Protection of Civilians Weekly Report | 24 - 30 September 2008

A search operation conducted in Ni’lin village, resulted in clashes between IDF soldiers and Palestinian residents, during which four Palestinian males were injured. Three other people were injured in the village, and several others suffered from tear gas inhalation, during anti-Barrier demonstrations. Due to the ongoing conflict between Ramallah and Gaza authorities, Gaza Water Utility continued being denied the fuel supply required to operate water wells and waste-water pumping stations. This crisis resulted in the total depletion of the fuel reserves at half of the drinking water wells, a situation which may result in an interruption in water supply to hundreds of thousands of people if there is an electricity outage