DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 5th April 2023-08:00, 6th April 2023
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DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00, 5th April 2023-08:00, 6th April 2023
• At 17:00 on 04/05/2023, the occupation forces imposed a complete closure on the West Bank governorates and the crossings with the Gaza Strip on the occasion of the "Passover" holiday for the Jews, and prevented citizens and workers, including permit holders, from entering the city of Jerusalem and Israel, with the exception of diplomatic and international missions And humanitarian cases and emergency medical cases after prior coordination, until 24:00 on 04/08/2023, and residents of the West Bank governorates will be allowed to enter the city of Jerusalem to perform Friday prayers on 04/07/2023.
At 23:55, the occupation forces closed the Al-Zaytoun checkpoint in the town of Al-Eizariya, and reopened it at a later time.
1. At 08:40, the occupying forces positioned in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, detained 3 citizens Ahmed Nael Nimr Hamed - a resident of Silwad town in Ramallah governorate, Izz al-Din Subhi Zain - a resident of Mazra' al-Nubani village in Ramallah governorate, and Abd al-Rahman Dar Ayesh - a resident of Kafr village. Malik in Ramallah Governorate.
2. At 19:10, the occupation forces positioned in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, detained 2 citizens: Hamed Sabah and Louay Sabah - residents of the village of Orif, Nablus governorate.
3. At 19:35, the occupation forces positioned in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, detained 2 citizens: the university student - Suhaib Hamad, and Abdullah Hamouda.
4. At 21:00, the occupation forces positioned in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque detained 4 citizens : Omar Asif Al-Barghouti, Islam Al-Barghouti - residents of the town of Cooper, Muhammad Touqi, and Hamza Al-Hajj - residents of Al-Amari camp in Ramallah governorate.
5. At 22:00, the occupation forces positioned in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, detained 2 citizens: Amer Ahmed Abu Turabi and Tamer Saud Ghanem - residents of Surra village, Nablus governorate.
1. At 08:00, groups of extremist settlers, under the protection of the occupation police, stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, and conducted provocative tours of its courtyards and facilities.
2. At 23:00, the occupation police stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and fired stun grenades and tear gas at the worshipers inside to force them to leave the mosque (for the fourth day in a row).
1. At 15:00, the occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of Al-Quds University in the town of Abu Dis fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
2. At 21:00, the occupation forces positioned in the Al-Tur neighborhood of Jerusalem fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
3. At 21:30, the occupation forces positioned in the Bir Ayoub area of the Silwan neighborhood of Jerusalem fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
4. At 21:30, the occupation forces positioned near the door of the Al-Qibli prayer hall in Al-Aqsa Mosque, fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
5. At 21:50,the occupation forces positioned stationed in the vicinity of Qalandiya checkpoint, fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
6. At 22:15, the occupation forces positioned in the Bab Al-Wad and Bab Hatta areas in the Old City of Jerusalem fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
7. At 22:25,the occupation forces assigned to guard the apartheid wall near the town of Al-Ram fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
8. At 23:00, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward worshipers during their storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque to force them to leave the mosque.
At 22:50, a settler in the Old City of Jerusalem opened fire on a child, wounding him in the hand.
The child: Khader Sami Ghorab, 15 years old as a result of gunfire by a settler in the Old City of Jerusalem.
1. At 09:40, the occupation forces set up a roadblock on Wadi El-Dalb Road, near the village of Ras Karkar, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 22:10, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to the town of Silwad, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 22:30.
3. At 23:50, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint near the "Nili" settlement roundabout, near the town of Ni'lin, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
At 17:15, the occupation forces positioned in the Ain Bubin area, near the village of Deir Bzei' fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged stoning.
1. At 21:50, the occupation forces closed the iron gate at the entrance to the town of Aboud, and reopened it at 23:00.
2. At 21:55, the occupation forces closed the iron gate at the entrance to the village of Nabi Saleh, and reopened it at 03:40.
