The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed four Palestinians and injured 269 others during the first two weeks of January UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) revealed.
Four Palestinian civilians including three children were killed by Israeli forces in four separate incidents across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) OCHA’s weekly report said.
Three of the fatalities including two children (15 and 17-years-old) and a 25-year-old man occurred in three separate incidents on 3 11 and 15 January in Deir Nidham village (Ramallah) next to the perimeter fence east of Al Bureij refugee camp (Gaza) and in Jayyus village (Qalqiliya) in clashes during protests against the US administration’s declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Another 17-year-old boy was shot and killed on 11 January during clashes involving stone throwing at Israeli forces in Iraq Burin (Nablus).
Overall 269 Palestinians including 83 children were injured by Israeli forces during multiple clashes across the oPt.
Of the total injuries 67 occurred during clashes in protests next to the perimeter fence in the Gaza Strip. The rest of the injuries (202) were recorded in the West Bank.
Across the West Bank Israeli forces conducted 176 search and arrest operations and detained 261 Palestinians including at least 22 children.
Five Palestinians were injured and 115 Palestinian-owned trees and seven vehicles were vandalized in 14 separate incidents involving Israeli settlers.
On at least thirteen occasions in Gaza Israeli forces opened fire at farmers and fishermen while enforcing access restrictions on land along the perimeter fence and on fishing areas along the coast injuring five fishermen and arresting eight others including two children in addition to confiscating three boats.
