Israeli Violations' Activities in the oPt 1 April 2018

The daily report highlights the violations behind Israeli home demolitions and demolition threats The Violations are based on in the occupied Palestinian territory, the reports provided by field workers confiscation and razing of lands, the uprooting and\or news sources. and destruction of fruit trees, the expansion of The text is not quoted directly settlements and erection of outposts, the brutality from the sources but is edited for of the Israeli Occupation Army, the Israeli settlers clarity. violence against Palestinian civilians and properties, the erection of checkpoints, the The daily report does not construction of the Israeli segregation wall and necessarily reflect ARIJ’s opinion. the issuance of military orders for the various Israeli purposes.

Israeli Arrests

• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern city of Hebron, searched homes and detained Ahmad Amjad Jawabra and a teenage boy, identified as Mahmoud Yousef Madhi. The IOA also stopped and searched cars at the main entrance of the refugee camp, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards. (IMEMC 1 April 2018)

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• The Israeli Occupation Army (IOA) invaded the al-Khader town, south of , also searched homes, before detained Mohannad, 18, and his brother Hamza Mahmoud Darwish, 16, in the al-Jabal area. (IMEMC 1 April 2018)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) arrested Bilal 'Anaya (35 years old) from' Azzun village, east of Qalqilya, at a sudden military checkpoint at the entrance of Jayyous village. (WAFA 1 April 2018)

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) arrested a Palestinian woman near the Damascus gate in occupied after searching her and took her to one of the detention and interrogation centers in the city. The IOA also erected three observation towers in the area. The IOA deliberately harass Palestinians as they enter and leave the Old City of Jerusalem. (WAFA 1 April 2018)

Israeli Settler Violence

• 275 Israeli Settlers, guarded by intensive police forces, stormed the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque to via The Moroccan Gate, carrying out provocative tours in its courtyards, and receiving Talmudic teaching. (IMEMC 1 April 2018) • The Israeli settlers from the settlement, nearby, flooded sewage into a 40-dunam orchard planted with grapes near the town of Beit Ummar, to the north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank in order to damage the crops, which belong to Palestinian farmers. (IMEMC 1 April 2018)

• Some 200 Israeli settlers stormed Al Fawwar area in village, west of Bethlehem, spread near the agricultural ponds and hindered Palestinian farmers' work in the area. (WAFA 1 April 2018) • The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed "Bir al-Ramah" archaeological site in Hebron city and closed it in front of the Palestinian movement in preparation for the settlers' visit to site and the performance of Talmudic rituals in the area. (WAFA 1 April 2018) • Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed Far'a water spring, north of Dura, in Hebron Governorate and set up marches in the area to celebrate the Jewish holidays. The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) prevented

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Palestinian civilians and herders from reaching the area to protect the settlers. (WAFA 1 April 2018)

Home Demolition & Demolition threats .

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stormed al-Juwaya area, east of Yatta town, and ordered to halt the construction in a house owned by Hussein al-Jamal al-Nawaj'ah and a water-well owned by 'Issa Hassan Hussein al-Shawahin, under the pretext of building without a permit. (WAFA 1 April 2018)

Confiscation & Razing of lands

• The Israeli occupation Army (IOA) stationed in the eastern suburb of Yatta, south of Hebron, detained an agricultural tractor loaded with construction material while on its way to Masafer Yatta, near Al- Tuwani area. The tractor is owned by Mahmoud Hussein al- Hamamdeh. (WAFA 1 April 2018)

Israeli Closures

• The Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) suddenly closed Aqbat Hasna road entrance which leads to the villages of Husan, Bateir, , and Wadi Fukin, west of Bethlehem. The IOA also closed the main western entrance of Husan village, and prevented Palestinian vehicles from crossing as well as Pedestrians for no apparent reason. The IOA also closed the southern entrance of Al Khader village, west of Bethlehem, which led to a long queue of Palestinian vehicles over long distances. (WAFA 1 April 2018)

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