Crimes against humanity occur not only in Gaza, but also in the West Bank. On 7 July 2006 at 11:00 GMT, Palestine Center for Human Rights,Gaza reported 24 Palestinians killed by Israeli Occupation Forces in the Gaza Strip and 2 killed in the West Bank, 115 others injured. IOF entered a mourning house in Jenin where Zakaria Zubeidi, a popular resistance leader, was. Zubeidi's mother, Samira, donated the top floor of her house for Arna Mer Khamis's theater. Her efforts with Zakaria and his friends, now all dead except for Zakaria were documented by her son, Juliano in the moving film Arna's Children. According to PCHR, Zubeidi escaped, however the IOF kidnapped five, including sixteen year old Ahmad Eid Ibrahim Naghnagheya, who died. Eighteen others were injured. Maan News is reporting that thousands attended the teenager's funeral.

In Nablus, Tamer Fathi Abdel Fattah Qandil, 21, was killed resisting the invading Israelis. In their ususal fashion, IOF refused the ambulance access to him; he bled to death, but the Jewish state's soldiers put a couple of bullets in his head to confirm their kill, according to eyewitnesses.

The guardians of the racist and genocidal Zionist state are operating on all fronts. According to PCHR, 35 charitable institutions in the West Bank were raided this week. Nine Palestinians were killed from 29 June-5 July, and 91 Palestinians, including 18 children were injured during this time. Two young women, Shireen Hassan from Bethelehem and a twenty-five year Navine Duka from Beit Sahour were abducted.

The international laws Israel is violating are too numerous to catalog here. According to a recent poll, eighty-two percent of Israelis want the elected representatives of the Palestinians to be assasinated and a majority of them support the human rights violations in Gaza. Palestinians will continue to remain steadfast and those of us in the West must continue to be steadfast in our efforts to highlight Palestinian voices in the media and to our elected representatives.

Mohammed Omar has pictures of civilians killed in their demolished homes here. Another personal account is here. Dr. Mona El-Farra has posted pictures and continues to update her blog.