Even the disabled are not immune to assaults by the Israeli Military

PCHR Palestinian Centre for Human Rights http://www.pchrgaza.org

Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 11/2007 15 - 21 March 2007





Balein village- Ramallah, even the disabled are not immune to assaults by Israeli Occupation Forces.

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue to Commit War Crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

• 2 Palestinian, including a child, killed by IOF in the West Bank.

• 13 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children were wounded by IOF.

• 8 of these civilians were wounded in Bal’ein village, west of Ramallah; 4 were injured by IOF gunfire at checkpoints.

• IOF conducted 31 incursions into Palestinian communities in the OPT, including a minor incursion into the Central Gaza Strip.

• IOF arrested 61 Palestinians, including 6 children, in the West Bank.

• 4 civilians, including 2 fishermen, arrested from the Gaza Strip.

• IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.

• IOF positioned at a checkpoint in the West Bank arrested 1 Palestinian civilian.

• The Gaza Strip has suffered from shortages in fuels and basic goods.

• IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank.

• 3 houses were demolished by IOF in Sour Baher village, southwest of Jerusalem.

• Israeli settlers launched several attacks on Palestinian civilians and property in Hebron.

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