On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

23 - 29 August 2007

Three children from the Abu Ghazala family, who were killed by Israeli Occupation Forces in Beit Hanon on 29 August 2007


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

12 Palestinians including 6 Children killed by IOF and a 13th Dies of previous Wounds.
3 children killed in 2 extra-judicial executions.
5 children killed by excessive force in the Gaza Strip.
33 Palestinians, including 11 children and a mentally ill person, were wounded by IOF gunfire in the OPT.
Mother and brother of a killed child among the injured.
IOF conducted 21 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
IOF arrested 30 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and 13 in the Gaza Strip.
IOF raze 12 Dunums of agricultural land in the southern Gaza Strip.
IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT, and continues to isolate the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
Severe humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip due to the closure.
IOF positioned at various checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested 3 Palestinian civilians, including a woman and a child.
1 Gaza resident detained at Erez on his way to Gaza from Ramallah.
Israeli settlement activity and attacks by Israeli settlers continue:

Summary