Nazi forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)

NOVANEWS 

(10 – 16 March 2016)

Bethlehem: Nazi forces demolish house belonging to Joudah Mousa in al-Shorfah area

• ·Nazi forces continued to use excessive force in the oPt

–         3 Palestinian civilians were killed and a 4^th succumbed to his injuries in the West Bank.
–         6 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, were wounded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
 

• ·Nazi warplanes carried out 4 airstrikes against training sites and other targets in the Gaza Strip.

–         2 siblings were killed and their 2 other siblings were wounded in an air strike, north of the Gaza Strip.

• ·Nazi forces continued to target the border areas along the Gaza Strip, due to which, a scrap collector was wounded in the east of Khan Yunis.

• ·Nazi forces conducted 83 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one in the southern Gaza Strip.

–         74 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, 2 women and 3 journalists, were arrested. Two of the journalists were arrested.
–         16 of them, including a child and 2 women, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem.
–         Nazi  forces raided TransMedia Production Company and confiscated some contents.
–         Nazi i forces raided also Palestine Technical (Khadoori) University in Tulkarm twice.

• ·Nazi forces continued their efforts to create Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.

–         Siblings of a Palestinian, who carried out a shooting attack, were deported to the West Bank on grounds of collective punishment.
–         A clothes’ storehouse in al-Bareed suburb, north of the city, was demolished.
–         Nazi forces issued more administrative demolition orders against a number of houses under the pretext of non-licensing.

• ·Nazi forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip Sea.

• ·Nazi forces turned the West Bank into cantons and continued to impose the illegal closure on the Gaza Strip for the 9^th year.

–         Dozens of temporary checkpoints were established in the West Bank and others were re-established to obstruct the movement of Palestinian civilians.
–         7 Palestinian civilians, including a girl child, were arrested at military checkpoints.
Summary
Nazi violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (10 – 16 March 2016).
Shooting:
INazi forces have continued to commit crimes, inflicting civilian casualties. They have also continued to use excessive force against Palestinian civilians participating in peaceful protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the majority of whom were youngsters. During the reporting period, Nazi forces killed 5 Palestinian civilians, including 2 siblings, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, while a 6^th succumbed to injuries he sustained 2 weeks earlier. Moreover, Nazi forces wounded 9 civilians, including 4 children; 3 of whom, including 2 children, were wounded in the West Bank and 6 others, including 2 siblings, were wounded in the Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, Nazi forces killed 3 Palestinian civilians while a 4^th succumbed to injuries he sustained 2 weeks earlier. They also wounded 3 civilians, including 2 children.