DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 26th July 2020 – 08:00, 27th July 2020
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DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 26th July 2020 – 08:00, 27th July 2020
On the evening of 26.07.2020, Israeli forces raided Al-Eisawiya village and detained 2 residents.
1. At 17:00, Israeli forces positioned in front of the gate of Mercy {Bab Al-Rahma gate} in Al-Aqsa mosque detained Mohammad Al-Shiekh {a resident of Jerusalem city}.
2. Israeli forces detained 2 residents: Nadeem Al-Safadi and Nur Muh'sein in Al-Eisawiya village.
At 09:30,groups of extremist settlers, under the protection of the occupation police, stormed the courtyards Al-Aqsa Mosque, and made provocative tours of its courtyards and facilities.
1. At 10:20, Israeli forces raided Safa village.
2. At 10:45, Israeli forces raided Ein Qinya village.
3. At 15:00, Israeli forces raided Beit Liqya town.
4. At 19:35, Israeli forces raided Al-Bireh city.
On the evening of 26.07.2020, Israeli forces positioned near the entrance of Al-Jalazoun camp fired stun and tear gas canisters towards several residents for alleged stoning.
At 03:40, a group of Israeli settlers stormed Al-Bireh city then set fire to Al-Bir and Ihsan Mosque {The Righteousness and Benevolence Mosque} then spray painted racist and Anti Arab slogans on the mosque walls.
At 01:35, Israeli forces raided Al-Zababda , Jaba', Silat Al-Thahr towns and Anza village , clashed with several residents in Al-Zababda , Jaba', towns and Anza village and as a result injured a resident and detained 2 residents in Jaba' and Silat Al-Thahr towns.
Israeli forces detained 2 residents: Ummara Abd al-Latif Fashafsha { a resident of the town of Jaba}, and Maher Abd al-Latif al-Akhras {a resident of the town of Silat Al-Thahr town} in Jaba' and Silat Al-Thahr towns.
At 01:35,Israeli forces fired rubber coated steel bullets, stun and tear gas canisters towards several residents for alleged stoning as they stormed and searched several homes during their raid into Al-Zababda , Jaba', Silat Al-Thahr towns and Anza village and as a result injured a resident in Al-Zababda town.
Israeli forces injured Ahmad Mohammad Ismail during clashes in Al-Zababda town.
At 09:30,Israeli forces raided Tulkarem city.
1. At 17:15 and again at 21:30, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the east entrance of Qalqiliya city to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
2. At 01:50, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at Jit village junction and detained a woman.
Israeli forces positioned at a flying checkpoint located at Jit village junction detained Jamila Soliman Daghamish {a resident of Jericho city}.
At 22:40, Israeli military special forces detained Mahmoud Nawaf {a resident of Kafr Qalil village} near the main road near Rujieb village.
At 16:10, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Deir Istiya town to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
At 20:40, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint near Ein Diyuk village in North Jericho city to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
1. At 12:50,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint in Aqbat Hasna area {located along the main road leading to the west villages of Bethlehem district} then searched vehicles and checked the identities of citizens until 20:30.
2. At 13:55 and again at 19:20,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the North entrance of Teqou' town to search cars and check the identities of citizens.
3. At 19:30,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the west entrance of Teqou' town to search cars and check the identities of citizens.
4. At 22:05,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint near the Al-Nashash Junction (the southern entrance to the city of Bethlehem) then searched vehicles and checked the identities of citizens.
At 19:00, Israeli forces positioned in Ein Faris area located in west Nihalin town confiscated 4 mobile livestock dens owned by Mahmoud Hassan Shakarna and his brothers Ibrahim and Musa.
At 09:30 and 21:10, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Beit Ummar town then searched vehicles and checked the identities of citizens.
1. At 23:00, Israeli forces raided Hebron city until 01:00.
2. At 04:20, Israeli forces raided Al-Samou' town and detained 3 residents.
Israeli forces detained 3 residents: Issa Muhammad Musa Al-Hawamdeh, Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad Al-Hawamdeh, and Ayman Ali Abu Arqoub in Al-Samou' town.
On 26.07.2020,The occupation forces in Birin area, south of the town of Bani Naim, have issued notifications to stop work on building two agricultural rooms owned by Yousef Al-Hanjouri and Jaafar Al-Qadi.
• 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 occupation forces violated the cease-fire, by firing from their positions on the Green Line in the Rafah governorate, and by gunboats firing towards fishermen boats at sea in the northern Gaza and Gaza governorates.
* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez" on 26. 07. 2020 is closed (excluding the passage of emergency humanitarian cases).
1. On 07:15 on 26.07.2020,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.
2. On 08:30 on 26.07.2020,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 18:00 on 26.07.2020, Israeli forces positioned at Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez" detained 2 residents: Mansour Ibrahim Al-Safadi {a resident of Gaza city} and Sa'id Harbi Abdel-Fattah Al-Sharafa {a resident of Gaza city}.
* 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 08:30 on 26.07.2020,Israeli gunboats fired at fishermen's boats while chasing them at sea off the shore of Gaza City.
*Yasser Arafat International Airport: Closed.
*Sofa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - Kerem Shalom: 26 07. 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 26. 07. 2020 is closed.
At 11:40 on 26.07.2020,the Israeli occupation forces opened fire from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural land in the vicinity of the Sufa crossing, northeast of Rafah.