Continued
Israeli Violations in the OPT

 

 

· 10 Palestinians, including 8
Palestinian civilians, killed by Israeli
occupying forces

 

 

· Continued Israeli incursions into Palestinian areas

 

 

· Israeli combat helicopter shell residential areas in
Khan Yunis wounding more than 10 Palestinians and damaging a number of
houses 

 

 

· Continued strict siege on the OPT and an old man dies
at an Israeli military checkpoint

 

 

· A number of Palestinians arrested

 

 

 

 

Introduction

 

 

Under the
continuous international conspiracy of silence, Israeli occupying forces
perpetrated more violations against Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories (OPT). This week, Israeli forces encroached into more Palestinian
areas, killing a number of Palestinians and destroying some public and private
facilities. 10 Palestinians, including 8
civilians, were killed by Israeli occupying forces this week. 

 

This week,
Israeli occupying forces invaded Ramallah-al Bireh area twice. First, they invaded the area on Friday
morning, 7 June, killing a Palestinian, wounding eight others and destroying
some security centers. Israeli forces
invaded the area again on Monday morning, killing a Palestinian, wounding some
and causing severe damage to a number of public and private buildings. They obstructed the work of medical personnel
and journalists. They also raided a number of civilian institutions and
arrested more than 50 Palestinian college students. 

 

Israeli
occupying forces also encroached into the West Bank cities of Jenin, Tulkarm, Bethlehem
and Hebron and surrounding villages. They raided houses and arrested some Palestinians. 

 

In the Gaza
Strip, Israeli occupying forces shelled and encroached into Palestinian
areas. Israeli combat helicopters
shelled houses in Khan Yunis wounding more than 10 Palestinian civilians. 

 

In two
apparent willful killings, Israeli occupying forces shot dead two Palestinian
civilians. On Sunday, 9 June, Israeli
forces shot dead a Palestinian civilian from Beit Hanoun near “Erez” industrial
zone in the northern Gaza Strip. On
Tuesday, 11 June, Israeli forces killed an 8-year-old in al-Mughraqa area south
of Gaza City. The child was playing near
his family’s house.

 

In a
continuation of aggressive measures against Palestinian civilians in occupied
Jerusalem, on Tuesday morning, 11 June, Israeli occupying forces demolished
Palestinian under-construction houses in Sour Baher village.

 

Israeli
occupying forces have maintained the total siege imposed on the OPT in a
collective punishment for the Palestinian people. 
Israeli forces have separated Palestinian areas, transforming them into
cantons.  In
the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupying forces have maintained a strict siege on
al-Mawasi area, isolating it from the rest of the strip. In the West Bank, Israeli occupying forces
declared Ramallah and al-Bireh closed military areas, prohibiting movement of
Palestinians from and to the two cities. This week, a Palestinian old man died at an Israeli military checkpoint
in the West Bank, after Israeli occupying forces had denied him passage on his
way back from Jordan. The old man was
patient and received medical treatment in a Jordanian hospital. 

 

 

 

 

Shelling of, and Encroachment into Palestinian Areas

 

 

Israeli
Offensive on Ramallah

 

At
approximately 01:20 on Thursday, 6 June, dozens of Israeli tanks, covered by
intense shelling, invaded Ramallah and al-Bireh from the northeast. They moved into al-Ersal Street and
surrounded the compound of the Palestinian president and adjacent
buildings. At approximately 01:50,
Israeli occupying forces started shelling the presidential compound, the
headquarters of the Palestinian General Intelligence and offices of the
National Security Force. They fired more
than 100 shells at these buildings. An
officer of the Palestinian Presidential Guard (Force 17), Tariq Sa’id
Khandaqji, 23, was killed by a heavy caliber bullet in the head. Israeli forces denied him access to medical
care when he was wounded at approximately 02:30. He succumbed to his wound an hour later. In addition, 8 officers and members of Force
17 were wounded:

 

1. Amjad Ahmed Zakarna, 25, from Qabatya village in
Jenin, wounded by shrapnel in the head;

2. Romeo Mohammed Rubin Hatu, 29, from Ramallah, wounded
by shrapnel in the left hand and leg;

3. Yousef Ahmed Harb, 22, from Nour Shams refugee camp
in Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel throughout the body;

4. Mohammed Tariq al-‘Abbasi, 27, from Ramallah,
wounded by shrapnel in the left leg;

5. Ayman Salim Qedra, 28, from Khan Yunis, wounded by
shrapnel in the chest;

6. Radhi Suleiman ‘Atawna, 25, from Beit Kahel
village in Hebron, wounded by shrapnel in the right hand;

7. Rezeq Sabri al-Sabur, 21, from Bethlehem, wounded by
shrapnel in the limbs; and

8. Fadhel Hisham Mamluk, 32, from Gaza, wounded by
shrapnel in the head.

 

Large parts of the presidential compound, Ramallah
prison, offices of security services were destroyed. 

