Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (03 – 09 September 2015)

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Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)

(03 – 09 September 2015)

 

·Reham Dawabsha succumbed to her wounds to be the third victim in her family due an arson attack by Israeli settlers against the family's house in Nablus.

·Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.

-         5 Palestinian civilians, including a photojournalist and 2 children, were wounded.

-         A girl was wounded in Silwan village, in occupied Jerusalem.

·Israeli warplanes raided a training site in the north of the Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.

·Israeli forces conducted 48 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 4 limited ones in the northern Gaza Strip.

-         40 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children and a woman, were arrested.

-         15 of these civilians, including 3 children and a woman, were arrested in occupied East Jerusalem.

·Israel continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

-         Many checkpoints were established in the West Bank.

-         2 Palestinian civilians were arrested at checkpoints.

-         A patient from Rafah was arrested by Israeli forces at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, north of the Gaza Strip.

-         2 Palestinian civilians were arrested at the border fence, north of the Gaza Strip.

·Israeli navy forces opened fire at Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip sea.

-         A child was wounded, northwest of Beit Lahia village in the north of the Gaza Strip, while accompanying his father, who is a fisherman.

·Israeli forces continued efforts to create a Jewish demographic majority in occupied East Jerusalem.

-         Ya'alon outlawed groups of Palestinian women "Morabetat" and men "Morabetoon" defending al-Aqsa Mosque.

·         Israeli forces continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

-         Israeli forces delivered 5 demolition notices for 5 under-construction residential rooms, south of Hebron.

-         Israeli forces submitted 2 notices to halt works in 2 water wells, south of Hebron.

-         3 civilians were wounded as stones were thrown at their vehicle, north of the West Bank.

Summary

Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (03 – 09 September 2015).

Shooting:

During the reporting period, Israeli forces continued to use force against Palestinian civilians participating in peaceful protests in the West Bank. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued to open fire at border areas along the Gaza Strip borderline and to attack and chase Palestinian fishermen in the sea. As a result, 7 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children and a girl, were wounded. Five of the wounded were participating in protests against settlement activities and the construction of the annexation all in the West Bank. The girl was wounded in occupied Jerusalem and the other child was wounded in the northern Gaza Strip.

In the West Bank, Israeli forces continued to use excessive and systematic use of force against peaceful protests organized by Palestinian civilians and Israeli and international human rights activists in protest at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli policies in the oPt. As a result, 5 civilians, including a photojournalist and 2 children, were wounded.

In occupied Jerusalem, on 06 September 2015, an 18-year-old female was hit by a gas canister when clashes erupted between Palestinian youngsters and Israeli forces in the vicinity of Silwan club.

On the same day, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles at a training site belonging to al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas), southwest of Beit Hanoun crossing, north of the Gaza Strip. As a result, the site sustained serious damage, but no casualties were reported.

In the Gaza Strip, in the context of targeting Palestinian fishermen, on 03 September 2015, a 10-year-old child from al-Manshiya area in Beit Lahia town sustained a bullet wound to the left thigh when he was in company of his father, who was angling on the shore. Israeli forces stationed in watchtowers along the border fence, northwest of Beit Lahia in the north of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of fishermen angling near the fence.

On the same day morning, Israeli gunboats stationed off al-Waha resort, northwest of Beit Lahia village in the north of the Gaza Strip, opened fire sporadically around fishing boats sailing within 3 nautical miles off the shore. As a result, the fishermen were terrified and sailed back to the shore, and neither casualties nor damage were reported. 

The full report is available online at:

http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11261:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-03-09-sep-2015&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183