Saturday 5 May 2007

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations - 3 May 2007

Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations
Report, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, 3 May 2007

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

· A Palestinian civilian and a member of the Palestinian Presidential Guard were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, respectively.

· Three Palestinian civilians were wounded by IOF gunfire in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

· A French solidarity activist was wounded by IOF gunfire in Bal'ein village, west of Ramallah.

· IOF conducted 28 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

· IOF arrested 55 Palestinian civilians, including six children and a woman.

· IOF arrested a Palestinian civilian in the Gaza Strip.

· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.

· IOF have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

· IOF positioned at various checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested 13 Palestinian civilians, including two children.

· IOF have continued to confiscate Palestinian land for the purpose of the construction of the Annexation Wall in the West Bank.

· IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank.

· Israeli settlers have continued to occupy a house in Hebron for the sixth consecutive week.

· Israeli settlers attacked a family in Hebron.

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