January 1: All 490 Palestinian political detainees, held without trial or charge (administrative detention), launch a collective boycott of Israeli courts in protest of their illegal imprisonment and being subjected to various abuses, including mistreatment and torture.

January 6: the first two Palestinians are killed in 2022, the first by Israeli forces invading the outskirts of Balata refugee camp and the second by an Israeli settler, who run 25-year-old Mustafa Falaneh as he was on his way to work in an apparent car ramming attack. No one was held responsible for these crimes.

January 13: Omar Abdulmajid Asaad, 80, is killed after suffering from a heart attack when Israeli forces assaulted him, handcuffed him, and dragged him on the ground. Asaad is the first Palestinian-American killed this year.

January 8-14: Israeli authorities greenlight an intensified assault on Bedouin Palestinian communities in the Naqab.

January 12: The Israeli army’s Legal Advisor Office responds to a request by Palestinian legal organization, ADALAH, regarding evidence on the designation of six Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist organizations targeted for EU defunding. The legal advisor showed no intention of sharing evidence or information regarding the designation.

Two Israeli commanders (28-year-old Maj. Ofek Aharon and 26-year-old Maj. Itamar Elharar) from the Egoz Commando Unit, are shot and killed by another Israeli soldier after mistaking them for Palestinians in the West Bank.

Acting Defense Minister, Benny Gantz, said: “We will do everything to ensure that such a disaster does not repeat itself.”

According to the Central Command Chief, the officers did not follow prescribed protocols for when encountering a suspect targeted for apprehension and instead shot to kill.

January 16: “Desert Falcon,” a joint US-Israeli military aerial drill, is carried out in the Naqab Desert.

January 17: The Salhiya family faces Israeli forces and settlers attempting to physically remove them from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah at gunpoint. One family member refuses the forced expulsion and threatens to blow himself up on the roof of the house.

The Palestinian anti-occupation icon, 75-year-old Hajj Suleiman. succumbed to wounds sustained during an Israeli army raid a week prior.

39-year-old Faleh Musa Jaradat is shot and killed by Israeli forces after allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack.

January 21: the PA arrests three Palestinian youths from Beita, raiding their homes, attacking their families, and in some instances, pepper-spraying household members.

January 24: Fahmi Hamad is killed by tear gas inhalation during an Israeli raid.

February 1: Israeli Attorney General, Avichai Mandelblit, legalizes illegal “Eviatar” outpost near Beita, Nablus, during his final days in his position. Yair Lapid and other Knesset members warn against this move, suggesting it will upset senior officials in Washington.

Amnesty International releases landmark report on Israeli crimes against humanity, including the crime of apartheid.

February 6: Israeli cabinet approves motioning a Knesset vote on the “Citizenship Law,” which denies Palestinians re-unification rights in the event that Palestinians with Israeli citizenship marry other Palestinians with West Bank or Gaza IDs.

February 7: Israeli lawyer Gali Baharav-Miara is approved as Israel’s Attorney General. Baharav-Miara was endorsed by Naftali Bennet and Israel’s then Justice Minister.

February 8: Israeli special units fire live ammunition at a Palestinian car and kill three Palestinians, Ashraf Mubaslat, Adham Mabrouka (Al-Shushani), and Mohammad Dakhil. This becomes one of the initial signs that the Israeli military and the Shin Bet are employing a shoot-to-kill policy of extra-judicial assassination.

These Palestinians were resistance fighters who were later reported to have been close comrades of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, ‘the lion of Nablus,’ who would be assassinated a few months later, on August 9. The assassination of the three marked a turning point in Palestinian armed organization and the rise of new groups, such as the Lions’ Den, the Balata Brigade, and the Jenin Brigade.

February 10: Former Israeli Attorney General Michael Ben-Yair publishes an opinion piece affirming conclusions by human rights organizations that label Israel as an apartheid regime.

February 14: 17-year-old Mohammad Abu Salah is killed by the Israeli army with a bullet to the head during an Israeli raid on the village of al-Silah al-Harthiya in Jenin, in the northern West Bank. He is the first minor to be killed in 2022.

February 15: 19-year-old Nihad Barghouthi is killed with Israeli gunfire during a protest in Nabi Saleh near Ramallah.

February 16: The Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy, and Water Resources approves a new trade deal with Jordan and Egypt, which will allow the export of gas to Egypt via Jordan, increasing gas exports by 50%. The Ministry reports that exports would begin by the end of February.

February 22: Israeli forces shoot and kill 13-year-old Mohammad Riziq Salah in the town of al-Khader, south of Bethlehem, while he was near the separation wall. He posed “no significant threat” to the army, according to family members, while the army alleges that he was throwing Molotov cocktails at nearby cars. He is the second child to be killed in the year and the 12th Palestinian overall.

February 26: Live ammunition fired in an attempted assassination of PIJ senior member Khader Adnan in the city of Nablus. Adnan was paying respects to martyrs’ families in the city. The brother of the slain Palestinian resistance fighter Adham Mabrouka (Al-Shushani) was with Adnan during the failed assassination attempt.

PIJ Secretary General, Ziad Nakhaleh, issued a statement claiming that Israeli intelligence was behind the attempt in an attack on the political group as a whole.

Adnan called for statements of support from national authorities and political factions, alluding to potential PA collaboration with Israeli intelligence in the attack on PIJ members.

March 1 – 2: Israeli forces kill three Palestinians within 24 hours. Two of the Palestinians, including one teenager, were killed during an overnight raid before dawn in Jenin Refugee Camp. The other was a young man in the town of Beit Fajjar, south of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank.

March 6: Three Palestinians are killed in three separate incidents, including one 16-year-old, Yamen Jaffal, from Jerusalem.

March 7: Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teenagers in separate incidents in Jerusalem, bringing the number of Palestinians killed to 16, including three children.

March 9: Crime amongst Palestinian communities with Israeli citizenship continues to rise. Razan Abbas, 17, is shot by a stray bullet in Kufr Kana, becoming the seventeenth victim of violence among Palestinian communities with Israeli citizenship since the start of the year.

Ahmad Seif, 23, succumbs to wounds sustained by Israeli forces in the village of Burqa, northwest of Nablus in the northern West Bank, on March 1.

