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<h1 class="reader-title">Israeli Occupation Forces continue
systematic crimes in occupied Palestinian territories</h1>
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<p><em><b>The weekly report by the Palestinian Center for
Human Rights in Gaza shows that during the reporting
period of 17 – 23 May 2018, Israeli forces
continued systematic crimes in the occupied
Palestinian territory (oPt). Those include: </b></em></p>
<ul>
<li><b>Israeli forces continued to use lethal force
against Palestinian peaceful protesters in the Gaza
Strip.</b></li>
<li><em>Two succumbed to their wounds they sustained in
the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip in
addition to another child in the West Bank.</em></li>
<li><em>35 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children
and a journalist, were wounded in the Gaza Strip and
West Bank.</em></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>A Palestinian Prisoner from al-Mukaber Mount
died in suspicious circumstances</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Israeli warplanes targeted two boats
prepared to welcome the anti-blockade flotilla in
the Gaza Strip, causing damage to both of them</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Israeli forces continued to open fire at the
border areas in the Gaza Strip.</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Israeli forces conducted 49 incursions into
Palestinian communities in the West Bank </strong><strong>and
5 similar ones in Jerusalem</strong></li>
<li><em>33 civilians, including 4 children and PLC
Member, were arrested.</em></li>
<li><em>14 of them were arrested in Jerusalem.</em></li>
<li><strong>Israeli forces continued their settlement
activities in the West Bank</strong></li>
<li><em>Israeli settlers cut 700 grapevines in
al-Marjamah area, north of Hebron.</em></li>
<li><strong>Israeli forces turned the West Bank into
cantons and continued to impose the illegal closure
on the Gaza Strip for the 11<sup>th</sup></strong><strong> consecutive
year.</strong></li>
<li><em>Dozens of temporary checkpoints were established
in the West Bank and others were re-established to
obstruct the movement of Palestinian civilians.</em></li>
<li><em>3 Palestinian civilians, including a woman, were
arrested at the military checkpoints in the West
Bank.</em></li>
<li><em>Israeli forces arrested a patient at Beit Hanoun
“Erez” Crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.</em></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Summary</strong></p>
<p><em>Israeli violations of international law and
international humanitarian law in the oPt continued
during the reporting period </em><em>(17 – 23 May 2018</em><em>).</em></p>
<p><strong><u>Shooting:</u></strong></p>
<p>Israeli forces continued to use excessive lethal force
against Palestinian civilians, who participated in
peaceful demonstrations organized within the activities
of the “Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege” in
the Gaza Strip, which witnessed for the 8<sup>th</sup> week
in a row peaceful demonstrations along the eastern and
northern Gaza Strip border area. During the reporting
period, the Israeli forces wounded 29 Palestinian
civilians, including a journalist; 2 of those wounded
are in serious condition. Meanwhile, 2 civilians
succumbed to their wounds. In the West Bank, a child
succumbed to his wounds while 6 Palestinian civilians,
including 2 children, were wounded in separate
incidents.</p>
<p>In the Gaza Strip, on 18 May 2018, thousands of
Palestinian civilians participated in the Great March of
Return and Breaking the Siege activities along the
northern and eastern borders of the Gaza Strip. The
Israeli forces used force against them, wounding 27
protestors, including a journalist. Moreover, during
the reporting period, 2 other civilians were wounded,
increasing the total number of those wounded to 29
protestors.</p>
<p>In the same context, medical sources at al-Shifa
hospital in Gaza City, on 18 may 2018, declared the
death of Mo’een al-Sa’ie (59), from al-Shati’ refugee
camp, west of Gaza City, after he succumbed to his
wounds. On 19 May 2018, medical sources at al-Quds
Hospital in Gaza City declared the death of Mohammed
‘Alian (18) from al-Nussairat in the central Gaza Strip,
succumbing to his wounds. Al-Sa’ie was previously
wounded with a bullet to the chest to the east of
Malakah square, east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood in
eastern Gaza City while ‘Alian was wounded with a bullet
to the head in eastern al-Bureij during their
participation in the Great March of Return on Monday, 14
May 2018.</p>
<p>During the reporting period, Investigations and Field
Observations by PCHR’s Fieldworkers Confirm the
Following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Dozens of Israeli Forces’ snipers continued to
position on the hills, behind the raised berms and in
military jeeps along the border fence in front of the
peaceful demonstrations in the eastern Gaza Strip.</li>
<li>The youth gatherings increased near the border fence
to burn tires and attempt to throw stones at the
Israeli forces.</li>
<li>The Israeli snipers deliberately and selectively
opened fire at the participants in the peaceful
demonstrations which included hundreds of civilians.</li>
<li>The Israeli forces widely fired bursts of tear gas
canisters and from drones, targeting the center of the
demonstrations. In many cases those canisters targeted
and directly hit civilians, causing them injuries.</li>
<li>The demonstrations were as always fully peaceful,
and PCHR’s fieldworkers did not witness weapons or
armed persons even dressed in civilian clothes among
the demonstrators, who were thousands of elderlies,
women, children and entire families. All of them
demonstrated near the border fence raising flags,
chanting slogans and national songs, flying kites and
burning tires.</li>
<li>Ambulances of the Health Minstry in Gaza City were
