DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 17th September 2020 -08:00, 18th September 2020
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DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 17th September 2020 -08:00, 18th September 2020
• At 24:00 on 17/09 2020, the occupation forces imposed a complete closure on the governorates of the West Bank, on the occasion of the "Hebrew New Year Festival" among the Jews, and prevented citizens and workers, including those holding permits from entering Jerusalem and Israel, with the exception of diplomatic and international missions and humanitarian cases And emergency medical cases after prior coordination, until 24:00 on 09/20/2020.
1. At dawn on 09/17/2020,Israeli forces raided Qatana village and stormed and searched a home.
2. At 20:00, Israeli forces raided 'Anata town and detained a citizen.
1. At 15:00, Israeli forces detained 3 citizens: Ihab Nasri, Rabah Nasri, and Abdullah Subuh- residents of Hizma town.
2. Israeli forces detained Khader Mohammed Khader Hamdan in the town of Anata.
1. On 09/16/2020, the occupation authorities in Jerusalem imposed deportation of the citizen: Yaqoub al-Dabbagh - residents of Jerusalem, for a week from Al-Aqsa Mosque.
2. On 09/17/2020, the occupation authorities in Jerusalem imposed the deportation of the citizen: Ihab Abu Sneina, a resident of Jerusalem, for a week from Al-Aqsa Mosque.
3. On 09/17/2020, the occupation authorities imposed in Jerusalem, the deportation of the citizen: Ibrahim Al-Natsheh, for a week from Al-Aqsa Mosque.
At 20:00, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas in the Shuafat camp in Jerusalem at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones while on patrol.
At 09:30, a group of extremist settlers, under the protection of the occupation police, stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and conducted provocative tours in its courtyards and facilities.
On 09/16/2020, the occupation authorities in Jerusalem approved a plan to build 560 new settlement housing units in the settlement of "Harjilo", in addition to a plan to expand the bypass road of Al Walaja road - to connect the bypass road between Jerusalem and the settlement settlement "Gush Etzion"
1. At 16:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the Ya'bad junction, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 23:25, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Arana village, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
At 13:40, Israeli forces positioned at a gas station near the town of Yabed junction detained Hammad Mahmoud Awaidat Zakarneh - residents of Qabatiya town.
At 18:05, israeli forces raided the village of Ain Al-Bayda in the northern Jordan Valley, and conducted a patrol.
At 23:40, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Qafin, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
At 00:15, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the eastern entrance to the city of Qalqilya, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
At 21:40, the occupation forces, in the vicinity of the "Eyal" crossing, north of the city of Qalqilya, fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters at the citizens, under the pretext that they were being thrown with stones.
1. At 09:00, Israeli forces raided Sarra village and conducted a patrol.
2. At 12:00, an Israeli force raided the village of Sebastia, escorting a group of settlers during their visit to the archeological area in the village.
3. At 22:00, Israeli forces raided Burin village, and conducted a patrol.
4. At 02:50, Israeli forces raided the village of Sebastia, where clashes took place with the citizens while they were on patrol.
At 02:50,Israeli forces fired live bullets randomly at the citizens, under the pretext that they were being thrown with stones while on patrol during their raid into the village of Sebastia,
At 21:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Kafeel Haris, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
At 05:15 on 09/17/2020, the occupation forces during their raid into the town of Kafeel Haris detained: Wagdy Munir Mofid Bouzia(in addition to what was mentioned in the previous report) .
On 09/17/2020, a group of settlers, with the protection of the occupation forces, in the Elyan and Hassan districts near the town of Bidya, swept away an area of the citizens' agricultural lands, uprooted many olive, fig and grape trees, removed stone chains and demolished agricultural rooms in the area.
1. At 11:55, the Israeli occupation forces detained the citizen: Attia Ata Abu Hamada - a resident of Jericho in Al-Khan Al-Ahmar,
2. At 13:00, the occupation forces positioned at Hamra checkpoint detained citizen: Khaled Basem Al-Bazour - residents of Raba village in Jenin governorate.
