NOVANEWS
Nazi forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
(11 – 17 February 2016)
- ·Nazi forces continued to use excessive force in the oPt
– 6 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children and a young woman, were killed in the West Bank.
– 56 Palestinian civilians, including 13 children and a woman, were wounded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
- ·Nazi forces conducted 81 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one in the central Gaza Strip.
– 76 Palestinian civilians, including 19 children, were arrested. Twenty-one of them, including 14 children, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem and its suburbs.
– 7 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, were arrested in the central and southern Gaza Strip while sneaking through the border fence into ‘Israel’ to look for work.
- ·Jewish majority efforts continued in occupied East Jerusalem.
– 11 agricultural facilities in al-Eisawiya village, northeast of the city, were demolished.
– Nazi forces issued notices for the demolition of dozens of houses in al-Eizariya village.
- ·Illegal Nazi Jewish Settlement activities continued in the West Bank.
– 35 dwellings, 41 livestock barns and 26 structures attached to them in Nablus and Tubas were demolished.
– 22 families consisting of 164 individuals, including 105 children, were rendered homeless.
- ·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.
– 4 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were arrested at military checkpoints.
– A trader was arrested at Beit Hanoun “Erez” crossing, north of the Gaza Strip.
Summary
Nazi violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (11 – 17 February 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. Occupied East Jerusalem witnessed similar attacks. During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed 6 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children and a young woman, in the West Bank, 2 of whom were killed in occupied Jerusalem.
In addition, they wounded 56 civilians, including 13 children and a woman; 46 of whom, including 11 children and a woman, were in the West Bank and 10, including 2 children, were in the Gaza Strip. Concerning the nature of injuries, 46 civilians were hit with live bullets, 9 were hit with rubber-coated metal bullets and a civilian was hit with a tear gas canister right to the face.
The full report is available online at:
http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=7873
