Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

13 - 19 September 2007

IOF Prevent Muslim Worshippers from Reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue to Perpetrate War Crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

· 5 Palestinians including 2 Children killed by IOF

o 1 victim killed in an extra-judicial execution.

· 19 Palestinians, including 6 children and 1 woman, were wounded by IOF gunfire in the OPT.

· IOF conducted 22 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

o IOF arrested 26 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and 3 in the Gaza Strip.

o IOF raze 12 Dunums of agricultural land in the northern Gaza Strip.

· 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 IOF positioned at various checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested 6 Palestinian civilians, including a woman and a child.

o Palestinian dies at J’bara checkpoint south of Tulkarm.

o Child abused at Anata checkpoint.

o Muslim worshippers barred from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron on the first and seventh days of Ramadan.

· Israeli settlement activity and attacks by Israeli settlers continue:

o Palestinian child hit by settler vehicle north of Salfit.

o 523 dunums confiscated in the towns of El-Khader and Artas near Bethlehem.

Summary