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| Thursday, 15 January 2015 00:00 |
Israeli forces continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
Dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights activists fainted due to tear gas inhalation.
A child sustained a bullet wound as settlers fired at him, south of Hebron.
A child and a youngster from Burin village, south of Nablus, were wounded.
Israeli forces conducted 50 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
82 Palestinian civilians, including 18 children and 2 women, were arrested in the West Bank.
27 of these civilians, including 11 children and 2 women, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem.
Israel continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
A Palestinian civilian was arrested at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
Israeli navy forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip Sea.
A Palestinian fishing boat sustained damage in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
Settlers damaged 232 trees, including 228 olive trees.
10 oak trees and dozens of olive seedlings were planted, south of Bethlehem, to seize 20 dunums.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (07 – 14 January 2015).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces wounded 3 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, in the West Bank. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli navy forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip sea.
In the West Bank, on 10 January 2015, Palestinian child and youngster from Burin village, south of Nablus, were wounded when a number of children and youngsters went to al-Sabe' Mount, east of Burin village, south of Nablus, to play with snow, but settlers protected by Israeli soldiers attacked them.
On the abovementioned day, a Palestinian child from al-Raihya village, south of Hebron, sustained a bullet wound as a settler fired at him. The child went with his brothers and relatives to check on their olive trees, north of the village, when the settler fired at them.
In the Gaza Strip, in the context of targeting Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip sea, on 11 January 2015, Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing within 1.5 nautical miles off al-Waha resort, northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. As a result, a fishing boat sustained damage, but no casualties were reported.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted at least 50 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least 82 Palestinians, including 18 children and 2 women. Twenty-six of these Palestinians, including 11 children and 2 women, were arrested in Jerusalem.
Restrictions on movement:
Israel continued to impose a tight 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 closure of the Gaza Strip, which has been steadily tightened since June 2007 has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli authorities impose measures to undermine the freedom of trade, including the basic needs for the Gaza Strip population and the agricultural and industrial products to be exported. For 8 consecutive years, Israel has tightened the land and naval closure to isolate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, and other countries around the world. This resulted in grave violations of the economic, social and cultural rights and a deterioration of living conditions for 1.8 million people. The Israeli authorities have established Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shaloum) as the sole crossing for imports and exports in order to exercise its control over the Gaza Strip’s economy. They also aim at imposing a complete ban on the Gaza Strip’s exports. During the reporting period, Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian patient who obtained a permit to travel to the West Bank for medical treatment, while another civilian accompanying his father was arrested while the father was denied travel for medical treatment.
Settlement activities and attacks by settlers against Palestinian civilians and property
On 10 January 2015, Israeli settlers chopped the branches of 40 olive trees and 4 30-year-old almond trees with saws, southeast of Yatta. Around the same time, a number of settlers form “Sousia” settlement” uprooted and chopped 150 olive trees, southeast of Yatta. Furthermore, settlers from “Sidi Buiz” settlement planted lands in al-Khader village, south of Bethlehem, with olive and oak trees and expanded the water network in them.
On 11 January 2015, the residents of Yasouf village were informed that the settlers of “Tafuh” settlement attacked the lands of al-Teen al-Shami area. It turned out that the settlers chopped 38 olive trees with an electric saw.
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