Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (16 – 29 Aug. 2012) Thursday, 30 August 2012 00:00

Israeli soldiers fire bullets and tear gas canisters at protesters in Nabi Saleh village near

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

A Palestinian woman was seriously wounded by IOF in the .

IOF use force to disperse peaceful protest organized by Palestinian civilians in the . 11 Palestinian civilians, including a child and an old woman, and 4 journalists were wounded. A Canadian journalist was hit by a tear gas canister and an American human rights defender was injured.

IOF conducted 64 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 4 limited ones into the Gaza Strip. IOF arrested 24 , including 7 children, in the West Bank, and 9 Palestinians, including 3 children, in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli gunboats fired at Palestinian fishing boats in the Gaza Strip. Israeli gunboats fire at fishing boats on 6 occasions. IOF arrested a fisherman and his child in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes bombarded a number of targets in the Gaza Strip. A former security building and a training site of the Palestinian resistance were bombarded. Two schools were damaged.

Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world. IOF arrested 6 Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints in the West Bank.

IOF have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property. Israeli settlers burnt or broke at least 152 trees. IOF ordered the demolition of two houses in and confiscated areas of land and solar cells in Ramallah, Hebron and . A child was run down by an Israeli settler. A child was run down by an Israeli settler.

Summary

Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law in the OPT continued during the reporting period (16 – 29 August 2012):

Shooting:

In the Gaza Strip, on 29 August 2012, a Palestinian woman was seriously wounded when IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel opened fire at Palestinian farmers in Wadi al-Salqa village, east of the central Gaza Strip town of Deir al-Balah.

In the West Bank, on 24 August 2012, a Palestinian civilian was injured by shrapnel from a sound bomb while he was inside his house in Hebron, when IOF fired live bullets and sound bombs at Wad al-Hussain area.

During the reporting period, IOF used force to disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to the construction of the annexation wall, settlement activities and other Israeli practices in the West Bank. As a result, 11 Palestinian civilians, including a child and an old woman, were wounded. Additionally, a Canadian journalist was hit by a tear gas canister and an American human rights defender was injured. Dozens of demonstrators also suffered from tear gas inhalation.

IOF continued to fire at Palestinian fishing boats in the Gaza Strip. During the reporting period, PCHR documented 6 attacks in this regard, which did not cause casualties. IOF also arrested a fishermen and his child and confiscated their boat.

On 28 August 2012, Israeli warplanes bombarded a former security site and a training site of the Palestinian resistance in , heavily damaging them. Two nearby schools were also damaged.

Incursions:

During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 64 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. During these incursions, IO