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<h1 class="article-title">15 Palestinians wounded in 56 incursions by
Israeli troops</h1>
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alt="author"> Friday November 22, 2013 03:13</span><span
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PCHR-Gaza</span></span> <br>
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In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory for the week of 14- 20 November 2013, the
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli forces
launched 8 air strikes on the Gaza Strip. 3,500 chicks and 15 sheep
died in Israeli raids on poultry and sheep farms in Khan Younis.
<p class="article"> Israeli forces have continued to open fire at the
border areas in the Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported. 8
Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, were wounded in the
southeast of Nablus. And 7 Palestinian civilians were wounded in
protests in Kofur Qaddoum village, northeast of Qalqilia, and Bil'in
village, west of Ramallah.<br>
<br>
Israeli attacks in the West Bank:<br>
<br>
Israeli forces conducted 56 incursions into Palestinian communities in
the West Bank and a limited one in the Gaza Strip.<br>
<br>
At least 58 Palestinians, including 11 children and a mother of 2
children, were arrested.<br>
<br>
Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank. At
least 10 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, were arrested at
checkpoints in the West Bank.<br>
<br>
Israeli has continued efforts to create a Jewish demographic majority
in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli authorities approved the scheme of
the (National Park) on the lands of al-Tour and al-'Eisawiya villages.<br>
<br>
In an example of one of this week’s invasions, on November 14th, At
approximately 14:00, Israeli forces moved into al-Aroub refugee camp,
north of Hebron. They raided a house belonging to the family of
Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Dawood (65) and stationed on top of the house.
Mohammed and his family tried to prevented Israeli soldiers from going
upstairs, but he and his family were attacked. Israeli soldiers fired
sound bombs at the family and attacked them again in front of the
house. As a result, some of the family members sustained bruises and
were taken to Hebron Hospital to receive medical treatment.<br>
<br>
Mohammed Abu Dawood (65) said to PCHR's fieldworker:<br>
"At approximately 14:15 on Friday, 15 November 2013, I was on the third
floor of my 3-storey house. I heard violent knocking on the door
leading to the roof. I went downstairs to the door and found 4 Israeli
soldiers, including an officer who hit the door with his gun. I
realized that the main door of the house was open. I asked them what
they were doing. One of them asked me to give them the key, but I
refused because a few day earlier some Israeli soldiers went up to the
roof and damaged the solar power boards. The officer hit the door
again, so I shouted asking them to stop, but in vain. My sons Yusef
(25), Ibrahim (25), daughter Amani (20) and my two wives Nazmiya (58)
and Zainab (60) came. A quarrel erupted between me and the soldiers.
Ibrahim stood in the middle to prevent them from attacking me. A
soldier held a sound bomb and hit it on Ibrahim's head and then threw
it towards Yusef, whose head was injured. Ibrahim got away, as he was
bleeding. In the meantime, I stepped back, but a soldier who was one
step higher than me, so he strongly kicked me in the left side of my
chest. Yusef carried me to a close balcony as I suffered difficulty in
breathing. I heard him calling out relatives downstairs to bring an
ambulance. After a while, my sons took me outdoor waiting for the
ambulance. There were Israeli soldiers out there, in addition to my
brother Ibrahim (50) and his sons. My two wives and daughters stayed
inside and closed the door. The Israeli soldiers approached and started
hitting the door with their gun butts. I tried to prevent them from
doing so, but a soldier broke the glass of the door. My nephew Mohammed
came to get me away fearing that I would be attacked again, but 2
soldiers pulled him back, pushed him to the ground and attacked him. My
sons and brother came to help him. In the meanwhile, a soldier stood on
the door's step, held his gun crosswise and jumped over them. They all
fell to the ground. The soldiers took each one of them and attacked him
individually. Once an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society
(PRCS) arrived, the Israeli soldiers left. I was taken with 3 members
of my family to Hebron Hospital. Following medical check-up, it was
found that I had a fracture in my rib cage, my son Ibrahim sustained a
wound in the left side of his head, my nephew Fadi sustained a fracture
in the nose and my son Ahmed sustained bruises in the belly. A few
minutes later, my brother Ibrahim and my son Yusef arrived were also
admitted to the hospital. My brother sustained a fracture in his left
hand and my son Yusef had pain in his left side of his head. Half an
hour later, my wife Nazmiya was admitted to the hospital. She had pain
in the chest. I learnt later that Israeli soldiers had pushed her while
going downstairs. We left the hospital in the evening." <br>
<br>
Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip:<br>
<br>
Israel has continued to impose a total closure and has isolated the
Gaza Strip from the outside world.<br>
<br>
A patient from Rafah was arrested at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the
northern Gaza Strip.<br>
<br>
Israeli navy forces have continued targeting Palestinian fishermen in
the sea.<br>
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twice. The first attack took place on 16 November 2013, but neither
