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Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory
Jeudi, 21 mai 2015 - 18h06
jeudi 21 mai 2015
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
·Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian in occupied Jerusalem in excessive use of force.
·Israeli forces wounded 40 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during peaceful protests.
Among the wounded were 11 children and 2 photojournalists, including an Italian journalist.
·Israeli forces continued to open fire at border areas in the Gaza Strip and chase fishermen in the sea.
·Israeli forces conducted 70incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank anda limited one in the central Gaza Strip.
62 Palestinian civilians, including 19 children, were arrested.
18 of these civilians, including 8 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.
Many checkpoints were established in the West Bank.
6 Palestinian children from Silwad village, northeast of Ramallah, were detained for few hours and then released.
Israeli forces arrested a Palestinian civilian at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, north of the Gaza Strip.
·Israeli forces continued their effort to create Jewish majority in East Jerusalem.
A residential building that includes 8 apartments in Ras al-Amoud neighbourhood, and 3 commercial stores in Silwan village, were demolished
·Israeli forces continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
Settlers damaged 4 civilian vehicles, south of Nablus.
800 olive seedlings, north of Hebron, were cut off and 16 dunums[1] of olive trees, west of Bethlehem, were burnt.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in theoPt continued during the reporting period (14 – 20 May 2015).
Shooting :
Israeli forces escalated the policy of excessive use of force against Palestinian civilians, including protestors in peaceful protests in the oPt. During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian in occupied East Jerusalem and wounded 40 others, including 11 children and 2 photojournalists ; 37 of whom were wounded in the West Bank and the 3 others were wounded in the Gaza Strip. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued targeting fishermen and opening fire at border areas along the Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, on Wednesday morning, 20 May 2015, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian. Israeli soldiers opened fire at the Palestinian when his car deviated in al-Tour neighbourhood intersection, east of the old city in East Jerusalem, and hit 2 policewomen. Israeli forces claimed that the Palestinian attempted to run over the 2 policewomen. PCHR stresses that Israeli forces could have used less lethal force against him.
Additionally, 19 Palestinian civilians, including 8 children, were wounded ; 10 of whom sustained live bullet wounds, 7 sustained rubber-coated metal bullet wounds and the 2 others sustained shrapnel wounds. They were wounded when Israeli forces moved into the eastern part of Nablus on Thursday, 14 May 2015, to allow dozens of settlers to enter the area.
Israeli forces continued the use ofexcessive 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 and to mark the 67th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba (catastrophe). As a result, 18 protestors, including 3 children and 2 photojournalists, were wounded.
In the Gaza Strip, on 15 May 2015, 3 Palestinian civilians were wounded, the wound of one of them was serious due to which he was transferred to an Israeli hospital, when Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of al-Shuja’iya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, opened fire at a group of Palestinian youngsters commemorating the Palestinian Nakba (the uprooting of the Palestinian people from their land in 1948).
Moreover, Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of al-Shuhada cemetery, east of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, opened sporadic fire twice at the said area, but no casualties were reported.
In the context of targeting fishermen, Israeli forces opened fire 3 times at fishermen sailing in the allowed area, but neither casualties nor material damage were reported.
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