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This is a list of individual incidents and statistical breakdowns of incidents of violence, including property damage and expropriation, taking place between Israel and Palestinians in 2014 as part of the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict, but exclusive of particular events that fall within the parameters of any full outbreak of war hostilities.

January

• 1 January 2015.
  • Israeli forces at a checkpoint opened fire on, and critically wounded, a Palestinian youth as he was about to cross the road near the Burin intersection south of Nablus in the northern West Bank. "An Israeli military spokeswoman said she was unfamiliar with the incident".
  • A Molotov cocktail was thrown by Palestinians near Givat Assaf.
  • Three Molotov cocktails were thrown at a Jewish residence in the neighborhood of Ras al-Amud in east Jerusalem.
• 3 January
  • Jamal Numan, a fisherman from al-Shati refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, was critically wounded when an Israeli warship machine-gunned his fishing boat off Rafah. The vessel was destroyed. Israeli sources claimed it was close to the Egyptian border and engaged in smuggling. An Israeli military spokeswoman said that soldiers "called on suspects to halt and fired warning shots into the air", and "opened fire at the vessels after they "failed to comply". Poverty among Gaza's fishermen has increased 40% since 2008, when Israel placed strict limits to the waters where they may fish.
  • Three Palestinian shepherds, Falah Youssef Bani Jaber, Ahmad Bani Jaber, and Judeh Bani Jaber of Yanun suffered wounds, respectively to hands and stomach when they were attacked by settlers and then fired on by Israeli forces near the Israeli outpost of Gidonim, an extension of the Itamar settlement. They Palestinians claimed they were seeking restitution of their stolen herds. Israeli sources claim they had fired in the air to quell a riot, and that the herds were later found, and had not been stolen.
  • A Molotov cocktail was thrown by a Palestinian between Migdalim and Tapuach.
  • Fire was opened "at the Salem roadblock northwest of Jenin. There were no casualties. The building was damaged".
• 4 January Local sources reported that Haytham Ziad Hijazi al-Rajabi (18) of Hebron was shot in the foot during clashes with Israeli forces at the Jabal Juhur neighborhood by a security guard from the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Arba.
• 5 January
  • "Border Police guards apprehended a Palestinian who tried carry out a stabbing attack at a roadblock in the Qalqiliya area".
  • Israeli authorities bulldozed several shops in the village of Husan in the West Bank, near Bethlehem, on the grounds they had not given permits for their construction.
  • The house, under construction, of Abd al-Rahim al-Jaabari in the Ein Bani Sleim area of eastern Hebron was razed to the ground by Israeli forces on the grounds that the structure was being erected without Israeli permission.
• 6 January
  • a Palestinian teenager Noor Muhammad Hamid Zaaqiq (19) was shot in the left foot, reportedly after returning from work at a gas station and was in front of his home, during an Israeli dawn raid to arrest and detain 6 people in the village of Beit Ummar.
  • In two separate events, two Molotov cocktails were thrown by Palestinians at car near Beitar Illit.
• 7 January. Palestinians threw two Molotov cocktails at Beit Hadassah in Hebron.
• 8 January. A 21 year old ultra-orthodox yeshiva student was stabbed in the upper body by an assailant, using a screwdriver, while walking on Sultan Suleiman Street near the Damascus Gate. The assault is believed to be motivated by nationalist feelings, initial reports speaking of an Arab fleeing the scene. Police later arrested a 15 year old Palestinian from East Jerusalem on suspicion of having caused the injury.
• 9 January.
  • Settlers reportedly chopped down a grove of 45 olive trees belonging to Jibril and Khaled Muhammad Abu Arram at Shaab al-Butm, near Yatta, south of Hebron early in the morning.
  • Later that day, on Friday night, a follow-up attack, reportedly by settlers from Susiya, chopped down a further 300 trees belonging to the Shatat, Dawood, and Halabi families.
• 10 January.
  • 2 Palestinian youths from the village of Burin, Abbas Jamal Asous (18), shot with a live bullet in the thigh, and Muhammad Yasser Najjar (14), shot in the leg, were injured during clashes with Israeli forces.
  • Locals said that a Palestinian youth, Ibrahim Issa Suleiman al-Tubassi, was reportedly shot in the thigh in the village of ar-Rihiya, south of Hebron, by an Israeli settler from Beit Hagai.
  • A molotov cocktail was thrown at a car belongs to a Jewish settler guard at Silwan, East Jerusalem. The car was totally burnt. In several raids, Israeli police detained 7 local Palestinian youths, among them minors, on suspicion of involvement in the torching.
  • That Saturday night, a Palestinian girl, Rua Hazim Sawalha (12), was injured when the car she was travelling in was struck by rocks thrown near the Israeli settlement of Beit El, reportedly by settlers throwing stones at cars bearing white Palestinian number plates.

• 11 January According to Palestinian sources settlers from Tapuach cut down 170 ancient olive trees, called "Roman" for their age and size, in private Palestinian groves at Kfar Yusuf/Yasuf contiguous to the settlement.

