Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory 06 - 13 Jan 2010
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- IOF killed 6 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip; a seventh Palestinian died of previous wounds.
- 3 of the victims, including a child, were killed when Israeli warplanes bombarded tunnel on the Egyptian border.
- 8 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, were wounded by Israeli gunfire in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
- IOF planes launched 7 air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip.
- Two houses were completely destroyed and a third one was damaged.
- IOF conducted 23 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
- IOF arrested 16 Palestinian civilians, including 9 children, in the West Bank.
- IOF naval troops have continued to attack Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip.
- Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
- IOF troops positioned at military checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 9 Palestinian civilians.
- Israeli continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
- IOF forced a Palestinian family to demolish its home in East Jerusalem.
- IOF demolished 12 houses and 13 animal sheds in Tana area near Nablus.
- IOF razed 3 donums[1] of agricultural land to the north of Hebron.