7 nov 2001
At approximately 06:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Beit Hanoun, fired at 14-year-old Fahmi As’ad Salah while he was on his way to school, wounding him with a live bullet in the right leg.
The child was approximately 800m away from the border when he was wounded.
At approximately 15:00, Israeli occupation soldiers in a military jeep near Ya’abd village, southwest of Jenin, fired at Palestinian students who were on their way home, wounding three:
1) Mohammed Suleiman ‘Atatra, 18, seriously wounded by a live bullet in the chest;
2) Taher ‘Aatef Zeid El-Kilani, 15, seriously wounded by a live bullet in the head; and
3) Saher Saleh ‘Atatra, 16, wounded by a rubber-coated bullet in the neck and arrested by the Israeli forces.
At approximately 11:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in “Neve Dekalim” settlement and Al-Tuffah checkpoint, west of Khan Yunis, shelled Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
Mohammed Fathi Kaskin, 23, was killed by a live bullet in the back. Kaskin, a taxi driver, was driving his taxi when he was killed. He received a live bullet in the back and lost control over the car. The car collided with the door of a mosque. Four other Palestinian civilians were also wounded:
1) Fatema Salem Abu ‘Aker, 40, wounded by shrapnel in the feet;
2) Amal Kamel Abu ‘Aker, 38, wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen;
3) Salah Mohammed Khureis, 38, wounded by a live bullet in the right foot; and
4) Mohammed Riadh El-Qedra, 15, wounded by shrapnel in the right foot when he was approximately 2km away from the source of fire.
A number of houses and a shop were severely damaged.
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
‘Eissa Khalil Mohammed Dababseh, 48, from Um Al-Baraka village, south of Hebron, was killed.
According to LAW’s information, at 13:00 on Wednesday, an undercover Israeli unit, traveling by car, entered the village, which is under full control of the Palestinian National Authority. When they arrived at Dabaseh’s house, they besieged it and fired at Dabaseh from 2m, killing him with several live bullets throughout the body.
They took his body and left the area. Two Palestinian civilians were also wounded in the incident:
1) ‘Ali ‘Eissa Dababseh, 18, the victim’s son, wounded by an explosive live bullet in the left thigh; and
2) ‘Abdel-Hadi ‘Ali ‘Abdel-Hadi, 54, wounded by a live bullet in the left foot.
Dababseh had been wanted by Israeli forces since 19 April 1998, when he confronted an armed Israeli settler who tried to seize his family’s land, killing him.
A Palestinian Patient Dies at an Israeli Military Roadblock
On Wednesday morning, Sabri Mohammed Mustafa Janem, 71, from Baqa village near Tulkarm, died after Israeli occupation forces at a military roadblock near Deir Sharaf village, northwest of Nablus, obstructed his access to hospital in Nablus for three hours.
Janem had a kidney disease and was in need of medical treatment at hospital. He was forced to travel through an alternative road, dramatically increasing travel time. He arrived at hospital dead.
At approximately 06:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Beit Hanoun, fired at 14-year-old Fahmi As’ad Salah while he was on his way to school, wounding him with a live bullet in the right leg.
The child was approximately 800m away from the border when he was wounded.
At approximately 15:00, Israeli occupation soldiers in a military jeep near Ya’abd village, southwest of Jenin, fired at Palestinian students who were on their way home, wounding three:
1) Mohammed Suleiman ‘Atatra, 18, seriously wounded by a live bullet in the chest;
2) Taher ‘Aatef Zeid El-Kilani, 15, seriously wounded by a live bullet in the head; and
3) Saher Saleh ‘Atatra, 16, wounded by a rubber-coated bullet in the neck and arrested by the Israeli forces.
