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DAILY SITUATION REPORT May 16 2023

Total: 132

DAILY SITUATION REPORT

 08:00, 15th  May 2023-08:00, 16th May 2023

WEST BANK

JERUSALEM

Raid

1. At 20:00, the occupying forces raided the town of Biddu, and patrolled until 22:50.
2. At 20:00, the occupying forces raided the village of Al-Jib, and patrolled until 22:50.

Detention

1. At 10:30, the occupation forces detained Muhammad Al-Ramlawi in the Bab Al-Hadid area in the Old City of Jerusalem.
2. At 11:00, the occupying forces arrested 4 citizens - residents of Jerusalem: Muhammad Al-Bakri, Zakaria Al-Bakri, Ahmed Abu Ghazaleh, and Rouhi Al-Kalghassi.
3. At 14:00, the occupation forces detained Noman Wazouz in the Bil Hatta area in the Old City of Jerusalem.
4. At 21:00, the occupation forces detained Islam Sorour, in the Jabal Al Mukaber neighborhood in Jerusalem.
5. On 05/15/2023, the occupying forces arrested 2 citizens in the Old City of Jerusalem, namely: Ibrahim Al-Natsheh and Khattab Al-Sharbaty.

House Demolition

At 08:30, the occupation forces demolished 3 houses in the Wadi Jamal area, east of Al-Eizariya, and confiscated their contents, under the pretext of not having a permit.

Destruction of Property

At 08:30, the occupation forces leveled 3 dunums planted with olive trees in the Wadi Jamal area, east of Al-Eizariya.

Confiscation of Property

At 08:30, the occupying forces, while demolishing 3 houses in the Wadi Jamal area, east of Al-Eizariya, confiscated tanks, water pipes, and electric cables used to supply water and electricity to residents.

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 17:00, the occupying forces set up a checkpoint at the eastern entrance to the village of Al-Mughair, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 18:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Deir Abu Mishaal, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 10:10, the occupation forces raided the villages of Deir Bzei' and Ain Arik, and detained a citizen in the village of Ain Arik.
2. At 03:30, the occupation forces raided the village of Al-Janiyah, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 04:45, the occupation forces raided Kaddoura camp in Ramallah, arrested 2 citizens, and withdrew at 06:55.
4. At dawn on 05/16/2023, the occupation forces raided the town of Turmusaya, and detained a citizen.

Detention

1. The detainee in the village of Ain Arik is: Saji Ataya - residents of the village of Kafr Nima.
2. The two detainees in Kaddoura camp in Ramallah are: Abdel-Haq Ahmed and Nour Al-Azza.
3. The detainee in the town of Turmusaya is: Muhammad Walid Abu Awwad.

Attack

1. At 09:55, the occupying forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas, near the entrance to the village of Al-Mughair, at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones, which resulted in the injury of a child.
2. At 14:00, the occupying forces fired stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens, near the northern entrance to Al-Bireh, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones.
3. On the evening of 05/15/2023, the occupation forces fired stun grenades and tear gas, near the entrance to the village of Nabi Saleh, at the citizens participating in a march to commemorate the Nakba, which resulted in the injury of a number of citizens - cases of suffocation as a result of inhaling tear gas.

Injuries

The child Ahmed Mazen Haj Muhammad was injured during clashes with the occupation forces near the entrance to the village of Al-Mughair.

Settlers Attacks

1. At 13:25, a group of settlers set up a number of tents on the lands of the citizens in the Al-Bayuda area of ​​the village of Al-Mughair.
2. At 16:50, a group of settlers in the Eben Samia area, east of the village of Kafr Malik, attacked the citizen: Atta Al-Rasheedat, while he was grazing his sheep, and stole a number of his sheep.

JENIN

Raid

1. At 15:30, the occupation forces raided the villages of Zabuba and Rummana, and conducted a patrol.
2. At 19:30, the occupation forces raided the town of Arraba and the village of Kivert, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 19:45, the occupation forces raided the villages of Toura and Nazlat Zaid, and conducted a patrol.
4. At 00:50, the occupation forces raided the town of Al-Zababdeh and the villages of Al-Jalameh and Masliyeh, and conducted a patrol.
5. At 01:30, the occupation forces raided the town of Qabatiya, where clashes took place with the citizens, during a raid on a number of homes, and detained a citizen.

Detention

1. On 05/15/2023, the occupation forces arrested the citizen: Muhammad Ahmed Kamil - 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 Qabatiya is: Ahmed Kamil.

Attack

At 01:30, during the raid into the town of Qabatiya, the occupying forces fired live and metal bullets coated with rubber, stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been shot and thrown with stones, while they were raiding a number of houses.

