Weekly Report 18-24 Oct. on "Israeli" Human Rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

Source: pchrgaza.org, 25-10-2007
"Israeli" Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
7 Palestinians, including 2 children, were killed by IOF.
3 of the victims, including a civilian, were extra-judicially executed by IOF.
A Palestinian worker was run down to death by an "Israeli" settler.
16 Palestinians, including 3 children, a woman and a journalist, were wounded by IOF.
IOF conducted 27 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 3 ones into the Gaza Strip.
IOF arrested 37 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, in the West Bank and 4 others in the Gaza Strip.
IOF razed at least 150 donums[1] of agricultural land Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip.
IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.
IOF have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world and a humanitarian crisis has emerged.
A patient died due to the obstruction by IOF troops at Erez crossing of his access to an "Israeli" hospital.
Summary
"Israeli" violations of international law and humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the reporting period (18 - 24 October 2007):
Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed 5 Palestinians and wounded 31 others, including 8 children, a woman and a journalists, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF killed 5 Palestinians, including 2 children, and wounded 11 others, including a child and a woman.
Three Palestinians were killed and 7 others were wounded in 4 extra-judicial execution attempts carried out by IOF on 20, 21 and 23 October 2007. Two children were killed and 2 civilians, including a woman, were wounded when IOF fired a surface-to-surface missile at a launcher of home-made rockets in Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip. On 10 October 2007, 2 Palestinian were wounded during an incursion by IOF into al-Shouka village, east of Rafah.
In the West Bank, on 23 October 2007, 2 members of the Palestinian resistance were killed during an exchange of fire by IOF that besieged them. Additinally, 5 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children and a journalist, were wounded when IOF used force to disperse a peaceful demonstration organized by Palestinian civilians and international and "Israeli" human rights defenders in protest to the construction of the Wall in Bal'ein village, west of Ramallah.
Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 27 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During those incursions, IOF arrested 37 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children. Thus, the number of Palestinians arrested by IOF in the West Bank since the beginning of this year has mounted to 2,183.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 3 incursions into Palestinian communities. During those incursions, IOF troops transformed a number of houses into military sites, temporarily arrested 4 Palestinian civilians, wounded 2 civilians and razed 150 donums of agricultural land.
Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.