Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (13– 19 July 2017)

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  • Israeli forces kill Palestinian, pursued for allegedly committing drive-by shootings
    July 16, 2017 10:05 A.M. (Updated: July 16, 2017 12:38 P.M.)
    http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?ID=778119

    RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and killed a 34-year-old Palestinian man during a predawn raid in the village of Nabi Saleh west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank on Sunday, when another Palestinian, described as a “youth” by Israeli police, was injured and detained.

    Israeli police claimed in a statement that the slain Palestinian, identified as Amr Ahmad Khalil from Nabi Saleh, was responsible for two shooting incidents that took place in the area the previous day.

    Israeli police spokeswoman Luba al-Samri claimed that the Khalil opened fire at an Israeli-plated vehicle north of Ramallah near the illegal Israeli Ateret settlement Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the light injury of the driver, who was Palestinian.

    She said the alleged assailant was also responsible for another shooting later in the day at an Israeli military site in Nabi Saleh that caused no casualties.

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    Undercover Israeli Soldiers Kill A Palestinian Near Ramallah
    http://imemc.org/article/soldiers-kill-a-palestinian-near-ramallah

    (...) The Palestinian was later identified as Amer Ahmad Khalil Tirawi , 34; he was a married father of one child, from Kafr Ein village, northwest of Ramallah. (...)

    • Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (13– 19 July 2017)
      http://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=9291

      (...)Sunday, 16 July 2017
      At approximately 05:00, Israeli forces accompanied with more than 30 military jeeps and a group of Israeli undercover agents “Musta’ribin”dressed like Palestinian civilians and supported by a drone moved into Kafer ‘Ein village, northwest of Ramallah. The soldiers surrounded 3 poultry farms belonging to Mohammed Lutfi Hasan al-Terawi, Ashraf al-Remawi and an expatriate civilian, who owns an uninhabited house comprised of 2 rooms. All of these farms are located in ‘Ein al-Jadidah area in the eastern outskirts of the abovementioned village. When the Israeli forces moved into, sound of heavy shooting was heard in the area. At approximately 06:00, information was leaked to the residents that there is a dead body in the farms. After the Israeli forces withdrew at approximately 06:30, a number of the residents rushed to the abovementioned area and saw a pool of blood in the uninhabited house and blood signs on the main street, but they did not find any corpse. They later knew that the Israeli forces killed ‘Ammar Ahmed Hasan Lutfi al-Terawi (34) and arrested his cousin Lutfi Mohammed Hasan al-Terawi (28), who was in his father’s farm. They kept the dead body under custody.

      Following this crime, the Israeli forces declared that “Yamam” Unit, which is one of “Musta’ribin” units, and another Israeli unit from the “Shabak”, shot al-Terawi dead. They also claimed that al-Terawi pointed his weapon at the soldiers when they went to arrest him, so they opened fire at him. However, PCHR was not able to reach a local eyewitness to confirm or refute the Israeli claims, particularly because the Israeli forces arrested the only eyewitness on this crime. PCHR will continue to investigate in the circumstances of this crime.

      It should be mentioned that the “Yamam” Unit is an Israeli counter-terrorism unit, one of four special units of the Israeli Border Police, and is specialized, among other tasks, in carrying out attacks against Members of Palestinian armed groups. According to PCHR’s documentation of many attacks carried out by “Musta‘ribin” Unit against activists during al-Aqsa Intifada, members of this Unit used to kill Palestinians, claiming they are wanted, instead of arresting them.