30 oct 2001
At approximately 15:30, Israeli soldiers in a military jeep approximately 40m away from Al-Shuhada’ junction, south of Gaza City, fired at a Palestinian taxi that was traveling from Gaza City to Deir El-Balah. The driver and a girl were injured:
1) Iman Saleh El-Safadi, 22, from Deir El-Balah, seriously injured in the left shoulder, the chest, and the face as the windows of the car were shattered by a live bullet; and
2) Riadh ‘Abdel-Karim El-Masri, 33, from Deir El-Balah, the driver, injured in the left shoulder, arm, and ear as the front window was broken.
In addition, two girls in the car were in shock.
At approximately 17:00, Israeli soldiers, positioned in a military location at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Deir El-Balah, fired at some young Palestinian men who were playing football, approximately 300m away from the border.
‘Awadh Khamis El-Hanajreh, 29, was wounded by a live bullet in the left foot.
At approximately 20:00, a number of Israeli military jeeps moved into Senjel village, north of Ramallah. Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at Palestinian houses. Four Palestinian children suffered from tear gas inhalation.
At approximately 05:30, Israeli forces, positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Beit Hanoun, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses approximately 700m west of the border. Two houses, owned by Sa’id and As’ad Fahmi Abu Salah, were severely damaged.
At approximately 10:30, Israeli forces at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Beit Hanoun, opened fire on Palestinian farms in the northeast of Beit Hanoun.
Eyad Mohammed Matar, 22, from Beit Lahia, was wounded by three live bullets in the abdomen and the left shoulder and leg. Matar is mentally handicapped and was approximately 400m away from the border.
PCHR’s field officer in the northern Gaza Strip reported that the area did not witness any clashes at the time of shooting, and that Matar had bled for two hours without anyone having been able to offer him help because of intensive shooting by the Israeli forces. Later, a Palestinian farmer was able to evacuate him to Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City.
At approximately 12:00, the Israeli forces razed a 6-donum area of Palestinian agricultural land planted with grapes, owned by Kamal Fureih Shamallakh, in Sheikh ‘Ejlin neighborhood in the south of Gaza City. PCHR’s field officer in Gaza reported that the Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian farms while razing the tract of land.
According to an eyewitness, two Israeli armored personnel carriers and a bulldozer came to the area, razed the tract of land and then withdrew.
At approximately 21:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
Nader Mohammed Fayadh, 18, was wounded by shrapnel in the right side. A number of houses were also severely damaged.
At the same time, Israeli forces in “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, shelled Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area, causing severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses.
At approximately 15:30, Israeli soldiers in a military jeep approximately 40m away from Al-Shuhada’ junction, south of Gaza City, fired at a Palestinian taxi that was traveling from Gaza City to Deir El-Balah. The driver and a girl were injured:
1) Iman Saleh El-Safadi, 22, from Deir El-Balah, seriously injured in the left shoulder, the chest, and the face as the windows of the car were shattered by a live bullet; and
2) Riadh ‘Abdel-Karim El-Masri, 33, from Deir El-Balah, the driver, injured in the left shoulder, arm, and ear as the front window was broken.
In addition, two girls in the car were in shock.
At approximately 17:00, Israeli soldiers, positioned in a military location at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Deir El-Balah, fired at some young Palestinian men who were playing football, approximately 300m away from the border.
‘Awadh Khamis El-Hanajreh, 29, was wounded by a live bullet in the left foot.
At approximately 20:00, a number of Israeli military jeeps moved into Senjel village, north of Ramallah. Israeli soldiers fired stun grenades and tear gas canisters at Palestinian houses. Four Palestinian children suffered from tear gas inhalation.
At approximately 05:30, Israeli forces, positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Beit Hanoun, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses approximately 700m west of the border. Two houses, owned by Sa’id and As’ad Fahmi Abu Salah, were severely damaged.
At approximately 10:30, Israeli forces at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Beit Hanoun, opened fire on Palestinian farms in the northeast of Beit Hanoun.
Eyad Mohammed Matar, 22, from Beit Lahia, was wounded by three live bullets in the abdomen and the left shoulder and leg. Matar is mentally handicapped and was approximately 400m away from the border.
PCHR’s field officer in the northern Gaza Strip reported that the area did not witness any clashes at the time of shooting, and that Matar had bled for two hours without anyone having been able to offer him help because of intensive shooting by the Israeli forces. Later, a Palestinian farmer was able to evacuate him to Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City.
At approximately 12:00, the Israeli forces razed a 6-donum area of Palestinian agricultural land planted with grapes, owned by Kamal Fureih Shamallakh, in Sheikh ‘Ejlin neighborhood in the south of Gaza City. PCHR’s field officer in Gaza reported that the Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian farms while razing the tract of land.
According to an eyewitness, two Israeli armored personnel carriers and a bulldozer came to the area, razed the tract of land and then withdrew.
At approximately 21:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
Nader Mohammed Fayadh, 18, was wounded by shrapnel in the right side. A number of houses were also severely damaged.
At the same time, Israeli forces in “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, shelled Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area, causing severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses.
28 oct 2001
At approximately 07:30, Israeli occupation soldiers fired at 20-year-old ‘Abdel-Qader Hammad El-Dababseh, from Nouba village, northwest of Hebron, wounding him with a live bullet in the abdomen.
PCHR was informed that Dababseh was working on the second floor of a commercial building, approximately 200m from demarcation lines in Hebron. An Israeli sniper fired at him with no apparent reason.
In the morning, Israeli occupation soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas at a number of school children in the part of Hebron under Israeli occupation. Fifteen school children were wounded, including:
1) Amal Mohammed Ghaith, 12, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg;
2) ‘Abir Ibrahim El-Najjar, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg;
3) Shireen Jawad El-Zaru, 14, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left shoulder; and
4) Ghadir Mohammed El-Fakhouri, 15, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right leg.
At approximately 16:00, Israeli occupation soldiers, in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement west of Khan Yunis, fired at a number of Palestinian children who were playing in Al-Nemsawi neighborhood, approximately 200m away from the settlement.
Fadi Mahrous Huneideq, 6, was wounded by a live bullet in the right foot. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that Huneideq was wounded while he was playing in front of his family’s house.
At approximately 07:30, Israeli occupation soldiers fired at 20-year-old ‘Abdel-Qader Hammad El-Dababseh, from Nouba village, northwest of Hebron, wounding him with a live bullet in the abdomen.
PCHR was informed that Dababseh was working on the second floor of a commercial building, approximately 200m from demarcation lines in Hebron. An Israeli sniper fired at him with no apparent reason.
In the morning, Israeli occupation soldiers fired rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas at a number of school children in the part of Hebron under Israeli occupation. Fifteen school children were wounded, including:
1) Amal Mohammed Ghaith, 12, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg;
2) ‘Abir Ibrahim El-Najjar, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg;
3) Shireen Jawad El-Zaru, 14, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left shoulder; and
4) Ghadir Mohammed El-Fakhouri, 15, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right leg.
At approximately 16:00, Israeli occupation soldiers, in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement west of Khan Yunis, fired at a number of Palestinian children who were playing in Al-Nemsawi neighborhood, approximately 200m away from the settlement.
Fadi Mahrous Huneideq, 6, was wounded by a live bullet in the right foot. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that Huneideq was wounded while he was playing in front of his family’s house.
27 oct 2001
At approximately 15:00 local time, dozens of Palestinian civilians demonstrated at the entrance of Kufor Malek, northeast of Ramallah. This coincided with the passage of an Israeli military jeep by the area. Israeli soldiers got out of the jeep and fired at the demonstrators from a distance of approximately 20m. Two demonstrators were wounded:
1) Rami ‘Othman Hamayel El-‘Omar, 22, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg; and
2) Mu’taz Mustafa Hamayel El-‘Omar, 22, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg.
At approximately 01:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and military vehicles, thrust approximately 100m into Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood in the west of Rafah. They leveled land adjacent to the Egyptian border. PCHR’s field officer in Rafah reported that this step was apparently part of efforts by Israeli forces to establish a fixed military location opposite to Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood. The Israeli forces withdrew at approximately 14:00.
At approximately 17:45, Firas Sabri Jaber, 24, from Tulkarm, was killed by Israeli forces. Reinforced with tanks and armored personnel carriers, the soldiers had moved into the city approximately two hours before under the cover of intensive shelling. Jaber was killed while confronting the invading forces.
In the incursion, a number of stores and electricity and telephone networks were severely damaged.
At approximately 22:00, Israeli forces, positioned near Salah El-Din Gate at the Egyptian border, south of Rafah, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at ‘Omar Ben El-Khattab Street, Block “O” and Qeshta neighborhood.
