NOVANEWS
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
- A Palestinian civilian was wounded by IOF.
- IOF use force to disperse peaceful protest organized by Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.
– 7 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a woman, were wounded.
- IOF conducted 7 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
– IOF arrested 7 Palestinians.
- Israeli gunboats fired at Palestinian fishing boats in the Gaza Strip.
- Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
– IOF arrested two Palestinian civilians in Hebron.
- IOF have continued efforts to create a Jewish demographic majority in East Jerusalem.
– The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem decided to establish 12 tower buildings in Jabal Abu Ghunaim (“Har Homah” settlement, south of Jerusalem.
- IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
– IOF legitimized am unplanned settlement outpost.
– 5 dunums[1] of agricultural land were razed and water well was destroyed in al-Khader village, west of Bethlehem.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (09 – 15 August 2012):
Shooting:
During the reporting period, 8 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a woman, were wounded by IOF in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
During the reporting period, IOF used force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to the construction of the annexation wall, settlement activities and other Israeli practices in the West Bank. As a result, 7 Palestinian civilians, including a child and a woman, were wounded. Dozens of demonstrators also suffered from tear gas inhalation.
In the Gaza Strip, on 11 August 2012, a Palestinian civilian was wounded when IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of Khan Yunis opened fire at al-Zanna area between al-Qarara and ‘Abassan villages.
IOF continued to fire at Palestinian fishing boats. During the reporting period, PCHR documented two attacks in this regard, which did not cause casualties.
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The full report is available online at:
http://www.pchrgaza.org/
