On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

2-8 August 2007

Settlers Set Fire to El-Kayal Mosque near Hebron’s Hisba Market


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

5 Palestinians, including a child, were killed by IOF in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

2 of the victims were extra-judicially executed by IOF.

One of the victims was shot dead by IOF near a military checkpoint in the West Bank.

21 Palestinians, including a child, and an international human rights defender were wounded by IOF gunfire in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

IOF conducted 29 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

IOF arrested 49 Palestinian civilians, including a child, in the West Bank.

IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT.

An old woman died at an IOF military checkpoint in the West Bank as IOF troops obstructed her evacuation to the hospital.

IOF have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world and a humanitarian crisis has emerged.

Some Palestinians have been stuck at the Egyptian side of Rafah International Crossing Point, and the number of deaths among them has mounted to 19.

IOF arrested 2 Palestinian civilians at Erez checkpoint in the northern Gaza Strip when they were on their way back to the Gaza Strip from Egypt.

IOF positioned at various checkpoints in the West Bank arrested a Palestinian woman and a wound man.

IOF have continued settlement activities and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property in the West Bank.

Israeli settlers launched a series of attacks on Palestinian civilians and property in Hebron.

Summary