Introduction

Israeli occupying Forces (IOF) have launched more attacks against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). This week, 7 Palestinians, 5 of whom were civilians, including a woman, were killed by Israeli troops. In addition, a number of Palestinian civilians were injured by the Israeli gunfire. Israeli troops also killed an Egyptian citizen in Rafah, near the Egyptian border. Human rights violations perpetrated by IOF included willful killings, incursions into Palestinian areas, indiscriminate shelling, land leveling and total closure imposed on Palestinian communities. Israeli troops also prevented hundreds of Palestinian civilian from participating in the funeral procession of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

In the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops killed 5 Palestinians, including 4 civilians. Four of the victims, including a woman, were killed during an Israeli military incursion into Sheikh 'Ejlin neighborhood in Gaza City on 11 November 2004. The fifth victim died on 14 November 2004 from a previous wound he had sustained during the Israeli offensive on the northern Gaza Strip last month. On 11 November 2004, Israeli troops killed a man who was apparently Egyptian near the Egyptian border, south of Rafah. Israeli troops continued to shell Palestinian residential areas, especially in Rafah where 10 Palestinian civilians, including 4 children, were injured.

This week, Israeli troops conducted 4 incursions into Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip. On 11 November 2004, Israeli troops moved into Sheikh 'Ejlin neighborhood in Gaza City. They killed 4 Palestinians, arrested 2 civilians and razed at least 120 donums of agricultural land. On 13, 14 and 17 November 2004, Israeli troops moved into areas in the central Gaza Strip. They razed 252 donums of agricultural land and arrested a Palestinian child.

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