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Daily Report February 28 2020

Total: 98

                                                                     DAILY SITUATION REPORT

                                              08:00, 27th February 2020  – 08:00, 28th February 2020

WEST BANK

JERUSALEM

Flying Checkpoints

At 01:10, the Israeli occupation forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance to Anata, to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.

Raid

1. At 07:40 on February 27, 2020, Israeli forces raided the town of Anata, and arrested 2 civilians.
2. At 23:00, Israeli forces raided Al-Sawahrah Al-Sharqiya village, and stormed and searched a house.

Detention

1. At 10:00, the occupation forces arrested the child: Ismail Halawani, 14, in the Ras Al-Amud neighborhood of Jerusalem.
2. The two detainees in the town of Anata are: Issa Raed Jad Allah, and Ahmad Salih Muhammad Helwa.

Temporary Detention

1. At 12:00, the occupation authorities in the city of Jerusalem imposed on the citizen: Ali Bahij Bussa - residents of the town of Al-Eizariya, a house arrest for a month, in addition to a financial guarantee of 4000 shekels, as a condition for his release after he had arrested him earlier.
2. At 23:00, the occupation forces detained the child: Muhammad Loay Muhammad Hamad - residents of Qalandia refugee camp, while he was reviewing Israeli intelligence, and later released him, after paying a bail of 500 shekels.

Obstruction of Places of Worship

At 11:30, groups of extremist settlers, under the protection of the occupying police, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque and carried out provocative tours in its courtyards and facilities..

RAMALLAH & AL BIREH

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 11:45, the Israeli occupation forces set up a roadblock at the entrance to Qarawat Bani Zaid village, to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
2. At 15:55, the Israeli occupation forces erected a checkpoint at the entrance of Deir Abu Mishaal village, to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.

Attack

At 15:45, the Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas and tear gas at the citizens, near the entrance to Deir Nizam, on the pretext that they were throwing stones.

TUBAS

Military Checkpoints

At 19:05 Occupation forces tightened their procedures at Tayasir checkpoint, and they impeded the movement of traffic until 21:00.

Flying Checkpoints

At 19:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Atouf village, detained a citizen, and released him at 19:45.

Raid

At 16:45, an Israeli army force stormed the village of Atouf, while they were chasing a vehicle, and managed to escape, and withdrew at 19:00

Temporary Detention

At 19:00, the Israeli occupation forces detained a sudden checkpoint at the entrance of Atouf village. The citizen: Moataz Bisharat, and released him at 19:45

Settlers Attacks

At 12:15, a group of settlers was located east of Ain Al-Hilweh in the northern Jordan Valley, and chased a number of citizens of sheep herders while they were grazing their sheep in the pastoral lands using small drones, and withdrew at 14:00.

TULKAREM

Military Checkpoints

At 15:30, the Israeli occupation forces tightened their procedures at the “Enav” checkpoint. The measures were tightened at 20:30, and obstructed traffic until 21:25.

QALQILIYA

Raid

1. At 21:20, Israeli forces raided the town of Azoun, where clashes took place with the citizens while they were patrolling, and withdrew at 23:00.
2. At 23:00, an Israeli army force stormed the village of Kafr Qaddum, where clashes took place with the citizens, while they were patrolling.

Detention

1. At 13:15, the Israeli occupation forces arrested the child: Mustafa Mohammed Abdel-Aziz Salim, 15 years old, residents of the town of Azzun, while he was checking with the Israeli intelligence.
2. At 18:15, the Israeli occupation forces arrested at the entrance to the town of Azzun. Citizen: Yahya Walid Abdel Aziz - Hussein - residents of the town of Azzun.

Temporary Detention

At 19:00, the occupation forces, located in the vicinity of the Jaljulia checkpoint, southeast of Qalqilya, detained two children and released them later: Abdel-Rahman Wasef Nazzal, 14, and Ali Abu Dhiyab, 13.

Attack

1. At 17:00, the Israeli occupation forces, in the vicinity of the Jaljulia checkpoint, southeast of Qalqilya, fired tear gas and tear gas canisters towards the demonstrators, on the pretext that they were throwing rocks.
2. At 21:20, Israeli forces, during the storming of Azoun, fired tear gas and tear gas canisters towards the citizens, on the pretext that they were throwing rocks while they were patrolling.
3. At 23:00, the Israeli occupation forces, during the storming of Kafr Qaddum village, fired sound and tear gas canisters towards the citizens, under the pretext that they were throwing rocks while they were patrolling.

NABLUS

Military Checkpoints

At 00:30, the Israeli occupation forces tightened their procedures at the Hawara checkpoint and impeded traffic.

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 16:30, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the "Shafi Shamron" settlement junction, to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.
2. At 20:55, the Israeli occupation forces set up a roadblock in the Al-Murabbaa area, near the entrance to Tal village, to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.

Raid

At 22:00, an Israeli army force stormed the village of Sabastia, where clashes took place with the citizens while they were patrolling, and withdrew at 00:15.

Detention

At 19:25, the occupation forces arrested near Alon Moreh colony, 2 civilians (one of whom is a child) - residents of Askar refugee camp in Nablus (on the pretext that they were in possession of a Molotov cocktail), and they are: Karim Salim Al-Saqa, 17, and Muhanad Ahmed Al-Ahwal.

Settlers Attacks

At 23:35, a group of armed settlers were present on the main street in the center of Huwwara, and they opened fire indiscriminately, as stones were thrown at citizens ’vehicles, which shattered the windows of 20 vehicles. The occupation forces also interfered and fired sound and tear gas canisters at the citizens as they tried to confront For settlers and protect their property.

Attack

1. At 22:00, the Israeli occupation forces, during the storming of Sebastia village, fired sound and tear gas canisters towards the citizens, under the pretext that they were throwing rocks while they were patrolling.
2. At 06:30, Israeli forces in the Jabal Arma area in the town of Beita fired live and metal rubber-coated bullets and sound and tear gas canisters towards the citizens participating in a sit-in demonstration to prevent settlers from entering the area, which resulted in the injury of 34 citizens (including a child, And paramedic) - and 32 citizens - suffocated due to inhalation of tear gas
3. At 23:35, the Israeli occupation forces fired a tear gas and tear gas canister at the town of Huwara, while they were trying to confront a group of settlers, who fired indiscriminately, and threw stones at the citizens ’vehicles, smashing the windows of 20 vehicles.

Injuries

The 34 wounded (among them a child, and a medic) during confrontations with the occupation forces in the Jabal Arma area in the town of Beita (whose names are not known).

Settlement Activities

On 27. 02. 2020, the Occupation Planning and Building Committee approved a plan to build 1776 housing units (among them 620 housing units in the “Eli” colony and 534 housing units in the “Shafoot Rachel” colony, located in the south of Nablus governorate within the occupied territories in 1967.

JERICHO

Military Checkpoints

At 06:55, the Israeli occupation forces tightened their procedures at the Hamra checkpoint, impeding traffic.

Flying Checkpoints

At 15:35, the Israeli occupation forces set up a roadblock near the village of Ain Al-Dyok, north of Jericho, to search cars and verify citizens ’identities until 16:05.

BETHLEHEM

Flying Checkpoints

At 15:50, the Israeli occupation forces set up a roadblock at the entrance to the town of Janata, to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.

Attack

1. At 08:10, the Israeli occupation forces launched near the northern entrance to Tuqu 'town, sound and tear gas canisters towards schoolchildren, on the pretext that they were throwing stones.
2. At 17:00, the Israeli occupation forces fired near the western entrance to the town of Tuqu ', sound and tear gas canisters towards the citizens, on the pretext that they were throwing stones.

Settlers Attacks

At 12:30, a group of settlers entered the agricultural lands of the town of Al-Khader, located near the settlement "Eliezer," and cut down and uprooted 200 grape trees and 80 olive trees owned by the citizens: Marwan Abdel Salam Salah and Anas Fathi Salah, and also cut 300 grape trees in the area Zakandah, which belongs to the town of Al-Khader and is located between the colonies of "Daniel" and "Eliezer", and belongs to the citizen: Nasser Ismail Marzouk.

