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<h1 class="reader-title">Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights
Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (11 – 17
October 2018)</h1>
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<p><em>Israeli forces continued to use excessive force
against unarmed civilians and peaceful protestors in
the Gaza Strip. 8 Palestinian civilians, including a
child, were killed in the Gaza Strip. 310 civilians,
including 62 children, 9 women, 7 journalists and 2
paramedics, were wounded; 11 of them sustained serious
wounds.</em></p>
<p><strong><u>Shooting:</u></strong></p>
<p>Israeli forces continued to use 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 29<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 killed 8 Palestinian
civilians, including a child, and wounded 310 civilians,
including 62 children, 9 women, 7 journalists, and 2
paramedics. The injury of 11 of them was reported
serious. Moreover, 4 civilians, including 3 national
security officers, were wounded during Israeli
airstrikes. In the West Bank, a Palestinian civilian
was killed while a woman was killed by settlers in
addition to 10 Palestinians wounded by the Israeli
forces, including a journalist.</p>
<p>In the Gaza Strip, , the Israeli forces killed 8
Palestinian civilians, including a child, during their
participation in the Return and Breaking the Siege
March. On 12 Oxtober, they killed 7 civilians,
including ‘Afifi Mahmoud al-‘Afifi (18) and Mohammed
‘Issam ‘Abbas (20) in eastern al-Zaytoun neighborhood,
east of Gaza City; Ahmed Ibrahim al-Taweil (23),
Mohammed ‘Abdel Hafiz Isma’il (29), Ahmed Ahmed Abu
Na’im (17) and ‘Abdullah Burham al-Daghmah (25) in
eastern al-Bureij in the central Gaza Strip, and Tamer
Eyad Abu ‘Ermanah (21) in al-Shokah village, east of
Rafah City. Four of them were hit with bullets to the
chest, 2 to the abdomen and 1 in the head.</p>
<p>On 16 October 2018, the medical sources at the
Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia declared the death of
Saddam Shlash (27) after succumbing to wounds he
sustained during his participation in the Sea March in
the northern Gaza Strip the day before. Shlash was
wounded with a bullet to the upper right thigh that cut
the main artery.</p>
<p>As part of the use of lethal force against the peaceful
protestors along the border fence during the reporting
period, Israeli forces wounded 310 civilians, including
62 children, 9 women, 7 journalists and 2 paramedics.
Eleven of them sustained serious wounds.</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. On 17 October 2018, the Israeli
authorities decided to reduce the area allowed for
fishing to 3 nautical miles along the Gaza Strip shores
as part of the Israeli policy to restrict fishermen and
target their livelihoods. During the reporting period,
the Israeli forces opened fire 5 times at the fishermen;
3 incidents in the north-western Beit Lahia and 2 off
al-Sudaniyah shore in western Jabalia in the northern
Gaza Strip. AS a result of those attacks, 2 fishermen
who are also brothers were arrested after one of them
sustained wounds while their boats sustained damage.</p>
<p>As part of the Israeli airstrikes, on 14 October 2018,
the Israeli drones launched a missile at the
Palestinians who were walking at the end of the Girls
Street, southeast of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza
Strip, wounding one of them. On 16 October, the Israeli
drone launched a missile at a group of civilians in the
aforementioned are, but no casualties were reported.</p>
<p>On 17 October 2018, Israeli warplanes carried out many
airstrikes in the Gaza Strip targeting military training
sites for the Palestinian Armed Groups, a site belonging
to the National Security Services and vacant lands.
During the airstrikes, 17 air-to-surface missiles were
launched resulting ion the injury of 3 Palestinian
National Security Officers, including one sustained
serious wounds. .</p>
<p>As part of targeting the border areas, on 08 October
2018, the Israeli forces opened fire at the agricultural
lands along eastern al-Shokah village, east of Rafah
City in the southern Gaza Strip. However, no casualties
were reported.</p>
<p>In the West Bank, as part of excessive use of force, on
15 October 2018, the Israeli forces killed Elias Yasin
(22) from Bedia village, northwest of Salfit when he was
crossing the traffic light on ‘Aber al-Samerah Street,
seemingly the traffic light was red and he rapidly
crossed the street. AS a result, an Israeli soldier
opened fire at him and killed him immediately. The
Israeli forces claimed that Yasin attempted to stab
soldiers so they opened fire at him without any of the
soldiers being wounded. The Israeli soldiers could have
used, in case of suspicions about Yasin’s intent to
stab, less lethal force and arrested him.</p>
<p>During the reporting period, the Israeli forces wounded
10 Palestinian civilians, including a journalist.</p>
<p><strong><u>Incursions:</u></strong></p>
<p>During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted
at least 104 military incursions into Palestinian
communities in the West Bank and 6 similar ones into
Jerusalem and its suburbs. During those incursions,
Israeli forces arrested at least 80 Palestinians,
including 7 children and 3 women, in the West Bank.
