Israeli Forces Killed 277 Palestinians in Tulkarem


	An elderly Palestinian man argues with an Israeli soldier to enter Jerusalem through a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Bethlehem


	Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian boy during clashes in the Old City of Jerusalem near the Lions Gate


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Reports
Israeli Forces Killed 277 Palestinians in Tulkarem since the beginning of the Intifada
277 citizens including 44 children under 18 years old have been killed in Tulkarem province since the outbreak of Al Aqsa Intifada on September 28, 2000. A report prepared by IPC in Tulkarem revealed also that Israeli forces extra-judicially executed 52 Palestinians, including four children. IPC report also stated that reported that the last of these extrajudicial executions in Tulkarem resulted in the death of four teenagers; Anas Abu Zaina 17, Mohammed Othman 17, Mohammed Ihdeeb, 16 and Majd Hassan, 18, and the injury of Tareque Zayet, 18, and Samer Merey, 15. The report highlighted that the Israeli attack against the residents of Tulkarem refugee camp indicated that Israel didn't respect the international laws and human rights according to Article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibited and forbad any attack against civilians and considered it as war crimes. Also, the 3rd article of Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 laid down that everyone has his right of freedom and personal security. The residents of Tulkarem asserted that Israeli forces extra-judicially executed Palestinians on purpose and with cold blood, despite that some of them were "not wanted" and unarmed. The father of slain teen Abu Zaina said that his son was killed by the Israeli fire despite being unwanted, and asserted that he would complain to the Israeli forces in international courts and demand the Palestinian Authority and international community to reveal the Israeli racist war against Palestinians.