19 C which falls under Israel’s full security control. These constraints have curtailed the capacity of security services to implement mandated tasks of maintaining Palestinian citizens’ rights and safety, delivering law enforcement, enforcing court judgements, resolving public disputes, and enforcing law and order. While abuses of security personnel continues, the IOF raided all Palestinian cities, towns, and villages. The IOF carried out raids into Areas A, B, and C on 5,637, 9,275, and 3667 respectively. As Palestine lacks sovereignty over the oPt, the IOF has interfered with and carried out recurrent raids into all Palestinian communities, first and foremost in Area A. The fact that the State of Palestinian has no jurisdiction over Jerusalemites or Palestinians in the 1948 territory has limited its ability to hold to account any persons in conflict with the law. Except in prior coordination with the Israeli occupying authorities, the State of Palestine is further unable to play any role in law enforcement in Area C, turning this area into a safe haven for wanted convicts. Maintaining systematic and unlawful measures to obstruct the rule of law and inhibit human rights guarantees in the oPt, the Israeli occupying authorities continued to impede and prevent the entry of United Nations committee staff and Special Rapporteurs, including the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967. Reflecting a serious violation of Palestinian institutional activity, in August 2022, the Israeli occupying authorities issued orders on the closure of seven Palestinian CSOs. The IOF raided the offices and seized some possessions of these groups. Playing a leading role in serving Palestinians, affected CSOs included Al-Haq, Bisan Center for Research and Development, Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees. Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association (Addameer), Union of Agricultural Work Committees, Defence for Children International – Palestine, and Union of Health Work Committees. In the oPt, Palestinian journalists were affected by the IOF arbitrary measures and ongoing assaults. Most heinous of Israeli violations was the assassination of Shireen Abu Akleh, Al Jazeera correspondent, while carrying out her work in the Jenin refugee camp. The extra-judicial killing of Abu Akleh, and then Ghufran Warasneh, was part of the systematic targeting of journalism and media representatives. The Palestinian Ministry of Information monitored 573 violations against Palestinian journalists and media outlets. The bulk of these infringements (128) concentrated in Jerusalem and its suburbs. The IOF targeted 227 male journalists, 58 female journalists, and 75 press crews. Based on direct incitement, the IOF blocked over 105 news pages and journalists’ accounts on social media platforms.2 With respect to the information and communications technology (ICT) sector 2 Ministry of Information. Annual Report on the Israeli Violations against Palestinian Journalists and their Media Institutions in 2022, February 2023. Executive Summary 2022