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<font size=3>Palestinian Centre for Human Rights weekly report <br><br>
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</a>(Gaza City) PCHR <br>
Friday, 15 December 2006 <br><br>
The PCHR issued its report for the week of 7 through 13 December
outlining human rights abuses in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem,
and the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces arrested 40 Palestinians this week,
including six children and attacked two radio stations. <br><br>
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights photo that accompanied the weekly
report ran with the caption, "Thousands of Palestinian civilians
waiting for the Rafah border crossing to open." <br><br>
The full text of the report follows. <br><br>
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on
Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
(OPT) <br><br>
Two Palestinian couple were killed by the explosion of a mysterious
object from the remainders of IOF. <br><br>
A Palestinian woman died from a heart attack when IOF detonated a sound
bomb inside her house. <br><br>
11 Palestinian civilians, including two children, were wounded by IOF.
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IOF conducted 27 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West
Bank. <br><br>
IOF arrested 40 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children. <br><br>
IOF raided offices of two local radio stations in Hebron. <br><br>
An IOF bloodhound bit and injured a Palestinian woman in Nablus.
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IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT; IOF have isolated
the Gaza Strip from the outside world. <br><br>
IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside the West Ban;
IOF have continued to construct a section of the Wall in ‘Azzoun ‘Atma
village, south of Qalqilya. <br><br>
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Summary <br><br>
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law continued in
the OPT during the reported period (7 – 13 December 2006): <br><br>
Killing: During the reported period, a Palestinian couple were killed in
Sa’ir village, northeast of Hebron, and their child was seriously wounded
on 9 December 2006, when a mysterious object exploded in junks collected
by the husband from an area used by IOF as a training site. On 12
December 2006, a 56-year-old Palestinian woman died from a heart attack
when IOF detonated a sound bombs inside her house. On 10 December 2006, a
Palestinian child was wounded in al-Fara’a refugee camp, southeast of
Jenin, when IOF fired at a number of children who demonstrated against
them. <br><br>
In the Gaza Strip, in violation of the truce between IOF and the
Palestinian side, IOF fired at a number of Palestinian civilians,
wounding 10 of them. On 7 December 2006, 4 Palestinian civilians,
including two brothers, were wounded in separate incidents of shooting by
IOF in the northern Gaza Strip. On 8 December 2006, two Palestinian
civilians, including a child, were wounded when IOF fired at a number of
Palestinian civilians who were searching for wires and metals in the
northern Gaza Strip. On 10 December 2006, IOF fired at a Palestinian
civilian who was farming his land in the northern Gaza Strip, wounding
him seriously. On 13 December 2006, an IOF gunboat opened fire at a
fishing boat opposite to Rafah seashore, wounding 3 Palestinian
fishermen, including two brothers. <br><br>
Incursions: During the reported period, IOF conducted at least 27
military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during
which they raided houses and arrested 40 Palestinian civilians,
including 6 children. They also raided and searched offices of two local
radio stations in Hebron, and arrested the director of one of them.
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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. <br><br>
Gaza Strip <br><br>
IOF have imposed a strict siege on the Gaza Strip. They have closed its
border crossings as a form of collective punishment against Palestinian
civilians. <br><br>
IOF have closed Rafah International Crossing Point since 25 June 2006,
even though they do not directly control it. During the reported period,
the crossing point was reopened on Wednesday, 13 December 2006. IOF
have partially reopened commercial crossings, especially al-Mentar
(Karni) crossing, but many goods and medical supplies have been lacked in
markets in the Gaza Strip. IOF have also continued to close Erez crossing
in the northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians
from the Gaza Strip have been prevented from traveling through this
crossing. IOF have allowed international workers to pass through
the crossing. With this closure, only few Palestinian patients have
been able to travel to hospitals in Israel and the West Bank. In
addition, IOF have continued to prevent Palestinian fishermen from
fishing for 5 months. <br><br>
West Bank <br><br>
IOF have 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 have continued to separate between the north and
south of the West Bank. <br><br>
Annexation Wall: IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall
inside the West Bank. During the reported period, IOF continued to
construct a section of the Wall near ‘Azzoun ‘Atma village, south of
Qalqilya. IOF seized more Palestinian land for this purpose. This section
of the Wall will isolated the village totally and will seal it off from
large areas of agricultural land and some houses and civilian facilities.
On 12 December 2006, IOF soldiers prevented Palestinian school children
teachers from reaching their school in ‘Azzoun ‘Atma village, south of
Qalqilya, which has been isolated by the Wall. On 7 December 2006, IOF
used force to disperse a peaceful demonstration organized by Palestinian
civilians and international and Israeli solidarity activists in protest
to the construction of the Wall in Bal’ein village, west of Ramallah.
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