On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

5- 11 July 2007

Journalist Emad Ghanem whose legs were amputated as he was shot by Israeli Occupation Force when he was reporting on an Israeli military operation



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

IOF killed 11 Palestinians, including 3 civilians, in the Gaza Strip and a 12th one on the West Bank.
The victims in the Gaza Strip were killed during an IOF incursion into al-Boreij refugee camp.
The victim in the West Bank was extra-judicially executed by IOF.
30 Palestinians, including 25 civilians, were wounded by IOF gunfire in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
24 of these Palestinians, including 20 civilians, were wounded during an IOF incursion into al-Boreij refugee camp.
IOF arrested 2 of the wounded in the West Bank.
IOF conducted 36 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and 2 incursions into the Gaza Strip.
IOF razed at least 200 donums[1] of agricultural land in the Gaza Strip.
IOF damaged some public and private property.
IOF arrested 69 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank, and 10 others in the Gaza Strip.
IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.
IOF have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world and a humanitarian crisis is likely to emerge.
At least 6,000 Palestinians have been stuck at the Egyptian side of Rafah International Crossing Point, and the number of deaths among them has mounted to 14.
IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank arrested 3 Palestinian civilians.


Summary