DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 11th August 2020 -08:00, 12th August 2020
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DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 11th August 2020 -08:00, 12th August 2020
1. At 13:00,Israeli forces raided Al-Eizariya town.
2. At 17:00, Israeli forces raided Beit Iksa village.
At 20:00, Israeli forces positioned at Shu'fat military checkpoint in Jerusalem city fired rubber coated steel bullets, stun and tear gas canisters towards several residents for alleged stoning.
1. At 11:00, Israeli forces demolished a apartment building consisting of 3 apartments owned by Wael Al-Tahan and his brother's Alaa and Nader located in Silwan neighborhood of Jerusalem city for allegedly being built without a license.
2. At 20:00, Israeli authorities forced Azziz Aliyan to demolish his own home in Jabal Mukabir neighborhood in Jerusalem city after issuing a order for the demolition in order to avoid paying a hefty fine in the event that Israeli authorities carried out the demolition for allegedly being built without a license.
At 09:00,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.
At 07:30, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Al-Nabi Saleh village to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
1. At 00:20, Israeli forces raided Beituniya town until 01:10.
2. At 04:05, Israeli forces raided Al-Mazra'a Al-Gharbiya town and detained 4 residents.
3. At 04:05, Israeli forces raided Silwad town and detained 2 residents.
1. Israeli forces detained 4 residents: Azmi Sufyan Shrietah, Musa Hassan Musa Laddua, Muhammad Akram Laddua, and his brother Saif in Al-Mazra'a Al-Gharbiya town.
2. Israeli forces detained 2 residents: Abdul Aziz Ahmed Sobh, and Jalal Raed Abdel Moez in Silwad town.
At 17:00, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at Ya'bad town junction to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
1. At 02:20, Israeli forces raided Tulkarem city and Nur Al-Shams camp.
2. At 03:40, Israeli forces raided Quffin town and detained 2 residents.
Israeli forces detained 2 residents: Mustafa Yusef Mustafa To'me, and Imad Ibrahim Asaad To'me in Quffin town.
At 12:30, Israeli forces positioned at Far'oun military checkpoint located in south Tulkarem city fired rubber coated steel bullets, stun and tear gas canisters towards several residents for alleged stoning and as a result injured a resident.
Israeli forces injured Anas Malik Saleem Sabah during clashes at Far'oun military checkpoint located in south Tulkarem city .
At 12:45, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Izbit Al-Tabib village to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
1. At 19:20,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint near "Shavie Shamron" settlement junction and detained a resident.
2. At 23:40,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at Sara village junction to search cars and check the identities of citizens.
At 16:00, Israeli forces raided Sara village then stormed and searched several homes.
Israeli forces positioned at a flying checkpoint near the entrance of "Shavie Shamron" settlement detained Ali Moayad Mahmoud Shahrour {a resident of Bal'a town in Tulkarem district}.
1. At 13:50,a group of settlers entered the agricultural lands of the town of Huwara and attacked Mustafa Al-Masry, while he was working on his land in the Al-Somaa area, north of the town, which led to his injury - wounds and a fracture of the foot during his pursuit, and he was taken to the government hospital in Nablus for treatment.
2. At 18:00,a group of settlers in the Jabal al-Najmah area of the town of Aqraba planted grape trees on an area of land, in an attempt to seize them.
3. At 22:50,a group of settlers were present along the bypass road that passes by the settlement of "Yitzhar" and threw stones at the citizens' vehicles, which resulted in material damage to the vehicle of : Muhammad Al-Tamuni - resident of Awarta village.
Mustafa Al-Masry was injured and broken in the foot as a result of being attacked and chased by a group of settlers while he was working on his land located in the sila area north of the town of Huwara.
At 00:50,Israeli forces tightened their procedures at the Za'tara Junction checkpoint and detained a resident.
At 23:00,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Kafil Harris town to search cars and check the identities of citizens.
At 10:30, Israeli forces raided the town of Kafr al-Dik, and temporarily seized a concrete pump and two concrete transport trucks belonging to the company, while working in the citizen's land: Hadi Nabil Naji, which is threatened with confiscation and located in Al-Shaab area in the town, and returned it to the company later after she forced the owner of the company : Fadi Mahmoud Sarsour, to sign an undertaking not to transport concrete and to work in Area C classified under Israeli control.
Israeli forces positioned at Za'tara Junction checkpoint detained Faris Fawzi Faysal Abdel-Khaliq {a resident of Deir Al-Ghosun town in Tulkarem district}.