March 10: Israeli Knesset formally approves the renewal of the discriminatory “Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law,” with a 45-15 majority vote in favor of the law. The bill allows for the legalized denial of family reunification for Palestinians with Israeli citizenship who marry other Palestinians from the West Bank or Gaza.

March 15: Israeli forces kill three Palestinians during night raids, including Sanad al-Harbad, 27, a father of three in the Bedouin city of Rahat. Al-Harbad was shot with two bullets in the back.

March 15 – 16: Israel and Egypt finalize an agreement for direct flights between Tel Aviv and Sharm El-Sheikh.

March 21: The UN’s Special Rapporteur for the Human Rights Council report shows Israel is committing “pitiless” apartheid.

March 21 – 22: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, UAE’s Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, and Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, gather in a conference in Sharm El-Sheikh.

Representatives reportedly discussed Russian-Ukranian mediation efforts and Iranian nuclear efforts.

The Israeli PM presented Arab representatives with a vision of a regional air defense network.

March 22: A Palestinian man allegedly undertakes stabbing attack in Beer Sheva, killing four Israelis and wounding two others. The attacker, Mohammad Abu Al-Kiyan, was shot and killed by an Israeli bus driver.

March 26: The fourth local elections in the West Bank commence. Elections are scheduled to take place in 50 Palestinian towns and villages out of 127. Hamas and PIJ reportedly boycott the elections.

March 28: Two Israeli officers are killed by two Palestinian gunmen from Um al-Fahem in Hadera, while wounding several others. The Islamic State reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack from its Telegram account, but Mondoweiss has not been able to independently confirm the affiliation of the two gunmen. Immediately after, the UAE, Morocco, and Bahrain condemned the attack in a show of alliance with Israel.

Israeli ministers hold a cabinet meeting to approve a resolution that — despite violating international law — authorizes five settlement communities in the Negev. Meanwhile, Israeli settlers increase attacks on the Old City of Jerusalem, taking over the Little Petra Hotel in Jerusalem’s Christian quarter.

Israel holds the Negev Summit with the participation of the U.S., the UAE, Egypt, Morocco, and Bahrain, for the first time since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinkin and Yair Lapid gather with Arab representatives for a two-day conference.

March 29: Palestinian resistance fighter from Jenin, Dia Hamarsheh, 26, carries out an armed attack in Bnei Brak near Tel Aviv, killing five. Hamarsheh is later killed by Israeli forces.

March 31: Israeli forces shoot and kill 30-year-old Nidal Jafra from Hebron after carrying out a stabbing attack near Bethlehem.

Two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old, are shot and killed during an Israeli military raid on Jenin refugee camp.

April 1: 29-year-old Ahmad Al-Atrash is shot and killed in the head by Israeli soldiers in Hebron during protests.

In Nablus, more than 70 Palestinians are wounded during confrontations with Israeli armed forces.

April 2: Israeli special forces shoot and kill three Palestinian men reported to have been part of Fatah’s armed wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade. The Palestinians killed were Saib Abahra, 30, a father of five from Jenin, Halil Toalba, 24, and Seif Abu Labda, 25.

April 3: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet declares an “alert routine” inaugurating Operation Break the Wave in coordination with the Shin Bet (the Israeli counterintelligence organization) and the Israeli military.

“The IDF is showing maximum presence at hundreds of points where there are breaches, and our goal is to break this wave,” said Bennet, further clarifying that this was not “a single operation, but hundreds of continuous operations.”

April 4: As Palestinian Muslims usher in the holy month of Ramadan, Israeli forces storm Jerusalem. Dozens of Palestinians are injured and arrested.

April 5: Naftali Bennet makes a trip to the Israeli army headquarters in the West Bank to speak about Ukrainian immigrants settling in the region.

April 7: Raad Khazem, from Jenin refugee camp, shoots and kills two Israeli settlers on Dizengoff street in Tel Aviv. Israeli police shut down the city in search of Khazem while deploying additional manpower for the manhunt.

April 8: After an extended manhunt throughout the night of April 7 and the early morning hours of April 8, Israeli forces and intelligence find Khazem in Yaffa and kill him.

April 9 – 10: Israeli forces intensify assaults across the West Bank, killing four Palestinians, including one teenager, in under 24 hours. In Jenin, Israeli forces kill alleged PIJ member Ahmad Al-Saadi, as well as a 17-year-old Palestinian teen, who succumbs to wounds two days later. Israeli forces shoot and kill a 48-year-old Palestinian woman and mother of six, Ghada Sabateen, in Husan, Bethlehem, and another woman in Hebron.

April 11: Palestinian teen, 16-year-old Mohammad Zakarneh, is killed after being shot in an ambush by Israeli forces the day prior.

April 13 – 14: Israeli forces conduct raids across the West Bank, including in Jenin and the village of Husan near Bethlehem, killing 6 Palestinians and injuring 17, again in under 24 hours. Among the killed is a 14-year-old boy, Qusai Hamamra, in Bethlehem, and a human rights lawyer, Mohammad Assaf, 34, in Nablus.

Also among the slain is Shas Kamamji, 29, the youngest sibling of Ayham Kamamji, one of the six Palestinians that escaped Israel’s high-security Gilboa Prison on September 6, 2021.

April 15: Israeli forces raid Al-Aqsa compound, injuring more than 152 Palestinians and detaining more than 400. Israeli Police and settlers intensify raids on the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem in the days that follow.

Palestinian teen Shawkat Abed, 17, succumbs to wounds sustained the day before as Israeli forces raided the city of Jenin.

April 17: Israeli forces raid the Al-Aqsa compound again and use armed force to drive worshippers out of the compound. At least 19 worshippers were injured. PA spokesperson, Nabil Abu Rdeineh, decried the repression in a statement:

“We hold the Israeli government responsible for this escalation, and we call on the US administration to break its silence and stop this aggression that will inflame the entire region.”

For the first time, an Israeli commercial aircraft lands in Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh in an inaugural direct flight from Tel Aviv.

April 18: Israeli army launches missile, claiming it targeted a weapons manufacturing space. Earlier, rockets were fired toward Israel and were intercepted by the Iron Dome.

