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Daily Report March 18 2021

Total: 73

 

 

DAILY SITUATION REPORT

 08:00, 17th  March  2021 -08:00, 18th March  2021

WEST BANK

JERUSALEM

Raid

1. At 10:30, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Kafr Aqab, where clashes took place with the citizens while they were on patrol on Airport Street in the town.
2. At dawn on 18/03/2021, the Israeli occupation forces raided Qalandia camp and detained a citizen.
3. At dawn on 18/03/2021, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Hizma and detained a citizen.

Detention

1. At 14:00, the Israeli occupation forces detained Fadi Abdullah Mahmoud {a Palestinian Police Officr} - a resident of Al-Issawiya village.
2. The detainee in Qalandia camp is: Ghassan Ali Shawamreh.
3. The detainee in the town of Hizma is: Walid Salem Kanaan Al-Khatib.

Attack

At 10:30, the Israeli occupation forces rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged stoning while they were on patrol on Airport Road during their raid into the town of Kafr Aqab.

Obstruction of Places of Worship

At 08:30, a group of extremist settlers, under the protection of the occupation police, stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and conducted provocative tours in its courtyards and facilities.

Settlement Activities

On 03/17/2021, the Israeli occupation forces set up a billboard on the airport road in the town of Kafr Aqab on the establishment of a new settlement project in the area, including the construction of a sports complex and a settlement park on the lands of citizens in the area.

RAMALLAH & AL BIREH

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 16:35, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Bir Zeit town, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 17:35, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the Ain Sina village roundabout, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 23:10.

Raid

At dawn on 03/18/2021, the Israeli occupation forces raided Jalazoun camp, and detained a citizen.

Detention

1. At 18:35, the Israeli occupation forces detained the citizen: Muhammad Anwar Khuweira - a resident of Kafr Naama village, while he was being visited by the Israeli intelligence, based on prior notification.
2. The detainee in Jalazoun camp is: Hadi Mahmoud Ghawanmeh.

Land Levelling

At 11:15, the Israeli occupation forces levelled 5 dunums of the citizens' agricultural lands in the village of Ras Karkar, and uprooted about 20 olive trees belonging to the citizen: Numan Nofal.

JENIN

Raid

At dawn on 18/03/2021, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Ya'bad, and detained a citizen.

Detention

The detainee in the town of Ya'bad is: Thabet Walid Atatreh.

TULKAREM

Military Checkpoints

At 17:00, the Israeli occupation forces tightened their procedures at "Ainaf" checkpoint, and obstructed traffic.

QALQILIYA

Detention

At 20:10, the Israeli occupation forces detained the university student: Nour Ayman Sadiq Shawahna - a resident of Kafr Thulth, while he was reporting the Israeli intelligence based on prior notification.

Attack

At 23:45, the Israeli occupation forces present in the vicinity of the separation wall gate near the town of Habla, fired stun and tear gas canisters towards citizens while they were trying to enter to work inside the Green Line.

NABLUS

Military Checkpoints

1. At 14:00, the Israeli occupation forces closed Huwara checkpoint, obstructed traffic and reopened it at 14:35.
2. At 14:00 and again at 22:35, the Israeli occupation forces closed the Beit Furik checkpoint and obstructed traffic and reopened it at a later time.

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 15:10, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Awarta, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 18:25, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint near the "Shafi Shimron" settlement junction, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 14:00, the Israeli occupation forces raided Burin village, and patrolled until 17:30.
2. At 14:40, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Huwara, stormed a house, and withdrew at 17:00.
3. At 15:35, the Israeli occupation forces raided Sebastia village, escorting a group of settlers during their visit to the archaeological area in the village.
4. At 00:30,the Israeli occupation forces raided the village of Rojib, stormed and searched a house, and withdrew at 04:45.

Confiscation of Property

At 19:35, the Israeli occupation forces confiscated a bulldozer while it was working on a plot of land owned by the citizen: Abd al-Karim Ahmad al-Najjar, in Burin village, under the pretext that it was operating in a closed military zone.

House Demolition

At 12:50, the occupation forces demolished, in Khirbet Tana, east of the town of Beit Furik, 5 tents used for housing, and seized them, which belong to the families of citizens: Hakam Zuhdi Nasasrah, Marawan Khatatbeh, Hamdi Melitat, Ibrahim Abdel Qader Hanani, and Bassam Nasasrah.

