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Genocidal Massacre in Central Gaza: Israeli Forces Kill 274 Palestinians and Injure 698 in Attack Lasting 75 Minutes
Date: 10 June 2024 - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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On Saturday, 8 June 2024, the Israeli occupying forces (IOF) perpetrated yet another genocidal massacre against the Palestinian people in Gaza. During a military attack in Nuseirat Refugee Camp and across other areas of central Gaza, the IOF killed at least 274 Palestinians and injured around 698 others, including 161 women and 153 children, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Among the number of casualties were amputees and serious injuries. The military attack, which lasted around 75 minutes, featured the use of deadly force and heavy firing in a densely populated area, primarily inhabited by internally displaced persons (IDPs), proving once again no regard for Palestinian life.

According to our preliminary documentation, at 11:00 am on Saturday, 8 June 2024, an Israeli Special Unit camouflaging in civilian vehicles—including a Volkswagen Caddy, and a transporting van— which may amount to the war crime of perfidy, entered the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in central Gaza. The Special Unit raided two homes in Block 5 of the Camp. Shortly after, the IOF launched a ground attack with a large number of tanks on the Camp and besieged three areas: Abu Assi Petrol Station to the southeast, the Wadi Gaza area to the northeast, and Al-Maghazi and the New Camp area to the north of the Camp. This coincided with Israeli warplanes directly striking five homes in the Camp while their residents were still inside and intensively conducting airstrikes and fire belts in Block 5, Al-Hasayna area and the New Camp. The ground attack, combined with the Special Unit’s infiltration and relentless bombardment, took place when the Nusairat Camp’s market was overcrowded with thousands of shoppers. It is important to note that Nusairat shelters tens of thousands of forcibly displaced Palestinians from the eastern Middle Area and Rafah. In parallel, while the attack in Nusairat was unfolding, Israeli warplanes conducted several airstrikes, targeting multiple houses in Deir al-Balah, in Gaza’s Middle Area.

Later, the IOF announced that the military attack led to the release of four Israeli captives. The attack resulted in the killing of 274 Palestinians, including 64 children, 57 women, and 37 elderly, and the wounding of 698 others, including 153 children, 161 women, and 54 elderly. Ambulance and rescue teams struggled to evacuate killed and injured Palestinians, many of whom had been shredded to pieces or decapitated by the bombing. This attack further proves Israel’s dehumanisation of Palestinians and blatant disregard for Palestinian life. The sheer scale of Palestinians killed and injured underscores a deliberate and callous indifference to Palestinian suffering, further emphasising a systemic policy that views Palestinian lives as expendable.

Our teams continue to diligently document IOF’s international crimes committed during this attack, including the circumstances of the killings and the deliberate targeting of homes with residents inside. According to initial information, the overwhelming majority of those killed were targeted while at home or on the streets, with some being killed as they were trying to flee the IOF attacks from the camouflaged civilian vehicles. Our teams are further carrying out preliminary investigations into alleged United States involvement in the attack, including the utilisation of the pier in the military attack, which was supposedly constructed for humanitarian purposes. We further warn of the grave dangers this poses to the lives of humanitarian workers in Gaza, who are providing life-saving assistance amid starvation and the collapse of the health sector.

As of time of writing, the Israeli military continues with its aerial, artillery and naval bombardment across the Gaza Strip, inflicting further killings, injuries, and destruction to buildings and infrastructure. Over two million Palestinians continue to suffer amidst lack of life essentials, ban of humanitarian aid entry and the collapse of Gaza’s healthcare system.

In Worst acts of Retaliatory Violence: Palestinian Killed, Dozens of Houses and Vehicles Burnt in Widescale Attacks by Israeli Occupation Forces and Settlers in Ramallah
Date: 21 June 2023 Time: 19:30 GMT
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The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest terms today’s widescale violence and retaliatory acts conducted by hundreds of settlers under the protection of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in Turmus ‘Ayya village in northern Ramallah, north of the West Bank. Setters’ violence has killed a Palestinian and injured 11 others, some in serious condition, in addition to setting dozens of houses, facilities, and vehicles ablaze.

Those attacks were triggered by the Israeli ministers’ incitement policy that is persistent due to the impunity policy and protection provided for settlers’ racist violence that is backed by Israel’s top military and political echelons.

According to initial information collected by PCHR’s fieldworker, at approximately 13:58 on Wednesday, dozens of armed and masked settlers, from “Shilo” settlement, which is established in eastern Ramallah, broke into Turmus ‘Ayya village. The settlers immediately carried out retaliatory violence, indiscriminately opened fire at Palestinians and their houses and set many vehicles parked on the village’s streets ablaze. Meanwhile, villagers gathered and tried to confront the settlers with stones, so the latter directly opened fire at them and burned several residential houses. Afterwards, violent clashes broke out on the village’s streets and heavy smoke spread after several vehicles and houses were burnt. More settlers then arrived in the village and raided most of the residential houses to the right side of the village’s main entrance, forcing the residents out, and setting the houses and their gardens ablaze. Later, large Israeli forces moved into the village amid heavy firing of bullets and teargas canisters at the protestors to protect the Israeli settlers while conducting their attacks.

