Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
( 27 July – 02 August 2017)
· Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
· A civilian succumbed to his wounds in Hezma village, northeast of occupied Jerusalem.
· 38 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, a paramedic and a photojournalist, were wounded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
– 16 civilians were wounded in Jerusalem and its suburbs; 12 were wounded in the West Bank and 10 others were wounded in the Gaza Strip.
· Israeli forces conducted 66 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 7 ones in occupied Jerusalem.
– 83 civilians, including 13 children, were arrested. Forty-two of them, including 11 children, were arrested in Jerusalem
– Among those arrested was a Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Member, Hosni al-Borini.
– Palmedia Media Services’ head office in Ramallah was raided.
· Israeli forces continued efforts to create Jewish majority in occupied Palestinian Jerusalem.
– Israeli forces continue to escalate their arbitrary measures against al-Aqsa Mosque.
– 123 civilians, who were present inside al-Aqsa Mosque, were arrested and taken to al-Masqoubiya interrogation facility.
– 13 demolition notices were issued against buildings in Ein al-Juwaiza neighbourhood in al-Walaja village that is located within the boundaries of the Israeli municipality.
– Hundreds of settlers stormed al-Aqsa Mosque in the anniversary of the so-called “Temple Destruction”.
· Israeli forces continued settlement activities in the West Bank.
– A 500-square-meter plot of land in Mothallath Kharsa, south of Doura, was levelled to establish a military watchtower.
· Israeli forces continued to target the Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip Sea.
– Israeli navy forces opened fire 7 times at fishing boats in the northern Gaza Strip. Neither casualties nor material damage were reported.
· 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.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (27 July – 02 August 2017).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, in the West Bank. Moreover, Israeli forces wounded 38 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, a paramedic and a photojournalist, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Twenty-eight of them were in the West Bank while 10 others were wounded in the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip continued to chase the Palestinian fishermen in the sea.
In the West Bank, on 28 July 2017, Israeli forces killed Abdullah Taqatqa (24), from Marah Ma’ala, south of Bethlehem. The aforementioned person was killed when Israeli fo rces opened fire at him while walking on Beit Fajjar-Bethlehem road leading to “Gosh Etzion” settlement, south of the city. They claimed he attempted to stab Israeli soldiers.
In the same context, on 27 July 2017, medical sources at Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah pronounced Mohammed Kan’an (26), from Hezma village, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, dead succumbing to wounds he sustained during clashes with Israeli forces. According to PCHR’s investigations, the aforementioned person was wounded on 24 July 2017, when Israeli forces moved into Hezma village.
The full report is available online at:
http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=9333
