[News] Palestine - Weekly human rights report

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Weekly human rights report includes 
assassination, killing, injury and home demolition

http://english.pnn.ps/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1068&Itemid=31

(Gaza City) PCHR
Friday, 24 November 2006

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The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights issued 
its report for the week of 16 through 22 November.

The four photos ran together with the caption, 
"Killing, destruction, terrorism 
 Until When?"

The full PCHR report follows.

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue 
Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and 
Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

19 Palestinians, including 5 children, 3 women 
and an old man, were killed by IOF.

4 of the victims, including a civilian bystander, 
were extra-judicially executed by IOF.

Two of the victims died from previous wounds.

92 Palestinians, including 41 children and one woman, were wounded by IOF.

IOF have continued to launch air strikes on 
houses and civilian facilities in the Gaza Strip; 
12 houses, a mosque, a pharmacy shop, a 
kindergarten and 3 shops were destroyed, and 19 houses were severely damaged.

IOF conducted 30 incursions into Palestinian 
communities in the West Bank, and 6 into the Gaza Strip.

IOF arrested 59 Palestinian civilians, including 
7 children, in the West Bank, and two others in the Gaza Strip.

IOF destroyed 7 houses in al-Shouka village, east 
of Rafah, and razed 3 donums[1] of agricultural land in Khan Yunis.

IOF demolished a house completely in Qaqlilya, 
and demolished another one partially in Tulkarm.

IOF closed the Orphan Society in Bethlehem and 
raided a mosque in Deir Estia village near Nablus.

IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the 
OPT; IOF arrested 5 Palestinian civilians, 
including two children, at checkpoints in the West Bank

Israeli settlers have continued to attack 
Palestinian civilians and property in the OPT; 5 
Palestinian civilians were injured in Hebron as a 
result of attacks launched by Israeli settlers.



Summary

Israeli violations of international law continued 
in the OPT during the reported period (16 – 22 November 2006):

Killing: During the reported period, IOF killed 
17 Palestinians, including 5 children, two women 
and an old man. Two other Palestinians died from 
previous wounds in the Gaza Strip. In addition, 
IOF wounded 92 Palestinians, including 41 children.

In the Gaza Strip, IOF killed 13 Palestinians, 
including 7 civilians. The victims include 3 
children, two women and an old man. Two 
Palestinians also died from previous wounds.

On 18 November 2006, IOF moved into the northern 
Gaza Strip. IOF military vehicles and helicopter 
gunships opened fire, killing 3 Palestinian 
civilians, including two children, and wounding 5 
Palestinians, including two children and two 
members of the Palestinian resistance. On 21 and 
22 November 2006, IOF moved into various areas in 
the northern Gaza Strip. During this incursion, 
IOF killed 5 Palestinians, including a woman and 
a child, and wounded 34 others, including 15 
children. On 21 November 2006, IOF killed a 
member of the Palestinian resistance and a woman 
during an incursion into al-Zaytoun neighborhood 
in Gaza City. Also during the reported period, 
IOF committed two extra-judicial executions in 
Gaza City. The targeted persons survived the 
first attack, but a civilian bystander was killed 
and 9 others were wounded. In the second attack, 
two targeted persons were killed and 5 civilian 
bystanders from one same family, including two 
children, were wounded. In addition, a woman and 
a member of the Palestinian resistance died on 18 
November 2006 from previous wound. In addition to 
the aforementioned wounds, a child was wounded in 
Rafah on 17 November 2006, when IOF bombarded a 
house, and a fisherman was wounded when IOF 
gunboats opened fire at a number of Palestinian fishermen also in Rafah.

IOF also launched 9 air strike on a number of 
houses, a workshop, a site of the Executive Force 
of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior and a 
mosque in the Gaza Strip. As a result, 12 houses 
were completely destroyed and 19 others were 
severely damaged. In addition, the third floor of 
the mosque, workshop, the site of the Executive 
Force, 3 shops and a kindergarten were destroyed. 
IOF often warn residents of houses of their 
intention to attack them a very short time prior to the attack.

In the West Bank, IOF killed 4 Palestinians, 
including two children, and wounded 36 others.

On 16 November 2006, IOF shot dead a Palestinian 
civilian in ‘Ein Beit al-Maa’ refugee camp, west 
of Nablus. On 17 November 2006, IOF shot dead a 
Palestinian child and wounded 29 civilians, 
including 16 children, in Qalqilya, when 
Palestinian civilian organized a demonstration 
against IOF that destroyed a house in the town. 
On 20 November 2006, IOF soldiers shot dead a 
Palestinian child near a checkpoint in Jericho. 
On 22 November 2006, an IOF undercover unit 
extra-judicially executed a member of the al-Quds 
Brigades (the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad) 
and wounded a member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs 
Brigades (an armed wing of Fatah movement) in Jenin refugee camp.