Head of Turmus ‘Ayya Village Council, Lafi Adeeb Shalabi, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that the initial results of settlers’ attacks indicated that about 30 houses were completely burnt in addition to 60 vehicles.

At around 16:00, as confrontations heightened, IOF secured the settlers’ withdrawal to the main entrance to the Town (Bypass Road 60). Meanwhile, the protestors chased them when IOF opened fire at them, wounding 12 Palestinians with live bullets. The wounded were taken to a local hospital in the village, where it turned out that several serious injuries were referred to the Palestine Medical Complex, including ‘Omar Hisham ‘Abdullah Jbara (25), who was shot with a live bullet in the chest. The doctors tried to save his life but in vain as his death was pronounced at around 16:22.

Palestinian with Disability Shot Dead by Israeli Occupation Forces in Nablus
PCHR Date: 14 June 2023
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The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ (IOF) shooting attack that occurred on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, and killed a Palestinian with a mental disability and wounded 7 others, including two children; two are in critical condition, during IOF’s incursion into Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, where IOF cordoned off a house. This new crime and other previous crimes come as a part of IOF’s excessive use of force and lenient fire regulations against Palestinians with support of Israel’s top political and military echelons.

According to information collected by PCHR’s fieldworker and eyewitnesses’ testimony, at approximately 13:15 on Tuesday, 13 June 2023, an Israeli Special Force dressed like Palestinian civilians sneaked into Balata refugee camp and stationed around the family house of ‘Esam Hussam Suleiman al-Salaj (20) in the commercial market area in the center of the Camp. The Special Force imposed a cordon on al-Salaj family house while some of its members topped nearby houses’ roofs. Moments later, IOF, reinforced by military vehicles and backed by a drone, moved into the camp and immediately fired heavy live bullets and missiles at the cordoned house, where al-Salaj and his family members were fortified. Afterwards, violent clashes erupted in the area and extended to several streets across the camp to lift the cordon on the house. As a result, a person with a mental disability namely Faris ‘Abed al-Men’im Mohammad Hashash (19) was killed with 3 live bullets; a live bullet penetrated the right side of his abdomen and exited the left side of his heart, lung and spleen, while 2 other bullets penetrated his thighs. IOF opened fire at Hashash, who was hiding behind a wall and trying to look at the area where IOF were stationed, 200 meters away from Hashash. (...)

2 Civilians Killed and 3 Others Wounded, including Woman and Child, by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire in Balata Refugee Camp in Eastern Nablus
PCHR | Date: 13 May 2023
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(...) According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 08:30 on Saturday, 13 May 2023, Israeli Special Forces sneaked via a white Mercedes Carvel bus with a Palestinian registration plate into al-Yasameen neighborhood in central Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, where they cordoned off Hatem Jehad Abu Reziq’s 2-storey house. Few moments later, IOF sent large reinforcements to the camp accompanied with a drone in the sky to back up the special forces and some soldiers topped the roofs of high buildings in the camp and tightened the cordon on Abu Reziq’s house. Meanwhile, IOF immediately launched several rocket-propelled grenades (RPG) and heavily fired live bullets at the cordoned house, destroying the 2nd floor. During the operation, clashes and an exchange of fire erupted between IOF and members of Palestinian armed groups near the cordoned house. At around 09:15, while Saed Jehad Shaker Mashah (32) , a clothes merchant, was on his way to his workplace trying to move from an alley to another on al-Madares Street to reach al-Quds Street, an Israeli sniper fired a live bullet at his head that penetrated his right eye and blew off his head, killing him on al-Madares Street at the camp’s southern outskirts. Promptly after targeting Mashah, Waseem ‘Adnan Yousef al-A’raj (18) approached to pull him, but an Israeli sniper fired a live bullet at his head and killed him falling on Mashah. Also, 3 other Palestinians, including a woman and a child, were wounded by IOF fire during the incursion, and IOF denied Palestinian ambulances’ access into the camp to evacuate those killed and injured. After committing their crime, IOF completely withdrew from the camp and those killed and injured were evacuated to Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus. Later, Israeli media stated that IOF failed to arrest wanted Palestinians. (...)

Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Weekly Update 04– 10 May 2023)
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(...) On 11 May 2023, 3 Palestinians, including 2 brothers; one of them a commander of Al-Quds Brigades, were killed and 7 other civilians, including a girl and 3 women; one was pregnant, were injured after IOF warplanes fired 3 missiles at a residential apartment on the 5th floor of a building in Hamad Residential Compound, west of Khan Yunis. Those killed were identified as: ‘Ali Hasan Ghali (50), member of al-Quds Brigades’ Military Council and head of the rocket launching unit; his brother Mahmoud (23) ; and their relative Mahmoud Waleed Mohammed ‘Abdul Jawaad (26) .
All of them were in the targeted apartment, while the other injuries were reported in nearby apartments. IOF announced that IOF and Shin Bet (Shabak) killed in a joint targeted operation the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s rocket launching force in the Gaza Strip. (...)

Palestinian Child Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire in Far’a Refugee Camp in Tubas
PCHR | Date: 14 February 2023
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According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and eyewitnesses’ testimonies, at approximately 05:00, an Israeli Special Unit sneaked via a white Mercedes car with a Palestinian registration plate into Far’a refugee camp in southern Tubas. The Special Unit stationed in the western neighborhood near Abu Baker al-Sedeeq Mosque in al-‘Aboushi neighborhood, where they cordoned off Sameer Ahmed al-Khatib’s house and some of its soldiers topped the roof of Mohammed ‘Abed al-Rahman al-Khatib’s 3-story house, tightening the cordon around the area. Meanwhile, there were 6 children, from the neighborhood, standing in front of Abu Baker al-Sedeeq Mosqueand about 80 meters to the west of the cordoned house. Few minutes later, Mahmoud Majed Mohammed ‘Ayed (17) , who was carrying a small oxygen cylinder, walked towards Mohammed Jameel al-‘Aboushi’s house, which was 100 meters away from the house topped by the soldiers and overlooking it from behind. When the Special Force saw him, they fired one bullet at him, wounding the back of his head from behind. The child was taken in a civilian car to Tubas Turkish Hospital, but due to his serious health condition, he was referred to Rafidia Governmental Hospital in Nablus, where he was pronounced dead at 11:00. It should be noted that IOF arrived at the area to back up the Special Unit, and before theur withdrawal at about 06:30, they arrested Ahmed Raja al-Khatib (46).

New Use of Lethal Armed Force… Palestinian Child Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire in Jenin
Date: 13 February 2023
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According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and eyewitnesses’ testimonies, at approximately 13:00 on Sunday, 12 February 2023, an Israeli Special Force sneaked into al-Jabriat neighborhood, southwest of Jenin, directly overlooking Jenin Refugee Camp, southwest of the city. The Special Force cordoned off the family house of Jabreel Mohammed ‘Abed al-Rahman al-Zubaidi (37), from al-Jabriat neighborhood, and an Israeli Intelligence officer phoned his wife, ordering her to tell Jebreel to surrender and informing her that their house is under a cordon. Al-Zubaidi obeyed IOF’s orders, quietly stepped out and turned himself in to the soldiers. Afterwards, large reinforcements from IOF and Special Forces arrived at the neighborhood from all its entrances, and the soldiers topped the roofs of high buildings in the area. Meanwhile, a number of young men and children gathered about 200 meters away from where the military vehicles were stationed and threw stones and Molotov Cocktails at them. The soldiers on one the roofs opened fire at them, wounding Qusai Redwan Yousef Waked (14) with a live bullet in his abdomen. As a result, Waked was taken via a Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance to Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin, where doctors attempted to save his life, but in vain, as he was pronounced dead at 16:18 on the same day. Also, two members of the Palestinian armed groups were seriously injured in clashes with IOF during the latter’s withdrawal from the village at around 14:20.

PCHR Condemns Murder of Palestinian Civilian by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire in Hebron
Date: 30 January 2023
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This morning, a Palestinian civilian was shot dead by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) while driving his car near a military checkpoint at the entrance to al-Salaymah neighborhood, southeast of al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.

According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 01:00 on Monday, 30 January 2023, a black Mazda vehicle with an Israeli registration plate arrived at a crossroad leading to al-Salaymah military checkpoint, southeast of al-Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, and stopped 100 meters away to southeast of the checkpoint. Meanwhile, verbal altercation erupted between the vehicle’s driver Naseem Nayif Fouda (26) , from al-Labna area in southern Hebron, and three Israeli soldiers, who were 3 meters away from the checkpoint. Afterwards, the vehicle drove 70 meters towards the checkpoint and from a distance of 70 meters, the Israeli soldiers started shooting at the vehicle, which speedily drove backwards hitting Rajeh Abu Irmilah’s house entrance. The vehicle then veered off and hit from behind a Volkswagen Passat car belonging to Shehdah Abu Irmilah as the car was parked in front of his house. Meanwhile, five Israeli soldiers approached and opened fire again at the vehicle, directly wounding Abu Fouda in his head. The soldiers then left towards the checkpoint and returned after less than 5 minutes accompanied with a large force of Israeli soldiers and police, while an ambulance belonging to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) arrived and stopped in the scene for 10 minutes. At around 12:30, the soldiers allowed the PRCS crew to evacuate Abu Fouda to the governmental hospital in Hebron. Later, he was referred to al-Ahli Hospital in the city, where he was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and doctors described his health condition serious due to being shot with a live bullet in his head. At approximately 08:00, doctors pronounced Abu Fouda dead.