No casualties were reported.
At approximately 23:30, Israeli forces, positioned in military locations in the vicinity of Al-Tuffah checkpoint and “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, shelled Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
A number of houses were severely damaged and people were extremely terrified.
At approximately 15:00 local time, dozens of Palestinian civilians demonstrated at the entrance of Kufor Malek, northeast of Ramallah. This coincided with the passage of an Israeli military jeep by the area. Israeli soldiers got out of the jeep and fired at the demonstrators from a distance of approximately 20m. Two demonstrators were wounded:
1) Rami ‘Othman Hamayel El-‘Omar, 22, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg; and
2) Mu’taz Mustafa Hamayel El-‘Omar, 22, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg.
At approximately 01:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and military vehicles, thrust approximately 100m into Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood in the west of Rafah. They leveled land adjacent to the Egyptian border. PCHR’s field officer in Rafah reported that this step was apparently part of efforts by Israeli forces to establish a fixed military location opposite to Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood. The Israeli forces withdrew at approximately 14:00.
At approximately 17:45, Firas Sabri Jaber, 24, from Tulkarm, was killed by Israeli forces. Reinforced with tanks and armored personnel carriers, the soldiers had moved into the city approximately two hours before under the cover of intensive shelling. Jaber was killed while confronting the invading forces.
In the incursion, a number of stores and electricity and telephone networks were severely damaged.
At approximately 22:00, Israeli forces, positioned near Salah El-Din Gate at the Egyptian border, south of Rafah, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at ‘Omar Ben El-Khattab Street, Block “O” and Qeshta neighborhood.
No casualties were reported.
At approximately 23:30, Israeli forces, positioned in military locations in the vicinity of Al-Tuffah checkpoint and “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, shelled Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
A number of houses were severely damaged and people were extremely terrified.
26 oct 2001
In the afternoon, hundreds of Palestinian civilians participated in the funeral procession of three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to the Martyrs Cemetery in the east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip. At approximately 13:30, an Israeli tank moved from the eastern border of the Gaza Strip approximately 350m into Palestinian-controlled areas, and another tank took position at the border.
A number of the participants in the funeral threw stones towards the tank. Israeli soldiers fired at the stone throwers, wounding nine:
1) Mohammed Riadh Yassin, 15, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg;
2) Ahmed Rebhi ‘Eid, 15, from Jabalya, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg;
3) Mohammed Bassam Musabbeh, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded by a live bullet in the chest;
4) Mohammed Hamed El-‘Arini, 18, from Jabalya refugee camp, wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh;
5) Jamil Na’im El-‘Attar, 14, from Beit Lahia, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
6) Ahmed ‘Abdullah El-Mufti, 20, from Beit Lahia, wounded by a live bullet in the right knee;
7) Ahmed Hussein El-‘Ajjouri, 23, from Jabalya refugee camp, wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh;
8) Subeh ‘Abdel-Rahman Abu ‘Amra, 25, from Tal El-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh; and
9) Mohammed ‘Omar Bulbul, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded by a live bullet in the right leg.
In the evening, ‘Eid Fayiq Abu Sharekh, 31, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, father of 9 children, was pronounced dead from a wound he received more than two weeks ago.
On Monday, October 8, Abu Sharekh was hunting birds using nets on a space of land approximately 500m west of the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. Although he had not posed any threat, Israeli soldiers fired at him without apparent reason. As he was shot, he collapsed to the ground and remained in this position for around half an hour until a Palestinian ambulance was able to evacuate him to Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City.
He was placed under intensive care. His heath condition gradually improved, so he was transferred to Al-Wafa’ Hospital for Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy, where he remained until he was pronounced dead.
In the afternoon, hundreds of Palestinian civilians participated in the funeral procession of three Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to the Martyrs Cemetery in the east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip. At approximately 13:30, an Israeli tank moved from the eastern border of the Gaza Strip approximately 350m into Palestinian-controlled areas, and another tank took position at the border.
A number of the participants in the funeral threw stones towards the tank. Israeli soldiers fired at the stone throwers, wounding nine:
1) Mohammed Riadh Yassin, 15, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg;
2) Ahmed Rebhi ‘Eid, 15, from Jabalya, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg;
3) Mohammed Bassam Musabbeh, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded by a live bullet in the chest;
4) Mohammed Hamed El-‘Arini, 18, from Jabalya refugee camp, wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh;
5) Jamil Na’im El-‘Attar, 14, from Beit Lahia, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
6) Ahmed ‘Abdullah El-Mufti, 20, from Beit Lahia, wounded by a live bullet in the right knee;
7) Ahmed Hussein El-‘Ajjouri, 23, from Jabalya refugee camp, wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh;
8) Subeh ‘Abdel-Rahman Abu ‘Amra, 25, from Tal El-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh; and
9) Mohammed ‘Omar Bulbul, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded by a live bullet in the right leg.
In the evening, ‘Eid Fayiq Abu Sharekh, 31, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, father of 9 children, was pronounced dead from a wound he received more than two weeks ago.
On Monday, October 8, Abu Sharekh was hunting birds using nets on a space of land approximately 500m west of the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. Although he had not posed any threat, Israeli soldiers fired at him without apparent reason. As he was shot, he collapsed to the ground and remained in this position for around half an hour until a Palestinian ambulance was able to evacuate him to Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City.
He was placed under intensive care. His heath condition gradually improved, so he was transferred to Al-Wafa’ Hospital for Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy, where he remained until he was pronounced dead.
25 oct 2001
At approximately 13:00, Israeli soldiers, positioned in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, fired at a number of Palestinian children who were playing near Al-Nemsawi neighborhood, northwest of the settlement.
Mohammed Salah El-Qedra, 14, was wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the area did not witness any clashes at the time of shooting.
In the afternoon, dozens of Palestinian civilians demonstrated in Al-Ersal Street in Ramallah, near a military location established by Israeli forces after they had reoccupied parts of the city on October 18. The Israeli forces fired at the demonstrators wounding:
1) ‘Emad Farouq Khalil, 14, from Al-Bireh, with a live bullet in the right leg;
2) Shehdeh Hamdallah ‘Awadh, 15, from Qalandya refugee camp, with a live bullet in the right thigh; and
3) Mujahed Khaled ‘Abdullah, 26, from ‘Aaroura village north of Ramallah, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
At approximately 13:00, Israeli soldiers, positioned in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, fired at a number of Palestinian children who were playing near Al-Nemsawi neighborhood, northwest of the settlement.
Mohammed Salah El-Qedra, 14, was wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the area did not witness any clashes at the time of shooting.
In the afternoon, dozens of Palestinian civilians demonstrated in Al-Ersal Street in Ramallah, near a military location established by Israeli forces after they had reoccupied parts of the city on October 18. The Israeli forces fired at the demonstrators wounding:
1) ‘Emad Farouq Khalil, 14, from Al-Bireh, with a live bullet in the right leg;
2) Shehdeh Hamdallah ‘Awadh, 15, from Qalandya refugee camp, with a live bullet in the right thigh; and
3) Mujahed Khaled ‘Abdullah, 26, from ‘Aaroura village north of Ramallah, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
24 oct 2001
At approximately 02:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and armored personnel carriers, encroached into Beit Rima village, northwest of Ramallah, under the cover of intensive shelling that targeted residential areas in the village. Israeli combat helicopters participated in the attack and fired a number of air-to-surface missiles on the village.
Israeli forces imposed a total siege on the village, which is under full control of the PNA, and prohibited the access of Palestinian ambulances, journalists and representatives of the ICRC to the village.
The numbers of the victims and the wounded as a result of the invasion have not been clear as the Israeli forces evacuated some of then to Israeli hospitals. According to Palestinian medical sources in Ramallah, the Israeli forces handed bodies of five Palestinian martyrs to the Palestinian side. It is not clear whether there are other victims. On Thursday, those killed were identified as:
1) Haris Amin Hejji, 29, from Burqa village near Nablus, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces;
2) Kamel Hussein El-Barghouthi, 20, from Deir Ghassan village near Ramallah, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces;
3) ‘Abdel-Mu’ti El-Zawawi, 22, from Qarawat Bani Zeid near Ramallah, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces;
4) Qassem ‘Atta El-Sayed El-Mughrabi, 26, a policeman from Gaza; and
5) Rafiq Mohammed Saqer, 24, a policeman from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces also gathered all the residents of the village in the center of the village and arrested more than 20 people.
In Bethlehem, at approximately 14:10, Israeli soldiers in a tank fired heavy caliber bullets at a Palestinian civilian car, killing its driver, ‘Eissa Jalil Jeries El-‘Ali, 55, from Bethlehem. There was no apparent reason for the shooting which targeted the car from a distance of approximately 400m.