Meanwhile, 10 other civilians, including 2 children and
a girl, were arrested in Jerusalem and its suburbs.</p>
<p><strong><u>Israeli Forces continued to create a Jewish
Majority in occupied East Jerusalem:</u></strong></p>
<p>As part of the Israeli house demolitions and notices,
on 17 October 2018, the Israeli municipality demolished
a house belonging to Khalil Za’atrah in al-Mukaber Mount
neighbourhood, south of occupied East Jerusalem’s Old
City under the pretext of non-licensing. The house was
established 4 months ago and the municipality issued
then a decision to demolish it, but the family resorted
to the court and could delay the demolition and tried to
obtain a license. However, they were surprised with the
municipality raiding he house and implementing the
demolition decision without any prior warning. The
house sheltered 8 family members, including 5 children,
and was built on an area on 100square meters and of
sheets.</p>
<p><strong><u>Israeli Forces continued their settlement
activities, and the settlers continued their attacks
against Palestinian civilians and their property</u></strong></p>
<p>As part of demolition of houses and other civil
objects, on 11 October 2018, the Israeli forces
demolished 3 residential barracks built of tin plates, a
residential tent, barrack, 2 livestock barns, a kitchen
and a water tank in Kherbet al-Hadidiyah area in the
northern Valleys, east of Tubas belonging to ‘Omer
Bsharat.</p>
<p>On the same day, the Israeli forces levelled 5 dunums
and uprooted 100 olive seedlings planted there in
al-Khodor village, south of Bethlehem, belonging to
Ibrahim Hamdan. The land targeted is located between
the settlements of <em>“Prophet Daniel” and “Eli
‘Azar”, </em>south of the city.</p>
<p>On 17 October 2018, the Israeli forces demolished a
house and water collection well in Um al-Shaqhan area
near Kherbet Khelet al-Mayeh, east of Yata in southern
Hebron. The house belonging to Mahmoud Abu Taha and is
built on area of 170 square meters while the well
capacity was 100 cubic meters. The house has been built
for years and was fully constructed finally so the
family of 24 members, including children, were moving
their furniture to the house in order to live there.</p>
<p>On the same day, the Israeli forces demolished a
barrack built of tin plates on an area of 300 square
meters and used for livestock breeding in Kherbet Ghwein
to the west of al-Samou’a village, south of Hebron. It
should be noted that the barrack belonged to Shafiq
al-Hawamdah.</p>
<p>As part of the Israeli settlers’ attacks against the
Palestinians civilians and their property, on 12 October
2018, ‘Ashah al-Rabi (47) was killed from Bedia villahe,
northwest of Salfit, when the car her husband was
driving was thrown with stones by a group of settlers at
“rihalim” settlement between the al-Sawiyah village and
intersection of Za’tarah checkpoint, south of Nablus.</p>
<p>In addition to the crime mentioned above, PCHR’s
fieldworkers in the West Bank documented 8 attacks by
settlers against the Palestinian civilians and their
property. The attacks resulted in the injury of 3
civilians with bruises and wounds after being beaten.