L’Assemblée générale de l’ONU demande à La Haye de se pencher sur l’occupation d’Israël en Palestine
31 décembre 2022
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L’Assemblée générale des Nations unies a adopté vendredi une résolution pour demander à la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) de se pencher sur l’occupation israélienne des territoires palestiniens. L’ambassadeur israélien a vivement dénoncé le texte, évoquant une « tache morale ».

Le texte a été adopté par 87 voix contre 26, et 53 abstentions. Les pays arabes ont unanimement voté en faveur, y compris ceux ayant normalisé leurs relations avec Israël. La Chine et la Russie ont également voté en faveur, tandis que les Etats occidentaux se sont montré divisés.

Les Etats-Unis, le Royaume-Uni, l’Allemagne ou l’Italie se sont opposés à la résolution, tandis que la Belgique, le Portugal ou l’Irlande ont voté pour. La France s’est abstenue, tout comme la Suisse. (...)

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L’ONU demande à la Cour internationale de justice d’examiner l’occupation israélienne
France 24 – Publié le : 31/12/2022
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L’Assemblée générale des Nations unies a adopté, vendredi, une résolution demandant à la Cour internationale de justice de déterminer « les conséquences juridiques » de l’occupation israélienne de territoires palestiniens. Un vote salué par l’Autorité palestinienne, tandis que l’ambassadeur israélien dénonce une « tache morale sur l’ONU ».

L’Assemblée générale des Nations unies a adopté, vendredi 30 décembre, une résolution demandant à la Cour internationale de justice (CIJ) de se pencher sur la question de l’occupation israélienne de territoires palestiniens. Cette décision intervient au lendemain de l’investiture du gouvernement le plus à droite de l’histoire d’Israël.

La résolution a été adoptée avec 87 voix pour, 26 contre, et 53 abstentions. Le texte exhorte la cour onusienne basée à La Haye, aux Pays-Bas, à déterminer « les conséquences juridiques de la violation persistante par Israël du droit du peuple palestinien à l’autodétermination », ainsi que de ses mesures « visant à modifier la composition démographique, le caractère et le statut de la ville sainte de Jérusalem ».

Les États occidentaux étaient partagés sur la question, tandis que les pays arabes ont unanimement voté pour, y compris ceux ayant normalisé leurs relations avec Israël. La Chine et la Russie ont également voté en faveur du texte.

Le représentant palestinien à l’ONU, Riyad Mansour, a déclaré que le vote envoyait un signal au nouveau gouvernement du Premier ministre Benjamin Netanyahu à propos de sa volonté de renforcer des politiques « coloniales et racistes » et a salué les États, qui ne se sont pas laissés « dissuader par des menaces et des pressions ». Un vote également salué samedi par l’Autorité palestinienne : « L’heure est venue pour Israël de se soumettre à la loi et d’être tenu pour responsable des crimes qu’il commet contre notre peuple », a déclaré Nabil Abou Roudeïneh, porte-parole du président palestinien, Mahmoud Abbas.
Un appel à mettre fin aux colonies

En amont du vote, l’ambassadeur israélien Gilad Erdan a qualifié la résolution de « tache morale sur l’ONU ». « Aucune organisation internationale ne peut décider si le peuple juif est un occupant dans sa propre terre natale », a-t-il ajouté. « Quelconque décision d’une organisation judiciaire qui reçoit son mandat de Nations unies politisées et en faillite morale est complétement illégitime », selon lui.

La résolution appelle également Israël à mettre fin aux colonies mais l’Assemblée générale ne dispose pas de pouvoirs contraignants, contrairement au Conseil de sécurité où les États-Unis, alliés d’Israël, disposent d’un droit de veto.

Les États-Unis, le Royaume-Uni, et l’Allemagne se sont opposés à la résolution et la France s’est abstenue. « Nous ne pensons pas qu’un renvoi vers la Cour internationale de justice aide à ramener les parties prenantes vers un dialogue », a déclaré le diplomate britannique Thomas Phipps.

