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Photo: Israeli forces destroyed al-Shaloudi house in Silwan village in Jerusalem
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by PCHR-Gaza

Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) for the reporting period of 13 - 19 November, 2014.

Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza:

Shootings:

During the reporting period, a Palestinian bus driver from Abu Dees village, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, was strangled to death in the West Jerusalem. There are suspicions that extremist settlers committed this crime. Moreover, 21 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children, were wounded in the West Bank. In the Gaza Strip, 3 civilians, including a child, were wounded near the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel. A Palestinian child from the Gaza Strip died of wounds he sustained during the latest Israeli offensive.

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Collective punishment measures and demolition of houses:

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, issued instructions for the Israeli security services to take a series of collective punishment measures against Palestinians, who run down and/or stab Israeli settlers and soldiers, by demolishing, destroying or closing their houses. Since the beginning of al-Aqsa Intifada in 2000, Israeli forces had destroyed dozens of houses. This policy was renewed following the killing of 3 settlers in a village in Hebron in June 2014.

During the reporting period, on 19 November 2014, Israeli forces moved into Selwan village, south of east Jerusalem to demolish a house belonging to the family of Abdul Rahman al-Shaloudi, who ran down Israeli settlers and was shot dead on 22 October 2014.

Incursions:

During the reporting period,Israeli forces conducted at least 54 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.During these incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least 78 Palestinians, including 12 children. 46 of these civilians, including 5 children and 2 women, were arrested in East Jerusalem.

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces arrested 2 civilians aged 19 each from Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip while attempting to sneak into Israel in search for work via the border fence near al-Nahda neighbourhood in Rafah.

Restrictions on movement:

Israel continued to impose a tight closure of the oPt, imposing severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.

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sraeli Settlement activities:

Israel has continued its settlement activities in the oPt, a direct violation of international humanitarian law, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

Attacks carried out by Israeli forces

Israeli forces moved into Salfit. They raided a Barraks belonging to Amin ghazi Odeh, an officer in the Protective Security Service, and took photos of the surrounding area.

Furthermore, they handed the residents of Deir Istia via the Palestine liaison notices by which they are informing them that 7 and a half acres in Jabal al-Deeb area are confiscated.

In another event, they moved into Shiukh al-Arroub area, north of Hebron and Kherbat Um al-Kheir.

Attacks carried out by settlers

Nearly 1000 settlers gathered at the intersection of ‘Aber al-Samerah Street, west of Hares village. Furthermore, about 40 settlers from “Yatsahar” settlement attacked ‘Orif high school with stones and Molotov cocktails. On another occasion, settlers from “Adoura” threw stones at Palestinian vehicles on bypass (60). No injuries were reported. Additionally, settlers from "Givat Runim" settlement, south of Nablus, attacked two houses.

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Use of excessive force against peaceful demonstrations protesting settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall:

During the reporting period, Israeli soldiers used excessive force against peaceful demonstrations organized by Palestinian civilians, international and Israeli human rights defenders in protest at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, 38-year-old Haitham Mohammed Jamal al-Khateeb was hit by a gas canister to the right thigh.

In the same context, 6 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, were wounded during protests organized against the Israeli forces' and settlers' attacks in al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.

(PCHR keeps the names of the wounded in fear of being arrested by the Israeli forces within its policy to oppress the peaceful protests and prevent Palestinian civilians from participating).

Demonstrations against the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activity

· At approximately 10:00 on Friday, 14 November 2014, dozens of Palestinian civilians in coordination with the Popular Committee against the Wall and Settlement in the south of the West Bank organized volunteer work day to plant olive trees in the lands threatened to be confiscated in the northeastern area of Sa'ir village adjacent to "'Amos" settlement established on the Palestinian lands of east Hebron. When the activists and residents were planting trees, a number of Israeli patrols arrived and their officer told the participants that they must leave the area as soon as possible after declaring it as a closed military area. The participants refused to leave and minutes later Israeli forces randomly fired sound bombs, tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at them. As a result, some of the demonstrators suffered tear gas inhalation and were treated on the spot.

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Continued closure of the oPt:

Israel continued to impose a tight closure on the oPt, imposing severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.

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