NOVANEWS
- 4 Palestinian civilians were wounded in the West Bank.
- Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters in the West Bank.
– 3 protestors, including a photojournalist, were wounded.
– Dozens of civilians suffered tear gas inhalation.
- Israeli forces conducted 31 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
– At least 40 Palestinian civilians, including 17 children, were arrested in the West Bank.
– 4 Palestinians, including a child, from the Gaza Strip were arrested when they attempted to cross the borders into Israel.
- 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.
– 9 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a girl, were arrested at checkpoints in the West Bank.
- Israeli navy forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the sea.
– Israeli navy forces opened fire at fishermen in the northern Gaza Strip.
– 2 fishing boats were confiscated off Rafah shore.
- Israel continued its efforts to create Jewish majority in occupied Jerusalem.
– Israeli authorities forced a civilian to demolish his own house in Jabal al-Mukabber neighbourhood, under the pretext of non-licensing.
– Israeli authorities distributed administrative orders to demolish a number of commercial facilities and a sports-ground in Selwan village, under the pretext of non-licensing.
– Lands, north of al-Eisawiya village, were levelled to establish a trench separating the village from the “French Hill” settlement.
– Settlers threw stones at Palestinian civilians and their vehicles in al-Sowana neighbourhood.
– Hundreds of settlers moved into Ein Selwan in Selwan village to perform their religious rituals of the Jewish holidays.
– Settlers from the group of “Paying the Price” punctured the tyres of 3 buses and wrote racist slogans in Selwan.
- Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
– Israeli authorities started building settlement units in “Leshem” settlement, west of Salfit, in the northern West Bank.
– A civilian was handed a notice to demolish an agricultural room and to halt construction works in a house in al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem.
– Settlers closed Ramallah – Nablus road and threw stones at Palestinian vehicles.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (05– 11 September 2013).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, 4 Palestinian civilians were wounded in the West Bank; 2 of them were wounded while they attempted to cross the borders into Israel looking for work. Moreover, 3 other civilians, including a photojournalist, were wounded when Israeli forces dispersed peaceful protests against the annexation wall, while dozens of civilians suffered tear gas inhalation.
On 07 September 2013, Israeli forces stationed along the annexation wall between the far south of Hebron, south of the West Bank, and Israel, opened fire at a number of Palestinian labourers when they attempted to cross the wall through a hole looking for work. As a result, 2 of them were wounded. Their wounds were described as moderate.
On 08 September 2013, an 18-year-old civilian sustained shrapnel wound of a sound bomb in the head and a 23-year-old civilian sustained shrapnel wound of a bullet in the right hand when Israeli forces moved into Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. Moreover, a pregnant woman suffered tear gas inhalation.
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, 3 civilians, including a photojournalist, were wounded. Furthermore, dozens suffered tear gas inhalation and other sustained bruises.
On 08 September 2013, Israeli gunboats stationed off al-Waha resort, northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats that were sailing about 4 nautical miles off the shore. The fishermen were frightened and fled back to the shore fearing of being arrested or injured. Neither casualties nor material damage were reported. On 10 September 2013, Israeli navy forces confiscated 2 fishing boats belonging to Palestinian fishermen off Rafah shore in the southern Gaza Strip.
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