Palestinian armed groups in Gaza reportedly fire two rockets toward Israel, but no Palestinian faction claims responsibility. Israel launches airstrikes, reporting that it targeted a Hamas weapons manufacturing space. The Israeli military also strikes other locations. Later, the military would note that it does not believe that Hamas fired the rockets but still holds the political faction responsible for it.

Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq calls for immediate intervention in light of escalating Israeli violence and settler attacks on Palestinians in the West Bank.

Israeli forces shoot and kill 18-year-old Hanan Khaddour in Jenin.

April 21: Israeli military carries out airstrikes on central Gaza. Hamas releases a statement noting that continued Israeli assaults will further push Palestinians to “resist the occupation and step up their support for Jerusalem and its people.”

The six Palestinian organizations designated as “terror organizations” six months earlier under Israel’s 2016 counter-terrorism clause put out a joint statement demanding an urgent intervention to revoke the unlawful designation, which was reportedly intended to weaken Palestinian civil society organizations.

April 22: Israeli forces and settlers continue the assault on the Al-Aqsa compound, using drones to drop teargas on worshippers. For the second week in a row, Hamas calls Palestinians in Gaza to rally against the continued assault.

20-year-old Lutfi Labadi succumbs to wounds sustained during an Israeli raid on Jenin a few days earlier.

April 23: Israeli authorities enforce a new decision to close the only crossing for Palestinian workers from Gaza, which the Gaza Workers Union called “collective punishment.”

April 24 – 25: Rockets are fired toward Israel from southern Lebanon. No casualties are reported. Force Commander Major General Aroldo Lázaro of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) urges restraint. The Israeli military responds by firing dozens of artillery shells at Lebanon.

April 25: UN human rights experts call on the global community to stand with the six Palestinian organizations that were designated as terror organizations by Israel. Funding for the organizations was requested to resume due to a lack of evidence to support the Israeli claims.

April 26: Israeli forces kill 20-year-old Ahmad Oweidat during a raid in Jericho.

April 27: Israeli forces shoot and kill 18-year-old Ahmad Massad during a raid on Jenin.

April 30: Israeli security guard, Vyacheslav Golev, is shot and killed at the illegal settlement of Ariel by two Palestinian gunmen, Yousef Assi and Yahiya Maari.

In a statement, Naftali Bennet threatens that “there is no terrorist that we will not reach, and settle the score. Our war with terror is long, and together we will win.”

May 4: Israeli High Court rejects petition against the expulsion of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta in South Hebron Hills, effectively greenlighting the takeover of land by the Israeli army as a “closed military firing zone,” and sanctioning the forcible expulsion of 1200 Palestinians who live there.

May 7: Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) releases a report ahead of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee conference on May 10 in Brussels. The report notes the risk of an economic crisis.

Israel announces building 4,000 new settlements in Masafer Yatta, dispossessing almost 12 villages, and the seizure of almost 5,500 acres of land in the Jordan Valley.

May 8: Israeli PM Yair Lapid announces additional settlement expansion in the Negev.

Israeli forces and settlers kill two Palestinians in two separate incidents — Motassem Atallah Al-Zeer, 17, and 27-year-old Mahmoud Aram from Gaza. Aram was killed while trying to cross into historic Palestine (the modern-day Israeli state) through Gaza.

May 9: Israeli forces launch “Chariots of Fire,” a large military exercise targeting air, sea, and cyberspace. The drill lasts four weeks and includes military reserves and drills conducted on Palestinian lands, including the Jordan Valley and Masafer Yatta.

May 10: World Bank Ad Hoc Liaison Committee releases economic monitoring report noting that the Ukrainian-Russian war will likely have a negative impact on the PA’s economic deficit. The report also showcases that Palestinian households face increasing food insecurity.

May 11: Palestinian-American senior correspondent for Al-Jazeera, Shireen Abu Akleh, 51, is killed in Jenin refugee camp by an Israeli military bullet, despite wearing her protective PRESS vest and helmet. Her colleague, Ali Sumudi, 55, is also injured in the shoulder.

Israeli forces carry out the first demolition of Palestinian homes and structures in Masafer Yatta, leaving 45 Palestinians homeless.

May 12: PA spokesperson Hussein Al-Sheikh refuses joint Israeli investigation into the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, demanding an independent inquiry.

May 13: Israeli armed forces storm St. Joseph Hospital in Jerusalem and attack mourners carrying Shireen Abu Akleh’s coffin, attempting to steal the casket and firing teargas at mourners in the hospital’s vicinity. Dozens are injured at the procession.

May 13 – 15: Germany bans all planned protests commemorating the Palestinian Nakba of 1948. German authorities use force against civilian protestors.

May 14: Waleed Al-Sharif, 20, succumbs to wounds sustained at the Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem a few days earlier during the holy month of Ramadan.

May 15: Israeli forces fatally injure and detain Daoud Zubeidi from Jenin, brother of Palestinian resistance icon and former escapee from Gilboa Prison, Zakaria Zubeidi. Daoud was declared dead at Rambam hospital in Haifa.

May 16: Cancer-stricken Palestinian detainee Ihab Al-Kilani dies of medical negligence.

May 18: The family of the slain Palestinian dissident and former Legislative Council election candidate Nizar Banat withdraw from legal proceedings seeking justice against the security forces that beat him to death in Hebron on June 24, 2021.

May 21: Amjad Fayed, 16, is shot and killed by Israeli forces invading Jenin.

May 23: Palestinian students at Ben-Gurion University hold a rally carrying Palestinian flags, drawing fury from the Israeli administration and policy-makers.

May 25: Ghaith Yami, 16, is shot and killed during an Israeli invasion near Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus.

May 27: Zaid Ghneim, 14, is shot and killed during an Israeli invasion in Al-Khader near Bethlehem.

May 29: Israeli military carries out its final week of “Chariots of Fire” in Cyprus with the cooperation of the Cypriot National Guard. Dubbed “Operation Beyond the Horizon,” the drill was the first of its kind and lasted until June 3.

May 31: Israel and the UAE sign a free-trade agreement, making it the first free trade agreement signed between Israel and an Arab country.

