NOVANEWS
- A civilian was killed and 3 others were wounded, including 2 children, in an excessive use of lethal forces in Jenin refugee camp.
– 2 civilians sustained bullet wounds during clashes in the West Bank.
– 2 children were wounded when they were near the border fence in Jabalia village in the northern Gaza Strip.
- Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters in the West Bank.
– Dozens of protestors suffered tear gas inhalation and sustained bruises due to Israeli soldiers’ attacks.
- Israeli forces conducted 56 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
– At least 31 Palestinian civilians, including 2 brothers and 3 children, were arrested.
- Israeli forces arrested 3 Palestinian civilians while swimming in the sea in the northern Gaza Strip.
- Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
– Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
– A Palestinian civilian was arrested at a checkpoint in the West Bank.
- Israel has continued its measures to create Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.
– Palestinians were forced to demolish their own houses in Sour Baher and the Old Town.
– An image and a stereograph of a synagogue to be established in al-Aqsa mosque was disclosed.
– Al-Ka’bnah Bedouin community in Beit Hanina village was demolished under the pretext of not obtaining construction license.
– A room of a house, retaining walls and a metal gate in Selwan village, al’Abasiya neighbourhood and Wadi neighbourhood were demolished.
- Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
– 10 fruitful olive trees (over 30 years old) in al-Hamra area were cut by saws.
– A civilian from Mekhmas village sustained serious wounds in the head and fractures in the hand due to settler attack.
– A house made of tin and wood, east of al-Jiftlek village, north of Jericho, was demolished.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (15 – 21 August 2013).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 5 others, including 2 children, in 3 separate incidents in the West Bank. Moreover, they wounded another 2 children in the northern Gaza Strip while they were present near the border fence, east of Jabalia.
In the West Bank, on 20 August 2013, in an excessive use of lethal forces, Israeli forces killed Majd Mohammed Lahlouh (al-Shahla) (21) and wounded 3 others, including 2 children, during clashes that erupted in Jenin refugee camp, in the north of the West Bank.
A day before, Shalash Yasser Hamamrah (22) was wounded by a bullet in the left leg during an Israeli incursion into Jaba’ village, south of Jenin.
On 22 August 2013, a 21-year-old civilian was wounded by a bullet to the left leg when Israeli forces moved into al-Dhaisha refugee camp in Bethlehem and clashes erupted.
During the reporting period, Israeli forces continued the systematic use of excessive force against peaceful protests organised by Palestinian, Israeli and international activists against the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, dozens suffered tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises.
In the Gaza Strip, on 20 August 2013, Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of boys who were about 300 meters away from the fence in between al-Shuhada’ cemetery and Abu Safiya area, east of Jabalia. As a result, 2 children from Jabalia refugee camp were wounded. It should be mentioned that area is completely calm when fire was opened.
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