Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, 1-7.11.07
5 Palestinians, including a man and his child, were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip.
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18 Palestinians, including 3 children, were wounded by IOF.
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IOF conducted 24 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 2 ones into the Gaza Strip.
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IOF arrested 68 Palestinian civilians, including 10 children and a woman, in the West Bank.
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IOF arrested Hatem Qafisha, Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, in Hebron.
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IOF razed at least 80 donums[1] of agricultural land and destroyed 9 houses in the Gaza Strip.
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IOF destroyed a house in Balata refugee camp near Nablus.
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IOF transformed 3 houses in Hebron.
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IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.
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IOF have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world and a humanitarian crisis has emerged.
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IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attacks Palestinian civilians and property.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the reporting period (1 – 7 November 2007):
Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed 5 Palestinians, including a man and his son, in the Gaza Strip and wounded 18 others in the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, on IOF killed 5 Palestinians and wounded 14 others, including a child. On 3 November, 2007, IOF shelled a Palestinian police station in Rafah, killing a policeman and wounding 3 others. On 4 November 2007, IOF killed 4 Palestinian civilians, including a man and his son, and wounded 2 others, including a child, when they shelled a guardroom of a factory of concrete in the northern Gaza Strip. Additionally, 9 Palestinians were wounded by IOF gunfire in others attacks in the Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, IOF wounded 3 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, in ‘Azzoun village, east of Qalqilya, and Kufor Dan village, west of Jenin.
Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 24 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During those incursions, IOF arrested 68 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children and a woman. Thus, the number of Palestinians arrested by IOF in the West Bank since the beginning of this year has mounted to 2,329. During the reporting period, IOF transformed 3 houses in Hebron into military sites.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 2 incursions into Palestinian communities. During those incursions, IOF destroyed 3 houses completely and 4 others partially, transformed a number of houses into military sites, razed at least 80 donums of agricultural land. They also interrogated scores of Palestinian civilians after taking them to military sites at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Gaza Strip
IOF have continued to close all border crossings of the Gaza Strip for nearly 17 months. The total siege imposed by IOF on the Gaza Strip has left disastrous impacts on the humanitarian situation and has violated the economic and social rights of the Palestinian civilian population, particularly the rights to appropriate living conditions, health and education. It has also paralyzed most economic sectors. Furthermore, severe restrictions have been imposed on the movement of the Palestinian civilian population. Moreover, the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip has severely impacted the flow of food, medical supplies and other necessities such as fuel, construction materials and raw materials for various economic sectors. IOF have further tightened the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip since Hamas’ takeover of the Gaza Strip, and the living and economic conditions of Palestinian civilians have further deteriorated. During the reporting period, the Israeli government declared the Gaza Strip as “an enemy entity,” which implies imposing more restrictions and measures of collective punishment against the Palestinian civilian population. On 19 September 2007, the Israeli government declared the Gaza Strip as “an enemy entity” and accordingly measures of collective punishment against Gaza escalated. Since that time, IOF have limited the goods exported to the Gaza Strip to only 9 basic materials. As a consequence, local markets ran out of many goods, which caused a sharp increase in prices, which mounted to 500% for some goods. Israeli occupation forces have banned the flow of some medicines, furniture, electrical appliances, cows and cigarettes into the Gaza Strip, and have decreased the amounts of some goods allowed into the Gaza Strip, such as fruits, milk and some dairy products. IOF have also continued to impose severe restrictions on fishing in the Gaza Strip.
West Bank
IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians to and from Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been denied access to the city. IOF have established many checkpoints around and inside the city. Restrictions of the movement of Palestinian civilians often escalate on Fridays to prevent them from praying at the al-Aqsa Mosque. IOF often violently beat Palestinian civilians who attempt to bypass checkpoints and enter the city. IOF have also tightened the siege imposed on Palestinian communities in the West Bank. They have isolated Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF also erected more checkpoints on the main roads and intersections in the West Bank.
Settlement Activities: Israeli settlers living in the OPT in violation of international humanitarian law have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property. On Friday evening, 2 November 2007, Israeli settlers from “Kiryat Arba” and “Kharsina” settlements, southeast of Hebron, attacked 4 Palestinian houses opposite to the settlements with stones and empty bottles. The houses were damaged and their residents were extremely terrified. IOF troops were present in the area, but did not intervene to stop the attack.
Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (1 – 7 November 2007)
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