Land Confiscation

1. At 14:00, the occupation forces issued a military order to confiscate a plot of land of 600 square meters in the village of Al-Jalama, owned by the citizen: Saleh Mahmoud Abu Farha, under the pretext of security purposes.
2. At 22:10, the occupation forces issued Military Order No. 23/03/T, which stipulated the confiscation of 144 dunums of citizens' lands, including 11 dunums of Islamic endowment lands belonging to the villages of Al-Jalama and Arbouna, under the pretext of security purposes, and the confiscation period will continue until December 31. 2027.

TUBAS

Flying Checkpoints

At 12:15, the occupying forces set up a checkpoint near the junction of the "Mikhola" settlement in the northern Jordan Valley, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

At 14:15, the occupation forces raided the village of Bardala in the northern Jordan Valley, raided the village school, and checked the surveillance camera recordings, under the pretext of throwing stones at the occupation forces, and withdrew at 15:30.

TULKAREM

Raid

1. At 13:25, the occupation forces raided the Shweika suburb of Tulkarem, and detained a citizen. The raid was repeated at 02:35 and patrolled until 05:15.
2. At 16:35, the occupation forces raided the village of Izbat Shufa, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 20:10, the occupying forces raided the city of Tulkarm, the Nur Shams camp in the city, and the village of Pharaoh, and conducted a patrol until 23:45.

Detention

1. At 10:30, the occupation forces positioned at a military checkpoint, detained the citizen: Salah El-Din Ammar Saleh - Shweika suburb of Tulkarm, while he was on his way to the city of Jenin.
2. On 05/15/2023, the occupation forces detained the citizen: Issam Yusef Zandik - residents of Nour Shams camp, while he was visiting the Israeli intelligence, based on a prior notification.
3. The detainee in the Shweika suburb of Tulkarm is: Salah al-Din Ammar Biddu.

QALQILIYA

Raid

1. At 15:25, the occupation forces raided the town of Azzun, where clashes took place with the citizens, while they were on patrol.
2. At 16:00, the occupation forces raided the town of Kafr Thulth, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 23:10, the occupying forces raided the village of Farata, and patrolled until 06:15.
4. At 01:40, the occupying forces raided the village of Kafr Qaddum, and conducted a patrol.

Attack

At 15:25, the occupation forces fired sound bombs and tear gas at the citizens, during the raid into the town of Azzun, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones.

Land Confiscation

At 01:20, the occupation forces issued a military order to confiscate 14 dunums of agricultural lands belonging to the villages of Tal Surra, Jit, and Farata in the Qalqilya and Nablus governorates, for the benefit of settlement projects.

NABLUS

Military Checkpoints

At 13:15, the occupation forces tightened their measures at the Huwwara checkpoint, obstructing traffic.

Flying Checkpoints

At 16:30, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the junction of Surra village, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 12:05, the occupation forces raided the village of Rojib, and patrolled until 13:40.
2. At 13:20, the occupation forces raided the village of Deir Al-Hatab, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 16:05, the occupation forces raided the villages of Urif and Asira Al-Qibliya, and conducted a patrol.
4. At 21:15, the occupation forces raided the popular housing area, east of Nablus, and patrolled until 21:35.
5. At 01:55, the occupying forces raided the village of Burin, and raided a number of homes and a store selling vehicle spare parts.
6. At 04:20, the occupation forces raided the city of Nablus, the town of Beit Furik, and the village of Beit Dajan, and conducted a patrol.

Detention

1. At 09:00, the occupying forces arrested 2 citizens at the "Shafi Shomron" checkpoint, namely: Basil Mustafa Bisharat - residents of the town of Tamoun, Tubas Governorate, and Ismail Mustafa Ahmed Rajab - residents of the city of Tulkarm.
2. At 19:25, the occupation forces arrested near the village of Awdla, the citizen: Khalil Ali Mustafa Dweikat - residents of the town of Beita.

JERICHO

Flying Checkpoints

At 13:15, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to the city of Jericho, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 14:00.

Raid

At 04:20, the occupation forces raided Aqabat Jabr camp in the city of Jericho, where clashes took place with the citizens, while they were raiding a number of homes, which resulted in the injury of a citizen, and they also arrested 5 citizens, and withdrew at 05:40.

Detention

The 5 detainees in Aqabat Jabr camp in the city of Jericho are: Ibrahim Al-Alam, Muhammad Bassam Hamidat, Yamen Kamal Al-Lada’a, Shadi Kamal Al-Lada’a, and Yasser Kamal.

Attack

At 04:20, the occupation forces fired live and metal bullets coated with rubber, stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens, during the storming of Aqabat Jabr camp in the city of Jericho, under the pretext that they had been shot and thrown with stones, while they were raiding a number of houses, which resulted in the injury of a citizen.