Avec AFP et Reuters

Barak Ravid @BarakRavid 31 déc. 2022
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1 \ Scoop: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu called on Friday night Ukraine’s President Zelensky & asked that his country vote against the UN general assembly resolution to refer the issue of the Israeli occupation of the West Bank to the ICJ, Israeli & Ukrainian officials told me
2 \ Why it matters: In the previous vote at a UN committee several weeks ago Ukraine voted in favour of the resolution which was tabled by the Palestinians, regardless of Israeli requests not to do so
3 \ Ukrainian officials said they voted in favour as a reaction to Israel’s refusal to provide military assistance to Ukraine. Israeli foreign ministry officials were furious and summoned the Ukrainian ambassador for a tough conversation
4 \ A senior Israeli official told me Netanyahu called Zelensky as part of a series of phone calls with leaders of countries that Israel wanted to change their country’s vote and oppose the resolution or at least abstain
5 \ A Ukrainian official said Zelensky told Netanyahu that in return for voting against or abstaining he wants to hear how the new Israeli government is going to change its policy and provide Ukraine with defensive systems against Russian missile and drone attacks
6 \ The Ukrainian official said Netanyahu didn’t commit to anything during the call and said the vote was getting close and that he is ready to discuss Zelensky’s requests in the future
7 \ According to the Ukrainian official Zelensky didn’t like Netanyahu’s answer and didn’t agree to vote against the resolution or abstain. Instead he instructed Ukraine’s ambassador to the UN not to attend the vote
8 \ The Ukrainian official said: “The two leaders weren’t satisfied and didn’t get what they wanted. Zelensky decided that we will not attend the vote in order to give a chance to the relationship with Netanyahu"
9 \ A senior Israeli official said that even though Ukraine didn’t vote in favour of the Palestinian resolution, Israel was disappointed that instead of abstaining it decided not to attend the vote
10 \ Netanyahu’s office told me: "Prime Minister Netanyahu spoke to president Zelensky, and Ukraine, which voted before in favour of the anti-Israeli resolution, didn’t attend the vote this time. Other than that we will not comment on diplomatic converstions”. END

PCHR Welcomes the Adoption of a UNGA Resolution Requesting for an Advisory Opinion by the ICJ on the Legal Nature of Israel’s Occupation.
Date: 31 December 2022 – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
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On 30 December, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) voted in favor of a resolution requesting the International Court of Justice to provide an advisory opinion on the legal nature of Israel’s prolonged military occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and the responsibilities of third party-states.[1]

The resolution, which was approved with 87 votes in favor, 26 votes against, and 53 abstentions, asks the ICJ to weigh in on the “legal consequences arising from the ongoing violation by Israel of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination, from its prolonged occupation, settlement and annexation of the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including measures aimed at altering the demographic composition character, and status of the Holy City of Jerusalem, and from its adoption of related discriminatory legislation and measures”.[2] The resolution also asks the Court for an opinion on how these Israeli policies and practices “affect the legal status of the occupation” and the “legal consequences that arise for all states and the United Nations from this status”.[3] (...)

New Crime of Extrajudicial Execution: 3 Palestinians Killed, including a Civilian, in a shooting attack by the Israeli Occupation Forces in Jenin
PCHR – Date: 08 December 2022
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IOF killed 3 Palestinians, including a civilian, while he was trying to pull out the two dead bodies whom were members of the Palestinian resistance and killed in direct gunfire as part of extrajudicial executions. They were ambushed by IOF in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin, deep in PA-controlled areas.

According to PCHR’s investigations and eyewitnesses’ testimonies, at approximately 04:00, on Thursday, 08 December 2022, an Israeli special force from “Yamam Unit” sneaked into the center of the Eastern Neighborhood in the old city of Jenin, set an ambush nearby Al-Razi Hospital and roofed its snipers of several buildings in the area. The latter opened fire on two Kia vehicles (brown and silver), and killed their drivers on the main street in the Area. Later on, they were identified as they were members of the Palestinian resistance, namely: Sedqi Siddiq Zakarneh (29), and Tareq Fawzi ‘Issa Salem (Al-Dajm) (26). According to investigations conducted by PCHR, there were no clashes in the area, nor eyewitnesses at the time of the shooting attack. Moments later, an Opel Corsa Palestinian vehicle carrying 4 citizens were driving to their work in Israel and stopped on the right of the road as other vehicles arrived behind it on the Street. Meanwhile, a Palestinian ambulance arrived as a number of civilians got out of their vehicles and went in the ambulance to help the paramedics to evacuate the two dead bodies from the place when IOF snipers opened fire at the civilians and paramedics, killing ‘Ata Yaseen Mahmoud Al-Shalabi (46), a worker from Qabatiya town in Jenin, after he was shot with 7 bullets, one in the head and the rest in the abdomen as he was trying to carry one of the dead bodies from the Place. Citizens and paramedics were able to transfer the 3 dead bodies to Al-Razi and Ibn Sina Hospitals in Jenin. Later, IOF reinforcements arrived and broke into the area to secure the withdrawal of Israeli special force. Before withdrawing, at around 06:00, IOF arrested 3 civilians, raided and searched the Ministry of Culture building on the Street.

