Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the OPT (16–22 Feb)

(Clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian civilians in Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah)

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

IOF have continued bombardments and shootings in the Gaza Strip.
IOF implemented 5 airstrikes and fired 9 missiles.
14 civilians, including 2 women and 3 children, sustained bruises and wounds by glass shrapnel.
A metal workshop was destroyed and several houses and civilian establishments were damaged.

IOF have continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
7 protesters, including an Israeli peace activist, were wounded.
5 of the wounded were participating in Kafr Qaddoum protest and 2 of them were participating in al-Nabi Saleh protest.

IOF have used force against protests in support of Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan.
4 protesters were wounded in front of 'Ofer prison, southwest of Ramallah.

IOF conducted 74 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited incursion into the south of the Gaza Strip.
IOF arrested 21 Palestinians in the West Bank.
The arrested Palestinians include 4 Palestinians who were released from Israeli jails in the recent prisoner swap, and including the wife and daughter of a Palestinian who was released from Israeli jails in the recent prisoner swap and who was arrested again during the reporting period.
IOF undercover units implemented arrests in al-Bireh city and in 'Anabta village.
IOF raided houses of PLC members and the office of PLC members of Hamas Change and Reform Bloc.
IOF arrested 2 Palestinians in the south of the Gaza Strip while getting ready to hunt birds.

Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
IOF arrested 3 Palestinians at checkpoints in the West Bank.
IOF held a Palestinian patient at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing for several hours as he was on his way to al-Maqased hospital for treatment. more

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