Daily Report August 17 2020

1. At 09:35, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the Bado town tunnel, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 11:55 pm.
2. At 10:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the Anata town junction, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

1. At 12:00, the occupation forces stormed the village of Al-Issawiya and arrested a citizen. The raid was repeated at dawn today, 08/17/2020, when clashes took place with citizens, and they arrested a citizen.
2. At dawn on 08/17/2020, Israeli occupation forces stormed the town of Anata and arrested a citizen.

1. The two detainees in the village of Al-Issawiya are: Hammouda Nimer and Mutassim Hamza Ubaid.
2. The person detained in Anata is: Imad Jumaa al-Selwadi.

At 18:30, the occupation forces in Jerusalem handed over a decision to deport the governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith, from the West Bank governorates for a period of 6 months, after they summoned him for investigation at the Al-Maskobiyyah Detention and Investigation Center.

At dawn on 08/17/2020, during the storming of the village of Issawiya, the occupation forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones.

At 08:30, 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 August 16, 2020, it was revealed that the occupation authorities have approved projects to build a settlement road linking the industrial zone "Binyamin" with the industrial zone "Atarot" north of Jerusalem, passing through a tunnel of 600 meters under the Qalandia checkpoint, and to construct another road It extends from "Adam" settlement to the Hizma military checkpoint northeast of Jerusalem, and Al-Walaja bypass road, south of Jerusalem, to link the "Gush Etzion" settlement bloc with Jerusalem, with the aim of expanding "Har Homa" settlement with 560 new settlement housing units.

At 17:30, the occupation forces tightened their procedures at "Enav" checkpoint, and obstructed traffic.

At 12:05, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Qafin, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

At 13:40, the occupation forces arrested the citizen: Abd al-Rahim Fathi Abu Kamel - residents of the town of Anabta, while he was being visited by the Israeli intelligence, based on prior notification.

At 10:00, the occupation forces began in the Al-Jabal Al-Wastani area in the village of Shoufah, paving a settlement road in the agricultural lands of the citizens along the mountain, in preparation for the establishment of an industrial zone, and as a result, confrontations took place with the citizens while they were trying to confront the razing, and they withdrew at 21:25.

1. At 11:35, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint on the road connecting Jayyus town and the village of Nabi Elias, to search cars and check citizens' identities until 15:40.
2. At 13:15, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Ezbet El-Tabib, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 15:35.

At 02:20, a force of the occupation army stormed the city of Qalqilya, arrested 2 citizens (including a child), and withdrew at 03:40.

The two detainees in the city of Qalqilya are: Sajid Yusef Qaraan, 17, and Liwa Faisal Nofal.

At 12:05, the occupation forces tightened their procedures at Huwara checkpoint, and obstructed traffic.

1. At 08:45, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint in the Al-Fawwar area near the village of Tal, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 19:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the Sarra village junction, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 19:45.

1. At 03:50, Israeli forces raided Sebastia village, and patrolled until 04:20.
2. At dawn on 08/17/2020, a force of the occupation army stormed Askar camp in Nablus, and arrested a citizen.

1. At 00:25, Israeli forces raided Bidya town, and patrolled until 00:35.
2. At 01:00, Israeli forces raided the town of Deir Istia, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 02:55, Israeli forces raided the town of Al-Zawiya, arrested a citizen, and withdrew at 03:35.

At 09:30, the occupation forces closed the "Container" checkpoint, in front of traffic, and reopened it at 10:15.

1. At 11:10, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the town of Tuqu ', to search cars and check citizens' identities until 11:55.
2. At 14:30, 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 until 16:30.
3. At 14:30, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint near the Al-Nashash area junction (the southern entrance to Bethlehem) to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
4. At 19:15, the occupation forces set up a roadblock at the western entrance to the town of Tuqu ', to search cars and check citizens' identities until 20:45.
5. At 19:40, the occupation forces set up a roadblock near the cemetery of the town of Al-Khader, to search cars and verify citizens ’identities until 21:10.

1. At 14:25, a special force of the occupation army stormed Al-Khader town and arrested a citizen.
2. At 04:50, a force of the occupation army stormed the town of Doha, arrested 2 citizens, and withdrew at 05:25.
3. At 04:55, a force of the occupation army stormed the city of Beit Sahour, closed the Omar bin Al-Khattab mosque, and prevented the worshipers from performing the Fajr prayer, during a house raid, and arrested a citizen, and withdrew at 06:25.

1. The detainee in the town of Al-Khader is: Saddam Aql Dar Al-Hajj - residents of Aida camp in Bethlehem.
2. The two detainees in the town of Doha are: Hamza Ibrahim Malash and Hassan Muhammad Shihadeh.
3. The person detained in Beit Sahour is: Ahmad Radwan Hamamra.

At 23:30, the occupation forces, present in the vicinity of the Bilal Bin Rabah Mosque (Al-Qubbah), north of Bethlehem, fired at a citizen, wounding him - and he was wounded, and he was subsequently admitted to the government hospital in Bethlehem for treatment.

The wounded man who was shot by the occupation forces in the vicinity of the Bilal Ibn Rabah Mosque (Al-Qubbah) north of Bethlehem is Musa Naim Abu Aahour.

At 08:45, the occupation forces set up 3 checkpoints at the northern entrance to the town of Dhahiriya and at the entrances to Wadi al-Shajneh village and al-Fawwar camp, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

1.At dawn on 08/16/2020, a force of the occupation army stormed Khurasa village and arrested a citizen.
2. At 00:55, a force of the occupation army stormed the city of Hebron, and confrontations took place with the citizens while they were raiding and searching a commercial store, and they arrested a citizen, and withdrew at 04:55.

1. The detainee in Khorsa village is: Kamel Jasser Iqtet.
2. The detainee in Hebron is: Saadi Abd al-Rahim al-Jabari.

1. At 15:40, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters in the Old City of Hebron at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones while on patrol.
2. At 00:55, the occupation forces fired sound and tear gas canisters at the citizens, during the storming of Hebron, on the pretext that they had been thrown with stones while they were raiding and searching a store.

* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez": On 08/16/2020, it is closed (except for the passage of emergency humanitarian cases).

1. On the evening of 16/08/2020, the occupying forces fired fire and tear gas canisters from their location on the Green Line, towards the protesting citizens east of Jabalia, wounding a citizen, and he was admitted to the hospital for treatment.
2. At 01:30 on 17/08/2020, the Occupation Forces fired two artillery shells from their positions on the Green Line, towards a site belonging to a Palestinian armed group, east of Beit Hanoun.