Informing humanitarians worldwide 24/7 — a service provided by UN OCHA

oPt

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 11 - 17 Mar 2010

Attachments

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

- IOF used excessive forced against Palestinian peaceful demonstrations in the West Bank.

- 31 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children and 5 women, were wounded by Israeli gunfire.

- IOF inaugurated a Jewish synagogue 300 meters away from the al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem.

- IOF continued to fire at Palestinian workers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.

- IOF conducted 13 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and a limited one into the Gaza Strip.

- IOF arrested 27 Palestinian civilians, including two children and a journalist.

- IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

- Israeli troops stationed at military checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 3 Palestinian civilians.

- IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.