It is worth noting that extrajudicial killings are carried out pursuant to IOF intelligence services’ knowledge, and those who wanted are killed instantly rather than arresting them. Therefore, IOF play in these operation the judge’s roles by deciding a death sentence and executing it.

 PCHR condemns in the strongest terms the assassination crime and the killings without any justification and emphasizes that IOF have always used this type of crimes in the recent years against the Palestinians in light of international community silence, particularly the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, and inaction to stop these crimes and take effective measures against the Israeli occupation, encouraging Israel to commit further war crimes against the Palestinians.

PCHR reiterates its call upon the international community to take immediate action to end Israeli occupation’s crimes and demands the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention fulfil their obligations as per Common Article 1 of the Convention, “undertake to respect and to ensure respect for the present Convention in all circumstances,” and their obligations under Article 146 of the same Conventions, i.e., to hold accountable persons accused of committing grave breaches of the Convention.

UN’s Wennesland: Horrified by Israeli soldier’s killing of Palestinian in Huwwara
December 3, 2022 - Quds News Network
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Occupied Palestine (QNN)- United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, slammed actions of an Israeli soldier who killed on Friday a Palestinian youth at point-blank range in Huwwara town.

“Horrified by today’s killing of a Palestinian man, Ammar Mifleh , during a scuffle with an Israeli soldier near Huwarra in the o. West Bank,” Wennesland wrote in a Saturday tweet.

The UN envoy added, “My heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family. Such incidents must be fully & promptly investigated, & those responsible held accountable.”

On Friday and in the daylight, an Israeli soldier extrajudicially shot and killed a Palestinian youth, identified as 22-year-old Ammar Mefleh , at point-blank range in Huwwara town.

Video footage of the incident shared on social media showed the Israeli soldier scuffling with the Palestinian youth before pulling his gun and mercilessly firing four shots, killing him immediately and seizing his body. (...)

“Hero” : Ben-Gvir hails Israeli soldier who killed Palestinian at point-blank range
December 3, 2022 - Quds News Network
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Occupied Palestine (QNN)- Israeli far-right Otzma Yehudit Party leader, Itamar Ben Gvir, praised an Israeli soldier who shot and killed on Friday a Palestinian youth at point-blank range in Huwwara town.

Ben-Gvir, who is set to become Israel’s next national security minister, called the soldier a “hero” and described the killing as “precise, quick and rigorous.” (...)

EU says 2022 is the deadliest year for Palestinians since 2006
December 3, 2022 - Quds News Network
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Occupied Palestine (QNN)- In response to Israel’s Friday killing of a Palestinian youth at point-blank range in Huwwara town, the European Union said it was gravely concerned about Israel’s excessive use of lethal force against the Palestinians in the occupied territories.

“Gravely concerned about the increasing level of violence in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem,” wrote the EU Delegation to the Palestinians in a Friday tweet, noting “in the last 72 hrs alone 10 Palestinians were killed by ISF [Israeli occupation forces] in what appears to be an excessive use of lethal force.”

The EU added, “2022 is the deadliest year since 2006, with 140 Palestinians killed. According to Int’l. law, use of lethal force is strictly limited to situations in which there exists a serious & imminent threat to life & limb. Civilian casualties must be investigated & accountability ensured.”

On Friday and in the daylight, an Israeli soldier extrajudicially shot and killed a Palestinian youth, identified as 22-year-old Ammar Mefleh, at point-blank range in Huwwara town.

Video footage of the incident shared on social media showed the Israeli soldier scuffling with the Palestinian youth before pulling his gun and mercilessly firing four shots, killing him immediately and seizing his body. (...)

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#IsraelUE

Cold-Blooded Murder … Palestinian Shot Dead by Israeli Solider in Nablus
PCHR – Date: 03 December 2022
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(...) According to PCHR’s investigations, at around 16:00 on Friday, 02 December 2022, an Israeli Border Police officer executed ‘Ammar Hamdi Nayef Mefleh (23), from Nablus, after directly opening fire at him point-blank on the main street in Huwara village, southeastern Nablus, after they quarreled during ‘Ammar’s attempt to free himself from the officer’s grasp as the latter was grabbing his neck trying to arrest him. The officer had forced ‘Ammar to stand as he was lying on the ground after being wounded with shrapnel when a settler driving a car in the area opened fire at him. IOF did not allow any person or ambulance crews to approach ‘Ammar and left him to bleed for 20 minutes before an Israeli ambulance evacuated him. Around an hour later, the Palestinian Liaison was officially informed of his death.

