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DAILY SITUATION REPORT
08:00,29th December 2020 -08:00, 30th December 2020
On 12/29/2020, the Israeli occupation forces positioned in the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem detained the citizen: Issam Najib (one of the guards of Al-Aqsa Mosque).
At 09:00, a group of extremist settlers, under the protection of the Israeli occupation police, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and conducted provocative tours in its courtyards and facilities.
On 12/29/2020, the Israeli occupation authorities in Jerusalem began implementing the second phase of the light rail project, over a total distance of 22 km, with the aim of linking the occupied city of Jerusalem with its eastern and western parts to a transportation network for the occupation, which starts from the village of Issawiya and the French Hill settlement. And near the Hebrew University, reaching the western part of Jerusalem, passing through the "Talpiot" industrial area, to the village of Beit Saffaf, and up to the settlement of Gilo, southwest of Jerusalem.
At 01:35, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint near the Atara bridge, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
At 04:00,the Israeli occupation forces raided Ramallah city, Aboud town, and the villages of Abu Qash and Ain Qinya, detained 7 citizens, confiscated a private vehicle then withdrew at 06:45.
The 7 detainees in the city of Ramallah and the town of Aboud and the villages of Abu Qash and Ain Qinya are: Yasser Maarouf - a resident of Ramallah city, Muhammad Zaitoun -a resident of Ramallah city, Rami Fadayel - a resident of Ramallah city, Luay Hani Arar - a resident of Ramallah city, Yusef Fawadleh - a resident of the town of Aboud, Muhammad Qa'ad - a resident of the village of Abu Qash, Yasser Hatem Rashid - a resident of the village of Ain Qinya
At 04:00, the Israeli occupation forces confiscated a private vehicle, owned by a citizen: Muhammad Abu Zaitoun as they detained him in Ramallah city.
At dawn on 12/30/2020, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Qabatiya, where clashes took place with citizens as they stormed and searched 2 homes.
1. On the morning of 12/29/2020, the Israeli occupying forces in charge of guarding the separation wall near the town of Barta'a al-Sharqiya, located behind the separation wall, opened fire towards a citizen, while he was trying to enter to work inside the Green Line and as a result wounding his leg.
2. At dawn on 30/12/2020,, the occupation forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones as they stormed and searched 2 homes during their raid into Qabatiya town.
Rafat Yasser Salah - a resident of the village of Burqa in the Nablus governorate was injured after he was shot by the Israeli occupation forces near the town of Barta'a al-Sharqiya.
On 12/29/2020, the Israeli occupation forces demolished 3 stalls for selling vegetables, near the southern entrance to the town of Barta'a al-Sharqiya, behind the separation wall, and destroyed the vegetables offered on them, which belong to the citizens: Jamal Asim Harsha, Ahmed Turkman, and Asimah Muraikhi.
On 12/29/2020, a group of settlers, east of Khallet Makhoul, in the northern Jordan Valley, fenced off areas of land and pastures, in an attempt to seize them and prevent citizens from accessing them.
At 17:30, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Safarin, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
1. At 15:30, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the village junction, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 16:45, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Ezbet El-Tabib, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 17:15, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the town of Azzun, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
At 20:00, a group of settlers came near the "Kedumim" settlement junction, and threw stones at Palestinian civilians' vehicles passing on the main road, Qalqilya - Nablus.
At 09:35, the Israeli occupation forces tightened their procedures at Huwara checkpoint, and obstructed traffic.
At 17:55, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint near the "Shafi Shimron" settlement junction, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
1. At 20:15, a group of settlers were present near the "Yitzhar" settlement junction, and threw stones at the citizens' vehicles passing by the bypass road leading to the village junction in Qalqilya governorate, which resulted in material damage to the vehicle of the citizen: Muhammad Khaled Shehadeh - residents of Nablus .