Moreover, 540 olive trees and grape vines were damaged.</p>
<p><strong><u>Female Civilian Killed by Israeli Settlers,
who threw Stones at her Car at Za’tarah Checkpoint,
south of Nablus:</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>On Friday evening, 12 October 2018, a Palestinian
female civilians was killed and her husband and
daughter were very shocked after their car was stoned
by Israeli settlers near Za’tarah checkpoint, south of
Nablus, north of the West Bank.</li>
</ul>
<p>According to PCHR’s investigations, at approximately
23:00 on the same day, a group of settlers, who were at
the intersection of <em>“Rahalim”</em> settlement
between al-Sawiyah village, and Za’tarah checkpoint,
south of Nablus, threw stones at a Palestinian car
driven by Ya’qoub Mahmoud al-Rabi (52) and his wife
Aisha Mohammed Talal al-Rabi (47) along with their
daughter Rama (9), from Bedia village, northwest of
Salfit, as they were coming from Hebron. A big stone hit
the right side of the front glass, broke the window and
fall on Aisha’s head. As a result, Aisha suffered a
severe bleeding from right side of the head front and
above the eyebrow. Aisha’s husband drove to Ebn Sina
Polyclinic in Howarah village, but she was dead. Aisha
was then transferred as a dead body to Rafidiya Hospital
in Nablus. After medical examination, it was clear that
the brain exited from the head front, causing Aisha’s
death. Her husband and daughter were very shocked.
Ya’qoub said to PCHR’s fieldworker that:</p>
<p><em>“I went to bring my wife, who was visiting our
daughter in Hebron and were accompanied with our
daughter Rama (9). After we crossed al-Sawiyah
intersection near “Rahalim” settlement, adjacent to
Za’tarah checkpoint, We suddenly heard a scream in
Hebrew language and then stones started hitting our
car. A big stone broke the front glass and hit the
head of my wife Aisha, but I did not know that she was
wounded because she did not scream at all. I looked at
her and found that she was bleeding. I called her name
twice, but it seemed that she died immediately. Her
head was covered with blood. My daughter Rama started
screaming as I was calling her mother. I quickly
crossed Za’tarah checkpoint and arrived at Ebn Sina
Polyclinic in Howarah village. Doctors there confirmed
that Aisha died because of the stone that hit her
head.”</em></p>
<p><strong><u>Use of Force against Demonstrations in
Protest against the U.S. President’s Decision to
Recognize Jerusalem as the Capital of Israel:</u></strong></p>
<p>Israeli forces continued its excessive use of lethal
force against peaceful demonstration organized by
Palestinian civilians in in the West Bank and Gaza
Strip, and it was named as “The Great March of Return
and Breaking Siege.” The demonstration was in protest
against the U.S. President Donald Trump’s declaration to
move the U.S. Embassy to it. According to PCHR
fieldworkers’ observations, the border area witnessed
large participation by Palestinian civilians as the
Israeli forces continued to use upon highest military
and political echelons excessive force against the
peaceful demonstrators, though the demonstration were
fully peaceful. The demonstration was as follows during
the reporting period:</p>
<p><strong><u>Gaza Strip:</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>On Friday evening, 11 October 2018, 5 Palestinian
civilians, including a child, were wounded, east of
Malakah intersection, east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood,
east of Gaza City. Moreover, another civilian was hit
with a live bullet to the left thigh, east of Abu
Safiyah hill, northeast of Jabalia in the northern
Gaza Strip. Doctors classified his injury as serious
because the main artery was cut.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>On Friday evening, 12 October 2018, thousands of
Palestinian civilians swarmed to the Return
encampments established by the Supreme National
Authority for the Great March of Return and Breaking
Siege, east of Abu Safiyah Hill in the northern Gaza
Strip, Malakah intersection, east of Gaza City, east
of al-Buraij in the central Gaza Strip, east of
Khuza’ah village, east of Khan Younis, al-Shawkah
village, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Hundreds of civilians approached the border fence
between the Gaza Strip and Israel, set fire to tires
and threw stones at Israeli forces. The Israeli forces
opened fire and fired tear gas canisters at them. As a
result, 7 civilians, including a child, were killed.
Four of them were hit with live bullets to the chest,
2 to the abdomen and one in the head. Moreover, 225
civilians, including 42 children, 7 women, 4
journalists and a paramedic, were wounded on the same
day and doctors classified 12 civilians’ injuries as
serious.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>In Gaza City: </strong>Israeli forces killed
‘Afifi Mahmoud ‘Ata al-‘Afifi (18) from al-Shati’a
refugee camp after firing a live bullet to the
abdomen, and Mohammed ‘Essam Mohammed ‘Abbas (20), who
was hit with a live bullet to the head. Moreover, 98
civilians, including 11 children, 3 women and a
journalist, were wounded. Seventy three of them were
hit with live bullets, 24 were hit with tear gas
canisters and one civilian was hit with a rubber
bullet. Doctors classified 3 civilians’ injuries as
serious. The wounded journalist was identified as
Bilal Bassam ‘Oudah al-Sabbagh (27) from al-Jala’a
Street was hit with a live bullet to the right leg.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>The Central Gaza Strip: </strong>Israeli
forces killed 4 civilians, including a child, and
wounded 37 others, including 7 children and one woman.
