24 hours to 8am
6 March 2010

1 attack – 12 raids – 3 beaten – 6 dead – 33 injured – 10 taken prisoner – 11 detained – 75 restrictions of movement

Israeli forces invade and open fire on farms in Khan Yunis district

6 members of one family killed in collision with Israeli armoured vehicle

12-year-old boy critically injured in Israeli violence against protesters

Night peace disruption in 7 towns and villages

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[Source of statistics: Palestinian Monitoring Group]

Attacks: 1

Khan Yunis – 08:30, Israeli armoured vehicles invaded Palestinian farms near the town of Khuza’a and opened intense fire.

Detentions: 11

Economic sabotage:

Jericho – the Israeli Army continues to close Road 90 between the city and the village of al-Auja with concrete blocks, so as to prevent Palestinian farmers not holding Jericho Governorate IDs from reaching their land, in order to force them to apply for permits. Palestinian holders of Israeli IDs are being denied entry to the city.

See also Attacks above.

Injuries: 33

Killings & deaths: 6

Ramallah – 18:55, six people from the same family, Bassam Abu Awwad, Samiah Abu Awwad, Yousef Bassam Abu Awwad, Mohammed Bassam Abu Awwad, Jannat Bassam Abu Awwad and Ayat Bassam Abu Awwad (a man, his wife and their four children), were killed in a collision with an Israeli armoured vehicle on a settler bypass road near the village of Yabrud. Bassam’s second wife, Rasha Abu Awwad, sustained critical injuries in the crash.

Occupation settler violence:

Ramallah – 16:15, Zionist militants from the settlement of Halamish stoned passing vehicles.

Palestinian attacks: none

Physical assaults: 3

Jerusalem – 13:30, Israeli troops raided the grounds of the Al Aqsa Mosque compound, beating and injuring a number of worshippers, while others were overcome by Israeli tear gas. Eight people were taken prisoner.

Ramallah –

• 13:40, three people, including a child, were assaulted and injured by Israeli Occupation troops during suppression of an international anti-annexation Wall protest being held in the town of Ni’lin. A number of other protesters were overcome by Israeli tear gas.


• 14:00, 12-year-old, critically injured, Ihab Astal al Barghouthi is one victim among 11 people assaulted and injured by Israeli troops during protests in the villages of Deir Nidham and An Nabi Salih against Israeli settler violence and land theft. A number of other protesters were overcome by Israeli tear gas.

Prisoners taken: 10

Raids: 12 including home invasions

Ramallah – 20:35, Israeli soldiers raided the city of El Bireh and abducted two 17-year-old boys: Bilal Ribhi Taha and Nasseer Nader al Marbou.

Jenin – 05:40 , the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Arraba.

Tulkarem –

• 00:15 , Israeli troops raided and patrolled the city.


• 01:00 , the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the village of Seida.

Qalqilya –

• 08:00, Occupation troops raided and patrolled the town of Azzun.


• 00:20 , the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the city.

Nablus –

• 23:50 , Israeli forces raided and patrolled the villages of Salem and Deir al Hatab.


• 01:20 , the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the town of Beit Furik.

Jericho – 19:00, Occupation forces raided and patrolled the village of Al Auja.

Hebron –

• 15:00, the Israeli Army raided and patrolled the city.


• 19:00, Israeli troops raided and patrolled the town of Bani Na’im.

Times indicated in Bold Type contribute to the sleep deprivation suffered by Palestinian children.

Restrictions of movement: 75

The Israeli Occupation’s military restrictions on Palestinian freedom covered by this category include:

• Checkpoints at the entrances to towns and villages to prevent people entering or leaving.


• Interference with people attempting to move around towns and villages.


• Cement blocks and barbed wire on roads.


• Rubble on roads.


• Farmers prohibited from going onto their land to work it.


• Road closures to isolate areas in which the Israeli Army considers the presence of Palestinians to be ‘illegal’.


• Yasser Arafat International Airport is permanently closed and Palestinians needing to enter or leave Palestine can do so only with Israeli permission.


• Interference with access to mosques and freedom of worship.


• Wall Gates. The gates in Israel’s annexation Wall, which restrict Palestinian access to their land on both sides.


• Curfews. Anyone appearing in the street or at a window is liable to be shot dead.


• Israel enforces many of the above restrictions with the threat, or actual use, of military action as well as personal physical assault. Thus, Palestinians are faced with an all-pervasive and constant state of Israeli violence towards them.

Violations:

Hebron – Israeli Occupation forces continue to enforce a military order prohibiting Palestinian vehicles from using Shalala Old Street and allowing only Israeli civilian and military vehicles on the road.

Hebron – 13:00, a number of people outside the Ibrahimi Mosque, protesting against the Israeli Prime Minister's decision to annex both the Ibrahimi and Bilal Bin Rabah Mosques, were overcome by Israeli tear gas.

Ramallah – 13:30, in the village of Bil’in a number of protesters supporting an international anti-annexation Wall protest were overcome by Israeli tear gas during an assault on the protest by Occupation troops.

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