Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks

PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD(non-profit)
www.pchrgaza.org
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Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

• IOF use force to disperse peaceful protest organized by Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
- 11 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded.
- Dozens of civilians suffered from tear gas inhalation.

• A Palestinian child was wounded by IOF in a funeral procession in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.

• IOF conducted 64 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one into the Gaza Strip.
- IOF arrested 17 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, in the West Bank, and two others, including a child, in the Gaza Strip.
- IOF raided offices of the Palestinian People Party and the Public Committee against the Annexation Wall in Ramallah.

• IOF continued to attack Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip.
- Israeli gunboats fired at Palestinian fishing boats in the southern Gaza Strip 5 times.
- IOF arrested two fishermen in Gaza City.

• Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
- IOF arrested 3 Palestinian civilians, including two children, at various checkpoints in the West Bank.

• IOF have continued efforts to create a Jewish demographic majority in East Jerusalem.
- IOF ordered evacuation of a Bedouin community to the northeast of Jerusalem.
- Two Palestinian families were notified to vacate their homes in favor of Israeli settlers.
- IOF forced residents of Beit Fourik village, northwest of Jerusalem, to stop paving an agricultural road in the village.

• IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
- IOF demolished a restaurant in Beit Jala and 4 commercial establishments in Bethlehem and Jenin.
- IOF uprooted and confiscated 250 trees in Beit Oula village, northwest of Hebron.
- IOF closed and destroyed a number of agricultural roads in the West Bank.

Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (03 – 09 May 2012):

Shooting:
In the West Bank, IOF wounded 12 Palestinian civilians, including two children, in the West Bank. Eleven of these civilians, including a child, were wounded during the dispersion of peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank, and in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who have been on hunger strike. Dozens of civilians also suffered from tear gas inhalation.
On 04 May 2012, a Palestinian child was wounded when IOF fired at a funeral procession in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron.

In the Gaza Strip, on 05 May 2012, Israeli naval troops arrested two Palestinian fishermen in Gaza City, but released them later. During the reporting period, Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in Khan Yunis on 5 occasions.

On 05 May 2012, IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast of Khan Yunis opened fire at Palestinian agricultural land in al-Qarara village. As a result, a camel was killed.

The full report is available online at:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8396:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-03-09-may-2012&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183

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