DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 20th March 2021 -08:00, 21st March 2021
Flying Checkpoints
At 11:40, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the Bado town tunnel, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
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Daily Report March 21 2021
Daily Report March 21 2021
WEST BANK
JERUSALEM
Detention
1. At 15:00, the Israeli occupation forces positioned in the Old City of Jerusalem detained the citizen: Ra`fat Samih Muhammad Najib.
2.At dawn on 21/03/2021, the Israeli occupation forces detained 2 citizens: Dawood Al-Huneiti and Muhammad Amin Abu Al-Hawa in the Al-Tur neighborhood in Jerusalem.
RAMALLAH & AL BIREH
Flying Checkpoints
At 10:40, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint near the "Halamish" settlement junction, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
Attack
At 14:40, the Israeli occupation forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged stoning near the entrance to the village of Nabi Saleh.
JENIN
Flying Checkpoints
At 14:50,the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Ya'bad, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
Raid
At 18:55, the Israeli occupation forces raided Zbuba village, and patrolled until 01:40.
Detention
At 06:25, the Israeli occupation forces detained 2 citizens: Hamada al-Damj and Wadih al-Ghoul -{both are residents of Jenin cam} near Ya'bad town. .
TULKAREM
Detention
At 17:15, the Israeli occupation forces positioned on the road connecting the city of Tulkarm and the town of Kafr al-Labd detained the citizen: Muhammad Nabil Yunis al-Amouri - a resident of the city of Tulkarm.
QALQILIYA
Flying Checkpoints
1. At 20:00, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint under the Azzun bridge (on the main road connecting the cities of Qalqilya and Tulkarm), to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 20:10, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Azzun, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
Raid
At 23:15, the Israeli occupation forces raided the village of Seniria, and detained 7 citizens.
Detention
The 7 detainees in the village of Seniria are: Muhammad Ibrahim Omar, and his brother Hussam, Mahmoud Ali Taha, and his brother Ahmed, Muhammad Hamed Yunus, Anis Mazuz Yunus, and Anas Riyad Younis.
NABLUS
Flying Checkpoints
At 08:55, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Majdal Bani Fadel, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
Raid
At 20:30, the Israeli occupation forces raided the village of Burin, and conducted a patrol.
Detention
At 20:30, the Israeli occupation forces positioned at Al-Wad area located in the village of Burqa detained the citizen: Salah El-Din Hajji.
SALFIT
Flying Checkpoints
1. At 14:25, 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 15:45, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Kafr al-Dik, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
Raid
At 17:30, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Kafr al-Dik, conducted a patrol, and confiscated a bulldozer while it was working on a plot of land on the northern side of the town.
Confiscation of Property
At 17:30, the Israeli occupation forces confiscated a bulldozer owned by the citizen: Ashraf Abdullah while it was working a plot of land in the northern area of the town of Kafr al-Dik.
Land Confiscation
On 20/03/2021, the Israeli occupation forces delivered a military order requiring the confiscation of 17,497 dunums of citizens' lands belonging to the town of Burqin and the villages of Haris and Sarta, for military purposes in order to pave a settlement road linking the colony of Barkan and the bypass road “Aber Samaria”.
JERICHO
Flying Checkpoints
At 14:55, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Jericho city, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
BETHLEHEM
Flying Checkpoints
1. At 18:55, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Tuqu 'town, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 20:10, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Marah Rabah, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 20:20, the Israeli occupation forces set up a roadblock at the entrance to Jannata town, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
Raid
1. At 24:00, the Israeli occupation forces raided Janata town and Beit Ta`mar village, and withdrew at 02:15.
2. At 02:50, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Beit Fajjar, and detained 4 citizens (including 2 brothers).
Detention
The 4 detainees in the town of Beit Fajjar are: Atef Muhammad Abd al-Rahman Thawabta, Walid Issa Taqatqa, Salama Muhammad Taqatqa, and his brother Fayez.
HEBRON
Flying Checkpoints
1. At 18:35, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Sa'ir town, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 20:30, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Al-Arroub camp, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
Raid
At 24:00, the Israeli occupation forces raided Hebron city, and patrolled until 02:25.
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 the governorates of North Gaza and Gaza, and by Israeli gunboats firing towards Palestinian fishing boats while chasing them at sea in the North Gaza Governorate.
NORTHERN GAZA
Closure of Crossing Points
* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez": On 03/20/2021 is closed (due to the Saturday holiday).
Attack
1. At 08:00 on 20/03/2021, Israeli gunboats fired at the fishermen's boats while chasing them at sea off the Al-Sudania beach, west of the town of Beit Lahia.
2. At 10:00 on 20/03/2021, Israeli gunboats fired at the fishermen's boats while chasing them at sea off the Al-Sudania beach, west of the town of Beit Lahia.
3. At 10:15 on 20/03/2021, the Israeli occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands north of Beit Lahia town.
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.
Attack
At 15:40 on 20/03/2021, the Israeli occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of the town of Juhr al-Dik, southeast of Gaza City.
RAFAH
Closure of Crossing Points
* Yasser Arafat International Airport: closed.
* Sufa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - “Kerem Shalom”: on 20/03/2021 is closed for Saturday holiday.
* Al-Awda- Rafah crossing: on 12003/2021 is closed for Saturday holiday.