casualties nor material damage were reported. On 17 November 2013,
Israeli gunboats stationed off al-Waha Resort shore, northwest of Beit
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sailing nearly 1.5 nautical miles in the sea. An Israeli gunboat
surrounded a boat boarding 2 fishermen; ‘Ammar As’ad ‘Abdel Malek
al-Sultan (21) and Muhsin Akram Diab Zayed (24) from al-Salatin
neighbourhood in Beit Lahia. Israeli naval soldiers forced fishermen to
jump into the water and swim towards the Israeli gunboat while the two
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and items and took the fishermen to Ashdod Port, where they were
arrested and questioned. At Israeli forces released the two fishermen
on the following day via Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. <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>
Israeli forces erased 100 olive trees in Ya'bad village, southwest of
Jenin.<br>
Israeli settlers set fire to 2 vehicles in Fara'ta village, northeast
of Qalqilia.<br>
219 olive trees were uprooted and damaged in the northern and southern
West Bank. <br>
<br>
On Thursday morning, 14 November 2013, Israeli forces, backed with
heavy military bulldozers, leveled farmlands, south of Ya’abod village
near the main bypass road, which leads to “Movedtan” settlement
established on Palestinian lands between Jenin and the northern
villages of Tulakrm, southwest of Jenin.<br>
<br>
On the same day, 4 Israeli settlers sneaked into a house belonging to
the family of Khaled ‘Abdel Rahman Mahmoud Dar Khalil in Sanjal
village, north of Ramallah. The settlers poured an incendiary material
inside the house balcony, which was closed by glass, put it on fire,
and wrote a slogan in Hebrew on the outside wall.<br>
<br>
Also on the same day, a group of settlers, escorted by Israeli forces,
raided one of the ancient archaeological areas, west of al-Samou’a
village, south of Hebron, and perform religious rituals. <br>
<br>
Also on the same day, a group of settlers from “Eddy ‘Aad” settlement,
which is established on the east of Turmos’ayah lands, north of
Ramallah, uprooted 75 seedlings in the al-Sabiha agricultural area,
east of the village and 3 kilometers away from the aforementioned
settlement.<br>
<br>
On 15 November 2013, dozens of settlers, escorted by Israeli forces,
obstructed the movement at the entrance of Beit Ummar village, and
uprooted 75 seedlings in al-Sbihah agricultural area, east of the
village.<br>
<br>
On 17 November 2013, a number of settlers from “Afijal” settlement
established on Palestinian lands, east of Yata, south of Hebron, cut
106 olive trees belonging to Mos’if family in Mo’in valley, east of
Yata, with handsaws.<br>
<br>
On 18 November 2013, Israeli forces confiscated 120 square meters of
construction bricks of al-Dirat village, northeast of Yata, south of
Hebron, under the pretext of building a mosque without a construction
permit.<br>
<br>
On the same day, civilians were surprised in Qasrah village, southeast
of Nablus, with settlers uprooting 38 olive seedlings and tried to
demolish an agricultural room belonging to ‘Ali ‘Abdel Hamid Hassan,
but they could not. <br>
<br>
On 19 November 2013, 3 settlers infiltrated from “Hafa Gel’ad”
settlement to Fer’etah village, northeast of Qalqilya, and set a truck
and vehicle belonging to Bahjat Mohammed Mahmoud Soliman, on fire.<br>
<br>
Israeli attacks on non-violent demonstrations:<br>
<br>
Following the Friday Prayer, 15 November 2013, dozens of Palestinian
civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders
organised a peaceful demonstration in Bil’in, west of Ramallah, in
protest at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement
activities. The demonstration was also organized to mark the 25th
anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the 9th anniversary
of the death of the late President Yasser Arafat. Demonstrators took
the streets raising the Palestinian flags and headed to the liberated
territories near the annexation wall. Israeli forces had closed all the
entrances of the village since morning to prevent the Palestinian and
international activists and journalists from participating in the
demonstration. Demonstrators marched adjacent to the cement wall and
tried to cross the fence before Israeli forces that are stationed
behind the wall, in the western area, and a large number of soldiers
deployed along it fired live bullets, tear gas canisters, rubber-coated
steel bullets, sound bombs and skunk water at them and chased them in
olive fields. As a result, a 17-year-old child was wounded by 3 bullets
to the back, dozens suffered tear gas inhalation and others sustained
bruises due to being beaten up by Israeli soldiers.<br>
<br>
On the same day, dozens of Palestinian civilians organised a peaceful
demonstration in the middle of Ni’lin village, west of Ramallah, in
protest at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement
activities. Demonstrators took the streets and headed to the annexation
wall. Israeli forces closed the gates of the wall with barbwires and
prevented the demonstrators from passing to the land behind it before
they responded by throwing stones. As a result, many civilians suffered
tear gas inhalation and bruises due to being beaten up by Israeli
soldiers.<br>
<br>
Around the same time, dozens of Palestinian civilians and Israeli and
international human rights defenders organised a peaceful
demonstration, in protest at the construction of the annexation wall
and settlement activities, in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of
Ramallah. Demonstrators took the streets raising the Palestinian flags
and chanting slogans against the occupation and in support of the
Palestinian unity resistance, and then they headed to the lands that
the settlers are trying to rob by force near “Halmish” settlement.
