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DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00,19th May 2020 – 08:00,20th May 2020
1. At dawn on 19.05.2020, Israeli forces raided Al-Eizariya town and detained a resident.
2. At dawn on 19.05.2020, Israeli forces raided Abu Dis town and detained a resident.
1. At 20:00, Israeli forces detained 2 residents: Uday Fadi Abu Juma and Mohammed Naji in Jerusalem city.
2. At 20:30, Israeli forces detained Bassam Jaber in the old city of Jerusalem.
3. On the evening of 19.05.2020, Israeli forces detained Abdullah Walid Siam after assaulting him in the old city of Jerusalem.
4. Israeli forces detained Qusay Mahmoud Manasra in Al-Eizariya town.
5. Israeli forces detained Uday Rafat Shihada in Abu Dis town.,
At 17:20, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at Atara town bridge then detained a resident.
Israeli forces positioned at a checkpoint located on Atara town bridge detained Abdallah Wissam Abdel-Haq Qindah.
At 13:50, Israeli forces raided Ya'bad town and detained 3 residents {including 2 children}.
Israeli forces detained 3 residents: Abdullah Abdul Rahim Jaber Abu Bakr 17, Islam Nidal Hamrasha 17, Mohammed Qais Amarna in Ya'bad town.
1. At 21:00,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Beit Furik town to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
2. At 23:25,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Deir Saharaf village to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
3. At 23:25,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Tel village to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
On 19.05.2020,The occupying forces continued (for the second day in a row), dredging the agricultural land of the citizens located near Hawara camp, to pave the street ,which reaches 7 km long, through which 406 dunums will be confiscated "in the first phase", from the lands of the towns of Bieta, Hawara and the villages of Awarta, Burin, Yitma, Sawa and Yassuf.
On the afternoon of 19. 05. 2020, a group of settlers from the settlement of "Rahalem" set fire to large areas of citizens' land planted with agricultural crops and olive trees belonging to the village of Al-Sawiya.
At 11:10,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint near the Al-Nashash Junction (the southern entrance to the city of Bethlehem) to search cars and verify citizens ’identities until 13:10.
At 13:55,Israeli forces detained Qutayba Mahmoud Musa Khalifa {a resident of Al-Ubidiya town} as he was reporting to Israeli Intellegnce for questioning {after detaining his father to pressure him to turn him self in - as mentioned in the previous report).
At 16:20, Israeli forces set up 2 checkpoints at the south entrance of Hebron city and the North entrance of Al-Thariya town to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
On 19.05.2020, a group of Israeli settlers positioned in Tel Al-Rumayda neighborhood located in the old city of Hebron attacked the home of Tayseer Abu Aishat and assaulted the residents of the home.
• Since 19:00 on 26. 08. 2014 The permanent and comprehensive ceasefire came into effect on the initiative and sponsorship of the Arab Republic of Egypt, after reaching understandings to open the crossings and introduce humanitarian and relief assistance and reconstruction supplies, and to expand the area of fishing for 6 miles with an increase of up to 12 miles with At the end of this year, the area of the "buffer security" area will be reduced from 300 m to 100 m, freedom of movement and the prevention of assassinations, and the remaining issues, including the airport and the port, will be negotiated within a month of the ceasefire.
•Since the Morning of 28. 06. 2019 The occupying forces allowed the expansion of the fishing distance from the oasis area northwest of the town of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza and even to the port of Gaza by 6 nautical miles, and from the port of Gaza to the south of Rafah beach to 15 nautical miles.
• The occupying forces violated the ceasefire by raiding Central Gaza, and by firing at fishermen's boats at sea in North Gaza, KhanYounis and Rafah.
* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez" on 19. 05. 2020 is closed (excluding the passage of emergency humanitarian cases).
At 01:10 on 20.05.2020,Israeli gunboats opened fire towards fishermen boats while they were chasing them at sea off the shore of the Sudanese area, west of the town of Beit Lahia.
At 19:00 on the 19. 05. 2020 Israeli forces positioned at Beit Hanoun-"Erez" crossing detained Mohammed Amin Abu Daqqa{a resident of Abbasan Al-Kabira town} (a photojournalist), while returning to the Gaza Strip, where he was receiving treatment for liver cancer at a hospital in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
* Al-Mantar-Karni crossing: closed since 02. 03. 2011 once and for all by unilateral Israeli decision.
* Shujaiya Crossing - "Nahal Oz" fuel crossing: closed since 04. 01. 2010 by unilateral Israeli decision.
At 15:40 on 19.05.2020,Israeli forces escorting military bulldozers stormed 50 m into the vicinity of east Al-Buriej camp and opened fire as they leveled a plot of land then withdrew at 20:00.
At 19:00 on 19.05.2020,Israeli Gunboats opened fire towards Palestinian fishing boats off the shores of Khan Yunis city.
*Yasser Arafat International Airport: Closed.
*Sofa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - Kerem Shalom: 19. 05. 2020 is partially open (for the introduction of foodstuffs and goods, limited quantities of fuel, building materials for the private sector and internationally funded projects).
* Al-Awda port - Rafah: on 19. 05. 2020 is closed.
At 21:30 on 19.05.2020,Israeli gunboats fired at fishermen's boats while chasing them at sea off the coast of Rafah city.