General Information

News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (December 30, 2020 –January 5, 2021)

In the Gaza Strip the number of active coronavirus cases stands at 9,308 (up from last week). The rate of positive test results is greater than 20%. In Judea and Samaria the number of active coronavirus cases stands at 7,831 (slightly down from last week). This past week the Gaza Strip was quiet. In Judea and Samaria an Israeli woman was critically wounded when stones were thrown at her vehicle (near the village of Deir Nizam, northwest of Ramallah). During violent clashes between Palestinians and IDF forces evacuating an illegal building in the village of Yatta, south of Hebron, a Palestinian was shot and fatally wounded. ceremony was held in the Gaza Strip to mark the anniversary of the death of Qassem Soleimani.
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The Spread of Covid-19 in Judea and Samaria (Updated to January 4, 2021)

The situation in the Gaza Strip: The number of active Covid-19 cases in Gaza is still very high. Between December 29, 2020 and January 4, 2021, 4,123 new cases were detected. The situation in Judea and Samaria: This past week the rate of infection continued declining but the number of active cases is still high, with 7,978, down from 11,322 a week ago.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (December 23 –29, 2020)

In the Gaza Strip the number of active Covid-19 cases stands at 10,740 (up from a week ago), and the rate of positive test results is 31%. In Judea and Samaria the number of active cases stands at 10,556 (a slight decline from last week), and the rate of positive test results is 21%. Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at the southern Israeli coastal city of Ashqelon after a month of quiet. A third rocket was fired and fell inside the Gaza Strip. In Judea and Samaria large numbers of stones and Molotov cocktails were thrown at Israeli vehicles. Prominent were drive-by stone-throwing attacks.
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The Spread of Covid-19 in Judea and Samaria (Updated to December 28, 2020)

The situation in the Gaza Strip: The number of active Covid-19 cases in Gaza is still very high. Between December 22 and 28, 2020, 4,735 new cases were detected. The number of active cases currently stands at 10,729. There have been 340 deaths, up from 271 on December 22. On December 28 there were 327 hospitalized patients, 195 in serious condition. The situation in Judea and Samaria: This past week the rate of infection declined slightly, but the number of active cases is still high. On December 28 the number stood at 11,322, down from 13,529 a week ago. Of the daily tests administered, 22.3% were positive, down from 23.3% a week ago. The Nablus district remains the district with the highest number of cases in Judea and Samaria, followed by the Ramallah-al-Bireh district.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (December 16-22, 2020)

Compared with last week, in the Gaza Strip the number of active Covid-19 cases increased to 9,574 and the percentage of positive test results is 23.8%; in Judea and Samaria the number of active Covid-19 cases decreased slightly to 13,379 and the percentage of positive test results is 25.6%. The lull in the Gaza Strip continues. In Judea and Samaria an Israeli civilian was murdered in northern Samaria (possibly in a terrorist attack). A shooting attack targeted a police security post in a gate of the northern Temple Mount.
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The Spread of Covid-19 in Judea and Samaria (Updated to December 21, 2020)

In light of the significant rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, over the weekend severe restrictions were placed on Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip, although (so far) a general lockdown has not yet been imposed. Despite the restrictions, the number of active cases and percentage of positive test results continue climbing.
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