Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in Occupied Palestine
Israeli settlers running wild, car set alight in
Dowar al-Qara' village, northeast Ramallah
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (10 – 16 March 2011)
Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed two Palestinians and wounded 3 others in the Gaza Strip. On 16 March 2011, IOF warplanes fired 3 missiles at a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces south of Gaza City. As a result, a guard of the site and a member of the 'Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) were killed. Two workers of the Palestinian Ministry of Public Works, who were working nearly 20 meters away from the site, were wounded. Additionally, three buildings on the site were also destroyed. On the same day, IOF wounded a Palestinian fisherman in the northern Gaza Strip. 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, dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation. IOF also arrested two international human rights defenders.
Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 47 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during which they arrested 66 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children. The widest incursion was into 'Awarta village, southeast of Nablus, during which IOF arrested 52 Palestinian civilians. In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted a limited incursion into al-Boreij refugee camp, during which they leaved 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.