 

At approximately 02:30 on Monday morning, 10 June,
Israeli occupying forces on around 100 tanks and armored personnel carriers,
covered by intense shelling, again invaded Ramallah and al-Bireh. They seized complete control over the
city. Palestinian security and
resistance men confronted the invading Israeli forces. A Palestinian resistance man, Yasser Yousef
Sa’id Sawalha, 31, from Kufor Ra’ei village in Jenin, was killed by a live
bullet in the chest. Israeli forces
surrounded the compound of the Palestinian president in al-Ersal Street and
removed the remainders of its subordinate buildings. They also surrounded a five-story apartment
building and forced its residents out. Then, they shelled the building, claiming that a gunman had shelter
inside. A resident of the building,
Mahmoud Hamdan, 51, was seriously wounded by shrapnel from an artillery shell
in the neck. In the afternoon, an
armored Israeli bulldozer demolished the building. 

 

Israeli forces imposed a siege on Ramallah and Sheikh
Zayed hospitals and the headquarters of Palestine Red Crescent Society. According to Dr. Wa’el Qe’dan, Director of
the Emergency Department at Palestine Red Crescent Society, the Israeli forces
prohibited movement of ambulances out and into its headquarters. Israeli forces also surrounded the building
of the Union of Agricultural Relief Committees, which overlooks Ramallah and
Sheikh Zayed hospitals and al-‘Am’ari and Qaddura refugee camps. They seized offices of five television
channels and news agencies in the building: Watan Television, Yemen Satellite
Channel, Abu Dhabi Satellite Channel, Reuters news agency and AB News. Israeli forces used the building as a camp, where
they held and interrogated Palestinians. According to the guard of the building, Israeli forces destroyed doors
of the offices of the Palestinian Hydrology Group on the third floor. Israeli forces also seized the building of
the Palestinian Ministry of Culture in the centre of Ramallah. They used Amwaj Radio and Television to
broadcast their propaganda. 

 

At approximately 23:20, Israeli occupying forces
burst into City Inn Hotel, where most journalists working in Ramallah-al Bireh
area settle. According to journalists,
Israeli forces broke into the hotel and searched their rooms and press
equipment. They also checked their press
and identity cards.

 

At approximately 00:00, Israeli occupying forces
surrounded the house of the Palestinian Minister of Civil Affairs Jamil
al-Tarifi and arrested his eldest son Yousef, 33. 

 

At approximately 04:30 on Tuesday, 11 June, Israeli
occupying forces broke into the campus and dormitory of the Education College
in al-Masioun neighborhood. According to
the guard Nour al-Din Abu Shamma, Israeli forces forced 270 students and
instructors out of their rooms. They
gathered them in the main yard and interrogated them. According to a college student, Israeli
forces handcuffed all students and instructors and took photos of each one of
them. Upon their withdrawal at noon,
Israeli forces arrested around 50 students. 

 

At noon, Israeli occupying forces broke into the Shari’a Judiciary Centre in
Ramallah. They attacked employees and
destroyed the office of Sheikh Tyseer al-Tamimi, Deputy High Shari’a
Judge, insulted him and cut files of cases. 

 

Since the morning, Israeli occupying forces had
confiscated cars that have Israeli numbers towards Bir Zeit village, north of
Ramallah. These cars belong to
Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem who live in the Ramallah-al Bireh
area. 

 

According to sources of the daily local newspaper al-Hayat al-Jadida, 60 of its personnel had
been held inside offices of the newspaper with without food and water. Other 30 Palestinians had been held in the
main car park in Ramallah since Sunday morning, 9 June, without food and water.

 

At approximately 13:30, Israeli occupying forces
raided the house of the Deputy Secretary General of the Popular Front for the
Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and member of the Executive Committee of the PLO ‘Abdul Rahim Malluh and
arrested him and two of his aides: Mousa ‘Aabed and Mohammed ‘Omran.

 

At approximately 16:30, Israeli occupying forces
broke into the building of the Force 17. They searched it, confiscated some of its contents and then destroyed
it. At the same time, Israeli forces
destroyed the building of the Fatah Movement. 

