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Arrests, harassment and executions committed by Israeli forces against Palestinians are increasingly excessive and disproportionate, in comparison to Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem that are relatively small in number and often committed by lone youth, a new report revealed.

Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor revealed in its 100-day report that 150 Palestinians, including seven women and 27 minors, were extra-judicially executed, with Israel refusing to release the bodies of 24 to their families. 95 out of the 150 were executed in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the border area of the Gaza Strip during protests or immediately upon detention.

“Many Palestinians were killed merely on “suspicion,” including those falsely accused of trying to attack Israelis,” the report explained.

The report also revealed that during the Israeli backlash, 15,759 Palestinians were injured, 92 seriously—including 58 journalists and 103 emergency medical personnel.

Palestinian protests mainly led by the youth broke out in Jerusalem in August 2015 as a reaction to the escalating Israeli incursions and restrictions imposed on al-Aqsa mosque.

There has been a dramatic rise in tensions since the Israeli regime’s imposing of restrictions back then on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the mosque compound in East Jerusalem. Palestinians repeated they are angry with Israeli extremists who, escorted by army forces, have stepped up their raids on the mosque, which is Islam’s third holiest site. They also expressed concerns Israel is trying to change the status quo of the sensitive site.

The report covered the period between 1 October, 2015 and 8 January, 2016, and was based on photos, videos and eyewitness testimony.

Deeming the behavior of the Israeli military constitutes as blatant violation of international law, Euro-Med demanded that the United Nations and other international bodies, as well as governments doing business with the Israel government, to act quickly and pressure Israeli authorities to stop the abuse of human rights and end the decades-long occupation of the Palestinian territories.

In contrast, 27 Israelis, including one woman, were killed by young stabbers.

The violations did not stop at that end. During the 100 covered days, Israeli forces attacked medical staff and ambulances 171 times, stormed civilian hospitals nine times, allegedly searching for Palestinians who had committed illegal acts during protests, and 16 physicians were prevented from providing necessary medical care to the injured.

Euro-Med described the most serious incident, saying it was “when tens of Israeli soldiers, disguised in plain clothes, stormed the Ahli Hospital in Hebron on 12 November 12, 2015—killing Abdallah Al-Shalalida and abducting his cousin.”

Moreover, the report said that Palestinians injured were treated discriminately as they were deprived from first aid and treatment, left to bleed for hours, or were subject to investigation while bleeding.

“Such discrimination is a blatant violation of medical ethics and the code of conduct to which all physicians ascribe.”

Palestinian properties were also under attack, unsurprisingly. Euro-Med underlined that “352 assaults on Palestinians and their properties were carried out during the 100 days, and 92 homes were demolished as collective punishment of families with relatives accused of attacking Israelis.”

During the reporting period, the Israeli army stormed Palestinian cities, villages and refugee camps 908 times and broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque 74 times.

3,401 Palestinians have been detained since the escalation of protests, with 1,511 detainees, about half of them being minors. According to the findings of the report, one in every 3 of these detainees was exposed to cruel treatment such as beatings, humiliation, hand-cuffing and blindfolding.