List of violent events related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict occurring in the second half of 2015.
2015
July From June 30 to July 6, 13 Palestinians, including 2 children, were injured by Israeli forces across the West Bank, half during some 55 search and arrest operations in Ad Duheisha refugee camp (Bethlehem), Beit Ummar (Hebron), Tell (Nablus) and Al Jalazun refugee camp (Ramallah). 79 Palestinians were arrested. On 5 occasions Israeli forces fired towards Gazans in the Access Restricted Areas. One incursion, 150 metres inside the Strip was reported. Settlers attacked Palestinians or damaged their property on 7 occasions, injuring three people. Trees in Burin were damaged. In 4 incidents, settlers injured 4 Palestinians in attacks on vehicles near Sheikh Jarrah. In one incident a woman miscarried. Three incidents of physical assault took place in Ras Karkar (Ramallah), Marda (Salfit), and the Old City of Jerusalem.Protection of Civilians:Reporting period: 30 June - 6 July 2015 , OCHA 9 July 2015 Over the week 7–13 July, 9 Palestinians, including three children, were injured by Israeli forces, which also conducted 52 search-and-arrest operations resulting in 71 arrests in the West Bank.Protection of Civilians: Reporting period:7 - 13 July 2015 , OCHA 16 July 2015. In the 2 weeks from 14 to 27 July, 3 Palestinian civilians were shot with live ammunition and died during search and arrest operations in the West Bank, and a total of 66 Palestinians, including five children and five women, were injured. 2 Palestinian fishermen were shot for sailing near or in the ARA zone, as was a 14-year-old who, according to Palestinians, was playing with other children within 50 meters of the Separation Barrier. 7 settler attacks on Palestinians or their property, and 5 Palestinian attacks on settlers and their property, were registered.Protection of Civilians: Reporting period: 14 July – 27 July 2015 , OCHA From 28 July-3 August, 94 Palestinians, including 26 children were injured, mostly in protests following the Duma arson attack. Israeli forces fired 13 times towards civilians in the Restricted Areas. 10 structures were demolished in Silwan and Beit Hanina for lacking Israeli permits. 5 settlers attacks on Palestinians or their property were recorded, including a reported running over of a Palestinian fireman trying to extinguish a fire at Beit Hagai. 7 cases of Palestinians throwing stones or Molotov cocktails at settler cars and houses. 1 July The family of Uday Abu Jamal, one of the perpetrators of the 2014 Jerusalem synagogue attack were expelled from their home in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Jabel Mukaber and the building was sealed. The home was slated for demolition in November 2014, but the family appealed. B'Tselem declared that punitive house demolitions are "fundamentally wrong" and contravene "basic moral standards by punishing people for the misdeeds of others."'Israeli forces seal apartment of Jerusalem synagogue attacker', Ma'an News Agency 1 July 2015. The International Red Cross provided the family with a tent in which to live, pitched on their property. Israel demolished it the following week, on June 7.'Israel demolishes tent housing synagogue attackers family', Ma'an News Agency 7 July 2015. 2 July Three Palestinians were shot and injured in a predawn detention raid by Israeli forces on the Duheisha refugee camp, in clashes after 2 young men had been arrested. One of those detained, Waleed Shuhada al-Jafari (23) is the brother of Jihad al-Jafri, shot dead by Israeli forces on 24 February during a similar predawn raid.'Israeli forces shoot, injure 3 in Duheisha camp', Ma'an News Agency 2 July 2015. 3 July Muhammad al-Kasbah (17) from the Qalandia Refugee Camp was shot dead, reportedly by Israeli Binjamin Brigade Commander, Col. Israel Shomer, with two bullets to the head and chest. The incident occurred as a Binyamin infantry brigade vehicle passed the village of Al-Ram in the direction of the Qalandia checkpoint. Israeli reports state he, and others, were throwing stones at a military vehicle, in an ambush, that the windshield was damaged and that the commander got out of his car and shot the youth, assessing that his own life was at risk. al-Kasbah was reportedly warned not to get closer, and shot when he kept approaching. He was the third son of the family to be killed, two brothers having died during the Al Aqsa Intifada. Palestinian reports said he was shot while trying to climb the Separation Wall to reach the Al-Aqsa mosque. He was the 15th Palestinian shot dead since January. A military investigation was established.'Thousands attend funeral for Palestinian teen shot by Israeli forces', Ma'an News Agency 3 July 2015Gili Cohen and Jack Khoury, 'Senior Israeli officer shoots dead Palestinian stone-thrower in West Bank', Haaretz 3 July 2015. Video of the incident revealed on 13 of July casts doubts of both versions. The boy is seen running to the jeep and throwing a rcck. It also shows Kasbah running away and a police officer chasing him, after which he was shot in the back.Elior Levy, Yoav Zitun, 'Fotoage shows officer's life wasn't in danger when he shot, killed Palestinian', Ynet 13 July 2015. The Israeli military investigation was closed with the verdict that Shomer had fired into the air and towards the assailant's legs, but that 'due to the reality of the operational situation,' al-Kasbah died. B'Tselem called the decision 'a whitewash'.'Israel drops investigation into army colonel's killing of Palestinian teen', Ma'an News Agency 10–11 April 20'16. Settlers, reportedly from Yitzhar, are said to have thrown rocks at Palestinian vehicles at the Yitzhar road junction. Several vehicles, including one belonging to Thaer Khalil, director of appeals prosecution in the West Bank, were smashed.'Israeli settlers attack Palestinian vehicles near Nablus', Ma'an News Agency 3 July 2015. A Palestinian woman was injured when Palestinian cars were hit with rocks thrown by Jews by the Tomb of Simeon the Just near Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem.'Right-wing Jews attack Palestinian vehicles in Jerusalem, injure woman', Ma'an News Agency 5 July 2015. 