Continued construction in "Ma'ale Adomim" settlement near occupied Jerusalem
June 19, 2009
Israeli
Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against
Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian
Territory (OPT) and Continue to Impose a Total Siege on the Gaza
Strip
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A Palestinian civilian died of
wounds he had sustained during the latest IOF offensive on the
Gaza Strip.
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The body of a Palestinian
shepherd who had been missing for about 50 days was found in the
northeast of the Gaza Strip.
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IOF conducted 26 incursions into
Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
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IOF arrested
11 Palestinian civilians, including one child, in the West Bank.
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IOF have
continued to attack Palestinian fishers in the Gaza Strip; they
detained two fishers for several hours after confiscating their
boat.
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IOF have continued to impose a
total siege on the OPT and have isolated the Gaza Strip from the
outside world.
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IOF troops
positioned at military checkpoints have continued to harass
Palestinian civilians.
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IOF have continued measures
aimed at establishing a Jewish majority in occupied east
Jerusalem.
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IOF forced
two Palestinian civilians to demolish their homes.
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IOF have continued settlement
activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued
to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
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5
Palestinian civilians were injured by Israeli settlers.
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Israeli
settlers set fire to areas of Palestinian agricultural land in
the northern Gaza Strip.
Summary
Israeli violations of
international law and humanitarian law continued in the OPT
during the reporting period (11 – 17 June 2009):
Shooting:
During the reporting period, one
Palestinian was killed by IOF in the West Bank. Additionally,
IOF wounded 13 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children and a
paramedic, in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
On 14 June 2009, medical sources
at an Egyptian hospital declared that Yasser 'Arafat Sbair, 27,
from Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, died of
wounds he had stained during the recent IOF offensive on the
Gaza Strip. An IOF drone fired a missile at him on 12 January
2009 when he was near his house. He was a member of the
Palestinian resistance.
On the same day, the body of
Ahmed Salama Abu Hasheesh, 19, a shepherd from the northern Gaza
Strip, was found nearly 50 meters away from the border with
Israel. Abu Hasheesh had been missing for nearly two months.
In the West Bank, dozens of
Palestinian civilians suffered from tear gas inhalation, when
IOF used force against peaceful demonstrations organized by
Palestinian civilians in protest to the construction of the
Annexation Wall in Bal'ein and Ne;lin villages, west of Ramallah.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, IOF
conducted at least 26 military incursions into Palestinian
communities in the West Bank. IOF arrested 11 Palestinian
civilians, including a child.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF naval
troops continued to chase and fire at Palestinian fishermen.
During the reporting period, they detained two fishermen for
several hours.
Gaza Strip
IOF have
continued to close all border crossings to the Gaza Strip for
more than two years. The IOF siege of Gaza, which has steadily
tightened since June 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the
humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip.
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1.5
million people are being denied their basic rights, including
freedom of movement, and their rights to appropriate living
conditions, work, health and education.
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The main
concern of 1.5 million people living in the Gaza Strip is to
obtain their basic needs of food, medicines, water and
electricity supplies.
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IOF have
continued to prevent the entry of raw construction materials
into the Gaza Strip for more than two years.
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IOF have
not allowed fuel supplies into the Gaza Strip, excluding limited
amounts of cooking gas, since 10 December 2008.
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The
Rafah International
Crossing Point has been opened for a few days for a number of
patients who received medical treatment abroad and needed to
return home to the Gaza Strip.
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IOF have
continued to close Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the face of
Palestinian civilians wishing to travel to the West Bank and
Israeli for medical treatment, trade or social visits.
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Poverty
had mounted to approximately 80% and unemployment has mounted to
60% in the Gaza Strip.
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IOF have
continued to prevent the entry of spare parts form water
networks and sewage systems. Losses incurred to this sector are
estimated at US$ 6 million.
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IOF have
imposed additional restrictions on access of international
diplomats, journalists and humanitarian workers to the Gaza
Strip. They have prevented representatives of several
international humanitarian organizations from entering the Gaza
Strip.
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Living
conditions of the Palestinian civilian population have seriously
deteriorated; levels of poverty and unemployment have sharply
mounted.
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At least
900 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have been deprived
for family visitation for more than 17 months.
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IOF have
continued to attack Palestinian fishermen along the Gaza Strip
coast.
West Bank
IOF 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.
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IOF have
established checkpoints in and around Jerusalem, severely
restricting Palestinian access to the city. Civilians are
frequently prevented from praying at the al-Aqsa Mosque in
Jerusalem.
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There
are approximately permanent 630 roadblocks, manned and unmanned
checkpoints across the West Bank. In addition, there are some
60-80 'flying’ or temporary checkpoints erected across the West
Bank by IOF every week.
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When
complete, the illegal Annexation Wall will stretch for 724
kilometers around the West Bank, further isolating the entire
population. 350 kilometers of the Wall has already been
constructed. Approximately 99% of the Wall has been constructed
inside the West Bank itself, further confiscating Palestinian
land.
