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Daily Report September 14 2020

Total: 38

 

DAILY SITUATION REPORT

 08:00, 13th September  2020 -08:00, 14th September  2020

WEST BANK

JERUSALEM

Raid

At dawn on 14. 09. 2020, Israeli forces raided the town of Anata, then stormed and searched a home.

Detention

At 18:00, the occupation forces detained Haris Hejazy in the Old City of Jerusalem,

Temporary Detention

On the evening of 13/09/2020, the occupation forces detained the elderly citizen: Abd al-Rahim Barbar, 80 years old, after they took him for investigation at the “Al-Maskobiyya” Detention and Interrogation Center.

Obstruction of Places of Worship

At 08:30, a group of extremist settlers, under the protection of the occupation police, stormed the courtyards of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and conducted provocative tours in its courtyards and facilities.

RAMALLAH & AL BIREH

Raid

1. At 12:05, Israeli forces raided the village of Kharbatha Al-Misbah, where clashes took place with the citizens, and they detained a child.
2. At dawn on 14. 09. 2020,Israeli forces raided Kafr Ein village and detained a child (a high school student).

Detention

1. The detainee in Kharbatha Al-Misbah village is: Issa Musa Abdel-Fattah, 16 years old.
2. The detainee in Kafr Ein village is: Saleh Omar Al-Rifai, 17 years old (a high school student).

Attack

At 12:05, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at the citizens, during their raid into Kharbatha village, on the pretext that they had been thrown with stones.

JENIN

Assaults on Property

On 13/09/2020, the occupation forces prevented the village council in Al-Arqa village from completing the construction of the road linking the village of Al-Arqa and the town of Ya'bad and Khirbet al-Tarm, and detained the workers for a period of time, and also confiscated a bulldozer that was working on the site.

Confiscation of Property

On 13/09/2020, the occupation forces confiscated a bulldozer in the village of Arqa while it was working to complete the construction of the road linking the village of Al-Arqa and the town of Ya'bad and Khirbet al-Tarm, in order to prevent the village council from completing the road construction.

Settlement Activities

On 13/09/2020, settlers of "Shaked" settlement, which is built on citizens' lands belonging to the village of Dhahr Al-Maleh, which is located behind the separation wall, began to raze about 120 dunums of lands from the villages of Dhahr Al-Maleh and Zebda and the town of Ya'bad, which were confiscated by the occupation forces two years ago, with the aim of Establishing a new settlement group near the colony.

TUBAS

Settlers Attacks

On 13/09/2020, a group of settlers in Khirbet Ahmar - Al Farisia, in the northern Jordan Valley, laid a wire fence around an area of ​​agricultural lands, after they planted it with trees, in an attempt to seize it.

QALQILIYA

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 08:30, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Ezbet El-Tabib, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 16:10, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the Nabi Elias village roundabout, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 18:45, Israeli forces forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Azzun, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
4. At 21:00,Israeli forces forces set up a checkpoint on the road connecting the towns of Jayyus and Azzun, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
5. At 21:15, Israeli forces forces set up a checkpoint at the eastern entrance to Qalqilya, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

At 01:45, Israeli forces raided the city of Qalqilya, detained a citizen, and withdrew at 03:45.

Detention

The detainee in the city of Qalqilya is: Ali Al-Abed.

BETHLEHEM

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 10:40, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint near the Al-Nashash area junction (the southern entrance to Bethlehem), to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 11:45.
2. At 21:10 Israeli forces set up a checkpoint near the Bilal bin Rabah mosque, "Rachel's Dome", north of Bethlehem, to search cars and verify citizens' identities until 21:30.

Settlement Activities

On 13/09/2020, the occupation authorities approved a plan to establish 980 new settlement housing units in the settlement of "Efrat", which was built on citizens' lands south of Bethlehem within the territories occupied in 1967.

HEBRON

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 09:10, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Dura, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 09:10, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Halhoul town, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.
3. At 09:20, Israeli forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Idhna town, to search cars and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

At 23:55,Israeli forces raided the village of Deir Samet, detained a citizen, and withdrew at 01:10.

Detention

Detained in the village of Deir Samet is: Muhammad Fuad Rayan.

Attack

On the evening of 13/09/2020, the occupation forces, in front of Al-Arroub camp, fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at the entrance to the camp, under the pretext that they had been pelted with stones and Molotov cocktails.

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 occupying forces violated the ceasefire, firing from their positions on the Green Line in Khan Yunis Governorate.

NORTHERN GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* Beit Hanoun Crossing - "Erez": on 13/09/2020 is closed (except for the passage of emergency humanitarian cases).

GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* Al-Muntar-Karni crossing: closed since 02/03/2011, permanently and by a unilateral Israeli decision.
* The Shejaiya Crossing - “Nahal Oz” for fuel: closed on 01/04/2010 by an Israeli unilateral decision.

KHAN YUNIS

Attack

1. At 12:00 on 13. 09. 2020, the occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Yunis.
2. At 17:30 on 13. 09. 2020, the occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Khuza'a town, east of Khan Yunis.
3. At 21:00 on 13. 09. 2020, the occupation forces fired from their positions on the Green Line, towards agricultural lands east of Al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Yunis.

RAFAH

Closure of Crossing Points

* Yasser Arafat International Airport: closed.
* Sufa Crossing: closed.
* Kerem Shalom Crossing - "Kerem Shalom": 13/09/2020, partially open, partially open (for the entry of foodstuffs, goods, building materials, and limited quantities of fuel).
* Al-Awda crossing - Rafah: on 13/09/2020 is closed.

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