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<blockquote class="article-intro"><p>In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human  Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week  of 27 Jan. – 02 Feb. 2011, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights  (PCHR) found that two Palestinian civilians were killed and a third one  was wounded by Israeli settlers in Nablus and Hebron. In addition, a  Palestinian child was killed in the Gaza Strip by the explosion of a  mysterious object apparently left by Israeli forces.</p></blockquote>
<p class="photo"><a name="attachment36489"></a> <a href="http://www.imemc.org/attachments/feb2011/gilo_construction.jpg"><img class="summary-image" title="Click on image to see full-sized version" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.imemc.org/cache/imagecache/local/attachments/feb2011/460_0___10000000_0_0_0_0_0_gilo_construction.jpg" alt="Construction in the settlement of Gilo (PCHR photo)" width="460" height="306" /></a><br />
Construction in the settlement of Gilo (PCHR photo)</p>
<p class="article">Israeli  forces continued to target Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen  in border areas in the Gaza Strip, wounding one Palestinian worker.  Israeli forces continued to use force against peaceful protests in the  West Bank, wounding one Palestinian child.</p>
<p>Also this week, Israeli warplanes bombarded a tunnel on the Egyptian border south of Rafah.</p>
<p>Israeli settlement activities:</p>
<p>Israeli forces have continued settlement activities in the West Bank and  Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and  property.</p>
<p>In the West Bank, two Palestinian civilians, including a child, were  killed and a third one was wounded by Israeli settler. An 18-year-old  civilian was killed by an Israeli settler in Iraq Bourin village, south  of Nablus, on 27 January 2011. The victim was farming his land when the  settlers shot him dead. According to investigations conducted by PCHR,  at approximately 13:20 on Thursday, 27 January 2011, an Israeli settler  from &#8220;Brakha&#8221; settlement to the south of Iraq Bourin village, south of  Nablus, shot dead &#8216;Odai Maher Hamza Qadous, 18, using a pistol. The  victim was hit by a bullet that entered the right shoulder and settled  in the kidney. In his testimony to PCHR, the victim&#8217;s cousin, &#8216;Omar  Ahmed Hamza Qadous, 21, stated:</p>
<p>&#8220;At approximately 08:00 on Thursday, 27 January 2011, my cousin &#8216;Odai  Maher Hamza Qadous, 18, and I were farming our land in al-Wedian area in  the southeast of Iraq Bourin village, south of Nablus. We left 10 sheep  grazing atop of a mountain near the land. At approximately 12:30, after  we had finished our work on the land, my cousin told me that he would  mount up the mountain to bring the sheep and go back to our village.  &#8216;Odai went to the mountain and stayed on the land. Twenty minutes later,  I heard him calling on me. He told me that he found 7 sheep only, while  the other sheep were missing. I went to search for the two sheep.  Nearly half an hour passed and my cousin did not come back. I mounted up  the mountain to search for him and the sheep. When I arrived at the top  of the mountain, I saw &#8216;Odai on al-Jaish (the army) road, which leads  to &#8216;Brakha&#8217; settlement behind the mountain. ]An Israeli[ settler was  standing in front of him. Later, I saw &#8216;Odai walking behind the mountain  and the settler was behind him, until I could not see them. Soon after,  I heard the sound of a bullet. I followed them. I saw the settlers  running away towards Madama village, and my cousin was lying wounded on  the ground. He immediately died. I tried to carry him, but I could not. I  saw two farmers who were working on their land and I told them what  happened. They immediately came to help me. We tried to carry him, but  we could not. I asked one of them to put my cousin on my shoulder and I  took him to the village. The farmers phoned the Palestinian police and  residents of the village of what happened. A number of residents came.  They brought a horse with them. We put my cousin on the back of the  horse and took him to the edge of the village, where a Palestinian  ambulance was waiting. It transported him to Rafidya Hospital in  Nablus.&#8221;</p>
<p>At approximately 08:00 on Friday, 28 January 2011, at least 100 Israeli  settlers from &#8220;Beit Ain&#8221; settlement broke into Safa village to the north  of Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron. A number of them were armed with  pistols and M16 rifles. The settlers moved inside the village on foot  towards Beit Ummar town. Palestinian civilians gathered in an attempt to  prevent the settlers from breaking into the town. Clashes erupted  between these civilians and Israeli settlers. The settlers fired  directly at these civilians. As a result, Murad Mohammed Ekhlil, 20, was  wounded by a bullet to the right elbow. Palestinian civilians threw  stones towards the settlers and forced them to run away towards an  agricultural area known as Khirbat Jaddour. At approximately 09:30, a  settler fired directly at Yousef Fakhri Mousa Ekhlil, 15, from Beit  Ummar, wounding him with a bullet to the head. The child was evacuated  to a hospital in Hebron, where he underwent a surgery, but he died at  approximately 20:00. Soon, Israeli forces moved into the area. They  fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at Palestinian  civilians to allow Israeli settlers to withdraw from the area.</p>
<p>On 27 January 2011, a number of Israeli settlers from &#8220;Yits&#8217;har&#8221;  settlement to the north of &#8216;Ainabous village, south of Nablus, set fire  to a car belonging to Bassam Yousef Rashdan.</p>
<p>On 31 January 2011, a number of Israeli settlers gathered near Beit Leed  intersection on Tulkarm-Nablus road, east of Tulkarm. They threw stones  at Palestinian civilian vehicles, but no casualties or damage were  reported.</p>
<p>Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip:</p>
