Human Rights

Weekly report on human rights violations

Palestinian Center for Human Rights 5 March 2003

This week, Israeli forces killed 28 Palestinians, including six children, a deaf young man, two old men and two women, one of whom was pregnant. Israeli forces conducted a number of invasions, accompanied by indiscriminate shelling and continued to use Palestinian civilians as human shields. Israeli forces demolished Palestinian homes and arbitarily detained Palestinians. Israel continued to impose a strict siege on Palestinian areas. 

Poisoning Palestinian bedouins land in unrecognized village Abda

Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages of the Palestinian Bedouin 3 March 2003

On 3 March 2003, without prior warning, two airplanes belonging to the Israel Lands Administration (ILA), accompanied by a large number of police forces and Green “Black” Patrol members, sprayed toxic chemicals on houses and on more than 2,000 dunams (500 acres) of crops belonging to the residents of Abda, an unrecognized village in the Negev. 

Israeli military "assistance order" amounts to continued use of Palestinian civilians as human shields, say human rights organisations

Adalah 3 March 2003

On 27 February 2003, Adalah, on behalf of six human rights organizations and in its own name, submitted arguments to the Supreme Court of Israel challenging the Israeli army’s recent military “assistance order”. Human rights organizations are seeking to prohibit the Israeli army from using Palestinian civilians as human shields and as hostages. 

Al-Bureij refugee camp: Israeli forces kill 8 Palestinians, including pregnant woman

Palestinian Center for Human Rights 3 March 2003



Israeli forces killed 8 Palestinians, including a pregnant woman who bled to death under the ruins of her destroyed home in Bureij refugee camp. Israeli forces demolished 14 homes and a mosque. This Israeli military campaign came less than 24 hours after a similar operation in Khan Younis, which left three Palestinians dead, 39 others wounded and a number of Palestinian homes destroyed. 

Khan Younis: Israeli forces kill two Palestinians, wound 39, demolish dozens of homes

Palestinian Center for Human Rights 2 March 2003

Israeli forces invaded Khan Younis refugee camp, killing two Palestinians, wounding 39, including seven inside Nasser hospital. In addition, Israeli forces destroyed an apartment building, rendering dozens of neighboring homes destroyed and bulldozed five additional homes. They also demolished large parts of the walls surrounding Nasser hospital and an UNRWA preparatory school. 

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