Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory ( 15 – 21 Jan. 2015)

Nahostpolitik

Israeli forces continued to fire at Palestinian civilians in border areas in the Gaza Strip.

A Palestinian civilian was wounded in the north of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces continued to use excessive force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.

A Palestinian civilian and 3 international human rights defenders, including a woman, were wounded during peaceful protests in the West Bank.

2 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded during 2 protests in front of Ofer detention facility, southwest of Ramallah.

A Palestinian woman was wounded in Jerusalem and a civilian was wounded in Jenin.

Israeli forces conducted 69 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.

76 Palestinian civilians, including 10 children, 3 women and 2 journalists, were arrested.

19 of these Palestinians, including 5 children and 3 women, were arrested in Jerusalem.

Israel continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world…

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