The Public Relations and Media Unit in the Jerusalem Governorate issued its report for February 2024, on the crimes of the Israeli occupation in the Jerusalem Governorate, in which it summarized the overall violations observed in the neighborhoods and towns of the governorate.

Martyrs and the file of bodies detained by the occupation:

During February of the year 2024, (8) martyrs died in the Jerusalem Governorate, including two children, 3 of whom were from outside the governorate. They are: the child Wadih Owaisat (14 years old), Muhammad Khadour (19 years old), the child Muhammad Abu Sneina (16 years old), Fadi Jamjoum (40 years old), Muhammad Manasra (31 years old), and from outside the governorate, 3 martyrs rose on the land of Jerusalem, and they are: Muhammad Zawahra (26 years old), Ahmed Al-Wahsh (31 years old), Nizar Hassasna (34 years old).

File of detained bodies:

During the month of February, the occupation detained the bodies of 4 Jerusalemite martyrs: the child Wadih Owaisat (14 years old), the child Muhammad Abu Sneina (16 years old), Fadi Jamjoum (40 years old), and Muhammad Manasra (31 years old).

Until the end of February 2024, the occupation authorities are still detaining the bodies of 40 Jerusalemite martyrs in the occupation’s refrigerators and number cemeteries.

Colonial attacks:

The attacks of Jewish colonialists and extremists on Palestinians in general and on the people of Jerusalem Governorate in particular are increasing, in light of the occupation police’s failure to arrest the aggressors among them. Indeed, the fascist occupation government deliberately provides a cover for their criminal racist practices, as evidenced by illegal manipulation and deception to provide a safety net that protects these aggressors, as they are the powerful tool of the extremist occupation policy to implement and achieve their goals.

During February 2024, the Jerusalem Governorate monitored about (14) attacks by colonists.

Injuries:

During the month of February 2024, the Jerusalem Governorate monitored injuries resulting from the occupation’s use of excessive force against Jerusalemites. About (12) injuries were monitored as a result of live and rubber-coated metal bullets and severe beatings, in addition to cases of gas suffocation.

Crimes against Al-Aqsa Mosque:

In a clear and clear violation of the sanctity of the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the colonists’ incursions will continue during the year 2024, as (3274) colonists and (2550) stormed, under the name of “tourism,” the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque during the fait accompli imposed by the occupation, called the morning and evening periods, with strict protection from the occupation police. During which they performed Talmudic prayers, and offered prayers for the Israeli prisoners and dead soldiers.

Israa and meraaj

On February 8, 15,000 worshipers commemorated the Isra and Mi’raj in Al-Aqsa Mosque, despite the ongoing siege on Al-Aqsa. The occupation forces stormed the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque and deployed near the gates, in anticipation of young men hanging banners on them. The occupation forces deployed a large number of checkpoints in various areas of the Old City, and the occupation forces tightened their procedures at the gates of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, and checked the identities of the people arriving there.

Targeting national and Islamic figures:

Under the far-right government led by flocks of settlers, the occupation authorities continue their attempts to impose sovereignty over Jerusalem and its sanctities with the aim of imposing a new reality, and they continue their racist policy against the national symbols of Jerusalem, led by Jerusalem Governor Adnan Ghaith, upon whom the occupation has imposed an open house arrest order in his home since August 4, 2022, without specifying a time period for the decision.

During February, the occupation authorities summoned the secretary of the Fatah movement in Jerusalem, Shadi Mutawer, for investigation at the Al-Mascobiyya Investigation Center and handed him a decision prohibiting entry into the West Bank.

In February, the so-called legal advisor in the occupation government approved a request to withdraw the residence permit (blue ID) from the Jerusalemite prisoner Majid al-Jubeh, noting that the occupation authorities renewed his administrative detention for a period of 4 months.

Arrests:

During the month of February, (151) arrest cases were monitored in all areas of the Jerusalem Governorate, including (10) children and (9) women.

 

 

Decisions of the occupation courts:

The occupation courts impose unfair decisions on detainees, ranging from issuing actual prison sentences to imposing house arrest, in addition to deportation decisions and heavy financial fines. Among them are those against whom the occupation court issued travel bans, in addition to extending the detention of a large number of detainees for long months and perhaps years without delay. Bring clear charges against them.

