The Israeli Colonization activities in the Palestinian Territories during the 4th quarter of 2003

October – December 2003

This report highlights the chronology of events concerning colonizing activities in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip that occurred during the months of July to September. It describes and evaluates events and their effects on the Palestinian communities and predicts the repercussions expected in the future as a result of those events.

Contents:

1. Chronology of events in the West Bank during the 4th Quarter of 2003

Chronology of events during the month of October 2003

Chronology of events during the month of November 2003

Chronology of events during the month of December 2003

2. Chronology of events in Jerusalem during the 4th Quarter of 2003

Chronology of events during the month of October 2003

Chronology of events during the month of November 2003

Chronology of events during the month of December 2003

3. Chronology of events in the Gaza Strip during the 4th Quarter of 2003

Chronology of events during the month of October 2003

Chronology of events during the month of November 2003

Chronology of events during the month of December 2003

1-Chronology of events in the West Bank during the 4th Quarter of 2003.

Map of the West Bank

For background information on the West Bank . The Israeli violations that were reported between the months of July to September are reported in the following tables.

Table 1: Chronology of events in the West Bank during the month of October 2003

Date	Violation	Location	Violators
1-October	C- Constructing a new military road of 300m length and 10m width in.	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-October	S- 200 dunums of lands cultivated with Olive and Almond trees are to be isolated. Lands belong to Jaber, At Talhamy and Abu Karsh families	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
3-October	O- closing the door entrances of three houses with cement blocks to provide security to the nearby outposts and military bases	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
6-October	D- Demolishing the house of Martyr Hanadi Jradat displacing 8 dwellers	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
6-October	D- Demolishing the house of Amjad Ahmad Issa Obayde turning it to a heap of rubble	Jenin, Zububa village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
6-October	S- razing 100 dunums of lands from the 300 dunums confiscated last year owned by Al Sha'our family to expand Sinsana settlement	Hebron	The Israeli Bulldozers
7-October	U- Uprooting 700 Olive and Almond trees in Al Mugheir village near Ramallah governorate under the pretext of providing protection for settlers. Trees owned by Khaled 'Asaf, Saleh Abu 'Ali and 'Abed El Rahman Sa'id	Ramallah	The Israeli troops
9-October	S-razing 4 dunums of lands cultivated with Olive trees to erect a military post;	Bethlehem, Al Mashahed area	The Israeli bulldozers
9-October	S- some areas were also razed in to continue constructing the Segregation Wall path in the area	Bethlehem, Al Nu'man and Al Khas villages	The Israeli Bulldozers
10-October	D- handing the owners of 10 Commercial stores demolition orders under the pretext of being unlicensed	Jenin, Barta'a Esh Sharqiya village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
11-October	E- Application Tenders to build 530 housing units in Betar Illit settlement	Bethlehem	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
12-October	O- Taking over the house of Nizar Al Fara turning it to a military watch point	Qalqilyia	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
16-October	S- Razing some agricultural lands at favour of expanding the settlement borders.	Hebron, Dura city and Al Rehiya village	The Israeli bulldozers
16-October	S- Razing lands to replace the earth-red checkpoint with Iron Gate and to construct a military point.	Hebron, Al Fawar camp-Dura	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
16-October	O- Aggression on 70 dunums of agricultural lands and setting fire in 400 Olive trees. Lands belong to 'Atta Muhammad Hussein Shqeir	Salfit, Az Zawiya village	The Israeli settlers
17-October	S- Razing tens of dunums of agricultural land. Lands belong to S'oud Ahmad Khalaf.	Nablus, Wad Qana in Dier Istiya city	The Israeli bulldozers
21-October	O- breaking into the Shepherds TV in Bethlehem city causing severe damages to the properties	Bethlehem	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
21-October	S- razing 36 dunums of land at favour of constructing the '1750m length and 8m height' Segregation	Bethlehem	The Israeli Bulldozers
22-October	D- dynamiting a number of commercial stores among the residents, Yousef Zohair and Al Mugheir family were known	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
22-October	D- Demolishing three-storey house composed of 6 apartments owned by the family of Shadi Ghaleb Abu Shkhadim displacing 10 dwellers.	Hebron, Al Hawouz area	The IOF, the Israeli Occupying Forces
22-October	O- taking over the land of Mahmmoud Al Butti Jaber for colonization purposes	Hebron	The Israeli settlers
23-October	D- Dynamiting the two-storey house of Martyr Rafiq Muhammad Qnaybe causing severs damages to a nearby apartment.	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
23-October	D- demolishing the walls that surround the houses of 'Atef and Bassam Abu 'Aysha	Hebron,	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
23-October	S- razing lands in Tel Al Romaida area near Ramat Yeshay outpost	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
28-October	O- aggression on lands and uprooting 200 Olive trees	Nablus, 'Einabus village	The settlers
29-October	D- demolishing the house of Amjad Al 'Obaidy in Zububa village located 1km away from 'Askar camp	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
31-October	O- Taking over the house of Radi Hamid Abu 'Aysha and transferred it into a military barrack.	Hebron, Tel Rumida neighbourhood	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)

Table 2: Chronology of events in the West Bank during the month of November 2003

Date	Violation	Location	Violators
1-November	E- damaged tens of Olive, Almond and Figs trees cultivated in tens of dunums of land at favor of taking over the lands and join them to the settlement	Ramallah	The settlers of Hallamish settlement
3-November	O- dynamiting a house after planting it with heavy explosives	Qalqilyia	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
3-November	O- turning Al-Safa building into a military barrack	Tulkarm	The Israeli troops
4-November	S- take over 4000 dunums of agricultural land and devour and threaten 11,000 dunums of lands	Bethlehem District	Israel
5-November	O- causing severe damages to one of the houses	Tulkarm	The Israeli bulldozers
5-November	S-erect several numbers of trenches with 6m width and 3m depth in	Nablus, Al Zuyout Street in Balata refugee camp	The Israeli bulldozers
5-November	D- took over Al Maqboul, Dwaykat, Al Tamam and Mtaw' buildings	Nablus	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
5-November	S- Razing several numbers of dunums at favor to join lands to the mentioned settlement	Hebron, Al Ramaden village	The settlers of Sinsana settlement
6-November	D- dynamiting the house of Ibrahim Mer'i Hamed after planting it with heavy explosive devices forcing dwellers to evacuate the house under the threat of weapons	Ramallah, Silwad village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
6-November	O-put fire in 50 dunums of agricultural land cultivated with Olive trees	Nablus, Tell village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
6-November	S- take over 424 dunums of agricultural land at favor of providing security to the settlers in the area	Tubas, Bardala, Al Raba, Al Mugheir and Tubas	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
6-November	U- uprooting thousands of Olive trees	Hebron, Bani Na'im town	The settlers of Bani Havor settlement
7-November	O- thousands of dunums are going to be isolated inside the path borders	Tubas	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
7-November	O- taking over several numbers of buildings and transferring them to a military barracks	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
7-November	O- threatening to demolish some houses	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
8-November	D- dynamiting the house of Khitam Mara'ba after planting it with heavy explosive devices causing sever damages to the nearby houses	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
8-November	D- demolishing of three houses which belong to Taleb, Fawzi and Ibrahim El Sa'di causing severs damages to the nearby houses	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
9-November	E- razing the cemetery at favor to expand the borders of Mevo Horon settlement	Ramallah, Beit Nuba village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
9-November	S- Razing several numbers of Palestinian agricultural land at favor of erecting a new road, providing security to the nearby settlements, as a result	Hebron	Settler of Qariyat Arba' settlement
9-November	O- Tens of dunums will be attached to the settlement borders	Hebron	Settler of Qariyat Arba' settlement
9-November	isolating 16 villages inhabited by 11,000 dwellers.	Jenin	Israel
9-November	1000 fruitful trees were razed	Jenin	Israel
9-November	218 Housing units and commercial stores were demolished	Jenin	Israel
9-November	500 dunums of agricultural land were razed	Jenin	Israel
9-November	36 artesian wells and 121,000 dunums of agricultural land were isolated inside the Segregation Wall path which means 12% of the West Bank area	Jenin	Israel
9-November	D- demolishing the house of Al 'Ebadi family	Jenin	The IOF, the Israeli Occupying Forces
10-November	U-uprooting 200 Olive trees	Nablus, Es Sawiya village	The settlers of Eli settlement
11-November	O- taking over the house of Bassam Issa and turning it to a military barrack	Tulkarm, Dahiyat Irtah	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
11-November	S- razing the agricultural land at favor to expand Sinsana settlement south of the city	Hebron, Al Ramaden area south of Ad Dahiriya	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
12-November	U- uprooting of 225 Olive trees	Nablus, 'Einabus village	The settlers of Yizhar settlement
12-November	S- taking over hundreds of dunums of agricultural land	Jenin, Al Mugheir village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
13-November	S-Confiscation of 860 dunums of agricultural land cultivated with thousands of Olive and figs at favor of constructing the Segregation Wall.	Ramallah, Al-Rantis village	The Israeli Authorities
14-November	C- Starting the construction of Phase three of the Segregation Wall	Ramallah, Rantis village	The Israeli bulldozers
15-November	S- Take over 6.3 dunums of lands at favor to erect 4km trench and to expand the borders of Eli settlement	Nablus, Al Luban El Sharqiya village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
15-November	C- construction of a new military checkpoint on the Palestinian land and supplied it with Cement blocks	Jenin, Al Jalma village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
16-November	C- razing the land at favor of constructing a military tower	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
16-November	C- constructed a military tower on 5 dunums of lands	Hebron, Beit 'Awa city	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
16-November	S- 36% of the area in Hebron governorate is going to be taken for the Segregation Wall and 64% of the area will be inside of its borders	Hebron	The high committee of land defense
16-November	Uprooting of 300 Olive and Almond trees at favor of constructing a military watch point.	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
16-November	U- Uprooting more than 250 of Olive trees	Nablus, Kafl Haris town
18-November	C-taking over 25 Hick tars (250 dunums) of agricultural lands for security reasons	Tulkarm	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
18-November	D- completely demolished 3 houses and another house is partially demolished	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
19-November	C- Construction of a military watch point	Tubas, Al Beqi'a valley	The Israeli troops
20-November	S- erecting a new 600m length bypass road at favor of connecting Sinsana settlement and other lands which were confiscated a time before and to erect a new outpost northeast of the mentioned settlement	Hebron, Al Ramaden village	Israeli settlers
21-November	S- theft more than 5000 small Olive trees from the lands of north of Ramallah district estimating them of 6000-7000 Olive tanks	Ramallah, Turmus'ayya and Al Mugheir villages	settlers of Shevot Rahal and Shilo settlements
21-November	O- Completely isolating 25 houses	Nablus, Deir Balout village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
21-November	D- house demolition	Hebron, Yatta town	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
22-November	S-construct two parts of the Segregation Wall at favor to continue constructing phase three of the Wall, as a result 42 villages will be isolated west and east of the district and thousands of Olive trees will be uprooted	Ramallah	Israel
22-November	C- took over 300mÃ?Â² of lands for the security fence between Qayat 'Arba' settlement and the Palestinian houses in the area, and by this violent process the total number of confiscated lands reached to 70 dunums of lands in the city	Hebron,	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
23-November	O- razing of 30 dunums of lands mostly cultivated with Olive trees	Nablus	The settlers in JilÃ?Â¢??ad outpost
23-November	D- razing some land	Jenin	The Israeli bulldozers
23-November	U- uprooting several numbers of trees	Jenin	The Israeli bulldozers
28-November	C- construct a tunnel and to open some gates in the Segregation Wall at favor to ease the movement of the Palestinians to the east part of the district	Qalqilyia, Habla village	Israel
28-November	S- confiscating more than 300 dunums of lands	Nablus	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
28-November	D- Dynamiting a house	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
28-November	O- Taking over some houses and turning them into military barracks	Jenin camp	The Israeli bulldozers

