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Tierra Insurgente / Intifada Al Ard
This is a summary of israeli war crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 29 June 2005. 6mins (english)
PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
No. 25/2005
23– 29 June 2005
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Perpetrate More Violations of Human Rights against Palestinian Civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
· A number of Palestinian civilians, including four children, were injured by IOF.
· IOF conducted 40 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and opened fire at Palestinian residential areas in the southern Gaza Strip.
· Houses were raided and 36 Palestinian civilians, including children and women, were arrested by IOF.
· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT; IOF have imposed severe restrictions on travel through Rafah International Crossing Point; IOF have imposed more restrictions on movement in East Jerusalem; IOF have continued to close a number of roads and border crossings in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the current Intifada; and IOF arrested 8 Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
· IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank; IOF attacked Palestinian civilians and international solidarity activists who demonstrated in protest to the construction of the Wall and arrested a number of them. Nearly 40,000 Palestinian civilians living in Shu'fat refugee camp and al-Salam area will be isolated from Jerusalem upon the completion of the wall.
· Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; a number of Palestinian civilians were injured; and 428 donums[1] of land in the north of the West Bank were confiscated for the purpose of settlement expansion.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) during the reporting period (23 – 29 June 2005):
Incursions and Shelling: IOF conducted 40 military incursions into Palestinian areas in the West Bank. During these incursions, IOF fired at Palestinian civilians and injured two, including a child. They also raided houses and arrested 36 Palestinian civilians, including three girls and three children. IOF also seized 25 houses and transformed them into military sites. In the Gaza Strip, IOF opened fire at Palestinian residential areas in Khan Yunis, wounding two children. Flash bombs fired by IOF burnt a room in a house in Khan Yunis. On 29 June 2005, IOF aircrafts fired two missiles at a water-well in Beit Hanoun, destroying it.
Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT, including Jerusalem. Even though IOF eased the restrictions imposed on the movement of Palestinian civilians through Abu Houli and al-Matahen checkpoints on the main road, they have continued to impose severe restrictions at checkpoints erected at the entrances to Palestinian communities located near Israeli settlements. IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the travel of Palestinian civilians through Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border, in violation of their economic, social and cultural rights, under security claims. The crossing point remains the only outlet for Palestinian civilians living in the Gaza Strip to the outside world. IOF often close the crossing point and prevent young men from traveling. Contrary to recent Israeli claims regarding easing restrictions on movement at crossing roads, since the beginning of June, IOF have imposed more restrictions on travel through the crossing point. Thousands of Palestinian civilians have faced extreme difficulties while traveling back to the Gaza Strip. For instance, on Thursday, 22 June 2005, approximately 2000 Palestinian civilians, mostly children, were held at the Egyptian side of the crossing point in an 800-square-meter hall as IOF did not allow their passage to the Gaza Strip. They spent the night there. Some civilians, including patients, were forced to spend three or four days under severe conditions waiting to be allowed to cross towards the Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, IOF have imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. Since Friday evening, 24 June 2005, IOF have imposed a strict siege on Hebron district. They imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians and severely beat five of them. IOF positioned at checkpoints arrested eight Palestinian civilians in the OPT. They also imposed a curfew on a number of Palestinian communities.
Annexation Wall: IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank territory. For this purpose, they razed more areas of Palestinian land, especially in 'Anata village, northeast of East Jerusalem and the villages of Munaizel and Arab al-Ramadin, south of Hebron. At least 40,000 Palestinian civilians living in Shu'fat refugee camp and the neighboring al-Salam area will be isolated from Jerusalem upon the completion of the construction of a new section of the wall in the area. In addition, IOF used force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized by Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli solidarity activists in protest to the construction of the Wall. A number of demonstrators were injured, and 16 others, including 15 Israeli and international solidarity activists were arrested.
Illegal Settler Activities: Israeli settlers in breach of international humanitarian law continue to reside in the OPT and have launched a series of attacks against Palestinian civilians and property, especially in Hebron. In one of these attacks, the settlers threw a hand grenade at a house in Hebron. A Palestinian child was seriously injured. This week, IOF issued military orders confiscating 428 donums of land in the north of the West Bank, In the Gaza Strip, Israeli settlers launched a series of attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis. Five civilians, including a child, were injured. IOF also demolished eight buildings in the area, which were seized by settlers.
The full report is available online at:
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http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2005/30-06-2005.htm
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http://www.pchrgaza.org/files/W_report/English/2005/pdf/weekly%20report…
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[1] 1 donum is equal to 1000 square meters.
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