International Press Center: 2380 Israeli attacks killed 49 Palestinians in June

Monday July 16, 2007 11:52 by Nisreen Qumsieh - IMEMC News

Israeli military forces carried out last month some 2380 attacks on Palestinian lands killing 49 and wounding 147 Palestinians, said the Gaza-based International Press Center (IPC) in a report issued on Monday.

The data, assembled by Fayez Abu Rezeq of the National Information Center at the organization, includes Israeli violence against Palestinians in the form of shelling neighborhoods, random shootings, ongoing invasions of the Palestinian towns and cities, establishing checkpoints at roads, closures of travel passages, and land confiscation among other attacks.

The report also cites detention of civilians at checkpoints, closures of international crossings, the continuous construction of the illegal Annexation wall, and 34 settlers’ attacks against unarmed Palestinians.

According to IPC, Israeli attacks against the Palestinians from the beginning of 2007 till June total 30930, including 1538 shootings, which killed 166 and wounded 889 Palestinians. Israeli forces also established 2903 flying checkpoints and kidnapped 2925 Palestinians. Campaigns to bulldoze arable lands and raze trees have been
carried out 83 times. Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians 143 so far this year.

Israeli military forces used all their military potentials against unarmed civilians, in addition to the ongoing arbitrary procedures cause enormous property losses to the Palestinians, concluded Abu Rezeq.

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