Actual prison sentences:

The report monitored the issuance of racist occupation courts (25) actual prison sentences against Jerusalemite prisoners, including (21) administrative detention sentences, “that is, without clearly specifying their charges.” One of the highest sentences issued by the occupation authorities during February was the 32-month sentence issued against prisoner Jamal Khaled Al-Batal.

Home detention decisions:

Home detention has become a sword hanging over the necks of Jerusalemites, which is represented by the imposition of rulings by the occupation court requiring a person to stay for specific periods inside the house in a forced manner, which has turned the homes of Jerusalemites into their prisons. It restricts the convict and his sponsors, and creates a state of permanent tension and psychological and social pressures. Two house arrest decisions issued by the occupation authorities were monitored during the month of February.

Deportation decisions:

The occupation authorities use the deportation decisions they issue as a means to suppress the Palestinian presence in the Blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the Old City, Damascus Gate and other targeted neighborhoods. During February, the occupation authorities issued 13 deportation decisions, 11 of which were deportation from Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Travel bans decisions:

The occupation uses security reasons to prevent Palestinians from traveling, especially in occupied Jerusalem. During the month of February, only one travel ban was issued against Jerusalemite station officer Khadija Khwais.

Demolition and bulldozing operations:

The occupation authorities are pursuing a policy of demolishing citizens’ homes in occupied Jerusalem, which comes in the context of punitive measures, forced displacement, ethnic cleansing of citizens, and the Judaization and “Israelization” of the occupied city. The occupation authorities generally justify the demolition of homes under the pretext of erecting them without a license, despite the rare granting of approval for licenses. needed to build homes for Jerusalemites.

During the month of February, the number of demolition operations in the Jerusalem Governorate reached (33) demolition and bulldozing operations, including: (9 forced self-demolition operations) and (19 demolition operations carried out by occupation mechanisms), in addition to 5 bulldozing operations.

Demolition, forced eviction, and land confiscation decisions:

During the month of February, the occupation authorities delivered a number of demolition notices to the residents of the town of Al-Issawiya and the Al-Bustan neighborhood in the town of Silwan, south of occupied Jerusalem.

On February 19, the occupation forces suspended a demolition order at the entrance to the Al-Issawiya Club building in occupied Jerusalem. On February 20, the occupation municipality crews handed over demolition orders to the Al-Rajabi, Odeh, and Abu Shafee families as they stormed their homes in the Al-Bustan neighborhood in the town of Silwan, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Violations against prisoners:

During the month of February, the occupation authorities continued their violations against prisoners and freed prisoners, which increased in severity since the beginning of the Israeli occupation’s aggression against the Gaza Strip. On February 7, the occupation court approved - permanently - the dismissal of the freed Jerusalemite prisoner “Ramzi Al-Abbasi” from his work as a physical therapist in special education schools in occupied Jerusalem. , which was first issued in 2022. The occupation court claims that the reason for the dismissal is Al-Abbasi’s conviction in “security” cases and is also trying to bargain with him to deprive him of his financial fees in exchange for 13 years of work.

On February 15, the so-called legal advisor in the occupation government approved the request to withdraw the residence permit (blue ID) from the Jerusalemite prisoner Majid al-Jubeh, noting that the occupation authorities renewed his administrative detention for a period of 4 months.

Violations against Jerusalem institutions and monuments:

In continuous attempts to undermine the efforts of Jerusalemites inside the occupied capital, the occupation continues the policy of closing the institutions operating there and suppressing activities that prove the presence and steadfastness of Jerusalemites in the occupied city.

Among the most prominent of these attacks during the month of February: attacks on cemeteries and mosques, attacks against Christians, attacks on cultural institutions, incitement and hate speech, incitement against international institutions in Jerusalem (UNRWA), and attacks on journalists.

    Settlement projects:

In its relentless and insanely accelerating endeavor to impose a new reality on the occupied city of Jerusalem and Judaize it through the implementation of dangerous colonial projects, during the month of February the occupation government approved about 6 new colonial projects, and the occupation authorities also began implementing projects that had been approved earlier.