An Amnesty International report shows that more than 55 complaints of torture at the hands of Palestinian authorities in the West Bank and 60 in Gaza were reported between January and May.

June 1: The PA launches a campaign of arrests of Palestinian activists and university students, which would continue into the months of June and July, becoming one of the largest PA arrest campaigns ever since 2012.

Israeli right-wing MK, Eli Cohen, successfully pushes for a bill which bans the Palestinian flag from “state-owned institutions.”

Two Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces. Ghufran Warasneh, 31, was shot at a checkpoint in Hebron, and Bilal Kabaha, 24, was shot during an Israeli invasion on Yabad in Jenin.

June 2: Israeli Hezbollah expert warns that Lebanon is de facto controlled by Hezbollah, and that the Israeli intelligence community has little in-depth knowledge of the group, posing a concern for Israel due to its recent efforts in securing access and control over maritime fields between Israel and Lebanon.

Three Palestinians are killed by Israeli forces, two in the West Bank, including 16-year-old Odeh Sadaqa, and 41-year-old Yasser Al-Masri, killed in an airstrike on Gaza.

June 3: Israeli army completes “Chariots of Fire,” its largest military drill in decades and part of the broader Operation Break the Wave. The training is geared towards “the air, at sea, on land and in the cyber arena.”

June 9: Israeli military holds an assessment meeting regarding Operations “Break the Wave,” “Chariots of Fire,” and “Beyond the Horizon.”

Israeli Lieutenant General and Israeli military chief of staff, Aviv Kohavi, said:

“Significant achievements were made regarding the IDF’s defensive capabilities, the reinforcement of the Judea and Samaria security barrier, intelligence efforts and the ongoing counterterrorism activity in every town, city or street, carried out with no restrictions or constraints.”

Kokhavi also said:

“We are also operating in the ‘campaign between the wars,’ conducting defensive actions in every arena while maintaining stability in the Gaza Strip.”

June 10: Palestinian civil society organizations welcome the UN’s Commission of Inquiry statement to investigate Israeli crimes, and condemns efforts to undermine it, especially the US.

June 11: Samih Amarneh, 37, succumbs to wounds sustained on June 1 in Yabad Jenin.

June 13: Israel announces new settlement plans to take over almost one million dunams (100,000 hectares) of Palestinian lands.

Khalil Tafakji, director of maps at the Arab Studies Society:

“The project helps Israel fully put its hands on the area extending from the Ramallah wilderness to the Jordan Valley, passing through Arab al-Rashayida and the wilderness of Ta’amra and Al-Sawahirah, which is a vast mountainous area overlooking the Jordan Valley, up to the Jordan River and the Dead Sea.”

June 14: The EU grants the PA a new bilateral allocation worth 224.8 million Euros.

The EU commission president, who met with Egyptian, Palestinian, and Israeli representatives on a regional trip, makes a public statement declaring that aid to the PA would resume.

Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara A. Leaf concludes her trip to the West Bank. US President Biden announces plans to visit the region in July, including Palestine and Israel.

June 15: The EU, Israeli government, and Egypt sign a Memorandum of Understanding to secure gas flow to Europe via Egypt for a nine-year period. Israel prepares to dig further near the Mediterranean region for gas, in first export to EU in light of gas restrictions amid the Russia-Ukraine war.

The PA’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemns anti-Palestinian attacks and the failure of German authorities to apprehend and identify suspects of the May 27 assault.

June 19: A delegation of 12 Egyptian businessmen arrive in Israel to meet with various organizations, including the Manufacturers Association of Israel, the Federation of Israeli Chambers of Commerce, and the Israel Export Institute. This further consolidates Israeli-Egyptian economic normalization ties.

June 16 – 17: Israeli forces kill 3 Palestinians and injured several others during an overnight raid on Jenin

June 17: The start of a series of attacks on Palestinian cultural centers in the West Bank (which would extend through August), starting with the Al-Mustawda3 cultural center and expanding to the AM Qattan Foundation.

June 21: Palestinian authorities release security forces personnel accused of killing Nizar Banat in 2021.

Israeli settlers stab 27-year-old Ali Harb from the Salfit-area town of Iskaka to death.

June 23: UN Humanitarian Coordinator demands a halt to Israel’s violent expulsion of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta.

Meanwhile, Lapid thanks the Turkish government for thwarting Iranian threats.

June 24: US military delegation finishes 3-day trip to Israel to discuss “strategic challenges.” This comes after a weeklong US-Israeli joint military-exercise, which finished on June 22.

16-year-old Mohammad Suleiman is shot and killed in Silwad, near Ramallah.

June 25: Khader Adnan reports concerns for his life in an interview, pointing to the campaign of social slander he has faced on his personal social media platforms. He singled out the PA as responsible, as well as Israeli intelligence, noting that an attempt to socially assassinate him is also ongoing.

June 28: the EU lifts the suspension of funding from the six Palestinian organizations designated as “terrorist organizations” by Israel — after months of an Israeli-led smear campaign against them.

Israeli courts deny Palestinian detainee Ahmad Manasra early probation, despite appeals by mental health workers on the impact of solitary confinement on his mental health. This would persist throughout the rest of the year.

**The six organizations are: Al-Haq, the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Defense for Children International – Palestine, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees and the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees

June 29: 25-year-old Mohammad Marei is shot and killed by Israeli forces during an army raid in Yabad, Jenin.

June 30: A joint report by Human Rights Watch and Lawyers for Justice submitted to the Committee Against Torture is released, documenting the PA’s abuses against civil society, including torture.

July 2: Israel’s newest PM, Yair Lapid, gives his first speech.

Palestinian political detainee Saadia Farjallah dies due to medical negligence in Damon Prison.

July 3: Kamal Alawneh, 17, is shot and killed during an army raid on Jaba in the West Bank.

July 5: Ahmad Harb Ayyad, a 32-year-old migrant worker from Gaza, is beaten to death by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank near Tulkarem as he attempts to cross a checkpoint to reach his place of work.

July 6: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that the forcible transfer process in Masafer Yatta constitutes a war crime.

The Israeli army conducts military drills amongst Palestinian homes in Masafer Yatta, firing live ammunition and putting more than 1200 Palestinian lives at risk.