Thirty of them were hit with live bullets and their
shrapnel and 2 were hit with tear gas canisters during
their participation in the March of Return and
Breaking Siege, east of al-Buraij. Those killed were
identified as:</li>
</ul>
<ol>
<li>Ahmed Ibrahim Zaki al-Tawil (23) from al-Nuseirat
refugee camp was hit with a live bullet to the chest.</li>
<li>Mohammed Abdul Hafith Yusuf Ismail (29) from
al-Buraij refugee camp was hit with a live bullet to
the chest.</li>
<li>Ahmed Ahmed Abdullah Abu Na’im (17) from al-Nuseirat
refugee camp was hit with a live bullet to the chest.
And incised wound to the left arm.</li>
<li>Abdullah Barham Suleiman al-Daghmah (25) from
‘Abasan al-Jadidah in Khan Younis was hit with a live
bullet that penetrated the abdomen from the right side
of the abdomen and exited the left side.</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li><strong>Rafah City: </strong>Israeli forces killed
Tamer Eyad Mahmoud Abu ‘Armanah (21) after they hit
him with a live bullet to the chest. Moreover, 27
civilians, including 4 children and 3 women were hit
with a live bullets and their shrapnel and 3 were hit
with tear gas canisters during their participation in
the March of Return and Breaking Siefe, east of
al-Shawkah village, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza
Strip. Doctors classified 4 civilians’ injuries as
serious.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>The Northern Gaza Strip:</strong> 44
civilians, including 15 children and a journalist were
wounded. Thirty sex of them were hit with live bullets
and their shrapnel and 8 were hit with tear gas
canisters. Doctors classified 2 civilian’s injury as
serious. The wounded journalist identified as Safenaz
Baker Mahmoud al-Louh (29), who works as a reporter
and a photographer at Amad News Network, from Sheikh
Redwan neighborhood was hit with a tear gas canister.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong>Khan Younis: </strong>24 civilians,
including 5 children, 2 journalists and a paramedic,
were wounded. Sixteen of them were hit with live
bullets and their shrapnel and 8 were hit with tear
gas canisters. doctors classified 3 civilians’ injury
as serious. The wounded journalists were identified
as: Mohammed Majed Ismail Abu Daqqah (22), a
photojournalists at Sharq News Network was hit with a
lie bullet to the 2 legs, and Ahmed Riyad Mohammed
al-‘Amoudi (29), a photographer at Palestine News
Network. The wounded paramedic was identified as
‘Ammar Abdul Karim Musalam Abu Hamad (35), who works
at PRCS was hit with a tear gas canister to the head.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>On Sunday, 14 October 2018, a 26-year-old civilian
was hit with a live bullet to the right foot during
his participation in the March of Return activities
established in the east of Malakah in al-Zaytoun
neighborhood, east of Gaza City.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 15:30 on Monday, 15 October 2018,
Israeli gunboats stationed offshore, Israeli forces
stationed along the border fence between the Gaza
Strip and Israel, opened fire and fired sound bombs at
dozens of Palestinian civilians who were at the Return
camp along the border coastal, adjacent to adjacent to
“Zikim” military base , northwest of Beit Lahia in the
northern Gaza Strip. It should be noted that this is
the 11th time for Palestinian boats to sail for
Breaking the Siege. As a result, 71 civilians,
including 17 children, 3 journalists and a female
paramedic, were wounded. Forty two of them were hit
with live bullets and their shrapnel and 29 were hit
with tear gas canisters. Doctors classified the injury
of Saddam al-‘Abed Mohammed Shalash (27), from
Jabalia, as serious where he was hit with a live
bullet to the right thigh, causing a cut in the main
artery. At approximately 21:50 on Tuesday, 16 October
2018, medical sources at the Indonesian Hospital in
Jabalia announced Saddam’s death. They carried out a
surgery for him to stop the bleeding. Saddam was
admitted to the ICU Department where he stayed until
his death was announced.</li>
</ul>
<p>The wounded journalists were identified as:</p>
<ol>
<li>Safenaz Baker Mahmoud al-Louh (28), a
photojournalists and reporter at Amad News Network
from Sheikh Redwan neighborhood in Gaza City, was hit
with a live bullet shrapnel to the right arm.</li>
<li>Tha’er Khalid Fehmi Abu Rayash (24), a
