| Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (13- 19 Dec 2012) |
| Thursday, 20 December 2012 00:00 Full Report |
Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soldiers near Oufar Prison in Ramallah
Israeli Forces Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
A Palestinian civilian died of wounds he had sustained in the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.
5 Palestinian civilians were wounded in the Gaza Strip.
4 of whom were wounded at the border area, while the fifth was wounded in the sea.
Three Palestinian civilians, including two children, were wounded in the West Bank.
The Israeli Forces conducted 35 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited incursion into the Gaza Strip.
At least 33 Palestinian civilians were arrested in the West Bank.
4 children from the Gaza Strip were arrested while attempting to cross the border into Israel.
The Israeli Forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the sea.
The Israeli Forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded in Bil'ein weekly protest, west of Ramallah.
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 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 issued more notices of house demolitions.
The Israeli settlers continued to attack the Palestinian civilians.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (13 – 19 December 2012):
Shooting:
During the reporting period, a Palestinian civilian receiving medical treatment at an Egyptian hospital died of wounds he had sustained in the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. The Israeli Forces also wounded 10 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, on 13 December 2012, a Palestinian boy was wounded when the Israeli Forces moved into a number of neighborhoods in Hebron. They opened fire some boys protesting against them. The boy was seriously wounded while he was going back home from his work.
On 16 December 2012, a Palestinian boy was wounded when the Israeli Forces opened fire at a number of boys who gathered at the eastern entrance of Aida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem, and threw stones at the Israeli soldiers.
On 17 December 2012, a Palestinian boy from Madama village, south of Nablus, was wounded in the left leg when the Israeli Forces fired at him, when he hurried to rescue his brother, who was grazing the sheep and was attacked by the settlers and in the presence of the Israeli soldiers.
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, 2 Palestinian civilians were wounded: a 16-year-old boy who was wounded in the right hand and an 18-year-old boy who was wounded in the back. In addition, dozens of Palestinians suffered from tear gas inhalation or sustained bruises. They were all treated on the spot.
In the Gaza Strip, on 18 December 2012, medical sources in the Arab National Bank Hospital in Cairo – Egypt pronounced Salem Ahmed Salem Bin Sa'id, 19, from al-Mussaddar village in the central Gaza Strip, dead because of wounds he sustained on 17 November 2012 during the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. The aforementioned person was wounded when an Israeli warplane targeted a group of persons in a small room on a piece of land near his father's house. His father and another person were killed and 6 others sustained wounds; 2 of whom sustained serious wounds, including the abovementioned person who was pronounced dead. It should be noted that Bin Sa'id was a civilian.
On 13 December 2012, 5 Palestinian civilians were wounded in the Gaza Strip. A boy was seriously wounded when the Israeli Forces stationed along the border fence, east of Deir al-Balah, opened fire at him. The boy was collecting pieces of aluminum and iron from the landfill in the east of Juhor al-Deek village.
On 14 December 2012, 2 Palestinian civilians were wounded in two separate shooting incidents. The first one was wounded when the Israeli Forces stationed along the border fence in the southern Gaza Strip opened fire at a group of persons, who were about 200 meters to the west of the border fence. The second person was wounded when the Israeli Forces stationed along the border fence in the east of Abu Safiya gate in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at a group of persons and farmers, who were 150 meters far from the fence.
On 16 December 2012, a Palestinian farmer was seriously wounded when the Israeli Forces stationed along the border fence in the southern Gaza Strip opened fire at a group of Palestinians, who were working on their lands in al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis, near the border fence.
On 17 December 2012, a Palestinian fisherman was wounded when the Israeli gunboats stationed in the Gazan waters opened fire at a fishing boat belonging to Mos'ad Baker, 38. Baker and his nephew Mohammed Tareq Abdul Razeq Baker, 20, were on board the boat 7 nautical miles off Wadi Gaza shore. As a result, Mos'ad was wounded by a bullet to the left thigh and transported to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon inside Israel. Moreover, his nephew Mohammed was arrested and questioned and their boat no. 12935 was confiscated.
In the context of targeting Palestinian fishermen in the sea, on 15 December 2012, Israeli gunboats positioned off al-Waha resort in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at Palestinian fishermen who were sailing 6 nautical miles off the shore.
On 16 and 17 December 2012, the Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen in the same area., but neither casualties nor material damage were reported.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, the IOF conducted at least 35 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, the IOF arrested at least 33 Palestinians.