1. At 08:20, the occupation forces raided the village of Tora, clashed with the citizens, while they were on patrol, and withdrew at 12:35.
2. At 12:05, the occupation forces raided the village of Anin, and patrolled until 12:35.
3. At 18:40, the occupation forces raided the village of Al-Jalama, and patrolled until 01:05.
4. At 23:05, the occupation forces raided the villages of Zabuba and Rummana, and patrolled until 23:55.
On 04/05/2023, the occupation forces detained the citizen: Khaldoun Omar Qassem - a resident of the village of Ojja, while he was visiting Israeli intelligence, based on a prior notification.
At 08:20, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged stoning during the raid into the village of Toura.
At 22:20, the occupation forces tightened their measures at the Shufa checkpoint, obstructing traffic until 23:30.
At 17:00, the occupation forces charged with guarding the apartheid wall near the town of Zita fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged stoning.
At 10:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Izbat al-Tabib, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
At 24:00, the occupation forces raided the village of Hajjah, and conducted a patrol
At 12:05, the occupation forces tightened their measures at the Huwwara checkpoint, obstructing traffic.
1. At 11:05, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the roundabout of the village of Einabus, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 20:50, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Deir Sharaf, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 23:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Qusra, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
4. At 01:05, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Qabalan, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
1. At 11:45, the occupation forces raided the village of Salem, and patrolled until 12:20.
2. At 14:50, the occupation forces raided the villages of Tal Surra, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 16:00, the occupation forces raided the villages of Salem and Osrin, and conducted a patrol.
At 22:30, the occupation forces positioned at Hawara checkpoint detained the citizen: Subhi Muhammad Subhi Musa - a resident of Izbat Shufa village, Tulkarm governorate.
At 23:00, the occupation forces positioned near the entrance to the town of Qusra fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards demonstrating citizens for alleged stoning.
1. At 14:20, one of the guards of "Yitzhar" settlement fired randomly towards the land registry employees while they were working in the Al-Khasfa area near the village of Asira Al-Qibliya.
2. At 18:15, a group of settlers entered the agricultural lands of the citizens in the Batisha area of the village of Qaryut, and cut down the branches of a number of olive trees owned by a number of citizens.
At 22:30, the occupation forces raided the town of Al-Zawiya, and conducted a patrol.
At 23:05, the occupation forces positioned near the village of Haris detained 2 citizens: Alaa Kalab and Mahmoud Al-Shakhalti - residents of Askar camp in Nablus.
At 08:25, the occupation forces tightened their procedures at the Al-Hamra checkpoint, and impeded traffic.
At 21:50, the occupation forces raided the village of Fasayel, and detained 2 citizens (one of whom was a child).
The two detainees in the village of Fasayel are: Muhammad Ayesh Nawawra, 14 years old, and Laith Sharari Muhammad Nawawra.
At 16:10, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the town of Tuqu', to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 16:40.
1. At 16:10, the occupation forces positioned in the Al-Baqaa area near the town of Tuqu', fired rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenade canisters toward citizens, for alleged stoning.
2. At 20:25, the occupation forces positioned near the entrance to the village of Husan fired rubber-coated metal bullets and stun grenades canisters toward citizens, for alleged stoning.
At 20:05, the occupation forces closed the iron gate at the northern entrance to the town of Tuqu', and reopened it at 01:15.
1. At 09:05, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to the town of Bani Naim, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 11:30.
2. At 18:40, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint in the Khallet Hadour area in Hebron, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 20:30.
1. At 12:50, the occupation forces raided the Bab Al-Zawiya area in Hebron, and patrolled until 14:40.
2. At 21:20, the occupation forces raided Al-Arroub camp, and detained a child in front of his house.
3. At 00:35, the occupation forces raided the town of Bani Naim, and stormed and searched a house.
The detainee in Al-Arroub camp is: The child: Baybars Nasser Jawabreh, 14 years old.
1. At 20:45, the occupation forces positioned near the entrance to the town of Beit Ummar fired live ammunition,rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged stoning and as a result injured a citizen.
