Al-Haq Field Report on Human Rights Violations in February 2022
Israeli Violations
Killings
During February 2022, five Palestinians were killed, distributed as follows:
Home Demolitions
In February 2022, the Israeli occupying authorities demolished 15 homes, geographically distributed as follows:
According to Oslo designation, home demolitions can be distributed as follows:
Demolition of Public Structures and Other Structures
The Israeli occupying authorities demolished 26 private and public structures other than homes, which can be distributed as follows:
According to Oslo designation, demolished structures can be distributed as follows:
Other Violations[1]
In February 2022, Al-Haq documented dozens of other violations committed by the Israeli occupying authorities, as follows:
|
Location |
Date |
Violation |
|
Gaza |
1 February 2022 |
A sick female child died as the Israeli authorities repeatedly denied her travel permit to be treated in Hebron. |
|
Dheisheh Camp |
3 February 2022 |
The IOF broke into a house in Dheisheh Camp and arrested his owner. |
|
Beita |
4 February 2022 |
The IOF suppressed the weekly protest in Al-Houta area in the south of Beita, located in the southeast of Nablus, protesting against the establishment of Avitar Outpost. A number of live ammunition- caused injuries were recorded. |
|
Khirbet Ibziq |
8 February 2022 |
The IOF forced the families of the area of Ibziq to leave the place under the pretext of conducting military trainings. |
|
Sa’er |
8 February 2022 |
Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian with stones, batons and sharp instrument, leaving him with different injuries including fractures and bruises. |
|
Bardalah |
9 February 2022 |
Israeli tanks and military tracked vehicles destroyed the agricultural crop in the area of Attabaqa near Bardalah in the northern Jordan Valley, as they were conducting military trainings. |
|
Kisan |
11 February 2022 |
Israeli settlers attacked some shepherds in the village of Kisan in the east of Bethlehem. The Israeli police detained a farmer for four hours, took his affidavit on the attack then released him. |
|
The Mediterranean Sea |
14 February 2022 |
The Israeli boats arrested seven Palestinian fishermen, including three children, shot five of them with rubber bullets and confiscated their boat while fishing near Al-Waha coast in the north of the Gaza Strip. |
|
Khirbet Makhoul |
16 February 2022 |
Israeli settlers physically assaulted a Palestinian in the area of Makhoul in the northern Jordan Valley. |
|
Aida Camp |
17 February 2022 |
The IOF arrested a Palestinian youth from his house in Aida refugee camp in the north of Bethlehem. He was released the next day. |
|
Al-Asakra |
17 February 2022 |
The IOF assaulted a Palestinian man while in Al-Asakra area in the east of Bethlehem. A military carrier hit his car then the soldiers stepped out of it and started beating him. |
|
Beita |
18 February 2022 |
The IOF suppressed a peaceful protest in the south of Beita. As a result, a paramedic was wounded in his shoulder. |
|
Sinjil |
18 February 2022 |
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian farmers while working in their own lands in the village of Sinjil. |
|
Beit Fujjar |
19 February 2022 |
The IOF arrested a Palestinian youth from his house in the village of Beit Fujjar in the south of Bethlehem. |
|
Al-Lubban Al-Sharqia |
20 February 2022 |
Israeli settlers threw stones towards a Palestinian while driving his private car, broke its windshield glass and hit him with a stone in his face. This happened near the village’s secondary girls’ school in the south of Nablus. |
|
Tubas |
22 February 2022 |
The IOF broke into a house of two blind women and used a police dog in doing so, without taking into consideration their special circumstances. |
|
Beit Fujjar |
23 February 2022 |
The IOF attacked a Palestinian child by opening fire towards him and beating him, thus, he was wounded with a rubber bullet in his right leg. |
|
Dhahr Al-Abed |
23 February 2022 |
An Israeli military force, accompanied by the Israeli civil administration, prevented the village’s council from digging a water collecting well, under the pretext of not having a permit and working in area C. |
Violations by the Palestinian Authority and de facto authority in the Gaza Strip[2]
During the month of February 2022, Al-Haq documented a number of violations committed by Palestinian Authorities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Most notably:
|
Perpetrator |
Date |
Violation |
|
The Palestinian Police |
1 February 2022 |
Members of the Palestinian police opened fire towards a number of Tawjihi students who were peacefully protesting in Tubas. |
|
Palestinian Land Authority- Gaza |
6 February 2022 |
The Palestinian Land Authority in Gaza levelled a land in Al-Mwassi area in the west of Khan Younis, claiming that it is a state land. |
|
The Internal Security Service |
13 February 2022 |
The internal security service in Gaza arrested a retired colonel/ Aqid in the PA, residing in Al-Maghazi camp. His family knew nothing about the way he was arrested, the reasons behind this arrest or the detention circumstances. |
|
The Palestinian Police |
22 February 2022 |
The Palestinian police in the Gaza Strip physically assaulted a Palestinian. This happened while Khan Younis municipality was attempting to confiscate his vehicle. Moreover, the police arrested his brother without having any official arrest warrant. |