photojournalist at HIA Turkish News Agency from Beit
Lahia, was hit with a live bullet shrapnel to the left
hand and face.</li>
<li>Khalid Ayman Salim Salah (17), a reporter at Noor
News Network from Khan Younis, was hit with a live
bullet to both legs.</li>
</ol>
<p>The wounded paramedic identified as Habibah Mahmoud
Abdul ‘Aziz al-Sekafi (22), from Beit Lahia, was hit
with a tear gas canister to the feet.</p>
<ul>
<li>On Tuesday, 16 October 2018, 8 civilians, including
2 children, were wounded during their participation in
the March of Return activities established in the east
of al-Buraij in the central Gaza Strip. An ambulance
belonging to PRCS sustained a shrapnel to the right
side.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><u>West Bank:</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 13:40 on Friday, 12 October 2018,
Palestinian civilians and International activists
organized a demonstration in the center of Kufur
Qaddoum village, northeast of Qalqiliyah and headed to
the eastern entrance to the village, which has been
closed for 15 years. The protestors chanted national
slogans demanding end of occupation, condemning the
Israeli decisions to demolish Khan al-Ahmer Bedouin
Community deporting its residents and condemning the
Israeli forces’ crimes against Palestinian protestors
at the eastern border in the Gaza Strip within the
Marcg of Return and Breaking Siege activities. Several
representatives of national factions and
representatives of National Action Factions in the
north of the West Bank and a number of foreign and
Israeli activists participated in the demonstration.
Israeli soldiers fired live and rubber bullets, sound
bombs and tear gas canisters at them. As a result, 6
civilians were hit with rubber bullets.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Following the same Friday prayer, dozens of
Palestinian civilians and international human rights
defenders gathered on agricultural lands of al-Resan
Mount area, west of Ras Karkar village, west of
Ramallah in protest against the Israeli settlers’
attempt to seize and confiscate the land. When the
civilians arrived at the abovementioned area, the
Israeli soldiers fired live and rubber bullets, sound
bombs and tear gas canisters at the protestors. As a
result, a 21-year-old civilian was hit with a rubber
bullet to the foot.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><u>House Demolitions and Notices:</u></strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 05:00 on Wednesday, 17 October
2018, the Israeli Municipality demolished a
residential house belonging to Khalil Za’atrah in
al-Mokaber Mount, south of occupied East Jerusalem’s
Old City under the pretext of non-licensing. Su’ad
Za’artah, Khalil’s wife, said that the Israeli forces
raided their house at dawn after surrounding it and
forcing them to get out of the house without allowing
them to vacate its content. She also said that: “The
Israeli forces ordered us to get out of the house.
They pushed us and prevented us from taking our IDs,
documents and other belongings. The Israeli
Municipality staff vacate some furniture before
demolishing the house while the Israeli bulldozers
demolished another part of the house.” She added that
the house was built 4 months ago and the Israeli
Municipality issued a decision to demolish the house,
but the family headed to the court and managed to
delay the demolition and attempted to license the
house. She said that on Wednesday morning, they were
surprised with storming the house and demolishing it
without a prior warning. The 100-square-meter house
was sheltering 8 members, including 5 children.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><u>Settlement activities and attacks by
settlers against Palestinian civilians and property</u></strong></p>
<p><strong><u>Israeli forces’ attack:</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 05:30 on Thursday, 11 October 2018,
Israeli forces accompanied with military vehicles, a
vehicle of the Israeli Civil Administration and 2
bulldozers moved into Kherbit al-Hudaiydah in northern
Jordan Valley, east of Tubas. The Israeli soldiers
deployed between houses and the Israeli bulldozers
demolished a house belonging to Omar ‘Aref Mohamed
Basharat, in addition to other civilian facilities
belonging to him under the pretext of non-licensing.
