Weekly Report on Israeli Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory From (15/03/2018 to 21/03/2018)

Weekly Report on Israeli Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

The occupied Palestinian territory is witnessing more Israeli war crimes

From (15/03/2018 to 21/03/2018)

Summary:

During the period covered by the present report (15/03/2018 to 21/03/2018), Israeli Occupation Forces continued their grave and systematic violations of the rules of international humanitarian law and international human rights law in the occupied Palestinian territory. These violations were manifested in the use of armed force against Palestinian civilians, tightening the policy of blockade and closure, the appropriation of land to serve its settlement projects, and the Judaization of Jerusalem.

Details:

• Israeli occupation forces continue to use excessive force against peaceful marches in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
• (37) Palestinian civilians, including (12) children, a press photographer and a paramedic were injured in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
• Israeli forces carried out (83) incursions in the West Bank and six limited incursion operations in Gaza Strip
• (104) citizens, including (16) children and two women were arrested in the West Bank
• A rocket fired by Israeli aircraft dropped on Beit Hanoun Services Club playground, north of Gaza Strip
• The Israeli occupation authorities continue to Judaize occupied East Jerusalem
• Forcing citizens to demolish their homes by themselves in Silwan and Jabal al-Mukaber towns
• Settlers wrote racist slogans in Hazma town and attacked farmers and herders in Hebron and Ramallah
• The occupation forces continue to divide the West Bank into cantons and continue its unjust blockade on Gaza Strip for the eleventh consecutive year
• Two patient companions and a staff member of Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) were arrested at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip