The Jerusalem governorate revealed that nine Palestinians have been killed by Israeli occupation forces and another 1,800 were arrested across the city during the first half of the current year 2023.

The Palestinians who were killed by Israel in the capital are 41-year-old Samir Aslan, a father of eight, 17-year-old Muhammad Ali, 22-year-old Youssef Muhaisen, 16-year-old Wadih Abu Ramoz, 21-year-old Khairi Alqam, and 32-year-old father-of-three Hussein Qaraqe’, 26-year-old Muhammad Al-Osaibi, 39-year-old Hatem Abu Najma, and 18-year-old Ishaq Al-Ajlouni.

While the Israeli occupation authorities are holding the bodies of 23 Jerusalemites, it has handed over the bodies of six Palestinians. These are Hatem Abu Najma, Wadih Abu Ramoz, Muhammad Abu Jumaa, Ashraf Halasa, Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali, and Muhammad Abu Kafia.

The governorate's statistics department also documented 1,800 arrests, including more than 208 children and about 56 women. 774 Palestinians were arrested in April, the highest number in a single month. 

While the occupation courts issued 192 prison sentences against Palestinian Jerusalemites, including 76 administrative detention orders.

The governorate also counted 181 demolitions and 19 bulldozing operations, including 40 self-demolitions. The occupation authorities charge fines if they have to raze buildings on the occupant's behalf.

It also added that the occupation government approved 23 settlement projects,including the approval of a new settlement near Qalandia, as well as $17 million tunnel-digging project under the Western Wall in occupied East Jerusalem.

The period also witnessed 128 attacks against Palestinian, including 29 physical assaults.

The department of statistics noted that 26,276 settlers had entered the Al-Aqsa compound, while almost half a million others had visited as tourists.