In Occupied Jerusalem, at approximately 09:30, Marwan Ahmed Halabia, 21, from Abu Dis town east of Jerusalem, was pronounced dead from a wound he received on Tuesday.
Late at night on Tuesday, October 23, the Israeli forces raided the town and opened fire on Palestinian civilians. Halabia was critically wounded by three live bullets in the head and another one in the right thigh, while he was in his family’s bakery where he used to work. He was evacuated to Al-Maqassed Hospital in Jerusalem where he was pronounced dead on Wednesday morning.
Attacks by Jewish Settlers on Palestinian Civilians
At approximately 04:30 on Wednesday, a number of Jewish settlers in a civilian car opened fire on a Palestinian civilian car, in which a number of Palestinian laborers were traveling, north of Yatta village near Hebron. The driver and five laborers were wounded as follows:
1) Younis Ismail El-Najjar, 51, critically wounded by two live bullets in the back and the left shoulder;
2) Ismail Ibrahim El-Rojoub, 31, the driver, wounded by a live bullet in the right forearm and shrapnel in the head and the shoulder;
3) Mohammed Mousa El-Najjar, 50, wounded by a live bullet in the head;
4) Mohammed ‘Abdel-‘Azziz El-Jobour, 36, wounded by shrapnel in the head and around the left eye;
5) Mohammed Ismail El-Jendi, 46, wounded by shrapnel in the head and the back; and
6) Jebril Ahmed Houshia, 53, wounded by shrapnel in the head.
At approximately 02:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and armored personnel carriers, encroached into Beit Rima village, northwest of Ramallah, under the cover of intensive shelling that targeted residential areas in the village. Israeli combat helicopters participated in the attack and fired a number of air-to-surface missiles on the village.
Israeli forces imposed a total siege on the village, which is under full control of the PNA, and prohibited the access of Palestinian ambulances, journalists and representatives of the ICRC to the village.
The numbers of the victims and the wounded as a result of the invasion have not been clear as the Israeli forces evacuated some of then to Israeli hospitals. According to Palestinian medical sources in Ramallah, the Israeli forces handed bodies of five Palestinian martyrs to the Palestinian side. It is not clear whether there are other victims. On Thursday, those killed were identified as:
1) Haris Amin Hejji, 29, from Burqa village near Nablus, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces;
2) Kamel Hussein El-Barghouthi, 20, from Deir Ghassan village near Ramallah, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces;
3) ‘Abdel-Mu’ti El-Zawawi, 22, from Qarawat Bani Zeid near Ramallah, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces;
4) Qassem ‘Atta El-Sayed El-Mughrabi, 26, a policeman from Gaza; and
5) Rafiq Mohammed Saqer, 24, a policeman from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces also gathered all the residents of the village in the center of the village and arrested more than 20 people.
In Bethlehem, at approximately 14:10, Israeli soldiers in a tank fired heavy caliber bullets at a Palestinian civilian car, killing its driver, ‘Eissa Jalil Jeries El-‘Ali, 55, from Bethlehem. There was no apparent reason for the shooting which targeted the car from a distance of approximately 400m.
In Occupied Jerusalem, at approximately 09:30, Marwan Ahmed Halabia, 21, from Abu Dis town east of Jerusalem, was pronounced dead from a wound he received on Tuesday.
Late at night on Tuesday, October 23, the Israeli forces raided the town and opened fire on Palestinian civilians. Halabia was critically wounded by three live bullets in the head and another one in the right thigh, while he was in his family’s bakery where he used to work. He was evacuated to Al-Maqassed Hospital in Jerusalem where he was pronounced dead on Wednesday morning.
Attacks by Jewish Settlers on Palestinian Civilians
At approximately 04:30 on Wednesday, a number of Jewish settlers in a civilian car opened fire on a Palestinian civilian car, in which a number of Palestinian laborers were traveling, north of Yatta village near Hebron. The driver and five laborers were wounded as follows:
1) Younis Ismail El-Najjar, 51, critically wounded by two live bullets in the back and the left shoulder;
2) Ismail Ibrahim El-Rojoub, 31, the driver, wounded by a live bullet in the right forearm and shrapnel in the head and the shoulder;
3) Mohammed Mousa El-Najjar, 50, wounded by a live bullet in the head;
4) Mohammed ‘Abdel-‘Azziz El-Jobour, 36, wounded by shrapnel in the head and around the left eye;
5) Mohammed Ismail El-Jendi, 46, wounded by shrapnel in the head and the back; and
6) Jebril Ahmed Houshia, 53, wounded by shrapnel in the head.
23 oct 2001
Early in the morning, 13-year-old Nasser Hani Qara’an, from Qalqilya, was pronounced dead from a wound he received when Israeli forces shelled the city on Monday.
Qara’an had been wounded by three medium caliber bullets in the chest and the abdomen while at home in Soufin neighborhood when Israeli forces shelled Palestinian residential areas in the east of Qalqilya. He was fired at from a distance of approximately 70m and evacuated to an Israeli hospital in Kfar Saba, where he was pronounced dead.
At approximately 12:00, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned at Al-Tuffah roadblock, opened fire on the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp. Two Palestinian children were wounded while passing in a nearby road:
1) ‘Abdullah Ahmed El-Sha’er, 4, wounded by a live bullet in the right hand; and
2) Mohammed ‘Ali Abu Khureis, 12, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the back.
In Tulkarm, the Israeli forces fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian residential area and at a Palestinian security roadblock.
At approximately 16:45, Tal’at ‘Atta Fares Jaber, 19, from Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces working in Tulkarm, was killed by three heavy caliber bullets in the head, the chest and the back. In addition, a Palestinian civilian, Bader Mahmoud Ahmed El-Sha’er, 50, was killed by a heavy caliber bullet that entered the chest and settled in the heart.
PCHR was informed that the Israeli forces shelled the east of Tulkarm killing Jaber who was near a roadblock of the Palestinian National Security Forces west of Thennaba neighborhood. El-Sha’er, father of five children, was on the other side of the road having sought shelter from shelling when he was killed.
At 17:15, Israeli forces, positioned near Khadouri College in Tulkarm, shelled a food factory in the south of the city, which is under full control of the PNA. The factory was destroyed by two artillery shells. According to eyewitness, the area did not witness any clashes when the factory was shelled.
At approximately 20:00, the Israeli forces shelled the campus of Bethlehem University. The campus was severely damaged after having been hit by around ten artillery shells.
The Israeli forces shelled also a hospital and a handicapped rehabilitation centre, posing danger to the lives of Palestinians there.
At 23:30, 24-year-old Mohammed Dhiab Sama’na, from Beit Eiba village near Nablus, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, was pronounced dead from a lethal wound he received from Israeli forces. Sama’na was wounded in the head by a live bullet fired by the Israeli forces during shelling of Al-Bireh on Friday, October 19. Since then, he had been in the intensive care unit at Ramallah Hospital.
At 23:45, three Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli forces in Tulkarm. An undercover unit of the Israeli forces moved into the cemetery of the city in the western neighborhood, under full control of the PNA. While a number of Palestinian civilians were at the entrance of the Arab Orphan Street, the undercover unit suddenly moved towards them, opening fire from 40-50m away. Three civilians were killed and two were wounded:
1) Ayman Fa’eq Ahmed El-Jallad, 19;
2) Mahmoud Nawaf Hussein El-Jallad, 19; and
3) Saleh Rashid Saleh ‘Aassi, 19.
The wounded were:
1) Wajdi Ahmed ‘Abdel-Karim, 21, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg; and
2) Murad Kamel El-Jallad, 20, wounded by a live bullet in the left hand.
At approximately midnight, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, encroached into the west of Al-Qarara village, north of Khan Yunis. They thrust approximately 300m into the area under the cover of shooting at Palestinian houses and farms. The Israeli forces razed areas of Palestinian agricultural land before they withdrew from the area at approximately 03:00 on Wednesday. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported the following damage:
1) Israeli forces demolished a 200-square-meter house and razed a 400-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and guavas, on part of which a bird farm stood, owned by Fahim Ismail El-Habil.
2) They razed a 600-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and palms and demolished two rooms and a fence, owned by Nazhir ‘Eid Farawana and brothers.
3) They demolished a fence of Jamil ‘Abdel-Hamid Kellab, and his car’s windows and a television set were damaged by live bullets.
4) They razed a 2,200-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and destroyed an irrigation network, owned by ‘Abdel-Hadi Mohammed El-Astal.
5) They razed a 2,500-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and demolished a house owned by Hussein ‘Abdel-Karim El-Astal.