Table 3: Chronology of events in the West Bank during the month of December 2003.

Date	Violation	Location	Violators
1-Decmber	D-Demolishing of an old house owned by Al Idres family	Hebron, Al Rajabi area	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	U- uprooting more than 200 Olive tress	Hebron, Beit Ummar	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	O- Destroying 5 dunums of land cultivated with hundreds of Vine trees	Hebron, Beit Ummar	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	C- construction of a 3m high watch point	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	D- dynamiting the second floor of the three-story house of Martyr Ahmad Othman Bader after planting it with heavy explosive devices and forced all dwellers to evacuate the house under the threat of weapons	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	S- confiscation of 450 dunums of lands for the Segregation Wall, 230 dunums of them were cultivated with Olive	Jenin, Jalbun village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	S- razing the 500 dunums of land and uprooting a number of Olive and Citrus trees	Tulkarm, Fir'un village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	S- razing tens of dunums	Tulkarm, Khalet Sarhan	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	D- dynamiting two residential buildings one composed of five stores and the second is composed of two stores which belongs to Al Kiswani family.	Ramallah, Al Masioun neighborhood	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	D- demolishing the second floor of Al Ramahi building along with two other houses owned by Al Derawi family and another house	Ramallah, Al Hadatha neighborhood	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
1-December	S- razing vast areas of land	Ramallah	The Israeli bulldozers
1-December	U- uprooting 35 Olive trees whereas the IOF threatened to uproot thousands of Olive trees in the village under the pretext of its location, close to the Israeli settlements and the bypass roads	Ramallah, 'Aboud village	The Israeli Bulldozers
2-December	S- razing more than 18 dunums of land cultivated with Almond and Tomatoes	Hebron	The Israeli bulldozers
2-December	U- uprooting more than 200 Vine trees in which belong to Omar El Agrab, Fathi and Zeyad Sultan	Hebron, Al Buareh area	The IO bulldozers
2-December	D- demolishing of two houses causing sever damages to the nearby houses	Jenin, Silt El Harthiya	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
2-December	S- razing lands at favor of constructing a new part of the Segregation Wall.	Tulkarm, Zeita village	The Israeli bulldozers
4-December	D- dynamiting the first floor of the two-story house owned by the family of Martyr 'Ala' El Din Shaer Al Faghoury	Hebron, Al SheÃ?Â¢??aba neighborhood	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
4-December	taking over the house of Nasri Da'na	Hebron, Wad El Nasara neighborhood	settlers of Qiryat Arba' and Kharesina
4-December	S- razing of several dunums of agricultural land cultivated with Olive and Almond trees which belong to Musleh family at favor of erecting a 20m width bypass road	Bethlehem, Jabal Ed Dik	The Israeli bulldozers
4-December	O- prohibiting the landlords in 'Azon El 'Atma, Mas-ha and El Zawiya villages from accessing their lands which were segregated inside the borders of the Segregation Wall constructed in the district	Nablus	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
5-December	D- demolishing the house of Mahmoud Daoud under the pretext of not having building license and due to its closeness to the bypass road of Yizhar settlement	Nablus, Burin village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
8-December	D- demolishing the house of 'Ayed Mahmoud 'Abed El Hadi Abu Sharar	Hebron, Faqaqis village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
8-December	O- taking over the house of Subhi Yousef Suleiman and another house owned by Nael 'Aziz Omran	Nablus, Qusen village and Deir El Hatab village	The Israeli troops
9-December	S- taking over more than 10 dunums of land and hindered the landlords from reaching their own land to expand the settlement borders. Land belongs to Rashid 'Arnous and 'Atiya Al Halak	Hebron, Al Rehiya village	The settlers of Hagai settlement
10-December	O- razing more than 40 dunums of land cultivated with Almond, Citrus and Vine trees	Hebron	The Israeli bulldozers
10-December	S- bulldozing several dunums of lands	Nablus	The settlers
10-December	U- uprooting hundreds of olive trees owned by Palestinians in a plan to establish a new settlement in the area	Nablus	The settlers
12-December	D- dynamiting the two-story house of Martyr Majed Abu Dosh	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
12-December	S- Threatening to confiscate 367 dunums of land	Qalqiliya	The Israeli chief commander Moshi Keplenski
13-December	S- Taking over 1750 dunums of agricultural land cultivated with Olive, Almond and Vine trees at favor of constructing 'Shivot Rahal' outpost and to connect it with the nearby Shilo settlement and the rest of the settlements in the eastern Valleys to then reach the green line. The Lands belong to more than 250 owners	Ramallah	The Israeli settlers
13-December	C- continue constructing the new military base 'Mizpe Ghernet' located on the hilltop of Wad El Qa'a near Kfar Adumim settlement in the east	Ramallah	The Israeli settlers
14-December	D- Threatening to demolish some houses under the pretext of not having a building license	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
15-December	S- confiscating more than 500 dunums of land	Tulkarm, Baqa Esh Sharqiya and Jet village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
16-December	O- razing more than 10 dunums of agricultural land which belong to Abu Senanih family	Hebron, Yatta town	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
16-December	O- relinquishing Havat Shaked the indiscriminate settlement	Nablus	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
17-December	O- 314,765 dunums of land were razed for the Segregation Wall and 7580 dunums were isolated inside its borders; 16415 trees were uprooted, 15753 of them were Olive	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
17-December	16415 trees were uprooted, 15753 of them were Olive	Jenin	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
17-December	S- Razing more than 60 dunums of agricultural land cultivated with more than 300 Olive trees	Bethlehem, Wad Fuqin village	The Israeli bulldozers
17-December	S- razing agricultural land which belongs to Musa Mustafa El Huroub and Saleh Suleiman El Huroub.	Bethlehem, Al Wa'ra area	The Israeli bulldozers
17-December	O- hindering 20 landowners from accessing their own lands district for colonizing purposes, preparing to confiscate the land	Ramallah, Al Midya and Ni'lin villages	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
17-December	The IOF incurred into Balata camp and took over several numbers of buildings such as Mesmar, Ad Desuqi, Al Barq, Dwekat and Maqboul and turned them into military base (barracks	Nablus	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
18-December	O- threatening to confiscate more than 300 dunums of agricultural land	Hebron, At Tiba and Khalet El Dab'a	The Israeli chief commander of the West Bank Moshe Kalpinski
18-December	D- demolishing of a wall that surrounds the Elementary school in the town, causing sever damages to the properties	Jenin, Silat El Harithiya	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
18-December	O- rebuilding the indiscriminate Havat Shaked settlement near Nablus after relinquishing it by the IOF days ago	Nablus	The Israeli settlers
20-December	O- added tens of caravans to Shilo, Ofra and Shevut Rahel settlements built on lands of Turmus 'Aya, Qaryout, Jalout, Al Mugheir and Singil villages between Ramallah and Nablus. Quds	Ramallah	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
21-December	O- Handing a military order to confiscate a 5 dunums of agricultural land to construct an Electric station to supply the nearby settlements with electricity.	Bethlehem, Hussan village	The Israeli authotirties
21-December	O- taking over the house of Rafeq Haykal Dmari, turning it to a military barrack	Tulkarm	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
22-December	D- demolishing of a Gas station of Ibrahim Al Barath'i	Hebron, Halhul	The IOF backed with the Israeli bulldozers
22-December	O- taking over an apartment building for military use	Nablus, Huwwara	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
23-December	D- demolished the house of Ahmad Talab Jradat under the pretext of being unlicensed; the house is located 300m away from the Israeli military road 60 on the western part of the town	Hebron, the town of Sa'ir	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
23-December	D- Demolishing of two houses in owned by Akram Muhammad Saleh Taleb and Nayef 'Abed El Karim Saleh Taleb.	Jenin, Al 'Aqaba village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
23-December	D- Demolishing two houses owned by Nidal 'Azam Badawi and Khairey Mahmoud Nofal.	Nablus	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
24-December	razed more than 10 dunums of agricultural land cultivated with Almond and Grapes near Qiryat Arba' settlement which belong to Al Ja'bari and Idres families	Hebron	The Israeli bulldozers
24-December	razed 50 dunums of lands cultivated with Grapes and Vegetables	Hebron	The Israeli bulldozers
24-December	S- razing 28 dunums of Land belonging to Beneditto family at favor of expanding the Segregation Wall Borders.	Bethlehem	The IO bulldozers, the Israeli occupying bulldozers
24-December	S- taking over 300 dunums of land north of Halmish settlement for colonial reasons	Ramallah	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
25-December	U- Threatening to uproot hundreds of Olive trees	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
25-December	D- Handing owners of 10 houses and barracks in demolition orders under the pretext of not having building permits.	Qalqiliya	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
27-December	O- erecting a new road on lands located 300m away from the Israeli military road 60	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
27-December	dynamiting a two-story house of Martyr Sa'id Kamal Gamel Hanahi displacing 6 dwellers	Nablus, Beit Furik	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
28-December	D- dynamiting a two-story house of Hashim Daoud Abu Hamdan from Balata refugee camp, whereby the house of Khalil Marshoud is threatened to be demolished	Nablus	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
28-December	D- dynamited a three-story house of Nader Abu Layl causing severe damages to the houses of 'Abed El Hai Abu Layl and Marwan Abu Layl in addition to an electronic store in the old city of Nablus	Nablus, Balata refugee camp	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
28-December	D- Threatening to demolish the house of resident Yousef Saleh 'Amir and three other barracks under the pretext of not having building permits	Qalqiliya, Mas-ha village
30-December	O- razing of 100 dunums of land	Hebron	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
30-December	D- threatening to demolish 6 houses under the pretext that they are unlicensed	Hebron, Al Burj town	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
30-December	O- Handing the residents Nidal Mizher Abu 'Antar and Khalil Marshoud military orders to demolish their houses	Nablus, Balata Refugee camp	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
31-December	S- razing several dunums of lands	Ramallah	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)
31-December	U- uprooting 40 Olive tree which belong to Ahmad Muhammad 'Abed El Rahman at favor of the Segregation Wall	Ramallah, Budrus village	The IOF (Israeli Occupying Forces)