 

At approximately 19:30, Israeli occupying forces
raided the house of Rebhi al-Kubari, a journalist, in al-Ersal Street. They searched the house and destroyed some
video tapes. They also arrested the
journalist’s nephew Ahmed Mohammed al-Kubari, 21. 

 

Thursday, 6 June 2002

 

At approximately 18:30, Israeli occupying forces in
military locations in the vicinity of “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, opened fire at
Palestinian houses and farms in al-Rabwat area. No casualties were reported, but Palestinian civilians were terrified.

 

Friday, 7 June 2002

 

Early in the morning, medical sources at Rafidya Hospital
in Nablus declared that Ziad Ref’at ‘Ali Yamin, 43, from Qalqilya, succumbed to
a wound he sustained on 26 May when Israeli occupying forces invaded the West
Bank town. Yamin was wounded by several live bullets fired by Israeli soldiers
while he was near his house. 

 

At approximately 04:00, Israeli occupying forces,
reinforced with dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers, moved into the
villages of Qabatya, Burqin and Seilat al-Harthia in Jenin District. They opened fire indiscriminately, wounding
Mohammed Mohammed Isma’il Abu Shaqfa, 32, a member of the Palestinian National
Security Force, with a heavy caliber bullet in the right hand. Israeli forces raided and searched houses in
the three villages. 

 

At approximately 07:00, Israeli occupying forces
moved into Taybeh and ‘Aanin in Jenin District. They imposed a curfew and called on residents
of the two villages through loudspeakers to gather in two schools. Israeli forces humiliated
them, but no arrests were reported. 

 

At approximately 16:00, Israeli occupying forces,
supported by tanks and two helicopters and covered by intense shelling, moved
into Jaba’ village, south of Jenin. Two
Palestinians were wounded and then arrested:

 

1. Naji Mohammed Khalilia, 45, seriously wounded by a
live bullet in the abdomen; and

2. Fathi Tawfiq Khalilia, 27, wounded by three live
bullets in the legs. 

 

Israeli forces took to the two to the nearby “Tarsila”
settlement, and transferred them in a helicopter to an Israeli hospital. At approximately 16:00 on Monday, 10 June,
the family of Naji Mohammed Khalilia received a phone call from the Israeli
hospital, informing them that their son succumbed to his wound. The victim’s son, Majdi, 14, was shot dead by
Israeli occupying forces on 24 April 2002. 

 

Israeli forces also arrested two other Palestinians:

 

1. Mustafa Jaber Fashafsha, 28; and

2. Harbi ‘Ajaj ‘Aalawna, 29. 

 

Saturday, 8 June 2002

 

At approximately 04:00, 20 Israeli heavy military
vehicles, supported by a helicopter, moved into Halhul village, north of Hebron. They seized complete control over the
village. Then, they raided houses
searching for Palestinian resistance men. They also called on males between 15-50 of age, to gather in public
yards. They detained and interrogated
around 700 Palestinian civilians for some time. Upon their withdrawal from the village, Israeli forces broke into
centers of the Palestinian National Security Force and Presidential Guard
(Force 17). They damaged their contents
and stole some files. Israeli tanks also
damaged electricity and water networks of the village. 

 

At approximately 17:00, Israeli occupying forces
positioned at the Egyptian border, south of Rafah, opened fired at Palestinian
houses in Zo’rob neighborhood in the west of the town. Three Palestinian civilians were wounded:

 

1. ‘Azza Khaled Ghaben, 6,
wounded by shrapnel in the head;

2. Naji Hamed Ghaben, 25, wounded by shrapnel in the
right arm; and

3. Sa’id Saleh Ghaben, 30, wounded by shrapnel in the
right arm. 

 

At approximately 21:00, Israeli occupying forces in
military locations in the vicinity of “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, shelled
al-Rabwat area. No casualties were
reported, but Palestinian civilians were terrified. 

 

At approximately 22:00, Israeli occupying forces in
military locations in the vicinity of ‘Neve Dekalim’ settlement, west of Khan Yunis, opened
fire at al-Nimsawi neighborhood, southwest of the town. Apartment buildings of al-Farra Company
sustained further damage. An electricity
generator and a slaughterhouse of Khan Yunis Municipality were severely
damaged. 

