NOVANEWS
- A Palestinian civilian was killed and another one was wounded and arrested by Israeli forces in the northern Gaza Strip.
- 5 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were wounded in Hebron.
– One of the children lost an eye.
- Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters in the West Bank.
– 17 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, were wounded.
– 16 of those civilians were wounded during peaceful demonstrations on the 13thanniversary of the al-Aqsa Intifada.
– The wounded a cameraman of France Press Agency.
– Dozens of civilians suffered tear gas inhalation.
- Israeli forces conducted 45 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
– At least 23 Palestinian civilians, including 1 child, were arrested 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.
– Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
– At least 10 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were arrested at checkpoints in the West Bank.
- Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
– Israeli settlers set fire to 2 cars in Dura al-Qare’ village, north of Ramallah.
– Israeli settlers blocked roads in the northern West Bank and threw stones at Palestinian civilian vehicles.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (26 September – 02 October 2013).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded and arrested another one in the Gaza Strip. They also wounded 22 civilians, including 7 children and a journalist, in the West Bank. 17 of those civilians, including 5 children, were wounded in peaceful protests, while the other 5 ones, including 2 children, were wounded during Israeli military incursions into Palestinian communities.
In the Gaza Strip, on 30 September 2013, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded and arrested another one near the border with Israel to the east of Beit Hanoun town. The victim was hit by several bullets to the back and one bullet to the head. He was unarmed, and according to his family, he attempted to cross the border into Israel to search for a job.
In the West Bank, 22 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, were wounded by Israeli forces.
On 27 September 2013, a 6-year-old child and his 14-year-old sister were wounded in al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron. The child was hit by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the right eye and consequently, he lost his sight in it.
On the same day, 3 civilians were wound during clashed with Israeli forces in the center of Hebron.
During the reporting period, Israeli forces continued the systematic use of excessive force against peaceful protests organised by Palestinian, Israeli and international activists against the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, a Palestinian civilian was wounded and others suffered tear gas inhalation and sustained bruises.
In the same context, 16 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, were wounded when Israeli forces used force against peaceful demonstration organized in the West Bank on the 13th anniversary of the al-Aqsa Intifada.
The full report is available online at:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/
