34 7. Violations of the Right to Movement The suffering of the citizens of the Gaza Strip due to lack of passports has worsened since November 2008. Despite the decision issued by the President of the PNA in August 2008 to commission governmental departments in the West Bank to take the administrative measures necessary for issuing passports to Gaza residents, the Government in the Gaza Strip reported that the Ministry of the Interior in the West Bank still does not send passports to residents in the Gaza Strip. On the other hand, the Government in the Gaza Strip continued to issue decisions violating the right of the citizens to movement. For example, the Internal Security Agency in Gaza confiscated a number of passports belonging to members and officers of Fatah movement in the Strip during 2010. ICHR believes that confiscating passports and prohibiting Fatah members and leaders from travel by the Internal Security Agency constitutes a grave infringement on the rights and freedoms guaranteed without discrimination and for all citizens. 8. Vigilantism and Unknown Masked Individuals ICHR monitored during the previous period six incidents of kidnapping, shooting, beating and torturing citizens for a period of time in unknown areas by masked individuals. After ICHR followed up such incidents, it was revealed that most of the people who were targeted were also affiliated with Fatah movement and the former security agencies. Furthermore, masked individuals set fire to and vandalized the summer camps (Summer Games) organized and supervised by UNRWA in the Gaza Strip for children aged 6‐15 years. It is worth mentioning that ICHR has not been informed of what measures the Government in the Gaza Strip has taken to investigate such incidents to arrest and punish the perpetrators. 9. Failure to Take Measures Concerning Tunnel Victims The Government in the Gaza Strip has taken no measures during the elapsed period to mitigate tunnel related death incidents. Since 2006, 158 people died in tunnels on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, including 33 in 2010. Despite that, the Government in Gaza has not taken into consideration any of ICHR’s and other human rights organizations’ appeals for effective intervention and sufficient measures to mitigate cases of death in the tunnels.