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 (03 – 09 May 2012)
Shooting: In the West Bank, IOF wounded 12 Palestinian civilians, including two children, in the West Bank. Eleven of these civilians, including a child, were wounded during the dispersion of peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank, and in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails who have been on hunger strike. Dozens of civilians also suffered from tear gas inhalation. On 04 May 2012, a Palestinian child was wounded when IOF fired at a funeral procession in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron. In the Gaza Strip, on 05 May 2012, Israeli naval troops arrested two Palestinian fishermen in Gaza City, but released them later. During the reporting period, Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in Khan Yunis on 5 occasions. On 05 May 2012, IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northeast of Khan Yunis opened fire at Palestinian agricultural land in al-Qarara village. As a result, a camel was killed.