targeted, causing damage to them.</li>
<li>Journalists were targeted with tear gas canisters,
causing injuries among them.</li>
<li>The Israeli unjustified and fallacious incitement
against the peaceful demonstrations and encampments,
perceiving the demonstration itself as danger. This
hereby violates the right to peaceful assembly
codified in all International instruments.</li>
</ul>
<p>As part of targeting the border areas, on 20 May 2018,
Israeli forces stationed along the border fence between
the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of al-Amal
neighbourhood, northeast of Beit Hanoun in the northern
Gaza Strip, opened fire at the border area. However, no
casualties were reported.</p>
<p>On 22 May 2018, the Israeli fired an artillery shell at
a border control checkpoint belonging to an armed group
in eastern al-Bureij. However, no casualties were
reported.</p>
<p>As part of targeting Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza
Sea, the Israeli forces continued to escalate their
attacks against the Palestinian fishermen, pointing out
to the ongoing Israeli policy of targeting their
livelihoods. During the reporting period, PCHR
documented 10 attacks against the fishermen, including 5
attacks in the north-western Beit Lahia and 5 in Western
Soudaniya area, west of Jabalia in the northern Gaza
Strip.</p>
<p>As part of the airstrikes, on 17 May 2018, Israeli
drones and warplanes launched 10 missiles in 4
airstrikes against ‘Askalan military site and al-Saifnah
building belonging to al-Qassam Brigades in the northern
Gaza Strip. On 23 May 2018, the Israeli warplanes
launched 6 missiles at Ahmed al-Ja’abari military site
in eastern Tofah neighbourhood, causing damage to the
sites. However, no casualties were reported.</p>
<p>On 23 May 2018, the Israeli warplanes launched 2
missiles at 2 boats prepared to welcome the
anti-blockade flotilla in the Gaza Seaport, west of Gaza
City, causing damage to both of them.</p>
<p>In the West Bank, on 23 May 2018, medical sources at
al-Najah University Hospital in Nablus declared the
death of ‘Oday Abu Khalil (15) from ‘Ein Siniya village,
north of Ramallah, succumbing to his wounds. According
to PCHR’s investigations, on 15 May 2018, the
abovementioned child was wounded during his
participation in a peaceful protest at the northern
entrance to al-Bireh in commemoration of Palestinian
Nakbah Day, against the relocation of the U.S. Embassy
in Jerusalem and the Israeli crimes in the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>On 18 May 2018, Mohammed Abu al-Hummus was wounded when
the Israeli forces moved into al-‘Issawiya village,
northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and dozens of
Palestinian young men protested against them. The
Israeli soldiers immediately fired rubber-coated metal
bullets at the young men, wounding Abu al-Hummus and
arresting him.</p>
<p>On 19 May 2018, a Palestinian civilian was wounded
during his participation in the weekly Kafr Qaddum
peaceful protest, northeast of Qalqilya, against the
closure of the eastern entrance to the village for 15
years in favour of “Kadomim” settlement established on
the village lands.</p>
<p>On 21 May 2018, 3 civilians, including 2 children, were
wounded when Israeli forces moved into Jenin and
surrounded a house to carry out an arrest campaign. A
number of civilians gathered and protested against the
Israeli soldiers who opened fire at the civilians,
wounding the 3 above-mentioned civilians. On 23 May
2018, a civilian was wounded in Nablus in similar
circumstances.</p>
<p>During the reporting period, medical staffs in “Assaf
Harofeh” Medical Center near al-Ramlah in Israel
announced the death of Palestinian prisoner ‘Aziz Mousa
Salem ‘Eweisat (53) from al-Mukkaber Mount village,
southeast of East Jerusalem, in suspicious
circumstances. ‘Eweisat who was serving a 30-year
sentence in prison was taken from al-Ramlah Prison to
“Assaf Harofeh” Medical Center on 09 May 2018 after he
had a stroke and underwent an open heart surgery in the
next day in Tal Hashomer Hospital. He was then returned
to “Assaf Harofeh”, where he stayed until his death was
declared. The Palestinian Prisoners Center for Studies
said to PCHR’s fieldworker that prisoner ‘Eweisat was
beaten and maltreated by a group of jailers in “Eshel”
Prison after the prison service claimed that he poured
hot water on a jailer in the beginning of May. His
family said that on 11 May 2018, they managed to visit
‘Aziz at Tel Hashomer Hospital for 2 minutes, where they
noticed clear signs of exhaustion on him and that he was
under the medication influence. They also noticed
bruises and beating signs on his neck.</p>
<p><strong><u>Incursions:</u></strong></p>
<p>During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted
at least 49 military incursions into Palestinian
communities in the West Bank and 5 similar ones into
Jerusalem and its suburbs. During those incursions,
Israeli forces arrested at least 19 Palestinians,
including a child, in the West Bank. Meanwhile, 14
civilians, including 3 children, were arrested in
Jerusalem and its suburb. Among those arrested during
the reporting period was Khaled Tafesh (53), Member of
the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), who was
arrested from his house in Za’atarah village, east of
Bethlehem on 17 May 2018.</p>
<p><strong><u>Israeli Settlement Activities and Settlers’
Attacks against the Palestinian Civivlians and their
Property:</u></strong></p>
<p>As part of the Israeli settlers’ attacks against the
Palestinian civilians and their property, on 23 May
2018, a number of settlers cut 700 grapevines planted 15
years ago in the lands adjacent to the Bypass Road 60 in
al-Marjamah area, north of Hebron, using electric saws.
Those grapevines were planted on 9 dunums belonging to
four farmers from Halhoul. It should be mentioned that
a week ago settlers cut 400 grapevines in the area near
the watchtower established in the area.</p>
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