[News] 9 Palestinian civilians wounded, 26 abducted in 51 Israeli invasions this week
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PCHR Weekly Report: 9 civilians wounded, 26 abducted in 51 Israeli
invasions this week
author Friday August 02, 2013 18:12author by PCHR-Gaza
http://www.imemc.org/article/65901
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 25 - 31 July 2013,
the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli
forces continued to fire at Palestinian civilians in border areas in
the Gaza Strip, wounding 2 Palestinian civilians. 5 Palestinian
civilians were wounded in the West Bank during Israeli incursions,
and 2 Palestinian civilians, including a B'Tselem volunteer, were
wounded by Israeli forces during non-violent demonstrations.
Israeli attacks in the West Bank:
Israeli forces conducted 51 incursions into Palestinian communities in
the West Bank, abducting at least 26 Palestinian civilians, including 8
children.
In the West Bank, 5 Palestinian civilians were wounded in Jenin town and
refugee camp during clashes with Israeli forces that moved into the town
and the refugee camp. On Thursday, July 25th, at approximately 04:45,
Israeli forces moved into Jenin town and refugee camp. They raided and
searched an under-construction kindergarten in the camp. In the
meantime, a number of Palestinian youngsters gathered and threw stones
and empty bottles at the Israeli forces. Immediately, Israeli soldiers
fired tear gas canisters and sound bombs at the youngsters. As a result,
a 20-year-old Palestinian was injured by shrapnel from sound bombs, and
a number of others suffered tear gas inhalation.
During one of this week's 51 incursions, Israeli forces attacked a
Palestinian family in al-'Arroub refugee camp, north of Hebron, while
abducting a child.
Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank. 2
Palestinian civilians, including a child, were abducted by Israeli
forces at checkpoints in the West Bank.
Israeli settlement activities:
Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the
West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian
civilians and property.
On 30 July 2013, Israeli forces moved in Be'r al-Ballouta area to the
west of Ethna village, west of Hebron. They delivered a notice to a
Palestinian civilian ordering the demolition of a 200-cubic-meter water
reservoir that belongs to the municipality, claiming that it was
established without a license.
On 26 July 2013, dozens of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli forces,
stormed the lands of Seilat al-Zaher village, south of Jenin, where an
evacuated Israeli settlement, "Homesh," used to stand. The settlers
performed Talmudic rituals and set up a number of tents in the area.
They left the area later and no more incidents were reported.
On the same day, a number of Israeli settlers from "Matsvi Yair"
settlement to the southeast of Yatta village, south of Hebron, stormed
the lands of Khirbat Qoyous area and attacked Palestinian farmers and
shepherds and international solidarity activists. Israeli forces also
intervened and abducted 3 Palestinians.
On 27 July 2013, a number of Israeli settlers, escorted by Israeli
forces, stormed the lands to the south of Jenin, where an evacuated
Israeli settlement, "Tirsla," used to stand. The settlers performed
Talmudic rituals and set up a number of tents in the area. They left the
area later and no more incidents were reported.
On 29 July 2013, a number of Israeli settlers from "Bitar Illit"
settlement, which stands on Palestinian lands to the west of Bethlehem,
stormed 'Ein Fares area in the west of Nahalin village.
Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip:
In the Gaza Strip, 2 Palestinian civilians were wounded by Israeli
forces in the central and northern Gaza Strip. On Saturday, July 27th,
At approximately 19:15, Israeli forces positioned at the border between
the Gaza Strip and Israel fired at a person who approached the border in
the central Gaza Strip, wounding him with 2 bullets to legs. He was
identified as Fadi Waleed 'Eissa, 29, from Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood
in Gaza City. According to his mother, he suffers from a physiological
disorder.
During the reporting period, Israeli naval forces continued to attack
Palestinian fishing boats
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On 27 July 2013, a Palestinian fishing boat
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was damaged as it was hit by the Israeli gunfire when it was sailing 6
nautical miles of Gaza shore.