 

At the same time, Israeli occupying forces in
military locations in the vicinity of “Gan Aur” and “Bdulah” settlements, southwest of Khan Yunis,
fired live ammunition and flare bombs at Abu Rashwan area in the southwest of
Khan Yunis. At the same time, two
Israeli helicopters opened fired at the area, especially at the house of Tawfiq
Husni Durgham, wanted by Israeli occupying forces. Durgham was in the house with a number of his
friends. When they attempted to escape
to a neighboring house, the helicopter chased them and shelled the area. As a result, 9 Palestinian civilians,
including Durgham, two children and a girl, were wounded:

 

 1. Ahmed Husni Tawfiq Durgham, 7, wounded by shrapnel in
the head and the right foot;

 2. Marasil Hisham Tawfiq Durgham, 7, wounded by shrapnel
in the right foot;

 3. Bilal Husni Tawfiq Durgham, 17, wounded by a live
bullet in the right foot;

 4. Mahmoud Tawfiq Salem Surgham, 17, wounded by shrapnel
in the back;

 5. ‘Aamer Mahmoud Tawfiq
Durgham, 18, wounded by a live bullet in the right hand;

 6. Tawfiq Husni Tawfiq Durgham, 25, wounded by several
live bullets and shrapnel in the chest and limbs;

 7. Amal Husni Tawfiq Durgham, 20, wounded by a live
bullet in the right foot;

 8. Hisham Tawfiq Salem Durgham, 37, wounded by a live
bullet in the shoulder and with shrapnel in the face; and

 9. Mousa Tawfiq Salem Durgham, 35, wounded by a live
bullet and shrapnel in the head, the back and the right hand. 

 

Then, Israeli occupying forces moved into the
area. They raided and searched houses
and arrested 7 Palestinians:

 

1. Mohammed Tawfiq Zo’rob, 48;

2. Bassel Mohammed Tawfiq Zo’rob, 22;

3. Fadi ‘Abud Hassanein, 19;

4. Mohammed Jamil Abu al-‘Einein, 22;

5. Ayman ‘Abdul Rahim al-Lahham, 25;

6. Ahmed Hassan al-‘Arjani, 30; and

7. Jaber Jasser Hassanein, 19. 

 

Also during the incursion into the area, Israeli
forces intercepted an ambulance of Palestine Red Crescent Society. They checked it and its medical personnel and arrested three of the
wounded taking them to “Gan Aur” settlement. The
three were released after a 4-hour interrogation. In addition, 8 houses were severely
damaged. 

 

Sunday, 9 June 2002

 

At approximately 16:00, 20 Israeli heavy military
vehicles invaded Tulkarm. They opened
fire at houses. A Palestinian civilian,
Tariq Mohammed Abu Laimoun, 15, was seriously wounded by a live bullet in the
neck. 

 

Monday, 10 June 2002

 

In the morning, medical sources at Nasser Hospital in
Khan Yunis declared that ‘Awni Shukri Jouda, 29, from Rafah refugee camp,
succumbed to a wound he sustained by Israeli occupying forces last month. According to PCHR’s documentation, Jouda was
wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen, together with 14 other civilians, on
30 May, when Israeli occupying forces positioned at the Egyptian border opened
fire at Block O in Rafah refugee camp. He had been in the intensive care unit since he was wounded. 

 

At approximately 23:10, Israeli occupying forces in
military locations in the vicinity of “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, shelled
Palestinian houses in al-‘Araishia and al-Rabwat areas. A Palestinian civilian, Hussam Musleh Isma’il
Abu Ghali, 24, was wounded by a live bullet in the left thigh, while he was
near his house, approximately 200m south of the settlement. In addition, three houses were damaged. 

 

Tuesday, 11 June 2002

 

At approximately 01:00, 30 Israeli soldiers, moved
from “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, on foot
approximately 50m into Block I in Khan Yunis refugee camp. At the same time, Israeli military locations
in the vicinity of the settlement, intensely shelled the area. When the presence of Israeli soldiers in the
area was noticed, a number of Palestinian resistance men came and besieged them
in alleys. Israeli soldiers attempted to
have shelter in two houses, but residents of the houses did not open doors for
them. To cover their withdrawal from the
area, Israeli forces in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement intensely
shelled the area until 05:00. Three
Palestinian civilians were wounded:

 

1. Yousef Ahmed ‘Abdul Rahman al-Ghamri, 74,
wounded by shrapnel in the head and the right hand;

2. Mustafa Suleiman Sa’id Wadi, 21, seriously wounded by
shrapnel and live bullets in the head, the neck and the limbs; and

3. Thabet ‘Abed Rabbu Ahmed Ahmed, 37,
wounded by shrapnel in the neck. 

 

In addition, a number of houses were damaged:

 

