Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue
Systematic Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (OPT)

· 15
Palestinians, 7 of them are civilians (including a child and a woman), were
killed by IOF.

· 13
of the victims were killed by IOF in the northern Gaza Strip.

· 3
of the victims were extra-judicially executed by IOF in Jabalya town.

· 49
Palestinians, including 19 children, a woman and an old man, were wounded by
IOF.

· IOF
bombarded a money exchange shop in Gaza City.

· IOF
conducted 28 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

· IOF
arrested 65 Palestinian civilians, including 8 children, in the West Bank.

· IOF
destroyed 27 houses in and razed 80 donums[1]
of agricultural land in the northern Gaza Strip.

· IOF
have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT; IOF arrested 6 Palestinian
civilians, including two children, at checkpoints in the West Bank

· IOF
have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank; they used
force against peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to the construction
of the Wall.

· Israeli
settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property in the OPT;
IOF destroyed 5 houses and 7 civilian establishment in Jenin and Hebron, and
Israeli settlers attacked a child and injured her.

Summary

Israeli violations of international law continued in
the OPT during the reported period (23 – 29 November 2006):

Killing: During
the reported period, IOF killed 14 Palestinians, 7 of whom are civilians,
including a woman and a child. An eighth civilians died from a previous wound.
In addition, IOF wounded 49 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 19
children, a woman and an old man.

In the Gaza Strip, IOF killed 7 Palestinians,
including 4 civilians (one of them is a child), during military operations in
the northern Gaza Strip. On 23 November 2006, IOF extra-judicially executed 3
Palestinian resistance activists in the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalya. On
the same day, a Palestinian civilians died from a previous wound he had
sustained in the northern Gaza Strip. On 25 November 2006, IOF fired an
artillery shell at a number of Palestinian resistance activists. As a result, a
resistance activist and a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces,
who was in a security site in the area, were killed. In addition, 37
Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 13 children, were wounded by the IOF
gunfire. Moreover, IOF also launched an air strike on a money exchange shop in
Gaza City, destroying it and severely damaging nearby houses.

In the West
Bank, on 27 November 2006, IOF killed a Palestinian civilian and a woman who
attempted to offer him first medical aid in Qabatya village, southeast of
Jenin. IOF left the two victims bleeding to death. In addition, 12 Palestinian
civilians, including 6 children, were wounded by the IOF gunfire in various
areas in the West Bank.

Incursions:
During the reported period, IOF
conducted at least 28 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the
West Bank, during which they raided houses and arrested 65 Palestinian
civilians, including 8 children. IOF employed undercover units in several
incursions.

In the Gaza
Strip, IOF redeployed outside the northern Gaza Strip following a series of
incursions into the area. During these incursions, IOF killed 7 Palestinians,
destroyed 17 houses and 10 civilian establishments and razed 80 donums of
agricultural land. IOF also moved into Khuza’a village, east of Khan Yunis, and
leveled areas of land they had already razed.

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. 

Gaza Strip

IOF have imposed
a strict siege on the Gaza Strip. They have closed its border crossings as a
form of collective punishment against Palestinian civilians.

IOF have closed Rafah
International Crossing Point since 25 June 2006, even though they do not
directly control it. During the reported period, the crossing point was
reopened on Tuesday, 28 November 2006, from 10:00 to 15:00, and 776
Palestinians traveled from the Gaza Strip and 569 others traveled back to it.
The crossing point was supposed to be operated also on Wednesday, 29 November
2006, but IOF informed the European observers that the crossing point would not
allow its operation. On 15 November 2006, the Palestinian – Israeli agreement
on border crossing, which was concluded under US and European supervision, expired.
Under this agreement, IOF have maintained indirect control over of the crossing
point. IOF
have imposed severe restrictions at commercial crossings of the Gaza Strip,
especially al-Mentar (Karni) crossing. As a consequence, the economic situation
inside the Gaza Strip has further deteriorated and many goods have been lacked
in markets. During the reported period, IOF partially reopened Sofa and Kerem
Shalom (Karem Abu Salem) crossings near Rafah. IOF have also continued to close
Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip. Hundreds of thousands of
Palestinians from the Gaza Strip had been prevented from traveling through this
crossing.  IOF have allowed international workers to pass through the
crossing.  With this closure, only few Palestinian patients have been able
to travel to hospitals in Israel and the West Bank.  In
addition, IOF have continued to prevent Palestinian fishermen from fishing for 5
months.

West Bank

IOF have tightened the siege imposed on Palestinian
communities in the West Bank. They have isolated Jerusalem from the rest
of the West Bank. IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank have
continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian
civilians.  IOF have continued to separate between the north and south of
the West Bank. During the reported period, IOF positioned at various
checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 6 Palestinian civilians, including two
children.

Illegal Settler Activities: Israeli settlers in breach of international
humanitarian law continue to reside in the OPT and have launched a series of
attacks against Palestinian civilians and property. During the reported period,
4 female Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian child in Hebron and injured
her. In the context of settlement activities, IOF demolished 5 houses and 7
civilian establishments in Jenin and Hebron, claiming that were built without
licenses.

The
outcome of crimes committed by IOF since 25 June 2006:

o 468
Palestinians, 294 of whom are civilians, including 88 children and 29 women,
have been killed by IOF.

o At
least 1592 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 329 children, 109 women.
In the Gaza Strip alone, 1259 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 343
children, 104 women, 4 paramedics and 7 journalist, have been wounded by the
IOF gunfire.

o At
least 328 air-to-surface missiles and hundreds of artillery shells have been
fired at Palestinian civilian and military targets in the Gaza Strip.

o Buildings
of the Palestinian Ministry of Interior, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and
the Ministry of National economy, the office of the Palestinian Prime Minister
and a number of educational institutions have been destroyed. 

o The
electricity generation plant, providing 45% of the electricity of the Gaza
Strip, was destroyed, and electricity networks and transmitters have been
repeatedly attacked.

o 6
bridges linking Gaza City with the central Gaza Strip and a number of roads
have been destroyed. 

o Hundreds
of donums of agricultural land and dozens of houses have been destroyed. 

o Hundreds
of Palestinian civilians, including 10 ministers and 31 members of the Palestinian
Legislative Council (PLC), including the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Secretary,
have been arrested. Minster of Prisoners’ Affairs, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister
of Labor, Minister of Public Works and Second Deputy Speaker of the PLC were
released.

o The
Palestinian governmental compound in Nablus has been destroyed.

o Many
families in Rafah, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia have been forced to leave their
houses.

o IOF
intelligence has warned some Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip by phone
to evacuate their houses, which would be attacked.

o 73
houses belonging to activists of Palestinian factions have been destroyed by
IOF warplanes.

o IOF
have imposed a strict siege on the OPT, and have isolated the Gaza Strip from
the outside world.

Israeli Violations
Documented during the Reporting Period (23 – 29 November 2006)

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