6) They razed a 1,700-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and a 2,000-square-meter area planted with vegetables, owned by Younis Hussein El-Astal.
7) They razed a 1,200-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and palms and demolished a 120-meter-long fence and a bird farm, owned by Khalil Nayef El-Astal.
8) They demolished a 950-square-meter car maintenance workshop, a 120-square-meter house and a 90-meter-long fence, owned by Sa’di Jaber ‘Ali ‘Obeid.
9) They razed a 500-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and guavas, owned by Hussein ‘Eid Abu ‘Oweili,
10) They demolished a 500-square-meter car maintenance workshop, owned by Salah El-Seiqali.
11) They demolished a fence surrounding a 800-square-meter of land owned by Mohammed Teilakh El-Faqa’awi.
12) Live bullets damaged windows, a television set and a civilian car, owned by Kamal Mohammed El-‘Awadhi.
13) Live bullets damaged windows and the façade of a house owned by Majed Mohammed Sabbah.
Early in the morning, 13-year-old Nasser Hani Qara’an, from Qalqilya, was pronounced dead from a wound he received when Israeli forces shelled the city on Monday.
Qara’an had been wounded by three medium caliber bullets in the chest and the abdomen while at home in Soufin neighborhood when Israeli forces shelled Palestinian residential areas in the east of Qalqilya. He was fired at from a distance of approximately 70m and evacuated to an Israeli hospital in Kfar Saba, where he was pronounced dead.
At approximately 12:00, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned at Al-Tuffah roadblock, opened fire on the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp. Two Palestinian children were wounded while passing in a nearby road:
1) ‘Abdullah Ahmed El-Sha’er, 4, wounded by a live bullet in the right hand; and
2) Mohammed ‘Ali Abu Khureis, 12, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the back.
In Tulkarm, the Israeli forces fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian residential area and at a Palestinian security roadblock.
At approximately 16:45, Tal’at ‘Atta Fares Jaber, 19, from Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces working in Tulkarm, was killed by three heavy caliber bullets in the head, the chest and the back. In addition, a Palestinian civilian, Bader Mahmoud Ahmed El-Sha’er, 50, was killed by a heavy caliber bullet that entered the chest and settled in the heart.
PCHR was informed that the Israeli forces shelled the east of Tulkarm killing Jaber who was near a roadblock of the Palestinian National Security Forces west of Thennaba neighborhood. El-Sha’er, father of five children, was on the other side of the road having sought shelter from shelling when he was killed.
At 17:15, Israeli forces, positioned near Khadouri College in Tulkarm, shelled a food factory in the south of the city, which is under full control of the PNA. The factory was destroyed by two artillery shells. According to eyewitness, the area did not witness any clashes when the factory was shelled.
At approximately 20:00, the Israeli forces shelled the campus of Bethlehem University. The campus was severely damaged after having been hit by around ten artillery shells.
The Israeli forces shelled also a hospital and a handicapped rehabilitation centre, posing danger to the lives of Palestinians there.
At 23:30, 24-year-old Mohammed Dhiab Sama’na, from Beit Eiba village near Nablus, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, was pronounced dead from a lethal wound he received from Israeli forces. Sama’na was wounded in the head by a live bullet fired by the Israeli forces during shelling of Al-Bireh on Friday, October 19. Since then, he had been in the intensive care unit at Ramallah Hospital.
At 23:45, three Palestinian civilians were killed by Israeli forces in Tulkarm. An undercover unit of the Israeli forces moved into the cemetery of the city in the western neighborhood, under full control of the PNA. While a number of Palestinian civilians were at the entrance of the Arab Orphan Street, the undercover unit suddenly moved towards them, opening fire from 40-50m away. Three civilians were killed and two were wounded:
1) Ayman Fa’eq Ahmed El-Jallad, 19;
2) Mahmoud Nawaf Hussein El-Jallad, 19; and
3) Saleh Rashid Saleh ‘Aassi, 19.
The wounded were:
1) Wajdi Ahmed ‘Abdel-Karim, 21, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg; and
2) Murad Kamel El-Jallad, 20, wounded by a live bullet in the left hand.
At approximately midnight, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, encroached into the west of Al-Qarara village, north of Khan Yunis. They thrust approximately 300m into the area under the cover of shooting at Palestinian houses and farms. The Israeli forces razed areas of Palestinian agricultural land before they withdrew from the area at approximately 03:00 on Wednesday. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported the following damage:
1) Israeli forces demolished a 200-square-meter house and razed a 400-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and guavas, on part of which a bird farm stood, owned by Fahim Ismail El-Habil.
2) They razed a 600-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and palms and demolished two rooms and a fence, owned by Nazhir ‘Eid Farawana and brothers.
3) They demolished a fence of Jamil ‘Abdel-Hamid Kellab, and his car’s windows and a television set were damaged by live bullets.
4) They razed a 2,200-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and destroyed an irrigation network, owned by ‘Abdel-Hadi Mohammed El-Astal.
5) They razed a 2,500-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and demolished a house owned by Hussein ‘Abdel-Karim El-Astal.
6) They razed a 1,700-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and a 2,000-square-meter area planted with vegetables, owned by Younis Hussein El-Astal.
7) They razed a 1,200-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and palms and demolished a 120-meter-long fence and a bird farm, owned by Khalil Nayef El-Astal.
8) They demolished a 950-square-meter car maintenance workshop, a 120-square-meter house and a 90-meter-long fence, owned by Sa’di Jaber ‘Ali ‘Obeid.
9) They razed a 500-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives and guavas, owned by Hussein ‘Eid Abu ‘Oweili,
10) They demolished a 500-square-meter car maintenance workshop, owned by Salah El-Seiqali.
11) They demolished a fence surrounding a 800-square-meter of land owned by Mohammed Teilakh El-Faqa’awi.
12) Live bullets damaged windows, a television set and a civilian car, owned by Kamal Mohammed El-‘Awadhi.
13) Live bullets damaged windows and the façade of a house owned by Majed Mohammed Sabbah.
22 oct 2001
At approximately 07:40, Nidal Khaled ‘Oleyan, 20, from Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, was pronounced dead at Al-Hussein Hospital from a wound he received the previous day. ‘Oleyan, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, was wounded by a heavy caliber bullet in the abdomen when Israeli forces shelled Bethlehem on Sunday evening.
In Al-Bireh, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in Al-Ersal area, which they had reoccupied on Thursady, October 18, resumed shelling of Palestinian residential areas.
At approximately 12:30, Hilal Walid ‘Abdel-Rahman, 18, from Jalazoun refugee camp, was wounded by shrapnel in the left leg, and Khaled Hussein ‘Aayesh, 28, from Jenin, an officer of Force 17, was seriously wounded by four live bullets in the abdomen, the spinal column, the left upper arm and the right elbow.
In Tulkarm, Israeli forces shelled Palestinian residential areas and fired at Palestinian civilians throughout the day.
At approximately 14:00, ‘Orwa ‘Essam Qe’dan, 15, was critically wounded in the abdomen by a live bullet fired by Israeli soldiers positioned near Khadouri College, while he was near his family’s house. He was evacuated to Tulkarm Hospital, where medical sources stated that the live bullet penetrated the liver, the spleen, the diaphragm, the stomach and the lungs, fracturing two bones of the thoracic cavity.
At approximately 20:00, the Israeli forces opened fire from heavy and medium machine guns on Palestinian houses in Nour Shams refugee camp.
Yousef Hussein El-Sheikh ‘Abed Muqbel, 65, was killed by shrapnel from heavy caliber bullets in the chest, the neck and the abdomen. In addition, three member of his family were wounded.
Throughout the day, 13 Palestinian civilians were wounded in Tulkarm as follows:
1) Hanan Yousef El-Sheikh ‘Abed, 18, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the chest;
2) Yasmin Yousef El-Sheikh ‘Abed, 9, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the head;
3) ‘Alla’ Yousef El-Sheikh ‘Abed, 11, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the arm;
4) ‘Alla’ Nader Abu Zaghib, 21, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the left thigh;
5) Mohammed ‘Aadel Khalil, 11, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the right hand;
6) Dhurgham Fu’ad Mousa, 25, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen;
7) Maher ‘Abdel-Rahman Mahajna, 42, from Tulkarm, wounded by three live bullets in the arm, the thighs and the feet;
8) Akram ‘Eissa Farajallah, 27, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right thigh;
9) Mohammed Naji El-Tuneib, 75, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen;
10) Maher Mohammed El-Tuneib, 35, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the neck;
11) Mohammed Hussam El-Tuneib, 13, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the chest;
12) Muhannad ‘Emad Khouli, 15, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the left hand;
13) ‘Orwa ‘Essam Qe’dan, 15, from Tulkarm, wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen.