2-Chronology of events in Jerusalem during the 4th Quarter of 2003

Table 4: Chronology of events in Jerusalem during the month of October 2003

Date	Violation	Location	Violators
8-October	D- Demolishing the house of Ahmad Abu Shafe' without pre-notification under the pretext of not having building permits after forcing the seven dwellers of the house to evacuate it under the threat of weapons	Jerusalem, Silwan neighborhood	The Israeli troops
12-October	C- constructing a house in the Islamic neighborhood memorializing the first Jewish settler who was killed in the old city in the year 1936	Jerusalem, the old city	'Aterat Kohonaim, a religious Jewish Committee
13-October	C- starting the construction of a 4m height Segregation Wall between Nertzva settlement and the Arabic Shneir neighborhood inside the Israeli borders	Jerusalem, Al Lid city	The Israeli authorities
13-October	tens of families in the unrecognized villages in Negev demolition orders conducted under the pretext of being unlicensed	Jerusalem	The IOF ( Israeli Occupying Forces)
19-October	The 8km Segregation Wall Israel is willing to construct on the lands of As Sawahira El Sharqiya city will devour 400 dunums of the lands and uproot thousands of trees	Jerusalem	Israeli plans
21-october	S- Razing up 200 dunums of agricultural land uprooted approximately 500 olive trees. Lands belong Muhammad, Ahmad, 'Atta Allah 'Abed 'Atta Allah I'wesat, Omar Suliman, Muslim, Yousef 'Ali Abu Hussein and Mas'oud Abu Hussein at favor of the Segregation Wall path	Jerusalem, Al Sawahra Al Sharqeia	Israeli Occupation Bulldozers
23-October	D- Demolishing a two- storey house under construction. Houses belong to Muhammad Khader 'Abed El Jawad and Lafi 'Eid.	Jerusalem, Dahiyat El Salam 'Inata El Jadeda'	The IOF ( Israeli Occupying Forces)
23-October	D- Demolishing the wall that surrounds a house under the pretext of not having building permits.	Jerusalem, Al Qasaba neighborhood in Beit Hanina city	The Israeli Bulldozers
24-October	D- Demolishing a building composed of two apartments which belongs to Rafiq Ahmad Abu Sninah under the pretext of being unlicensed	Jerusalem, Beit Hanina city	The IOF ( Israeli Occupying Forces)

Table 5: Chronology of events in Jerusalem during the month of November 2003

Date	Violation	Location	Violators
1-November	D- demolishing of the house of Muhammad Abu Hamdan	Jerusalem, Hizma town	Israeli occupying forces
7-November	D- demolition of the family of Sharefa house	Jerusalem, the old city	Jerusalem court center
10-November	C- construction of a 70km length of Segregation Wall which begins from El Kana settlement to Jerusalem city	Jerusalem	Israel
10-November	O- 9 plaestinian families were handed military orders to evacuate their houses	Jerusalem	The Municipality of Jerusalem
11-November	O- The Segregation Wall path will include a wide swath of territory.	East of Jerusalem	The Israeli defense establishment
14-November	O-the palestinians handed an appeal for the evacuation of Neve Iriz outpost constructed 3 years ago on their 160 dunums of lands, at the same time landlords were hindered to reach their thousands of dunums of land	Jerusalem, Mekhmas village	The Israeli Supreme Court
15-November	C- construction of the new 'Nov Zahav' neighborhood on 114 dunums of lands as well as building 550 Housing Units in the neighborhood	Jerusalem, Jabal al-Mukabbir	Israeli Government
20-November	O- 1000 dunums are threatened to be confiscated for the building of the segregation wall	Jerusalem, Al'Azzariya	The Israeli Supreme court and the IOF
20-November	C- Preparing an area for the building of the segregation wall	Jerusalem, the area between Dahiyat Al Barid and Qalandiya	The IOF ( Israeli Occupying Forces)
21-November	C- confiscation of 450 dunums of agricultural land	Jerusalem, Qatana village	The IOF ( Israeli Occupying Forces)
21-November	D- 7 houses are threatened to be demolished in the area	Jerusalem, Qatana village	The IOF ( Israeli Occupying Forces)
22-November	O- erect a 13m width trench and build a new parking in the same neighborhood	Jerusalem, the old city	The Municipality of Jerusalem
29-November	C- Construction of new colonization projects on Palestinian lands which will contain 7500 housing unit	Jerusalem	The Municipality of Jerusalem

Table 6: Chronology of events in Jerusalem during the month of December 2003

Date	Violation	Location	Violators
1-December	S- razing agricultural land cultivated with Olive trees which belongs to Ahmad 'Eid Zahayka at favor of construction the new settlement 'Nov Zahav', the Golden view	Jerusalem, Al Mukabbir Mountain	The Israeli bulldozers
2-December	D- Demolishing the house of Nifoth Bader Al Ragabi after forcing 13 dwellers of the house to evacuate the house under the threat of weapons. By this, the number of houses demolished in Jerusalem reached to 109 houses since the beginning of Year 2003	Jerusalem, Nesayba neighborhood	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
9-December	D- demolishing the house of Nayef 'Ali Mlehat under the pretext of its location close to a military bypass road	Jerusalem, Beir Nabala village	The Israeli authorities
9-December	O- sealing the house of prisoner Ahmad 'Adel Jaber Sa'adeh with Cement, causing severe damages to the properties	Jerusalem, At Tur neighborhood	The Israeli troops
9-December	D- Demolishing two residential buildings 'under construction' under the pretext of not having building permits; thus displacing 23 dwellers. The two residential Buildings belong to Omran Jaber and Salameh Al Kuz	Jerusalem, Al Ashqariya neighborhood in Beit Hanina city	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
9-December	C- constructing a hedge and a gate on the entrance of the village	Jerusalem, 'Anata village	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
10-December	D- demolishing three houses and two barracks owned by Muhammad 'Ali Muhammad Mlehat, Younis Muhammad Mlehat, MerÃ?Â¢??i Muhammad and Fatma Al Khalayfeh	Jerusalem, Beir Nabala	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
10-December	D- Demolishing the house of 'Adnan Shahen, displacing 8 dwellers.	Jerusalem, Wad Qadum area	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
10-December	D- Demolishing a house owned by Fayez Esh Shewayki under the pretext of not having building permits.	Jerusalem, Silwan town	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
10-December	D- Demolishing a commercial store and a two-story Aluminum store owned by Muhammad, 'Abed and Fuad Abu Farha	Jerusalem, Beir Nabala city	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
10-December	D- demolishing the house of Ahmad El Safadi causing sever damages to other 5 neighbouring houses in the area	Nablus, 'Urif village	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
12-December	O- Threatening 70 families to evacuate their place of residence soon for the Segregation Wall process	Jerusalem,'Anata village	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
16-December	O- sealing the first floor of 'Abed Allah Al Sharbati house	Jerusalem, Wad El Juz neighborhood	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
18-December	D- demolishing the two-story house of Osama and Murshed Muhammad Hassan Al 'Ajloni under the pretext of not having building permits, whereby 6 houses in the same neighborhood are threatened to be demolished under the same pretext	Jerusalem, Tel El Ful neighborhood in Beit Hanina city	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
23-December	D- Demolishing three houses without a pre-notification and under the pretext of not having building permits. Houses belong to: Khalid Hassan Badriya, Ibrahim Mnazil and Hisham Hashim Al Rajabi	Jerusalem, Al Jerusalem, 'Azzariya city	The IOF ( the Israeli Occupying Forces)
31-December	D- Demolishing the house of Issa Mahmoud Al Jabaren under the pretext of not having building permits	Jerusalem, 'Anata village	The Israeli Bulldozers

3- Chronology of events in the Gaza in the 4th Quarter of 2003

Chronology of events in Gaza during the month of October 2003

October 1, 2003

The Israeli occupying forces demolished 18 houses in Block L of Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. As a result, 44 Palestinian families comprising 270 people (most of whom are children) were made homeless.

