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DAILY SITUATION REPORT May 18 2023

Total: 90

DAILY SITUATION REPORT

 08:00, 17th  May 2023-08:00, 18th May 2023

WEST BANK

JERUSALEM

Detention

1. At 16:00, the occupation forces in Jerusalem city arrested the citizen: Ahmed Awakal.
2. At 16:30, the occupation forces detained Abdul Rahman Al-Salaymeh in the Old City of Jerusalem.

House Demolition

1. At 10:00, the occupation forces demolished a residential building owned by the citizen: Imad Al-Husseini, and his brothers, in the Wadi Qaddum area, Silwan neighborhood in Jerusalem, under the pretext of not having a permit.
2. On 05/17/2023, the occupation authorities in the Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood in Jerusalem, forced the citizen: Diaa Hisham Abu Dahim, to demolish his house himself, after notifying him earlier, in order to avoid paying heavy fines in the event that the occupation authorities carried out the demolition process. under the pretext of not being licensed.

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 08:15, the occupation forces set up two checkpoints at the junction of the town of Turmusaya and on the Wadi al-Dalb road near the village of Ras Karkar, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 19:00, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Nabi Saleh, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 10:30, the occupation forces raided the town of Turmusaya and the village of Al-Mughair, and conducted a patrol.
2. At 11:50, the occupation forces raided the town of Beit Ur Al-Tahta and the village of Beit Ur Al-Fawqa, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 18:55, the occupation forces raided the village of Deir Bzei', where clashes took place with the citizens, while they were on patrol.
4. At 20:50, the occupation forces raided the towns of Atara and Bir Zeit, and conducted a patrol.
5. At 00:20, the occupation forces raided the town of Al-Taybeh and the villages of Al-Mughair, Kafr Malik and Deir Jarir, and conducted a patrol.
6. At 01:00, the occupation forces raided Al-Jalazoun camp, and conducted a patrol.
7. At 01:00, the occupation forces raided the villages of Kafr Ein and the Prophet Saleh, and conducted a patrol.
8. At 03:20, the occupation forces raided the village of Beit Sira, and detained a citizen.
9. At 03:30, the occupation forces raided the village of Ras Karkar, and the patrol camp.
10. At 03:40, the occupation forces raided the town of Beit Ur Al-Tahta, and conducted a patrol.

Detention

The detainee in the village of Beit Sira is: Hamdan Hamed Hamdan.

Attack

At 18:55, the occupation forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones, while on patrol.

Closure of main Roads

1. At 05:35 on 05/18/2023, the occupying forces closed the Wadi al-Dalb road near the village of Ras Karkar, and reopened it at a later time.
2. At 19:30, the occupying forces closed the Wadi al-Dalb road near the village of Ras Karkar, and reopened it at a later time.
3. At 07:15, the occupying forces closed the eastern entrance to the village of Al-Mughair, and reopened it at a later time.

Settlers Attacks

At 14:40, a group of settlers, near the eastern entrance to the village of Al-Mughair, set up a number of tents in the place.

JENIN

Raid

1. At 10:00, the occupation forces raided the town of Arraba and the villages of Bir Al-Basha and Marka, and conducted a patrol.
2. At 23:40, the occupation forces raided the village of Al-Jalama and Faqqu'a, and clashes took place with the citizens while they were on patrol in the village of Faqqu'a.

Attack

At 23:40, the occupying forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones, while on patrol.

Wall Construction

On 05/17/2023, the occupation forces began constructing a section of the apartheid wall on land adjacent to Al-Jalama camp, owned by the citizen: Saleh Abu Farha.

TULKAREM

Flying Checkpoints

At 09:15, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint on the Jabara Bridge, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 08:55, the occupying forces raided the town of Zeita, and conducted a patrol.
2. At 09:10, the occupation forces raided the towns of Qaffin, Baqa al-Sharqiya and Atil, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 09:40, the occupation forces raided the village of Khirbet Jabara, and conducted a patrol.
4. At 17:50, the occupation forces raided the town of Kafr al-Labad, and conducted a patrol.
5. At 05:40, the occupation forces raided the Shweika suburb of Tulkarm, and conducted a patrol.

QALQILIYA

Detention

At 18:30, the occupation forces arrested the citizen: Samah Bilal Awad - residents of the city of Qalqilya.

Destruction of Property

At 10:55, the occupying forces demolished, near the bridge of the village of Al-Nabi Elias, an agricultural room of an area of ​​​​80 square meters, owned by the citizen: Hamid Fadl Nazzal - residents of the city of Qalqilya, under the pretext of not having a license.

