Thursday, March 2, 2023
In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot and killed 1 Palestinian minor and critically injured 1 other during a raid in ‘Azzun. Israeli forces also demolished 1 house in Idhna, displacing 8. Elsewhere, Israeli forces set up checkpoints on 3 roads leading to Jericho. 15 Palestinians were arrested during late-night raids in al-Eizariya, Biddu, Kafr ‘Aqab, al-Khader, Beit Fajjar, Masafer Yatta, Jenin, and Jaba’. (WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 3/2; AJ, HA, MEE 3/3; PCHR 3/9; UNOCHA 3/19)
The Israeli police closed its special department to fight crime in Palestinian communities in Israel, despite the murder rate continuing to increase. (HA 3/2)