Weekly Report: Israeli human rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

PCHR- Summary: Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (09 – 15 December. 2010)

- Two Palestinians were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip.

- Two Palestinian children were killed by the explosion of an object left by IOF in the Gaza Strip.

- Two activists of the Palestinian resistance were wounded by flechette shells fired by IOF in the Gaza Strip.

- IOF continued to fire at Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.

- 12 Palestinian workers and one farmer were wounded.

- A Palestinian civilian was wounded by Israeli gunfire in al-'Eissawiya village near Jerusalem.

- IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.

- Two Palestinian civilians were wounded.

- IOF arrested 3 international human rights defenders.

- IOF conducted 25 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

- IOF arrested 15 Palestinian civilians, including two children.

- Israeli warplanes attacked a number of civilian targets in the Gaza Strip.

- A house and a water well were damaged in al-Mughraqa village in the central Gaza Strip.

- A paramilitary site was destroyed and two schools were heavily damaged in Gaza City.

- Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

- Israeli soldiers at military checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 6 Palestinian civilians, including former Palestinian Minister of Prisoners' Affairs.

- Israel has continued to take measures aimed at creating a Jewish demographic majority in Jerusalem.

- IOF demolished two houses in Jerusalem.

- IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

- IOF destroyed 6 water wells south of Hebron.

- Israeli settlers poured waste water onto a school in 'Azzoun-'Atma village.Read more