Injuries

The civilian, Suleiman Samir Hamidat was injured during clashes with the occupation forces in Aqabat Jabr camp in the city of Jericho.

BETHLEHEM

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 08:50, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the southern entrance to the town of Nahalin, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 10:40.
2. At 10:40, 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). The checkpoint was set up again at 19:05 to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 20:15.

Raid

At 03:55, the occupying forces raided the city of Bethlehem, the Dheisheh camp in the city, and the village of Irtas, and arrested 4 citizens, and confiscated gold jewelry and an amount of money from the home of one of them in the village of Irtas, then withdrew at 05:10.

Detention

The 4 detainees in the city of Bethlehem, the Dheisheh camp in the city, and the village of Irtas are: Fadi Muhammad al-Harmi - residents of the city of Bethlehem, Ramzi Abu Zir - residents of the Dheisheh camp, Adam Abu Laban - residents of the Dheisheh camp, and Ahmed Lutfi Asaad - residents of the village of Irtas.

Attack

At 21:50, the occupying forces fired stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens, near the entrance to the village of Husan, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones.

Confiscation of Property

At 03:55, the occupation forces confiscated gold jewelry worth 3,000 Jordanian dinars, and 4,000 shekels, during the raid on the village of Irtas, from the house of the citizen: Ahmed Lutfi Asaad, during their raid and arrest.

Settlers Attacks

On 05/15/2023, a group of settlers from the "Ma'ali Amos" settlement entered the agricultural lands of the citizens in the Wadi Abyan area in the village of Kisan, and burned two crops of wheat and barley, owned by the two brothers: Ali and Muhammad Youssef Obayat.

HEBRON

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 11:20, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Beit Awa, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 12:30.
2. At 14:30, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint in the Abu Sneina neighborhood, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 15:35.
3. At 17:45, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to Al-Fawar camp, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
4. At 17:45, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the Zif village junction, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
5. At 23:50, the occupation forces set up a roadblock at the entrance to the town of Ithna, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 00:30.
6. At 00:25, the occupying forces set up a checkpoint in the Al-Zaydin area, east of Yatta, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities until 01:20.
7. At 07:20, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the town of Al-Dhahiriya, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 22:20, the occupying forces raided the town of Al-Dhahiriya, and patrolled until 01:40.
2. At 02:00, the occupying forces raided the town of Dura, and patrolled until 05:45.

Detention

1. On 05/14/2023, the occupation forces arrested near the "Beit Yatir" checkpoint, south of the town of Yatta, the child: Samir Ashraf Samir Harizat, 16 years old.
2. At 03:45 on 05/15/2023, the occupying forces detained 4 citizens during their raid into the town of Beit Kahil (as mentioned in the previous report): Qasem Haitham Asafra, Fadl Amir Asafra, Fathi Jihad Asafra, and Moataz Nabil Asafra.
3. At 11:10, the occupation forces arrested the citizen: Muhammad Mohie Abu Sabha, after chasing his vehicle.
4. At 23:25, the occupying forces arrested, at the checkpoint established at the entrance to Al-Shuhada Street in the Old City of Hebron, the citizen: Baraa Muhammad Al-Talahama - residents of the town of Dura.

House Demolition

At 12:05, the occupation forces demolished a room used for housing in the Al-Jawaya community, located east of the town of Yatta, in addition to uprooting 50 olive trees and confiscating water pipes owned by the citizen: Ghassan Thaher Abu Tabikh.

Destruction of Property

1. At 12:05, the occupying forces uprooted about 50 olive trees, while demolishing a room used for housing in the Gamma al-Jawaya area, east of the town of Yatta. They also demolished a sanitary unit and confiscated water pipes owned by the citizen: Ghassan Thaher Abu Tabikh.
2. At 14:30, the occupation forces swept away an area of ​​2 dunums planted with tomatoes, owned by Talib Farid Jaber, in the Jabal Jawhar area in the Old City of Hebron, under the pretext of searching for illegal water lines.
3. At 14:30, the occupying forces cut down and uprooted about 60 olive and forest trees, which belong to the two citizens: Khalil Jaber Al-Dababsa and Abdullah Al-Dababsa, in Khallet Al-Daba'a, located in the Al-Musafer area, east of the town of Yatta.
4. At 14:30, the occupying forces demolished, in the Al-Rakiz area, east of the town of Yatta, a well for collecting rainwater, and cut down and uprooted about 90 olive trees, owned by the citizen: Ahmed Muhammad Hamamda.

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.

NORTHERN GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* Beit Hanoun crossing - "Erez": on 05/15/2023 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).

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 05/15/2023, 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 05/15/2023, it is open (for the departure and entry of citizens).

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