Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory The Past Week

Between September 6 and 12, 2007. During this period, Israeli troops shot and killed six Palestinians, including two children, and injured 23 including nine children. Israeli troops carried out no less then 35 invasions in the occupied West Bank and three in the Gaza Strip. During these attacks, 54 Palestinians were kidnapped in the West Bank and six in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli violations in the West Bank:

Back in June 9, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, soldiers opened fire at a group of Palestinian children who hurled stones at the invading forces. Two children were injured in the invasion and one of them died of his wounds on September 10.

During September 6 and September 12 Israeli troops carried out no less then 35 invasions in several West Bank cities, towns and refugee camps. The attacks included breaking into homes and firing rounds of live ammunition.

Soldiers took prisoner 54 residents, including three children, and the wife of a resident who is wanted by the Israeli security.

At least three residents were also taken prisoner on roadblocks installed by the army in several West Bank areas. One resident was kidnapped at a military roadblock, near Nablus in the northern part of the West Bank; the army claimed that he carried explosives but that has been unconfirmed to date, and a Palestinian policeman was also arrested at an Israeli roadblock near the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem.

On Wednesday morning, the Israeli authorities imposed a strict siege over the occupied territories as Israeli celebrates a Jewish feast. The siege will continue until Sunday September 16.

This siege added more hardships to the residents who are already living under severe restrictions of their movement.

The Israeli Authorities and the army issued a military order closing the Ibrahimi Mosque, in Hebron, for 5 separate days during the holy Ramadan Month, allegedly to allow Jewish settlers to celebrate Jewish feasts.

The mosque will be cloed to Muslims on 13, 19, 22 and 30 September and 1 October 2007 during the holy Muslim Ramadan Month, in order to allow Jewish settlers to celebrate Jewish occasions.

Attacks against nonviolent Wall protests:

Troops continued their attacks against Palestinian and international peace activists peacefully protesting against the Annexation Wall in the West Bank.

The attacks were carried out against peaceful protesters in Um Salmouna village, near Bethlehem, and Bil'in village, near Ramallah.

On Friday August 31, soldiers attacked Palestinian civilians, Israeli and international peace activists peacefully protesting against the Annexation Wall in Bil'in. soldiers placed barbed-wires and fired tear gas, rubber-coated bullets and round bombs.

Soldiers also violently attacked and clubbed several protesters. A 42-yeard old woman was injured when a tear gas canister hit her in the leg, while several protesters suffered from tear gas inhalation.

Settler attacks:

On September 11, settlers of the illegal Abraham Abino outpost, in the Old City of Hebron, occupied the rooftop of the Al Aqtab mosque, and started building on it to expand their illegal outpost, the army was present in the area and provided protection for the settlers instead of stopping them.

Jerusalem:

Israeli soldiers and police men broke into the headquarters of the local council of Bir Nibala village, northwest of Jerusalem and confiscated three computers and official documents.

Jerusalem remained isolated from the rest of the West Bank and further restrictions were enforced due to celebrations of Jewish feasts.

A full siege was imposed over all of the occupied territories, which also includes sealing different Palestinian areas from each other.

The siege was imposed on September 12 and will remained in place until September 16.

Israeli violations in the Gaza Strip:

On September 6, soldiers killed three Palestinian members of the resistance after firing a tank shell at a group of fighters in Al Qarara village, northeast of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Three more fighters, and ten residents, were injured.

A fourth fighter was killed during clashes with the invading forces.

5 family members, including 3 children and a woman, were wounded when the army fired a missile at the apartment building where they live. A total of ten residents were injured.

Troops, using military bulldozers, uprooted 66 Dunams of agricultural land.

During the invasion, troops detained 150 civilians for several hours, and released them all except for two brothers who were transferred to an unknown destination.

On September 8, soldiers fired at Palestinian children, hunting birds in an area close to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel; one child was killed.The children were hunting in an open area, and did not carry any firearms.

All borders crossings in the Gaza Strip remained closed, thus causing further deterioration of the economic condition of the resident.

The siege imposed on the Gaza Strip has severely impacted the flow of food, medical supplies and other necessities such as fuel, construction materials and raw materials for various economic sectors.

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