Table 7: :- details of houses demolished in Block L of Rafah refugee camp: October 1, 2003

Name	House Area	Losses
Mousa Joma'a Hassan Abu Jazar	100-square-meter	2 families (16 people) lived
Hamda Ahmed 'Abdul Karim 'Abdul 'Aal	220-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	3 families (18 people) lived;
Suleiman Hamdan Yousef Abu Jazar	200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	2 families (12 people lived)
Nazmia Mohammed Khalil Abu Jazar,	125-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	2 families (11 people) lived;
Younis Mohammed Salem al-'Arja	100-square-meter house	12 people lived
Saleh Mohammed Salem al-'Arja,	150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	10 people lived;
Khader 'Abdul Hamid Abu Ghali,	156-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	5 people lived
Sarah Ibrahim Shehada Radwan,	170-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	4 families (32 people) lived;
'Aadel 'Abdul Rahman Mohammed Abu Leila	100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed	5 people lived;
Fathi Shafiq Saqer,	100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	7 people lived
Amin Khalil 'Omar Shaqfa,	130-square-meter house	10 people lived
Ahmed 'Ali Khalil Shaqfa,	90-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	one person lived;
Khader Mohammed Hussein al-Habibi	200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	9 people lived;
Shafiq 'Omar Saleh 'Eissa	150-square-meter house	6 families (30 people) live
Rezeq 'Abdul 'Aziz 'Ali al-'Absi,	300-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	6 families (32 people) live;
Mahmoud 'Abdul Hamid Salama Abu Ghali,	120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed	2 families (13 people) live;
'Abdullah Ibrahim Mohammed 'Omran,	140-square-meter, asbestos-roofed	2 families (6 people) live;
Ahmed 'Abdul Latif Jaber Jaber	250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	4 families (4 people) live.

Table 8:- Details of Land confiscated in Al-Satar al-Gharbi area to the northwest of Khan Yunis, October 1, 2003.

No.	Name	Area confiscated	Losses
1.	Mustafa 'Olayan al-Astal	5-donum area of agricultural land	Uprooting of Olive trees and destruction of an irrigation network
2.	Mahmoud Ahmed Zaida.	3-donum area of agricultural land	peppers and destroyed an irrigation network and a water pump

Israeli occupying forces, staged into 'Abu 'Oraif Street to the west of 'Kfar Darom' settlement, southeast of Deir al-Balah and razed areas of Palestinian agricultural land and destroyed some civilian property. Below is a detailed table of total losses

Table 9:- Table of losses 'Abu 'Oraif Street, southeast of Deir al-Balah and al-Brazil neighborhood in the south of Rafah, October 1, 2003

Name.	Area confiscated	Losses
Darwish 'Ouda 'Oraif Abu Munifa	5-donum area	olives, palms and figs
Oraif 'Ouda 'Oraif Abu Munifa	4-donum	palms
'Abdul 'Aziz Nasser al-Louh	Destruction of 31-meter-long fence surrounding a tract	—————–
Fthallah 'Ouda Abu Munifa	5-meter-long fence surrounding a kindergarten	—————–
Hassan Suleiman Abu 'Amra	Destruction of a tractor	——————
Mohammed Yousef Abu 'Amra	Destruction of a tractor
Nazmi and Mohammed 'Eyada al-Akhras	House demolition	2 families (24 people) used to live in the house

Continued Siege on Gaza.

October 3, 2003, the IOF closed all border crossings with Israel, Egypt, and Jordan and have denied access to Palestinian workers who have permits to work in Israel.
October 5, 2003, The IOF imposed internal and external closure on the Gaza Strip and all main roads segregating the Gaza Strip into four isolated Zones.

October 4, 2003

The Israeli occupying forces moved into Zo'rob neighborhood in the southern part of Rafah, adjacent to the Egyptian border and partially demolished a 150-square-meter, uninhabited house owned by 'Abed Rabbu Salman Salim Barhoum.

October 5, 2003

2 Israeli helicopter gun ships fired at a garage in the densely populated area of Al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. The 210-square-meter garage and 3 cars were partially destroyed, along with 5 neighboring houses. The missiles also hit a main electricity transmitter, cutting electricity supplies to the camp and nearby Nusseirat refugee camp for several hours.

Table 10: Details of houses damaged by the Israeli forces in Al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip

Name	Area confiscated	Losses
Ghanem Ibrahim Shahin	150-square-meter, iron-roofed house
Murshed Mohammed Shahin	250-square-meter, 2-storey house	16 people live;
Mohammed Ahmed Shahin	60-square-meter, iron-roofed house	3 people live;
Majed Mohammed Karwat	200-square-meter, 2-storey house	6 people live
Khaled 'Abdullah Abu 'Oraiban	100-square-meter, iron-roofed house	9 people lived

Israeli military bulldozers razed vast areas of agricultural land estimated by 400 dunums in the areas adjacent to Moraj settlement and Sofa roads. Details will be followed later.

Table 11: List of houses demolished Gizan Annajjar, in the south of Khan Yunis: October 6, 2003

Name	Area	Losses
Yaser Yousef Al Banna	200 square meter, iron-roofed, empty bird farm
Salah Sulaiman D'ib	120 Square meter, asbestos-roofed house	13 people lived
Zuhair Isma'il Al Hams	150 Square meter, asbestos-roofed house	Uninhabited
'Atiya Fusaifes	150 Square meter, asbestos-roofed house (partially demolished)	8 people lived

October 9, 2003

Israeli occupying bulldozers, moved into 'Oraiba area in the northwest of Rafah and demolished an 80-square-meter house owned by Mahmoud Ahmed Mohammed Dahliz and also leveled areas of Palestinian agricultural land, which they had already razed.

October 10, 2003

Israeli bulldozers staged into Blocks L and J of Rafah refugee camp, adjacent to the Egyptian border and completely demolished 90 houses, partially destroyed 80 others, and destroyed various buildings and aspects of civilian infrastructure. Seven civilian vehicles and a concrete factory were also destroyed in addition to a mosque and Al-Amal Rehabilitation Center. Most of the demolitions began while the families were still inside their homes.

The Israeli occupying forces moved into Beith Hanoun, to the north of Gaza Strip and destroyed a well owned by the heirs of Tawfiq 'Abdul Hadi Hamad. The well had recently been repaired after being by the Israeli forces on a previous occasion.

Table 12: Details of losses due to the Israeli incursion into Gizan al-Najjar area in the south of Khan Yunis, October 10, 2003

Name

Area

Losses

Khalil Mohammed al-Najjar.

500-square-meter, iron-roofed cow farm

Hanzal Ahmed al-Sha'er.

2-donum area of agricultural land

Vegetables were uprooted

They also destroyed the electricity network for the area.

Table 13: Details of losses caused by the Israeli Occupying forces during an incursion to areas southeast of Deir Al Balah, October 13, 2003

Name	Area	Losses
Ibrahim 'Abdul Rahman Hussein Bashir	a 70-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house. 140-meter-long fence	2 people lived. 2 water motors, 2 water tanks and uprooted 11 olive trees.
Subhia 'Atiya Hassan Abu Muneefi,	70-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	4 people lived.
Saher 'Abdul Karim Suleiman al-Atrash.	a 10-meter-long fence and an iron gate
Nawaf 'Abdul 'Azim Jaber Abu 'Owaimer.	a 25-meter-long fence
Mahmoud 'Ouda Ahmed Abu Samra	a 500-square-meter factory of greenhouses, a 500-square-meter agricultural nursery, demolished 2 bird farms	15 sheep were killed
——————–	2-donum area of agricultural land and destroyed a well, 4 agricultural stores and a 400-meter-long fence.	Guava and Olive trees
Owned by 'Akkila Fuel Company	500-square-meter area of agricultural land and destroyed 3 gas pumps, an air pump, an electricity network and a 20-meter-long fence	Palm trees
Mousa Jarad 'Abed Rabbu Mousa	750-square-meter area of agricultural land	Citrus trees
Ahmed Mahmoud 'Ali al-Zurai'ei.	500-square-meter area of agricultural land and destroyed a 35-meter-long fence	palms, figs and olives
'Ali 'Erfan Abu Muneefi	1-donum area and 18-square-meter agricultural store	palms, figs and olives
'Ali Mohammed 'Ali Abu Qassem	1-donum area	palms, figs and olives
Yahia 'Abdul Rahman Bashir.	500-square-meter area	palms, figs and olives owned by Yahia 'Abdul Rahman Bashir.
'Oraif 'Ouda 'Oraif Abu Muneefi	2.5-donum area	palms, figs and olives, and destroyed a car

Table 14: Details of houses demolished in an Israeli incursion to Zou'rob neighborhood, southwest of Rafah, October 20, 2003.

