28 Citizens Killed by IOF in One Week

GAZA, October 19, 2006 (WAFA) - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said 28 citizens, 17 of whom including 2 children and a woman are civilians, were killed by IOF from 12- 18 Oct. 2006.

PCHR said in its weekly report that each of the two children was killed together with the father of each, adding that 6 of the victims were extra-judicially executed by IOF in 3 separate attacks.

It stressed that 45 Palestinians, including 14 children and 4 women, were wounded.

IOF continued to launch air strikes on houses and civilian facilities in the Gaza Strip, destroying 5 houses and damaging a number of others, according to the reports.

The report says that IOF conducted 30 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and 6 others into the Gaza Strip.

"IOF arrested 48 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children, in the West Bank, and 8 others in the Gaza Strip," the report asserted.IOF continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians at checkpoints in the West Bank."

IOF continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank and Palestinian farmers have been denied access to their agricultural lands to cultivate olives," the reports concludes.