Ref: 175/2003 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns an assassination attempt carried out by Israeli occupying forces yesterday evening, 30 December 2003, in Gaza City. The attack targeted a member of the ‘Ezziddin al-Qassam Brigade, the military wing of the Hamas movement. The targeted individual and 13...
Israeli Forces Continue to Perpetrate Crimes in the OPTs · 8 Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli forces· 5 of the victims were killed during an extra-judicial assassination in Gaza city· Israeli forces conducted a series of incursions into the West Bank and Gaza Strip· More areas of agricultural land were razed in the...
PCHR’s Annual Reports contain information on the overall human rights situation in the Gaza Strip, a summary of the Centre’s activities and a financial statement. Annual Report 2003 Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has issued its Annual Report for 2003 that covers the period of 1...
Ref: 174/2003 PCHR strongly condemns a murder that took place on Sunday morning, 28 December 2003, at Gaza Central Prison in the Gaza Strip. An armed young man disguised as a policeman entered the prison during visiting hours and shot ‘Awni Mohammed Abu Es’ayed, 29, from Nusseirat refugee camp...
Ref: 173/2003 The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights condemns in the strongest possible terms the crime perpetrated by Israeli occupation forces yesterday evening, 25 December 2003, when Israeli helicopter gunships fired 2 missiles at a civilian car in northern Gaza city. 5 Palestinians were killed in the attack and 15 others...
Israeli Forces Continue to Perpetrate Crimes in the OPTs · 17 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including a child and an old man, were killed by Israeli forces· 9 of the victims were killed during an Israeli military incursion into Rafah refugee camp· Israeli forces conducted a series of incursions into the West Bank and Gaza...
Ref: 172/2003 In another war crime perpetrated against Palestinian civilians and property, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by tanks and helicopters, moved into Rafah refugee camp in the south of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, 23 December 2003. Israeli forces have remained in the camp through the early afternoon,...
Ref: 171/2003 Israeli occupying forces committed 1 willful killing and used excessive force in the slaying 3 other Palestinians, during a wide-scale incursion into Nablus on Thursday, 18 December 2003. These excessive military measures by the Israeli occupying forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territories represent a continuous escalation of the...
Israeli Forces Continue to Perpetrate Crimes in the OPTs · 10 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 1 woman, killed by Israeli forces· 5 of the victims were killed during an Israeli military incursion into Rafah· Israeli forces conducted a series of incursions into the West Bank and Gaza Strip· 31 houses in Rafah and Khan Yunis...
Ref: 170/2003 This morning, in the latest attack against Palestinian civilians and property, Israeli occupying forces destroyed 22 houses in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Contrary to Israeli claims that the houses were uninhabited, preliminary investigations conducted by PCHR revealed that the Israeli military...
