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DAILY SITUATION REPORT May 15 2023

Total: 82

 

DAILY SITUATION REPORT

 08:00, 14th  May 2023-08:00, 15th May 2023

WEST BANK

JERUSALEM

Flying Checkpoints

At 20:30, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the Al-Za'im town junction, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Detention

1. At 02:35 on 05/14/2023, the occupation forces arrested 2 citizens during their raid into the town of Qatna (as mentioned in the previous report): Muhammad Jamili Hoshieh and Muhammad Yousef Hoshieh.
2. At 08:00, the occupying forces arrested 3 citizens in the village of Al-Issawiya, who are: Ahmed Haitham Mahmoud, Ahmed Daoud Muhaisen, and Riyad Abu Al-Hummus.

Attack

At 14:25, the occupying forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones, in the town of Abu Dis.

House Demolition

On 05/14/2023, the occupation authorities in the Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood of Jerusalem, forced the citizen: Qusay al-Sarkhi, to demolish a residential room he had added to his family's house, after notifying him earlier, in order to avoid paying heavy fines in the event that the occupation authorities carried out the demolition. under the pretext of non-licensing.

Obstruction of Places of Worship

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.

RAMALLAH & AL BIREH

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 09:00, the occupying 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 10:50, the occupying forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Al-Mughair. The checkpoint was set up again at 07:50 to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 20:50, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Turmusaya, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
4. At 07:35, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Nabi Saleh, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

At 06:00, the occupation forces raided the town of Arura, where clashes took place with the citizens, which resulted in the injury of a citizen, and they also arrested a university student

Detention

The detainee in the town of Aroura is: Tariq Saleh (university student).

Attack

At 06:00, the occupation forces fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas canisters towards citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones, which resulted in the injury of a citizen.

Injuries

The civilian: Mahdi Maher Nazzal during clashes with the occupation forces in the town of Aroura.

Settlers Attacks

At dawn on 05/15/2023, a group of settlers from "Shilo" settlement entered the outskirts of the town of Turmusaya, and destroyed the memorial of the martyr, Minister: Ziyad Abu Ein, and cut off the branches of 8 perennial olive trees.

JENIN

Raid

1. At 20:15, the occupation forces raided the villages of Toura and Nazlat Zaid, and patrolled until 22:00.
2. At 03:50, the occupation forces raided the town of Silat Al-Harithiya, and detained a citizen.

Detention

1. At 12:00, the occupation forces arrested the citizen: Moamen Nasri Abu Al-Rub - residents of the town of Qabatiya, while he was visiting the Israeli intelligence, based on a prior notification.
2. The detainee in the town of Silat al-Harithiya is: Essam Wajih Abu Taima.

TULKAREM

Raid

At dawn on 05/15/2023, the occupation forces raided the Tulkarem camp in the city of Tulkarem, where clashes took place with the citizens, during a raid on a number of homes, and arrested a citizen.

Detention

The detainee in the Tulkarem camp in the city of Tulkarem is: Maharaj Ibrahim Shehadeh.

Attack

At dawn on 05/15/2023, the occupying forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas, during the storming of Aqabat Jabr camp, at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones, while they were raiding a number of houses.

QALQILIYA

Raid

At 18:15, the occupation forces raided the village of Imatin, and patrolled until 23:40.

Destruction of Property

1. At 12:15, the occupying forces demolished an agricultural room owned by the citizen: Nazim Salim, in the town of Jayyous, under the pretext of not having a license.
2. At 20:45, the occupying forces demolished, in the agricultural lands of the town of Jayyus, an agricultural room owned by the citizen: Rabi` Youssef Gharaba - residents of the town of Habla.

Settlers Attacks

At 18:25, a group of settlers was in the Al-Khalil area, near the village of Siniriya, and opened fire indiscriminately at the place.

NABLUS

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 18:55, the occupation forces set up a roadblock at the roundabout of Deir Sharaf village, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 19:40.
2. At 23:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the junction of Surra village, and detained 3 citizens.

Raid

1. At 13:05, the occupation forces raided the villages of Urif and Asira Al-Qibliya, and conducted a patrol.
2. At 15:05, the occupying forces raided the northern town of Asira, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 18:10, the occupying forces stormed the town of Hawara, and forced shop owners to close their shops on both sides of the main street in the center of the town, under the pretext that settler vehicles had been stoned.
4. At 18:10, the occupying forces raided the village of Salem, and patrolled until 04:55.
5. At 20:05, the occupation forces raided the town of Qabalan, and conducted a patrol.
6. At 22:05, the occupation forces raided the popular housing area, east of Nablus, and the village of Kafr Qalil, and patrolled until 04:55.
7. At 02:25, the occupying forces stormed Askar camp in the city of Nablus, where clashes took place with the citizens, which resulted in the death of a citizen and the wounding of 2 others, while they surrounded 2 houses belonging to the families of the martyr: Abdel Fattah Khrusheh and his son Khaled, and measurements were taken. Engineering had them as a prelude to demolishing them, and withdrew at 04:55.
8. At 05:10, the occupying forces raided the towns of Beita and Aqraba, and conducted a patrol.

Detention

1. At 21:20, the occupation forces positioned at Hawara checkpoint, arrested the citizen: Naim Idris - residents of Askar camp in Nablus.
2. The 3 detainees at a sudden checkpoint at the junction of the village of Surra are: Qassem Samareh, Masoud Samareh, and Malik Hattab - (all of them are residents of Jalazoun camp in Ramallah governorate).