20-year-old Rafiq Ghannam is shot and killed during an army raid on Jabaa in Jenin.

July 11: A classified document from 1979 reveals that Israel has strategically designated Palestinian areas as “Firing Zones” in order to displace Palestinians, acting as mechanisms to displace Palestinians from their lands.

July 12: Nine European Union countries reject the labeling of six Palestinian organizations as terror organizations by Israel, citing a lack of evidence.

July 13: Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, makes a speech warning of exploitation of natural gas fields amid Biden’s trip to the region.

Biden arrives in Tel Aviv and meets with Israeli PM, Yair Lapid, and President Izaac Herzog.

Palestinian-Americans organize a public conference in Ramallah demanding an investigation into discriminatory practices by the State Department.

July 14: US President Joe Biden continues his visit to the region, meeting with PM Lapid in a conference after signing the “Jerusalem Declaration,” which outlines the commitment of the US to US-Israeli cooperation. The Declaration includes a return to the two-state solution, a demonization of the BDS movement, a pledge to stop Iranian nuclear programs, and a commitment to “Israel’s security.”

Shortly after, Biden makes a trip to Augusta Victoria Hospital in occupied Jerusalem, vowing to provide Palestinians with 300 million dollars in assistance.

The I2U2 summit between India, the U.S., Israel, and the UAE is held virtually on July 14. The objective of the summit is to deepen economic ties between the states, especially in the sectors of technology, agriculture, and energy.

July 16: Biden leaves on a direct flight from Tel Aviv to meet with Saudi leaders, despite outcry over complicity in the brutal murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khoshoggi on October 2, 2018. Four years later, there has been no accountability for Khoshoggi’s murder.

July 17: Israeli weapons development industries are inaugurated at UK Farnborough Airshow, demonstrating new Israeli missiles and weaponry.

July 19: An Israeli photojournalist for Israel’s national newspaper, YNet, shoots and kills a 44-year-old Palestinian, allegedly to prevent a stabbing attack in Jerusalem. The photojournalist, Meshi Ben Ami, was involved in a similar incident six years before, where he also shot an alleged assailant.

July 20: Israeli military censor removes drones from media ban and allows the publication of information about the Israeli use of drones. Specifically, the Hermes 450 is operated by the Air Force’s 161st Squadron.

Later, in September of this year, the Israeli military would also make public its intent to use drones in West Bank military operations against Palestinian towns where armed Palestinian resistance fighters are stationed.

The European Union’s representative in the West Bank publishes a new report showcasing the continuation and growth of illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank, reinforcing findings by other organizations demonstrating the same trend in 2022.

July 24: Palestinian resistance fighters Mohammad Azizi and Abdul Rahman Subuh are killed in Nablus during an Israeli raid. Azizi is widely credited as the founder of the Nablus-based Palestinian resistance group, the Lions’ Den.

July 26: Live ammunition fired at Dr. Nasser el-Din Al-Sha’er in an alleged assassination attempt. Al-Sha’er is a Palestinian scholar, former Minister of Health, and former Dean of the Religion Department at al-Najah National University in Nablus.

Reports mention that members of Fatah were witnessed in the attack, which left Al-Sh’aer lightly injured in his leg.

Khader Adnan condemned the attack on Al-Sha’er, noting PA complicity and calling on political factions to criminalize the trend of political assassination and detainment of Palestinians.

A UN Security Council meeting is held regarding Palestine and Israel.

The UN official to the region stated that “the structural reality has not changed.”

July 29: The PA is documented to have rounded up more than 94 Palestinians, including activists, students, and journalists, in a politically-driven attempt to quell Palestinian dissidents.

16-year-old Amjad Abu Alia is killed in Al-Mughayyer near Ramallah. Residents claim he was killed by settler fire rather than soldiers.

July 30: Hussein Qawariq succumbs to wounds sustained days earlier after being shot at an Israeli military checkpoint near Huwwara, south of Nablus.

August 1: Israeli regime imposes a total blockade on Gaza.

Palestinian Preventative Security forces detain Maysoon Nasser Arrar from Ramallah Hospital as she accompanied a family member. The young woman was alleged to have sent money to Palestinian political detainees in Israeli prisons, which Arrar and her family denied.

August 2: Israeli forces shoot and kill a 17-year-old, under the claim of PIJ affiliation, in a raid on Palestinians in Jenin refugee camp. Two were arrested, including a senior PIJ member.

August 5: Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza in a targeted extra-judicial assassination of PIJ leader, Tayseer Al-Jaabari, 50. Two other senior leaders were also killed, Khalid Mansour and Khalil Al-Bahtini. A full-fledged assault is launched on Gaza, dubbed Operation Breaking Dawn.

Al-Jaabari became the commander of Gaza’s northern region of the PIJ’s armed wing (Al-Quds Brigades) after Israel assassinated former commander, Baha Abu Al-Atta, in November 2019.

Israeli and Lebanese officials continue speaking about a maritime deal for natural gas fields despite Hezbollah threats against the normalization agreement.

August 6: Gaza’s only power plant shuts off amid tightening Israeli restrictions, resuming function only on August 8.

The Israeli army, headed by Ronen Bar, the Director of the Shin Bet, kills PIJ leader responsible for the command of the southern Gaza region, Khaled Mansour.

August 7: Ceasefire agreement reached between PIJ and Israel amid assault on Gaza during Operation Breaking Dawn. This came after three days of assassinations by Israel, which also killed Palestinian non-combatants. This included five children whose deaths Israel tried to lay on the PIJ.

Israeli representatives blame Palestinian resistance and the PIJ for the killing of children in Gaza before it eventually admits culpability in mid-August.

August 8: Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid calls Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi to thank him for his role in the ceasefire agreement. The two leaders reportedly spoke for an extended period of time, also noting concerns for regional stability.

Israeli airlines are cleared to cross Saudi airspace.

August 5 – 8: Israeli Military chief Aviv Kohavi admits in a press conference that the Israeli military carried out an attack on another country at the same time as the assault on Gaza. The country’s name was not made public.

