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  • August 12, 2022

    In the West Bank, EU representatives visited an EU-funded school in al-Samiya, which received a demolition notice on 8/10. Israeli settlers vandalized a water pipeline near al-Farisiya. Israeli...

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In the West Bank, EU representatives visited an EU-funded school in al-Samiya, which received a demolition notice on 8/10. Israeli settlers vandalized a water pipeline near al-Farisiya. Israeli forces shot and injured 1 Palestinian protester with live ammunition in al-Bireh. Israeli forces also shot and injured 1 Palestinian protester with a baton round in Tuqu‘; others sustained tear-gas related injuries. Elsewhere, Israeli forces violently dispersed Palestinian protesters in Kafr Qaddum, injuring 7 with baton rounds. Israeli forces also delivered a demolition notice against 1 house in Dura. In Gaza, 1 Palestinian man succumbed to injuries sustained during Israel Operation Breaking Dawn. Off the coast of Gaza, Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen within 6 nautical miles west of Gaza; no injuries were reported. (AJ, AP, AP, HA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA, WAFA 8/12; PCHR 8/18; UNOCHA 8/19)

In Syria, Israeli forces fired 3 tank shells at 2 Syrian civilians near al-Hamidiyah, injuring both. (HA 8/12)

Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh said in a statement that Qatar had agreed to finance the rebuilding of homes destroyed by Israel during last weekend’s Operation Breaking Dawn. (HA 8/12; MEMO 8/13; MEMO, WAFA 8/14)