Weekly Report on Human Rights Violations

Report, PCHR, 2 March 2007
Weekly Report: On "Israeli" Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 22 - 28 February 2007
"Israeli" Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
• Four Palestinian were killed by IOF in the West Bank.
• Three of the victims were extra-judicially executed by IOF in Jenin.
• Twenty-eight Palestinian civilians, including two journalists, four children and four women, were wounded by IOF gunfire.
• IOF attacked an Italian cinema crew in Hebron (al-Khalil).
• IOF conducted 43 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
• IOF launched a wide scale military campaign on Nablus.
• IOF arrested 55 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children.
• IOF arrested a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council in Hebron (al-Khalil).
• "Israeli" settlers have continued attacks Palestinian civilians and property in the OPT.
• IOF demolished three agricultural facilities in Hebron (al-Khalil).
• IOF confiscated 199 donums[1] of agricultural land in Jenin to establish a settler road.
• IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.
• IOF have operated Erez crossing as an international crossing point.
• IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank arrested five Palestinian civilians, including two children.
• The Gaza Strip has suffered from shortages in fuels and basic goods.
Summary
"Israeli" violations of international law and humanitarian law continued in the OPT during the reporting period (22 - 28 February 2007):
Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed four Palestinians and wounded 28 others in the West Bank.
On Monday, 26 February 2007, an IOF sniper shot dead `Anan Mohammed al-Teebi, 42, with a bullet to the neck, and wounded his son, 24-year-old Ashraf, with a bullet to the hand, when he attempted to offer help to his father. The victim was on the roof of his house in the old town, when the IOF sniper shot him. IOF prevented ambulances from entering the area and arrested the son. On Wednesday morning, 28 February 2007, an IOF undercover unit extra-judicially executed 3 Palestinians in Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. The victims are members of the Islamic Jihad, and one of them is the leader of the al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad) in the northern West Bank. In addition, 28 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, 4 women and two journalists, were wounded by the IOF gunfire.
Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 43 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During the reporting period, launched a wide scale military operation against Nablus and neighboring refugee camps. During this operation, which continued for two days, IOF killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded eight others, including a child and two children. IOF also arrested at least 150 civilians, transformed a number of houses and two schools into military sites, raided a number of television and radio stations and obstructed the movement of medical crews. IOF withdrew from the city without declaring an end to their operation. During other incursions, IOF raided houses and arrested 55 Palestinian civilians, including six children and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council. Thus, the number of Palestinians arrested by IOF in the West Bank since the beginning of this year has mounted to 564.
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 (Al-Quds).