Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)
· IOF willfully a Palestinian worker in occupied Jerusalem.
· IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
- A Palestinian child was wounded.
· IOF continued to fire at Palestinian workers an farmers in border areas in the Gaza Strip.
- A worker was wounded.
· IOF conducted 18 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and a limited one into the Gaza Strip.
- IOF arrested 6 Palestinian civilians, including a judge and a child.
· Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
- Israeli troops stationed at military checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested at least two Palestinian civilians.
· IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
- Israeli began to build 350 housing units in a number of settlements in the West Bank.
- IOF delivered noticed ordering the demolition of a number of houses in Far'oun village, south of Tulkarm.
- Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in Beit Fajjar village, south of Bethlehem.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (30 September - 06 October 2010):
Shooting:
During the reporting period, IOF killed a Palestinian worker in the West Bank, and wounded another one in the Gaza Strip and a child in the West Bank.
In the West Bank, on 03 October 2010, IOF killed a Palestinian worker from Sa'ir village, northeast of Hebron, when he had crossed the annexation wall near al-Tour village, east of Jerusalem, towards his work. An Israeli police spokeswoman claimed that the Israeli police "noticed a number of persons (around 15) jumping over a wall opposite to al-'Eissawiya village near the main road leading to Ma'ale Admoim settlement. Two police officers chased them, and one of the officers was able to capture one of them. A quarrel erupted between the two, during which the Palestinian worker attempt to seize the officer's gun, so a bullet was unleashed, and it hit the worker." However, investigations conducted by PCHR and eyewitnesses' accounts refute this claim, and indicate that Israeli soldiers could have arrested the worker without killing him.
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, a Palestinian child was wounded, and dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation or sustained bruises.
In the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian worker was wounded when Israeli soldiers stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired at them while collecting raw construction materials.
Incursions:
During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 18 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, during which they arrested 6 Palestinian civilians, including a judge and a child.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted one limited incursion into the northern Gaza Strip, during which they chased a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials.
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.