Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory No. 42/2006 (19 October - 01 November 2006)

PCHR - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Escalate Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and Threaten to Expand Military Operations in the Gaza Strip * 27 Palestinians, 11 of whom including 2 children and a woman are civilians, were killed by IOF. * 16 of the victims, including 6 members of one same family, were killed by IOF in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. * 104 Palestinians, including 29 children and 4 women, were wounded by IOF. * IOF have continued to launch air strikes on houses and civilian facilities in the Gaza Strip; 4 houses were destroyed and a number of others were severely damaged. * IOF conducted 45 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and 8 others into the Gaza Strip. * IOF have initiated a wide scale offensive on Beit Hanoun town. * IOF arrested 93 Palestinian civilians, including 8 children, in the West Bank, and one in the Gaza Strip....

continua / continued