12 Section One Policies and violations of the Israeli occupation and their impact on the ability of the State of Palestine to guarantee human rights in 2020 The Israeli occupation authorities continued their systematic violations of Palestinian human rights in conjunction with the emergence of the “Covid-19” pandemic. While other countries took preventive and precautionary measures to confront the pandemic and limit the spread of the virus, the occupation authorities continued their daily violations of the rights of the Palestinians. This section deals with the most prominent violations of the occupation authorities and their forces against Palestinian civilians, their rights, freedoms, lives and property, as well as some aspects of the settlers’ attacks against them. Additionally, it will present the impact of Israeli violations on the performance of official institutions. First: The repercussions of the occupation on the basic Palestinian human rights in the West Bank and Gaza Strip 1. Violations of the right to life and physical integrity The Israeli occupation forces continued their excessive and systematic use of force, targeting the lives of Palestinian civilians and disregarding their lives in both the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. They opened fire more than (2931) times at them. The number of Palestinian martyrs in each of the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip was (38) martyrs1, including (9) children and one woman2. At least (1025) Palestinian civilians were wounded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip3, and the number of those wounded in the Gaza Strip reached (58), while (16) of the injured were children.4 Since October 2015, the occupation authorities have been holding the bodies of more than 250 Palestinians, whom Israel killed or field-executed. The occupation authorities are still holding them under the pretext of using them as bargain chips 1 Monitoring and documentation of the Palestinian Monitoring Group of the Negotiations Support Unit in the Palestine Liberation Organization, January 2021. 2 Al-Haq Field Report on Human Rights Violations for the year 2020 ,February 8 ,2021. 3 Monitoring and documentation of the Palestinian Monitoring Group of the Negotiations Support Unit in the Palestine Liberation Organization 4 “ A Statistical Report on the Israeli Occupation Forces ’Violations of the Rules of International Humanitarian Law and the Principles of Human Rights in the Gaza Strip during the Year 2020 ,”on the web page: http//:mezan.org/ The Status of Human Rights in Palestine