<p>In the Gaza Strip this week, a Palestinian child was killed by the  explosion of a mysterious object apparently left by Israeli forces. A  Palestinian worker who was collecting scraps of construction materials  was also wounded by Israeli forces.</p>
<p>On Thursday, January 27th, at approximately 16:00, a heavy explosion  occurred in al-Shouka village, east of Rafah, nearly two kilometers away  from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The explosion killed  Bassel Mohammed Nafe&#8217; Abu &#8216;Edwan, 14, while he and his brother were  grazing animals near their house. According to medical sources, the  child body was dismembered. According to the child&#8217;s family, the area  where the explosion occurred had been subjected to repeated incursions  by Israeli forces, and that the explosion could be resulted by a  mysterious object left by Israeli forces. The Palestinian police stated  that the explosion was likely the result of a mysterious object left by  Israeli forces, although no shrapnel of the object were found in the  area. Two sheep were also killed by the explosion.</p>
<p>On 31 January 2011, a Palestinian worker was wounded by Israeli soldiers  in the northern Gaza Strip, when Israeli soldiers positioned at the  border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired at a number of  Palestinian workers who were collecting scraps of construction  materials.</p>
<p>On 02 February 2011, Israeli warplanes bombarded a tunnel on the Egyptian border, south of Rafah.</p>
<p>Israeli attacks in the West Bank:</p>
<p>Israeli forces conducted 31 incursions into Palestinian communities in  the West Bank, during which they abducted 23 Palestinian civilians,  including a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council and 7  children.</p>
<p>Israeli soldiers positioned at military checkpoints in the West Bank abducted 3 Palestinian civilians, including two children.</p>
<p>Israeli forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on the  movement of Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank, including  occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the  West Bank and the Gaza Strip continue to be denied access to Jerusalem.</p>
<p>Israeli forces have established checkpoints in and around Jerusalem,  severely restricting Palestinian access to the city. Civilians are  frequently prevented from praying at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.</p>
<p>There are approximately 585 permanent roadblocks, and manned and unmanned checkpoints across the West Bank.</p>
<p>Israeli Annexation Wall:</p>
<p>During the reporting period, Israeli forces used excessive force to  disperse peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to Israeli  settlement activities and the construction of the annexation wall. As a  result, a Palestinian child was wounded, and dozens of Palestinian  civilians and international human rights defenders suffered from tear  gas inhalation or sustained bruises.</p>
<p>Following the Friday Prayer on 28 January 2011, dozens of Palestinian  civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders organized  a peaceful demonstration in Bil&#8217;ein village, west of Ramallah, in  protest to the construction of the annexation wall. The demonstrators  included also Dr. Mai al-Kaila, Palestinian Ambassador to Chile, and a  Chilean Parliamentary delegation. Israeli soldiers stationed in the area  fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters  at the demonstrators. As a result, Mohammed Nabeel Abu Rahma, 17, was  hit by a tear gas canister to the right hand, and a number of  demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation.</p>
<p>Also following the Friday Prayer on 28 January 2011, dozens of  Palestinian civilians and international and human rights defenders  organized a peaceful demonstration in Ne&#8217;lin village, west of Ramallah,  in protest against the construction of the annexation wall. They clashed  with Israeli troops positioned near the Wall. Israeli troops fired  rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at  demonstrators. As a result, a Palestinian civilian, who has not been  identified, was hit by a tear gas canister to the right foot.  Additionally, a number of demonstrators suffered from tear gas  inhalation.</p>
<p>Recommendations to the international community:</p>
<p>Due to the number and severity of Israeli human rights violations this  week, the PCHR made a number of recommendations to the international  community. Among these were a recommendation that the European Union  activate Article 2 of the Euro-Israel Association Agreement, which  provides that Israel must respect human rights as a precondition for  economic cooperation between the EU states and Israel. The PCHR further  calls upon the EU states to prohibit import of goods produced in illegal  Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.</p>
<p>The PCHR calls on the international community to recognize the Gaza  disengagement plan, which was implemented in September 2005, for what it  is &#8211; not an end to occupation but a compounding of the occupation and  the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>For the full text of the report, click on the link below:</p>
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<div class="article-related-link-relatedlink">Related Link(s): <a title="http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=7217:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-27-jan--02-feb-2011&amp;catid=84:weekly-2009&amp;Itemid=183" href="http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=7217:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-27-jan--02-feb-2011&amp;catid=84:weekly-2009&amp;Itemid=183">http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_&#8230;d=183</a></div>
<p><a href="http://www.imemc.org/article/60570">PCHR Weekly Report: Three Civilians Killed, Including a Child, by Israeli Troops and Settlers &#8211; International Middle East Media Center</a>.</p>
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