2. On the evening of 12/29/2020, a group of settlers came near the Deir Sharaf village junction, and threw stones at Palestinian civilians' vehicles passing on the main street, Nablus - Tulkarm.
1. At 17:40, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Deir Ballut, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 22:40, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Salfit, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
At dawn on 12/30/2020, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Al-Zawiya, stormed and searched a number of homes, and took engineering measurements for 2 of the houses owned by the citizens: Mufid Al Salakhi and Saeed Abdul Nasser Shuqair, in preparation for their demolition.
On 12/29/2020, the Israeli occupying forces demolished a residential room built 30 years ago, in Wadi Qana, west of the village of Haris, owned by: Qasim Ali Abu Waza, under the pretext of not being licensed.
At 17:35, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to Jericho, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
On 12/29/2020, theIsraeli occupation forces demolished 3 homes owned by the citizen: Yusef Abu Kharbish, and his brothers, in the Arab Al-Zayed area in the Al-Nuweima village.
On 12/29/2020, the Israeli occupation forces uprooted about 350 olive trees owned by Suleiman Al-Zayed that were planted two years ago, in the lands of Al-Nuweima village.
1. At 08:20 and again at 19:45, 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 21:30.
2. At 09:20, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the town of Tuqu ', to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 11:40.
1. At 08:50 on 12/29/2020, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Idhna town, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 06:45 today 12/30/2020, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to Hebron, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 07:30 today 12/30/2020, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Bani Naim, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
1. At 00:25, the Israeli occupation forces raided the city of Hebron, and delivered 2 civilians: Hazem Nirukh and Anas Ratib Dweik, notifications for reviewing the Israeli intelligence.
2. At dawn on 12/30/2020, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Beit Awa, and handed the citizen: Muhammad Al-Masalmeh, a notice to review the Israeli intelligence.
1. At 11:20, the Israeli occupation forces demolished a house in addition to two warehouses owned by the citizen: Khalil Issa Al-Yateem, under the pretext of not being licensedin the Khaldiya area near the settlement of "Susiya" east of the town of Yatta, and as a result injured a citizen as he was attempting to prevent the demolition.
2. At 15:15, the Israeli occupation forces demolished a house (built of tin) owned by the citizen: Hisham Khalil Al-Nawajaa located in the Wadi Ajish area near the settlement of Susiya, east of Yatta, under the pretext of not being licensed.
3. On 12/29/2020, the Israeli occupation forces demolished a tent used for housing owned by the citizen: Mahmoud Khalil Daajneh located in Al-Buwaib, east of Yatta, and seized it, .
At 11:20, the Israeli occupation forces demolished 2 of the warehouses owned by the citizen: Khalil Issa Al-Yateem located in the Khaldiya area near the settlement of "Susiya" east of the town of Yatta, under the pretext of not being licensed.
At 11:20, the Israeli occupation forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens while they were trying to block the demolishing a house and two warehouses in the Khaldiya area near the "Susiya" settlement, east of Yatta town and as a result left several residents suffocated as a result of tear gas inhalation and injured a journalist..
Sari Jaradat { a journalist} was injured during clashes with the occupation forces in the Khaldiya area, near the "Susiya" settlement, east of Yatta.
On 12/29/2020, the Israeli occupation authorities began excavation work to build settlement units near the entrance to Al-Shuhada Street in the Old City of Hebron on an area of land that was designated as a bus stop until a military order was issued to seize it and turn it into a military base in the late eighties, as these works Includes infrastructure and engineering works for the purpose of constructing a building that includes all requirements of the Executive Occupation Forces battalion in the city.
• 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.
* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez": on 12/29/2020, is closed (except for the passage of emergency humanitarian cases).
* 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.
* Yasser Arafat International Airport: closed.
* Sofa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - “Kerem Shalom”: On 12/29/2020 is partially open (for the entry of foodstuffs, goods and building materials, and limited quantities of fuel).
* Al-Awda- Rafah crossing: on 12/29/2020, is closed