The material damage were identified as:
<ul>
<li>Three 100-square -meter barracks built of tin
plates.</li>
<li>A 450-square -meter barrack used for breeding
livestock.</li>
<li>A 30-square -meter residential tent.</li>
<li>A 40-square- meter kitchen.</li>
<li>Two 100-square-meter barns.</li>
<li>A water tank with a capacity 1.5.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 07:00 on Thursday, an Israeli
bulldozer leveled an agricultural land in al-Khadir
village, south of Bethlehem, and uprooted dozens of
olives seedlings. Ahmed Salah, a Coordinator in
Colonization and Wall Resistance in al-Khadir village,
said that the Israeli forces leveled 5 dunums of
agricultural land belonging to Ibrahim Hamdan and
uprooted 100 olive seedlings under the pretext of
state property. The targeted land is located between “<em>Prophet
Daniel </em>“ and “<em>Eli Azar</em>“ settlements,
south of Bethlehem.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 10:00 on Monday, 15 October 2018,
Israeli forces accompanied with military vehicles and
a vehicle of the Israeli Civil Administration moved
into Sosiyia village, south of Yatta, south of Hebron.
The Israeli soldiers deployed between residential
tents and detained Palestinian civilians while the
Israeli Civil Administration staff confiscated
excavation tools, electric engine and electric crane
used for excavating a water well in the village. The
confiscated tools belong to Husam Na’iem Hamamdah. The
Israeli authorities claimed that the abovementioned
area needs a prior permit for working in it from the
Israeli security.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li><strong><u>At</u></strong> approximately 05:00 on
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, Israeli forces accompanied
with military vehicles, a vehicle of the Israeli Civil
Administration, a digger, and a bulldozer moved into
Um Shaqhan area near Kherbet Khelet al-Mayyah, east of
Yatta, south of Hebron. The Israeli Civil
Administration staff raided a 170-sqaure-meter house
belonging to Mahmoud Shehada Taleb Abu Taha (48),
vacated some of its content and then demolished it
along with a 100-square-meter water well under the
pretext of non-licensing. The house was built years
ago and the family comprised of 24 members, including
7 children, were transferring the furniture as a
prelude to live in the house. It should be noted that
the Israeli authorities notified Mahmoud to stop
construction work in 2015. It should be noted that
Sant Eve institution submitted a request to the
Israeli competent bodies in order to license the
house, because it is located in area classified as
Area C and no written notice was issued to demolish
the house.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 08:00, Israeli forces accompanied
with military vehicles, a vehicle of the Israeli Civil
Administration and a digger moved into Khebet Ghoween,
west of Samou’a village, south of Hebron. The Israeli
forces deployed in the area and the digger demolished
a 300-sauqre-meter barrack used for breeding livestock
under the pretext of non-licensing. The barrack
belongs to Shafeeq Saleem ‘Awadallah al-Hawamdah. It
should be noted that the Israeli authorities fixed a
notice on the facility on 24 January 2017 and took
photos of it. The notice showed that on 12 February
2017, there was a hearing for the Israeli Civil
Administration in “ <em>Beit Eill</em>” settlement, in
order to discuss the demolishing of the facility.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong><u>Israeli settlers’ attack:</u></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 17:00 on Saturday, 13 October 2017,
an Israeli settler from an Israeli settler from a
settlement outpost in Hebron’s Old City, attacked
Nedal Ehmidan Mohamed Suhlob (40) while he was in
front of his house in Tal al-Ramida neighborhood. As a
result, Nedal’s left jaw bone was fractured and was
then taken to al-Ahli Hospital in the city, where he
underwent surgery. Nedal said to PCHR’s fieldworker
that: “ <em>I arrived at my house located in Tal
al-Ramida neighborhood, returning from my work. My
house is around 100 meters away from (56)
checkpoint. After my arrival at the house, I heard
shouting near the checkpoint, meanwhile, my children
were heading to a shop for buying something. I went
to the street along with my son Omar (14). We saw an
Israeli soldiers pushing an Israeli settler. My son
Omar headed to see what happen. Few minutes, he came
back quickly and an Israeli settler was chasing him.
