Thursday, February 28, 2008

Weekly Report - February 12

Eleven Palestinians, including a school teacher, were killed by the IDF in an assault on Beit Hanun, Gaza. 31 others were injured in the attack, including three children. Also in Gaza, Israeli bulldozers razed 17 dunams of olive trees.

Palestinian males aged 16-35 continue to be restricted from traveling through checkpoints outside of Jenin and Tulkarm, as well as the Hamra and Taysir checkpoints in the Jordan Valley.

107 curfew hours were imposed on West Bank communities, of which 93 were in Azzun, Qalqiliya governorate. OCHA reported 102 flying checkpoints, 104 search operations, and 107 arrests, 33 of which were in Gaza.

Eleven houses and three Palestinian businesses were demolished during the week, and a minimum of 89 people were displaced as a result. Several other houses and businesses in the West Bank and Gaza were damaged by Israeli aerial strikes.