[ PIC 23/02/2013 – 06:19 PM ]
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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– A UN report recorded a significant increase in violent clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli forces during the last week.
The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations (OCHA) said in a press release on Saturday that “these clashes were in the context of multiple protests held in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli detention facilities who are currently on hunger strike.”
OCHA’s report showed that over 120 Palestinians, including 19 children, were injured during the West Bank’s clashes, noting that “more than half of (wounded) Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated metal bullets; others sustained injuries as a result of being hit by tear gas canisters, were hit by Israeli forces or suffered from tear gas inhalation.”
This week, OCHA documented six settler-related incidents that led to one injury and damage to Palestinian property.
The Jerusalem Municipality demolished a one-story house in Beit Hanina town in East Jerusalem on the grounds that it was built without an Israeli-issued building permit, which led to the displacement of two families composed of nine members, including five children.
OCHA said it was the 8th building demolished in East Jerusalem since the beginning of 2013, compared with 24 buildings demolished in 2012.
Additionally, the Israeli military issued evacuation orders against 25 dunums of land in the village of Nahhalin and 30 dunums of land in the village of Husan (both in Bethlehem), on grounds that the land has been designated ‘state land’.
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