At approximately 11:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in “Neve Dekalim” settlement and Al-Tuffah checkpoint, west of Khan Yunis, shelled Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
Mohammed Fathi Kaskin, 23, was killed by a live bullet in the back. Kaskin, a taxi driver, was driving his taxi when he was killed. He received a live bullet in the back and lost control over the car. The car collided with the door of a mosque. Four other Palestinian civilians were also wounded:
1) Fatema Salem Abu ‘Aker, 40, wounded by shrapnel in the feet;
2) Amal Kamel Abu ‘Aker, 38, wounded by shrapnel in the abdomen;
3) Salah Mohammed Khureis, 38, wounded by a live bullet in the right foot; and
4) Mohammed Riadh El-Qedra, 15, wounded by shrapnel in the right foot when he was approximately 2km away from the source of fire.
A number of houses and a shop were severely damaged.
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
‘Eissa Khalil Mohammed Dababseh, 48, from Um Al-Baraka village, south of Hebron, was killed.
According to LAW’s information, at 13:00 on Wednesday, an undercover Israeli unit, traveling by car, entered the village, which is under full control of the Palestinian National Authority. When they arrived at Dabaseh’s house, they besieged it and fired at Dabaseh from 2m, killing him with several live bullets throughout the body.
They took his body and left the area. Two Palestinian civilians were also wounded in the incident:
1) ‘Ali ‘Eissa Dababseh, 18, the victim’s son, wounded by an explosive live bullet in the left thigh; and
2) ‘Abdel-Hadi ‘Ali ‘Abdel-Hadi, 54, wounded by a live bullet in the left foot.
Dababseh had been wanted by Israeli forces since 19 April 1998, when he confronted an armed Israeli settler who tried to seize his family’s land, killing him.
A Palestinian Patient Dies at an Israeli Military Roadblock
On Wednesday morning, Sabri Mohammed Mustafa Janem, 71, from Baqa village near Tulkarm, died after Israeli occupation forces at a military roadblock near Deir Sharaf village, northwest of Nablus, obstructed his access to hospital in Nablus for three hours.
Janem had a kidney disease and was in need of medical treatment at hospital. He was forced to travel through an alternative road, dramatically increasing travel time. He arrived at hospital dead.
6 nov 2001
At approximately 08:00, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned in a military observation tower at Al-Matahen junction, north of Khan Yunis, fired at Palestinian cars and civilians.
Bassam ‘Abdel-Ghani Abu Daqqa, 28, from Khan Yunis, was wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen.
According to eyewitnesses, Abu Daqqa was on his way to work in Gaza City, but as usual, Israeli soldiers obstructed movement of people towards Gaza City. So, Abu Daqqa transferred to another car closer to the Israeli checkpoint in the area in order to save time. Israeli soldiers did not hesitate to fire at him.
At approximately 10:30, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Nissanit,” northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, fired at 30-year-old Salam Mahmoud Bader, from Jabalya, without any apparent reason, wounding him with a live bullet in the left shoulder.
PCHR was informed that Bader was in his family’s farm in the north of Beit Lahia, approximately 1,200m away from the settlement.
At noon, three Palestinian gunmen and an Israeli officer were killed in an armed confrontation on the western hills of Tel village, south of Nablus. The Israeli forces are suspected of having liquidated the three wounded gunmen after they had surrendered, in retaliation for the killing of the Israeli officer.
PCHR was informed that at approximately 12:50, intensive shooting was heard on the western hills of Tel village, south of Nablus. Residents of the village hurried to the affected area, finding Israeli soldiers surrounding the hill while firing intensively.
Then, an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society arrived, but Israeli forces denied medical personnel access to the Palestinian gunman. Instead, an Israeli soldier asked them to offer medical aid to a wounded Israeli soldier. They found him dead.
Later, the medical personnel saw seven Israeli soldiers firing at the wounded gunmen.
The Israeli forces denied medical personnel access to the gunmen for more than 45 minutes. Even then, the Israeli forces refused to hand the bodies of the gunmen to the Palestinian medical personnel and ordered them to leave the area. The Israeli forces kept the bodies until the evening, when they handed them over to the Palestinian military liaison in Nablus.
