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Report: Israel Kills 12 Palestinians in January

 

RAMALLAH, February 7, 2011 (WAFA) – The Israeli army and Jewish settlers killed 12 Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza in January alone, according to a report published Monday by the Negotiation Affairs Department (NAD) of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

 

A monitoring group in NAD said that the Israeli military killed 12 Palestinians, six in each of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including three children, four adult civilians and one armed man. A Jewish settler killed one civilian in the West Bank.

 

Also in January, Israel injured 46 Palestinians including 10 children, a journalist and peace activists. Settlers opened fire on and injured a Palestinian.

 

The report said 260 Palestinians, 255 of them in the West Bank, were arrested, including 39 children and one mentally retarded civilian.

 

NAD said the Israeli military carried out 208 attacks, 644 raids and 23 provocations of Palestinian security forces. Seven of the attacks were by settlers.

 

The report included statistics of 87 incidents of destruction and confiscation of Palestinian public and private property in January.

 

The Israeli military destroyed Shepherd Hotel, leveled dunums of land and destroyed water wells in Jerusalem, as well as confiscating 2,589 square meters of Palestinian land, it said.

 

R.Q./F.J.

 

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