דוח שבועי בנושא הגנה על אזרחים | 20-26 מאי 2009

During the reporting period, 23 Palestinians, including eight children, were injured by Israeli security forces in various incidents throughout the West Bank. Israeli settler violence affecting Palestinian farmers working in agricultural land in the vicinity of settlements in southern and northern areas of the West Bank continues. East Jerusalem vandalism and Hebron access restrictions against Palestinians during Israel?s ?Jerusalem Day?. Israeli Border Police shut down cultural event in East Jerusalem. During the reporting period, two alleged armed militants were killed in an armed clash with Israeli forces near Kerem Shalom Crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, and seven Palestinians were killed and four others were injured in incidents related to tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. Israeli restrictions on Palestinian access to land and sea in the Gaza Strip continue.