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 (29 March – 04 April 2012)
Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed 3 Palestinians, including a civilian and a child, in the Gaza Strip. A 4th civilian died of a previous wound in the West Bank. Additionally, 73 civilians, including 18 children were wounded by IOF in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. ■ In the Gaza Strip, IOF killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 40 others, including 16 children, during the dispersion of peaceful demonstrations organized in commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day. ■ On 31 March 2012, IOF killed a Palestinian in the central Gaza Strip. The claimed that he was armed and was digging near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. ■ On 03 April 2012, IOF killed a Palestinian child near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. ■ On 02 April 2012, , Israeli aircrafts dropped leaflets in the border areas in the north of Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip, warning the Palestinian population of getting close to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The leaflets included a threat that IOF would violently respond to an attempt to get as close as to 300 meters from the border, and that “whoever attempts to get close to the border would be driven away by all means, including shooting.” The leaflets were concluded by the phrase “he who warns is executed.” The leaflets included also maps of the Gaza Strip, and warnings related to firing home-made rockets by Palestinian resistance groups. ■ In the West Bank, IOF wounded 33 civilians, including two children, during the dispersion of peaceful demonstrations organized in commemoration of the 36th anniversary of the Palestinian Land Day and in protest to the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities. ■ On 02 April 2012, a Palestinian civilian dies of a previous wound he had sustained on 27 March 2012 during an Israeli incursion into Rammoun village, northeast of Ramallah.