palestinian agricultural lands and orchards in Bardala village, in the West Bank’s Northern Plains, before uprooting hundreds of trees, fruits and vegetable plants. Resident Hasan Sawafta received a military order for uprooting his trees and plants, four years ago, under the pretext that his lands are “state-owned” in the occupied West Bank. The army informed him his lands are “designated for military usage,” therefore, are off-limits to the Palestinians. He files appeals against the destruction of his land, but were all denied. The lands were planted with 100 trees, in addition to ten Dunams planted with cucumbers, and seven Dunams planted with corn. The destruction was started after ten army jeeps, large vehicles and bulldozers invaded the area. (IMEMC 25 April 2018)
• An Israeli border policeman who murdered a 16-year-old Palestinian teen on Nakba Day four years ago was sentenced to only nine months in prison. The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Israeli border policeman Ben Deri to nine months in prison after being convicted of negligent homicide after killing Nadim Nuwara in Ramallah four years ago. Nuwara and another Palestinian teenager, Mohammad Abu Daher, 17, were deliberately shot dead during a protest commemorating the anniversary of the Nakba on May 15, 2014 in Beitunia town near Ramallah. Under a plea deal, Deri was fined 50,000 shekels (approximately $14,000) in compensation for Nuwara’s death and would only serve seven months in prison as the sentence includes time served. (WAFA 26 April 2018) • Forty Palestinians have been killed and 5,511 were wounded in the mass protests along the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel since March 30, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported on Tuesday. The protests have been held every Friday since then. The information on the casualties is broken down by date, nature of the injury, gender and age, as well as where the person was treated. Of the injured, 2,596 people were hospitalized in government hospitals, 773 in nongovernment hospitals and the rest were treated in the field. Of those in government hospitals, 1,499 were hit by live ammunition, 107 by sponge-tipped bullets, 408 suffered gas inhalation and 582 suffered other injuries; 2,142 were adults and 454 were minors. “Gaza's health sector is struggling to cope with the mass influx of casualties, due to years of blockade, internal divide and a chronic energy crisis, which have left essential services in Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
Gaza barely able to function,” stated the report. The information is based on figures from the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza and OCHA says the data is a preliminary snapshot only and further information is pending. On Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza reported the death of Ahmed Abu Hassin, a press photographer who was shot two weeks ago during the protests. The protests will continue even after May 15, the day the Palestinians mark the Nakba (Catastrophe) – the founding of Israel – said Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Hamas political bureau, on Wednesday. “The Palestinian people will demonstrate throughout Ramadan to deal with the many challenges facing us, and first of all the peace plan promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump, called the ‘Deal of the Century,’” said Haniyeh. (Haaretz 25 April 2018) • The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) fired artillery shells at two unidentified Palestinians, killing one and injuring the other. The injured was detained by Israeli soldiers and taken to an unknown location. (IMEMC 29 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) shot dead by Israeli occupation army under the pretext of attempting to cross the borders. The identity of the three casualties remains unclear. (IMEMC 29 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) detained a Palestinian man allegedly for crossing the border fence, east of Gaza City. The IOA cuffed and blindfolded the man, who remained unidentified and took him to an unknown destination. (IMEMC 29 April 2018)
• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded and violently searched many homes in various governorates of the West Bank, before detaining twenty-two Palestinians, including two former political prisoners. One of the detained Palestinians is a high-school student, identified as Karim Jamal Khader, from the Sawiya village, south of Nablus, and was taken prisoner while leaving the educational facility. The detained Palestinians have been identified as: Sa’ad Ahmad Mustafa, Ramallah. Mohammad Sayes, Ramallah. Mo’taz Atiya, Ramallah. ‘Ayed Marar, Ramallah. Ahmad ‘Ayed Marar, Ramallah. (Ayed’s son) Ayman Ribhi Hanani, Nablus. Mo’tasem Salem, Nablus. Nasser Fawzi Abu Khalil, Nablus. Karim Jamal Khader, Nablus. Nasr Hamdan (former political prisoner), Nablus. Ja’far Jaghoub (former political prisoner), Nablus. Wajdi ‘Atef al-‘Awawda, Hebron. Ahmad Abdul-Jalil Shahateet, Hebron. Karam Abdul-Aziz Zibdi, Hebron. Haitham Natsha, Hebron. Sami Hashlamoun (former political Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ) P.O Box 860, Caritas Street – Bethlehem, Phone: (+972) 2 2741889, Fax: (+972) 2 2776966. [email protected] | http://www.arij.org
prisoner), Hebron. Mohammad Mustafa Radwan, Qalqilia. Mahmoud Abdul-Karim Hammash, Bethlehem. Ali Sameeh Masalma, Bethlehem. Bilal Mahmoud al-Wahsh, Bethlehem. Jawdat Malaysha, Jaba’ – Jenin. Khaled az-Zeer, Jerusalem. The IOA interrogated Malaysha, 16 years of age for several hours, and released him later. (IMEMC 30 April 2018)