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by PCHR-Gaza

In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, for the week of 23-29 January, 2014, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found that, this past week, Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian civilians and wounded 12 others in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. PCHR also documented 5 shooting incidents along the border fence and 2 others at Palestinian fishing boats.

Israeli attacks in the West Bank:

In the West Bank, on 29 January 2014, Israeli forces willfully killed a Palestinian labourer from a distance of around 50 meters.

Israeli forces conducted 73 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. At least 42 Palestinians, including 6 children, were abducted.

Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank. At least 10 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, were abducted at checkpoints in the West Bank.

Israel is continuing to create a Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem. 5 houses were demolished and 24 persons, including 13 children, were made homeless.

Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip:

In the Gaza Strip, in an excessive use of lethal force, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian in the northern Gaza Strip. According to investigations conducted by the PCHR, at approximately 15:40 on Friday, a group of young men gathered in Bouret Abu Samrah, north of Beit Lahia, near the border with Israel, and approached the border to throw stones at the Israeli forces stationed there. Israeli forces then opened fire at them. As a result, Belal Samir Ahmed ‘Aweidah (20) from Beit Lahia was killed immediately by a bullet to the chest. A number of young men carried him on their shoulders and took him on a motorbike to al-Shaimaa’ area. A civilian car took him from the aforementioned area to Martyr Kamal 'Adwan Hospital, in Beit Lahia. He was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, where it was declared that he died soon after he was injured.

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