6 July Firas Mujahid (45) filed a complaint to Israeli police that he had had stones thrown at him and his companions, and was then struck in the head with a rod, after he, his brother and a friend were insulted by Israelis while walking along East Jerusalem's Musrara Street. Mujahid was hospitalized after Israeli police called an ambulance. His brother, the friend and some Israelis were arrested, and the Palestinians were later released on bail.'Israeli extremists assault 3 Palestinian men in East Jerusalem', Ma'an News Agency 7 July 2015. A Palestinian, Baraa Muhammad al-Rimhi (16), was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet by Israeli forces during a raid on the al-Jalazone Refugee Camp. The IDF stated that during a routine operation, stones were thrown at them, and after warnings, when an "improvised explosive device" was thrown, they made a hit. Another young man, Muhammad Safi (20) was arrested.'Israeli forces injure 1, detain another near Ramallah', Ma'an News Agency 7 July 2015 10 July Amjad Farouq Abu Khalid (17) was shot in the leg by a rubber-coated steel bullet as Israeli forces dispersed the weekly protest march at Kafr Qaddum village near Qalqiliya in the occupied West Bank. The area was also reportedly dowsed with skunk spray. The village had been declared a 'closed military zone' at dawn, and neither journalists nor international activists were permitted entry.'Palestinian teen shot, injured by Israeli forces', Ma'an News Agency 10 July 2015 12 July Nafiz Dmeiri (55), a deaf and mute tailor, lost an eye when he was hit in the face, according to an Israel source apparently by a sponge grenade while inside a grocery store, according to Palestyinian sources by a sponge-tipped bullet where he had taken shelter as Israeli police clashed with stone-throwers at the Shuafat Refugee Camp. A store camera captured the incident on video.'Palestinian man badly hurt in east Jerusalem clash', The Times of Israel 13 July 2015.Roi Yanovsky, Elior Levy, 'Palestinian man loses eye during clashes with Border Police', Ynet 14 July 2015. Another Palestinian suffered a chest wound from Israeli fire during the same clashes, which ensued after Israeli undercover forces raided a clothing store and arrested a Palestinian.'Israeli forces injure 2 Palestinians, arrest 1 in Shufat refugee camp', Ma'an News Agency 13 July 2015'Palestinian bystander shot by Israeli forces in Shufat loses eye', Ma'an News Agency 14 July 2015. 15 July A young Palestinian woman, reportedly a minor, was arrested after lightly injuring an Israeli soldier with a stab wound to his back near the Israeli settlement of Nahliel, north of Ramallah.'Israeli army: Young Palestinian woman stabs Israeli soldier', Ma'an News Agency 15 July 2015. 16 July In response to a rocket fired from Gaza which hit open ground south of Ashkelon in the early hours, the IAF launched a strike against 'terrorist infrastructure', a watchtower and a training camp, in the Gaza Strip reprisal. No injuries were reported.'Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza in response to rocket fire', Associated Press 16 July 2015.Shirly Seidler, 'Israel strikes Gaza targets after rocket fired at Ashkelon area', Haaretz 16 July 2015 17 July Muhammad Halayqa (17) of Ash-Shuyukh was shot in the foot with a rubber-coated steel bullet during an Israeli raid on the family home to arrest his older brother. About 20 Palestinians from Ras al-Amud threw fireworks, Molotov cocktails and stones at Jewish homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ma'ale HaZeitim.'E. J'lem residents: Police did not protect us from stones, firebombs', Ynet 18 July 2015. Mansour Abu Taima (14) was shot in the left foot, reportedly by live fire, by Israeli forces firing into the Gaza Strip town of Abasan al-Kabira east of Khan Younis.'Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian teen near Gaza Strip border', Ma'an News Agency 18 July 2015. 21 July A Palestinian fisherman in his 20s was shot with live fire in the back off the northwest coast of Gaza by Israeli naval forces. He also suffered several wounds to his hand from rubber-coated bullets. He was hospitalized in critical condition. An Israeli spokesman said the shooting occurred after warning shots were fired when a fishing vessel deviated from the designated fishing zone.Israel navy shoots, critically injures Gaza fisherman', Ma'an News Agency 21 July 21, 2015 22 July Muhammad Ahmad Alawneh (21) was shot in the chest with live ammunition during Israeli clashes with residents of Birqin west of Jenin, in what Israeli described as a search-and arrest operation. He later succumbed to his wounds, the 16th Palestinian to die since January.'Israeli forces shoot, kill Palestinian near Jenin', Ma'an News Agency 22 July 2015 23 July