One Week in Palestine...
According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR)'s Weekly Report, during the week of January 3rd - 9th, 2008, 22 Palestinians were killed and 117 injured by the Israeli military.
Of those killed this week, four were women, three were children, and 5 of the victims were from the same family. Of the 117 wounded, 48 are children and 5 are women.
Israeli forces conducted 33 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and 4 into the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces arrested 93 Palestinian civilians, including 14 children.
In addition, troops razed 259 dunums of agricultural land and demolished 2 houses in the Gaza Strip. 20 dunums of land in the Jordan Valley were also razed.
One Palestinian woman gave birth at an Israeli checkpoint this week, and eight Palestinians were abducted at checkpoints, including three children.
Throughout the reporting period, Israeli forces have continued to impose a total siege on the Palestinian territories, and have isolated the Gaza Strip from the outside world and a humanitarian crisis has emerged.
see www.pchrgaza.org for full report.
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