[News] Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

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Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied 
Palestinian Territories

No. 09/2004

04- 10 March 2004



Israeli Forces Continue to Perpetrate Violence in the OPTs



·          27 Palestinians, including 8 children and one woman, killed by 
Israeli forces

·          14 were killed during an Israeli military incursion into 
Nusseirat refugee camp

·          5 were killed in an extra-judicial assassination

·          Israeli forces conducted a series of incursions into Palestinian 
areas in the West Bank and Gaza Strip

·          20 houses demolished and 22 donums[1] of agricultural land razed 
in Rafah

·          Houses were raided and a number of Palestinians were arrested

·          Construction of the Separation Wallin the West Bank continued 
and more areas of Palestinian land seized

·          Indiscriminate shelling of Palestinian residential areas 
continued; 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a woman, killed 
and a number of others injured

·         Israeli occupying forces continued to impose a total siege on the 
OPTs





Introduction



This week, Israeli occupying forces continued to violate the Palestinian 
civilianshuman rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories 
(OPTs).  Human rights violations included the use of extra-judicial 
assassinations and willful killings.  Throughout the week, Israeli 
occupying forces also conducted incursions into Palestinian areas; shot at 
Palestinian civilians, including children; indiscriminately shelled 
residential areas and demolished houses; and leveled agricultural 
land.  Israeli occupying forces also continued construction of the 
separation wallinside the West Bank and have continued to impose a tight 
siege on the OPTs.  This week, 25 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were 
killed and more than 20 others injured by Israeli occupying forces.  In 
addition, 2 children died from previous injuries.



This week, Israeli occupying forces conducted 6 military incursions into 
Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip.  An Israeli military attack in a 
Palestinian residential area in central Gaza Strip conducted on Sunday 7 
March 2004, left 14 Palestinians dead, including four children, and more 
than 80 others wounded, including 26 children.  Israeli occupying forces 
also demolished 20 houses and razed 22 donums of agricultural land in 
Rafah.



In the West Bank, Israeli occupying forces conducted a series of military 
incursions into Palestinian areas.   These incursions left 4 Palestinian 
civilians dead.  Israeli forces also arrested dozens of Palestinians, 
including 8 children and one woman.  Israeli forces destroyed a house in 
Anza village in Jenin, claiming they found mortar shells inside it.



In a continuation of the policy of extra-judicial assassinations officially 
adopted by the Israeli government, on Wednesday afternoon, 10 March 2004, 
an Israeli undercover unit assassinated 5 Palestinians in Jenin, including 
4 members of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, the military wing of Fatah movement.



Israeli settlers continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property, 
and this week razed areas of Palestinian land to expand existing 
settlements.  A Palestinian child from Jerusalem died from a previous 
injury sustained when an Israeli settler car ran over him.



Israeli occupying forces continued construction of the Separation 
Wallinside the West Bank, and razed more areas of Palestinian agricultural 
land for the purpose of this construction.  Israeli forces attacked 
Palestinian civilians, Israeli peace activists and international solidarity 
groups who demonstrated against this construction.  A strict siege on 
al-Ramadin village, south of Hebron remained imposed for this purpose.



Israeli occupying forces continued to impose severe restrictions on the 
movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, 
including Jerusalem.



In the Gaza Strip, these forces have continued to impose a tightened siege 
on the total area, and imposed more restrictions on movement at border 
crossings and military checkpoints.  They have also maintained the closure 
of a number of main and branch roads in the Gaza Strip by Israeli soldiers 
stationed at Israeli military checkpoints.  Such restrictions on freedom of 
movement are in contravention of international human rights law to which 
Israel is a state party, including the International Covenant on Economic, 
Social and Cultural Rights.



In the West Bank, Israeli occupying forces have continued to impose a 
strict siege on Palestinian communities and imposed severe restrictions on 
the movement of Palestinian civilians.  They have blocked a number of roads 
using cement blocks, sand barriers, and trenches.  They have also erected 
temporary checkpoints and arrested a number of Palestinians.  Israeli 
occupying forces claimed that they had dismantled a number of military 
checkpoints in the West Bank, but this has been proven to be untrue.







The full report is available online at:

<http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2004/11-03-2004.htm>http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2004/11-03-2004.htm





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[1] 1 donum is equal to 1000 square meters


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