At approximately 23:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, encroached into Palestinian controlled areas adjacent to the Egyptian border south of Rafah. They shelled Palestinian houses in Qeshta neighborhood, Block “O” area in Rafah refugee camp and ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street.
While the Israeli sources denied the incursion, PCHR’s field officer in Rafah reported that the Israeli forces demolished four houses and 12 stores, and thrust approximately 250m into ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street. A number of houses and civilian property were severely damaged, especially warehouses owned by Hassan and Mohammed Yousef El-Dam which were set aflame. The two brothers estimated their loss at approximately $US 1million. Their houses were also severely damaged.
The following are details of the houses that were demolished:
1) a 200-square-meter, one-story house which was used as a kindergarten, owned by Mervat Khamis Abu Halawa;
2) a 160-square-meter, one-story house, in which 12 people from the family of Abu Lebdeh used to live, owned by Yahia Shehdeh Zo’rob and Hussam Mahmoud El-Sha’er;
3) a 100-square-meter, one-story house, in which 6 people from the family of Daoud, owned by Yahia Zo’rob and Hussam El-Sha’er; and
4) a 200-square-meter, two-story house, owned by Yahia Zo’rob and Hussam El-Sha’er.
The following stores were also demolished:
1) four 30-square-meter stores owned by Yahia Zo’rob and Hussam El-Sha’er;
2) three 30-square-meter stores owned by ‘Oudetallah ‘Ejji El-Sha’er;
3) a 30-square-meter store owned by Ismail Khalil Abu Hilal;
4) a 30-square-meter store owned by Mohammed Khalil Abu Hilal;
5) a 30-square-meter store owned by Ahmed Shehdeh Abdel-‘Aal;
6) a 30-square-meter store owned by Hussein ‘Abdel-‘Aal; and
7) a 30-square-meter store owned by Rasmi ‘Oweida.
At approximately 03:00, Israeli forces, positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp, shelled Palestinian houses in the refugee camp. A number of houses were damaged.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli forces, reinforced with a tank, moved from “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, approximately 200m into the north of the city. Israeli forces opened fire on a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, causing severe damage to its walls.
Then, the tank moved to the west and opened fire on Palestinian houses. Water tanks and electricity networks of two houses, owned by Yousef El-Maqadmeh and Suleiman Abu Munifi, were severely damaged. The Israeli forces also demolished a 20-square-meter booth and an irrigation network owned by Abu Munifi.
At approximately 22:00, the Israeli forces demolished a 180-square-meter, one-story house, in which 18 people used to live, owned by Salah ‘Abdel-Hamid El-Qedra. The house was approximately 80m west of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah. PCHR’s field officer in the middle area of the Gaza Strip reported that residents of the house had left the house ten days before the demolition due to frequent shooting by the Israeli forces.
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
On Monday, Israeli forces assassinated Ayman ‘Adnan Mohammed Halawa, 26, from Nablus. At approximately 20:20, Halawa was traveling in a civilian car on An-Najah University Street. The car exploded. Halawa died instantly while another occupant of the car was injured. In addition, two civilians passing nearby were injured:
1) Nour Hujeir, 16, injured by shrapnel in the abdomen; and
2) Bassem Hashem, 16, injured by shrapnel in the chest.
Palestinian security sources accused Israeli forces of plotting to assassinate Halawa, known as a Hamas activist. Little hours later, the office of the Israeli prime minister issued a statement accusing Halawa of responsibility for a number of attacks that resulted in the killing of 48 Israelis.
Update:
At approximately 03:00, Israeli forces, positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp, shelled Palestinian houses in the refugee camp. A number of houses were damaged.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli forces, reinforced with a tank, moved from “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, approximately 200m into the north of the city. Israeli forces opened fire on a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, causing severe damage to its walls.
Then, the tank moved to the west and opened fire on Palestinian houses. Water tanks and electricity networks of two houses, owned by Yousef El-Maqadmeh and Suleiman Abu Munifi, were severely damaged.
The Israeli forces also demolished a 20-square-meter booth and an irrigation network owned by Abu Munifi.
At approximately 22:00, the Israeli forces demolished a 180-square-meter, one-story house, in which 18 people used to live, owned by Salah ‘Abdel-Hamid El-Qedra.
The house was approximately 80m west of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah. PCHR’s field officer in the middle area of the Gaza Strip reported that residents of the house had left the house ten days before the demolition due to frequent shooting by the Israeli forces.
At approximately 07:40, Nidal Khaled ‘Oleyan, 20, from Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, was pronounced dead at Al-Hussein Hospital from a wound he received the previous day. ‘Oleyan, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, was wounded by a heavy caliber bullet in the abdomen when Israeli forces shelled Bethlehem on Sunday evening.
In Al-Bireh, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in Al-Ersal area, which they had reoccupied on Thursady, October 18, resumed shelling of Palestinian residential areas.
At approximately 12:30, Hilal Walid ‘Abdel-Rahman, 18, from Jalazoun refugee camp, was wounded by shrapnel in the left leg, and Khaled Hussein ‘Aayesh, 28, from Jenin, an officer of Force 17, was seriously wounded by four live bullets in the abdomen, the spinal column, the left upper arm and the right elbow.
In Tulkarm, Israeli forces shelled Palestinian residential areas and fired at Palestinian civilians throughout the day.
At approximately 14:00, ‘Orwa ‘Essam Qe’dan, 15, was critically wounded in the abdomen by a live bullet fired by Israeli soldiers positioned near Khadouri College, while he was near his family’s house. He was evacuated to Tulkarm Hospital, where medical sources stated that the live bullet penetrated the liver, the spleen, the diaphragm, the stomach and the lungs, fracturing two bones of the thoracic cavity.
At approximately 20:00, the Israeli forces opened fire from heavy and medium machine guns on Palestinian houses in Nour Shams refugee camp.
Yousef Hussein El-Sheikh ‘Abed Muqbel, 65, was killed by shrapnel from heavy caliber bullets in the chest, the neck and the abdomen. In addition, three member of his family were wounded.
Throughout the day, 13 Palestinian civilians were wounded in Tulkarm as follows:
1) Hanan Yousef El-Sheikh ‘Abed, 18, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the chest;
2) Yasmin Yousef El-Sheikh ‘Abed, 9, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the head;
3) ‘Alla’ Yousef El-Sheikh ‘Abed, 11, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the arm;
4) ‘Alla’ Nader Abu Zaghib, 21, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the left thigh;
5) Mohammed ‘Aadel Khalil, 11, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the right hand;
6) Dhurgham Fu’ad Mousa, 25, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen;
7) Maher ‘Abdel-Rahman Mahajna, 42, from Tulkarm, wounded by three live bullets in the arm, the thighs and the feet;
8) Akram ‘Eissa Farajallah, 27, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right thigh;
9) Mohammed Naji El-Tuneib, 75, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen;
10) Maher Mohammed El-Tuneib, 35, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the neck;
11) Mohammed Hussam El-Tuneib, 13, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the chest;
12) Muhannad ‘Emad Khouli, 15, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the left hand;
13) ‘Orwa ‘Essam Qe’dan, 15, from Tulkarm, wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen.
At approximately 23:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, encroached into Palestinian controlled areas adjacent to the Egyptian border south of Rafah. They shelled Palestinian houses in Qeshta neighborhood, Block “O” area in Rafah refugee camp and ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street.
While the Israeli sources denied the incursion, PCHR’s field officer in Rafah reported that the Israeli forces demolished four houses and 12 stores, and thrust approximately 250m into ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street. A number of houses and civilian property were severely damaged, especially warehouses owned by Hassan and Mohammed Yousef El-Dam which were set aflame. The two brothers estimated their loss at approximately $US 1million. Their houses were also severely damaged.
The following are details of the houses that were demolished:
1) a 200-square-meter, one-story house which was used as a kindergarten, owned by Mervat Khamis Abu Halawa;
2) a 160-square-meter, one-story house, in which 12 people from the family of Abu Lebdeh used to live, owned by Yahia Shehdeh Zo’rob and Hussam Mahmoud El-Sha’er;
3) a 100-square-meter, one-story house, in which 6 people from the family of Daoud, owned by Yahia Zo’rob and Hussam El-Sha’er; and
4) a 200-square-meter, two-story house, owned by Yahia Zo’rob and Hussam El-Sha’er.
The following stores were also demolished:
1) four 30-square-meter stores owned by Yahia Zo’rob and Hussam El-Sha’er;
2) three 30-square-meter stores owned by ‘Oudetallah ‘Ejji El-Sha’er;
3) a 30-square-meter store owned by Ismail Khalil Abu Hilal;
4) a 30-square-meter store owned by Mohammed Khalil Abu Hilal;
5) a 30-square-meter store owned by Ahmed Shehdeh Abdel-‘Aal;
6) a 30-square-meter store owned by Hussein ‘Abdel-‘Aal; and
7) a 30-square-meter store owned by Rasmi ‘Oweida.
