Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations, Sep 3-9, 2009

PCHR
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Continue to Impose a Total Closure on the Gaza Strip
  • A Palestinian child was killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip.
  • 6 Palestinian civilians, a resistance activist and an Israeli journalist were wounded by IOF gunfire.
  • IOF used force against peaceful demonstrations organized to protest the construction of the Annexation Wall in the West Bank.
  • IOF conducted 38 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 5 into the Gaza Strip.
  • IOF arrested 22 Palestinian civilians, including two children, in the West Bank, and 5 children in the Gaza Strip.
  • Israeli naval troops continued to attack Palestinian fishers and fishing boats in the Gaza Strip.
  • IOF have continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
  • IOF troops positioned at military checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested 6 Palestinian civilians, including two women.
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