Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)Download full report (pdf)
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
· IOF continued to fire at Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.
- Two Palestinian workers were wounded
· IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
- An Israeli human rights defender was wounded.
· IOF conducted 34 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and 4 limited ones into the Gaza Strip.
- IOF arrested 18 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children.
- IOF arrested Secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
- IOF waged a campaign of arrests in Jerusalem and its suburbs.
· Israeli warplanes attacked a number of civilian targets in the Gaza Strip.
· Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
· IOF arrested two Palestinian civilians.
· IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
- The construction of 1,000 housing units in "Har Homa" settlement in Jerusalem was approved.
- 800 housing units are being built in "Ariel" settlement in the northern West Bank.
- IOF razed areas of Palestinian land near "Elli" settlement in the northern West Bank.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (04 – 10 November 2010):
Shooting:
During the reporting period, IOF wounded two Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip, and an Israeli human rights defender in the West Bank.
During the reporting period, IOF fired at Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. As a result, two workers were wounded.
On 06 November 2010, Israeli warplanes bombarded and destroyed a tunnel at the Egyptian border near Yibna refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.
On 10 November 2010, Israeli warplanes fired at Gaza International Airport, southeast of Rafah, targeting a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials.
During the reporting period, IOF used excessive force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall. As a result, an Israeli human rights defender was wounded, and dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation or sustained bruises.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 34 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during which they arrested 18 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children and the Secretary of the Palestinian Legislative Council, Dr. Mahmoud al-Ramahi.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 4 limited incursions into Palestinian communities in the central and northern Gaza Strip, during which they leveled areas of Palestinian land, which they had already razed.
Restrictions on Movement:
Israel had 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
Israel has continuously closed all border crossings to the Gaza Strip for over three years. The illegal Israeli-imposed closure of the Gaza Strip, which has steadily tightened since June 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip.
