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Daily Report January 03 2021

Total: 74

 

 

DAILY SITUATION REPORT

 08:00,2nd January  2021 -08:00, 3rd January  2021

WEST BANK

JERUSALEM

Raid

1. At dawn on 02/01 2021, the Israeli occupation forces raided Al-Ram town and stormed a number of homes.
2. At 13:30 and at 20:15, the Israeli occupation forces raided the village of Al-Issawiya, and conducted a patrol., as clashes took place with citizens as they stormed a number of houses.

Attack

At 20:15, the Israeli occupation forces fired sound and tear gas canisters towards the citizens under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones as they stormed and searched a number of homes during their raid into Al-Issawiya village.

Destruction of Property

At 18:40, the Israeli occupation authorities forced the citizen: Amjad Jaabis, to personally demolish the floor of a building (under construction), and also removed the barbed wire fence surrounding his land located in Jabal Mukaber neighborhood in Jerusalem, after notifying him earlier, to avoid paying heavy fines in the case the occupation authorities carry out the demolition process, under the pretext of lack of permission.

RAMALLAH & AL BIREH

Flying Checkpoints

At 18:35, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the Al-Taybeh junction (on the Al-Maarajat road connecting the Ramallah and Jericho governorates) to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

Detention

At 23:05, the Israeli occupation forces positioned at a military checkpoints detained the citizen: Akram Mazloum - a resident of Beitunia town.

Settlers Attacks

At 18:55, a group of settlers attacked on the road connecting the villages of Deir Jarir and Kafr Malik, and threw stones at the vehicles of citizens passing through the area, and withdrew at 23:30.

JENIN

Raid

At 00:40, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Jaba, where clashes took place with citizens as they stormed a home, and detained a citizen.

Detention

The detainee in the town of Jaba is: Ahmed Muhammad Hussein Alawneh.

Attack

At 00:40, the Israeli occupation forces fired sound and tear gas canisters at the citizens, during their raid into the town of Jaba, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones as they stormed a house.

TUBAS

Military Checkpoints

At 19:50, the Israeli occupation forces tightened their procedures at Tayasir checkpoint, and obstructed traffic.

Settlers Attacks

At 22:00, a group of settlers in the Umm Al-Abar area in the northern Jordan Valley attacked a number of cattle herders while they grazing their cattle.

QALQILIYA

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 19:10, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Azzun, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 22:00.
2. At 19:15, 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 until 22:00.

Raid

1. At 21:20, the Israeli occupation forces raided Kafr Laqif village, and patrolled until 22:30.
2. At 22:30, the Israeli occupation forces raided the village of Sir, and patrolled until 23:10.
3. At 23:45, the Israeli occupation forces raided Qalqilya, and patrolled until 04:15.

Detention

1. At 17:35, the Israeli occupation forces positioned at at the "Eyal" crossing, north of Qalqilya detained 2 citizens: Ahmed Mahmoud Ibrahim Ayyash and Anis Muhammad Izzat Abu Taiba.
2. At 21:00,the Israeli occupation forces positioned, at the entrance to Azzun town detained 2 civilians: Uday Hamza Hussein and Abdul Rahman Nizam Abu Haniyeh - (residents of Azzun town) and confiscated the vehicle they were traveling in.

Attack

1. At 16:45,the Israeli occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of the "Eyal" crossing, north of Qalqilya, fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas canisters at the citizens, under the pretext that they were being thrown with stones.
2. At 16:55, the Israeli occupation forces positioned fired sound and tear gas canisters near the eastern (closed) entrance in the village of Kafr Qaddum at the protesters in protest against the closure of the village entrance, under the pretext that it had been pelted with stones and left sever residents suffocated from tear gas inhalation.

Confiscation of Property

At 21:00, the Israeli occupation forces confiscated a private vehicle at the entrance to the town of Azzun, after it arrested 2 citizens who were inside, who are identified as Uday Hamza Hussein and Abdul Rahman Nizam Abu Haniyeh - (residents of Azzun town).

Settlers Attacks

At 15:50, a group of settlers entered the citizens' agricultural lands belonging to the village of Kafr Laqif, which is located along the main road, and withdrew at a later time.

NABLUS

Military Checkpoints

At 12:35 and at 23:10, the occupation forces tightened their procedures at Huwara checkpoint, the procedures were repeatedly tightened , and obstructed traffic.

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 18:15, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint in Al-Murabba 'area near the entrance to Tal village, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 18:15, the Israeli occupation forces set up a roadblock near the "Shafi Shimron" settlement junction (on the main road Nablus - Jenin), to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

Settlers Attacks

1. At 16:15, a group of settlers in the Karama agricultural area of ​​the town of Aqrabah, near the settlement of "Itamar", detained the citizen: Raslan Hanani (a bulldozer driver) - a residents of Beit Furik, while he was in the area, and released him at a later time.
2. At 20:10, a group of settlers came near the main road in the town of Huwara, and threw stones at the vehicles of the citizens passing by.