During the reporting period, on 18 December 2012, the Israeli Forces moved nearly 100 meters into the southern Gaza Strip. They leveled areas of land along the border fence. At approximately 11:00, the Israeli Forces moved back to the border.
On 17 December 2012, the Israeli Forces positioned along the border fence in the central Gaza Strip arrested 4 Palestinian children, who attempted to cross the borders between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Restrictions on Movement:
Israel continued to impose a tightened closure of the oPt, imposing severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
The illegal Israeli-imposed closure of the Gaza Strip, which has steadily tightened since June 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip. The illegal closure has caused not only a humanitarian crisis, but a crisis of human rights and human dignity for the population of the Gaza Strip. Recently-declared measures to ease the closure are vague, purely cosmetic and fail to deal with the root causes of the crisis; the root causes can only be addressed by an immediate and complete lifting of the closure, including lifting the travel ban into and out of the Gaza Strip and the ban on exports. Palestinians in Gaza may no longer suffer from the same shortage of goods but, as long as the closure is allowed to continue, they will remain economically dependent, unable to care for themselves, and socially, culturally and academically isolated from the rest of the world.
The IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip continue to be denied access to
Settlement Activities:
Israel has continued its settlement activities in the oPt, in violation of international humanitarian law, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
On 14 December 2012, the Israeli Forces handed a notice to Mahmoud Shehada Makhamra, 63, from Ma'in area, south of Hebron, ordering the demolition his 2-storey house. The house is built on 170-square-meter area of land and resided by 10 individuals.
On 17 December 2012, the Israeli Forces denied the Palestinian farmers from Hribet al-Nabi village access to their lands and dismissed them from the lands under the pretext that they are under the Israeli control, so the farmers have to obtain the Israeli approval from the concerned authorities in advance.
On 18 December 2012, the Israeli Forces submitted notices to 3 Palestinians from Tarousa village, southwest of Hebron, ordering demolitions of 4 houses under the pretext that the houses are located in areas under the Israeli security control.
On 14 December 2012, a group of settlers from "Beitar Elite" and "Navi Daniel" settlements, south of Bethlehem, uprooted 200 olive trees belonging to Ahmed Hussein Salah, 70, from al-Khader village.
On 17 December 2012, a group of settlers from "Beit Hagai" settlement, south of Hebron, attacked Palestinian lands in al-Raihiya village, south of Hebron, in an attempt to seize these lands and cut the trees.
On the same day, a security officer from an outpost at Emmanuel settlement arrested Mahmoud Farid Mohammed Bashir, 34, while he was on his land. Bashir was grazing sheep when he was arrested. The security officer held him for an hour on the land near the settlement outpost. He was handcuffed under the pretext that he approached the barbwire fence around the said settlement. Bashir was released at approximately 11:30.
On the same day, a group of settlers from "Kiryat Arab" settlement attacked lands in Jales area, south of Hebron. They attempted to uproot and cut off olive trees in the area near the security fence of the said settlement.
Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (13 – 19 December 2012)
1. Incursions into Palestinian Areas and Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the West Bank and the
Thursday, 13 December 2012
At approximately 02:00, the Israeli Forces moved into several villages in Hebron. They patrolled in the streets and raided and searched some houses. Israeli soldiers kept the residents of the houses out in the cold weather for hours. They arrested six Palestinians:
1. Anas Sedqi al-Ju'ba, 23;
2. Ahmed Yusri al-'Ewiwi, 22;
3. Mo'the Abdu Mohammed al-Haimouni, 21;
4. Majd Yunis al-Atrash, 22;
5. Sedqi Yunis al-Atrash, 20; and
6. Mo'taz Salim al-Herbawi, 28.
At approximately 03:00, the Israeli Forces moved into Jenin refugee camp to the west and south of Jenin town. They patrolled in the streets and raided and searched a number of houses. The Israeli Forces arrested three Palestinian officers and transported them to an unknown destination:
1. Wa'el Ahmed Theeb Ghazawi, 43, is an officer in the Preventive Security Service (PSS);
2. Mohammed Ibrahim Eid Naghnaghiya, 30; is an officer in the General Intelligence Service (GIS); and
3. Ashraf Ahmed Sadeq Jaradat, 30, is an officer in the Civil Police.
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