At approximately 03:00, Israeli forces, positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp, shelled Palestinian houses in the refugee camp. A number of houses were damaged.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli forces, reinforced with a tank, moved from “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, approximately 200m into the north of the city. Israeli forces opened fire on a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, causing severe damage to its walls.
Then, the tank moved to the west and opened fire on Palestinian houses. Water tanks and electricity networks of two houses, owned by Yousef El-Maqadmeh and Suleiman Abu Munifi, were severely damaged. The Israeli forces also demolished a 20-square-meter booth and an irrigation network owned by Abu Munifi.
At approximately 22:00, the Israeli forces demolished a 180-square-meter, one-story house, in which 18 people used to live, owned by Salah ‘Abdel-Hamid El-Qedra. The house was approximately 80m west of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah. PCHR’s field officer in the middle area of the Gaza Strip reported that residents of the house had left the house ten days before the demolition due to frequent shooting by the Israeli forces.
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
On Monday, Israeli forces assassinated Ayman ‘Adnan Mohammed Halawa, 26, from Nablus. At approximately 20:20, Halawa was traveling in a civilian car on An-Najah University Street. The car exploded. Halawa died instantly while another occupant of the car was injured. In addition, two civilians passing nearby were injured:
1) Nour Hujeir, 16, injured by shrapnel in the abdomen; and
2) Bassem Hashem, 16, injured by shrapnel in the chest.
Palestinian security sources accused Israeli forces of plotting to assassinate Halawa, known as a Hamas activist. Little hours later, the office of the Israeli prime minister issued a statement accusing Halawa of responsibility for a number of attacks that resulted in the killing of 48 Israelis.
Update:
At approximately 03:00, Israeli forces, positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp, shelled Palestinian houses in the refugee camp. A number of houses were damaged.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli forces, reinforced with a tank, moved from “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, approximately 200m into the north of the city. Israeli forces opened fire on a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, causing severe damage to its walls.
Then, the tank moved to the west and opened fire on Palestinian houses. Water tanks and electricity networks of two houses, owned by Yousef El-Maqadmeh and Suleiman Abu Munifi, were severely damaged.
The Israeli forces also demolished a 20-square-meter booth and an irrigation network owned by Abu Munifi.
At approximately 22:00, the Israeli forces demolished a 180-square-meter, one-story house, in which 18 people used to live, owned by Salah ‘Abdel-Hamid El-Qedra.
The house was approximately 80m west of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah. PCHR’s field officer in the middle area of the Gaza Strip reported that residents of the house had left the house ten days before the demolition due to frequent shooting by the Israeli forces.
21 oct 2001
At approximately 20:00, 17-year-old Ahmed Yousef Abu Mandil, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, was pronounced dead from a wound he received by the Israeli forces around three weeks ago.
Abu Mandil was among a number of school students who demonstrated on September 29 against the Israeli forces near “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah. The Israeli forces then fired at the demonstrators, killing one and wounding 32. Abu Mandil was wounded by a live bullet in the back. He was evacuated to Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City.
After his health condition deteriorated on October 14, he was transferred to Tal Hashomer Hospital in Israel until he succumbed to his wound.
Israeli forces maintained positions in PNA-controlled areas, under the cover of shelling that targeted Palestinian residential areas and civilian facilities. In Bethlehem, three Palestinians, a handicapped civilian and two security men, were killed.
At approximately 11:50, Israeli soldiers shot dead Mohammed Suleiman Baraqa’a, 32, deaf and dumb, father of five children, with shrapnel from an artillery shell in the neck. Baraqa’a was near his house in Al-‘Azza refugee camp when he was killed.
At approximately 12:40, Nahedh Jom’a Hussein Juju, 47, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, an officer of the Palestinian National Security Forces, was shot dead by the Israeli forces in Bethlehem.
At approximately 17:35, Fawzi ‘Eissa Abu Hulayel El-Masalmeh, 28, from Al-Douha village, west of Bethlehem, an officer of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, was killed by shrapnel from an artillery shell fired by Israeli forces at Al-Hussein Hospital in Beit Jala, while he was on duty.
In the same incident, Amjad ‘Aadel ‘Omeir, 24, a nurse in the hospital, was wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh.
In Jenin, Ghada Mahmoud ‘Omar ‘Eissa, 20, from Sanour village, south of Jenin, was killed by a live bullet in the head when the Israeli forces fired at a number of Palestinian farmers who were on their way home.
At approximately 17:30, while a number of Palestinian farmers were on their way back home from olive farms in the southeast of Sanour village, Israeli occupation forces moved from Sanour military location into the village, which is fully controlled by the PNA. They thrust approximately 250m into the village. In the meanwhile, the family of ‘Eissa was traveling on a tractor.
Israeli soldiers fired at the family from a distance of approximately 50m. The girl was killed by a live bullet in the head and 13-year-old Siham Salah ‘Eissa was wounded by a live bullet in the left side.
In Tulkarm, Israeli forces continued to shell Palestinian houses and shoot at Palestinian civilians. Twelve civilians and a security man were wounded:
1) Anas Maher Fateh ‘Awad, 12, from ‘Ezbat Al-Jarad, wounded by a live bullet in the back;
2) Bilal ‘Abdel-Fattah ‘Ennab, 14, from ‘Ezbat Al-Jarad, wounded by a live bullet in the left knee;
3) Ismail Mohammed Qaffaf, 39, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the head;
4) Mohammed Saleh ‘Ali, 22, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by two live bullets in the hands;
5) Tariq Mohammed ‘Abdullah, 17, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the left foot;
6) Lu’ai Banan Mohammed Sawan, 16, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right leg;
7) Kamal Mohammed Qara’awi, 37, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the left knee;
8) Khaled ‘Atwa Abu Hazem, 19, from Khan Yunis, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh;
9) Firas Fahmi Khashan, 25, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right elbow;
10) ‘Eissa Ibrahim Nasrallah, 30, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right elbow;
11) ‘Abdel-Halim Ibrahim Melhem, 22, from Tulkarm, wounded by a live bullet in the chest;
12) Jamil Rezeq Sharqia, 19, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right leg; and
13) Adib Saleh Hassan, 26, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by a live bullet in the chest.
In Qalqilya, Israeli forces resumed shelling Palestinian of residential areas. They also thrust approximately 100m into the south of the city and destroyed a Palestinian security roadblock, electricity and telephone towers and some civilian facilities. In addition, four civilians were wounded:
1) Saber Mohammed Abu Sa’d, 27, seriously wounded by a live bullet in the chest;
2) Maher ‘Ali El-Ra’ei, 37, seriously wounded by three live bullets in the chest and the arms;
3) ‘Abdel-Nabi Saber Abu Shihab, 21, wounded by a live bullet in the side; and
4) Talal Mohammed ‘Oweissi, 42, wounded by shrapnel from live bullets in the right hand.
In Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Israeli forces reinforced their presence in areas they had reoccupied in the previous days and maintained shelling of Palestinian houses and shooting at Palestinian civilians.
At approximately 02:30, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in “Ofar” military location, shelled Al-Tirah neighborhood in Ramallah, causing severe damage to four houses and a civilian car.
At approximately 08:30, the Israeli forces destroyed a 150-square-meter, two-story building of the administration of Force 17 in Al-Balou’ area in Al-Bireh after having confiscated its contents.
At approximately 12:00, Ra’ed ‘Abbas El-Tawil, 26, from Ramallah, was wounded by a live bullet in the left side fired by Israeli forces in Al-Balou’ area.
Sa’id Mohammed Abu Shams, 26, from Gaza, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces went to offer help to El-Tawil, but the Israeli forces fired at him, wounding him with a live bullet in the abdomen. The two men were evacuated to Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah.
In Rafah, at approximately 17:30, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks, thrust approximately 50m into ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street and Qeshta neighborhood adjacent to the Egyptian border. They fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in Block “O,” ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street and Qeshta neighborhood.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli soldiers, positioned in a military location at the road leading to Al-Mawasi area, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood in the west of Rafah.
Nida’ Younis Subeh, 12, was wounded by a live bullet in the chest while inside her family’s house. She was evacuated to Al-Joneina Hospital in the city.
In Khan Yunis, at approximately 19:00, Israeli forces seized a Palestinian house approximately 500m northwest of Al-Matahen junction, north of the city. The 80-square-meter, three-story house is owned by Mohammed El-Farra, who lives abroad. This action came in the context of reinforcements by these forces in the area, where they continued razing and leveling agricultural land to establish a road, 700m long and 40-50 wide.