Israeli attacks on non-violent demonstrations:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces continued the systematic use
of excessive force against peaceful protests organised by Palestinian,
Israeli and international activists against the construction of the
annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result,
2 Palestinian civilians, including a B'Tselem volunteer, were wounded.
Besides, dozens suffered tear gas inhalation and others sustained
bruises due to Israeli soldiers' attack on them.
Following the Friday Prayer on 26 July 2013, dozens of Palestinian
civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders organised
a peaceful demonstration in Bil'in village, west of Ramallah, in protest
at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities.
The demonstrators made their way towards the annexation wall. Israeli
forces closed the wall gate with barbwire. When the demonstrators
attempted to access the lands behind the barbwire, they were stopped by
Israeli soldiers. The demonstrators threw stones at the Israeli soldiers
who responded with live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, sound
bombs, and tear gas canisters, and chased them across fields of olive
trees. As a result, Haitham Mohammed al-Khatib, a photographer of the
Public Committee against the Wall in Bil'in and a volunteer in B'Tselem
-- the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied
Territories, was hit by a tear gas canister. An 18-year-old civilian was
also wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the left leg.
Additionally, dozens of demonstrators suffered tear gas inhalation and
others sustained bruises.
Also following the Friday Prayer, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
international and Israeli human rights defenders organised a peaceful
demonstration in Ni'lin village, west of Ramallah, in protest at the
construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities. The
demonstrators made their way towards the annexation wall. Israeli forces
closed the wall gate with barbed wire and, when the demonstrators
attempted to access the lands behind the barbed wire, they were stopped
by Israeli soldiers. The demonstrators threw stones at the Israeli
soldiers who responded with live ammunition, rubber-coated metal
bullets, sound bombs, and tear gas canisters, and chased them across
fields of olive trees as far as the outskirts of the village. As a
result, dozens of demonstrators suffered tear gas inhalation and others
sustained bruises.
Around the same time on Friday, dozens of Palestinian civilians, Israeli
and international human rights activists gathered at the Martyrs Square
in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, to organize a weekly
peaceful protest against the construction of the annexation wall and
settlement activities. The protesters walked towards Palestinian lands
that Israeli settlers from the nearby "Halmish" settlement are trying to
seize. From the morning, Israeli forces had closed all entrances to the
village to prevent Palestinians, international activists, and
journalists from joining the demonstration. Upon their arrival in the
area, Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets,
sound bombs, and tear gas canisters, chased the demonstrators into the
village and sprayed them and civilian houses with waste water. As a
result, dozens of Palestinians suffered tear gas inhalation and others
sustained bruises.
Also following the Friday Prayer, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
international human rights defenders organized a peaceful demonstration
in al-Ma'sara village, south of Bethlehem, in protest at the
construction of the annexation wall. The demonstration moved from the
center of the village towards the wall. Israeli forces attacked the
demonstrators and abducted Mahmoud 'Alaa' al-Din, 27.
At 13:12, following the Friday Prayer, 26 July 2013, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights
defenders organised a peaceful demonstration in Kufor Qaddoum village,
northeast of Qalqilya, heading to the eastern entrance of the village in
protest at closing that entrance since the beginning of the al-Aqsa
Intifada in 2000. The demonstrators gathered in front of the entrance.
Israeli forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, sound
bombs and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators. As a result, dozens
of demonstrators suffered tear gas inhalation. Neither casualties nor
abductions were reported.
Recommendations to the international community:
Due to the number and severity of Israeli human rights violations this
week, the PCHR made several recommendations to the international
community. Among these were a recommendation that the international
community and the United Nations use all available means to allow the
Palestinian people to enjoy their right to self-determination, through
the establishment of the Palestinian State, which was recognized by the
UN General Assembly with a vast majority, using all international legal
mechanisms, including sanctions to end the occupation of the State of
Palestine;
The PCHR also calls upon the United Nations to provide international
protection to Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and
to ensure the non-recurrence of aggression against the Occupied
Palestinian Territories, especially the Gaza Strip.
For the full text of the report, click on the link below:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_...1:new
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