Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)

(31 May – 06 June 2018)

• Israeli forces continued to use force against Palestinian peaceful protestors.


• Two Palestinian civilians, including a female volunteer paramedic; and a third one succumbed to his wounds in the Gaza Strip.


• 126 Palestinian civilians, including 15 children, a woman, 2 journalists, and 6 paramedics were wounded in the Gaza Strip.

• Two Palestinian civilians were killed, and 10 others were wounded in separate incidents in the West Bank.


• Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against military sites belonging to the Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip.


• The Israeli warplanes launched 11 missiles, and many fishing boats sustained damage in the northern Gaza Strip.

• Israeli forces continued to open fire at the border areas in the Gaza Strip.

• Israeli forces conducted 82 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank and a limited one in the central Gaza Strip


• 70 civilians, including 5 children and a woman, were arrested in the West Bank.


• 15 of them were arrested in Jerusalem.


• Among those arrested was Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Member Dr. Ibrahim Abu Salem.


• A Paelstinian was arrested while attempting to infiltrate Israel from the Gaza Strip.

• Israeli forces continued their settlement activities in the West Bank


• Israeli settlers attacked an elderly farmer in ‘Orif village, south of Nablus.

• 7 shooting incidents were reported against the fishing boats in the Gaza Sea, but no casualties were reported.

• Israeli forces turned the West Bank into cantons and continued to impose the illegal closure on the Gaza Strip for the 11^th consecutive year.


• Dozens of temporary checkpoints were established in the West Bank and others were re-established to obstruct the movement of Palestinian civilians.


• 10 Palestinian civilians, including a woman, were arrested at the military checkpoints in the West Bank.

Summary

Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the oPt continued during the reporting period (31 May – 06 June 2018).