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| Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) |
Thursday, 05 March 2015 00:00
FULL REPORT Here
A Palestinian civilian was killed and his brother was wounded in the explosion of an object of the Israeli military remnants in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
4 Palestinian civilians, including a child and 2 photojournalists, were wounded during protests against the construction of the annexation wall.
9 others, including 4 children, were wounded during other protests.
A Palestinian civilian was wounded during an Israeli incursion into Qabatya village, south of Jenin.
Israeli forces conducted 56 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 9 ones in East Jerusalem.
32 Palestinian civilians, including 11 children, were arrested.
13 of them, including 4 children, 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.
9 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children, were arrested at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
3 Palestinian businessmen were arrested at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.
Israeli navy forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip Sea.
Israeli navy forces opened fire 4 times at Palestinian fishing boats, but no casualties were reported.
Israeli forces continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
180 olive seedlings were damaged and cut off by settlers, east of Yatta, south of Hebron,
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (26 February – 04 March 2015).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, a Palestinian civilian was killed and his brother was wounded due to the explosion of an object of the Israeli forces' remnants left during the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces also wounded 14 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children and 2 photojournalists, in the West Bank. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued to chase and target Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip sea.
In the West Bank, Israeli forces continued the use of excessive and systematic force against peaceful protests organized by Palestinian civilians and Israeli and international solidarity activists against the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, 4 Palestinian civilians, including a child and 2 photojournalists, were wounded.
In the same context, 9 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, were wounded during other protests organized at the southern entrance of al-Jalazoun refugee camp and Silwad village near Ramallah, and in Hebron.
On 03 March 2015, a 20-year-old civilian sustained a bullet wound to the right leg when Israeli forces moved into Qabatya village, south of Jenin.
In the Gaza Strip, on 28 February 2015, a 21-year-old civilian was killed and his 17-year-old brother was seriously wounded due to the explosion of an object of the Israeli forces' remnants left during the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. They found that object while transporting sand from a street near their house to the house by a motor cart in the east of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
In the context of targeting fishermen, Israeli navy forces opened fire 4 times at Palestinian fishermen and fishing boats in the Gaza Strip sea on 26 and 27 February and 02 and 04 March 2015. As a result, the fishermen were frightened and sailed back to the shore, but neither casualties nor material damage were reported.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted at least 56 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 9 ones in East Jerusalem. During these incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least 32 Palestinians, including 11 children. Thirteen of these Palestinians, including 4 children, were arrested in Jerusalem.
On 02 March 2015, Israeli forces raided the house belonging to Mohammed Hashayka (23) in Beitounia village, west of Ramallah, to arrest him. They used sniffer dogs and attacked his family.
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 26 February 2015, Israeli forces backed by military vehicles and accompanied with a vehicles belonging to the Construction and Organization Department in the Israeli Civil moved into Kherbet al-Majaz area in the eastern area of Yata, south of Hebron. The Civil Administration officer handed 2 civilians 2 notices to stop the construction work in 2 residential tents.
On 28 February 2015, Israeli forces prevented Palestinian farmers from reclaiming their lands in al-Sahlat area, south of Qaryout village, southeast of Nablus. They claimed that that these lands are located in "C" areas according to the Oslo accords.
On 03 March 2015, Israeli forces accompanied with a vehicle from to the Construction and Organization Department in the Israeli Civil raided a stone-pet belonging to Jamil Khalil al-Tarwah on the Hebron-Jerusalem Road, 300 meters to the north of Beit Ummar village. The Civil Administration officer claimed that the Israeli authorities handed a notice to the aforementioned civilian not to construct and expand the work in the stone-pet in 1998.
On 26 February 2015, the teaching staff of 'Oarif High School for Boys, southeast of Nablus, was surprised with the attack on the school by a group of settlers expected to be from "Yatsahar" settlement and writing slogans against Arabs in addition to drawing David Star at the main entrance of the school.
On 28 February 2015, a group of settlers from "Metsbi Ya'ir" established on the Palestinian lands confiscated from southeast of Yata, south of Hebron uprooted and cut down 180 olive seedlings belonging to Houshiyah family.
Uprooted Palestinian 
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