NOVANEWS
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
- 4 members of Palestinian resistance groups were killed and 9 others were wounded in the northern Gaza Strip.
- IOF continued to target fishermen in the Gaza Strip.
– PCHR documented 4 attacks on Palestinian fishing boats.
– 4 fishermen were arrested and their fishing boats were confiscated off al-Sudaniya shore, north of Gaza City.
- IOF used force to disperse peaceful protests organized by Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
– Dozens of protestors sustained bruising and suffered from tear gas inhalation.
- IOF conducted 40 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 3 limited incursions in the northern Gaza Strip.
– IOF arrested 5 Palestinians in the West Bank.
- Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
– IOF established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
– At least 1 Palestinian was arrested at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
- IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
– A water well was demolished in Wadi al-Hsein area, east of Hebron.
– Israeli settlers set fire to a civilian vehicle south of Dora and continued their attacks against the Palestinian farmers.
– IOF arrested 2 Palestinians and an international activist while they were documenting attacks settlers in the center of Hebron.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (18 – 23 October 2012):
Shooting:
During the reporting period, IOF killed 4 members of Palestinian resistance groups and wounded 9 others in the Gaza Strip. Dozens of protestors suffered from tear gas inhalation and sustained bruises during demonstrations organized against the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank.
In the Gaza Strip, on 22 October 2012, IOF killed 1 Palestinian man and wounded 2 others, when an Israeli warplane launched a missile on a group of members of the al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of the Hamas movement. The group was on Qleibo Hill, east of Sheikh Zayed city, south of Beit Lahia in the north of the Gaza Strip.
On the same day, IOF killed 1 member of a Palestinian resistance group and wounded a second, when an Israeli warplane launched a missile on a group of members of the Salah Eddin Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committee. The group was on al-Ashqar land on Sultan Abdul Hamid Street, northwest of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
On 23 October 2012, IOF killed 1 member of a Palestinian resistance group and wounded 4 others, whose injuries ranged from moderate to serious. Israeli soldiers positioned at the northeastern border of the Gaza Strip launched a ground-to-ground missile on a group of members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement. The group was launching rockets towards Israeli towns from farming land to the east of al-Salateen Square in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
On the same day, another member of al-Qassam Brigades was killed and 2 others were seriously wounded by an Israeli airstrike. The al-Qassam Brigades were launching home-made rockets towards Israeli towns from Beit Lahia in the north of the Gaza Strip.
The full report is available online at:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/