2. At 20:50, the occupation forces positioned near the entrance to Al-Arroub camp, fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters towards citizens for alleged stoning
3. At 22:55, the occupation forces positioned near the southern entrance to the town of Sa'ir fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
4. At 23:55, the occupation forces positioned at the Khursa village junction fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
5. At 00:15, the occupation forces positioned in the Al-Tuwani area, east of the town of Yatta fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
6. At 00:50, the occupation forces positioned near the entrance to Al-Fawar camp fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters toward citizens for alleged stoning.
1. At 09:00, the occupation forces closed the bypass street near the main entrance to the town of Beit Ummar, and reopened it at 10:30.
2. At 11:25, the occupation forces closed all the secondary openings branching from the bypass street in the Wadi Al-Shunnar area, near the town of Halhul.
3. At 11:25, the occupation forces closed the entrance to Al-Arroub camp, and reopened it at a later time.
4. At 18:00, the occupation forces closed the southern entrance to the town of Sa'ir, and reopened it at 20:30.
At 13:00, a group of settlers were near the junction of the "Karmi Tzur" settlement, and threw stones at vehicles passing by on the main street, Hebron - Bethlehem, which smashed the windows of a number of vehicles.
• 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 ceasefire agreement by firing from their positions on the Green Line in the governorates of North Gaza, Gaza, Central Gaza, Khan Yunis, and Rafah, and by gunboats firing at the fishermen's boat while they were chasing it at sea in the northern Gaza governorate, and by air strikes with a missile from a warplane in the governorate Central.
• Palestinian armed groups violated the ceasefire by firing 7 projectiles and a number of "mortar" shells towards the Green Line (one of the shells fell inside the Gaza Strip).
* Beit Hanoun crossing - “Erez”: On 04/05/ 2023, it is partially open (for the passage of humanitarian cases, foreign journalists, workers of international humanitarian organizations, merchants, businessmen and travelers through the Al-Karama Crossing “Allenby” - previously coordinated for them).
1. On 04/05/2023, Israeli gunboats fired fire and sound shells towards fishermen's boats while they were chasing them at sea off the shore of Al-Sudaniyya area, west of the town of Beit Lahiya.
2. On 04/05/2023, the occupation forces fired fire and tear gas canisters from their positions on the Green Line, towards the demonstrating citizens near the border fence, east of the town of Beit Hanoun.
* 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.
On 04/05/2023, the occupation forces fired fire and tear gas canisters from their positions on the Green Line, towards the demonstrating citizens near the border fence, east of Gaza City.
On 04/05/2023, the occupation forces opened fire and luanched tear gas canisters from their positions on the Green Line, towards the demonstrating citizens near the border fence, east of Deir Al-Balah.
At dawn on 04/06/2023, Israeli warplanes bombed a missile, targeting a site belonging to a Palestinian armed group in Nusseirat camp.
1. On the evening of 04/05/2023, members of the Palestinian armed groups fired two shells (of unknown type) towards the Green Line (one of them fell inside the Gaza Strip).
2. At dawn on 04/06/2023, members of the Palestinian armed groups fired a number of "mortar" shells towards the Green Line.
3. At dawn on 04/06/2023, Palestinian armed groups fired 5 shells (of unknown type) towards the Green Line.
On 04/05/2023, the occupation forces opened fire and launched tear gas canisters from their positions on the Green Line, towards the demonstrating citizens near the border fence, east of Khan Yunis.
* Yasser Arafat International Airport: closed.
* Sofa crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom - Kerem Shalom Crossing: On 04/05/ 2022, it is partially open (for the entry of limited quantities of fuel and fuel for the power plant, fodder, foodstuffs, and medical materials).
* Al-Awda- Rafah crossing: On 04/05/ 2022 is open in both directions (for citizens to leave and enter).
On 04/05/2023, the occupation forces opened fire and launched tear gas canisters from their positions on the Green Line, towards the demonstrating citizens near the border fence, east of Rafah.