NOVANEWS
(23-29 March 2017)
- Nazi forces killed a Palestinian child in al-Jalazone refugee camp and a woman in occupied Jerusalem.
– 9 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were wounded.
- Nazi forces continued to target the border areas in the Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported
- Nazi forces conducted 51 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
– 57 civilians, including 14 children and 3 young women, were arrested in the West Bank.
– 25 of them, including 8 children and two young women, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem and its suburbs.
– Among those arrested were 10 of al-Aqsa guards.
- Nazi forces continued their efforts to create Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.
– Nazi forces forced a civilian to self-demolish his house roof in Beit Hanina, north of the city.
– Two under-construction houses in al-Issawiyah were demolished in addition to two inhabited ones in al-Mukaber Mount, rendering 14 persons homeless, including 10 children.
- Nazi forces continued their settlement activities in the West Bank.
– A mobile house (caravan) was confiscated from the Northern Jordan Valley, and a metal workshop was demolished in al-Jaftalak village, north of Jericho.
- 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 10th 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 child, were arrested at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
Summary
Nazi violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (23-29 March 2017).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Nazi forces killed a Palestinian child and woman. Meanwhile, they wounded 9 other civilians, including 2 children, in the West Bank. In the Gaza Strip, Nazi forces continued to chase Palestinian fishermen in the sea and open fire at the farmers in the border areas.
In the West Bank, in a new crime of using excessive force, on 23 March 2017, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 4 others, including 2 children. All of them were from al-Jalazone refugee camp, north of Ramallah. Israeli forces claimed that Palestinians in a car traveling near Beit Eil Settlement threw Molotov Cocktails at the settlement fence. The Israeli soldiers fortified in a watchtower opened fire at a car. As a result, a child was killed and 4 other civilians were wounded. According to information available at PCHR, if the Israeli forces’ claims were true, they could have used less lethal forces against the abovementioned civilians and arrested them.
In a new crime of wilful killings, on 29 March 2017, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian identified as Siham Rateb Nemer (49) after opening fire at her when she was entering the Damascus Gate (Bab al-‘Amoud) in occupied Jerusalem. Israeli forces claimed as usual that the abovementioned woman attempted to stab an Israeli soldier. However, PCHR’sinvestigations refuted those claims. It should be mentioned that Siham is the mother of Mustafa Nemer, who was shot dead by Israeli soldiers on 05 September 2016 when he was driving a car along with his relative on ‘Anata Street in Sho’afat refugee camp, northeast of occupied Jerusalem. As a result, he was killed and his relative was wounded.
On 24 March 2017, 5 Palestinian civilians were wounded while participating in a demonstration in al-Qaboun area near al-Mugheir village, northeast of Ramallah. This demonstration was in protest against the establishment of a sheep barn by a settler in an attempt to establish a settlement outpost on the Palestinian lands.
In the Gaza Strip, as part of targeting the border areas, on 25 March 2017, Israeli forces stationed along the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip opened fire at the agricultural lands, east of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported.
On 28 March 2017, Israeli forces stationed inside watchtowers along the eastern borders of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at the border area opposite to al-Ahmar area. No casualties were reported.
In the context of targeting Palestinian fishermen, on 25 March 2017, Israeli gunboats stationed northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at the Palestinian fishing boat sailing there. However, no casualties were reported. The shooting recurred in the same area on 29 March 2017.
The full report is available online at:
http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=8965
