NOVANEWS
(14 – 20 July 2016)
- Nazi forces continued to use excessive force in the oPt
– Two Palestinian civilians, including a child, were killed in the southern and central side of the West Bank.
– 16 civilians, including 4 children, were wounded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
– A civilian succumbed to his wounds and two others were wounded in the Gaza Strip.
- Nazi forces continued to open fire at the border areas in the Gaza Strip and wounded a bird hunter.
- Nazi forces conducted 78 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 2 limited ones in the southern Gaza Strip.
– 59 civilians were arrested, including 6 children and 2 women.
– 16 civilians of them, including 3 children and a woman, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem.
- Nazi forces continued to impose collective punishment measures against Palestinian civilians.
– A house was demolished in Qabatia village and two others were noticed in Dura.
- Nazi forces continued their efforts to create Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.
– A room, storehouses, commercial facility, under-construction house and 4 Islamic graves in the city and its suburbs.
– 4 containers, 2 tin-roofed rooms, 2 trucks, private vehicle and a Diesel tank were demolished in Qalendia Industrial Area.
- Nazi forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the Sea
– 4 fishermen were arrested and their boat was confiscated.
- Nazi forces turned the West Bank into cantons and continued to impose the illegal closure on the Gaza Strip for the 9th year.
– Dozens of temporary checkpoints were established in the West Bank and others were re-established to obstruct the movement of Palestinian civilians.
– A Palestinian Civilian was arrested at the internal military checkpoints.
– A UNDP Officer was arrested at Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.
Summary
Nazi violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (14 – 20 July 2016).
Shooting:
Nazi 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 Palestinian civilians, including a child.
Moreover, Nazi forces wounded 17 other civilians, including 4 children. Fifteen of them were wounded in the West Bank and the 2 others were wounded in the Gaza Strip. In the Gaza Strip, Nazi forces continue to target Palestinian fishermen and chase them in the Sea.
In the West Bank, at approximately 16:50 on Tuesday, 19 July 2016, Israeli soldiers who guard the annexation wall near Nazlet al-Kasarat area in al-Ram village, north of East occupied Jeruslaem, fired rubber-coated metal bullets at Muhie al-Deen Mohammed Sedqi Mohammed Tabakhi (11) when he was along with other children near a hill overlooking the wall. Tabakhi was wounded and then taken to al-Ram Medical Centre. He was then transferred to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, where he succumbed to his wounds.
On 19 July 2016, the Palestinian Ministry of Health declared the death of Mustafa Barad’iyeh (52) from Beit Fajjr village, south of Bethlehem. The aforementioned was wounded at the entrance to al-‘Aroub refugee camp, north of Hebron on 18 July 2016 after stabbing two Nazi soldiers. He was taken by an Nazi military ambulance to an unknown destination.
On 14 July 2016, 10 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were wounded when a group of undercover units of Nazi forces sneaked into al-Mazra’ah al-Qabaliyah village, northwest of Ramallah. The units raided and searched a house belonging to Tariq ‘Aqel Abu Rabi’a and arrested him. Meanwhile, a number of Palestinian children and youngsters gathered to throw stones at the units, who in response opened fire at them. Fifteen minutes later, 3 Nazi military vehicles moved into the village to back up the undercover units and secure their withdrawal. The Nazi soldiers opened fire at the demonstrators, resulting in the injury of ten civilians; one of whom sustained serious wounds.
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