Name	Area	Losses
Abed Rabbu Suleiman Salim Barhoum	A 150-square-meter	asbestos-roofed uninhabited
Fadhiya Suleiman Barhoum	An 80-square-meter	asbestos-roofed house in which 3 people lived
'Abdul Karim Suleiman Isma'il Barhoum	150-square-meter	asbestos-roofed house in which 5 people lived
Suleiman 'Abdul Karim Suleiman Barhoum	A 150-square-meter	asbestos-roofed house in which 4 people lived.
'Adnan 'Abdul Karim Suleiman Barhoum	A 150-square-meter	asbestos-roofed house in which 9 people lived.
Hadi Joma'a Suleiman Barhoum	A 180-square-meter	asbestos-roofed house in which 2 people lived.

Table 15: Details of Lands razed and trees uprooted by the Israeli bulldozers during an Incursion to Jabalya town, east of the northern Gaza, October 22, 2003.

Name	Area	Losses
Hussein Mohammed Dardouna.	Razing of 2.5-donum area of agricultural land	Olive and Citrus trees were uprooted.
Hassan Yousef al-Batash	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	Olive and Citrus trees were uprooted.
Hassan 'Ali al-Batash.	Razing of 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted.
Ramadan Shaker Khader	Razing of 1.5-donum area of agricultural land planted	Olive and Citrus trees were uprooted.
Sa'id Shaker Khader	Razing of 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	Olive and Citrus trees were uprooted.
Na'im Khader	Razing of 3-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted.
Shafiq Junaid	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted.
Sha'ban Junaid	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted
'Addas Junaid	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted.
No'man al-Zain	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land and destruction of a water well.	Olive trees were uprooted

Table 16: Details of land razed by the Israeli bulldozers in Al Satar Al Gharbi and Al Qarara areas, northwest of Khan Yunis, October 23, 2003.

Name	Area and type of violation	Losses
Heirs of 'Othman Ahmed Al-'Abadla.	Razing of 9-donum area of agricultural	Citrus trees were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
Mohammed 'Othman al-Ã?Â¢??Abadla.	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	Citrus and Palm trees were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
Yousef Salman Mustafa al-Astal	Razing of 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	Tomatoes and palms were uprooted and a greenhouse, a water pump and an irrigation network were destroyed.
Mustafa Ahmed Mohammed al-Astal	Razing of 2.5-donum area of agricultural land	tomatoes were uprooted and 2 greenhouses, an irrigation network, a water pump and a room were destroyed.
'Abed Rabbu 'Ali Zhaher al-Astal.	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	peppers were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
Jibara Ahmed Mohammed al-Astal	Razing of 1-donum area of agricultural land	eggplants were uprooted an irrigation network was destroyed.
Yousef 'Ali Mohammed al-Astal	Razing of 9-donum area of agricultural land	tomatoes and zucchinis were uprooted and a greenhouse and an irrigation network were destroyed.
Tariq Yousef 'Ali al-Astal	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	Zucchinis were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
'Aadel Ahmed 'Ali al-Astal.	Razing of 1-donum area of agricultural land	cucumbers were uprooted and a greenhouse, an irrigation network and a room were destroyed.
Mohammed Ahmed 'Ali al-Astal.	Razing of 1.2-donum area of agricultural land	carrots were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
Na'im 'Ali al-Yamani al-Astal	Razing of 4-donum area of agricultural land	peppers and spinaches were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
'Abdul Hakim 'Ali Mohammed al-Astal	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	carrots and rockets were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
Hamdi Ã?Â¢??Ali Mohammed al-Astal	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	cauliflowers and an irrigation network was destroyed.
Sauleiman, Mohammed and 'Eid Kamel Milad al-Astal	Razing of 3-donum area of agricultural land	peppers and mallows were uprooted and 3 greenhouses and an irrigation network were destroyed.
Radwan and Mohammed Ahmed Suleiman al-Astal	Razing of 2-donum area of agricultural land	peppers and mallows were uprooted and 2 greenhouses and an irrigation network were destroyed
Radwan and Ramadan Rajab al-Agha.	Razing of 2.6-donum area of agricultural land	olives trees were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
Midhat Mallahi Badawi al-Agha.	Razing of 3-donum area of agricultural land	peppers were uprooted and 3 greenhouses, an irrigation network, an agricultural pool and a water pump were destroyed.
Yousef Mohammed Taleb al-'Abadla	Razing of 500-square-meter area of agricultural land	Fruit trees were uprooted and an irrigation network and a fence were destroyed.

Israeli forces also closed and partially destroyed a 160-square-meter house owned by 'Abdul Hamid Mohammed 'Othman al-'Abadla. A number of other houses in the area were also damaged.

October 26, 2003

The Israeli occupying forces destroyed 3 apartment buildings in al-Zahra area, south of Gaza City. IOF incurred into Al Zahra area on Saturday evening, 25 October 2003, and demolished three APARTMENT buildings. The Israeli soldiers planted explosives inside a Palestinian police station and destroyed it. Soon after, the Israeli soldiers ordered approximately 2000 residents of the area, to evacuate their houses and go to the nearby Nusseirat refugee camp. Once the evacuation of the area was complete, Israeli soldiers planted explosives inside the three buildings and destroyed them. The three buildings were owned by al-Zhafer Contracting Company and were in the final stages of construction. Each building was composed of 13 floors, each of which had 4 apartments; the total number of apartments that were destroyed is 156. A number of neighboring houses and buildings were also damaged in the explosion.

Table 17: Details of land razed by the Israeli bulldozers in an incursion to Al Rabwat area in the northwest of Khan Yunis, October 28, 2003

Name	Area and type of violation	Losses
Khadra Fadhel al-Astal	Razing of 3-donum area of agricultural land	Mallows, olives and palms trees were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
Ziad 'Abdul Ra'ouf 'Abdul Ghafour	Razing of 750-square-meter area of agricultural land	Vegetables were uprooted and 150-square-meter bird, a fence and an irrigation network were destroyed.

Chronology of events in Gaza during the month of November 2003

November 2, 2003

Although Israeli occupying forces reopened Erez crossing for Palestinian workers on Sunday, 2 November 2003 after a one-month closure, further restrictions have been imposed, which have resulted in only 6480 workers being eligible for passage through the crossing and access to their work places in Israel. Workers must be over the age of 35, married with children and in possession of a magnetic card and a valid work permit. The continual restrictions imposed on the access of Palestinians to their work places have caused further deterioration of economic conditions, evidenced in the sharp increase in poverty and unemployment in the OPT. Israeli occupying forces have also restricted movement of Palestinian goods at border crossings.

7 November 3, 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforces by 4 heavy military vehicles, including a bulldozer, moved into 'Oraiba' area in the northwest of Rafah. They leveled areas of Palestinian agricultural land, which they had already razed. They also destroyed a 1-dunum greenhouse planted with vegetables owned by Bashir Hamad Abu Sitta.

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by 5 heavy military vehicles, moved into Block J in Rafah refugee camp, adjacent to the Egyptian border. They demolished a 200-squaremeter house owned by Mahmoud 'Abdul Aziz al-Jazzar, inwhivh 5 families (22 people) lived.

November 10, 2003

Israeli occupying forces demolished 23 Palestinian houses and 5 commercial properties during a military incursion into Block O in the Rafah refugee camp.

November 11, 2003

The Israeli occupying forces using heavy military vehicles, including bulldozers, moved into Block O in Rafah refugee camp, adjacent to the border with Egypt and demolished 23 Palestinian houses and 5 commercial stores. As a result, 42 families comprised of around 250 people have been rendered homeless.

November 12, 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforces by 5 heavy military vehicles, moved into Block O in Rafah refugee camp, adjacent to the Egyptian border. The planted explosives inside a 180-square-meter house owned by 'Emad Saber al-Khras and destroyed the house.

