NOVANEWS
(18 – 24 August 2016)
Nazi warplanes conducted 60 airstrikes on many areas in the Gaza Strip
- Nazi forces continued to use excessive force in the oPt
– A Palestinian civilian was killed on “Yitzhar” settlement bypass road, south of Nablus.
– 12 civilians, including a child, were wounded in the West Bank and 4 others, including a child, in the Gaza Strip.
- Nazi warplanes conducted 60 airstrikes on many areas in the Gaza Strip
– A water reservoir tank and 5 military training sites were targeted, and 3 Members of al-Qassam Brigades sustained minor wounds.
- Nazi forces targeted the border areas in the northern Gaza Strip, wounding a shepherd.
- Nazi forces conducted 69 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one in the southern Gaza Strip.
– 40 civilians, including 6 children and a woman, were arrested
– 14 of them, including 4 children and a woman, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem.
– 7 forges were raided and closed in Bethlehem after confiscating its contents.
- Settlement activities continued in the West Bank.
– Two dwellings and a youth center were demolished in Kherbet Um al-Kheir, south of Hebron.
- Nazi forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the Sea
– 2 fishermen were arrested and a fishing 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.
– 3 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were arrested at military checkpoints.
Summary
Nazi violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (18 – 24 August 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 a Palestinian civilian and wounded 16 others, including a child and 3 members of al-Qassam Brigades.
Eight of them were wounded in the West Bank while the rest 8 were wounded in the Gaza Strip. In the Gaza Strip, Nazi forces carried out a series of airstrikes along the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip. Nazi forces also fired artillery shells at the border areas. Moreover, Nazi forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen and chase them in the sea.
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