On 11.08.2020, the occupation forces detained two citizens (farmers) Hamda Shukair, 79 years old. And Gazila Choucair, 77 years old behind the separation wall near the town of Zawiya, and prevented them from returning to their homes in the town of Zawiya after closing the gate on the wall, and released them after several hours of their detention.
1. At 12:25,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.
2. At 12:35 and again at 20:20,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the North entrance of Teqou' town to search cars and check the identities of citizens.
3. At 13:25 and again at 20:15,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint near the Al-Nashash Junction (the southern entrance to the city of Bethlehem) to search cars and check the identities of citizens.
4. At 20:40,Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance of Beit Fajjar town then searched vehicles and checked the identities of citizens.
At 03:35, Israeli forces raided Al-Doha town and detained a Preventive Security Force officer.
1. At 13:50, Israeli forces detained Billal Mohammad Ahmad Raziq {a resident of Bethlehem city} as he was reporting to Israeli Intellegnce for questioning based on a prior summon.
2. Israeli forces detained Ahmad Abdel-Hadi Shamroukh in Al-Doha town.
At 20:30, Israeli forces levelled in the area of Khallet Al-Nahleh near the village of Wadi Rahal, an area of agricultural land estimated at about 2.5 dunums owned by the citizen: Amer Abu Zgharit, uprooted about 100 olive seedlings, and demolished retaining walls in their vicinity.
At 08:35, Israeli forces set up 3 checkpoints at the entrances of Ithna town, Wadi Al-Shajnat village and Al-Fuwwar camp to search cars and check the identities of citizens.
1. On 11.08.2020, Israeli forces demolished 2 residential tents owned by Jamil Mahmoud al-Amor - residents of the village of Fakhit, and Salah Shehadeh Salama Makhmara - residents of the village of Khirbet Maghair al-Ubaid located in villages of Al-Fakhit and Khirbet Maghair Al-Ubaid, located southeast of Yatta.
2. On 11.08.2020,Israeli forces demolished a residential tent owned by Ahmad Jabr Hamad Al-Nuawjmat located in Sussiya village in east Yatta town.
• 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 ceasefire by firing and a number of artillery shells from their positions on the Green Line in the governorates of Gaza, Central, Khan Yunis, and Rafah, and by air strikes with missiles from warplanes (in 4 successive strikes) in the Gaza and Rafah governorates.
* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez" on 11. 08. 2020 is closed (excluding the passage of emergency humanitarian cases).
* 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.
1. At 13:15 on 11. 08. 2020, the occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards a number of citizens while they were flying incendiary kites and balloons in the sky of the border fence east of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
2. At 01:40 on 11. 08. 2020, the occupying forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards a site belonging to one of the armed Palestinian groups, east of Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
3. At dawn on 12. 08. 2020, the Israeli occupation forces fired an artillery shell from their positions on the Green Line, towards a site belonging to one of the armed Palestinian groups, east of the town of Juhr Al-Dik, southeast of Gaza City.
At 01:35 on 12. 08. 2020, the Israeli warplanes bombed two missiles (in two successive raids), targeting a site of a Palestinian armed group southwest of Gaza City.
1. On the evening of 11.08.2020, the occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards a number of citizens while they were flying incendiary kites and balloons in the sky of the border fence east of Al-Bureij camp.
2. At dawn on 12. 08. 2020, the Occupation Forces fired an artillery shell from their positions on the Green Line, towards a site belonging to a Palestinian armed group, east of Al-Bureij camp.
1. At 10:30 on 10. 08. 2020, the occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of the town of Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis.
2. At 08:15 on 11. 08. 2020, the occupying forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards a number of citizens while they were flying incendiary kites and balloons in the sky of the border fence east of the town of Al-Fokhari, southeast of Khan Yunis.
3. At 08:30 on 11. 08. 2020, the occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards a number of Palestinian farmers, east of the town of Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis.
*Yasser Arafat International Airport: Closed.
*Sofa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - Kerem Shalom: 11. 08. 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 11. 08. 2020 is closed.
At dawn on 12. 08. 2020, the occupying forces fired an artillery shell from their positions on the Green Line, towards a site belonging to one of the armed Palestinian groups, east of Al-Nahda neighborhood, east of Rafah.
At dawn on 12. 08. 2020, Israeli warplanes bombed 5 missiles (in two successive raids), targeting agricultural land and a site belonging to a Palestinian group in the vicinity of Arafat International Airport, east of Rafah.