Israeli forces had closed all the entrances of the village since
morning to prevent the Palestinian and international activists and
journalists from participating in the demonstration. When they arrived
at the land, the demonstrators were met by live bullets, tear gas
canisters, rubber-coated steel bullets, sound bombs and skunk water and
were chased into the village. As a result, a number of civilians
suffered tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises due to being
beaten up by Israeli soldiers.<br>
<br>
Following the Friday prayer, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
international and Israeli human rights defenders organised a peaceful
demonstration in Ma’sara village, in protest at the construction of the
annexation wall and settlement activities. The demonstration started in
front of the Candles Cultural Centre in the centre of the village.
Demonstrators moved in the streets raising the Palestinian flag. When
they arrived at the area where the annexation wall is established,
Israeli forces started firing tear gas canisters in attempt to disperse
them and prevented the demonstrators from reaching the annexation wall.
A number of civilians suffered tear gas inhalation.<br>
<br>
At approximately 12:30 on the same day, Palestinian civilians and
international activists organised a peaceful demonstration in the
centre of Kufor Qaddoum village, northwest of Qalqilia, and headed
towards the eastern entrance of the village, in protest at the
continued closure of the entrance with an iron gate, since the
beginning of the Aqsa Intifada. Clashes erupted between the
demonstrators and Israeli forces that fired sound bombs and tear gas
canisters to prevent them from reaching the aforementioned gate. As a
result, 6 civilians, including an 8-year-old boy, were wounded and
others suffered tear gas inhalation. Moreover, Israeli forces detained
and questioned 4 children for an hour. The detained children were:
Ahmed Abdul Salam Ishteiwi (6); Malek Hekmat Ishteiwi (7); Tareq Hekmat
Ishtiwi (9); and Hosam Khaldoun Abu Khaled (8).<br>
<br>
On Friday, 15 November 2013, dozens of Palestinian civilians and
international activists gathered in Bethelehm to commemorate the
anniversary of the Declaration of Independence at the intersection
leading to "Bitar Elite" settlement. They closed the street and raised
the Palestinian flags. Israeli forces and police arrived to the area
and dispersed the demonstrators.<br>
<br>
At approximately 15:00, on the same day, dozens of Palestinian children
gathered at the entrance of Selwad village, northeast of Ramallah. They
threw stones at a military fence around the village. Israeli forces
stationed in the area fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal
bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the children. As a
result, a number of civilians suffered tear gas inhalation. Israeli
forces arrested 3 children: Majd Abdul Rahman Hamed (16); Abdullah
Khaled Hammad (17); and Mohammed Ziad Hamed (14). The third child was
released 2 hours following his arrest, while the other 2 ones were
taken to Ofer detention facility, southwest of the city.<br>
<br>
Majd's mother said to PCHR's fieldworker that she and her husband
Abdullah Saleh had gone at approximately 23:30, on the same day, to
"Benjamin" police station, as they received a phone call from an
Israeli police officer named Morad, asking them to come to the police
station and see their son's statement. The mother added: "When I went
in, I saw my son Majd. He sustained wounds in his forehead and bruises
around his eyes. His clothes were stained with blood, as he was beaten
up."<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 United Nations
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>
The PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva
Conventions to compel Israel, as a High Contracting Party to the
Conventions, to apply the Conventions in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories.<br>
<br>
For the full text of the report, click on the link below:<br>
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