Omar stood beside me and the settler attempted to
steal Omar’s cell phone via which was covering what
happened. The settler cursed us and then clapped me
on my face. Three Israeli settlers then joint the
abovementioned settler. A number of Israeli soldier
arrived at the area and one of them attacked me and
pushed me toward the wall without saying anything to
the settlers. I felt dizzy and 10 munities later,
paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society
(PRCS) arrived at the area and took me to al-Ahli
Hospital via an ambulance parked behind the
checkpoint. At the hospital, I underwent a surgery
in my jaw</em>”</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 17:00, a group of Israeli settlers,
protected by the Israeli forces, from “<em>Yatizhar</em>”
settlement, moved into al-Safafeer area from the
eastern side of ‘Oreef village, south of Nablus. The
Israeli settlers threw stones at Palestinian
civilians’ houses. After that, Palestinian young men
gathered, confronted the Israeli forces and settlers
and threw stones at them. The Israeli forces then
arrested ‘Adel ‘Abed al-Hafiz Shareef ‘Amer (37), an
employee in the village council and a volunteer in
B’Tselem Insanitation for Human Rights. ‘Adel was
taken to Jamal Shehadah’s house and detained for over
half an hour. The Israeli forces confiscated ‘Adel’s
camera , delated materials on his memory cards and
then released him.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>On Sunday, 14 October 2018, a group of Israeli
settlers uprooted and damaged dozens of grape and
olive seedlings in al-Khadir village, south of
Bethlehem. Ahmed Salah, a Coordinator in Colonization
and Wall Resistance in the village, said that Israeli
settlers from “<em>Afrat</em>” settlement established
on Palestinian civilians lands, south of Bethlehem,
uprooted 370 grape seedlings planted 2 years ago and
30 olive seedlings belonging to Ibrahim Siluman
Subaieh. He said that the Israeli settlers, who
attacked Subaieh lands several time, placed bee hives
in his land.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>On Sunday morning, according to a security
coordination that previously declared and allowed
Palestinian farmers to enter Tal village, west of
Nablus, to harvest their olive trees in Khelet
al-Doghi area, west of the village. When the farmers
entered their lands, a farmer Saqer Ahmed ‘Asidah was
surprised that settlers from “<em>Hafat Gilead”</em> settlement,
damaged and broke 50 olive trees from his 3 dunums of
land. The damaged trees were planted 2 years ago.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 08:00 on Sunday, Palestinian
farmers, from Fer’atah village, northeast of
Qalqiliyia, managed to enter their lands in al-Sotouh
area east of the village upon a security coordination.
‘Abdullah Mahmoud Ibrahim Hasan Salman and Ibrahim
Mahmoud Suliman Salah were surprised that their crop
was stolen, in addition to damaging the trees.
Moreover, around 22 olive trees were uprooted and the
land was turned into an empty land for celebration
near “<em>Gilead“</em> Ibrahim Salah said to PCHR’s
fieldworker that: “<em> On Sunday, 14 October 2018, I
went along with my family and relative to al-Sotouh
land, east of Fer’atah village, upon a security
coordination, which is necessary to enter the area.
When we arrived, we found the crop was harvested and
the trees were damaged. There were around 150 olive
trees their crops were stolen. We left the land
without harvesting any crops.”</em></li>
</ul>
<p>Nada Salman, ‘Abdullah Salman’s wife, said that: “<em>We
entered our land and we could barely recognized it. We
found a large area was leveled, in addition to 22
olive trees. The land was turned to an empty yard for
celebrations. We also found empty beer bottles put in
boxes. All the crops were stolen.”</em></p>
<ul>
<li>On Sunday evening, a group of Israeli settlers cut
with electric saws over 100 olive trees from
agricultural lands in al-‘Ozal area in al-Moghair
village, northeast of Ramallah. The olive trees belong
to ‘Abed al-Latif Hamed Abu ‘Aliyia and his siblings.
The settlers also wrote racist slogans on a dwelling
in the land.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 11:40 on Wednesday, 17 October
2018, a group of Israeli settlers from “<em>Homesh“</em> settlement,
north of Barqah village, northwest of Nablus, attacked
Mahmoud and Manna’ Sa’ied Mahmoud Hussain (20), fro,
Bazariyia village. The Israeli settlers stole Mahmoud
and Manna’s monkey while they were heading to their
land to harvest the olive trees in al-Houd area.
Mahmoud was hit with a stone at his left brow and beat
with a stick at his right hand. Furthermore, Manna’
was hit with a stone at his right shoulder. Mahmoud
was then taken to Rafidia Hospital in Nablus.</li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>At approximately 14:30 on Wednesday, a group of
Israeli settlers, protected by the Israeli forces,
from “<em>Yatizhar</em>” settlement established in the
eastern side of ‘Oreef village, south of Nablus, moved
into al-Safafeer area. They threw stones at
Palestinian civilians’ houses and broke their windows.
