Human rights report: Israeli forces injure children, women and the disabled this week

This week Israeli forces assassinated a Palestinian activist in Jenin after having arrested him. The Israelis also invaded West Bank towns 33 times and arrested 70 people, including children.

The PCHR report follows.

IOF extra-judicially executed a Palestinian activist in Jenin after having arrested him.

IOF destroyed a Palestinian house in Qalqilya in the context of collective punishment.

6 Palestinian civilians (2 women, 3 children and a mentally disabled man) were wounded by IOF gunfire.

IOF conducted 33 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

IOF arrested 70 Palestinian civilians, including 14 children and a girl.

IOF raided offices of a number of charities in Hebron and Tulkarm.

IOF transformed 3 houses into military sites.

IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.

IOF positioned at various checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested 6 Palestinian civilians.

IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank.

IOF demolished a brick factory to the west of Ramallah.

Israeli settlers took over a hill to the south of Hebron and set up tents on it.

Israeli settlers have continued to occupy a house in Hebron for the 4th consecutive week.

Summary

Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the reporting period (12 – 18 April 2007):

Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed a Palestinian activist in the northern West Bank town of Jenin, and wounded 6 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday afternoon, 17 April 2007, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) extra-judicially executed a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades (an armed wing of Fatah movement) near Jenin town in the northern West Bank. IOF shot him dead after having arrested him.

During the reporting period, 5 Palestinian civilians (2 women and 3 children) were wounded by the IOF gunfire in the West Bank. IOF also destroyed a house in Qalqilya on 14 April 2007, in the context of the policy of collective punishment against families of Palestinian resistance activist. The owner of the house was arrested by IOF nearly two weeks ago for being a member of a Palestinian resistance group.

In the Gaza Strip, on 16 April 2007, IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip fired at mentally disabled Palestinian civilian in Beit Lahia town for no apparent reason. He was wounded by a gunshot to the right knee.

Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 33 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During those incursions, IOF arrested 70 Palestinian civilians, including 14 children and a girl. Thus, the number of Palestinians arrested by IOF in the West Bank since the beginning of this year has mounted to 963. During the reporting period, raided and searched offices of a number of charities and civil society organizations in the West Bank. They confiscated a number of documents and computer sets. IOF also transformed 3 Palestinian houses near Jenin into military sites.

Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
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