Incursions: During the reported period, IOF 
conducted at least 30 military incursions into 
Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during 
which they raided houses and arrested 59 
Palestinian civilians, including 7 children. IOF 
also raided a mosque in Deir Estia village near 
Nablus, closed the office of the Orphan Society 
in Bethlehem, demolished a house completely in 
Qalqilya, and demolished another one partially in Tulkarm.

In the Gaza Strip, IOF moved into several areas 
in the northern Gaza Strip. They killed a number 
of Palestinians and destroyed a number of 
civilian facilities. IOF also moved into ‘Abasan 
and al-Fukhari villages near Khan Yunis. They 
razed 3 donums of Palestinian agricultural land. 
During the reported period, IOF redeployed from 
al-Shouka village, east of Rafah, after having 
destroyed 7 houses and having arrested two 
Palestinian civilians. IOF also moved into 
al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. 
They killed two Palestinians, including woman, 
arrested a third one, and razed 20 donums of agricultural land.

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.

Gaza Strip

IOF have imposed a strict siege on the Gaza 
Strip. They have closed its border crossings as a 
form of collective punishment against Palestinian civilians.

IOF have closed Rafah International Crossing 
Point since 25 June 2006, even though they do not 
directly control it. Since 15 June 2006, the 
crossing point has been opened for 20 separate 
days. On 15 November 2006, the Palestinian – 
Israeli agreement on border crossing, which was 
concluded under US and European supervision, 
expired. Under this agreement, IOF have 
maintained indirect control over of the crossing 
point. The European observation team working at 
the crossing point extended their mission for 
additional 6 months. IOF have imposed severe 
restrictions at commercial crossings of the Gaza 
Strip, especially al-Mentar (Karni) crossing. As 
a consequence, the economic situation inside the 
Gaza Strip has further deteriorated and many 
goods have been lacked in markets. During the 
reported period, IOF continued to close Sofa and 
Kerem Shalom crossings near Rafah. IOF have also 
continued to close Erez crossing in the northern 
Gaza Strip.  Hundreds of thousands of 
Palestinians from the Gaza Strip had been 
prevented from traveling through this 
crossing.  IOF have allowed international workers 
to pass through the crossing.  With this closure, 
only few Palestinian patients have been able to 
travel to hospitals in Israel and the West 
Bank.  In addition, IOF have continued to prevent 
Palestinian fishermen from fishing for 5 months.

West Bank

IOF have tightened the siege imposed on 
Palestinian communities in the West Bank. They 
have isolated Jerusalem from the rest of the West 
Bank. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in 
the West Bank have continued to impose severe 
restrictions on the movement of Palestinian 
civilians.  IOF have continued to separate 
between the north and south of the West Bank. 
During the reported period, IOF positioned at 
various checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 5 Palestinian civilians.

Illegal Settler Activities: Israeli settlers in 
breach of international humanitarian law continue 
to reside in the OPT and have launched a series 
of attacks against Palestinian civilians and 
property. During the reported period, Israeli 
settlers living in settlement posts in the center 
of Hebron attacked Palestinian civilians and 
their houses. As a result, 5 civilians were 
injured and a number of houses were damaged. IOF 
witnessed these attacks, but did not intervene to stop them.



The outcome of crimes committed by IOF since 25 June 2006:

o     453 Palestinians, 287 of whom are 
civilians, including 87 children and 28 women, have been killed by IOF.

o     At least 1548 Palestinians, mostly 
civilians, including 311 children, 10 women, 4 
paramedics and 7 journalist, have been wounded by the IOF gunfire.

o     At least 326 air-to-surface missiles and 
hundreds of artillery shells have been fired at 
Palestinian civilian and military targets in the Gaza Strip.

o     Buildings of the Palestinian Ministry of 
Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the 
Ministry of National economy, the office of the 
Palestinian Prime Minister and a number of 
educational institutions have been destroyed.

o     The electricity generation plant, providing 
45% of the electricity of the Gaza Strip, was 
destroyed, and electricity networks and 
transmitters have been repeatedly attacked.

o     6 bridges linking Gaza City with the 
central Gaza Strip and a number of roads have been destroyed.

o     Hundreds of donums of agricultural land and 
dozens of houses have been destroyed.

o     Hundreds of Palestinian civilians, 
including 10 ministers and 31 members of the 
Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), including 
the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Secretary, have 
been arrested. Minster of Prisoners’ Affairs, 
Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Labor and 
Second Deputy Speaker of the PLC were released.

o     The Palestinian governmental compound in Nablus has been destroyed.

o     Many families in Rafah, Beit Hanoun and 
Beit Lahia have been forced to leave their houses.

o     IOF intelligence has warned some 
Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by phone 
to evacuate their houses, which would be attacked.

o     73 houses belonging to activists of 
Palestinian factions have been destroyed by IOF warplanes.

o     IOF have imposed a strict siege on the OPT, 
and have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.


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