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by Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)

Israeli violations of human rights in the occupied Palestinian territory
30 January – 05 February 2020

In excessive use of force, IOF shot and killed a Palestinian child; another child succumbed to wounds he sustained previously at GMR protests in eastern Khan Younis

56 Palestinian civilians shot and injured by IOF, including 12 children, 2 journalists, a human rights defender in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
37 civilians injured during peaceful protests and IOF incursions in the West Bank
17 civilians, including 5 children and 3 fishermen, injured in the Gaza Strip

IOF warplanes carry out several airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, demolishing a water well in Rafah; 6 shootings were reported against Palestinian agricultural lands in eastern Gaza Strip
Six shootings reported against Palestinian fishing boats and 3 fishermen arrested.

During 118 IOF incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem: 116 civilians arrested, including 35 children and 2 women

11 demolitions conducted, notices distributed, and fines imposed on houses in the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem

700 apricot and almond seedlings uprooted and civilians and their property were attacked by settlers

30 orders issued against Palestinian civilians to ban their entry to al-Aqsa Mosque

IOF tightened restrictions on movement of goods into the Gaza Strip and reduces the allowed fishing area as part of its collective punishment policy

IOF established 93 temporary military checkpoints in the West Bank, where 10 Palestinian civilians were arrested

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