Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the OPT (2

Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the OPT (2–8 Feb. 2012)

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

A Palestinian civilian was wounded by IOF in Gaza City.
Three civilians, including 2 children, were wounded by glass shrapnel, a woman suffered nervous trauma and a woman sustained wounds in the foot.
An agricultural room, a shop and several warehouses were totally destroyed.
Partial damages were caused to 28 houses, 2 shops, a legal firm, a sports club, a school and 4 civilian cars.
A tunnel was destroyed in the south of the Gaza Strip.

IOF have continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
7 protesters, including a child and a solidarity activist, were wounded in the al-Nabi Saleh weekly protest.

IOF conducted 47 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one into the Gaza Strip.
IOF arrested 22 Palestinians, including 2 children, in the West Bank.
IOF arrested 3 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip while trying to infiltrate Israel.

Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
Israeli soldiers arrested 2 Palestinian civilians at checkpoints in the West Bank.

Israel has continued efforts to create a Jewish majority in East Jerusalem.
IOF bulldozed 20 dunums, 3 natural caves, 2 walls and a dust road in al-Tour village, east of Jerusalem.
A Palestinian family was forced by IOF to demolish a flat and 2 shops belonging to the family.

IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
IOF implemented bulldozing works in the north of Jayous village, northeast of Qalqilya, with the aim to annex these lands to "Tsufim" settlement.
Israeli settlers organized provocative tours in Hebron under IOF protection.
Israeli settlers raided Palestinian villages and wrote racist slogans against Arabs and offending the Prophet Mohammed.
- IOF bulldozed lands in Kafr Qaddoum village with the aim to annex these lands to nearby settlements. more

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