Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestine

The Israelis Military aircrafts bombs the Palestinian
citizen's house ( Ahmed Abu Shrab) east of al-Bureij
refugee camp, middle of Gaza Strip, in 26 February,
2011.

Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (24 February – 02 March 2011)

Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed a Palestinian worker and a resistance activist, and wounded a worker, a farmer and a resistance activist in the Gaza Strip. They also wounded 7 Palestinian civilians, including a child in the West Bank. In the Gaza Strip, on 27 February 2011, IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel shot dead a Palestinian worker who was collecting scraps of construction materials in the northern Gaza Strip, nearly 300 meters away from the border. Another worker was wounded by IOF on 26 February 2011. On 27 February 2011, IOF killed a Palestinian resistance activist in the east of Gaza City. An Israeli warplane fired a missile at a number of activists of The al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing of Islamic Jihad). On 28 February 2011, IOF wounded a Palestinian resistance activist in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. On 01 March 2011, a Palestinian farmer was wounded when IOF fired an artillery shell at a number of activists of the Palestinian resistance in the central Gaza Strip. During the reporting period, IOF launched a series of air strikes against the Gaza Strip. As a result, 4 houses were destroyed and 14 others were damaged, 11 civilian facility were heavily damaged, a security building was destroyed and a mosque was damaged. In the West Bank, during the reporting period, IOF used excessive force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall in the West Bank. As a result, 7 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded, and dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation, including a PCHR field worker, a paramedic and two journalists. Additionally, IOF arrested a Palestinian civilian, an Israeli journalist, an Israeli human rights defender and two international ones.

Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 40 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during which they arrested 13 Palestinian civilians, including two children. In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 3 limited incursions into the southern and central Gaza Strip, during which they leveled areas of Palestinian land.

Restrictions on Movement: Israel had continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.

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