November 13, 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles, including 4 bulldozers and 2 helicopters, moved into Baten al-Samin neighborhood in the southwest of Khan Yunis and destroyed the water and electricity networks of the area. They also razed areas of agricultural land. Details of lands razed during the Israeli incursion in Baten al-Samin neighborhood

Table 18: lands razed during the Israeli incursion in Baten al-Samin neighborhood in the southwest of Khan Yunis and Al Bourij refugee camp

Name	Type of violation	losses
Mustafa Musallam Yousef al-Barqi	Razing of an agricultural area and destruction of an irrigation network	42 dunums of land
Zaki Hamad Mohammed al-Bashiti	Razing of an agricultural land and destruction of agricultural rooms and a fence	1 dunum of land 2 agricultural rooms
Khaled Hamad Mohammed al-Bashiti	Razing of an agricultural land and destruction of a fence	500-square-meter of agricultural land planted with olives
Aatef Ahmed Mohammed al-Bashiti	Razing of an agricultural land and destruction of a fence	500-square-meter of agricultural land planted with olives
Ibrahim Hammad Mahmoud Buraika	Razing of an agricultural land	500-square-meter of agricultural land planted with olives
Nayef Mohammad Salama Abu Jazar	Destruction of a house	150-square-meter house
Ouda Darwish Hassan Jazaria	Destruction of house	250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house
Mustafa Darwish Hassan Jazariam	Destruction of a house	a 250-suare-meter, asbestos-roofed house
Mohammed Ibrahim Abu Naja	Destruction of a house	an 80-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house
Jabber Suleiman Mohammed Abu Khouser	Razing of an agricultural land	A 5 dunum of land
Atiya Mohammed Silmi al-Awawda	Razing of an agricultural land	2 dunum of land
Abdullah Abu Khousa	Razing of an agricultural land	4 dunums of land
Abdullah Hassan Abdullah Abu Khousa	Razing of agricultural land	4 dunums of land
Mohammed Abdullah Salem Abu Khousa	Razing of agricultural land	6 dunums of land
Fatema Ghanem Abu Khousa	Razing of agricultural land	1 dunum of land
Abdul Aziz Ahmed Shehada Awad	Razing of agricultural land	6 dunum of land
Mahmoud Suleiman Awad al-Awawda	Razing of agricultural land	8 dunum of land
Majdi Mohammed Mousa Abu al-Sa'id	Razing of agricultural land	3 dunum of land
Jaber Salem Ibrahim al-Nabahin	Razing of agricultural land	1 dunum of land
Awad Mohammed Silmi al-Awawda	Razing of agricultural land and destruction of a room and water tank	3 dunum of land, 16-square-meter room and a 1000-liter water tank
Suleiman Mohammed Silmi al-Awawda	Razing of agricultural land	500-square-meter area
Ouda Mahmoud al-Awawda	Razing of agricultural land	4 dunums of land
Ismail Omar Abdul Karim Abu jalal	Razing of agricultural land	1.5 dunums of land
Saqer Omar Abdul Karim Abu Jalal	Razing of agricultural land	1.5 dunums of land
Masoud Omar abdul Karim Abu jalal	Razing of agricultural land	1.5 dunums of land
Abdul Latif Omar Abdul Karim abu Jalal	Razing of agricultural land	1.5 dunums of land
Masoud Mosaed Abu Jalal	Razing of agricultural land	2 dunums of land

November 14, 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles, including 2 bulldozers, moved into al-Mughraqa village, south of Gaza city. They razed a 3-dunum area of agricultural land planted with citrus owned by Ihsan Abdul Ra'ouf al-Bourno.

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles, moved from the eastern border of the Gaza strip into al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza strip. During this incursion, which continued until Tuesday evening, 18 November, Israeli occupying forces razed large areas of Palestinian agricultural land.

Israeli occupying forces have continued to restrict movement of Palestinian civilians at al-Matahen and Abu Houli military checkpoints, north of Khan Yunis, on Salah al-Din street, the main road between the south and north of the Gaza Strip. They closed the two checkpoints and blocked many Palestinian vehicles in between.

November 18, 2003

Early in the morning, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles and helicopters, moved into Block O in Rafah refugee camp, adjacent to the Egyptian border, for the second time this week and completely demolished 7 Palestinian houses and partially demolished 2 others.

November 19, 2003

Israeli occupying forces reinforced by heavy military vehicles, moved into Zo'rob neighborhood in the southwest of Rafah and razed 2 greenhouses owned by Zaki Hamdan Hijaziand ouda Eissa Hijazi.

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles, moved into Block O in Rafah refugee camp, adjacent to the Egyptian border. Under the cover of intense shelling, they demolished 2 shops owned by Hassan Abdul Nabi al-Dam. Israeli soldiers planted explosives inside Abu Lebda's house in Rafah and blew it up.

November 21, 2003

The Israeli bulldozers moved into Al Mughaqa village, south of Gaza city and razed a 3 dunum area of agricultural land cultivated with citrus onwed by Ihsan 'Abdul Ra'ouf Al Bourno.

November 24, 2003

The Israeli bulldozers also razed 49 dunums of land planted with olive and fruitful trees in East of Al Bureij Refugee camp. Below is a detailed table of the Israeli violation in the area:

Table 19: Details of Lands razed in East of Al Bureij Refugee camp

Owner	Type of violation	Losses
'Obaid 'Abdullah Abu 'Eyada	Razing of land	6 dunums area of agricultural land planted with Olive trees
Khalil Ibrahim Al Daya	Razing of land	30 dunums area of agricultural land planted with Olive and citrus trees
Yaser Eqtifan	Razing of land	10 dunums area of agricultural land planted with Olive trees
Mohammad 'Omar Hamdan	Razing of land	3 dunums area of agricultural land planted with Olive trees

November 25, 2003

Table 20: Details of Land Razed and destruction of agricultural properties in Al Qarara village, northeast of Khan Younis

No.	Owner	Type of violation	Losses
1.	Suleiman 'Atwa Al 'Eimawi	Land Razing and destruction of agricultural equipments	5 dunums area of agricultural land planted with Olive trees and destroyed an irrigation Network
2.	Ahmad 'Atwa Al 'Eimawi	Land Razing and destruction of agricultural equipments	5 dunums area of agricultural land planted with Olive trees and destroyed an irrigation Network
3.	Khalil Mohammad Al Reqeb	Land Razing and destruction of agricultural equipments	4 dunums area of agricultural land planted with Olive trees and destroyed an irrigation Network

November 29, 2003:-

Table 21: Details of Houses demolished by the Israeli Forces in Block J, Rafah refugee camp

No.	Owner	Type of violation	Losses
1.	Samir 'Awadh Hamed Barhoum	House demolition	A 200 square meter house in which 8 people (2 Families) lived.
2.	Muhammad Mahmoud Barhoum	House demolition	A 100 square meter house in which 10 people (2 families) lived.
3.	Khairi 'Abed Shuraiqi	House demolition	A 120 square meter house in which 8 People lived.

Chronology of events in Gaza during the month of December 2003

December 2, 2003

The Israeli Bulldozers moved into Al Salam Neighbourhood, in Rafah, and destroyed a 150 square-meter, asbestos roofed house owned by 'Ali Suleiman D'ib, in which 7 people living.

December 5, 2003

The IOF moved into al-Rabwat al-Gharbiya area in the northwest of Khan Yunis and leveled areas of land and partially destroyed a 200-square-meter 2-storey house owned by Mustafa 'Olayan al-'Aqqad. The 8 residents had already vacated the house, following frequent Israeli shelling of the area.

December 7, 2003

Table 22: details of land razed by the IOF in Al-Rabwat al-Gharbiya area in the northwest of Khan Yunis

Name	Violation	Notes
Mousa Mohammed Salman Abu 'Owaili.	Razing of 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	citrus and olives trees were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed
Salah 'Abdul Ra'ouf 'Abdul Ghafour.	Razing of 300-square-meter area of agricultural land	Palms trees were uprooted and an irrigation network was destroyed.
Fuad Mousa al-Agha	Razing of 500-square-meter area of agricultural land	Olives trees were uprooted
Mohammed Ramadan Fares	Razing of 1-donum area of agricultural land	palms trees were uprooted and a fence surrounding the land was destroyed

December 11, 2003

Israeli occupying forces destroyed 9 houses during a military incursion into the al-Salam neighborhood in Rafah.

Table 23: Details of houses that were destroyed by the IOF in Al Salam Neighborhood:

Name	area	Losses
'Atiya Salim Daifallah al-Waqili	A 220-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	3 people lived
Salman Sabbah al-Qadhi	A 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	9 people lived
Majed Matar Sabbah al-Qadhi	A 130-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	3 people lived
Matar Sabbah al-Qadhi	A 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	7 people lived
Isma'il Suleiman Subhi al-Qadhi	80-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	7 people lived
Suleiman Joma'a al-Qadhi	A 250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	4 people lived
Yahia Suleiman Joma'a al-Qadhi	A 250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	9 people lived
Hassan 'Abdullah Salam al-Qadhi	A 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	15 people (2 families) lived
Hassan 'Abdullah Salam al-Qadhi	A 150-square-meter house	19 people (2 families) lived

December 15, 2003

The Israeli occupying forces destroyed 22 houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. Contrary to Israeli claims that the houses were uninhabited, while investigations revealed that the Israeli military operation left 178 Palestinian civilians (25 families) homeless. In addition, homes belonging to 6 families (approximately 40 civilians) have become uninhabitable.

Table 24: Details of houses demolished by the IOF in Khan Yunis refugee camp

Name	area	Losses
Khader 'Abed Salim Abu Ammouna	A 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	10 people lived
Fu'ad 'Abed Salim Abu Ammouna	An 80-square-meter house	10 people lived
Mohammed 'Abed Salim Abu Ammouna	A 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	6 people lived
Fathi 'Abed Salim Abu Ammouna	A 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	10 people lived
Tayseer Mohammed Salim Abu Ammouna	A 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	8 people lived
Hamza 'Abdulrahman Abu 'Arqoub	A 220-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	30 people (5 families) lived
Ziad 'Ali Mahmoud Abu Shuqair	An 80-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	2 people lived
'Aadel Mohammed Ibrahim Abu Saif	A 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	4 people lived
Jaber and Nabil 'Ali Mahmoud Abu Shuqair	A 200-square-meter, 3-storey house	16 people live, the house was partially destroyed.
Ra'ed Sha'ban Mohammed al-Batash	A 120-square-meter, 2-storey house	10 people lived, the house was partially destroyed.
Khadija 'Abdul Qader Musleh Salama	A 100-square-meter, 2-storey house	The house was partially destroyed
Fayez Ahmed Ibrahim Saqer	A 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	13 people live. The house was partially destroyed
Marwan Mustafa Mohammed Miqdad	An 80-square-meter house	7 people lived
Suleiman Hassan Zayed Abu Mukhaimer	A 90-square-meter, 3-storey house	12 people (3 families) lived
Ramadan Mohammed Ibrahim Abu Saif	A 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	4 people lived
Mahmoud 'Ali Mahmoud Abu Shuqair	A 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	8 people lived
Awadallah 'Ali Hassan Abu 'Ouda	A 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	12 people lived
Jihad 'Ali Hassan Abu 'Ouda	A 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	12 people (2 families) lived
Tawfiq 'Ali Hassan Abu 'Ouda	A 100-square-meter house	9 people lived
Mohammed Ibrahim 'Atiya Abu Namous	A 100-square-meter house	13 people lived
Ussama Ibrahim 'Atiya Abu Namous	A 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	6 people lived
Khalil Ahmed Mousawas	A 50-square-meter, asbestos-roofed	The house was totally destroyed
Hani and Nayef Khalil 'Atiya Abu Namous	A 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	14 people (2 families) lived

December 19, 2003

The Israeli occupying forces moved into

Oraiba area in the northwest of Rafah and razed a 3-donum area of agricultural land, on which 3 greenhouses planted with vegetables stood. The land is owned by Hamad Mousa Zayed Abu Jazar.

