israeli War Crimes

This is a summary of israeli War Crimes committed in Palestine for the week ending 22 June 2005. 5mins (english)

PCHR
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
http://www.pchrgaza.org

Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 24/2005
16– 22 June 2005

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Perpetrate More Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
• IOF carried out two failed assassination attempts against Palestinian resistance activists in the Gaza Strip.
• A Palestinian civilian was willfully killed by IOF in Gaza Valley village in the central Gaza Strip.
• An old Palestinian woman died when IOF obstructed her travel from Bethlehem to Jerusalem.
• A number of Palestinian civilians were injured by IOF.
• IOF conducted 46 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 4 incursions into the Gaza Strip.
• Houses were raided and 74 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, 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 12 Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints, including a girl in the Gaza Strip.
• 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 12 civilians and solidarity activists. Palestinian civilians living behind the Wall continue to be denied there right to freedom of movement.
• Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property in the West Bank; a number of Palestinian civilians were injured; three shops were seized and 33 trees were uprooted.
Summary

Serious Israeli violations of international law continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) during the reporting period (16 – 22 June 2005):

Willful Killing and Injury to Palestinian Civilians: Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) shot dead a Palestinian civilian and injured a child who accompanied him as the two were hunting birds near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of Gaza Valley village. IOF left the victim bleeding to death. During the reported period, two Palestinian civilians were wounded by the Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip. In a serious escalation, the Israeli Minister of Internal Security declared that IOF would resume the policy of extra-judicial assassinations against Palestinian resistance activists. Israeli drones fired missiles at Palestinian resistance activists in the Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported. In the West Bank, a Palestinian civilian was injured when IOF fired at his car in Hebron.

Incursions: IOF conducted 50 military incursions into Palestinian areas (46 in the West Bank and 4 in the Gaza Strip). During these incursions, especially on Tuesday, 21 June 2005, IOF raided houses and arrested 74 Palestinian civilians, including five children. IOF also seized 11 houses and transformed them into military sites.

Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT, including Jerusalem. On Friday, 17 June 2005, IOF closed Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border. The crossing point was reopened on the following day, but under severe restrictions. As a result, the crossing point witnessed congestion at both sides and many travelers were forced to sleep at the Egyptian side. IOF also closed Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing and the industrial zone in the northern Gaza Strip for a few days, preventing workers and patients from entering Israel. In the West Bank, IOF imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. They prevented Palestinian civilians who are under 45 from reaching al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for the Friday Prayer. An old Palestinian woman died from a heart attack as Israeli soldiers positioned at a checkpoint obstructed her travel from Bethlehem to East Jerusalem for the Friday Prayer. IOF positioned at checkpoints arrested 11 Palestinian civilians in the OPT, including a girl in the Gaza Strip.

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 Yatta village, southwest of Hebon, and the villages of Marda and al-Zawia, southwest of Nablus. 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. 12 others, including 10 Israeli and international solidarity activists, were arrested. During the reported period, IOF informed two civilians in the villages of Sikka and Deir al-'Asal that their houses would be demolished, claiming that they were built without licenses. IOF also confiscated more areas of Palestinian land in Far'oun village, south of Tulkarm.

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 the Gaza Strip, a number of armed Israeli settlers attacked a number of Palestinian civilians in al-Mawasi area in Khan Yunis, and wounded one of them with a live bullet. In the West Bank, Israeli settlers seized three stores, uprooted 33 olive trees and damaged one ton of plums in Hebron.
Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (09–15 June 2005)

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