Two Palestinian children were killed in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.-The child who was killed in the Gaza Strip was mentally disabled and was killed by a shell fired by IOF. -A child in the West Bank sustained serious wounds by the explosion of a suspicious object left by IOF. IOF used excessive force against peaceful demonstrations commemorating the Palestinian Nakba-144 civilians were wounded in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.-The wounded include 47 children, 5 women and 4 journalists. IOF continued to target Palestinian fishermen at Gaza sea. IOF fired at Palestinian fishing boats, but no casualties were reported. IOF continued to use force against peaceful protests against the construction of the annexation wall and settlement activities in the West Bank.Three demonstrators, including a child and an international human rights defender, were wounded. IOF arrested 10 demonstrators, including 2 Israeli solidarity activists. IOF conducted 20 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. IOF arrested 15 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children. IOF continued settlement activities and Israeli settlers continued their attacks in the West Bank. Israeli settlers continued their attacks against Palestinian civilians and property. IOF raided the Orphanage School in al-Thawri neighborhood of the occupied East Jerusalem and terrorized the students in the school. Israel has continued to impose a total siege on the Gaza Strip and tightened the siege on the West Bank. IOF arrested at least 4 Palestinians at military checkpoints in the West Bank. IOF imposed a total closure on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip on the anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba.
Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, week of 12-18 May, 2011
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