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Israeli forces bombard dozens of Palestinian houses in the Gaza Strip
Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
- 50 Palestinians, including 39 civilians, were killed.
- The civilian victims include 12 children and 6 women.
- 221 Palestinians, including 203 civilians, were wounded.
- The wounded civilians include 54 children and 26 women.
- Israeli warplanes launched hundreds of airstrikes on houses and other civilian facilities.
- A Canadian human rights defender was wounded.
- 15 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, were wounded.
- 8 Palestinian civilians, including a child, 3 journalists, a human rights defender and an old woman, were wounded in Jerusalem.
- Israeli forces arrested 80 Palestinians, including 18 children.
- 60 of these Palestinians, including 17 children, were arrested in Jerusalem.
- Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
- At least 14 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children and a leader of Islamic Jihad, were arrested at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
- A Palestinian civilian was wounded by a gunshot fired by Israeli settlers.
- Israeli forces demolished 6 sheep barracks in the northern Jordan Valley.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (03 – 09 July 2014).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces launched a wide-scale offensive on the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces killed 50 Palestinians, including 39 civilians, in the Gaza Strip. The civilian victims include 12 children and 6 women. They also wounded 221 Palestinians, including 203 civilians. The wounded civilians include 54 children and 26 women. Israeli warplanes launched hundreds of airstrikes on civilian targets. Israeli naval forces carried 6 attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip.
In the West Bank, 26 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, 3 journalists, a human rights defender and an old woman, and a Canadian human rights defender, were wounded by Israeli forces. A civilian was also wounded by Israeli settlers. These civilians were wounded in East Jerusalem and during peaceful protests.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces conducted at least 53 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, Israeli forces arrested at least 80 Palestinians, including 18 children. 60 of them, including 17 children, were arrested in Jerusalem.
Israeli forces also raided offices of a charity in Hebron, and the campus of al-Quds University in Abu Dis, east of Jerusalem
Restrictions on movement:
Israel continued to impose a tight closure of the oPt, imposing severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.
The illegal closure of the Gaza Strip, which has been steadily tightened since June 2007 has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli authorities impose measures to undermine the freedom of trade, including the basic needs for the Gaza Strip population and the agricultural and industrial products to be exported. For 7 consecutive years, Israel has tightened the land and naval closure to isolate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, and other countries around the world. This resulted in grave violations of the economic, social and cultural rights and a deterioration of living conditions for 1.7 million people. The Israeli authorities have established Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shaloum) as the sole crossing for imports and exports in order to exercise its control over the Gaza Strip’s economy. They also aim at imposing a complete ban on the Gaza Strip’s exports.
Israeli forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip continue to be denied access to Jerusalem.
As part of using military checkpoints and border crossings as traps to arrest Palestinian civilians under the pretext they are wanted, Israeli forces arrested 14 Palestinian, including a 3 children and a leader of Islamic Jihad, at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
Settlement activities
Israel has continued its settlement activities in the oPt, in a direct violation of international humanitarian law, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
Attacks carried out by Israeli forces
On 03 July 2014, Israeli forces moved accompanied by a vehicle belonging to the construction and organization department in the Israeli Civil Administration and 2 bulldozers moved into Aqaba area, southeast of Tubas in the northern valleys. The bulldozers destroyed barracks for housing sheep.
Attacks carried out by settlers
On 03 July 2014, an Israeli settler ran down a Palestinian child in the north of Jerusalem.
On the same day, Israeli settlers attempted to kidnap a Palestinian civilians in West Jerusalem, but he was able to flee.
On the same day, an Israeli settlers fired at a Palestinian civilian at al-Ram intersection, north of Jerusalem, wounding him in the foot.
On the same day, 4 Israelis settlers attempted to kidnap a Palestinian child in Beit Hanina in Jerusalem, but Palestinian civilians foiled the attempt.
On 04 July 2014, Israeli settlers stormed Palestinian lands in the northeast of Sourif village, northwest of Hebron, and set up mobile homes.
On the same day, Israeli settlers attempted to kidnap a child in al-Khader village, west of Bethlehem, but the child’s uncle foiled the attempt.
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