The road is designed for the sole use of these forces and Jewish settlers.
At approximately 22:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, shelled Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area in the city. A number of houses were severely damaged. At the same time, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, shelled Palestinian houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp.
A number of houses were damaged, but no casualties were reported.
At approximately 23:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, shelled a number of nearby Palestinian houses.
Four houses, owned by Bader Saleh Abu ‘Aazem, Mahmoud ‘Oudeh Abu Samra, Subhi Abu Musabbeh and Ayman El-‘Abit, were severely damaged.
Update:
At approximately 22:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, shelled Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area in the city. A number of houses were severely damaged.
At the same time, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, shelled Palestinian houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp. A number of houses were damaged, but no casualties were reported.
At approximately 23:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, shelled a number of nearby Palestinian houses. Four houses, owned by Bader Saleh Abu ‘Aazem, Mahmoud ‘Oudeh Abu Samra, Subhi Abu Musabbeh and Ayman El-‘Abit, were severely damaged.
At approximately 20:00, 17-year-old Ahmed Yousef Abu Mandil, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, was pronounced dead from a wound he received by the Israeli forces around three weeks ago.
Abu Mandil was among a number of school students who demonstrated on September 29 against the Israeli forces near “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah. The Israeli forces then fired at the demonstrators, killing one and wounding 32. Abu Mandil was wounded by a live bullet in the back. He was evacuated to Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City.
After his health condition deteriorated on October 14, he was transferred to Tal Hashomer Hospital in Israel until he succumbed to his wound.
Israeli forces maintained positions in PNA-controlled areas, under the cover of shelling that targeted Palestinian residential areas and civilian facilities. In Bethlehem, three Palestinians, a handicapped civilian and two security men, were killed.
At approximately 11:50, Israeli soldiers shot dead Mohammed Suleiman Baraqa’a, 32, deaf and dumb, father of five children, with shrapnel from an artillery shell in the neck. Baraqa’a was near his house in Al-‘Azza refugee camp when he was killed.
At approximately 12:40, Nahedh Jom’a Hussein Juju, 47, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, an officer of the Palestinian National Security Forces, was shot dead by the Israeli forces in Bethlehem.
At approximately 17:35, Fawzi ‘Eissa Abu Hulayel El-Masalmeh, 28, from Al-Douha village, west of Bethlehem, an officer of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, was killed by shrapnel from an artillery shell fired by Israeli forces at Al-Hussein Hospital in Beit Jala, while he was on duty.
In the same incident, Amjad ‘Aadel ‘Omeir, 24, a nurse in the hospital, was wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh.
In Jenin, Ghada Mahmoud ‘Omar ‘Eissa, 20, from Sanour village, south of Jenin, was killed by a live bullet in the head when the Israeli forces fired at a number of Palestinian farmers who were on their way home.
At approximately 17:30, while a number of Palestinian farmers were on their way back home from olive farms in the southeast of Sanour village, Israeli occupation forces moved from Sanour military location into the village, which is fully controlled by the PNA. They thrust approximately 250m into the village. In the meanwhile, the family of ‘Eissa was traveling on a tractor.
Israeli soldiers fired at the family from a distance of approximately 50m. The girl was killed by a live bullet in the head and 13-year-old Siham Salah ‘Eissa was wounded by a live bullet in the left side.
In Tulkarm, Israeli forces continued to shell Palestinian houses and shoot at Palestinian civilians. Twelve civilians and a security man were wounded:
1) Anas Maher Fateh ‘Awad, 12, from ‘Ezbat Al-Jarad, wounded by a live bullet in the back;
2) Bilal ‘Abdel-Fattah ‘Ennab, 14, from ‘Ezbat Al-Jarad, wounded by a live bullet in the left knee;
3) Ismail Mohammed Qaffaf, 39, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel in the head;
4) Mohammed Saleh ‘Ali, 22, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by two live bullets in the hands;
5) Tariq Mohammed ‘Abdullah, 17, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the left foot;
6) Lu’ai Banan Mohammed Sawan, 16, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right leg;
7) Kamal Mohammed Qara’awi, 37, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the left knee;
8) Khaled ‘Atwa Abu Hazem, 19, from Khan Yunis, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh;
9) Firas Fahmi Khashan, 25, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right elbow;
10) ‘Eissa Ibrahim Nasrallah, 30, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right elbow;
11) ‘Abdel-Halim Ibrahim Melhem, 22, from Tulkarm, wounded by a live bullet in the chest;
12) Jamil Rezeq Sharqia, 19, from Tulkarm, wounded by shrapnel in the right leg; and
13) Adib Saleh Hassan, 26, from Nour Shams refugee camp, wounded by a live bullet in the chest.
In Qalqilya, Israeli forces resumed shelling Palestinian of residential areas. They also thrust approximately 100m into the south of the city and destroyed a Palestinian security roadblock, electricity and telephone towers and some civilian facilities. In addition, four civilians were wounded:
1) Saber Mohammed Abu Sa’d, 27, seriously wounded by a live bullet in the chest;
2) Maher ‘Ali El-Ra’ei, 37, seriously wounded by three live bullets in the chest and the arms;
3) ‘Abdel-Nabi Saber Abu Shihab, 21, wounded by a live bullet in the side; and
4) Talal Mohammed ‘Oweissi, 42, wounded by shrapnel from live bullets in the right hand.
In Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Israeli forces reinforced their presence in areas they had reoccupied in the previous days and maintained shelling of Palestinian houses and shooting at Palestinian civilians.
At approximately 02:30, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in “Ofar” military location, shelled Al-Tirah neighborhood in Ramallah, causing severe damage to four houses and a civilian car.
At approximately 08:30, the Israeli forces destroyed a 150-square-meter, two-story building of the administration of Force 17 in Al-Balou’ area in Al-Bireh after having confiscated its contents.
At approximately 12:00, Ra’ed ‘Abbas El-Tawil, 26, from Ramallah, was wounded by a live bullet in the left side fired by Israeli forces in Al-Balou’ area.
Sa’id Mohammed Abu Shams, 26, from Gaza, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces went to offer help to El-Tawil, but the Israeli forces fired at him, wounding him with a live bullet in the abdomen. The two men were evacuated to Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah.
In Rafah, at approximately 17:30, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks, thrust approximately 50m into ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street and Qeshta neighborhood adjacent to the Egyptian border. They fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in Block “O,” ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street and Qeshta neighborhood.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli soldiers, positioned in a military location at the road leading to Al-Mawasi area, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood in the west of Rafah.
Nida’ Younis Subeh, 12, was wounded by a live bullet in the chest while inside her family’s house. She was evacuated to Al-Joneina Hospital in the city.
In Khan Yunis, at approximately 19:00, Israeli forces seized a Palestinian house approximately 500m northwest of Al-Matahen junction, north of the city. The 80-square-meter, three-story house is owned by Mohammed El-Farra, who lives abroad. This action came in the context of reinforcements by these forces in the area, where they continued razing and leveling agricultural land to establish a road, 700m long and 40-50 wide.
The road is designed for the sole use of these forces and Jewish settlers.
At approximately 22:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, shelled Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area in the city. A number of houses were severely damaged. At the same time, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, shelled Palestinian houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp.
A number of houses were damaged, but no casualties were reported.
At approximately 23:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, shelled a number of nearby Palestinian houses.
Four houses, owned by Bader Saleh Abu ‘Aazem, Mahmoud ‘Oudeh Abu Samra, Subhi Abu Musabbeh and Ayman El-‘Abit, were severely damaged.
Update:
At approximately 22:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Gani Tal” settlement, northwest of Khan Yunis, shelled Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area in the city. A number of houses were severely damaged.
At the same time, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Neve Dekalim” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, shelled Palestinian houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp. A number of houses were damaged, but no casualties were reported.
At approximately 23:00, Israeli forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, shelled a number of nearby Palestinian houses. Four houses, owned by Bader Saleh Abu ‘Aazem, Mahmoud ‘Oudeh Abu Samra, Subhi Abu Musabbeh and Ayman El-‘Abit, were severely damaged.
20 oct 2001
At approximately 02:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and military vehicles, moved into Qalqilya from three sides, thrusting approximately 300m from each direction, under the cover of intensive shelling that targeted Palestinian houses and establishments of the Palestinian National Authority. Israeli forces reoccupied Sofia and Al-Naqqar neighborhoods and the municipal park, and seized five houses, transforming them into military outposts.