Settlers Attacks

At 09:00, a group of settlers from the "Ihya" settlement outpost entered the citizens' agricultural lands in Basin No. (6) in the Sheikh Bashir site in the village of Jaloud, and uprooted about 40 olive seedlings and seized them, and their ownership belongs to the citizen: Rajeh Salameh Hammoud.

SALFIT

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 15:25, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Kafeel Haris, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 17:00, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the city of Salfit, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 17:50.

Settlement Activities

On the morning of 03/17/2021, the occupation forces began to raze large areas of citizens' lands in the Al-Haraiq area of ​​Burqin town, in favor of establishing a new factory for the "Ariel Industrial" settlement, located northwest of the city of Salfit.

JERICHO

Flying Checkpoints

At 14:05, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to Jericho city, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 15:15.

Raid

At 00:40, the Israeli occupation forces raided Aqbat Jaber camp in Jericho city, where clashes took place with the citizens, as they stormed a number of houses then withdrew at 03:00.

Attack

At 00:40, the Israeli occupation forces fired stun and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged stoning as they stormed a number of houses during their raid into Aqabat Jaber camp in Jericho city.

Injuries

At 11:30,The citizen: Ali Musa Jahalin's fingers were amputated as a result of the explosion of a suspicious object left over from the Israeli occupation forces while he was grazing sheep in east of Jericho city and was hospitalized at a government hospital in Beit Jala city in the Bethlehem governorate.

House Demolition

At 10:30, the Israeli occupation forces demolished 7 homes in addition to 5 pens for raising livestock owned by the families of citizens: Bassam Musa Hussein Rashaida, Jumah Musa Husayn Rashaida, Yusef Hussein Salman Abu Kharbish, and Ismail Suleiman Salim Abu Kharbish in the Bedouin community, north of the village of An Nuweima al-Fawqa for allegedly not being licensed.

Destruction of Property

At 10:30, the Israeli occupation forces demolished 5 livestock dens, in addition to 7 houses owned by the families of citizens: Bassam Musa Hussein Rashaida, Jumah Musa Husayn Rashaida, Yusef Hussein Salman Abu Kharbish, and Ismail Suleiman Salim Abu Kharbishcin the Bedouin community in the north of the village of An Nuweima al-Fawqa for allegedly not being licensed.

BETHLEHEM

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 08:40, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint near the Al-Nashash area junction (the southern entrance to Bethlehem), to search cars and check citizens' identities until 10:00.
2. At 18:25, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Janata town, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 20:50.

Raid

At 20:45, the Israeli occupation forces raided Bethlehem city, and conducted a patrol.

HEBRON

Flying Checkpoints

At 16:45, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint in the Wadi al-Saman area in Hebron city, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 04:00, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Beit Ummar, and detained 2 citizens.
2. At 06:30, the Israeli occupation forces raided raided Hebron and detained a citizen.

Detention

1. The two detainees in the town of Beit Ummar are: Mahmoud Muhammad Awad and Omar Abdel Aziz Alqam.
2. The detainee in Hebron is: Brigadier General Ghazi Muhammad Jabareen.

Destruction of Property

At 10:30, the Israeli occupation forces dismantled an agricultural room owned by a citizen: Fuad Al-Amor in the area of ​​Al-Fakhit located southeast of Yatta, and took it over it .

Settlement Activities

At 11:00, the Israeli occupation forces in the Old City of Hebron demolished an old building opposite the Tomb of the Patriarchs, an area that the occupation forces consider a closed military zone, and prevent the Reconstruction Committee from entering and restoring the buildings there.

GAZA STRIP

ALL DISTRICTS

• 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 Israeli occupation forces violated the ceasefire agreement by firing from their positions on the Green Line towards Central Gaza and Khan Yunis governorates.

NORTHERN GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez": On 17/03/2021 is closed (except for the passage of emergency humanitarian cases).

GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* 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.

CENTRAL GAZA

Attack

At 15:00 on 03/17/2021, the Israeli occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Deir Al-Balah.

KHAN YUNIS

Attack

At 09:00 on 03/17/2021, the Israeli occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line towards agricultural lands east of Khuza'a town, east of Khan Yunis.

RAFAH

Closure of Crossing Points

* Yasser Arafat International Airport: closed.
* Sufa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - “Kerem Shalom”: on 17/03/2021, partially open (for the entry of foodstuffs, goods, building materials, and limited quantities of fuel).
* Al-Awda- Rafah crossing: on 17/03/2021, is open in both directions (for the entry and departure of citizens).

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