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Press Release


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HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL OPENS SPECIAL SESSION ON VIOLATIONS STEMMING
FROM ISRAELI INCURSIONS IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY


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Human Rights Council
23 January 2008


High Commissioner for Human Rights Calls for an End to Restrictions on Aid and Essential Supplies to Gaza;
Underscores International Community's Responsibility to Protect

The Human Rights Council today opened its sixth Special Session on 'human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent ones in occupied Gaza and the West Bank town of Nablus', hearing United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour express her concern over the escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territories, which added to the already critical situation in the Gaza Strip, where 1.4 million people were living under the most abhorrent conditions.

Ms. Arbour said that in December 2007, 58 Palestinians in Gaza had reportedly been killed due to the conflict, making December the month with the highest Gaza Strip death toll in 2007. Israeli military operations continued also in the West Bank and in particular in the city of Nablus. The Israeli practice of collective punishment, disproportionate use of force, and targeted killings continued, as did the"