August 9: Israeli military, police, and undercover special operations units extrajudicially assassinate 18-year-old Ibrahim Al-Nabulsi, a resistance fighter with the armed group that would later emerge as the Lions’ Den, based out of the Old City of Nablus.

During the coordinated attack, Israeli forces also killed Islam Subuh, 32, and Hussein Jamal Taha, 16.

August 12: Palestinian journalist Mujahed Tabanja, 23, is arrested by Palestinian Preventative Security in Nablus and detained overnight. Tabanja was detained previously by Israeli forces for concerns over his journalism work.

August 14: Mohammad Salim, 24, is killed by a settler car ramming near Salfit.

August 15: Mohammad Al-Shaham, 21, is shot by soldiers in his home.

August 17: Israeli and Turkish senior officials publicly declare an agreement to restore full diplomatic ties between Israel and Turkey. Officials report that they will re-appoint ambassadors for a term of four years.

August 18: Israeli army carries out an operation across the West Bank, targeting and raiding the offices of seven Palestinian civil society organizations, issuing closure statements and melding doors shut despite EU and US condemnations, as well as consensus that “terrorism” designation has no grounds and evidence.

Wasim Abu Khalifa, 20, is shot and killed during an Israeli raid on the city of Nablus.

August 19: Salah Sawafta, 58, is shot and killed during an Israeli night raid on Tubas.

August 23: Israeli Defense Minister announces plans to travel to the US to meet with American policy heads in regard to the possible resumption of the 2015 Iran-US nuclear deal.

24-year-old Mohammad Araysha is killed after succumbing to wounds sustained during the extra-judicial assassination.

August 25: UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini appeals to the UN regarding the UNRWA’s calls on member states to mobilize politically and economically to safeguard Palestinian refugee rights.

August 27: The Crossing Points Authority of the Israeli Ministry of Defense reports thwarting the attempted smuggling of weapons and ammunition.

August 30: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights deplores Israel’s denial of entry visas to UN international staff, which is described as an obstruction of human rights access in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

September 1: Israeli military operations across the West Bank kill two Palestinians. Yazan Affaneh, 26, was killed during a military incursion in Ramallah’s Umm El-Sharayet neighborhood, while Samer Khaled, 25, was killed during a military incursion on Balata refugee camp in Nablus.

The Israeli army’s spokesperson said that they had conducted operations in al-Bireh and “confiscated funds that were suspected to be destined for terrorism,” according to Al-Jazeera English

The number of Palestinians killed by Israel since the beginning of the year in the West Bank and Gaza’s five besieged districts reaches 140 in under nine months.

September 2: Fadi Ghattas, 19, is shot and killed after an alleged stabbing attempt near Hebron.

In a memorial for Mohammad Azizi and Abdul Rahman Subuh, the Lions’ Den makes its first official appearance as a group in the Old City of Nablus, drawing crowds of thousands. The masked fighters read out the group’s charter, preaching a message of independent resistance free of factional affiliation and vowing to continue to conduct operations across the West Bank targeting Israeli army positions and settlers while addressing the PA security forces and emphasizing that the group’s focus is to confront the Israeli occupation, not the PA.

September 3: Mousa Abu Mohammed dies inside Israeli prisons after medical negligence.

September 4: two Palestinian gunmen fire at a settler bus near Jenin and Nablus. No factions claim responsibility for the attack.

Israel’s Civil Administration (which controls administrative aspects of Palestinian lives in the West Bank) releases a new policy restricting the entry and residence of foreigners who have romantic relationships with Palestinians. This was initially proposed earlier in June of this year.

September 5: Israeli military and government releases the findings of its investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. Results of the investigation, according to official army spokespersons, say that the bullet that killed Abu Akleh in Jenin likely came from an Israeli soldier but was unintentional.

The EU provides the PA with 35 million Euros to pay salaries.

19-year-old Taher Zakarneh is shot and killed during a night raid on Qabatiya, Jenin.

September 6: Israeli military conducts large-scale military invasion of Jenin under the pretext of carrying out the punitive demolition of the apartment of Raad Khazem, the perpetrator of the attack in Tel Aviv in April of this year, who was killed in Yaffa after an hours-long manhunt.

The military invasion, carried out during the early dawn hours, killed Mohammad Sabaaneh, 29, who was filming the raid on his TikTok account. The raid also injured 16 others.

This day also marks the first anniversary of the “Tunnel of Freedom” operation, or the Gilboa Prison break, when six Palestinians escaped Israel’s high-security prison complex, Gilboa.

September 7: Israeli military announces that it is preparing the use of unmanned armed drones in the West Bank military incursions.

Israel revises travel restrictions on internationals traveling to West Bank amid international outcry to the previous declaration on having to inform about Palestinian romantic interests.

Israeli Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology announces its investment priorities for research and development. It includes quantum artificial intelligence, and data science.

September 8: Israeli forces shoot and kill 17-year-old Haitham Mubarak in Ramallah near the District Coordination Offices (DCO) military checkpoint adjacent to the illegal settlement of Beit El. Israeli army alleges that Mubarak was carrying out an attack.

September 9: Israeli plans to drill in the Karish natural gas rig postponed to mid-October. Israeli military warns of escalations in the West Bank and blames the PA for the increase of Palestinian resistance against settlers.

September 11: PM Lapid arrives on a diplomatic trip to Berlin, meeting the German president, chancellor, and foreign minister with an emphasis on the Iranian threat and German responsibility towards Israel in light of crimes committed during the Holocaust in WWII.

24-year-old Hamed Abu Jelda succumbs to a wound sustained on September 6 during an Israeli raid on the Jenin refugee camp.

September 14: two Palestinians, Ahmed Ayman Abed, 23, and Abdul Rahman Hani Abed, 22, are killed after a shooting attack on Jalameh military checkpoint near Jenin. The deputy commander of the Nahal Brigade’s Special Reconnaissance Unit, Major Bar Falach, 30, is also killed.

September 15: PM Yair Lapid meets with United Arab Emirates Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Jerusalem. The meeting focuses on water, energy, food security, and agriculture.

17-year-old Oday Salah is killed during an Israeli military raid on Kafr Dan, Jenin.

