The Israeli occupation forces also razed areas of Palestinian  agricultural land and demolished agricultural facilities as follows:

1) a 2.5-donum area of agricultural land planted with olives, owned by 'Atta 'Oudeh Salim Barhoum;
2) a 3.5-donum area of agricultural land planted with olives, owned by Fadhel Suleiman Salim Barhoum; and   
3) a 30-square-meter room and a water pump for irrigation purposes, owned by Samir 'Awad Salim Barhoum.

Yesterday, at approximately 23:00 local time, the Israeli occupation  forces started to demolish three Palestinian houses just south of  "Netzarim" settlement, which is located south of Gaza City. Two of  these houses were completely demolished, leaving their residents homeless, and the third one was severely damaged.
According to PCHR's investigations, at approximately 23:00 local time,  Israeli occupation forces called over loudspeakers for Palestinian  civilians in Al-Moghraqa area to leave their homes, located south  of the road between Al-Shuhada' junction and "Netzarim" settlement.
Palestinian civilians evacuated their homes in a panic. Within minutes,  Israeli bulldozers demolished three houses. Residents had no chance to remove any of their furniture or personal effects from the buildings  before they were destroyed. Details of these houses are as follows:

1) a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which six people lived, owned by 'Abdullah Ibrahim El-Hassanat - completely demolished;   
2) a 140-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which seven people lived, owned by 'Abdullah Handal Mutawe' - completely demolished; and   
3) a 160-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which five people lived, owned by Jaber Hassan El-Hassanat - a 16-square-meter room was demolished.

Since yesterday evening, the Israeli occupation forces have imposed a  strict siege on a Palestinian residential area near "Dogit" settlement northwest of Beit Lahia. PCHR learned that the Israeli forces fired  artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at the area and  razed areas of Palestinian agricultural land. PCHR's field officers  have not been able to reach the area to verify the damage caused  to Palestinian property. According to medical sources at Shifa' Hospital  in Gaza City, a man and his son from Jablya, who were on their farm,  were injured. The Israeli occupation forces had also stopped a Palestine  Red Crescent Society ambulance for two hours. The injured were:

1) Nabil Salah Sha'ban Khader (the son), 35, seriously injured by live bullets to the chest and neck; and    
2) Salah Sha'ban Khader (the father), 62, injured by a live bullet in the left upper arm.

Such actions came in the aftermath of a military attack that targeted  Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned in the vicinity of "Dogit"  settlement. Immediately, the Israeli occupation forces imposed a total siege on a Palestinian residential area, in which 160 people live,  near the aforementioned settlement. PCHR has learned that more than 40 people who were visiting relatives in the area are still detained there.  A number of students of the General Certificate of Education (Tawjihi)
were not able to attend their exams this morning.

The Israeli occupation forces had also detained all Palestinian young  men in the area from 01:00 to 7:30 local time at Erez area, under control of these forces. They were all interrogated and released, except for Nasser Fares El-Ghoul, 31, and Shafiq Ahmed Hamdouna, 30, both of whom were arrested.

PCHR strongly condemns the escalation in crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces against Palestinian civilians. PCHR reiterates its call on the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to take practical measures to ensure international protection for Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and to stop war crimes committed by the Israeli occupation forces against them.