Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 37/2008 (04 - 10 Sep. 2008)

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

IOF killed a Palestinian civilian in Nablus.
11 Palestinian civilians, including 5 children, and 2 human rights defenders were wounded by the IOF gunfire in the West Bank.
Dozens of school girls suffered from tear gas inhalation as IOF fired tear gas canisters at their school in Ne’lin village west of Ramallah.
IOF used a liquid with a disgusting smell against demonstrators in Bal’ein and Ne’lin villages near Ramallah.
IOF conducted 55 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
IOF arrested 29 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children.
IOF transformed 3 houses into military sites.
IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
A Palestinian woman gave birth to a dead baby at an IOF checkpoint in the West Bank as IOF troops denied her passage towards a hospital for more than an hour. .
IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank.
IOF confiscated 472 donums[1] of land in Jayous village near Qalqilya to construct a section of the wall.
IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attacks Palestinian civilians and property.
IOF started to establish an Israeli electricity network near Hebron and Bethlehem.
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian civilians and property in Hebron

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