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DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 18th April 2023-08:00, 19th April 2023
1. At 03:30,the occupation forces raided the Al-Salam suburb in the town of Anata, and conducted a patrol.
2. At dawn on 04/19/2023, the occupation forces raided the town of Al-Ram, and conducted a patrol.
1. At 09:15, the occupation forces positioned at the Qalandia military checkpoint detained Salah Kamal Abu Zant - a Palestinian General Intelligence Service officer, while he was passing through the checkpoint.
2. At 10:00, the occupation forces detained Anas Al-Ja'bari in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem.
3. At 10:00, the occupation forces positioned in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, detained the child: Aisha Dhiab Karajah - a resident of Safa village, Ramallah governorate.
4. At 03:00, the occupation forces in the city of Jerusalem detained the citizen: Salah Atef Rajab Matir - a resident of the town of Kafr Aqab.
At 06:40 on 04/18/2023, the occupation forces closed all the entrances to the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem (under the pretext that 2 settlers were wounded by gunfire), and reopened them at a later time.
At 22:10, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint near the roundabout of the "Halamish" settlement, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
1. At 17:00, the occupation forces raided the village of Dura Al-Qara, and conducted a patrol.
2. At 03:20, the occupation forces raided the village of Ajul, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 03:35, the occupation forces raided the village of Um Safa, and detained a citizen.
4. At 04:20, the occupation forces raided the village of Ras Karkar, and detained a citizen.
5. At 04:30, the occupation forces raided the town of Aroura, clashed with the citizens and as a result injured a citizen, and they also detained a citizen (to pressure his son to turn himself over to occupation forces).
1. At 06:20 on 04/18/2023, the occupation forces detained the citizen: Abdel-Latif Abdel-Ghafer Duh during their raid into the village of Deir Al-Sudan (as mentioned in the previous report),
2. The detainee in the village of Umm Safa is: Wajd Najeh Tanatreh.
3. The detainee in the village of Ras Karkar is: Saleh Jamil Nofal.
4. The detainee in the town of Aroura is: Saleh Al-Arouri (to pressure his son to turn himself over to occupation forces).
1. At 21:55, a group of settlers were near the "Al-Mahkama" checkpoint, located near the "Beit El" settlement, north of Al-Bireh, and threw stones at the citizens' vehicles passing through the checkpoint.
2. On the evening of 04/18/2023, a group of settlers entered the citizens' agricultural land belonging to the town of Al-Mazra'a Al-Gharbiya, and seized a 100-square-meter house owned by the citizen: Ghazi Asaad Shriteh, located near the southern side of the town, near the "Talmon" settlement.
At 17:45, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Zubba, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
1. At 13:35, the occupation forces, with cover from helicopters, stormed the city of Jenin and its camp, clashed with the citizens as they stormed a number of homes and as a result injured 8 citizens (including an elderly woman, at the age of 68 years), and detained 3 citizens (including 2 brothers), and confiscated the vehicle of one of the detainees, and withdrew at 14:45.
2. At 01:45, the occupation forces raided the town of Qabatiya, clashed with the citizens, while on patrol, and withdrew at 05:15.
The 3 detainees in the city of Jenin and its camp are: Ahmed Jaradat, his brother Amjad, and Abdul Karim Alaa Ibrahim Ahmed.
1. At 13:35, the occupation forces fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged shooting and stoning and as a result injured 8 citizens (including an elderly woman, 68 years old).
2. At 01:45, the occupation forces fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged shooting and stoning while on patrol during the raid into the town of Qabatiya,
The 8 unidentified civilians were injured (including a 68-year-old woman) during clashes with the occupation forces in the city of Jenin and its camp.
At 13:35, the occupation forces confiscated a private vehicle owned by the citizen: Abdul Karim Alaa Ibrahim Ahmed, during his detention during the raid into the city of Jenin and its camp.
At 21:45, the occupation forces positioned near the village of Shufa, detained the citizen: Nassim Muhammad Abdullah Musabih - residents of Nur Shams camp, in the city of Tulkarm.
1. At 23:15, the occupation forces raided the town of Azzun, stormed a number of homes and a gas station, checked the surveillance camera recordings, and withdrew at 02:00.
2. At 00:15, the occupation forces raided the village of Ras Attia, and conducted a patrol.
At 19:40, the occupation forces tightened their procedures at the "Shafi Shomron" checkpoint, and impeded traffic.
1. At 09:40, the occupation forces raided the village of Al-Bathan, and conducted a patrol.
2. At 23:55, the occupation forces raided the city of Nablus and the Askar camp in the city, detained a citizen in the camp, and withdrew at 00:20.
3. At 03:15, the occupation forces raided the town of Qabalan and the village of Yatma, detained 4 citizens, and withdrew at 05:05.
1. At 09:45, the occupation forces arrested 2 citizens at the Hawara checkpoint: Yahya Nasrallah Asida and Islam Asim Asida - both residents of the village of Tal.
2. At 21:55, the occupation forces positioned at a military checkpoint near the city of Nablus, the citizen: Fouad Muhammad Abu Freih Al-Badawi - a residents of the town of Betunia, Ramallah Governorate.
