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<h1 class="article-title">PCHR Weekly Report: 9 civilians wounded, 26
abducted in 51 Israeli invasions this week</h1>
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<span class="article-details"><span class="article-detail"><img
class="icon" src="cid:part1.05020207.02030009@freedomarchives.org"
alt="author"> Friday August 02, 2013 18:12</span><span
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src="cid:part2.09090208.05040709@freedomarchives.org" alt="author"> by
PCHR-Gaza</span></span><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.imemc.org/article/65901">http://www.imemc.org/article/65901</a><br>
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<blockquote class="article-intro">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.</blockquote>
<p class="article"> Israeli attacks in the West Bank:<br>
<br>
Israeli forces conducted 51 incursions into Palestinian communities in
the West Bank, abducting at least 26 Palestinian civilians, including 8
children.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Israeli settlement activities:<br>
<br>
Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the
West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian
civilians and property.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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. <br>
<br>
Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip:<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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nautical miles of Gaza shore.<br>
<br>
Israeli attacks on non-violent demonstrations: <br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Recommendations to the international community:<br>
<br>
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;<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
For the full text of the report, click on the link below:<br>
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