NABLUS

Flying Checkpoints

At 23:35, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint in the Al-Murabaa area, near the entrance to the village of Tal, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 08:15, the occupation forces raided the village of Sebastia, and conducted a patrol.
2. At 13:25, the occupying forces raided the town of Beita and the villages of Urif and Asira al-Qibliya, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 16:20, the occupation forces raided the village of Salem, and conducted a patrol.
4. At 17:20, the occupation forces raided the villages of Tal Surra, and conducted a patrol.
5. At 18:10, the occupation forces raided the village of Einabus, and conducted a patrol.
6. At 20:00, the occupation forces raided the town of Hawara, and detained 3 citizens.
7. At 02:00, the occupation forces raided the village of Beit Imrin, and detained a citizen.
8. At 02:10, the occupation forces stormed the city of Nablus, where clashes took place with the citizens, during the raid on a number of houses, which resulted in the injury of one citizen, and the injury of 35 citizens - cases of suffocation due to inhaling tear gas.

Detention

1. The detainee in the village of Beit Imrin is: Ahmed Jawad Muhammad Hassouna.
2. The 3 detainees in the town of Hawara are: Qassam Naseem Muhammad Odeh, Islam Nassim Odeh, and Nasrallah Ayman Ahmed Dmaidi.

Attack

At 02:10, during their raid into the city of Nablus, 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, during the raid on a number of houses, which resulted in the injury of a citizen, and the injury of 35 citizens - with cases of suffocation. due to tear gas inhalation.

Injuries

A unidentified civilian was injured during clashes with the occupation forces in the city of Nablus,

SALFIT

Raid

At 14:55, the occupation forces raided the town of Deir Ballut, and delivered a notice to demolish a commercial store owned by the citizen: Ahmed Abdullah, under the pretext of not having a license.

Detention

At 19:30, the occupation forces positioned at the Za'tara junction checkpoint detained Ziyad Hamza Awwad (from the Palestinian General Intelligence Service) - a resident of the city of Tulkarm.

BETHLEHEM

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 12:30, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint in the Aqabat Hasna area (on the main road leading to the western villages in the Bethlehem governorate), and the checkpoint was set up again at 21:00 to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 14:05, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the town of Tuqu', to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

At 02:20, the occupation forces raided the town of Beit Fajjar and the village of Marah Rabah, and detained 2 citizens.

Detention

The two detainees in the town of Beit Fajjar and the village of Marah Rabah are: Muhammad Abd Taqatqa - residents of the town of Beit Fajjar, and Khalil Muhammad Khalil al-Sheikh - residents of the village of Marah Rabah.

Attack

At 18:10, the occupation forces fired randomly at a citizen's vehicle, near the northern entrance to the town of Teqou', to force it to stop.

HEBRON

Flying Checkpoints

1. At 10:05, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Khallet Maya, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.
2. At 11:05, the occupation forces set up a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the town of Yatta, to search vehicles and verify citizens' identities.

Raid

1. At 12:00, the occupation forces raided the town of Dura, and conducted a patrol.
2. At 22:20, the occupation forces raided Hebron, and conducted a patrol.
3. At 03:35, the occupation forces raided the town of Al-Samou', and detained a child.

Detention

The detainee in the town of Al-Samou' is: Oraib Ahmed Muhammad Hassan Hawamdeh, 16 years old.

Attack

At 09:10, the occupation forces fired rubber-coated metal bullets, stun grenades and tear gas, near the entrance to Al-Arroub camp, at the citizens, under the pretext that they had been thrown with stones.

Settlers Attacks

1. On 05/17/2023, a group of settlers in the Maghayer Al-Abeed area, southeast of the town of Yatta, seized a water well, and prevented citizens from accessing it and watering their sheep, and also destroyed 120 olive seedlings, and agricultural crops planted on an area of ​​about 50 dunums belonging to It is owned by a number of citizens (known among them): Salameh Makhamra.
2. On 05/17/2023, a group of settlers in the Fatah Sador area, near the Al-Zuwaidin community, east of the town of Yatta, grazed their sheep on the citizens' lands farmed with wheat and barley crops, on an area of ​​about 50 dunums, owned by the citizen: Farid 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.

* The occupying forces violated the ceasefire, as their gunboats fired at fishermen's boats while they were chasing them at sea in the northern Gaza governorate.

NORTHERN GAZA

Closure of Crossing Points

* Beit Hanoun crossing - "Erez": on 05/17/2023 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).

Attack

On the morning of 05/17/2023, the Israeli gunboats opened fire towards the fishermen's boats while they were chasing them at sea off the shore of the Al-Sudaniyya area, west of the town of Beit Lahiya.

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 05/17/2023, 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 05/17/2023, it is open (for the departure and entry of citizens).

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