1. A 180-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which
20 persons live, owned by Yousef Ahmed al-Ghamri.

2. A 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which
20 persons live, owned by Kamal Kamel Abu Rezeq.

3. A 230-square-meter, two-story house, in which 10
persons live, owned by Jam’aan Mahmoud Huneideq.

4. A 170-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 9
persons live, owned by Mustafa Mahmoud Huneideq.

5. A 170-square-meter, three-story house, in which 7
persons live, owned by Na’im Sha’ban al-Batash. 

6. Two flats owned by the family of Abu Shuqeir. 

 

Also in the morning, medical sources in Cairo
declared that ‘Ali Hulail ‘Ali Abu Sitta, 17, from Khan Yunis, succumbed to a
wound he sustained by Israeli occupying forces earlier this month. Abu Sitta was critically wounded by a live
bullet in the head on Sunday, 2 June, when Israeli soldiers in a tower stabled on a
moveable lever in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” setlement, west of Khan Yunis, fired at him while
he was near a mosque, approximately 700m away. 

 

At approximately 18:00, two Israeli tanks moved
approximately 200m into Palestinian areas, north of “Netzarim” settlement, south of Gaza City. One tank took position in Tal al-‘Ejoul area
and the other took position near al-Zahra’ town. Soon, the tanks opened fire at Palestinian
houses in al-Mughraqa area. A
Palestinian child, Hussein ‘Eid Hassan al-Matwi, 8, was killed with a live
bullet in the heart while he was playing near his family’s house. In addition, 10-year-old Isma’il Jom’a Abu
Khubbeiza, was wounded by a live bullet in the right hand while he was in a
tent, in which his family live after their house had been demolished by Israeli
occupying forces last month. 

 

 

Shooting
at Palestinian Civilians

 

 

Thursday, 6 June 2002

 

At approximately 09:00, Israeli occupying forces at
the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Gaza City, fired at Mousa Mahmoud al-Haddad, 55, deaf,
from al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza, wounding him with a live bullet in the left
foot, while he was walking on agricultural land, approximately 500m away from
the border. Israeli forces fired at
al-Haddad for
no apparent reason. 

 

Saturday, 8 June 2002

 

At approximately 03:00, Israeli occupying forces in a
military location near Rafah Terminal with Egypt, south of Rafah, fired at a
Palestinian taxi, in which some passengers were traveling towards the terminal
to travel to Saudi Arabia. Live bullets
hit the car’s body. The driver tried to
move his car away from the source of fire. However, Israeli forces continued to fire at the car. A passenger, Mohammed Jihad ‘Abdul Fattah Abu
‘Omar, 19, was wounded by shrapnel throughout the body. 

 

Also in the morning, medical sources at al-Maqassed
Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem declared that Nizham Mohammed Saber Abu
Hamdia, 19, from Hebron, succumbed he sustained by Israeli occupying forces on
Monday night, 3 June. Hamdia was wounded
when Israeli occupying forces in al-Shuhada’ Street in Hebron stopped him while
on his way home. They severely beat
him. He was moved to the hospital
suffering from internal hemorrhage in the chest and the abdomen. Since then, he had been in the intensive care
unit where he succumbed to his wound. 

 

At approximately 18:00, Israeli occupying forces at
the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Gaza City, fired at Palestinian
civilians who participated in the funeral procession of Sa’id Mohammed
al-Tatar, who was killed in the morning by Israeli forces near “Dogit”
settlement in the northern Gaza Strip. Mu’ayad Rafiq Musabbeh, 17, was wounded by a live bullet in the left
thigh. 

 

Sunday, 9 June 2002

 

In an apparent willful killing, Israeli occupying
force shot dead a Palestinian civilian from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza
Strip. According to PCHR’s
investigation, and an eyewitness’ testimony, at approximately 16:30, Sami Ahmed
‘Abed Rabbu Musleh, 27, from Beit Hanoun, stopped his car approximately 200m
south of “Erez” industrial zone near Beit Hanoun Terminal in the northern Gaza
Strip, waiting for laborers to take them home in his car. When Musleh moved 100m north, Israeli
occupying forces near the industrial zone fired at him. He was critically wounded by a live bullet in
the head. He was immediately evacuated
to al-‘Awda Hospital in Jabalya, but since he was in critical condition, he was
soon moved to Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza. All efforts made by physicians to save his life failed.

 

Monday, 10 June 2002

 

At approximately 18:40, Israeli occupying forces
fired at a civilian car, in which three Palestinian civilians from Taybeh
village in Jenin district were traveling. One of these civilians, Shaher Suleiman Mahmoud Mahamid, 23, was wounded by a live bullet in the left
shoulder. 

