The Palestine Chronology

Late at night, Israeli settlers enter Kobar, the Ramallah-area hometown of the Palestinian who stabbed 4 Israeli settlers at the Halamish settlement on 7/21. When Palestinians throw stones at the group, IDF troops escort the settlers out of the village and violently disperse the Palestinians, injuring 1. IDF troops also arrest 1 Palestinian during a raid in Qalqilya, and patrol nr. Hebron and Nablus during the day. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrest 1 Palestinian during a late-night raid in Qalandia r.c., sparking clashes with residents; 1 Palestinian is injured. They arrest 5 more Palestinians during raids in Silwan and the Old City. Along Gaza’s border, Israeli forces conduct a limited incursion to level land nr. Khan Yunis. In Israel, Israeli police clash with Palestinians in Jaffa protesting the police killing of a Palestinian in the area on 7/29; 2 protesters are arrested. (MNA 8/3; MNA, TOI, YA 8/4; PCHR 8/10)

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers park 10 trailers outside a settlement nr. Nablus on land the Israeli forces have been leveling in recent weeks. Separately, Israeli forces level a plot of Palestinian land outside Dura village nr. Hebron where they reportedly intend to build an IDF watchtower and checkpoints. IDF troops arrest 3 Palestinians, issue 1 arrest summons, and confiscate 1 car during raids nr. Hebron and Bethlehem; and patrol nr. Hebron and Salfit. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces arrest 2 Palestinians during raids in al-‘Izzariya. Off Gaza’s coast, Israeli naval forces open fire on Palestinian fishing boats nr. Bayt Lahiya, causing no damage or injuries. In Israel, Israeli police arrest 5 Palestinian citizens of Israel alleging that they set fire to trash cans and 2 vehicles in Jaffa overnight. The arrests come amid heightened tensions in the wake of the police killing on 7/29. (MNA, YA 7/31; PCHR 8/3)

In the West Bank, Israeli settlers throw stones at Palestinians nr. Hebron, causing no serious injuries. The IDF raids Palmedia’s office in al-Bireh overnight, destroying equipment and materials allegedly used to disseminate inciting material. IDF troops conduct late-night raids in Jenin r.c., arresting 2 Palestinians and sparking clashes with stonethrowing Palestinian youths; 2 Palestinians are injured. They also arrest 5 Palestinians during late-night raids in and around Hebron, and patrol nr. Nablus and Hebron. In Israel, a Palestinian citizen of Israel (PCI) is shot and killed and another is moderately injured during a police chase in Jaffa. Hundreds of Palestinian mourners and protesters march through Jaffa throughout the rest of the day, and Israeli police violently disperse them (8 Palestinians are arrested). (HA, MNA, TOI, WAFA 7/29; MNA 7/30; PCHR 8/3)

Ten days after Israeli forces demolished 8 homes and 7 agricultural buildings in the bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev, a Palestinian lawyers’ group and an organization of neighboring villages donate 2 mobile homes to the community today (a 3d mobile home, donated by the residents of the city of Jaffa, is expected to arrive on 1/29). In the West Bank, IDF troops weld shut the entrance to a metalwork shop in Hebron and demolish the contents of a printing house in Ramallah. They also arrest 1 Palestinian during a raid nr. Ramallah; and patrol during the day nr. Hebron and Salfit. (MNA 1/28; PCHR 2/2)

The Egyptian authorities open the Rafah border crossing in both directions for humanitarian cases. (MNA, WAFA 1/28)