December 21, 2003

The Israeli occupying forces moved into Block L in Rafah refugee camp, adjacent to the Egyptian border and demolished 7 Palestinian houses in which 56 people (14 families) lived:

The large-scale destruction of civilian structures in Rafah is part of an Israeli military strategy to establish a large 'buffer zone' on Palestinian land along the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

Table 25: details of houses demolished by the IOF in Block L in Rafah refugee camp

Name	area	Losses
Adnan Joma'a Hassan Abu 'Armana	A 100-square-meter house	9 people lived
'Emad Yousef 'Abdul Fattah Abu Swailem	A 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	4 people lived
'Ammar Yousef 'Abdul Fattah Abu Swailem	A 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	4 people lived
Nawal 'Atiya al-Jabali	A 130-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	6 people lived
Hamed Subhi 'Ali	. A 150-square-meter house	7 people lived
Mahmoud Mohammed Radwan	A 200-square-meter house	13 people (3 families) lived
Rezeq 'Abdul 'Aziz 'Ali al-'Absi	300-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	13 people (6 families) lived

In the same day, the IOF moved into Wadi al-Salqa village, east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. They razed 14 donums of Palestinian agricultural land:

Table 26: details of land razed by the IOF in al-Salqa village, east of Deir al-Balah

Name	violation	Losses
Hussein Salman Hussein al-Sumairi.	Razing of 9-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted
'Ali Salama 'Ali al-Sumairi	Razing of 5-donum area of agricultural land	Almonds trees were uprooted

Monday, 22 December 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles, moved into Abu Sha'ar area in Wadi al-Salqa village, southeast of Deir al-Balah. And destroyed 5 Palestinian houses totally and 2 others partially:

Table 27: Details of houses demolished by the IOF in Wadi al-Salqa village, southeast of Deir al-Balah

Name	area	Losses
Miriam Marzouq al-Sumairi	partially destroyed a 50-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	1 person lived
Mohammed Salama al-Sumairi	partially destroyed a 50-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	3 people live
by Ibrahim Ahmed al-Sumairi	totally destroyed a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	5 people lived
Rami Suleiman al-Sumairi	totally destroyed a 180-square-meter uninhabited house
Suleiman Joma'a Abu Sulisel	totally destroyed a 130-square-meter, under-construction house
Salama Hassan 'Abdul Karim al-Zar	totally destroyed a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	5 people lived
Wa'el Hassan 'Abdul Karim al-Zar	totally destroyed a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	8 people lived

In addition, the IOF razed 37 donums of Palestinian agricultural land and destroyed agricultural facilities:

Table 28: Details of land razed by the IOF in Wadi al-Salqa village, southeast of Deir al-Balah

Owner	Area	losses
Miriam Marzouq al-Sumairi	2-donum area of agricultural land
Salem 'Atwa Khattab	15-square-meter, asbestos-roofed agricultural room and a 21-meter-long fence
Manal 'Atiya al-Sumairi	20-meter-long fence surrounding a house
Mohammed Tawfiq al-Kurd	2 32-square-meter rooms and a 20-square-meter animal barracks
Raji Marzouq al-Sumairi and brothers.	8-donum area of agricultural	Olives trees were uprooted
Khaled Zayed al-Sumairi	6-donum area of agricultural land	olives and vegetables were uprooted
Maher Suleiman al-Sumairi	10-donum area of agricultural land	Olives trees were uprooted
Mohammed 'Awad al-Sumairi.	1-donum area of agricultural land on which a greenhouse	Olive trees were uprooted
Bashir Ahmed al-Sumairi.	Destruction of a water well

23 December 2003

Israeli occupying forces, moved into Rafah refugee camp in the south of the Gaza Strip. During this incursion, 39 homes were destroyed by explosive charges and a 3-story apartment building was destroyed. The demolition of the apartment building resulted in severe damaged to 2 neighboring buildings.

24 December 2003

The Israeli heavy military vehicles moved into Abu Houli area, south of Deir al-Balah and razed 50 donums of Palestinian agricultural land:

Table 29: details of land razed by the IOF in Abu Houli area, south of Deir al-Balah

Name	Owner	area
'Abdul Qader Mutair Hussein Abu Houli.	25-donum area of agricultural land	olives, citrus and guavas were uprooted
'Emad Salem Abu Rezeq.	25-donum area of agricultural	olives, citrus and guavas were uprooted

25 December 2003

Israeli occupying forces moved into the northwest of Khan Yunis and razed areas of Palestinian agricultural land. Following are details of the areas of agricultural land that were razed by Israeli occupying forces:

Table 30: details of the areas of agricultural land that were razed by Israeli occupying forces into the northwest of Khan Yunis:

Owner	Area	Losses
Hassouna Mohammed al-Astal	20-meter-long row of wild-figs	Figs trees were uprooted
Mahmoud 'Abdul 'Aziz Mutawe	Demolition of a 12-meter-long fence surrounding
'Ali Mohammed Abu Nemer.	400-square-meter area of agricultural and destruction of an irrigation network	olives and vegetables were uprooted
Mohammed Hamdan Abu Nemer.	Razing of 1-donum area of agricultural and destruction of an irrigation network	vegetables
'Abdul Hamid Mohammed al-Astal.	Razing of 3-donum area of agricultural land and destruction of an irrigation network	vegetables

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles, moved into Palestinian agricultural areas to the north of 'Kfar Darom' settlement, southeast of Deir al-Balah and razed areas of agricultural land and destroyed some civilian facilities:

Table 31: details of lands razed by the IOF in the southeast of Deir al-Balah

Owner	Area	Losses
Fatema Ahmed Khalil al-'Azab	Razing of a 2-donum area of agricultural land and a destruction of destroyed a 48-square-meter agricultural pool and a 20-square-meter agricultural room	olives and palms
Joma'a Mohammed al-Louh	Demolition of a 130-square-meter, asbestos-roofed uninhabited house
'Abdul 'Aziz Mohammed al-'Azaiza	Destruction of a 48-square-meter agricultural pool and a 16-square-meter room
Mohammed Hassan Bashir	Demolition of a 80-square-meter, asbestos-roofed uninhabited house
Nayef Mohammed al-Louh.	Demolition of a 24-square-meter, iron-roofed garage
'Atiya Mohammed Khalil al-'Azab	Razing of 1-donum area of agricultural and destruction of a 48-square-meter agricultural pool	Olive trees

26 December 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by a tank and a military bulldozer, moved into al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis. They razed areas of Palestinian agricultural land:

Table 32: details of lands razed by the IOF al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis

Owner	Area	Losses
Sa'id 'Atiya al-Farra	2-donum area of agricultural land and a destruction of an irrigation network	olives and vegetables were uprooted
Bahaa' Khalil 'Omar al-Farra	1-donum area of agricultural land and a destruction of an irrigation network	Olive trees were uprooted
'Abdul Hakim 'Abdul Ra'ouf al-'Abadla.	3-donum area of agricultural land and destruction of an irrigation network
'Omar Ahmed al-'Abadla	2-donum area of agricultural land and destruction of an irrigation network	Vegetables were uprooted

27 December 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles, including 2 bulldozers, moved into the east of al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip and razed large areas of Palestinian agricultural land:

Table 33: Details of land razed by the Israeli Forces in the east of al-Boreij refugee camp

Owner.	Area	Losses
Saqer 'Omar Abu Jalal.	a 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted
Mas'oud 'Omar Abu Jalal	a 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted
'Abdul Latif 'Omar Abu Jalal.	a 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted
Ibrahim 'Omar Abu Jalal	a 1.5-donum area of agricultural	Olive trees were uprooted
'Abdul Karim 'Omar Abu Jalal	a 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted
by Jalal 'Omar Abu Jalal.	a 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted
Isma'il 'Omar Abu Jalal.	a 1.5-donum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted
Ward Mas'oud Musa'ed Abu Jalal.	a 2-donum area of agricultural	Olive trees were uprooted
Sami Shihda Abu Khousa.	a 6-dobnum area of agricultural land	Olive trees were uprooted
Isma'il 'Abdul Karim Yousef al-Salfiti.	a 15-donum area of agricultural land and destruction of a 300-meter-long water pipeline	Olive trees were uprooted
heirs of 'Obaid Mohammed Abu Jalal.	a 50-donum area of agricultural	Olive trees were uprooted

28 December 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles, moved to the north of 'Kfar Darom' settlement, southeast of Deir al-Balah and destroyed the fence and toilettes of an UNRWA elementary school in the area. It is worth noting that this school has been closed for about 3 years as it had been subject to Israeli gunfire and shelling. It used to serve about 2000 refugee students in Deir al-Balah.

