Following a bombing in Tel Aviv on 17 April 2006, the Israeli government decided on a series of retaliatory measures against Palestinian civilians, including separating the north and south of the West Bank; denial of access of Palestinian workers to their work places inside Israel; and increasing extra-judicial executions.

• A Palestinian child killed by IOF in Beit Lahia and a Palestinian activist died from a previous wound.

• 41 Palestinians, including 19 children, were wounded by the IOF gunfire.

• IOF continued to shell Palestinian areas in the Gaza Strip, especially the northern area, putting Palestinian homes at risk.

• IOF conducted 35 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, particularly Nablus.

• 74 Palestinian civilians, including 11 children, were arrested by IOF.

• Wives and mothers of allegedly wanted Palestinians were arrested by IOF and one has remained in custody.

• 10 houses were transformed by IOF into military sites.

• IOF have continued to impose a total siege on the OPT; IOF have closed border crossings of the Gaza Strip; the north of the West Bank has been separated from the south; and IOF arrested 8 Palestinian civilians, including two children, at checkpoints in the West Bank.

• IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall in the West Bank; IOF have closed outlets on the section of the Wall between Qalandya checkpoint and the Dahiat al-Barid area.

• Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property in the OPT; the settlers violently beat a Palestinian civilian and his child in Hebron.
   

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Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rightst