Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (11– 17 April 2019)

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Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, April 18, 2019

Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)

  • Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against the peaceful protestors in the Gaza Strip.
  • A Palestinian child was killed and another succumbed to his wounds.
  • 98 civilians, including 26 children, 6 women, 3 paramedics and a journalist, were wounded. The injury of 1 of them was reported serious.
  • 3 Palestinian civilians were wounded in the West Bank.
  • Israeli Forces continued its collective punishment policy.
  • A house belonging to the family of Saleh al- Barghouthi was demolished in Cooper village, north of Ramallah.
  • Israeli forces conducted 71 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and 3 other incursions into the Gaza Strip.
  • 72 Palestinian civilians, including 9 children, were arrested in the West Bank.
  • 14 of them, including 5children, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem.
  • Shooting incidents continued against Palestinian farmers and shepherds in the border areas of the Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.
  • Israeli authorities continued to create a Jewish majority in occupied East Jerusalem.
  • A house was demolished in Beit Hanina, while a residential room, storehouses, and a horse farm were demolished in Silwan in addition to forcing 2 Palestinians to self-demolish their houses in Silwan.
  • Israeli authorities continued their settlement activities in the West Bank…

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