15 arresting them, sinking their fishing boats, shooting them, and confiscating their equipment and fishing boats. These attacks resulted in the injury of (12) fishermen, the arrest of (10) others, the confiscation and detention of (4) fishing boats, damage to fishing equipment and the sabotage of boats in (12) different incidents. The occupation forces also continued to attack Palestinian citizens in the areas adjacent to the eastern and northern border fences of the Gaza Strip and restricted access by land. The number of these attacks amounted to more than (903), ranging from incursions into its territory and targeting farmers. The occupation forces also targeted Palestinian civilian objects, and directly bombed residential houses, aiming to destroy them, causing extensive damage to them and to the adjacent houses and civilian facilities. Israel also partially destroyed (24) houses and damaged (10) public, commercial and industrial facilities, in addition to causing damage to hundreds of houses, such as shattering windows. 4. Violations of the right to education Through the monitoring and documentation, by the General Directorate of Field Follow-up in the Ministry of Education, of the Israeli violations against the educational process, the attacks of the occupation forces affected at least (233) schools, (17,776) male and female students, and (1,727) teachers and administrative staff. These attacks varied between targeting lives with shooting, arrest and detention, denial of safe access to schools because of pursuit and passing through permanent and surprise military checkpoints and iron gates. During the year, a Palestinian student was martyred, and a number of students and teachers suffered arbitrary arrests. The number of arrested students, teachers and administrators reached about (118) students and (20) teachers and administrative employees. The number of students wounded and injured due to the occupation bullets and tear gas canisters reached about (539). The number of schools in which functioning was partially disrupted reached (18), with (36) attacks, affecting about (4,845) students and (427) teachers and administrative staff, and resulted in the wasting of about (542) educational classes. As for those schools in which work was completely suspended as a result, it amounted to about (15) schools with (20) educational days and affected (3,812) students and (362) teachers and administrative staff, which resulted in wasting (774) classes. Additionally, during the year, (7) notices to stop construction and demolition orders were delivered to (7) different schools and demolishing the foundations of two schools was carried out. Executive Summary 2020