September 21: PA Nablus governor and other PA representatives meet with the armed group Lion’s Den in the Old City to ease tensions after PA forces attacked and arrested two members of the group the days before.

​​**The two members are Ameed Tuleibeh, 21, and Musa’ab Shtayyeh, 30, (reportedly with Hamas connections in funding the Lions’ Den). Both remain in PA custody.

September 23: Mohammad Abu Jum’a, 23, from Jerusalem, is killed by soldiers near the settlement of Modi’n under the pretext of preventing an attempted stabbing attack.

September 24: Mohammed Abu Kafiya, 36, is shot and killed by Israeli police while driving on Route 60 near Nablus.

September 25: Saed Al-Kiwani, 23, is extrajudicially assassinated by Israeli forces in Nablus’s Ta’awon neighborhood.

September 28: Four Palestinians are killed in an extrajudicial assassination mission in Jenin refugee camp, Mohammad Hisham Abu Na’san, 28, Abdurahman Fathi Khazem, 27, Mohammed Brahmeh al-Wanneh, 30, and Ahmed Tayseer Alawneh, 26.

September 29: Rayyan Suleiman, 7, dies when his heart stops as Israeli forces invade his family home in Bethlehem.

October 1: Fayez Khaled Damdoum, 18, is shot and killed by Israeli forces near Eizariyah by Jerusalem.

October 3: Khaled Fadi Anbar al-Dabbas, 21, and Salama Ra’fat Sharay’a, 19, are killed in their car during an Israeli military raid near Jalazon refugee camp in Ramallah.

October 5: Alaa Naser Zaghal, 21, is shot and killed in Deir Al-Hatab near Nablus.

October 7: Two Palestinian boys are shot and killed by Israeli soldiers, Adel Ibrahim Adel Dawoud, 14, outside of Qalqiliya, and Mahdi Ladadwa, 17, killed near Ramallah.

October 8: An unidentified Palestinian man undertakes a drive-by shooting operation near Shufaat refugee camp. One border policewoman, Noa Lazar, is fatally shot. (The man is later identified as Udai Tamimi, and after a nearly two-week manhunt, is killed on October 20).

October 9: Mahmoud Moayad Mahmoud Sous, 17, and Ahmed Mohamad Daragmeh, 16, are shot and killed during an Israeli military raid on Jenin.

October 12-13: Palestinian factions sign the Algeria Declaration of National Reconciliation. The agreement also emphasized the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. Although welcomed, multiple assessments show low expectations for positive impact.

October 20: Israeli forces shoot and kill Udai Tamimi after a nearly two-week manhunt and the closure of several Palestinian towns in search of the man, including Anata and Shu’fat refugee camp.

The UN’s Commission of Inquiry investigation concludes findings that the occupation of Palestinian Territory by Israel is illegal under international law.

October 23: Israeli forces assassinate Lions’ Den resistance fighter Tamer Kilani by planting an explosive device on a motorcycle.

October 25: Israeli forces and intelligence continue their targeted assassination of armed Palestinian resistance fighters in the Old City of Nablus. Five Palestinians, including two senior fighters in the Lions’ Den (Wadee Al-Hawah, 31, and Ali Antar, 26) and three other noncombatants, are killed in a massive overnight raid of Nablus.

A sixth Palestinian, 20-year-old Qusai Tamimi, is killed in a separate incident in the village of Nabi Saleh, north of Ramallah.

October 27: Lebanon and Israel sign agreements over the maritime border. Israel gains rights to explore the Karish field while Lebanon gains rights to the Qana field, but with an agreement to provide a share of the royalties to Israel.

October 28: Imad Abu Rasheed, 47, and Ramzi Sami Zabara, 35, are shot and killed during an Israeli invasion of Nablus.

October 29: Mohammed Kamel Ja’bari, 35, is killed in a car ramming in Hebron.

October 30: Barakat Musa Ouda, 49, is shot and killed in Jerusalem.

November 1: Elections for the 25^th Knesset and the 37^th government take place.

November 2: Israeli elections for its 36th government show a right-wing extremist administration.

54-year-old Habas Rayan is killed in the village of Beit Duqqo.

November 3: Final results of elections are made public. Benjamin Netanyahu wins the Israeli elections with the right-wing Likud party winning a majority of seats (32) followed by Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid (24 seats) and Bezalel Smotrich’s Religious Zionism (12 seats).

The results of the elections showcase one of the most extremist and right-wing governing structures in Israel’s history.

Israeli forces and settlers launch a number of separate attacks on Palestinians across the West Bank and Jerusalem, leaving five dead in the span of 24 hours. In addition, Israeli forces arrested 17 Palestinians in overnight invade-and-arrest military raids across the occupied territory.

The five were killed in three separate incidents across the West Bank — Daoud Mahmoud Rayyan, 42, and Habas Rayyan, 52, in the village of Beit Duqqo; Amer Halabiya, 20, in occupied Jerusalem following a stabbing operation; and Farouq Salameh, 28, and Mohammad Khlouf, 14, during a military raid on Jenin refugee camp.

November 7 – 8: Led by Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Global Markets, Arun Venkataraman, US Aerospace and Defense Trade Mission arrive in Tel Aviv for a US-led mission between the US, Israel, Saudia Arabia, and Bahrain to develop opportunities to strengthen market entry in the MENA region in the military and defense fields.

November 10: Israeli chief of staff, Aviv Kochavi, awards Israeli forces for their efforts in Operation Break the Wave. Special awards are given to the Golani Unit, as well as the Duvdevan unit – undercover agents who pose as Arabs. The Duvdevan unit (or Unit 217) is also found to have been involved in the killing of the journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May.

November 13: Fatah Central Committee representative Azzam Al-Ahmad meets with senior Hamas representative Musa Abu Marzouk in Lebanon. The discussion is reported to have focused on efforts to unite against the Israeli occupation.

November 15: Israeli forces shoot and kill Fulla Musalma, 14, in Beitunia near Ramallah during a search-and-arrest operation. Musalama was in a car with another man, who was injured as Israeli forces fired live ammunition for almost four minutes.

November 16: Muhammad Souf, 18, carries a lone-wolf attack in the illegal settlement of Ariel, killing three Israeli settlers. Souf is killed shortly after.

