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

 

 

·              Two Palestinians were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip.

 

·              Two Palestinian children were killed by the explosion of an object left by IOF in the Gaza Strip.

 

·              Two activists of the Palestinian resistance were wounded by flechette shells fired by IOF in the Gaza Strip.

 

·              IOF continued to fire at Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.

-  12 Palestinian workers and one farmer were wounded.

 

·              A Palestinian civilian was wounded by Israeli gunfire in al-'Eissawiya village near Jerusalem.

 

·              IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.

-       Two Palestinian civilians were wounded.

-       IOF arrested 3 international human rights defenders. 

 

·              IOF conducted 25 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.   

-       IOF arrested 15 Palestinian civilians, including two children.

 

·              Israeli warplanes attacked a number of civilian targets in the Gaza Strip. 

·      A house and a water well were damaged in al-Mughraqa village in the central Gaza Strip.

·      A paramilitary site was destroyed and two schools were heavily damaged in Gaza City.

 

·              Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

-      Israeli soldiers at military checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 6 Palestinian civilians, including former Palestinian Minister of Prisoners' Affairs.

 

·              Israel has continued to take measures aimed at creating a Jewish demographic majority in Jerusalem .

-          IOF demolished two houses in Jerusalem.

 

·              IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

-       IOF destroyed 6 water wells south of Hebron.

-       Israeli settlers poured waste water onto a school in 'Azzoun-'Atma village.

 

 

Summary

 

Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (09 – 15 December 2010):

 

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During the reporting period, IOF killed two Palestinians, while two children were killed by the explosion of a projectile left by IOF in the Gaza Strip.  Additionally, 15 Palestinians, including 3 children, were wounded by IOF in the Gaza Strip, and another two ones were wounded in the West Bank.

 

On 11 December 2010, IOF killed two Palestinians near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of al-Boreij refugee camp.  Palestinian medical crews were not allow to evacuate the bodies for two days.

 

On 10 December 2010, two Palestinian children were killed in al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in Gaza City by the explosion of a projectile left by IOF.

 

On 13 December 2010, two activists of the Palestinian resistance were wounded by shrapnel from flechette shells fired by IOF in the northern Gaza Strip. 

 

During the reporting period, IOF fired at Palestinian workers who were collecting scraps of construction materials.  As a result, 12 workers, including two children, were wounded by Israeli gunfire.   

 

On 10 December 2010, a Palestinian farmer was wounded by Israeli gunfire in the southern Gaza Strip. 

 

During the reporting period, Israeli warplanes attacked a number of targets in the Gaza Strip.  As a result, a paramilitary site was destroyed and two schools were heavily damaged in Gaza City, and a house and a water well were damaged in al-Mughraqa village in the central Gaza Strip.

 

 

During the reporting period, IOF used excessive force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall.  As a result, two Palestinian civilians were wounded, and dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation or sustained bruises.   IOF also arrested 3 international human rights defenders.

 

The full report is available online at:

http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/?option=com_content&view=article&id=7159:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-09--15-december-2010&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183

 

 

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