GAZA, May 08, 2008, (WAFA)-Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) said on Thursday that Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed nine citizens, including a woman in the West Bank (WB) and Gaza Strip (GS) in the last week.

PCHR added in its weekly report that the IOF troops wounded 35 citizens, including 6 children and a woman.

IOF conducted 48 incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank, and five into the (GS), adding that the IOF used dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children and women, as human shields during military operations in Abasan town in the southern (GS).

PCHR said that the IOF razed 484 Donums of agricultural land and destroyed 5 greenhouses, 9 bird farms and 23 houses in the southern (GS).

PCHR revealed that the IOF arrested 100 Palestinian civilians, including 15 children, in the West Bank, and arrested fifty people in the (GS), as well as holding another 52 people for questioning.