Mahmoud Abdil Jaleel Al-Saadi, 18, is shot and killed in Jenin.

November 23: A bombing of two locations in Jerusalem kills one Israeli, Aryeh Schupak, 16, and injures at least 23 others. This was the first bombing in Jerusalem to take place since the second Palestinian uprising. No Palestinian faction or armed group claimed responsibility for the operation.

Mohammed Ahmad Hassan Harzulla, 30, and Mohammed Hashim Abu Kushook, 22, are shot and killed by Israeli forces in Nablus.

November 27: Israeli lawmakers and leaders hold a meeting to negotiate the formation of the new Israeli government between Netanyahu and Smotrich.

November 28: Israeli PM demands world governments to exert pressure on the PA to prevent a vote by the UN’s General Assembly over Israeli practices in Palestine.

The PM stated:

“This resolution is the outcome of a concerted effort to single out Israel, to discredit our legitimate security concerns, and to delegitimize our very existence.”

November 29: Five Palestinians are killed in four separate incidents in the West Bank. Mufid Mohamad Mahmoud Ikhlayil, 44, is killed in Hebron by Israeli forces. Two brothers, Thafer and Jawwad Rimawi, 19 and 22, respectively, are killed during an Israeli invasion on Kufr Ein near Ramallah. Rani Fayez Abu Ali, 45, is killed after a ramming attack near the illegal settlement of Kochav Yaacov, while Ra’id Naasam, 21, is killed during confrontations with Israeli settler invasions near Al-Mughayyer.

December 1: New report shows that Netanyahu has assigned near total power over the lives of Palestinians in the West Bank to right-wing leader Belazel Smotrich.

Mohammed Ayman Al-Saadi, 26, and Na’im Jamal Al Zubeidi, 27, are shot and killed during Israeli invasions on Jenin.

December 2: Ammar Mefleh, 23, is executed at point-blank range in the town of Huwwara, outside Nablus.

December 4: Israeli president arrives in Bahrain to discuss bi-lateral relations with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken vows to oppose Israeli settlements with the new government under Benjamin Netanyahu.

December 5: Israeli president Isaac Herzog lands in the United Arab Emirates to provide the keynote speech at the Abu Dhabi Space Debate. This further consolidates the normalization deals of the Abraham Accords, ratified in September 2020.

Omar Youssef Hassan Mana’, 22, is shot and killed during an Israeli invasion on Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem.

December 6: Israeli PM, Yair Lapid, comments on the appeal submitted by Al-Jazeera to the ICC over the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh.

Lapid had said: “No one will investigate IDF soldiers and no one will preach to us about morals in warfare, certainly not Al-Jazeera.”

December 8: Israeli rightwing extremist Itamar Ben Gvir proposes a new bill that allows the security minister to have powers over the Israeli police.

Israeli settlers hold a celebratory ceremony at an illegal settlement outpost, Homesh, that was cleared out in 2005, signaling the impact of the newly elected rightwing government. Earlier this year, the settlement was ordered for demolition.

Tariq Fawzi Al Damaj, 29, Sidqi Zakarna, 29, Atta Yaseen Shalabi, 46, are shot and killed in Jenin while 16-year-old Diyaa Al Rimawi is killed in Ramallah.

December 9: The Commission of the EU parliament adopts a resolution on the prospects of a two-state solution. In it, Israel is called upon to reverse the designation of six Palestinian organizations as “terror organizations” and allow them to continue their work.

December 11: Israeli forces invade Jenin and kill 16-year-old Jana Zakarneh, while she is on the rooftop of her home. The total number of Palestinians killed rises to 224.

​​PA arrests more than 250 Palestinians suspected of being affiliated with Hamas in a 48-hour search-and-arrest campaign throughout the West Bank.

December 12: Human Rights Watch submits review of Israel to the UN’s 94th session for the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Israeli Ministry of Defense approves the launch of its new Eitan armored personnel carrier conducted by Elbit systems.

December 14: UN experts condemn Israeli violence against Palestinians, which has made 2022 the deadliest in the West Bank since 2005.

In a statement, the experts said:

“We remind Israel that pending the dismantlement of its unlawful occupation, Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory must be treated as protected persons, not enemies or terrorists.”

Israeli Border Police chief, Amir Cohen, praises Israeli forces that killed the teenager, Zakarneh, on December 11.

In a press conference, Cohen said:

“I have determined, based on the investigation that was presented to me a few hours after the incident, that our fighters acted morally, with values, with courage, with determination, and saved lives. And for that, I salute them.”

December 16: Israeli Ministry of Energy begins a bid call for offshore hydrocarbon exploration, to begin in February 2023.

The bodies of Rafat Sharay’a and Khaled Anbar are given to their families for burial. Sharay’a and Anbar were killed on October 3, after being shot by Israeli forces near Jalazon refugee camp north of Ramallah.

December 17: An Israeli settler kills two brothers from Jerusalem, Muhammad and Muhannad Mateer, after running them over by Zaatara military checkpoint, south of Nablus. Tens of Israeli settlers attack the homes of Palestinians in the town of Huwwara, south of Nablus.

December 18: Palestinian human rights defender, lawyer, and Jerusalem-born French citizen, Salah Hammouri is forcibly deported to Paris from Israeli prisons.

December 21: Soccer player and resistance fighter Ahmad Daraghmeh, 23, is shot and killed during an Israeli invasion of Joseph’s Tomb near Nablus.

December 22: 50-year-old Nasser Abu Hmeid dies due to medical negligence inside Israeli prisons. Abu Humeid was one of the founders of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade during the Second Intifada.

December 23: Israeli police shoot and kill 23-year-old Naim Badeer in the town of Kufr Qassem inside the Green Line, after an alleged dual stabbing and car ramming attempt. Footage released by the Israeli police shows that the 23-year-old was not shooting at the police when he was killed. Badeer’s body was confiscated, denying his family the right to bury him.

December 27: The Israel Police announce that it has apprehended the architect of the twin Jerusalem bus bombings from November, claiming that the alleged perpetrator, 25-year-old Islam Faroukh from Kufr Aqab, was motivated by a Salafist ideology, and that he identified with the Islamic State.