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PCHR Report on Israeli human rights violations in the oPt (30 July – 05 August 2015)

01:55 Aug 7 2015 Occupied Palestinian Territories (oPT): West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza

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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 30 July – 05 August 2015.

Shootings

Israeli forces escalated the use of excessive force against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank. During the reporting period, Israeli forces used excessive force killing 2 Palestinian children, while a toddler was burnt and his parents and brother sustained serious wounds due to a settler attack. Furthermore, Israeli forces wounded 4 Palestinian civilians were, 3 of whom in the West Bank and the fourth one in the Gaza Strip. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli navy forces attacked Palestinian fishermen in the sea.

In the West Bank, on 31 July 2015, using excessive force, Israeli forces stationed at Attara checkpoint at the northern entrance of Bir Zeit village killed a Palestinian child from al-Jalazoun refugee camp, north of Ramallah. Israeli forces claimed that a soldier opened fire at a Palestinian child that threw a Molotov cocktail at the checkpoint. PCHR believes that Israeli forces could have used less force to arrest the boy even if he threw a Molotov cocktail at the checkpoint.

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