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Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
Jeudi, 30 juin 2011 - 12h38
Thursday 30 June 2011
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Period 23 – 29 June 2011
· IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
A Palestinian civilian was wounded.
IOF arrested two human rights defenders and 6 Palestinian civilians.
· Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in the Gaza Strip.
A fishing boat was damaged, and IOF arrested two fishermen, but released them later.
· IOF conducted 31 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
IOF arrested 21 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children a Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, a human rights defender and a journalist.
· Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
IOF arrested 3 Palestinian civilians, at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
IOF arrested a physically disabled young man at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the Gaza Strip.
· IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
At least 100 graves were bulldozed in a cemetery in East Jerusalem.
IOF demolished two barnyards and will in Arab al-Rashaida village near Bethlehem.
IOF confiscated a plot near Hebron to establish an aircraft strip.
IOF destroyed irrigation networks near Hebron
IOF uprooted 300 olive trees in Deir Estia village near Salfit.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (23 – 29 June 2011):
Shooting:
During the reporting period, a Palestinian civilian was wounded by IOF in the West Bank.
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, one Palestinian civilian was wounded, and dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation. IOF also arrested two Israeli human rights defenders and 6 Palestinian civilians.
During the reporting period, Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in the Gaza Strip in two separate incidents. In one of these attacks, a Palestinian fishing boat was damaged. IOF also arrested two fishermen, but released them later.
On 28 June 2011, IOF opened fire at a number of Palestinian civilians and international solidarity activists who demonstrated nearly 500 meters away from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israeli in the northern Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 31 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during which they arrested 21 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children, a Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, a journalist and a human rights defender.
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