30 December 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by heavy military vehicles, including 2 bulldozers, moved into Abu Houli area in the south of Deir al-Balah and razed 25 donums of Palestinian agricultural land:

Table 34: details of land razed by the Israeli Forces in Abu Houli area in the south of Deir al-Balah

Owner	Area	Losses
'Abdul Qader Mutair Abu Houli and brothers.	a 15-donum area of agricultural land	guavas, citrus and figs trees were uprooted
'Emad Salem Abu Rezeq.	a 10-donum area of agricultural land	guavas, citrus and figs trees were uprooted

31 December 2003

Israeli occupying forces, reinforced by 3 tanks and an armored military bulldozer, moved into Khan Yunis refugee camp. Under the cover of indiscriminate gunfire, they demolished 5 Palestinian houses and damaged a 6th one. The Israeli bulldozer also damaged a car owned by Nayef Salem Mohammed Abu Mustafa and razed an area of agricultural land:

Table 35: Details of land houses demolished by the Israeli Forces in Khan Yunis refugee camp

Owner	Area	Losses
Mohammed Ibrahim Mahmoud al-Hindi	a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	10 people lived.
Bassam Kamel Ahmed al-Hindi	an 80-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	11 people lived
'Adnan Kamel Ahmed al-Hindi	an 80-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	12 people lived.
Rami Ibrahim Noufa	an 80-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	12 people lived
Majed Abu 'Ouda	a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	8 people live
Abdul Muhsen Ahmed Hijab	a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house	8 people live.
Ziad Mahmoud 'Aamer.	a 500-square-meter area of agricultural land	olives and citrus trees were uprooted

Attacks against Palestinian Civilians by Israeli Settlers

On Saturday, 27 December 2003, Israeli settlers living in 'Ma'oun' settlement, to the east of Yatta village south of Hebron, made new attempts to re-establish a settlement center known as 'Havat Ma'oun', which was dismantled by Israeli occupying forces following bloody clashes between the owners of lands and settlers. They put new mobile homes in the area and denied access of Palestinian farmers to their lands.
In the same context, Israeli settlers from 'Avigal' settlement, which was established on the lands of Um al-Shaqhan area, put 3 new mobile homes in the area.

Continued Construction of the 'Separation Wall'

Israeli occupying forces have continued construction of the 'separation wall' this week. Israeli occupation authorities warned some Palestinians that their houses and other facilities would be demolished. They also imposed more restrictions of the movement of Palestinians who have been isolated behind the wall.

On 25 December 2003, Israeli occupying forces started to establish an iron gate at the entrance to Bardala village in the northern Jordan Valley, in the context of plans of the construction of the 'separation wall' in the area. Israeli occupying forces brought bulldozers and cement blocks to construct the wall near Bardala village. Israeli occupying authorities informed Palestinians living in this village that they would start to confiscate areas of land, in accordance of an Israeli military order. Serious concerns that the construction of the wall in the area will isolate Bardala village from its surrounding agricultural areas, and enhance Israeli control over the northeastern aquifer. These agricultural areas are estimated to comprise thousands of donums and are planted with vegetables and irrigated by wells. Israeli occupying forces have also continued to impose restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians who are isolated behind the wall. They have continued to close the Iron Gate at the entrance to Barta'a village since Thursday, 25 December 2003, denying movement of 4000 Palestinians living in the village.
25 December 2003, officers of the so-called 'Israeli Civil Administration' warned a number of Palestinians from Masha village, east of Qalqilya, that their houses at the western edge of the village would be demolished. These houses are located approximately 300m away from the 'segregation wall.'It is worth noting that the first stage of construction of the wall has isolated around 90% of the land of the village. Israeli occupying forces have also restricted access of Palestinian farmers to their agricultural land in the area.
On 29 December 2003, Israeli occupying forces razed areas of Palestinian agricultural land in Wad al-Ghorous area near 'Kiryat Arba' settlement, east of Hebron, to construct a part of the 'segregation wall' near 'Kiryat Arba' and 'Kharsina' settlements. They razed about 100 donums of agricultural land owned by 'Eissa Mohammed Jaber, Ahmed Sa'id Jaber, and Shaker Rubin Jaber, 'Abdul Sami 'Mousa Jaber, 'Awad' Abdul Jabbar Jaber, Abdul Jawad Mohammed Jaber and the al-Ashab family
Israeli occupying forces informed the owners of 6 houses in al-Burj village, southwest of Hebron, that their houses would be demolished claiming that they were built without licenses. According to residents of the village, these houses are located approximately 1km to the east of the Green Line, where Israeli occupying forces plan to construct a part of the 'segregation Wall' The affected houses belong to: Rezeq 'Eissa al-Talahma, Mahmoud Khalil 'Abdul Nabi al-Masharqa, Ra'ed 'Abdul Nabi al-Masharqa and Khalil Isma'il al-Masharqa. It is worth noting that since the beginning of this year, Israeli occupying forces have informed other families in the village and in the nearby Beit Marsam village that their houses would be demolished for the same reason. These demolitions come in the context of a plan to expand the Green Line, as a step towards the construction of the 'segregation wall' in the area.
In winter, there is a shortage of coal in local markets as Israeli occupying forces have imposed restrictions on tree cutting and coal manufacturing in Ya'bad village, southwest of Jenin, the main place where coal is produced. According to workers in coal factories, as a result of the construction of the 'segregation wall', more than 70% of the 120 coal factories in the area have been forced to close, leaving hundreds of Palestinian workers unemployed. It is worth noting that a single coal factory normally produces 150 tons of coal per annum, but presently the factories are producing an average of only 40 tons a year.

Continued Siege on the OPT

Israeli occupying forces have continued to impose severe restrictions on movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza Strip

Israeli occupying forces have continued to impose a strict siege on Palestinian communities and restrict movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip. They have also maintained the closure of a number of main and branch roads in the Gaza Strip by Israeli soldiers stationed at Israeli military checkpoints. Such restrictions on freedom of movement are in contravention of international human rights law to which Israel is a state party, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.

Israeli occupying forces positioned at the Abu Houli and al-Matahen checkpoints on Salah al-Din Street, the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip, continued to obstruct movement of Palestinian civilians. The two checkpoints, which are open for a maximum of a few hours each day, have become notorious for acts of humiliation and harassment by Israeli soldiers.
On Monday, 29 December 2003, Israeli occupying forces closed the two checkpoints until 08:30, during which they held and searched a number of Palestinian vehicles. The Israeli radio station reported that Israeli forces arrested 3 Palestinians.
On Tuesday, 30 December 2003, Israeli occupying forces closed the two checkpoints again and held and searched a number of Palestinian vehicles. Israeli soldiers ordered Palestinian civilians to get out of the vehicles, checked their ID cards, and then forced them to wait for many hours. The soldiers also severely beat Humaid Yahia Wasfi Barbakh, 20. Hundreds of Palestinian vehicles were forced to wait at the two checkpoints.
On Wednesday, 31 December 2003, Israeli occupying forces closed the two checkpoints for no apparent reason. The checkpoints were reopened 2 hours later.
On Friday, 26 December 2003, Israeli occupying forces closed al-Sayafa area between 'Dogit' and 'Elli Sinai' settlements in the northern Gaza Strip area and denied the movement of Palestinian civilians out of, and into, the area
on Tuesday, 30 December 2003, for claiming 'security' concerns. Palestinian civilians moving into and out of the area are now subjected to prolonged physical checks by Israeli soldiers stationed at the only entry point to the area. They are allowed to move from and into the area only between the hours of 06:30 to 8:30 and 14:00 to 16:15. Israeli soldiers force male Palestinians to reveal their upper part of the body while going to the checking area. Female Palestinians area searched by female Israeli soldiers. Entry of foodstuffs into the area is allowed twice a week. All foodstuffs are checked by a trained dog. When the dog is absent, entry of foodstuffs is not allowed. School children are forced to cross long distances on foot to reach their schools. When they come back form schools, they are not allowed to enter the area except during the entry hours.
Israeli occupying forces have also continued to impose a strict siege on al-Mawasi area in the southern Gaza Strip, restricting movement into and out of the area. Israeli occupying forces have increased restrictions on movement of Palestinian through al-Tuffah checkpoint at the entrance to al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis. Male Palestinians under 35 years old and females under 25 have been denied passage across the checkpoint.
On Thursday, 25 December 2003, Israeli occupying forces closed Beit Hanoun crossing in the northern Gaza Strip, denying access of more than 13,000 Palestinian workers to their work places, as a punitive measure following a bombing that occurred in Tel Aviv.
On 28 December 2003, Israeli occupying forces reopened the crossing under new conditions stipulating that any worker wish to work in Israel must be married and over 35 years old. Thus, only 5,375 workers were able to go to their places of employment.
Israeli occupying forces have continued to impose restrictions on travel through Rafah Terminal on the Egyptian border, which has been the only outlet of the Gaza Strip to the outside world since the beginning of the current Intifada. The terminal is opened between 09:00 and 18:00, and only 6 Palestinian employees are allowed to work at the terminal. The number of Palestinians traveling through the terminal is about 300-400 a day. They are subject to humiliation and prolonged travel procedures. The Israeli intelligence also summons a number of travelers for interrogation and arrests are frequent. A number of travelers are also denied travel permission for no apparent reasons. Furthermore, a number of Palestinian travelers are often forced to spend the night on the Egyptian side of the terminal waiting to be allowed to cross into the Gaza Strip.

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