The attacked houses belong to Sameer Mohamed Mohamed
Sawalmah and Ahmed ‘Abed al*Kareem Fayiz Shehadah.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Recommendations to the International Community</strong></p>
<p>PCHR warns of the escalating settlement construction in
the West Bank, the attempts to legitimize settlement
outposts established on Palestinian lands in the West
Bank and the continued summary executions of Palestinian
civilians under the pretext that they pose a security
threat to the Israeli forces. PCHR reminds the
international community that thousands of Palestinian
civilians have been rendered homeless and lived in
caravans under tragic circumstances due to the latest
Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip that has been under
a tight closure for almost 11 years. PCHR welcomes the
UN Security Council’s Resolution No. 2334, which states
that settlements are a blatant violation of the Geneva
Conventions and calls upon Israel to stop them and not
to recognize any demographic change in the oPt since
1967. PCHR hopes this resolution will pave the way for
eliminating the settlement crime and bring to justice
those responsible for it. PCHR further reiterates that
the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East
Jerusalem, are still under Israeli occupation in spite
of Israel’s unilateral disengagement plan of 2005. PCHR
emphasizes that there is international recognition of
Israel’s obligation to respect international human
rights instruments and international humanitarian law.
Israel is bound to apply international human rights law
and the law of war, sometimes reciprocally and other
times in parallel, in a way that achieves the best
protection for civilians and remedy for the victims.</p>
<ol>
<li>PCHR calls upon the international community to
respect the Security Council’s Resolution No. 2334 and
to ensure that Israel respects it as well, in
particular point 5 which obliges Israel not to deal
with settlements as if they were part of Israel.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the ICC this year to open an
investigation into Israeli crimes committed in the
oPt, particularly the settlement crimes and the 2014
offensive on the Gaza Strip.</li>
<li>PCHR Calls upon the European Union (EU) and all
international bodies to boycott settlements and ban
working and investing in them in application of their
obligations according to international human rights
law and international humanitarian law considering
settlements as a war crime.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the international community to 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.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the international community and
United Nations to take all necessary measures to stop
Israeli policies aimed at creating a Jewish
demographic majority in Jerusalem and at voiding
Palestine from its original inhabitants through
deportations and house demolitions as a collective
punishment, which violates international humanitarian
law, amounting to a crime against humanity.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the international community to
condemn summary executions carried out by Israeli
forces against Palestinians and to pressurize Israel
to stop them.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the States Parties to the Rome
Statute of the ICC to work hard to hold Israeli war
criminals accountable.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the
Geneva Conventions to fulfill their obligations under
article (1) of the Convention to ensure respect for
the Conventions under all circumstances, and under
articles (146) and (147) to search for and prosecute
those responsible for committing grave breaches of the
Geneva Conventions to ensure justice and remedy for
Palestinian victims, especially in light of the almost
complete denial of justice for them before the Israeli
judiciary.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the international community to speed
up the reconstruction process necessary because of the
destruction inflicted by the Israeli offensive on
Gaza.</li>
<li>PCHR calls for a prompt intervention to compel the
Israeli authorities to lift the closure that obstructs
the freedom of movement of goods and 1.8 million
civilians that experience unprecedented economic,
social, political and cultural hardships due to
collective punishment policies and retaliatory action
against civilians.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the European Union to apply human
rights standards embedded in the EU-Israel Association
Agreement and to respect its obligations under the
European Convention on Human Rights when dealing with
Israel.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the international community,
especially states that import Israeli weapons and
military services, to meet their moral and legal
responsibility not to allow Israel to use the
offensive in Gaza to test new weapons and not accept
training services based on the field experience in
Gaza in order to avoid turning Palestinian civilians
in Gaza into testing objects for Israeli weapons and
military tactics.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the parties to international human
rights instruments, especially the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the
International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights (ICESCR), to pressurize Israel to
comply with its provisions in the oPt and to compel it
to incorporate the human rights situation in the oPt
in its reports submitted to the relevant committees.</li>
<li>PCHR calls upon the EU and international human
rights bodies to pressurize the Israeli forces to stop
their attacks against Palestinian fishermen and
farmers, mainly in the border area.</li>
</ol>
<p><a href="https://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=11471"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Fully detailed
document available at the official website of the
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR).</em></a></p>
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