Ref: 51/2019PCHR follows up with concern Palestinian prisoners’ conditions in the Israeli prisons following the statement of Gilad Ardan, Minister of Public Security, on 30 March 2019, threatening that there will be no negotiations with the Palestinian prisoners if they go on a hunger strike. Associations...
Ref: 52/2019The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is following up with concern the investigations into the death of Mahmoud Rashad al-Hamalawi (32), on 27 March 2019, at Bitoniya Police Station, west of Ramallah, after 13 days of his arrest. PCHR is awaiting the results...
Field UpdateOn Thursday, 28 March 2019, three civilians, including a child, were killed and two civilians, including a woman, were wounded in three separate shooting incidents in Jenin, Gaza and al-Nuseirat. These crimes are part of a series of incidents which reflect the ongoing state...
Ref: 50/2019 On Saturday, 30 March 2019, in excessive use of force against the peaceful protesters in the 1st anniversary of the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege, Israeli forces killed 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child, and wounded 364 others, including 74 children, 12...
Ref: 49/2019On 1st anniversary of Return and Breaking Siege March,PCHR Warns of Further Targeting of Civilians by Israeli forcesThe Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) follows up with deep concern the Israeli forces’ military reinforcements along the border fence with the Gaza Strip, coinciding...
Why are Palestinians demonstrating in the Gaza Strip?On Friday 30 March 2018, the commemoration of Land Day, Palestinians launched a massive wave of peaceful weekly demonstrations known as the Great Return March along the security fence separating Gaza from Israel. The demonstrations call for...
Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) (21-27 March 2019)Israeli warplanes launched 82 missiles at 38 targets across the Gaza Strip. Several houses and civil facilities sustained material damage and dozens of civilians became homeless. Israeli forces continued to use...
Ref: 48/2019 In new crime of targeting medical personnel, Israeli forces moved into al-Walijah neighborhood in al-Dheisheh refugee camp, south of the West Bank, and killed a volunteer paramedic while treating injured protesters in the camp. This new crime comes in light of the Israeli government’s...
Ref: 47/2019On Monday and Tuesday, 25 and 26 March 2019, Israeli forces carried out dozens of airstrikes on various targets across the Gaza Strip. These airstrikes have been the most violent in recent months that have not spared civilians and displaced dozens of them after...