Two Palestinians, a civilian and a member of the security services, were killed during the incursion:
1) Mustafa ‘Abdel-Rhim Noufal, 34, killed by a heavy caliber bullet in the chest while at home; and
2) Saner Yousef Hassan Shawahneh, 22, a policeman from Kufor Thuluth village, killed by a heavy caliber bullet also in the chest.
In addition, five Palestinians were wounded.
At approximately 02:45, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and military vehicles, encroached into Tulkarm, under the cover of intensive shelling that targeted Palestinian residential areas in the city. PCHR was informed that Israeli forces moved into the city from four directions. They thrust approximately 2km into the north of the city and reoccupied Ektaba and Shweika neighborhoods; they thrust approximately 1km into the west of the city and reoccupied Al-Sahel Al-Gharbi neighborhood and the vicinity of the cemetery; they thrust approximately 700m into the east of the city – Thinnaba neighborhood; and they thrust approximately 500m into the south of the city and took position at the entrance to Nour Shams refugee camp.
During the incursion, two members of the Palestinian National Security Forces were killed while at a roadblock in Aratah neighborhood:
1) Mustafa Mahmoud Saleh Zitawi, 33, from Beit Lid village near Tulkarm, killed by shrapnel from an artillery shell in the head and the abdomen; and
2) Maher Fathi Wahba Abu Hasna, 33, from ‘Attil village near Tulkram, killed by shrapnel from an artillery shell.
In addition, five civilians were wounded:
1) Ibrahim Mohammed Quzmaz, 10, wounded by shrapnel in the face;
2) Ahmed Mohammed Qaderi, 17, wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen;
3) Hisham ‘Eissa ‘Arbas, 27, wounded by a live bullet in the right shoulder;
4) ‘Alla’ ‘Abdel-Fattah Abu Hamed, 22, wounded by a live bullet in the left shoulder; and
5) Jihad ‘Abdel-Fattah Abu Hamed, 20, wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen.
The family of Amin Jaber Bourini, miraculously survived after an artillery shell had hit their house in the northwest of the city, destroying its façade. The Israeli forces also seized two houses in Ektaba neighborhood and transformed them into military outposts.
Israeli forces maintained positions in Bethlehem and Beit Jala cities and ‘Aaida nad Al-‘Azza refugee camps, under the cover of continued shelling of Palestinian residential areas.
At approximately 12:15, Rania Nasri Murra Kharoufa, 24, from Beit Jala, was killed by a medium caliber bullet in the neck, while she was getting out of her car in front of her house.
Throughout the day, Israeli forces shelled Bethlehem, using heavy and medium machine guns, artillery shells, and combat helicopters.
At approximately 15:20, 15-year-old Yousef Mohammed ‘Ebayyat was killed by a live bullet in the head fired by an Israeli soldier on Mount Handaza, southeast of Bethlehem. The child was killed from a distance of only 100m.
At approximately 16:50, ‘Aaesha Mahmoud ‘Abdel-Fattah ‘Oudeh, 39, from Jerusalem, was killed by a heavy caliber bullet in the chest and shrapnel throughout the body.
‘Oudeh, mother of 8 children, was in a visit to her family in ‘Aaida refugee camp when the family’s house was shelled by the Israeli forces, which moved into the refugee camp.
At approximately 17:10, Johnny George Tahaljia, 19, from Bethlehem, was killed by live bullets in the chest and the abdomen, when Israeli soldiers on Mount Handaza fired at him while he was at the gate of Al-Mahed Church, approximately 800m away.
While the Israeli forces maintained positions in Bethlehem and reoccupied large parts of the city, more than 50 Palestinian civilians were wounded by live bullets and shrapnel from artillery shells fired by these forces.
Among the wounded was Yasser Mash’al, 30, who was wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen at 16:30, and an UNRWA ambulance he was driving was severely damaged.
Among the wounded was also Maher Abu Louha, a medic who was wounded at 17:00 while offering medical care to the wounded.
At approximately 19:00, Israeli combat helicopters shelled residential areas in Bethlehem. Three rockets hit a 5-story building, which includes clinics, medical laboratories and other civilian facilities, partially destroying it and wounding 15 Palestinians.
PCHR was informed that a number of houses, religious sites and civilian facilities in Bethlehem were severely damaged.
At approximately 02:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and military vehicles, moved into Qalqilya from three sides, thrusting approximately 300m from each direction, under the cover of intensive shelling that targeted Palestinian houses and establishments of the Palestinian National Authority. Israeli forces reoccupied Sofia and Al-Naqqar neighborhoods and the municipal park, and seized five houses, transforming them into military outposts.
Two Palestinians, a civilian and a member of the security services, were killed during the incursion:
1) Mustafa ‘Abdel-Rhim Noufal, 34, killed by a heavy caliber bullet in the chest while at home; and
2) Saner Yousef Hassan Shawahneh, 22, a policeman from Kufor Thuluth village, killed by a heavy caliber bullet also in the chest.
In addition, five Palestinians were wounded.
At approximately 02:45, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and military vehicles, encroached into Tulkarm, under the cover of intensive shelling that targeted Palestinian residential areas in the city. PCHR was informed that Israeli forces moved into the city from four directions. They thrust approximately 2km into the north of the city and reoccupied Ektaba and Shweika neighborhoods; they thrust approximately 1km into the west of the city and reoccupied Al-Sahel Al-Gharbi neighborhood and the vicinity of the cemetery; they thrust approximately 700m into the east of the city – Thinnaba neighborhood; and they thrust approximately 500m into the south of the city and took position at the entrance to Nour Shams refugee camp.
During the incursion, two members of the Palestinian National Security Forces were killed while at a roadblock in Aratah neighborhood:
1) Mustafa Mahmoud Saleh Zitawi, 33, from Beit Lid village near Tulkarm, killed by shrapnel from an artillery shell in the head and the abdomen; and
2) Maher Fathi Wahba Abu Hasna, 33, from ‘Attil village near Tulkram, killed by shrapnel from an artillery shell.
In addition, five civilians were wounded:
1) Ibrahim Mohammed Quzmaz, 10, wounded by shrapnel in the face;
2) Ahmed Mohammed Qaderi, 17, wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen;
3) Hisham ‘Eissa ‘Arbas, 27, wounded by a live bullet in the right shoulder;
4) ‘Alla’ ‘Abdel-Fattah Abu Hamed, 22, wounded by a live bullet in the left shoulder; and
5) Jihad ‘Abdel-Fattah Abu Hamed, 20, wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen.
The family of Amin Jaber Bourini, miraculously survived after an artillery shell had hit their house in the northwest of the city, destroying its façade. The Israeli forces also seized two houses in Ektaba neighborhood and transformed them into military outposts.
Israeli forces maintained positions in Bethlehem and Beit Jala cities and ‘Aaida nad Al-‘Azza refugee camps, under the cover of continued shelling of Palestinian residential areas.
At approximately 12:15, Rania Nasri Murra Kharoufa, 24, from Beit Jala, was killed by a medium caliber bullet in the neck, while she was getting out of her car in front of her house.
Throughout the day, Israeli forces shelled Bethlehem, using heavy and medium machine guns, artillery shells, and combat helicopters.
At approximately 15:20, 15-year-old Yousef Mohammed ‘Ebayyat was killed by a live bullet in the head fired by an Israeli soldier on Mount Handaza, southeast of Bethlehem. The child was killed from a distance of only 100m.
At approximately 16:50, ‘Aaesha Mahmoud ‘Abdel-Fattah ‘Oudeh, 39, from Jerusalem, was killed by a heavy caliber bullet in the chest and shrapnel throughout the body.
‘Oudeh, mother of 8 children, was in a visit to her family in ‘Aaida refugee camp when the family’s house was shelled by the Israeli forces, which moved into the refugee camp.
At approximately 17:10, Johnny George Tahaljia, 19, from Bethlehem, was killed by live bullets in the chest and the abdomen, when Israeli soldiers on Mount Handaza fired at him while he was at the gate of Al-Mahed Church, approximately 800m away.
While the Israeli forces maintained positions in Bethlehem and reoccupied large parts of the city, more than 50 Palestinian civilians were wounded by live bullets and shrapnel from artillery shells fired by these forces.
Among the wounded was Yasser Mash’al, 30, who was wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen at 16:30, and an UNRWA ambulance he was driving was severely damaged.
Among the wounded was also Maher Abu Louha, a medic who was wounded at 17:00 while offering medical care to the wounded.
At approximately 19:00, Israeli combat helicopters shelled residential areas in Bethlehem. Three rockets hit a 5-story building, which includes clinics, medical laboratories and other civilian facilities, partially destroying it and wounding 15 Palestinians.
PCHR was informed that a number of houses, religious sites and civilian facilities in Bethlehem were severely damaged.