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  • August 26, 2022

    In the West Bank, an Israeli settlement security vehicle was reportedly hit by 3 bullets near Deir Sharaf; no injuries were reported. Israeli forces shot and injured 2 Palestinians with live...

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  • April 5, 2022

    In the West Bank, Israeli forces delivered a stop-work order for a house in Fasayil. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces handed demolition orders for 1 house, 1 canopy, and 1 house stable in Isawiya...

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In the West Bank, an Israeli settlement security vehicle was reportedly hit by 3 bullets near Deir Sharaf; no injuries were reported. Israeli forces shot and injured 2 Palestinians with live ammunition during a raid in Beit Umar. Israeli forces also violently dispersed a sit-in demonstration near Tulkarm, where Palestinians protested Israeli settler attacks in the area; tear-gas related injuries were reported. Elsewhere, Israeli forces violently dispersed Palestinian protesters in Kafr Qaddum, injuring 5 with baton rounds. Israeli forces also violently dispersed Palestinian protesters in Bayt Dajan, injuring 18 with tear gas. Meanwhile, Israeli forces shot and injured 1 Palestinian with live ammunition during a raid in Seida. 3 Palestinians were arrested, including 2 during late-night raids in Nablus and al-Far‘a refugee camp and 1 at a flying checkpoint near ‘Azzun. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces raided the home of PA governor to Jerusalem Adnan Ghaith, arresting his son. In Gaza, Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian shepherds east of Dayr al-Balah; no injuries were reported. (TOI, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 8/26; PCHR 9/1; UNOCHA 9/2)

Deputy head of the Hamas political bureau Saleh al-Arouri met with Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad al-Nakhala in Beirut. (JP 8/27)

Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz met with U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan in Washington to voice Israel’s opposition to the Iran nuclear deal. (HA 8/26)

In the West Bank, Israeli forces delivered a stop-work order for a house in Fasayil. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces handed demolition orders for 1 house, 1 canopy, and 1 house stable in Isawiya. Israeli forces detained PA governor of Jerusalem Adnan Ghaith before handing him orders not to enter the West Bank for 6 months. Meanwhile, Israeli forces violently dispersed Palestinians gathered at the Damascus Gate plaza with baton rounds and stun grenades; at least 1 was injured. 12 were arrested in the Old City and 2 in Bayt Hanina. Off the coast of Gaza, Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen within 3 nautical miles west of al-Sudaniyya; no injuries were reported. (WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 4/5; WAFA, WAFA 4/6; PCHR 4/7; UNOCHA 4/23)

PA president Mahmoud Abbas spoke with Israeli defense minister Benny Gantz on a phone call. The 2 spoke about efforts to facilitate calm for the Ramadan and Passover holy days. (TOI 4/5; ALM 4/6)

1 Palestinian citizen of Israel was sentenced to death in the UAE for possessing 0.5 kilo of cocaine. Joint List chairperson Ayman Odeh said he had been in contact with Israeli president Isaac Herzog and foreign minister Yair Lapid to have them help save her life. (AP, CNN, HA 4/5)

Palestinian-French lawyer and activist Salah Hamouri, who is currently held by Israel in administrative detention, filed a complaint to the prosecutor of the Paris judicial court in France against the NSO Group for illegally hacking his phone using Pegasus spyware. (AJ, WAFA 4/5; WAFA 4/6)

Front Line Defenders and Citizen Lab published an investigation, saying that 4 Jordanian activists and journalists had been targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between August 2019 and December 2021. (AP, HA, HA 4/5)

The World Bank approved an $8 million grant to the PA to help reform its public financial management. (WAFA 4/5)