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Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
Jeudi, 16 juin 2011 - 16h28
Thursday 16 June 2011
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A Palestinian died of wounds he had sustained during the wide scale Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian civilian was wounded by IOF in Salfit.
An old Palestinian man was wounded by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.
IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
Two Palestinian civilians were wounded. IOF arrested 4 Israeli human rights defenders and two Palestinian civilians.
· IOF conducted 50 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one into the Gaza Strip. IOF arrested 21 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children. The detainees include former Palestinian Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs, Wasfi Qabaha.
· IOF fired at Palestinian fishing boats in the Gaza Strip.
· Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world
IOF arrested two Palestinian civilians, including a woman, at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
IOF violently beat a Palestinian civilian at a military checkpoint near Hebron. · IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
IOF ordered the demolition of a school and two barracks in Salfit.
IOF ordered stopping the construction of a mosque in Salfit and demolishing another one in Bethlehem.
IOF destroyed two wells and ordered the demolition of another 3 ones.
IOF demolished 3 tents and 10 barnyards in Jericho.
Israeli settlers attacked 5 houses in Hebron.
Israeli settlers leveled areas of land they had already seized near Hebron.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (09 – 15 June 2011):
Shooting:
During the reporting period, a Palestinian died of wounds he had sustained during the wide scale Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. Two Palestinian civilians were also wounded by IOF and settlers in the West Bank.
On 11 June 2011, medical sources at the Israeli Hasharon Hospital declared that Mohammed Sha’ban Mohammed Esleem, 50, from Gaza City, died of wounds he had sustained on 15 January 2009 during the wide scale Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip. Esleem had been wounded by shrapnel to the head, the abdomen and the hand. On 24 February 2009, he was transferred to an Egyptian hospital. On 29 May 2011, he was transferred to an Israeli hospital, where he had received medical treatment until his death. It is worth noting that Esleem was wounded inside his house when IOF targeted the late Minister of Interior in the Gaza government, Sa’id Syam. As a result of this attack, 12 Palestinians, including 6 members of the Esleem family, were killed.
On 10 June 2011, an old Palestinian man was wounded by a bullet to the head by an Israeli settler near Ramallah.
On 13 June 2011, a Palestinian civilian was wounded by IOF in Salfit. IOF fired at number of Palestinian boys and young men who threw stones at military vehicles.
During the reporting period, IOF used excessive force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall in the West Bank. As a result, two Palestinian civilians were wounded, and dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation. IOF also arrested 4 Israeli human rights defenders and one Palestinian civilian.
On 11 June 2011, Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in the northern Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 50 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during which they arrested 21 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children and former Minister of Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs, Wasfi Qabaha.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted a limited incursion into Palestinian areas in the central Gaza Strip, during which they leveled areas of Palestinian land.
Restrictions on Movement:
Israel had continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
Gaza Strip
Israel has continuously closed all border crossings to the Gaza Strip for over three years. 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 full report is available online at:
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