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by PCHR-Gaza

Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (18- 24 September 2014).

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In the Gaza Strip, although almost a month has past following the truce agreement under Egyptian auspices between the Palestinian armed groups and Israel, the catastrophic consequences of the 51-day Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip have been present. Hundreds of wounded Palestinians have been receiving medical treatment in hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and other hospitals abroad for the seriousness of their wounds. In the meanwhile, Israeli forces have violated the truce several times by opening fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing within the allowed fishing area and arresting a number of fishermen.

During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed 2 Palestinian militants in Hebron, south of the West Bank, while a civilian was wounded at a military checkpoint, south of Nablus. Moreover, 3 children were wounded at the Orphans' school in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem. In the Gaza Strip, 3 civilians were killed and 2 others were wounded, including a child due to mishandling an explosive device of the Israeli weapons' remnants in the east of al-Shuja'iya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City. Moreover, 4 steel and gravel collectors were wounded in the northern Gaza Strip in 2 separate incidents. Wounds of 2 of them were serious.

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