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Israeli forces continue systematic attacks
Israeli forces continue systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and property in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)
•Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child and wounded another one south of Nablus.
•Israeli forces continued to open fire at border areas in the Gaza Strip.
•A Palestinian militant was killed and another one was wounded when an Israeli drone targeted them, east of Khan Yunis.
- 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded in the north of the Gaza Strip.
•A Palestinian child died of wounds he sustained during the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.
•An elderly man died of wounds he sustained in occupied Jerusalem.
•Israeli forces continued to use force against peaceful protests in the West Bank.
- 3 Palestinian civilians were wounded during Kufor Qaddoum protest, northeast of Qalqilya.
- 3 Palestinian children were wounded during other protests.
- 6 Palestinian civilians, including a child and 2 women, were wounded during several shooting incidents.
•A child was wounded due to the explosion of a sound bomb of the Israeli military remnants.
•Israeli forces conducted 65 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank.
- 61 Palestinian civilians, including 14 children and 2 women, were arrested in the West Bank.
- 16 of these civilians, including 8 children and 2 woman, were arrested in occupied Jerusalem.
•Israel continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
- Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
- At least 3 Palestinian civilians were arrested at military checkpoints in the West Bank.
•Israeli navy forces continued to target Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip sea.
•Israeli forces continued their measures to create Jewish majority in occupied Jerusalem.
- Israeli forces demolished 3 houses, a butchery and a restaurant in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood.
•Israeli forces continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
- 3 sheds and 2 buildings were demolished, south of Hebron, adjacent to the annexation wall.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (24 – 30 December 2014).
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child in the West Bank and a militant in the Gaza Strip, while a child died of wounds he sustained during the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip and an elderly man died of wounds he sustained in occupied Jerusalem last September. Moreover, Israeli forces wounded 17 Palestinian civilians, including 6 children and 2 women. Thirteen of these civilians, including 5 children and 2 women, were wounded in the West Bank, and 4 others, including a child and a militant, were wounded in the Gaza Strip. A child was wounded in al-Nabi Saleh village, northwest of Ramallah, due to the explosion of a sound bomb of the Israeli military remnants. In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued to chase and fire at Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip sea.
In the West Bank, in excessive use of force, on 29 December 2014, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child and wounded another one in Beita village, southeast of Nablus. The 2 children were walking on a highland and the area was quiet then. Israeli forces could have arrested the children and questioned them in case of suspicion.
On 30 December 2014, a medical source in a hospital in West Jerusalem pronounced a 62-year-old Palestinian civilian, from Jerusalem Old City, dead of wounds he sustained during the funeral of Mohammed Sonoqrot on 07 September 2014.
On 24 December 2014, an Israeli soldier fired a rubber-coated metal bullet at a 5-year-old child while being in the yard of his family house in al-'Eisawiya village, north of east Jerusalem. As a result, the child sustained a wound to the eye.
On 26 December 2014, a 72-year-old woman sustained a bullet wound to the right arm and another 48-year-old woman sustained a bullet wound to the right arm but the bullet settled in the belly, when Israeli forces moved into Far'oun village, south of Tulkarm.
On 28 December 2014, an 8-year-old child, from al-Nabi Saleh village northwest of Ramallah, sustained wounds to the left eyebrow and left hand middle finger and burns to the right hand pointer finger, due to the explosion of a sound bomb of the Israeli military remnants.
On 29 December 2014, Israeli forces stationed at the entrance of Beit Ommar village, north of Hebron, opened fire at a Palestinian vehicle driven by 2 Palestinian civilians while going back to the village. As a result, the 2 civilians were wounded. The 2 wounded were taken to al-Ahli hospital in Hebron. Wounds of one of them were described as serious.
On 30 December 2014, a Palestinian child was wounded when Israeli forces protecting settlers, who attacked Palestinian houses in Burin village, south of Nablus, opened fire at Palestinian civilians, who confronted the settlers.
Israeli forces used excessive force against peaceful protests organised by Palestinian civilians, international and Israeli human rights defenders in protest at the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, 3 civilians were wounded during Kufor Qaddoum protest, northeast of Qalqilya.
In the same context, 3 children were wounded during other protests throughout the West Bank in protest at the Israeli attacks against Palestinian civilians and property, especially in East Jerusalem.
In the Gaza Strip, on 24 December 2014, a Palestinian militant was killed and another one was wounded when an Israeli drone targeted them, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces opened fire at al-Sanati area, northeast of Khuza'a village for about 45 minutes, but no casualties were reported. However, Israeli forces claimed that an Israeli soldier was wounded as a Palestinian sniper fired at him.
On 25 December 2014, a Palestinian medical source pronounced a 15-year-old child dead of wounds he sustained on 30 July 2014, during the latest Israeli offensive.
On 28 December 2014, 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded when Israeli forces stationed on watchtowers in and around Beit Hanoun crossing, north of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at a group of Palestinian civilians near the border fence, who participated in protests called for by Islamic and national powers to end the Israeli closure and reconstruct the Gaza Strip.
In the context of targeting Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, on 25 December 2014, Israeli gunboats opened fire at fishing boats sailing within 4 nautical miles limit, north of the Gaza Strip. However, neither casualties nor material damage were reported.
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