3. The detainee in Askar camp in the city of Nablus is: Ibrahim Sultan Al-Zumar.
4. The 4 detainees in the town of Qabalan and the village of Yatma are: Hazem Qassem Falah Aqraa - a resident of the town of Qablan, Suhaib Abdel Moneim Aqraa - a resident of the town of Qablan, Alaa Majed Nawaf Snobar - a resident of the village of Yatma, and Ahmed Hisham Abdel Fattah Snobar - a resident of the village of Yatma.
1. At 13:25, the occupation forces tightened their procedures at the Za'tara Junction checkpoint, and impeded traffic.
2. At 17:35, the occupation forces closed the Za'tara Junction checkpoint, to traffic (under the pretext that unknown persons fired at a settler's vehicle near the village of Marda), and reopened it later.
1. At 13:50, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the western entrance to the town of Deir Ballut, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 18:25, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Kifl Haris, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 23:20.
At 09:30, the occupation forces raided the town of Al-Zawiya, and delivered notices to demolish and stop work on building a mosque (under construction) and 18 homes on the eastern side of the town, under the pretext of not having a permit, and withdrew at 12:00.
At 17:35, the occupation forces closed the roundabout of the "Ariel" settlement (the bypass street "Across Samaria"), to traffic (under the pretext that unknown persons opened fire at a settler's vehicle near the village of Marda), and reopened it at 03:00.
On 04/18/2023, the occupation forces tightened their measures at the Hamra checkpoint, and impeded traffic.
1. At 14:20, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the city of Jericho, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 20:00, the occupying forces set up a checkpoint near the village of Ain Al-Dyouk, north of Arab, the city of Jericho, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
At 00:10, the occupation forces raided the city of Ariha and Ain Al-Sultan camp in the city, where clashes took place with the citizens, during a raid on a house in the camp, and withdrew at 00:35.
At 00:10, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged stoning as they stormed a house during their raid into of Ain Al-Sultan camp.
At 21:35, the occupation forces closed the "Container" checkpoint, in front of traffic, and reopened it at 21:55.
1. At 09:25, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Janata, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 12:20.
2. At 10:15, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the town of Tuqu'. The checkpoint was set up again at 19:10 to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 21:00.
3. At 00:50, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the western entrance to the town of Beit Fajjar, to search vehicles and check citizens' identities until 02:10.
1. At 00:30, the occupation forces raided the town of Nahalin, and patrolled until 01:10.
2. At 04:00, the occupation forces raided the village of Al-Manshiya, and confiscated a private vehicle.
At 04:00, the occupation forces confiscated a private vehicle, owned by a citizen, during the raid into the village of Al-Manshiya.
On 04/18/2023, the occupation forces set up a new military watchtower at the northern entrance to the town of Tekoa.
At 18:55, a group of settlers in the citizens' agricultural lands belonging to the town of Al-Khader, located near the settlement of "Eliaz", severely beat the citizen: Ibrahim Suleiman Salah - residents of the town of Al-Khader, which led to his injury - bruises, and he was subsequently admitted to the hospital for treatment.
1. At 19:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Al-Samou', to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 20:15.
2. At 23:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint in the Khallet Hadour area in Hebron, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 23:40.
At 23:40, the occupation forces demolished a shop on the Gold Market Street in the (closed) Hesba area in the Old City of Hebron.
At 11:50, a group of settlers in the Sha'ab Al-Batam area, east of the town of Yatta, attacked a number of shepherds from the Jabbarin family, and prevented them from grazing their sheep.
• At 02:00 on 05/21/ 2021, the comprehensive ceasefire entered into force at the initiative and sponsorship of the Arab Republic of Egypt.
• On the morning of 07/30/ 2021, the Israeli occupation forces allowed the expansion of the marine fishing area from 9 nautical miles to 12 nautical miles.
• The occupation forces violated the cease-fire agreement as the gunboats opened fire at the fishermen's boats at sea in the northern Gaza governorate.
* Beit Hanoun crossing - "Erez": on 04/18/2023, it is partially open (for the passage of humanitarian cases, foreign journalists, workers of international humanitarian organizations, merchants, businessmen, workers, and travelers through the Karama "Allenby" crossing - previously coordinated for them).
On the morning of 04/18/2023, the Israeli gunboats opened fire towards the fishermen's boats while they were chasing them at sea off the shore of the Al-Sudaniyya area, west of the town of Beit Lahiya.
* Al-Muntar-Karni crossing: closed since 02/03/2011, permanently and by a unilateral Israeli decision.
* Shejaiya Crossing - “Nahal Oz” for fuel: closed since 04. 01. 2010, by unilateral Israeli decision.
* Yasser Arafat International Airport: closed.
Sufa crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - "Kerem Shalom": on 04/18/2023, it is partially open (for the entry of foodstuffs and goods, limited quantities of fuel and cooking gas, and building materials for the private sector and for internationally funded projects).
* Al-Awda- Rafah: On 04/18/2023, it is open (for the departure and entry of citizens).