1. At 17:30, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the western entrance to the town of Tuqu ', to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 18:30, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint in the Aqabat Hasanah area (on the main road leading to the western villages in the Bethlehem governorate), to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 20:10, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Tuqu 'town, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
1. At 11:30, Israeli forces raided the Al-Halqum area, west of the town of Tuqu ', and delivered a notice to stop work on building a house owned by the citizen: Saif Muhammad Awad al-Amor, and confiscated a concrete pump, under the pretext of not being licensed, and because it was located in the area classified (C) Under Israeli control.
2. At dawn on 09/18/2020, Israeli forces raided Bethlehem and a detained a citizen.
The detainee in Bethlehem is: Jamil Abd Jawarish.
At 11:30, the occupation forces confiscated a concrete pump owned by: Al-Maamoun company, in the Al-Halqum area, west of the town of Tekoa, while it was working on building a house, under the pretext of not being licensed.
1. On 09/17/2020, a group of settlers from the settlement outpost "Ibi Hanhal" in the village of Kisan, south of the town of Tuqu ', laid a barbed wire fence around an area estimated at 20 dunums of the village's lands that the occupation forces confiscated about a month ago, which is 660 Dunums.
2. On the evening of 09/17/2020, a group of settlers near the village of Al-Walaja severely beat 2 citizens (brothers), which led to their injury - wounds, fractures and bruises - and they were taken to the hospital for treatment.
The two wounded, fractures, and bruises as a result of being severely beaten by a group of settlers near Al Walaja are: Ashraf Mustafa Al-Najjar, and his brother Muhammad - residents of Al-Azza camp in Bethlehem.
1. At 16:30, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to Hebron (near the "Hagai" settlement), to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 20:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the western entrance to Hebron, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 00:20, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Halhoul, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
On 09/17/2020, the occupying forces demolished an agricultural room in the area of Khallet Al-Zaitoun in Tarqumiya town, owned by: Muhammad Abdel Aziz Qaqour, under the pretext of revoking the permit.
• At 19:00 on 26/08/2014, the permanent and comprehensive ceasefire came into effect with the initiative and patronage of the Arab Republic of Egypt, after reaching understandings to open the crossings, the introduction of humanitarian and relief aid and reconstruction requirements, and expanding the fishing area to a distance of 6 miles with the increase in distance Up to 12 miles by the end of this year, reducing the "security buffer" zone from 300 meters to 100 meters, freedom of movement and preventing assassinations. Other issues, including the airport and the port, will be negotiated within a month of the ceasefire.
• On the morning of June 28, 2019, the occupation forces allowed the expansion of the fishing distance from opposite the Al-Waha area northwest of the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza governorate and up to the Gaza port by a distance of 6 nautical miles, and from opposite the Gaza port to the south of the coast of Rafah to 15 nautical miles.
• On 01/09/2020, the occupation forces re-expanded the fishing distance from the front of the Al-Waha area northwest of the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza governorate and up to the Gaza port by a distance of 6 nautical miles, and from opposite the Gaza port to the south of the coast of Rafah to 15 nautical miles. After it imposed on 08/16/2020 a complete closure on the maritime domain in front of the fishermen's boats in front of the Gaza Strip.
• The occupying forces violated the ceasefire, firing from their positions on the Green Line in Central Gaza and Rafah governorates.
* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez": on 17/09/2020 is closed (except for the passage of emergency humanitarian cases).
* Al-Muntar-Karni crossing: closed since 02/03/2011, permanently and by a unilateral Israeli decision.
* The Shejaiya Crossing - “Nahal Oz” for fuel: closed on 01/04/2010 by an Israeli unilateral decision.
At 20:30 on 09/17/2020, the occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Deir Al-Balah.
* Yasser Arafat International Airport: closed.
* Sufa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - "Kerem Shalom": 17/09/2020, partially open, partially open (for the entry of foodstuffs, goods, building materials, and limited quantities of fuel).
* Al-Awda crossing - Rafah: on 17/09/2020 is closed.
At 23:00 on 09/17/2020, the occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands southeast of Rafah.