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At least
65% of the main roads that leads to 18 Palestinian communities
in the West Bank are closed or fully controlled by IOF (47 out
of 72 roads).
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There
are around 500 kilometers of restricted roads across the West
Bank. In addition, approximately one third of the West Bank,
including occupied East Jerusalem, is inaccessible to
Palestinians without a permit issued by the IOF. These permits
are extremely difficult to obtain.
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IOF
continue to harass, and assault demonstrators who hold peaceful
protests against the construction of the Annexation Wall.
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Palestinian civilians continue to be harassed by IOF in
Jerusalem, and across the West Bank, including being regularly
stopped and searched in the streets by IOF.
Establishing
a Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem:
IOF have escalated
arbitrary measures against Palestinian civilians in East
Jerusalem to force them to leave the city.
During the reporting
period, IOF forced two Palestinians to demolish structures added
to their houses in the old town of Jerusalem, allegedly because
they were unlicensed.
Settlement
Activities: IOF have
continued settlement activities in violation of international
humanitarian law and Israeli settlers living in the OPT
have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property. On
11 June 2009, IOF moved into Kufor Hares village, north of
Salfit. They patrolled in the streets in order to allow at
least 1,000 Israeli settlers to enter the village to conduct
religious ceremonies. In the evening, IOF imposed a curfew on
the village and allowed the settlers to enter the village. They
stayed in the village until the following day morning, during
which time they damaged a number of cars and windows of houses.
They also wrote some slogans on walls of houses. On 14 June
2009, a number of Israeli settlers attacked 10-year-old 'Eissa
Ahmed Qara'in near his house in Silwan village, east of
Jerusalem. When the family intervened to protect the child, at
least 30 guards of Israeli settlements in the area and attacked
members of the family. Members of the family called the police,
which arrived an hour and a half later. Ambulances also arrived
at the area two hours later. As a result of the attack by
settlers, 5 Palestinian civilians, including a child and two old
people, were injured. On 15 June 2009, fire broke out in wheat
field in Eastern al-Lubban village, southeast of Nablus.
According to eyewitnesses, 3 Israeli settlers from "Elli"
settlement, which stands on the eastern lands of the village set
fire to the fields, while IOF troops were present in the area.
Palestinian villagers hurried to extinguish fire and asked IOF
troops to call fire engines from nearby settlements, but they
refused. The mayor called the Palestinian civil defense in the
nearby Bourin village. Fire fighter were able to extinguish fire
after it had destroyed 20-25 donums
of land planted with wheat. On 17 June 2009, IOF moved into al-Hilwa
area to the east of Tubas town in the northern Jordan Valley.
They demolished 15 barnyards and 3 tents. About 40 days ago, IOF
handed notices to Palestinian civilians living in the area
ordering them to evacuate it claiming that it is a closed
military zone.
Israeli
Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (11 – 17 June
2009)
1.
Incursions into Palestinian Areas and Attacks on
Palestinian Civilians and Property in the West Bank and the Gaza
Strip
Thursday, 11 June 2009
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At
approximately 00:00, IOF moved into Dura village, southwest of
Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested
Fahed 'Abdul Fattah 'Amru, 20.
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At
approximately 00:30, IOF moved into Hebron. They raided and
searched a house belonging to 'Aassem Hassan al-Hashlamoun, 45,
and arrested him and his nephew, 28-year-old Yousef 'Abdul Hadi
al-Hashlamoun. They confiscated two mobile phones and some
computer accessories.
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At
approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Kufor Qallil village, east
of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and
arrested two Palestinian civilians:
1.
Fadi
Mohammed Qanni, 24; and
2.
Rami
Sa'ad Qanni, 20.
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Also at
approximately 01:30, IOF moved into al-Jilda neighborhood in the
west of Hebron. They raided and searched a house belonging to
Zain 'Abdul Hafiz al-Qudsi, 29, and arrested him.
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At
approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Hebron. They raided and
searched a house belonging to Jameel Zakaria al-Jamal. No
arrests were reported.
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Also at
approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Taffouh village, west of
Hebron. They raided and searched a house belonging to Hisham
'Abdul Qader al-Tarda. No arrests were reported.
Friday, 12 June 2009
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At
approximately 21:00, IOF moved into al-Yamoun village, west of
Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses. No arrests
were reported.
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Also at
approximately 21:00, IOF moved into al-Hashimiya village, south
of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses. No
arrests were reported.
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Also at
approximately 21:00, IOF moved into Kufor Dan village, west of
Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses. No arrests
were reported.
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Also at
approximately 21:00, IOF moved into al-'Araqa village, west of
Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses. No arrests
were reported.
Sunday, 14 June 2009
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At
approximately 01:30, IOF warplanes dropped two bombs on
al-Brazil neighborhood in the south of Rafah, allegedly to
destroy tunnels along the Egyptian border. No casualties were
reported, but Palestinian civilians were extremely terrified.
