NOVANEWS
- A Palestinian civilian from al-Ram village, north of occupied Jerusalem, died from earlier tear gas inhalation.
- A Palestinian boy was seriously wounded in the west of Tulkarm.
- The Israeli forces continued to fire at Palestinian civilians in border area in the Gaza Strip; no casualties were reported.
- The Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
– Dozens of protestors suffered from tear gas inhalation.
- The Israeli forces conducted 52 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
– 67 Palestinian civilians, including 41 children and a woman, were arrested.
- Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
– The Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
– A Palestinian child was arrested at checkpoints.
- Israel continued its efforts to create a Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.
– 45 dunums of land in Shu’fat village were confiscated in favor of settlement expansion in Jerusalem.
- The Israeli forces have continued settlement activities in the West Bank, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
– Israeli forces continued their arbitrary measures against Palestinian civilians and their property Area C under full Israeli control according to the Oslo Accords.
– 3 shepherds sustained fractures due to the Israeli settlers’ attack on them in Yasouf village, east of Salfit.
– 5 dunums of agricultural land and an old house in Bethlehem were seized.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period 14 – 20 March 2013:
Shooting:
During the reporting period, a Palestinian civilian died from earlier tear gas inhalation and another one was wounded in the West Bank.
On 14 March 2013, a Palestinian boy was seriously wounded by a bullet to the chest when the Israeli forces stationed on watchtowers, west of Tulkram, opened fire at him while he was in Netanya Street near the abovementioned area.
On 15 March 2013, medical sources at Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah pronounced Mo’yed Nazih Atwah Ghazawnah, 34, from al-Ram village, north of occupied Jerusalem, dead from inhaling tear gas previously at the northern entrance of the village.
During the reporting period, the Israeli forces continued to systematically use excessive force against peaceful protests organized by Palestinians and Israeli and international activists against the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, dozens of protesters suffered from tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises. In the same context, many Palestinian civilians suffered from tear gas inhalation during peaceful protests in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli jails.
In the Gaza Strip, on 20 March 2013, the Israeli forces stationed along the border fence opened fire at the Palestinian lands twice, but no casualties were reported.
The full report is available online at:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/
