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Israeli Air Force Attack in Gaza - Grave Suspicion of War Crime

On 21 June 2006 The Israeli Air Force fired missiles again into a residential neighborhood in the Gaza Strip. The missile fire, which hit a home in Khan Yunis, killed a 35 year old woman, Fatmeh Ahmad, and her brother Zachariya Ahmad, 48, and injured 11 others.

June 22
The economic crisis aggravates the water shortage in the Occupied Territories

Residents of the West Bank suffer from a water shortage all year long. The shortage is particularly felt in the summer, and this year will likely be worse because of the economic crisis in the area.

June 21
B'Tselem welcomes Defense Minister's order to reexamine Barrier's route

B'Tselem today wrote to the Minister of Defense, Amir Peretz, and commended him, on his decision to reexamine, in light of a High Court of Justice decision, the route of the separation barrier.

June 19
Missile-fire in Gaza: Grave suspicion of war crime

The Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential area in northern Gaza city. The missiles killed 11 Palestinians, ten of them civilian passersby. Two children were among those killed.

June 15
Ruling on Zufin Barrier requires re-examination of other Barrier petitions

In a judgment handed down on 15 June in a petition filed by HaMoked, the Israeli High Court ordered the IDF to dismantle the eastern portion of the Separation Barrier around the Zufin settlement.

June 15
Israeli Human Rights Organizations: End Killing of Civilians

Israeli human rights organizations demanded that the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense take immediate action to end the killing of Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Territories.

June 15
Israeli fire kills civilians in Gaza

Israel's missile and artillery fire at targets in the Gaza Strip is taking a heavy toll in deaths and injuries of Palestinian civilians who take no part in the fighting.

June 13
Qassam rocket-fire at Israeli civilians

Deliberate attacks on civilians are both immoral and illegal. The willful killing of civilians is classified as a grave breach in the Fourth Geneva Convention and as a war crime that is unjustifiable under any circumstances.

June 13
Israeli Human Rights Organizations: End the killing of Civilians

Human rights organizations wrote to the Prime Minister and the minister of defense, calling on them to end the killing of civilians. During the weekend, seven family members were killed in Gaza.

June 10
Extra-judicial execution is a war crime

On 30 May, Palestinian militants executed two Palestinians in the Balata refugee camp, Nablus District. B'Tselem severely condemns the execution, which is defined as a war crime. The taking of life on grounds of a suspicion against the person is a violation of basic principles of law and morality."

June 1
Illegal to revoke residency of members of Hamas from Jerusalem

The Interior Minister, Roni Bar-On, sent letters to a minister in the Palestinian Authority and to three legislators in the Palestinian Legislative Council, all members of Hamas, informing them that if they do not resign their positions within thirty days, he will revoke their permanent-resident status.

May 30
New video: Soldiers shot to death mother of five, in her living room

From January 2004 to the time of this incident, Israeli security forces have killed 157 persons in actions to arrest wanted persons in the West Bank. At least 35 of the fatalities were civilians who were not wanted.

May 29
Call for investigation into killing of civilians in targeted killing in Gaza

The circumstances of the incident raise the grave suspicion that the attack was disproportionate. Attacks of this kind are defined as a war crime.

May 22
Crisis in medical services in the territories

The cessation of the transfer of tax moneys and financial assistance to the Palestinian Authority by Israel and the donor states has created a severe shortage of medicines and medical equipment and goods in hospitals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

May 14
High Court approves racist amendment to Nationality Law

The amendment severely infringes the right to family life, separates couples, and detaches parents from their children.

May 14
Testimony: Border Police officer beats Palestinian at checkpoint, injuring him

The youth arrived at the police station to file a complaint, but ended up being detained by the police on a counter complaint filed by the officer.

May 9
Apologies aren't enough - the IDF must investigate the death in Tulkarm

The circumstances under which 'Itaf Zalat was killed in Tulkarem raise the grave suspicion that Israeli security forces acted as if they were conducting an assassination rather than an arrest operation.

May 1
Reinstating cancelled barrier "through the back door"

A 41km-long concrete barricade Israel is building in the suthern Hebron hills, will further isolate over 3,000 Palestinians living in 18 cave-villages southeast of Route 317, who are dependent for basic supplies and services on the town of Yatta .

April 30
The government approved re-routing of the Separation Barrier

Even in its new, amended, route, the barrier in the Ariel-Kdumim area will severely infringe upon the human rights of thousands of Palestinians who live nearby, only to allow for the annexation of 15 Jewish settlements as well as huge swaths of land for their future expansion.

April 30
Israel obligated to respect rights of Gaza residents

Israel continues to assert decisive control over many aspects of life in Gaza, and therefore bears the legal obligation to respect the rights of Gaza residents.

April 26