On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

26 July - 01 August 2007

Suffering of Palestinian civilians continues at Israeli checkpoints

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

· 10 Palestinians killed by IOF.

o 1 Palestinian youth beaten to death in Bethlehem

o 3 of the victims killed in IOF extra-judicial executions.

· 12 Palestinian civilians, including 1 woman, were wounded by IOF gunfire.

o 3 were injured in a failed extra-judicial execution.

· IOF conducted 26 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

o IOF arrested 18 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and 2 in the Gaza Strip.

o IOF raid the Union of the Handicapped and Islamic Club in Qalqilya.

o IOF raid El-Zuhur Kindergarten and desecrate the Islamic Cemetery in Dura near Hebron.

· IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT, and continues to isolate the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

o Severe humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip due to the closure.

o 5,000 Palestinians still stuck on the Egyptian side of the Gaza Strip border for 6 weeks. The number of travelers who died in Egypt so far is 17.

o Approximately 1,000 Palestinians allowed to pass from Egypt through El-Ojeh – Erez route.

o IOF positioned at various checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested 4 Palestinian civilians, including a child.

Summary