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Distr.GENERALA/HRC/12/4815 September 2009Original: ENGLISHHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCILTwelfth sessionAgenda item 7

HUMAN RIGHTS IN PALESTINE AND OTHER OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIESReport of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYPART ONEINTRODUCTIONI. METHODOLOGYII. CONTEXTIII. EVENTS OCCURRING BETWEEN THE “CEASEFIRE” OF18 JUNE 2008 BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE GAZA AUTHORITIESAND THE START OF ISRAEL’S MILITARY OPERATIONS INGAZA ON 27 DECEMBER 2008IV. APPLICABLE LAWPART TWOOCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: THE GAZA STRIPSection AV.

THE BLOCKADE: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEWVI. OVERVIEW OF MILITARY OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY ISRAELIN GAZA BETWEEN 27 DECEMBER 2008 AND18 JANUARY 2009 AND DATA ON CASUALTIESVII. ATTACKS ON GOVERNMENT BUILDINGSAND POLICEVIII. OBLIGATION ON PALESTINIAN ARMED GROUPS IN GAZA TO TAKE FEASIBLEPRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT THE CIVILIAN POPULATION

A/HRC/12/48 page 3IX. OBLIGATION ON ISRAEL TO TAKE FEASIBLE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECTCIVILIAN POPULATION AND CIVILIAN OBECTS IN GAZAX. INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS BY ISRAELI ARMED FORCESRESULTING IN THE LOSS OF LIFE AND INJURY TO CIVILIANSXI. DELIBERATE ATTACKS AGAINST THE CIVILIAN POPULATIONXII. THE USE OF CERTAIN WEAPONSXIII. ATTACKS ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF CIVILIAN LIFE IN GAZA:DESTRUCTION OF INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE, FOOD PRODUCTION,WATER INSTALLATIONS, SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS AND HOUSINGXIV. THE USE OF PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS AS HUMAN SHIELDSXV. DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY: GAZANS DETAINED DURING THE ISRAELIMILITARY OPERATIONS OF 27 DECEMBER 2008 TO 18 JANUARY 2009XVI.OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY OF ISRAEL’S MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZAXVI. OBJECTIVES AND STRATEGY OF ISRAEL’S MILITARY OPERATIONS IN GAZAXVII. THE IMPACT OF THE BLOCKADE AND OF THE MILITARY OPERATIONS ONTHE PEOPLE OF GAZA AND THEIR HUMAN RIGHTSXVIII. THE CONTINUING DETENTION OF ISRAELI SOLDIER GILAD SHALITSection BXIX. INTERNAL VIOLENCE AND TARGETING OF FATAH AFFILIATES BYSECURITY SERVICES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE GAZA AUTHORITIESOCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: THE WEST BANK, INCLUDING EASTJERUSALEM