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category-palestine"><span>October 21, 2016</span>
<p>In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations
in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of
13 – 19 October 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human
Rights (PCHR) found that Israeli forces continued
systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian
territories. A Palestinian woman was shot dead at
Za’tarah checkpoint, southeast of Nablus. 6 Palestinian
civilians, including 3 children, were wounded. Two of
them were seriously wounded.</p>
<p>Israeli attacks in the West Bank:</p>
<p>Israeli forces have continued to commit crimes,
inflicting civilian casualties. During the reporting
period, in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, Israeli
forces killed a Palestinian woman and wounded 6 others,
including 3 children. Two of them were directly targeted
and seriously wounded.</p>
<p>In the West Bank, on Sunday, 19 October 2016, Israeli
forces shot dead Raheeq Shajee’ Mohammed Yusef (19)
while being present near Za’tarah checkpoint, southeast
of Nablus, under the pretext of a stabbing attack.</p>
<p>In excessive use of deadly force, on 13 October 2016,
Israeli forces fired a tear gas canister right to
Mostafa Hassan al-Jamal (12) after moving into Beit
Soreek village, northwest of Jerusalem. As a result, the
boy suffered concussion.</p>
<p>On 15 October 2016, Israeli forces opened fire at the
entrance to al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.
As a result, 3 civilians were wounded, including 2
children. One of the children named Fares al-Bayedh (15)
was hit with a rubber-coated metal bullet to the
forehead, due to which, his wound was classified as
serious.</p>
<p>On 16 October 2016, 2 civilians were wounded; one of
whom was abducted, after Israeli special forces moved
into Qabatiya village, south of Jenin.</p>
<p>During the past week, Israeli forces conducted 98
incursions into Palestinian communities in the West
Bank. 83 civilians, including 26 children and 3 women,
were abducted. Forty-eight of them, including 23
children and the 3 women, were abducted in occupied
Jerusalem.</p>
<p>Contents of a publishing house were confiscated for the
third time. In addition, a grocery was raided and some
of its contents were damaged while other contents were
stolen in Hebron.</p>
<p>Israeli forces continued their efforts to create Jewish
majority in occupied East Jerusalem. An orphans’ school
was raided; and the director of the Ministry of
Education and 10 students were abducted.</p>
<p>A room in a house belonging to a Palestinian prisoner
was shut down. Another apartment was shut down also
under the pretext it contains a metal workshop in
Nablus.</p>
<p>Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip:</p>
<p>In the Gaza Strip, in the context of targeting the
border areas, Israeli forces stationed at the border
fence, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip,
opened fire at an electricity company crew while
attempting to maintain the network that is 300 meters
away from the border fence. As a result, they stopped
their work and fled.</p>
<p>On 19 October 2016, Israeli forces stationed in the
east of al-Ahmar area, east of Bait Hanoun village,
north of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at the
aforementioned area. As a result, the farmers fled
fearing for their lives. However, neither casualties nor
material damage were reported.</p>
<p>As part of targeting Palestinian fishermen in the Sea,
on 13 October 2016, Israeli forces stationed in the sea
off al-Waha area, northwest of Beit Lahia, north of the
Gaza Strip, opened fire at the Palestinian fishermen. As
a result, the fishermen sailed back to the seaport. The
same attack was carried out 4 times during the reporting
period in the same area and off al-Sudaniya shore as
well. No casualties were reported.</p>
<p>Israeli settlement activities:</p>
<p>Israeli forces and civilian militia groups continued
settlement activities in the West Bank.</p>
<p>Concerning settler attacks, on 13 October 2016, a group
of settlers guarded by Israeli forces moved into
al-Thawri neighbourhood in East Jerusalem’s Old city.
They attacked Palestinian property, attempted to raid
some houses and attacked their inhabitants.</p>
<p>The next day, settlers stabbed and attacked Mohammed
al-Razem (26), from Silwan village, while he was walking
in a street, north of East Jerusalem.</p>
<p>On 13 October 2016, Israeli forces moved into Kherbet
al-Hadidiya in northern Jordan Valley, east of Tubas.
They levelled the road leading to the Kherbeh and put a
sand barrier at the entrance to that Kherbeh.</p>
<p>On 14 October 2016, a settler set fire to lands in
Kufor Qaddoum village, east of Qalqilya. As a result, 50
olive trees belonging to the heirs of Abdul Mahdi
Mohammed Ali were burnt before the Civil Defence crew
could extinguish fire.</p>
<p>On 15 October 2016, 2 settlers accompanied by Israeli
soldiers coming from “Itmar” settlement, dismissed the
family of Fawaz Hanani at gun point. The settlers threw
away the olives that family had collected.</p>
<p>Israeli attacks on non-violent demonstrations:</p>
<p>This week, Israeli troops used excessive force against
Palestinian civilians participating in peaceful
protests, the majority of whom were youngsters.</p>
<p>Following the Friday prayer, 14 October 2016, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and Israeli and international
human rights defenders organized protests in Bil’in and
Ni’lin villages, west of Ramallah; al-Nabi Saleh
village, northwest of the city and Kufor Qaddoum
village, northeast of Qalqiliya. Israeli forces forcibly
dispersed the protests, firing live and rubber-coated
metal bullets, tear gas canisters and sound bombs. They
also chased the protesters into olive fields and houses.
As a result, some of the protesters suffered tear gas
inhalation while others sustained bruises as Israeli
soldiers beat them up. Israeli forces stopped
international solidarity groups and detained their
passports, in addition to writing down their names.
Moreover, Israeli forces declared the area a closed
military zone. It should be noted that a number of
Palestinian young men climbed over the annexation wall
and raised the Palestinian flag.</p>
<p>Around the same time, dozens of Palestinian young men
organized a protest against the Israeli policies in the
Occupied Palestinian Territories at the western entrance
to Silwad village, northeast of Ramallah, on the road
between Silwad and Yabroud villages. The Protesters
threw stones and Molotov Cocktails at Israeli soldiers,
who fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets,
tear gas canisters and sound bombs in response. As a
result, a fire broke out in a plot of land belonging to
Mo’amar ‘Aiyad, from Silwad village.</p>
<p>At approximately 13:30 on Friday, 14 October 2016,
Palestinian civilians and Israeli and international
human rights defenders organized a protest in the centre
of Kufor Qaddoum village, northeast of Qalqiliya, and
then made their way to the eastern entrance of the
village in protest against closing that entrance since
the beginning of al-Aqsa Intifada with an iron gate.
When the protesters approached the entrance, Israeli
forces fired live bullets, rubber-coated metal bullets,
tear gas canisters and sound bombs at them. As a result,
many civilians suffered tear gas inhalation.</p>
<p>Recommendations to the international community:</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>In addition, the PCHR called 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.</p>
<p><a href="http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=8494">Click here for
the full text of the report.</a></p>
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