Systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians continue

Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)

• Israeli forces continued to open fire at border areas in the Gaza Strip.
- Two Palestinian civilians were wounded

• Israeli forces launched 8 airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.
- 2 members of an armed group were killed.
- A member of an armed group and a child were wounded.

• Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters in the West Bank.

- 6 Palestinian civilians, including a journalist, were wounded in Bi’lin and Kufor Qadoum weekly protests.
- 2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded in a protest organized in Selwad village, northeast of Ramallah.

• Israeli forces conducted 73 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one in the Gaza Strip.

- At least 44 Palestinians, including 10 children and 3 women, were arrested.
- Of those arrested is Issa Khairy al-Ja'abary (50), Former Ministry of Local Government in the tenth Palestinian government.

• Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
- Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
- At least 11 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, were arrested at checkpoints in the West Bank.
- A Palestinian civilian was arrested at the Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.

• Israeli navy forces continued targeting Palestinian fishermen in the sea.
- Israeli naval forces opened fire 3 times at Palestinian fishing boats in the northern Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.
- 2 Palestinian fishermen, including a child, were arrested and then released after interrogating them.

- Israeli forces continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
- A barrack for collecting scrap, a workshop for furniture and a house were bulldozed in Hebron.
- 15 tents, 10 barracks, 3 kitchens, 4 mobile health units and a room were uprooted in the northern Jordan Valley.

Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (16 – 22 January 2014).

Shooting:
During the reporting period, two extra-judicial executions occurred, one Israeli drone killed two men, one being a member of an armed group in the Gaza Strip while another drone wounded another member of an armed group and injured a child who was passing by. Israeli forces also wounded 2 Palestinian civilians in shooting incidents. Israeli forces wounded 9 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a journalist. Six of whom were wounded during weekly protests throughout the West Bank, two were wounded in a protest organized in Selwad village, northeast of Ramallah, and 1 was wounded in Beit Foriq village, east of Nablus. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces carried out 8 airstrikes, 7 shooting and bombing incidents along the border fence and 3 shooting incidents at Palestinian fishing boats took place.

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