IOF Continue Systematic Attacks On Palestinian Civilians

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights LTD(non-profit)

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Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

• IOF continued to fire at Palestinian communities and agricultural areas in the Gaza Strip.

• IOF use force to disperse peaceful protest organized by Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
- Dozens of demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation.

• IOF conducted 43 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and two limited ones into the Gaza Strip.
- IOF arrested 18 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, in the West Bank.
- IOF razed 43 dunums[1] of agricultural land and destroyed irrigation networks and agricultural pools in the Gaza Strip.

• IOF continued to attack Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip.
- IOF launched 6 Palestinian fishermen.

• Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
- IOF arrested a Palestinian civilians at a checkpoint in the West Bank.

• IOF have continued efforts to create a Jewish demographic majority in East Jerusalem.
- The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem approved the construction of 2,500 housing units in “Gilo” settlement in the south of Jerusalem.
- IOF razed houses and barnyards in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood and ‘Anata village.

• IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
- IOF closed 6 wells in Jenin.
- IOF handed dozens of demolitions orders in the south of Hebron.
- Israeli settlers uprooted 35 olive trees in the south of Hebron.

Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (07 – 13 June 2012):

Shooting:

During the reporting period, IOF used force to disperse 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. As a result, dozens of demonstrators also suffered from tear gas inhalation.

During the reporting period, Israeli gunboats attacked opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in the northern and central Gaza Strip on 6 occasions. No casualties were reported.

IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israeli opened fire at Palestinian communities and agricultural land, but no casualties were reported.

Incursions:
During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 43 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, IOF arrested 18 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted two limited incursions into Palestinian areas, during which they razed 43 dunums of agricultural land and destroyed irrigation networks and agricultural pools.

The full report is available online at:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8528:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-07-13-june-2012&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183

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