This week, Israeli forces killed 76 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 24 children. In northern Gaza, two brothers, a man and his son, an elderly man and a deaf young man were among the victims. At least 70 percent of the victims in northern Gaza were killed in or near Jabalia refugee camp. At least 65 homes were destroyed and 372 donums of land was razed in the Gaza Strip. A tightened siege on the area and access to humanitarian services has been denied. Four Palestinians were extra-judicially executed. Israeli forces continue to shell residential areas. Israel continues construction of the Separation Barrier. Read more about Weekly report on human rights violations 

Since the wide-scale Israeli military assault on the northern part of the Gaza Strip, 92 Palestinians have been killed, including 26 children and three Palestinians in the south of Gaza. At least 313 Palestinians, including 110 children were injured. Numerous homes and private property have also been destroyed as IOF utilize air force and heavy tanks in this military operation. In addition, as the incursion continues, the civilian population of the area suffer shortage in food and water supply. In the areas which IOF occupy civilians lack the most basic needs. Read more about Gaza Daily Update, 7.00 PM 

Since the wide-scale Israeli military assault on the northern part of the Gaza Strip, 84 Palestinians have been killed, including 25 children and three Palestinians in the south of Gaza. At least 268 Palestinians, including 91 children were injured. Numerous homes and private property have also been destroyed as IOF utilize air force and heavy tanks in this military operation. In addition, as the incursion continues, the civilian population of the area suffer shortage in food and water supply. In the areas which IOF occupy civilians lack the most basic needs. Al Mezan is still receiving plights from people who have been in urgent need for medicine and water. Read more about Gaza Daily Update, 7.00 PM 

Amnesty International is concerned about the deterioration of the human rights and humanitarian situation as a result of the Israeli army incursion in the Jabaliya refugee camp and surrounding areas in the northern Gaza Strip, including sectors in the nearby towns of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya. In the past week more than 70 Palestinians have been killed, more than a third of whom were unarmed and including some 20 children. Hundreds of others have been injured. The Israeli army has repeatedly used excessive force, including heavy shelling from tanks and helicopter gunships. Experience has shown that the use of such weapons in densely populated residential areas, invariably results in a high rate of death and injury of bystanders and people who are not involved in armed confrontation. Read more about Amnesty concerned about excessive use of force in Gaza 

Israeli forces continued their large scale military assault on the northern part of the Gaza Strip. According to initial documentation, Israeli forces destroyed 168 homes, at least 38 of which completely. Since its military assault on 28 September, Israeli forces killed 77 Palestinians, including three who were killed in southern Gaza during the same period and 24 children. At least 248 were wounded, including 81 children. Israeli forces continue shelling and air attacks with missiles. The civilian population suffers from lack of food, water and medicines. In the south of Gaza, four years old Lu’ay An Najjar was killed by Israeli forces. He was shot in the head near his home. Read more about Gaza Daily Update, 7.00 PM 

Israeli occupying troops have continued their wide scale offensive on the northern Gaza Strip. In the last two days, 15 Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops. Thus, the number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of this latest offensive has mounted to 60, including 27 civilians, 18 of whom are children. In addition, at least 280 others, mostly civilians, including a number of children, have been injured, and a number of them have been rendered permanently handicapped. Israeli troops have also continued to destroy homes, agricultural land, and residential areas. Israeli forces obstruct medical aid. Read more about Israel expands its offensive on the northern Gaza Strip 

The cover of the latest HRA report shows a photograph of Saleh Suleiman Amer, aged 50, lying on the road next to a Border Police jeep, a bleeding wound to his leg and his arm out-stretched as though pleading to the photographer for help. His 27-year-old son Shadi lies still on the ground, his shirt removed, his hands cuffed, and his body showing signs of a severe beating. This is just one of the shocking images that illustrates the HRA’s report “Four Years On”, a study of continuing police brutality directed at the country’s Palestinian Arab minority four years after the security forces shot dead 12 unarmed Palestinian Arab citizens and one labourer from Gaza during protests at the outset of the intifada Read more about Four Years On: Cases of Brutality by the Israeli Police against Palestinian Arab Citizens 

On 29 September 2004, the fourth anniversary of the Palestinian Intifada, Al-Haq reminds members of the international community that Israeli authorities are continuing their flagrant disregard for international human rights and humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Although a common feature of the 37 year long Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Al-Haqs documentation indicates that since the beginning of the Intifada, the perpetration of these human rights violations by Israeli authorities has increased in both scale and intensity. Read more about Four Years of Intifada: Highlights of systematic violations 

Israeli forces continue their military assault on the northern part of the Gaza Strip. So far, Israeli forces killed 65 Palestinians, including 19 children since the start of the operation on 28 September. More than 244 Palestinians, including 81 children, have been wounded. Residents suffer from a lack of food, water and medicines. Israeli tanks twice fired a shell near an UNRWA school, killing 29-year old Mahir Zaqout. In Jabalia refugee camp there is severe shortage of drinking water. Israeli forces continue demolishing homes and commercial stores, razing farm lands and shelling residential areas. Israeli forces restrict access to humanitarian and medical aid. Read more about Gaza Daily Update, 4.00 PM