 

Wednesday, 12 June 2002

 

In the morning, medical sources at al-Hussein
Hospital in Beit Jala declared that Ibrahim Mustafa ‘Ateya Abu Fara, 52, from
Surif village in Hebron district, succumbed to a wound he sustained last
year. Abu Fara was critically wounded by
a live bullet in the neck when Israeli occupying forces, for no apparent
reason, opened fire at a number of Palestinian taxi drivers who stopped their
cars in the vicinity of Bilal Mosque in the north of Bethlehem, waiting for
passengers coming from Jerusalem. Since
then, he had remained in hospital. 

 

Palestinian
Civilian Dies at an Israeli Military Checkpoint 

 

On Sunday evening, 9 June, a Palestinian civilian,
Yousef Mohammed ‘Abdul Rahman Abu Tabikh, 78, from Jenin, died after
Israeli occupying forces at al-Hamra military checkpoint in the northern Jordan
Valley denied him passage while he was back from Jordan after having received
medical treatment that lasted for around 70 days. He was
suffering from a malignant tumor in the throat. Israeli forces stopped him at the checkpoint for more than 5 hours in a
very hot weather. His health condition
deteriorated and he then died at the checkpoint. 

 

The victim’s daughter who accompanied him in his trip
to Jordan said:

“At approximately 13:00 on Sunday, 9 June 2002, I
arrived at al-Hamra military checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley, coming
back from Jordan to Jenin. I was
accompanying my father who received medical treatment in a Jordanian hospital
for a malignant tumor in the throat. Israeli soldiers stopped us. I
got out of the car carrying medical reports. I implored Israeli soldiers to allow me and my father to cross the
checkpoint on foot, but they refused. I
continued to implore them until 16:00, but in vain. Half an hour later, I noticed that the health
condition of my father was deteriorating. I implored Israeli soldiers again to allow our passage, but they
refused. At approximately 18:30, an
Israeli military jeep came close to the car in which we were traveling. Israeli soldiers in the jeep ordered our
driver to follow them, but it was too late as my father died.”

 

 

A
Jewish Settler Burns the Body of a Palestinian man

 

In a new crime committed by Jewish settlers against
Palestinians in the OPT, at Saturday night, 8 June, a settler from “Yitshar”
settlement, south of Nablus, burnt the body of a Palestinian, Ahmed Yasser
Ahmed Saleh, 18, from ‘Assira village, south of Nablus, who was killed by
Israeli occupying forces. Saleh attempted to enter “Yitshar” settlement and
fired at Israeli occupying soldiers who were guarding the settlement. Israeli soldiers immediately shot him
dead. Then, Israeli soldiers took his
body to another place waiting for an ambulance to pick up his body. Soon, a Jewish settler came and poured fuel
on the body and set fire before the eyes of Israeli soldiers. The Israeli daily Yediot Aharanot
asserted the incident and said that a settler living in “Yitshar” settlement
near Nablus in the northern West Bank set fire to the body of the Palestinian
young man. It added that “the settler
found an ‘original’ way to express his anger and burnt the body of the
Palestinian who carried out the operation.”

 

 

Arrests

 

This
week, Israeli occupying forces arrested a number of Palestinians.  The arrests took place in the
following circumstances:

 

1. At international border
crossings, under the control of Israeli occupying forces.

2. At Israeli military roadblocks
on main and branch roads at the entrances to Palestinian cities and villages.

3. In Palestinian towns and
villages, often during house raids.

4. During incursions into
Palestinian areas.

 

The following are significant arrests
that took place this week: 

 

 

*****

PCHR
Calls:

 

1. Upon the international
community to provide immediate and independent international protection for the
Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

2. Upon the High Contracting
Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to reconvene in order to take
effective measures to protect Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian
Territories, in accordance with their obligations under Article 1, to ensure
the respect of the Convention.

3. Upon the international
community to investigate and prosecute those believed to have committed war
crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories before international courts.

4. Upon the ICRC to enhance its
presence, expand its activities, and intensify its field observations
throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories.

5. Upon the European Union to
activate Article 2 of the Euro-Israeli Association Agreement, which provides
that Israel must respect human rights.

6. Upon the international
community to provide humanitarian and
medical assistance for the Palestinian people, whose living conditions are
continuing to deteriorate as a result of the continued siege imposed by Israeli
occupation forces on the entire Occupied Palestinian Territories. 

 

“End”