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PCHR Weekly Report. Published by IMEMC News
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The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt)

Summary for August 5 – 11, 2021
Israeli forces 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, turning the West Bank into isolated blocks of land. Israeli settlement expansion on Palestinian properties and land continued. Meanwhile, the Gaza Strip enters its 15th year under closure, exacerbating the humanitarian hardships across the territory.

Army shooting and violation of right to bodily integrity:

Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 3 others in the West Bank: a journalist, a child, and a person with disability. Additionally, another Palestinian civilian died of wounds he sustained in an army attack in Jenin. On 6 August 2021, soldiers killed 37-year-old Imad Ali Mahmoud Dweikat with a bullet in the chest; the victim was not involved in the clashes in Beita, as he was standing by an olive tree at least 150 meters from the area, and he did not pose any threat -nor were there any event that did- to soldiers. A child, and a journalist, were also wounded during attacks on the peaceful protest against settlement expansion in Beita, southeastern Nablus. Also, Deyaa Yusuf Yassin Kmail (24) died on 11 August 2021 of wounds he sustained during an army raid into Jenin. Additionally, a person with a disability was wounded as a tear gas canister hit him during an army raid into Dayr al-Ghusun, northern Tulkarm; they arrested him after his injury, and later released him.

In the Gaza Strip, the military launched an air strike that caused damage to an agricultural land in Beit Hanoun. Additionally, two IOF shootings at fishing boats were reported in northern Gaza.
Army incursions and arrests of Palestinian civilians:

Israeli forces carried out 143 incursions into the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Those incursions included raids of civilian houses and shootings, enticing fear among civilians, and attacking many of them. During this week’s incursions, 75 Palestinians were arrested, including 10 children.

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces conducted a limited incursions into Central Gaza Strip.

Demolitions:

PCHR fieldworkers documented 13 violations:

Hebron: two under-construction houses demolished; cease-construction notice served against a house in Si’ir; also in Yatta, the army demolished a water well, a room, and a barracks.
Ramallah: two residential tents and sheep barns dismantled and confiscated in Ramun; a barracks (used as shelter) was demolished on Ras al-Mo’rajat – the main road connecting Jericho and Ramallah.

Occupied East Jerusalem: Construction of settlement project initiated on the grounds of Jerusalem International Airport in

Qalandia: 7 houses self-demolished in Beit Hanina; residential building demolished in Silwan

Jenin: 3 commercial facilities and water tank (used for vineyards) demolished in Yabad

Bethlehem: paved road in Battir bulldozed; chicken barn demolished in al-Walaja

Nablus: two barracks demolished in Luban e-Sharkiya

Settler-attacks:

PCHR fieldworkers reported and documented 4 settler attacks:

Bethlehem: dozens of olive trees cut in Jab’a; agricultural lands razed and the owner assaulted in Kisan

Jenin: smashed windows of vehicle in Kafr Ra’i

Hebron: assault on Palestinian civilians in the Old City

Israeli closure policy and restrictions on freedom of movement:

This week, Israeli occupation authorities continued to ban the entry of dozens of goods, including construction materials, in collective punishment measures against the Gaza Strip as the Israeli closure imposed on the territory entered its 15th year, without an end in sight that would fulfil Palestinians’ right to enjoy their economic, social, and cultural rights. Despite the Israeli occupation’s announcement of a series of relief measures on both Karm Abu-Salem and Beit Hanoun crossing, severe restrictions remain in place as several types of products and raw materials are banned entry.

On Monday, 9 August 2021, the Presidential Committee for coordinating the entry of goods to the Gaza Strip via Karm Abu-Salem crossing announced that the Israeli occupation reversed its decision to allow the entry of certain goods to Gaza. According to the Committee, the goods in subject include 34 types, mostly cell phones, laptops/computers, and connection/internet materials.

Meanwhile, occupation authorities continued to divide the West Bank into separate cantons with key roads blocked by the Israeli occupation since the 2000 Second Intifada -still closed to this date- and with temporary and permanent checkpoints, where civilian movement is restricted, and they are subject to arrest, especially at al-Karama border crossing, alongside the Palestinian-Jordanian border.

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[Note: PCHRgaza.org is currently inaccessible. IMENC has published this week's full report here ]

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