NOVANEWS
- The Israeli Forces Continued to fire at Palestinian fishermen in the northern Gaza Strip.
- 4 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were wounded.
- 8 Palestinian civilians, including 1 child, were wounded in the West Bank; 2 of whom were arrested.
- The Israeli Forces conducted 71 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
– At least 44 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, were arrested in the West Bank.
- The Israeli Forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
– Dozens of Palestinian protestors suffered from tear gas inhalation.
- 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.
– At least 4 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were arrested at checkpoints in the West Bank.
- The Israeli Forces have continued settlement activities in the West Bank, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
– The Israeli Forces continued to deny the Palestinian farmers access to their farmlands and arrested 3 farmers.
– More notices of house demolitions were issued under the pretext of not obtaining construction licenses.
– Te Israeli settlers set fire to 2 vehicles in Majdal Bani Fadel village, southwest of Nablus.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (20 – 26 December 2012):
Shooting:
During the reporting period, the Israeli forces wounded 12 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; 8 of whom, including a child, were wounded in the West Bank and the 4 others, including 2 children, were wounded in the Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, on 20 December 2012, the Israeli forces wounded and arrested 2 Palestinian civilians from Rumanna village, northwest of Jenin. The 2 wounded civilians were transported by military ambulances to al-Khdeira hospital in Israel. The aforementioned persons were wounded when the Israeli Forces moved into the said village and fired at a group of persons in the center of the village.
On 22 December 2012, 6 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded when the Israeli forces opened fire at dozens of Palestinians, who went out in a funeral of a dead person to the cemetery near the entrance of Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. 2 of whom were wounded by live bullets, while the other 4 ones were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets. The wounded were transported by the Palestine Red Crescent Society’s (PRCS) ambulances to hospitals in Hebron. Wounds of 2 of them were serious.
In the same context, the Israeli forces continued to systematically use excessive force against peaceful protests organized by Palestinians and Israeli and international activists protesting against the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, dozens of Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation or sustained bruises. They were all treated on the spot.
In the Gaza Strip, on 21 December 2012, 2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded when the Israeli forces inside watchtowers and infantry units positioned along the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at a group of persons and farmers, who were about 30 meters away from the border fence.
On the same day, 2 other Palestinians, including a child, were wounded when the Israeli forces inside watchtowers and infantry units positioned along the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at a group of persons and farmers, who were about 150 meters away from the border fence. The four Palestinians were wounded when dozens of Palestinian civilians headed to the two abovementioned areas to challenge the Israeli decision to impose a 300-meter buffer zone along the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
The full report is available online at:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/
