NOVANEWS
- Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 6 others in Jenin refugee camp in the north of the West Bank.
- A Palestinian civilian died of previous wounds in Bethlehem.
- Israeli forces have continued to open fire at the border areas in the Gaza Strip.
– 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded in the northern and southern Gaza Strip.
- Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protesters in the West Bank.
– Many civilians suffered tear gas inhalation.
- Israeli forces conducted 21 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
– At least 12 Palestinians were arrested.
- 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.
– At least 3 Palestinian civilians were arrested at checkpoints in the West Bank.
- Israeli navy forces have continued targeting Palestinian fishermen in the sea.
– Israeli naval forces opened fire twice at Palestinian fishing boats, but no casualties were reported.
- Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
– Israeli forces confiscated 10 dunums[1] of land in Qasra village near Nablus and denied farmers access to other 500-dunum lands.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (12 – 18 December 2013).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 6 others in Jenin refugee camp, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Moreover, medical sources pronounced a Palestinian civilian from al-Dheisha refugee camp, southwest of Bethlehem, dead due to wounds he had sustained during the al-Aqsa Intifada. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces wounded 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child, while Israeli naval forces continued opening fire at the Palestinian fishing boats.
In the West Bank, on Wednesday evening, 18 December 2013, in an excessive use of lethal force, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 6 others in Jenin refugee camp in Jenin.
In the same context, Medical sources at al-Maqased Charitable Hospital in East Jerusalem pronounced Mo’een Mohammed al-Atrash (28), from al-Dheisha refugee camp southwest of Bethlehem, dead of wounds he had sustained in 2004.
Moreover, 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. As a result, many protestors suffered tear gas inhalation and others sustained bruises as they were beaten up by Israeli soldiers.
In the Gaza Strip, 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child and 2 farmers, were wounded. On 14 December 2013, a Palestinian civilian was wounded when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence opened fire at him while he was about 200 meters to the east of al-Najjar neighbourhood in Khuza’a village, east of Khan Yunis.
On the same day, Israeli forces stationed on the northern borders between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired a number of artillery shells at open area, north of Um al-Nasser Bedouin village, and northwest of al-Nada housing project, but no casualties were reported.
On 15 December 2013, a farmer from Ezbet Beit Hanoun was wounded when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, northeast of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of framers who were 500 meters away from the said fence.
On 16 December 2013, another farmer, from Jabalia, was wounded when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of farmers who were about 600 meters away from the said fence.
On 17 and 18 December 2013, Israeli forces stationed in watchtowers, east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at a number of farmers, shepherds and bird hunters in the east of Beit Hanoun. As a result, they all fled away fearing of being wounded.
In the context of targeting fishermen in the sea, on 16 and 17 December 2013, Israeli forces stationed off al-Waha resort, northwest of Beit Lahia, opened sporadic fire at Palestinian fishing boats that were sailing about 3 nautical miles off the shore. However, neither casualties nor material damage were reported.
The full report is available online at:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/
