96 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Occupation Forces in January 2008

Israeli forces kill 96 Palestinians in January, report says

Date: 02 / 02 / 2008 Time: 13:52
Nablus – Ma'an –

Ninety-six Palestinians, including ten children, were killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during January 2008, according to a monthly report by the International Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights.

Seventy-one of the eighty-seven people who lost their lives in Israeli assassination operations in the Gaza Strip were civilians, the report concluded. The Foundation's report attributed the high number of deaths in the sector to the resumption of the Israeli policy of targeted assassinations of resistance fighters and activists.

Of the nine people killed in the West Bank, three were civilians. The number of civilian deaths "clearly demonstrates the continued Israeli occupation and escalation in aggression has initiated methods that are beyond the scope of the law. The policy of executions and assassinations against Palestinians is proscribed by the international agreements and conventions, and international humanitarian law," the report said.

The report added, "Even though Israel is an occupying country it has obligations to the Occupied Territories and populations under international law, which emphasizes the protection of Palestinian civilians and care for their administrative and civil rights. However, Israel ignores all of these duties and obligations, but they are trying to devote security precedents in dealing with the inhabitants of the Occupied Territories through laws and resolutions issued by the highest judicial authorities to legitimize their crimes against Palestinians."

Israeli forces also escalated their arrest campaigns during January, seizing more than 540 Palestinians, including more than 50 children under the age of eighteen.

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