OCHA REPORT 1/7 September

• On 2 September, Israeli settlers settled in a Palestinian house in the Silwan area of East Jerusalem, triggering clashes between settlers and Palestinians resulting in injury to 13 Palestinians by Israeli forces in the course of their intervention. Silwan has repeatedly been the target of extensive settlement activities by the Israeli government. Since 2005 nine buildings have been occupied by settlers, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Centre-Silwan.
• Two Israeli settler attacks leading to injury or damage to property were recorded during the week,including the physical assault of a 20-year-old Palestinian by a group of Israeli settlers including several who were masked, in the H2 area of Hebron city, and the ramming and killing of seven sheep on road 317, south of Hebron.
• On 3 September, the Israeli authorities demolished seven Palestinian-owned structures in East Tayba Bedouin community in Area C for lack of Israeli-issued building permits, displacing 9 people, including five children, and otherwise affecting 10 others.

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