Closure of main Roads

At 17:45, the Israeli occupation forces closed the iron gate at the western entrance of Tuqu 'town, in front of traffic, and reopened it later.

HEBRON

Flying Checkpoints

At 09:20, the Israeli occupation forces set up two roadblocks at the entrances to Al-Aroub and Al-Fawar refugee camps, to search cars and verify citizens ’identities.

Detention

1. At 07:20 on the 27th of February 2020, during the storming of Deir Samet village (as mentioned in the previous report), the Israeli occupation forces arrested the citizen: Khader Abdel Baset Al-Hroub.
2. At 15:00, the Israeli occupation forces arrested the entrance of Al-Fawar camp, Citizen: Uday Yousef Al-Assuit.

Attack

At 13:30, the occupation forces, in front of Al-Arroub camp, fired sound and tear gas canisters towards the demonstrators at the entrance to the camp, on the pretext that they were throwing stones.

House Demolition

At 10:40, the Israeli occupation forces demolished 2 homes (one of them under construction) in Al-Maqsara and Al-Rakez areas, east of Yatta. They were owned by Ahmed Al-Hamamdeh (a house under construction) and Mohammed Hassan Abu Aram, on the pretext of not licensing.

Destruction of Property

At 10:40, the Israeli occupation forces demolished in the Al-Musafer area, east of Yatta, storage dens and a sheep breeding house owned by the citizens: Ezzat Abdullah Zain and Kayed Ali Zain, on the pretext of not licensing.

ALL DISTRICTS

• Since 19:00 on 26. 08. 2014 The permanent and comprehensive ceasefire came into effect on the initiative and sponsorship of the Arab Republic of Egypt, after reaching understandings to open the crossings and introduce humanitarian and relief assistance and reconstruction supplies, and to expand the area of fishing for 6 miles with an increase of up to 12 miles with At the end of this year, the area of the "buffer security" area will be reduced from 300 m to 100 m, freedom of movement and the prevention of assassinations, and the remaining issues, including the airport and the port, will be negotiated within a month of the ceasefire.
•Since the Morning of 28th. 06. 2019 The occupying forces allowed the expansion of the fishing distance from the oasis area northwest of the town of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza governorate and even to the port of Gaza by 6 nautical miles, and from the port of Gaza to the south of rafah beach to 15 nautical miles.
• The occupying forces violated the ceasefire by firing from their positions on the Green Line in the governorates of northern Gaza, Central and Khan Younis.

GAZA STRIP

NORTHERN GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* Beit Hanoun Crossing - “Erez” is partially open (for the passage of humanitarian cases, foreign journalists, international humanitarian workers, merchants, businessmen, and travelers through the Karama crossing - previously coordinated).

Attack

At 12:30 on 27 February 2020, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on their green lines towards agricultural land, east of Jabalia.

GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* Al-Muntar - Karni Crossing: closed since 02.03.2011, permanently, and by an Israeli unilateral decision.
* Al-Shojaeya Crossing - "Nahal Oz" for fuel: It has been closed since 01 01.2010 due to an Israeli unilateral decision.

CENTRAL GAZA

Attack

At 09:40 on 27. 02. 2020 The occupying forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural land east of Deir al-Balah.

KHAN YUNIS

Attack

1. At 12:40 on the 27th of February, 2020, the Israeli occupation forces shot at their positions on the Green Line, towards a number of citizens near the border fence east of the town of Qarara, east of Khan Yunis.
2. At 16:15 on February 27, 2020, Israeli forces positioned behind the Green Line opened fire towards agricultural land in the southeast of Khan Yunis.
3. At 22:40 on 27 February 02, 2020, Israeli forces positioned behind the Green Line opened fire towards a citizen near the border fence east of Khan Yunis.

RAFAH

Closure of Crossing Points

*Yasser Arafat International Airport: Closed.
*Sofa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - Kerem Shalom: 27 February 2020 is partially open (for the introduction of foodstuffs and goods, limited quantities of fuel, building materials for the private sector and internationally funded projects).
* Al-Awda port - Rafah: on 27. 02. 2020 is open in both directions (for the departure and entry of citizens).

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