1 Palestinian civilian was killed and 5 others were wounded during incursions in the West Bank.
Israeli forces have continued to use excessive force against peaceful protestors in the West Bank.
3 protestors were wounded during peaceful protests against the annexation wall and settlement activities.
Israeli forces conducted 65 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and 2 limited ones into the Gaza Strip.
64 Palestinian civilians were arrested in the West Bank, including a Member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and 6 children.
Israel has continued to impose a total closure on the oPt and has isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world.
Israeli forces established dozens of checkpoints in the West Bank.
7 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children and a woman, were arrested at checkpoints and border crossings in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces have continued to support settlement activities in the West Bank and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.
34 notices to halt construction work and a demolition notice were distributed in Susya village, to the southeast of Yatta, south of Hebron.
Settlers destroyed the metal fence surrounding Cordoba Primary School in Hebron.
A settler attacked a Palestinian civilian near the entrance of Azzoun village, east of Qalqilya.
Israeli naval forces have continued to target Palestinian fishermen at sea.
A Palestinian fisher was wounded.
Summary
Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period 27 June – 03 July 2013.
Shooting:
During the reporting period, Israeli forces killed a 19-year-old Palestinian and wounded 8 others; 5 civilians were wounded during Israeli incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, including the nephew of the victim, while 3 other civilians were wounded in peaceful protests against the annexation wall and settlement activities.
In the West Bank, on 02 July 2013, Israeli forces killed 19-year-old Moutaz Edris Abdel-Fatah Sharawna after being hit by a sound bomb then being stepped on by Israeli soldiers. His nephew, Bahaa (22) sustained a bullet wound while trying to rescue his uncle in Doura, southwest of Hebron. This took place when Israeli soldiers, who had moved into the town, fired live ammunition, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at a group of youngsters.
On 28 June 2013, 4 Palestinian civilians sustained bullet and shrapnel wounds after Israeli forces engaged in clashes with Palestinians during an incursion into Qalandia refugee camp.
Israeli forces continued the systematic use of excessive force against peaceful protests organised by Palestinian, Israeli, and international activists against the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank. As a result, 3 Palestinian civilians were wounded: a 23-year-old male was hit in the right thigh by a tear gas canister; a 35-year-old male sustained a bullet wound in the back; and a 24-year-old male sustained a bullet to the shoulder. Also, dozens of civilians suffered due to tear gas inhalation and others sustained wounds.
In the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces continued to pursue fishermen at sea. On 03 June 2013, Israeli gunboats stationed off al-Soudanya area, northwest of Beit Lahia in the north of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats that were around 6 nautical miles offshore. The shooting was focused on a fishing boat boarding 7 Palestinian fishers causing fear among them. As a result, while Sharif Hussein Khalil ‘Arafat(29), son-in-law of the owner of the boat, from al-Zaytoun neighbourhood, was trying to hide from the shooting, his right leg stuck in the fishing spinner and wrapped around it causing the leg to bleed.