- Despite international
condemnation of Israeli practices, the Israeli Occupying Forces
continue to implement excessive and indiscriminate force against
Palestinian civilians. Yesterday and today, a total of six more
Palestinians were killed by the Israeli Occupying forces as they
opened fire against Palestinian protestors using assault helicopters,
live ammunition, rubber-coated steel bullets and various forms of tear
gas.
According to information collected from al-Haq fieldworkers Na’el
al-Zama’reh, aged 25 from Halhoul in Hebron, Salah Fawzi Najm, aged
15 from al-Magazi Refugee Camp in Gaza, Wael Amhouid al-Nasheet, aged
14 from Jabalya Refugee Camp in Gaza and Imad al-Hawamdeh, aged 24
from al-Samou’ in Hebron were all killed yesterday by Israeli
Forces. Ashraf Ahmad Habayeb, aged 15 from Nablus and Sa’ed Adnan
aged 18 also from Nablus died today from injuries sustained a few days
ago in clashes in Nablus. In an act indicative of the Israeli
forces’ indiscriminate use of force, French journalist Jan Mari
Brojois, aged 57 and another Palestinian journalist were shot while
covering the clashes. Jan Mari underwent surgery for a live ammunition
wound to the chest and remains in serious condition. , today he was
sent back home to France to continue medical treatment.
Last night the Israeli Forces launched a missile attack against the
civilian residents of Beit Jala. Two houses, the Orthodox Cultural
Centre and a Marble factory were targeted.
Several injuries were reported.
Al-Haq views with concern the Israeli Occupying Forces latest military
assault of further isolation and surrounding of Palestinian cities and
villages throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Reports to al-Haq
indicate that the siege imposed by the Israleli forces has tightened
as more tanks, cement blocks and sandbags have been placed outside of
major Palestinian cities. The siege continues to devastate the
Palestinians economy and deprives Palestinians of their right to move
and live in freedom and dignity.
Al-Haq reiterates its call to the international community to intervene
immediately to pressure the Government of Israel to abide by
international humanitarian law and international human rights
principles and treaties to which Israel is a signatory in order to
stop the systematic killing of the Palestinian people.
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