Tha’er Khaled ‘Abed Raboh Abu Salhiya (36), from Nablus, said to PCHR’s fieldworker that:
“ When I was on the main street in Huwara village, I noticed a young man standing next to where I was knocking on the right window of a settler’s car, where a female settler was sitting in the front seat. Immediately and without opening the car windows, the settler fired from a gun 3 bullets that penetrated the window. I then saw the young man falling on the ground with blood on his face. Moments later, one of the Israeli Border Police officers rushed alone from the western side to the street leading to Nablus and pulled the wounded young man from the ground trying to arrest him. Therefore, a number of young men intervened trying to release him from the officer’s grasp as the latter was grabbing the young man’s neck and pushing him 2 or 3 meters back. The young man was trying to free himself and attacking the officer to flee. Meanwhile, the officer’s riffle fell, and the young man could release himself. Straightway, the officer pulled his gun from his holster and fired several bullets at the upper part of the young man’s body while none was allowed to approach the wounded young man, who was left to bleed for 20 minutes before an Israeli ambulance evacuated him and IOF withdrew. ”

The official spokesperson of the Israeli Police claimed to the Arab media that a Palestinian armed with a knife tried to break into a car with an Israeli settler and his wife in at Huwara using a stone. At the time, the settler shot and wounded him. The wounded Palestinian stepped forward, later stabbed one of the Border Police officers in the area and tried to grab the commander’s weapon, so he was neutralized. (...)

Killed On December 2nd, Israel Transfers Corpse Of Slain Palestinian
Dec 30, 2022
▻https://imemc.org/article/killed-on-december-2nd-israel-transfers-corpse-of-slain-palestinian

(...) Earlier Thursday, the Palestinian General Commission of Civil Affairs said it was conducting constant follow-ups and arrangements to secure the release of the corpse of Ammar Hamdi Mifleh, 19, from Osarin town, south of Nablus, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. (...)

Escalation of Killings Due to C Excessive Force: Palestinian Civilian Killed and 3 Others Wounded by Israeli Occupation Forces Fire in Jenin – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
▻https://pchrgaza.org/en/escalation-of-killings-due-to-c-excessive-force-palestinian-civilian-kille

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(...) According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 00:45 on Friday, 21 October 2022, an Israeli Special Force from “Yamam Unit” infiltrated into Jenin via two vehicles; one of them was a Mercedes truck and the other was a Volkswagen minibus and cordoned off a house belonging to Kifah Nazmi ‘Alawna (20) near al-Razi Hospital in central Jenin. Moments later, many IOF’s military vehicles moved into Jenin, backed up the Israeli Special Force and some of them topped the high buildings’ roofs near the cordoned house before raiding it. Meanwhile, a number of Palestinians gathered and threw stones and empty bottles and empty carton boxes at the IOF vehicles. Immediately, IOF fired live bullets at the Palestinians, wounding four them; one was seriously wounded in his neck. The wounded persons were taken to Dr. Khalil Suliman Hospital in the city. Moments later, the medical staff announced person seriously wounded and identified him as Salah ‘Abdullah Breki (19), from Jenin. Eyewitnesses said to PCHR’s fieldworker that Breki was wounded during IOF’s incursion into Jenin, as he along with other young Palestinians were on the street throwing stones at those IOF’s vehicles. IOF withdrew two hours after their incursion into the city and arrested Baraa’, the son of the raided and searched house’s owner. (...)

Israeli Occupation Forces Open Fire at Civilian Car, Deny Medical Aid for Those Injured and Leave them to Bleed to Death

PCHR | Date: 05 October 2022
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On Monday morning, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire at a civilian car in Jalazone refugee camp, north of al-Bireh city in the West Bank, killing 2 of its passengers and injuring another, under the pretext of their attempt to run over Israeli soldiers. Investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) refute IOF’s claims, as there was no imminent danger posed to the Israeli soldiers’ lives and the latter denied offering medical aid to those injured and left them to bleed to death. This crime came less than 36 hours after the killing of a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem for similar allegations, reflecting IOF’s loose shooting standards and excessive use of force against Palestinians upon top-level military and political orders

According to PCHR’s investigations, at approximately 05:40 on Monday, 03 October 2022, IOF moved into Jalazone refugee camp, where they stationed in the Education Suburb and patrolled between residential houses. Meanwhile, a number of Israeli soldiers set an ambush behind trees planted on the streetside between the camp and Surda village and opened fire at a car carrying 3 Palestinians and traveling on the street, which is 30 meters away from the IOF’s ambush, noting there were no clashes in the area. After opening fire at the car and inflicting injuries among its passengers, IOF approached and surrounded them. Around 12 minutes later, a Palestine Red Crescent ambulance arrived after residents of the area reported injuries, but the Israeli soldiers, who were surrounding the injured persons, prevented the ambulance from approaching them. The wounded were left to bleed for 35 minutes inside the car and then arrested and taken by IOF to an Israeli hospital. IOF confiscated the car, and later withdrew.