The bodies were taken to Rafidya Hospital in Nablus, where they were identified as Jamal Khader Mallouh, 27; Eyad ‘Oudeh El-Khatib, 28; and ‘Ali Ibrahim Kamel Abu Hajla, 22. All of them are from Deir Estia village in Salfit.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society issued a statement, in which it cited the narrative of its medical personnel who went to the area to evacuate the wounded. The statement asserted that Israeli occupation soldiers killed the three Palestinian gunmen after they had been captured. In its statement, the society wrote:
At approximately 13:00 on 6 November 2001, an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society went to Tel village near Nablus to evacuate the wounded in the area. When the ambulance was around 50m away from the area, Israeli soldiers denied medical personnel access to the wounded, after an Israeli officer told the personnel that there were wounded Palestinians in the area.
Soon, soldiers brought a wounded Israeli soldier and asked the medical personnel to help him. The personnel tried to save him, but he was already dead.
The medical personnel again asked the Israeli forces to allow them access to the wounded, but they refused. Then, the medical personnel saw seven Israeli soldiers firing at the wounded.
An Israeli soldier came back to the medical personnel and informed them that there was no need for their access to the wounded as they had died. More than 45 minutes later, the medical personnel were allowed access to the bodies of the three martyrs, but Israeli soldiers have so far refused to give them the bodies.
According to lawyers of the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (LAW) who saw the bodies, the dead were:
1) Jamal Khader Mallouh received a live bullet in ear that exited the head destroying a part of the brain, and several live bullets in the chest and the hands;
2) Eyad ‘Oudeh El-Khatib received a live bullet the mouth that exited the head and several live bullets in the chest and the hands; and
3) ‘Ali Ibrahim Kamel Abu Hajla received a live bullet that entered the right eye and exited the head, fracturing the skull, and several live bullets in the chest and the hands.
According to this data, Israeli soldiers apparently fired at the three martyrs from a very short distance.
At approximately 13:50, Israeli soldiers fired at Ussama Yousef Hamad, 17, from Tel village, southwest of Nablus, while he was on his way back home from school, wounding him with a live bullet in the left thigh.
In the evening, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in a military location in Tal Zo’rob area, southwest of Rafah, opened fire on Abu Baker Street, approximately 400m away.
Mohammed Mousa Nemer Abu ‘Ayeh, 57, was seriously wounded by a live bullet in the head.
According to eyewitnesses, Abu ‘Ayeh was wounded without the sound of shooting having been heard, which indicates that he was fired at from a gun equipped with a silencer. On Wednesday evening, 7 November, Abu ‘Ayeh was pronounced dead at Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City, where he received medical attention.
At approximately 06:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at Al-Tuffah checkpoint, west of Khan Yunis, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
Jamal Shehdeh Abu Rezeq, 42, was wounded by a live bullet in the testicles.
At approximately 17:30, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the Egyptian border, south of Rafah, opened fire on Palestinian houses in the city.
Sali Sa’di El-Sha’er, 12, was wounded by a live bullet in the right arm while she was near her family’s house. A number of houses were also damaged.
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
Two Fatah activists in Jenin in the northern West Bank were killed. At approximately 17:40 on Tuesday evening, Majdi Mousa El-Tayeb Jardat, 26, from Wadi Bourqin village in Jenin, and ‘Ekrema Mohammed Sabri Esteiti, 35, from Jenin refugee camp, were traveling in a car that had an Israeli number towards Jardat’s house.
When they were in the middle of the road, the car exploded and the two were killed.
According to investigations carried out by the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (LAW), Esteti received the car two hours before the explosion and an Israeli helicopter was flying over the northwest of Jenin refugee camp.
According to initial investigation by Palestinian security services, two bombs were put into the car. The Palestinian security services arrested two suspects. The two victims had been wanted by Israeli forces for several months.
Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Palestinian Civilians and Property
On Tuesday morning, a number of Israeli settlers from “Elli” and “Shilu” settlements, south of Nablus, fired at Mahmoud ‘Abbad Toubasi, 35, from Jaloud village, south of Nablus, wounding him with a live bullet in the right thigh.
In the morning, a number of Israeli settlers in six tractors moved to agricultural land of Jaloud and Qasra villages. When Palestinian villagers discovered this, they hurried to protect their land.
The settlers fired at the villagers wounding Toubasi. Toubasi was evacuated in an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Israeli soldiers at the entrance of “Shilu” settlement stopped the ambulance and arrested him.
At approximately 08:00, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned in a military observation tower at Al-Matahen junction, north of Khan Yunis, fired at Palestinian cars and civilians.
Bassam ‘Abdel-Ghani Abu Daqqa, 28, from Khan Yunis, was wounded by a live bullet in the abdomen.
According to eyewitnesses, Abu Daqqa was on his way to work in Gaza City, but as usual, Israeli soldiers obstructed movement of people towards Gaza City. So, Abu Daqqa transferred to another car closer to the Israeli checkpoint in the area in order to save time. Israeli soldiers did not hesitate to fire at him.
At approximately 10:30, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Nissanit,” northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, fired at 30-year-old Salam Mahmoud Bader, from Jabalya, without any apparent reason, wounding him with a live bullet in the left shoulder.
PCHR was informed that Bader was in his family’s farm in the north of Beit Lahia, approximately 1,200m away from the settlement.
At noon, three Palestinian gunmen and an Israeli officer were killed in an armed confrontation on the western hills of Tel village, south of Nablus. The Israeli forces are suspected of having liquidated the three wounded gunmen after they had surrendered, in retaliation for the killing of the Israeli officer.
PCHR was informed that at approximately 12:50, intensive shooting was heard on the western hills of Tel village, south of Nablus. Residents of the village hurried to the affected area, finding Israeli soldiers surrounding the hill while firing intensively.
Then, an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society arrived, but Israeli forces denied medical personnel access to the Palestinian gunman. Instead, an Israeli soldier asked them to offer medical aid to a wounded Israeli soldier. They found him dead.
Later, the medical personnel saw seven Israeli soldiers firing at the wounded gunmen.
The Israeli forces denied medical personnel access to the gunmen for more than 45 minutes. Even then, the Israeli forces refused to hand the bodies of the gunmen to the Palestinian medical personnel and ordered them to leave the area. The Israeli forces kept the bodies until the evening, when they handed them over to the Palestinian military liaison in Nablus.
The bodies were taken to Rafidya Hospital in Nablus, where they were identified as Jamal Khader Mallouh, 27; Eyad ‘Oudeh El-Khatib, 28; and ‘Ali Ibrahim Kamel Abu Hajla, 22. All of them are from Deir Estia village in Salfit.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society issued a statement, in which it cited the narrative of its medical personnel who went to the area to evacuate the wounded. The statement asserted that Israeli occupation soldiers killed the three Palestinian gunmen after they had been captured. In its statement, the society wrote:
At approximately 13:00 on 6 November 2001, an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society went to Tel village near Nablus to evacuate the wounded in the area. When the ambulance was around 50m away from the area, Israeli soldiers denied medical personnel access to the wounded, after an Israeli officer told the personnel that there were wounded Palestinians in the area.
Soon, soldiers brought a wounded Israeli soldier and asked the medical personnel to help him. The personnel tried to save him, but he was already dead.
The medical personnel again asked the Israeli forces to allow them access to the wounded, but they refused. Then, the medical personnel saw seven Israeli soldiers firing at the wounded.
An Israeli soldier came back to the medical personnel and informed them that there was no need for their access to the wounded as they had died. More than 45 minutes later, the medical personnel were allowed access to the bodies of the three martyrs, but Israeli soldiers have so far refused to give them the bodies.
