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by The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)
Republished by IMEMC News, Nov 27, 2020


Summary for November 19 – 25, 2020

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) continued to commit crimes and multi-layered violations against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including raids into Palestinian cities that are characterized with excessive use of force, assault, abuse and attacks on civilians. This week witnessed an increase in home demolitions as well as demolition, cease-construction, and property seizure notices that were issued against Palestinians’ properties. Additionally, settler-attacks were on the rise this week. IOF raided an ambulance and arrested a paramedic in a separate incident while assisting a wounded person, which fall under IOF’s continued attacks against medical crews who are protected under international law.

This week, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) documented 191 violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law (IHL) by IOF and settlers in the oPt. It should be noted that the limitations due to the corona virus pandemic, has limited PCHR’s fieldworkers mobility and ability to conduct field documentation; therefore, the information contained in this report are only part of the continued IOF violations.

IOF shooting and violation of right to bodily integrity:

IOF killed Nour Jamal Shuqair (36) on 25 November 2020, while crossing a-Za’ayem military checkpoint, eastern east Jerusalem, for an alleged car-ramming attack. Seven other Palestinian civilians, including a child, sustained wounds in IOF excessive use of force in the West Bank: 2 in IOF suppression of two separate protests in Ramallah; another was wounded at Kufur Qaddoum’s weekly protest against settlement expansion activities; a child wounded in Hebron; and 3 others sustained wounds during a protest against settlements by Tayasir/The Jordan Valley checkpoint.

In the Gaza Strip, several green houses were damaged in western Khan Younis in IOF air strikes; also, two IOF shootings were reported at agricultural lands eastern Rafah and Central Gaza.

IOF incursions and arrests of Palestinian civilians:

IOF carried out 94 incursions into the occupied West Bank. Those incursions included raids of civilian houses and shootings, inciting fear among civilians, and attacking many of them. During this week’s incursions, 72 Palestinians were arrested, including 6 children and a woman.

Demolitions:

PCHR documented 12 incidents, including;

Bethlehem: agricultural room demolished, construction materials confiscated in al-Walaja, cease-construction notice served (water well), and excavator confiscated in al-Khader.

Qalqilia: demolition notice served (commercial barracks).

Ramallah: agricultural lands razed, and a barracks and a shop demolished.

Salfit: settlement road constructed, and mobile home seized.

Hebron: 9 small dwellings, rooms and lavatories demolished, a pipeline (1.5 km) confiscated, and 1 house and foundations of another demolished.

Jericho: a residential caravan confiscated, a tent used for cattle uprooted, and
3 houses and several barracks were demolished.

Settler-attacks:

PCHR fieldworkers reported and documented 8 settler-violence incidents:

– A house assaulted in Jenin; lands razed and two civilians assaulted in Bethlehem,
– an assault attempt targeted a house in Hebron,
– a child was kidnapped in Nablus,
– several civilians were assaulted in Qalqilia and Salfit, and
– 45 olive trees were uprooted in Salfit.

Israeli closure policy and restrictions on freedom of movement:

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, humanitarian conditions and bearing catastrophic consequences on all aspects of life.

Meanwhile, IOF continued to divide the West Bank into separate cantons with key roads blocked by the Israeli occupation since the Second Intifada and with temporary and permanent checkpoints, where civilian movement is restricted, and they are subject to arrest.

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Read full report at pchrgaza.org

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