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| Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territo | |
| Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilian and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
· 10 Palestinians killed by IOF.
1 Palestinian youth beaten to death in Bethlehem 3 of the victims killed in IOF extra-judicial executions.
12 Palestinian civilians, including 1 woman, were wounded by IOF gunfire. 3 were injured in a failed extra-judicial execution. West Bank and Gaza Strip.
OF arrested 18 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and 2 in the Gaza Strip.
IOF raid the Union of the Handicapped and Islamic Club in Qalqilya.
IOF raid El-Zuhur Kindergarten and desecrate the Islamic Cemetery in Dura near Hebron. isolate the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
Severe humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip due to the closure. 5,000 Palestinians still stuck on the Egyptian side of the Gaza Strip border for 6 weeks. The number of travelers who died in Egypt so far is 17.
Approximately 1,000 Palestinians allowed to pass from Egypt through El-Ojeh – Erez route. Summary IOF escalated violations of international law and humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the reporting period (26 July – 1 August 2007):
Killing and Injury: During the reporting period, IOF killed 10 Palestinians; and injured 12 others, including a woman and child in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. In addition, an Israeli peace activist was injured in the weekly demonstration in Bal'in.
In the West Bank, a 19-year old Palestinian youth was beaten to death at a checkpoint in the town of Taqou' near Bethlehem. And in the Gaza Strip, IOF killed 9 members of the Palestinian resistance and injured 9 others, including 2 civilians. On 26 July 2007, IOF moved into El-Fokhari village in the southern Gaza Strip and killed 2 resistance activists in 3 aerial bombardments. On the same day, 3 activists were killed in an extra-judicial execution using aerial bombardment against a vehicle to the south of Gaza City. On 28 July, 2 more activists were killed when IOF troops fired at members of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades near the border fence north of Beit Lahia. Ambulances were prevented from reaching them for 6 hours. And on 1 August, 2 activists were killed in an incursion in Beit Lahia.
Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 26 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. During those incursions, IOF arrested 20 Palestinian civilians, including 1 child. IOF raided an association for the handicapped and a sports club in Qalqilya, and raided a kindergarten and desecrated a cemetery by destroyed two graves and exposing the buried bodies in Hebron in the West Bank. And in the Gaza Strip, IOF razed 153 of dunums of agricultural land in El-Fokhari village.
Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Gaza Strip
IOF have imposed a strict siege on the Gaza Strip. They have closed its border crossings as a form of collective punishment against Palestinian civilians.
IOF have closed Rafah International Crossing Point, even though they do not directly control it. They have prevented European observers working at the crossing point form reaching it. IOF had already closed Rafah International Crossing Point following an armed attack against an IOF military post in Kerem Shalom area, southeast of Rafah, on 25 June 2006. The crossing point had been partially reopened for short, sporadic periods to allow few numbers of Palestinian to travel through it. The crossing point has been completely closed since Hamas' takeover of the Gaza Strip and the withdrawal of Palestinian security forces from the crossing point. At least 5,000 Palestinians have been stuck in Egypt waiting to be allowed in the Gaza Strip. According to PCHR's documentation, 17 Palestinians of those who are stuck in Egypt have died due to the deterioration in their health conditions. Approximately 1,000 travelers were allowed back into the Gaza Strip from Egypt using El-Ojeh crossing 70 kilometers south of Rafah.
IOF have also closed commercial crossings, especially al-Mentar (Karni) crossing. During the reporting period, IOF reopened the crossing for some hours to allow the entry of some goods into the Gaza Strip. If this closure continues, a humanitarian crisis is likely to emerge in the Gaza Strip. IOF have also continued to close Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have been prevented from traveling through this crossing. They prevented traders and patients from passing through. IOF allow very few patients to travel through the crossing, but following coordination through the ICRC. During the reporting period, IOF reopened Kerem Shalom crossing, southeast of Rafah, and Sofa crossing, northeast of the town. During the reporting period, Nahal Ouz crossing, east of Gaza City, which is deigned for the entry of fuels into the Gaza Strip, was opened for 1 day only.
West Bank
IOF have tightened the siege imposed on Palestinian communities in the West Bank. They have isolated Jerusalem from the rest of the West Bank. Contrary to promises by the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to ease restrictions on movement in the West Bank, IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. IOF also erected more checkpoints on the main roads and intersections in the West Bank. During the reporting period, IOF soldiers positioned at various checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested at least 4 Palestinian civilians, including a child. Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (26 July – 1 August 2007)
The full report is available online at: html format: http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2007/02-08-2007.htm pdf format: http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2007/pdf/Weekly%20Report%2030.pdf
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