Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (06- 12 July 2017)
· Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinian civilians, one of whom is a child, in the West Bank.
· 10 Palestinian civilians were wounded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including 2 children and a photojournalist.
· Israeli forces conducted 43 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 7 ones in Jerusalem.
– 33 civilians, including 3 children, were arrested; 8 of them, including 2 children, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem.
· Israeli forces continued efforts to create Jewish majority in occupied Palestinian Jerusalem.
– A residential building consisting of 6 apartments and stores in al-Eisawiya village was demolished.
– 2 houses and a carwash in al-Mukaber Mount and Selwan village were demolished.
– The settlers attempted to seize a plot of land in Silwan, south of the city.
· Israeli forces turned the West Bank into cantons and continued to impose the illegal closure on the Gaza Strip for the 10th year.
– Dozens of temporary checkpoints were established in the West Bank and others were re-established to obstruct the movement of Palestinian civilians.
– 2 civilians were arrested at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (06 – 12 July 2017).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child, north and south of the West Bank. They wounded 10 others, including 2 children and a photojournalist. Six of them, including 2 children, were wounded in the West Bank and the 4 others, including the photojournalist, were wounded in the Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, on 10 July 2017, in excessive use of force, Israeli forces killed Mohammed Ibrahim Jabareen (23), from Taqou’ village, east of Bethlehem. They claimed he attempted to run-over and stab Israeli soldiers on bypass road (60). However, his family denied the claim, explaining it was a car accident.
On 12 July 2017, in excessive use of force on 12 July 2017, Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, and wounded a third in Jenin refugee camp, north of the West Bank.
During the reporting period, in addition to the wounded person mentioned above, Israeli forces wounded 5 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children and an international human rights activist. One of them was hit with live bullets, 4 others were hit with metal bullets and one was hit with sound bomb shrapnel. The incidents in which they were wounded were as follows:
On 07 July 2017, 2 Palestinian civilians and an international human rights activist were wounded with metal bullets during their participation in Kufor Qaddoum protest, northeast of Qalqilya.
On 09 July 2017, Nour Hamdan (13) sustained a metal bullet wound to the face during an Israeli incursion into al-Eisawiya village, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
On 10 July 2017, Jana al-Rajabi (6) sustained a sound bomb shrapnel wound to the hand during an Israeli incursion into Batn al-Hawa neighbourhood in Silwan village, south of Jerusalem’s Old City.
In the Gaza Strip, the border area witnessed peaceful protests against the illegal closure imposed on the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces used force against the protestors, as result, 4 Palestinian civilians were wounded. One of them was hit with a live bullet and the 3 others were hit with tear gas canisters. Among the wounded was journalist Mohammed Baha’ al-Deen Mohammed (30), from Jabalia refugee camp.
The full report is available online at:
http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=9250