At approximately 06:50 on the same day, the Civil Affairs Authority informed that Palestinian Ministry of Health of the death of two of those wounded, identifying them as Salama Ra’fat Shari’ah (19), from Birzeit, and Khaled Fadi ‘Anbar (21), from Jalazone refugee camp, while the wounded was identified as Basel Kathem Basbous (18), from Birzeit.

Israeli Army Transfers Bodies Of Two Slain Young Men To Palestinians
Dec 17, 2022
▻https://imemc.org/article/israeli-army-transfers-bodies-of-two-slain-young-men-to-palestinians

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On Friday evening, the Israeli occupation authorities transferred the bodies of two young men, killed by the soldiers on October 3rd, to their families in Ramallah, in the central part of the occupied West Bank.

The General Authority for Civilian affairs in Ramallah said its medics received the corpses of Salama Ra’fat Sharay’a, 19, from Birzeit, and Khaled Anbar Dabbas, 19, from Jifna town.

It added that the two slain young men’s official funeral and burial ceremonies would be held Saturday in coordination with their families.

Palestinian Child Dies From Serious Wounds She suffered In Gaza
Aug 11, 2022 – – IMEMC News
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On Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a child died from serious wounds she suffered during Israel’s recent onslaught on the Gaza Strip.

The al-Makassed Hospital in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, said the child, Layan Musleh Sha’er, 10 , was admitted after being transferred from Gaza, suffering a shrapnel wound to the head, causing significant damage to her brain.

The child, from Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza strip, was clinically dead upon arrival and remained hooked to a respiratory machine after the surgeons tried to save her life until she succumbed to her serious wounds.

She was a school student and a member of a Palestinian folklore dance team (Dabke); the last time the slain child and her Dabke team performed was last month at the Nuwwar Education Center in Gaza.

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Her death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles and shells during the three-day offensive (August 5, 6, and 7) on Gaza to 48, including one elder, three women, and sixteen children. The number of wounded Palestinians is 360, including 19 elders, 58 women, and 151 children.

#GAZA #Palestine_assassinée

Young Palestinian Man Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In Gaza
Aug 12, 2022 – – IMEMC News
▻https://imemc.org/article/young-palestinian-man-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffered-in-gaza

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On Friday, Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that a young man died from serious wounds he suffered during the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip.

The Nasser Medical Center in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, said the young man, Anas Khaled Anshasi, 22, died in the Intensive Care Unit from his serious wounds despite all efforts to save his life.

Medical sources said Anshasi was seriously injured when an Israeli army drone fired missiles at several Palestinians east of Khan Younis.

The Health Ministry in Gaza said Anshasi’s death brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles and shells during the three-day offensive (August 5, 6, and 7) on Gaza to 49, including one elder, three women, and sixteen children. The number of wounded Palestinians is 360, including 19 elders, 58 women, and 151 children.

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Palestinian Deadly Shot by Israeli Occupation Forces inside His House in Occupied East Jerusalem
PCHR - Date: 15 August 2022
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(...) The Israeli police claimed in a statement that: “the shooting happened after the Palestinian killed stabbed with a knife one of the officers during a home raid searching for weapons, but none of the Israeli soldiers were injured.” The statement added that “an Israeli paramedic, who accompanied the border guard officers, provided first aid to the wounded, and the latter was then taken to receive treatment, but he was pronounced dead later, succumbing to his injuries.”

Contrary to IOF’s claims, Mohammed’s father said to PCHR’s fieldworker that:

“ I left my bedroom after my wife woke me up and told me there are Israeli soldiers knocking on the house door. At the time, I saw my son Mohammed leaving his room towards the apartment’s main door. I then saw IOF opening the door and raiding the house. When IOF saw Mohammed, they shot him at point-blank range and wounded him with a live bullet in his head. My son did not have a fight with the soldiers, who raided our house, but they opened fire at him without a prior warning and even without asking who he was. Although Mohammed was injured, the shooting continued inside the house, so I returned to my bedroom and my other son who was staying in the living room, closed the door as well. Later, my wife and I tried to help Mohammed, but the soldiers prevented us from approaching him. They also assaulted me, my wife and our 5 sons; 3 of them are blind. We were then taken and detained in nearby apartments. Forty minutes later, I saw the soldiers leaving the house and carrying Mohammed, who was covered with a piece of cloth and bleeding from his head. The building stairs were stained with Mohammed’s blood. Later, we were informed of his death. ” (...)

Jalal - @JalalAK_jojo
9:39 AM · 25 août 2022·

Horrifying. Footage released yday, shows how Israeli forces dragged & stole the lifeless body of Mohammad Al-Shahham , after shooting him in the head inside his family home in Kufr Aqab, Jerusalem, last week.

Notice how soldiers remove the camera at end

▻https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1562567137255985152/pu/vid/1080x720/k-RubgTs9byt8Uyx.mp4?tag=12