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Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (02-07 September 2010)

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

- IOF killed two Palestinian workers in an air strike against a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip.

- IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

  • Dozens of Palestinian civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear gas inhalation or sustained bruises.
  • IOF arrested a Palestinian boy and 12 human rights defenders.

- IOF continued to fire at Palestinian farmers and workers in the Gaza Strip's border areas.

  • Two Palestinian workers were wounded in the northern Gaza Strip.

- IOF conducted 47 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one into the southern Gaza Strip.

  • IOF arrested 23 Palestinian civilians, including a child, in the West Bank.
  • IOF transformed 3 Palestinian houses into military sites in Hebron.

- Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the OPT and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.

  • IOF imposed additional restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in Jerusalem and other communities in the West Bank during the Ramadan Month.
  • Israeli troops stationed at military checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank arrested at least one Palestinian civilian.
  • Israeli troops harassed and humiliated a Palestinian family in Jerusalem.

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

  • Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian civilians and their cars on the main roads.