Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in Occupied Palestine
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (01 – 07 March 2012):
Shooting: During the reporting period, two Palestinian children were killed and 3 civilians, including a child, were wounded by the explosion of a suspicious object in Hebron. Additionally, a Palestinian civilian was seriously wounded by IOF north of Ramallah. ■ On Tuesday afternoon, 06 March 2012, two Palestinian children were killed and three others were wounded when a suspicious object left by the Israeli military exploded in Wad Al-Reem area to the east of Sa'ir village, northeast of Hebron. According to medical reports and observations by a PCHR fieldworker, the two children who were killed sustained serious injuries and burns throughout the body. Their bodies were dismembered as the shrapnel penetrated the head, the chest and the face. Immediately following the incident, the Palestinian police opened investigations into the incident. The police announced that the explosion was caused by a mortar shell which had been left by the Israeli military. The shell exploded in a pile of wastes. At approximately 15:20 on the same day, Israeli occupation forces moved into the area to check the explosion and search neighboring farms. ■ 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, a Palestinian civilian was seriously wounded by a tear gas canister to the head near ‘Attara checkpoint, north of Ramallah. Dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation.
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