Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory
28 May – 03 June 2020
· 2 Palestinian civilians killed, including a person with disability, by Israeli fire in Ramallah and Eastern Jerusalem
· 3 Palestinians sustained wounds, including a child, person with disability and journalist in the West Bank
· 3 shootings reported against agricultural lands eastern Gaza Strip, and once on fishing boats western Gaza Strip
· In 85 IOF incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem: 98 civilians arrested, including 10 children and 4 women that included a journalist;
· 7 Palestinian houses demolished, including 4 forced to self-demolish in Jerusalem; 200 demolition and cease-construction notices distributed to commercial facilities in Jerusalem;
· Wide-scale demolitions and demolition notices to houses, facilities and properties in the West Bank;
· Settler-attacks in the West Bank: Attempted ramming with car on Palestinian civilian in Hebron and farmers evicted in Bethlehem;
· IOF established 63 temporary military checkpoints in the West Bank and arrested 11 Palestinians on said checkpoints
Summary
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of force, assault, abuse and attacks on civilians. This week, IOF killed 2 Palestinians, including a disabled person, and wounded another PWD in less than 15 hours in excessive use of lethal force in two separate incidents in Ramallah and East Jerusalem.
Additionally, this week witnessed an escalation in Israeli demolitions of Palestinian houses and properties in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, including the demolition of 7 houses, 4 of which were self-demolished, and 200 commercial facilities in Jerusalem received demolition and eviction notices; as well as, wide-scale land-razing and demolition notices distributed to houses and properties in the West Bank.
This week, PCHR documented 180 violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by IOF and settlers in the oPt. The restrictions imposed under the state of emergency have hindered our fieldwork team’s ability to cover all incidents in the oPt and were forced to collect information via phone from trusted local sources. As such, this report is an incomprehensive record of Israeli violations of human rights against Palestinians in the oPt, as IOF continues its attacks against civilians despite the exceptional circumstances that have overcome the whole world in the face of a life-threatening pandemic.
IOF shooting and violation of right to bodily integrity: IOF shot and killed 2 Palestinians, including a disabled person, in two separate incidents of excessive use of lethal force in Ramallah and East Jerusalem. On 30 May 2020, IOF killed Iyad al-Hallaq, a person with disability (PWD), while he was en route to his school in East Jerusalem. PCHR investigations indicate that Israeli police personnel shot al-Hallaq despite being informed that he had a disability and shot him at zero distance while he laid on the ground wounded, which prove the soldiers intended to kill him without cause and without him posing any danger or threat to their lives. A day earlier, IOF killed Fadi Qa’d on suspicion of an intent to ram soldiers with his car in Ramallah. Furthermore, IOF wounded 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child that was arrested after being shot; a person with disability; and a journalist in Kufuor Qaddoum in Qalqilya.
In Gaza, 3 shootings against agricultural lands eastern Gaza Strip were reported; and once against fishing boats sailing in northern Gaza sea.
The full report is available online at:
https://www.pchrgaza.org/en/?p=14627
