Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Perpetrate
More Violations of Human Rights against Palestinian Civilians in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory (OPT)

· 4 Palestinians, including 2 children, were killed by IOF and
a fifth Palestinian was pronounced clinically dead at the time this report was
issued.

· IOF conducted 27 incursions into Palestinian communities in
the West Bank including the IOF re-impose it’s full control in Tulkarm.

· Houses were raided and 30 Palestinian civilians, including 3
children, were arrested by IOF. 

· 6 houses were transformed by IOF into military sites.

· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT
through comprehensive closures; IOF have continued to close a number of roads
and border crossings in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the current
Intifada; IOF arrested 5 Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints in the
West Bank and another  Palestinian
civilian was arrested at the Rafah International Crossing on the Egyptian
border; IOF imposed curfews on some areas; and PCHR continued to document cases of humiliation and harassment at
checkpoints.

· IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the
West Bank (despite the one year anniversary of the International Court of
Justice Advisory Opinion on 09 July 2005); IOF attacked Palestinian civilians
and international solidarity activists who demonstrated in protest to the
construction of the Wall; and a number of demonstrators were injured or
arrested.  

· Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian
civilians and property in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip; IOF demolished
two houses in East Jerusalem and a
number of houses were damaged in Hebron. 

Summary

Israeli
violations of international law continued in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
(OPT) during the reporting period (7 – 13 July 2005):

Willful
Killing: During the
reported period, Israel Occupation Forces killed four Palestinians, including
two children, in the West Bank. A fifth
Palestinian was pronounced clinically dead at the time this report was issued. Two Palestinian civilians, including a child,
were also injured by IOF in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, 07 July 2005, IOF killed two
Palestinians, including a child, during an incursion into Balata refugee camp,
east of Nablus. On Friday, 08 July 2005,
IOF positioned near the ‘Annexation’ Wall shot dead a Palestinian child in Beit
Leqia village, southwest of Ramallah. On
Wednesday, 13 July 2005, IOF killed a member of the Palestinian National
Security Force and injured another during a largescale incursion into
Tulkarm. The latter was later pronounced
‘clinically dead’ at the time this report was issued. On Saturday, 09 July 2005, a Palestinian
child was injured by IOF in Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip.  

Incursions:
IOF conducted 27
military incursions into Palestinian areas in the West Bank, the widest of
which was into Tulkarm on Wednesday, 13 July 2005. During these incursions, IOF raided houses
and arrested 27 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children. IOF also seized six houses and transformed
them into military sites.  This week, IOF
also arrested three Palestinian civilians while they were attempting to
infiltrate into Israel to search for jobs.

Restrictions
on Movement: IOF
have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT, including
Jerusalem.  On Wednesday, 13 July 2005, IOF imposed a comprehensive
closure on the OPT, following a bombing inside Israel. In the West Bank, IOF closed all military
checkpoints and erected some new ones. In the Gaza Strip, IOF closed Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing and imposed
severe restrictions on the internal and external movement of Palestinian
civilians.

Annexation
Wall: 09 July 2005
marked the one year anniversary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Advisory Opinion which found the Annexation Wall illegal under international
law. Despite this, during the reporting
period the IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside the West
Bank territory. On Sunday, 10 July 2005,
the Israeli government approved the route of the Wall around occupied
Jerusalem. According to the Israeli
plans, the Wall will isolate at least 55,000 Palestinian civilians in Jerusalem
and its suburbs from the city and 3655 students from their schools. The Israeli Cabinet also ordered the
accerated completion of this section of th Wall by 01 September 2005. In addition, IOF used force to disperse
peaceful demonstrations organized by Palestinian civilians and international
and Israeli solidarity activists in protest to the construction of the
Wall. Four Palestinian demonstrators
were wounded by the Israeli gunfire and at least 65 other demonstrators,
including an Israeli solidarity activist, sustained bruises or suffered from
tear gas inhalation. 

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.  IOF
also demolished two houses in East Jerusalem for the purpose of settlement
activities.

Israeli Violations
Documented during the Reporting Period (07–13 July 2005)

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