Attack

At 02:25, the occupation forces fired live and rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades, and tear gas, during the storming of the Askar camp in Nablus, at the citizens, while they were taking measurements of 2 houses in preparation for their demolition, which resulted in the death of a citizen and the wounding of 2 others (one of whom was a citizen). .

Killings

The civilian: Saleh Muhammad Saleh Sabra, 22 years old was killed during clashes with the occupation forces in Askar camp in Nablus.

Injuries

The two civilians: Bilal Sultan Mustafa Abu Zaid, and the citizen - Heba Abdel Rahman Badran were injured during clashes with the occupation forces in Askar camp in Nablus.

JERICHO

Flying Checkpoints

At 21:20, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to the city of Jericho, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

At 02:30, the occupation forces raided the city of Jericho and the Aqabat Jaber camp in the city, and raided and searched a house in the camp.

Detention

On 05/14/2023, the occupation forces arrested the child: Omar Abdullah Al-Hajj, 16 years old, resident of Bethlehem, while he was visiting the Israeli intelligence, based on a prior notification.

BETHLEHEM

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 15:10, the occupying forces set up a checkpoint in the Aqabat Hasna area (on the main road leading to the western villages in the Bethlehem governorate), to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 16:20.
2. At 19:40, the occupying forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the town of Tuqu', to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 23:00.

Detention

At 14:50, the occupation forces arrested the citizen: Muhannad Abdel Nasser Ghayaza - residents of the town of Nahalin, while he was visiting the Israeli intelligence, based on a prior notification.

Attack

On the evening of 05/14/2023, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas, near the northern entrance to the city of Bethlehem, towards the citizens participating in a march to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba.

Settlers Attacks

On 05/13/2023, a group of settlers entered the agricultural lands of the citizens of the village of Husan, cut down the branches of 15 olive trees and 10 almond trees, and also demolished stone chains and damaged a barbed wire fence in the vicinity of a plot of land in the Sha'ab Kharian area located in the middle of the "Beitar Illit" settlement. It is owned by the brothers: Raji Abdel Aziz Sabatin, Muhammad, Awad, and Mahmoud.

HEBRON

Flying Checkpoints

At 14:50, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint in the Abu Sneina neighborhood in the Old City of Hebron, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 16:00.

Raid

1. At 10:25, the occupation forces raided the town of Yatta, and patrolled until 12:50.
2. At 01:35, the occupying forces raided Hebron, and patrolled until 07:00.
3. At 02:10, the occupying forces raided the town of Dura, and patrolled until 07:00.
4. At 03:00, the occupation forces raided the town of Sa'ir, and detained a citizen.
5. At 03:45, the occupying forces raided the town of Beit Kahil, where clashes took place with the citizens, while they were on patrol, and withdrew at 04:10.
6. At dawn on 05/15/2023, the occupation forces stormed the town of Beit Ummar, where clashes took place with the citizens, while they were on patrol.

Detention

The detainee in the town of Sa'ir is: Sami Raed Jaradat.

Attack

1. At 14:00, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens in the Old City of Hebron, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones.
2. At 03:45, during the raid into the town of Beit Kahil, the occupying forces fired stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones, while they were on patrol.
3. At dawn on 05/15/2023, during the raid into the town of Beit Ummar, 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, while they were on patrol.

Confiscation of Property

At 12:50, the occupying forces confiscated a bulldozer (bagger) owned by the municipality of Yatta, in the Gathering of Al-Jawaya area located east of the town of Yatta, while working on laying a new water line extending from the entrance to the village of Al-Tuwani - to the village of Al-Karmel - to the village of Khallet Al-Miya, under the pretext of working in Classified area (C) under Israeli control.

Settlers Attacks

On the evening of 05/14/2023, a group of settlers in the Khirbet Maghair al-Abeed area, southeast of the town of Yatta, attacked citizens who were shepherds, and also cut down the branches of a number of olive trees, and caused material damage to agricultural projects.

GAZA STRIP

ALL DISTRICTS

• 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, by firing a number of artillery shells from their positions on the Green Line in the northern Gaza governorate.
• Palestinian armed groups violated the ceasefire by firing a shell (of unknown type) towards the Green Line.

NORTHERN GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* Beit Hanoun crossing - "Erez": on 05/14/2023 partially open (for the passage of humanitarian cases, foreign journalists, workers of international humanitarian organizations, merchants, businessmen, workers, and travelers through the Karama crossing "Allenby" - previously coordinated for them).

Attack

1. On the evening of 05/14/2023, the occupying forces fired a number of artillery shells from their positions on the Green Line, towards two sites belonging to the Palestinian armed groups in the towns of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia.
2. On the evening of 05/14/2023, the occupying forces opened fire from their positions on the Green Line, towards the farmers, east of the town of Beit Hanoun.

Palestinian Attacks

On the evening of 05/14/2023, members of the Palestinian armed groups fired a shell (of unknown type) towards the Green Line.

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.

RAFAH

Closure of Crossing Points

* Yasser Arafat International Airport: closed.
Sufa crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - "Kerem Shalom": on 05/14/2023, it is partially open (for the entry of foodstuffs and goods, limited quantities of fuel and cooking gas, and building materials for the private sector and for internationally funded projects).
* AlAwda - Rafah: on 05/14/2023, it is open (for the departure and entry of citizens).

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