“Palestinian Affairs “

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The Department of Palestinian Affairs released its bi-annual report "Occupation violations in occupied Jerusalem", which covers the first six months of the year 2024

According to a statement by the office today Wednesday, the Israeli occupation continues its promised violations in Jerusalem, occupied by its inhabitants, sanctuaries and properties to push forcefully against the Holy City and its Arab and Islamic identity, in the context of a clear exploitation of the global occupation of the war in the Gaza Strip, which has entered its tenth month, as a result of its occupational policies of killing and arresting, demolishing, settling and sabotaging.

Data, based on official reports issued by a number of responsible and relevant entities, such as: Jerusalem Governorate, the Palestinian Negotiations Office, the Jerusalem Center in Slwan, the Anti-Wall and Settlement Agency, indicated the increase in violations of the sanctities, especially against Al-Aqsa and the Holy Haram of Al-Qudsi, where the number of attackers of the Al-AQsa Mosque has reached half the first of the year 2024 up to 25054 more settlements.

These invasions were carried out through provocative tours and raids to the doors of the Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the tight protection of the occupation forces and its authorities, through the fact imposed by the occupation, in the so-called morning and evening periods, supported by the occupation police, where the invaders performed prayers and Talmudiyah rituals, and wore camouflaged costumes in the so- called Eid Al-Maskhar, as the authorities continued During the first half of 2024 the Israeli siege of Al-Aqsa Mosque, which they imposed since October 7.

As the period from January 2024 to June of the same year witnessed the rise of 23 martyrs in the Governorate of Jerusalem, among them: 5 from outside the governorate, and 10 children, the youngest of them a girl not over 4 years old.

While the occupation authorities continued to detain the bodies of 41 holy martyrs, in their refrigerators and in what they call "numbers graves", the oldest bodies detained by the occupation belong to the martyr Misbah Abu Sabih, who was martyred on November 1, 2016.

During the first six months of this year, the total arrests, in Jerusalem, reached 708 arrests in all regions of Jerusalem Governorate, among them 73 children and 37 women.

The occupation forces continued with the policy of demolition and sending notices of the demolition of houses and sacred residential buildings; with allegations of not having a license; at the time when the occupation imposed prerequisite conditions for obtaining such a license, 127 demolition and clearing operations have been documented, of which 42 were forced self-destruction and 73 demolition operations carried out by the occupation machines, in addition to 12 operations Shoveling.

Following the Estonian practices, the occupation authorities have approved 13 new Estonian projects, in addition to the implementation of more than 9 previously approved projects, and the occupation authorities have also completed work on two Estonian projects.