See also

• Palestinian rocket attacks on Israel
• Israeli Settlement
• List of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2014
• House demolition in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
• List of Israeli price tag attacks

References

1. 'Israeli settler violence in the West Bank,' OCHA November 2011.'Violence by Israeli settlers . . . includes physical assaults, harassment, takeover of and damage to private property, obstructed access to grazing and agricultural land, and attacks on livestock and agricultural land, among others.'
2. Malin Pahlmblad, 'Israeli settler violence in Palestine,' European Parliament Directorate-General for External Policies, December 2012, p.14:'Settler violence against Palestinians takes many forms, including physical violence, destruction or vandalism of property (such as burning or uprooting trees and arson attacks on mosques), killing and stealing animals, and bathing in water wells used by Palestinians for drinking.'
3. Philip Purpura, Terrorism and Homeland Security: An Introduction with Applications, Butterworth-Heinemann, 2011, p.14 :'The United States Department of Defense defines terrorism as follows: "The unlawful use or threatened use of force or violence against individuals or property to coerce or intimidate governments or societies, often to achieve political, religious, or ideological objectives".'
4. Brian Frederking, The United Nations and US Foreign Policy: Collective Security Since the Cold War, Routledge 2007 p.157:'Most definitions say that terrorism is an intentional act of violence against persons and/or property, and it is intended to intimidate a population or influence government policy. . The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has greatly complicated this dispute. While those on one side interpret Palestinian acts of violence (particularly those suicide bombers that kill Israeli civilians) as clear acts of terrorism, those on the other side interpret Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation as a legitimate act of national struggle. Conversely, while one side interprets Israeli policies in the occupied territories as state terrorism, the other side considers Israel to be acting in self-defense. Each side wants a definition of terrorism that i8mplicvates only the other side.'
5. Report of the Human Rights Council: Twelfth Session (14 September - 2 October 2009) Thirteenth Session (1 - 26 March 2010) Fourteenth Session (31 May - 18 June 2010) Thirteenth Special Session (27 and 28 January 2010), United Nations Publications, 2010 p.97:'Expressing its Grave concern at '(a) the continuing Israeli settlement and related activities, in violation of international law, including . . the expropriation of land, the demolition of houses, the confiscation and destruction of property . . which change the physical character and demographic composition of the occupied territories, including east Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan, and constitute a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War,’
6. Meron Benvenisti, Haaretz 2002 cited Cheryl Rubenberg, The Palestinians: In Search of a Just Peace, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2003 p.136:'The destruction of a home is a barbaric act, and taking such a course of action, no matter what the excuse, is an act of terror that comes under the category of a war crime. . It would be hard to overstate the symbolic value of a house to an individual for whom the culture of wandering and of becoming rooted to the land is so deeply ingrained in tradition, for an individual whose national mythos is based on the tragedy of being uprooted from a stolen homeland.'
7. 'Israeli soldiers critically injure Palestinian in shooting near Nablus,' Ma'an News Agency 2 January 2015.
8. "בקבוק תבערה הושלך לעבר רכב בכביש האמבטיה, בסמוך לגבעת אסף". 0404 חדשות. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
9. ^ "News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict". The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC). December 31, 2014 – January 6, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-11.
10. 'Palestinian fisherman critically injured in Israeli naval attack,' Ma'an News Agency 3 January 2015.
11. ’ Israeli forces shoot 3 Palestinian shepherds near Nablus,’ Ma'an News Agency 3 January 2015.
12. ’ 3 Palestinians said injured during clashes with settlers,’ The Times of Israel 3 January 2015.
13. "בקבוק תבערה הושלך לעבר רכב על הציר בין מגדלים לתפוח". 0404 חדשות. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
14. ‘Israeli security guard shoots, injures Hebron teen,’ Ma'an News Agency 4 January 2015.
15. 'Israeli forces demolish shops in Bethlehem-area village,' Ma'an News Agency 5 January 2015.
16. 'Israeli forces demolish house under construction in Hebron,' Ma'an News Agency 5 January 2015.
17. 'Israeli troops raid West Bank, shoot teenager,' Ma'an News Agency 6 January 2015.
18. "הטרור בישראל: שני בקבוקי תבערה הושלכו הלילה ליד ביתר עילית". 0404 חדשות. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
19. "טרור גם בסערה: ערבים זרקו בקבוקי תבערה לעבר בית הדסה בחברון". 0404 חדשות. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
20. Lazar Berman, 'Police arrest East Jerusalem youth for Thursday stabbing,'The Times of Israel 9 January 2015.
21. 'Report: Israeli stabbed near Jerusalem Old City,' Ma'an News Agency 8 January 2015
22. 'Jewish man stabbed near Jerusalem’s Old City,' The Times of Israel 8 January 2015.
23. 'Israeli settlers chop down 45 olive trees south of Hebron,' Ma'an News Agency 9 January 2015
24. 'Israeli settlers chop down 300 olive trees south of Hebron,' Ma'an News Agency 10 January 2015
25. 'Israeli forces shoot 2 Palestinian youths with live fire in Burin,' Ma'an News Agency 10 January 2015.
26. 'Settler shoots Palestinian in village south of Hebron,' Ma'an News Agency 10 January 2015
27. 'Israeli forces detain 7 Palestinian youths in Silwan ,' Ma'an News Agency 11 January 2015
28. "בקבוק תבערה הושלך לעבר רכב של מאבטח בעיר דוד - הרכב נשרף כליל". 0404 חדשות. 10 January 2015. {{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
29. '12-year-old injured after settlers hurl rocks at Palestinian car,' Ma'an News Agency 11 January 2015
30. '3rd attack in 3 days: Settlers chop down 170 olive trees near Nablus ,' Ma'an News Agency 11 January 2015

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