Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in Occupied Palestine
A panoramic view of “Har Homa” settlement between al-Quds
(Jerusalem) and Bethlehem where hundreds of settlement units
will be built according to Israeli plans (Photo: upi.com)
● The Israeli Forces Continued to fire at Palestinian fishermen in the northern Gaza Strip.
● 4 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were wounded.
● The Israeli Forces conducted 71 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
● The Israeli Forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
● Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
● The Israeli Forces have continued settlement activities in the West Bank, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
Shooting: During the reporting period, the Israeli forces wounded 12 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip; 8 of whom, including a child, were wounded in the West Bank and the 4 others, including 2 children, were wounded in the Gaza Strip. In the West Bank, on 20 December 2012, the Israeli forces wounded and arrested 2 Palestinian civilians from Rumanna village, northwest of Jenin. The 2 wounded civilians were transported by military ambulances to al-Khdeira hospital in Israel. The aforementioned persons were wounded when the Israeli Forces moved into the said village and fired at a group of persons in the center of the village. On 22 December 2012, 6 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded when the Israeli forces opened fire at dozens of Palestinians, who went out in a funeral of a dead person to the cemetery near the entrance of Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. 2 of whom were wounded by live bullets, while the other 4 ones were wounded by rubber-coated metal bullets. The wounded were transported by the Palestine Red Crescent Society's (PRCS) ambulances to hospitals in Hebron. Wounds of 2 of them were serious.
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