Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

Al- Nasser Mosque, which was destroyed by Israeli Occupation Forces during the offensive in beit Hanoun.

09 - 15 November 2006

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  6 Palestinians, including 4 children, were killed by IOF.
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  4 of the victims died in the Gaza Strip from previous wounds they had sustained by IOF.
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  17 Palestinians, including 9 children, were wounded by IOF.
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  IOF have continued to launch air strikes on houses and civilian facilities in the Gaza Strip; 3 houses and a commercial store were destroyed.
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  IOF conducted 30 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and one into the Gaza Strip.
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  IOF arrested 55 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children and two women.
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  IOF closed the Palestinian Center for Media and Studies in Tulkarm.
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  IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT; IOF arrested 5 Palestinian civilians at checkpoints in the West Bank
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  IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank; IOF razed areas of land in Bethlehem and Qalqilya; IOF seized areas of land in ‘Anata village, northeast of Jerusalem; and Palestinian farmers have been denied access to their agricultural lands to cultivate olives.
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  Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property in the OPT; Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers and prevented them from cultivating olives.
  

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