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Photo: Al-Dheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem – Family of Jehad Shehada Abdullah al-Ja'fari (19), who was killed by Israeli forces.

by PCHR-Gaza

Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 19 - 25 February 2015.

Israeli attacks in the West Bank & Gaza:

Shootings

During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian in excessive use of force and wounded 10 others, including 3 children, in the West Bank. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli navy forces continued to chase and target Palestinian fishermen. Moreover, Israeli forces continued to open fire at border areas.

In the West Bank, in excessive use of force, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian in al-Duheisha refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, on 24 February 2015.

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Incursions

During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted at least 43 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least 41 Palestinians, including 10 children and 5 women. Twenty of these Palestinians, including 9 children and the 5 women, were arrested in Jerusalem.

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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.

Settlement activities and attacks by settlers against Palestinian civilians and property

On 24 February 2015, Israeli forces backed by Israeli Civil Administration and a digger moved into al-'Edeisa area, east of Sa'ir village, east of Hebron. They demolished an under-construction house with an area of 170 square meters under the pretext of building without a license in area (c).

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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, 5 Palestinian civilians, including a child, sustained bullet wounds during Kufor Qaddoum weekly protest, northeast of Qalqilya.

n the same context, a 16-year-old child sustained a bullet wound to the left thigh during a protest at the southern entrance of al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah.

(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

Following the Friday prayer, on 20 February 2015, in spite of the bad weather, dozens of Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in Bil’in, west of Ramallah, in protest at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities.
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