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by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)

Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory

07-13 November 2019


IOF Aggression against the Gaza Strip

Intensified Airstrikes Caused Civilian Casualties: 73 airstrikes on several targets


33 Palestinians killed, including 14 civilians, among them three women and 8 children.

Senior senior leader of al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad’s military wing, and his wife extrajudicially executed.

Among the victims are 8 members of a single family (including 2 women and 5 children), 3 brothers (including 2 children), a father and his two sons (1 child).

46 Palestinians sustained wounds (including 16 children and 6 women)

7 houses destroyed, as well as several establishments and civilian property


Other Israeli crimes documents this week include:

107 Palestinian civilians shot and injured by IOF, including 47 children, a woman, and a paramedic at GMR protests in Eastern Gaza Strip

IOF excessive use of force in the West Bank: 1 Palestinian civilian killed, and 12 other civilians shot and injured, including a paramedic

During 82 incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem: 43 civilians arrested, including 4 children and 3 women

6 houses and residential tents demolished in the West Bank

9 settler attacks documented, including attacks on farmers during the olive-harvest season in the West Bank

4 shootings reported at Palestinian fishing boats at the Gaza Strip Sea

45 temporary checkpoints erupted in the West Bank: 4 Palestinian civilians were arrested

Collective Punishment Policy: Kerm Shalom and Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossings closed by IOF

Summary

This week, Israeli occupation Forces (IOF) escalated the situation across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and committed war crimes. IOF started a two-day large-scale aggression on the Gaza Strip, deployed its naval, air and artillery forces and carried out 73 targeted airstikes against residential buildings, civilian establishments and agricultural lands, as well as many Palestinian armed groups’ training sites. The Israeli extrajudicial execution of Bahaa Abulatta, senior leader of al-Quds Brigades – the armed wing of Islamic Jihad movement, at his home sparked the clashed, as both himself and his wife were killed in the attack and their children sustained wounds. Palestinian armed groups responded by firing rockets at Israeli villages, turning the Gaza Strip upside down as IOF launched an unhinged attack inflicting many civilian casualties. As a result, 33 Palestinians were killed, including 14 civilians (6 women and 16 children). Early Thursday morning, 3 hours before announcing a cease-fire, IOF warplanes bombed two tin-plated houses without prior warning, killing 8 members of a single family in Deir al-Balah, including 2 women and 5 children. IOF claimed that one of the victims was wanted for them. Also, during the aggression 3 brothers, 2 of them are children, were killed; as well as, a father and his two sons, 1 is a child, in two separate attacks on Gaza city. 46 Palestinians sustained wounds, including 16 children and 6 women, and 7 houses were destroyed as well as many civilian establishments.

As part of the Israeli continued use of excessive force against the Great March of Return(GMR) protests in the Gaza Strip, 107 Palestinian civilians were shot and wounded at the 82nd protest, including 47 children, a woman and a paramedic. PCHR also documented several
shooting incidents at agricultural lands on the eastern Gaza border, and 4 shootings against fishermen at sea. No injuries were reported.

Meanwhile in the West Bank, IOF killed a Palestinian civilian in Hebron after shooting him without reason and without him posing any danger to soldiers’ lives as the victim was helping put out a fire at his house during a student-led protest in commemoration of late Palestinian President, Yasser Arafat. IOF left the young man to bleed to death. In other incidents, IOF shot and injured 12 Palestinian civilians.

Under IOF incursions and house raids, 82 incursions into the West Bank were reported. Those incursions include raids of civilian houses and shootings, enticing fear among civilians, arresting and/or injuring many others. During this week’s incursions, 43 Palestinians were arrested, including 4 children.

In the Gaza Strip, IOF carried out a limited incursion in eastern Khan Younis during which it levelled lands it had previously bulldozed. No injuries were reported.

Under the settlement expansion activities in the West Bank, PCHR documented 5 IOF violations as they demolished a tent in Nablus, 4 houses in Jerusalem, a house in Tubas and a residential caravan in Jericho. Furthermore, IOF issued military orders to seize an unidentified number of dunums in Bethlehem. Also, 9 settler-attacks were documented, some were against farmers in the olive-harvest season, and others included flattening tires and racist vandalizations.

In terms of the Israeli closure policy, the Gaza Strip still suffers the worst closure in the History of the Israeli occupation of the oPt as it has entered the 14th consecutive year, without any improvement to the movement of persons and goods, aggravating the humanitarian conditions and bearing catastrophic consequences on all aspects of life. Meanwhile, the West Bank is divided into separate cantons with key roads blocked by the Israeli occupation since the Second Intifada and with temporary and permanent checkpoints, where civilians’ movement is restricted, and others are arrested.

1. Violation of the right to life and to bodily integrity

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