A/HRC/12/48 page 67 firing the rockets and the al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades stated that its members had been “abducted” by Hamas.116 246. According to Israeli sources, on 12 July 2008 a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip struck an open area in Sha’ar Hanegev and on 13 July 2008 two mortar shells fired fell short inside the Gaza border. This led to Israel closing the Nahal Oz and Sufa crossings. On 15 July 2008, a mortar shell struck territory inside Israel, while three rockets misfired and landed inside the Gaza Strip, in separate incidents on 25, 29 and 31 July 2008.117 247. On 29 July, a 10-year-old boy was shot in the head and killed by the Israeli Border Police during a demonstration against the wall in Ni’lin in the West Bank. During a clash with Israeli Border Police the following day, after the funeral in Ni’lin, a 17 year-old boy was shot in the head and died on 4 August.118 248. During July 2008, the amount of commodities allowed into Gaza by Israel was assessed by OCHA as remaining “far below the actual needs” and was “restricted to certain selected essential humanitarian items”. The imports were 46 per cent of those entering Gaza in May 2007, prior to the Hamas’ seizing control of the Gaza Strip. As a result of the restriction on imports and total ban on exports, 95 per cent of Gaza’s industries remained closed.119 249. In August 2008, according to Israeli sources, three mortars and eight rockets were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip. They included a rocket which struck Sderot on 11 August 2008,120 prompting Israel’s closure of the crossings, as well as a rocket fired on 20 August 2008, which once again led to the closure of the border crossings.121 250. During August, there was a reduction in the number of truckloads carrying goods into Gaza. August imports represented 70 per cent of the July 2008 imports and 23 per cent of the May 2007 level.122 251. In September 2008, three mortars and one rocket were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli sources.123 Ibid.; Reuters, “Hamas arrests first rocket squads since truce”, 10 July 2008, available at: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL10355564. 116 117 “The six months…”. Al-Haq, “Right to life of Palestinian children disregarded in Ni’lin as Israel’s policy of wilful killing of civilians continues”, press release (7 August 2008), available at: http://www.alhaq.org/etemplate.php?id=387. 118 OCHA, The Humanitarian Monitor, No. 27 (July 2008), available at: http://www.ochaopt.org/documents/ Humanitarian_Monitor_July_2008.pdf. 119 120 “The six months…”. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), “Israel-Occupied Palestine Territories: Rocket attack throws Gaza crossing plan into jeopardy”, 20 August 2008, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/ refworld/topic,45a5199f2,4874797e3b,48ae79b81e,0.html. 121 OCHA, The Humanitarian Monitor, No. 28 (August 2008), available at http://www.ochaopt.org/ documents/ocha_opt_humanitarian_monitor_08_2008_english.pdf. 122