28 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in one week
Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said 28 Palestinians, 17 of whom including 2 children and a woman are civilians, were killed by Israeli occupation forces from 12- 18 Oct. 2006.
PCHR said in its weekly report that each of the two children was killed together with the father of each, adding that 6 of the victims were extra-judicially executed by Israeli occupation forces in 3 separate attacks.
It stressed that 45 Palestinians, including 14 children and 4 women, were wounded.
Israeli occupation forces continued to launch air strikes on houses and civilian facilities in the Gaza Strip, destroying 5 houses and damaging a number of others, according to the reports.
The report says that Israeli occupation forces conducted 30 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and 6 others into the Gaza Strip.
"Israeli occupation forces arrested 48 Palestinian civilians, including 7 children, in the West Bank, and 8 others in the Gaza Strip," the report asserted.
Israeli occupation forces continued to impose a total siege on the occupied Palestinian territories and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians at checkpoints in the West Bank.
"Israeli occupation forces continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank and Palestinian farmers have been denied access to their agricultural lands to cultivate olives," the reports concludes.