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At
approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Bani Na'im village,
northeast of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses
and summoned 3 Palestinian civilians for interrogation.
·
At
approximately 02:30, IOF moved into al-Jdaida village, southeast
of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses. No
arrests were reported.
·
Also at
approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Maithaloun village,
southeast of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses.
No arrests were reported.
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Also at
approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Sirris village, southeast of
Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses. No arrests
were reported.
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Also at
approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Sanour village, southeast of
Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses. No arrests
were reported.
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At
approximately 09:30, IOF troops, accompanied by a jeep of the
IOF "Civil Administration" and a number of officials of the
Higher Organization Council moved into Kherbat al-Twaira area to
the east of 'Aqraba village, southeast of Nablus. They handed a
notice to 'Azmi Saleem Bani Jaber, 44, ordering him to evacuate
the area where he lives in 48 hours.
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At
approximately 10:00, the body of Ahmed Salama Abu Hasheesh, 19,
a shepherd from the northern Gaza Strip, was found nearly 50
meters away from the border with Israel. Abu Hasheesh had been
missing for nearly two months.
According to the victim's father
and the paramedics who evacuated the body to the hospital, Abu
Hasheesh left his home on 21 April 2009 and did not come back.
The father informed the Palestinian police, the ICRC and
Palestine Red Crescent Society, but all efforts to find him
failed. On 14 June 2009, a number of internationals were
visiting Gaza to see the destruction caused by the IOF
offensive. The father told him his son's story, so they
volunteered to search for him and went to the border area. IOF
troops positioned at the border fired at them more than once,
but they insisted to continue their search until they found a
decayed body approximately 50 meters away from the border to the
east of Beit Hanoun town. They called for an ambulance that
evacuated the body to the hospital. There are strong
indications that IOF shot Abu Hasheesh as the area is close to
the border, and IOF often fire at whoever reach such areas.
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At
approximately 22:00, IOF moved into Ta'nak village, west of
Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses. No arrests
were reported.
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During
the day, medical sources at an Egyptian hospital declared that
Yasser 'Arafat Shubair, 27, from Sheikh Zayed area in Jabalya
refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, died of wounds he had
sustained during the recent IOF offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Shubair was wounded by shrapnel to the head from a missile fired
by a drone, when he was in front of his house. Shubair was a
resistance activist.
Monday, 15 June 2009
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At
approximately 00:00, IOF moved into Sour Baher village,
southeast of Jerusalem. They raided and searched a house
belonging to the family of Hamza Daoud Dandis, 23, and arrested
him.
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At
approximately 04:00, IOF moved into Jenin. They patrolled in the
streets and opened fire at houses. Neither casualties nor
arrests were reported.
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
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At
approximately 04:00, IOF moved into Deir al-Ghossoun village,
north of Tulkarm. They raided and searched a house belonging to
Waleed Hassan 'Alu, 30. They also raided and searched his
relatives' houses. They then took him to another house
belonging to him in Shwaika suburb. They searched the house and
confiscated a computer sets. Soon after, they arrested 'Alu.
·
At
approximately 04:30, IOF moved into Seilat al-Harthiya village,
west of Jenin. They erected a number of checkpoints in the
streets and stopped and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles.
No arrests were reported.
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At
approximately 06:00, IOF gunboats opened fire at a fishing boat
in al-Waha area in the northern Gaza Strip. They then moved
towards the boat and arrested two fishers: Hadi Sobhi Sa'dallah,
19; and his brother Ashraf, 26. They took the two fisherso
Ashdod Harbor in the south of Israel and interrogated them. The
two fishers were released in the evening.
Wednesday, 17 June 2009
·
At
approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Beit 'Awa village, southwest
of Hebron. They raided and searched a house belonging to the
family of Yousef Ahmed al-Masalma, 22, and arrested him.
·
At
approximately 01:30, IOF moved into al-Rihiya village, south of
Hebron. They raided and searched a house belonging to the
family of Isma'il Ahmed al-Tubasi, 22, and summoned him for
interrogation.
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At
approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Nablus. They besieged al-Zain
apartment buildings in al-Sikka Street in the west of the city.
They forced the residents out and searched the building. No
arrests were reported.
2.
Continued Siege on the OPT
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
continued to close all border crossings to the Gaza Strip for
more than two years. The IOF siege of Gaza, which has steadily
tightened since June 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the
humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip.
·
1.5
million people are being denied their basic rights, including
freedom of movement, and their rights to appropriate living
conditions, work, health and education.
·
The main
concern of 1.5 million people living in the Gaza Strip is to
obtain their basic needs of food, medicines, water and
electricity supplies.
·
IOF have
continued to prevent the entry of raw construction materials
into the Gaza Strip for more than two years.
·
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