SALFIT

Flying Checkpoints

At 18:15,the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Kafeel Haris, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 21:15.

Detention

At 12:40, the Israeli occupation forces positioned at the Zaatarah Junction checkpoint detained 2 citizens Hazem Qassem Ara 'and Shaker Abdul Hafiz al-Amlah ( both are by residents of the town of Qabalan in the Nablus governorate).

House Demolition

On 02. 01. 2021, the Israeli occupation forces demolished a house owned by the citizen: Salim Salameh, in Bidya town, under the pretext that it was not licensed, and that it was located in the area classified (C) under the Israeli control.

Settlers Attacks

At 14:20, a group of settlers came along the bypass road near the settlement of "Brokhin", and threw stones at Palestinian vehicles.
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JERICHO

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 08:10, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to Jericho city, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 11:25, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint on the Al-Maarajat road (connecting between Jericho and Ramallah governorates), to search cars and check citizens' identities until 16:45.
3. At 18:25, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Jericho, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 20:30.

BETHLEHEM

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 11:35 on 02/01/2021 and again at 07:30 on 03/01/ 2021, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint near Al-Nashash Junction (the southern entrance to Bethlehem) to search cars and check citizens' identities.
2. At 22:15, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the western entrance to the town of Tuqu ', to search cars and check citizens' identities until 23:20.

Raid

At 21:00, the Israeli occupation forces raided the town of Beit Fajjar, where clashes took place with the citizens, detained 2 children, and withdrew at 21:00.

Detention

The two detainees in the town of Beit Fajjar are: Hamada Jamal Hassan Taqatqa {16 years old}, and Ammar Mahmoud Thawabata {16 years old}..

Attack

At 21:00, the Israeli occupation forces fired sound and tear gas canisters at the citizens during their raid into town of Beit Fajjar, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones.

HEBRON

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 18:30,the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the Halhoul town bridge, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 21:20.
2. At 20:30, the Israeli occupation forces set up two checkpoints at the entrance to Sa'ir town and at the Nabi Yunis area junction (on the main road, Hebron - Bethlehem), to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 22:45, the Israeli occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Tarqumiya, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 20:40, the Israeli occupation forces raided Al-Arroub camp, and patrolled until 22:00.
2. At 01:45, the Israeli occupation forces raided Hebron and arrested a citizen.
3. At dawn 03/01/ 2021, the Israeli occupation forces raided Al-Fawwar camp, where clashes took place with citizens while on patrol.

Detention

The detainee in the city of Hebron is: Tariq Anwar Idais.

Attack

At dawn on 03/01/ 2021, during the storming of Al-Fawwar camp, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones while on patrol.

Settlers Attacks

At 12:15, a group of settlers from the settlements of "Mitzpe Yair" and "Beit Yatir" and "Sons of Yaqoub Dalia", which are built on citizens' lands east of the town of Yatta, attacked a number of farmers from the Nawaja family - near Umm Lakhos, and tried to prevent the landowners plowed their land in the area and as a result left a number of them injured - bruises and bruises.

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, by firing from their positions on the Green Line in the governorates of North Gaza, Gaza, and Khan Yunis, and by firing at boats of fishermen during their pursuit at sea in the governorates of North Gaza and Gaza.

NORTHERN GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez": on 02. 01. 2021 is closed (due to the Saturday holiday).

Attack

1. At 09:00 on 02/01/2021, Israeli gunboats fired at the fishermen's boats while chasing them at sea off the coast of Al-Sudania area, west of Beit Lahia.
2. At 00:15 on 03/ 01/2021,the Israeli occupation forces opened fire from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Beit Hanoun 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

1. At 20:15 on 02/01/2021, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire from their positions on the Green Line, towards a site belonging to a Palestinian armed group, east of Gaza City.
2. At 21:15 on 02/01/2021, the Israeli occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Gaza City.
3. At 23:00 on 02/01/2021, the Israeli occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Gaza City.
4. At 07:40 on 03/01/2021, Israeli gunboats fired at the fishermen's boats while chasing them at sea off the shore of Gaza City.

Detention

At 20:30 on 02/01/2021, the Israeli occupation forces east of Gaza city, detained a unidentified citizen, while he was trying to infiltrate through the border fence into Israel.

KHAN YUNIS

Attack

1. At 10:15 on 02/01/2021, the Israeli occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Yunis.
2. At 20:45 on 02. 01. 2021, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Khuza'a town, east of Khan Yunis.
3. At 06:15 on 03. 01. 2021, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Khuza'a town, east of Khan Yunis.

RAFAH

Closure of Crossing Points

* Yasser Arafat International Airport: closed.
* Sufa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - “Kerem Shalom”: 02/01/2021 is closed (due to the Saturday holiday).
* Al-Awda- Rafah crossing:: 02/01 2021 is closed.

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