According to lawyers of the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (LAW) who saw the bodies, the dead were:
1) Jamal Khader Mallouh received a live bullet in ear that exited the head destroying a part of the brain, and several live bullets in the chest and the hands;
2) Eyad ‘Oudeh El-Khatib received a live bullet the mouth that exited the head and several live bullets in the chest and the hands; and
3) ‘Ali Ibrahim Kamel Abu Hajla received a live bullet that entered the right eye and exited the head, fracturing the skull, and several live bullets in the chest and the hands.
According to this data, Israeli soldiers apparently fired at the three martyrs from a very short distance.
At approximately 13:50, Israeli soldiers fired at Ussama Yousef Hamad, 17, from Tel village, southwest of Nablus, while he was on his way back home from school, wounding him with a live bullet in the left thigh.
In the evening, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in a military location in Tal Zo’rob area, southwest of Rafah, opened fire on Abu Baker Street, approximately 400m away.
Mohammed Mousa Nemer Abu ‘Ayeh, 57, was seriously wounded by a live bullet in the head.
According to eyewitnesses, Abu ‘Ayeh was wounded without the sound of shooting having been heard, which indicates that he was fired at from a gun equipped with a silencer. On Wednesday evening, 7 November, Abu ‘Ayeh was pronounced dead at Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City, where he received medical attention.
At approximately 06:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at Al-Tuffah checkpoint, west of Khan Yunis, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
Jamal Shehdeh Abu Rezeq, 42, was wounded by a live bullet in the testicles.
At approximately 17:30, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the Egyptian border, south of Rafah, opened fire on Palestinian houses in the city.
Sali Sa’di El-Sha’er, 12, was wounded by a live bullet in the right arm while she was near her family’s house. A number of houses were also damaged.
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
Two Fatah activists in Jenin in the northern West Bank were killed. At approximately 17:40 on Tuesday evening, Majdi Mousa El-Tayeb Jardat, 26, from Wadi Bourqin village in Jenin, and ‘Ekrema Mohammed Sabri Esteiti, 35, from Jenin refugee camp, were traveling in a car that had an Israeli number towards Jardat’s house.
When they were in the middle of the road, the car exploded and the two were killed.
According to investigations carried out by the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (LAW), Esteti received the car two hours before the explosion and an Israeli helicopter was flying over the northwest of Jenin refugee camp.
According to initial investigation by Palestinian security services, two bombs were put into the car. The Palestinian security services arrested two suspects. The two victims had been wanted by Israeli forces for several months.
Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Palestinian Civilians and Property
On Tuesday morning, a number of Israeli settlers from “Elli” and “Shilu” settlements, south of Nablus, fired at Mahmoud ‘Abbad Toubasi, 35, from Jaloud village, south of Nablus, wounding him with a live bullet in the right thigh.
In the morning, a number of Israeli settlers in six tractors moved to agricultural land of Jaloud and Qasra villages. When Palestinian villagers discovered this, they hurried to protect their land.
The settlers fired at the villagers wounding Toubasi. Toubasi was evacuated in an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society.
Israeli soldiers at the entrance of “Shilu” settlement stopped the ambulance and arrested him.
5 nov 2001
At approximately 06:00, Israeli occupation forces thrust approximately 100m into Block “O” area adjacent to the Egyptian border, south of Rafah. The incursion took place under the cover of intensive shelling. They demolished a house and severely damaged two others:
1) They completely demolished a 400-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 18 people live, and razed a 800-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives, lemons and palms, owned by Zakaria Nemer Ghuneim.
2) Two artillery shells hit a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 13 people live, owned by Mohammed Salem ‘Abdel-‘Aal, causing severe damage.
3) Three artillery shells hit a 500-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 39 people live, owned by Ahmed Zayed ‘Abdel-‘Aal, causing severe damage.
Two Palestinian civilians were also wounded:
1) Mahmoud Saleh Abu Jazar, 14, wounded by shrapnel in the chest and the face; and
2) Shihab Saleh Abu Jazar, 17, wounded by shrapnel in the face.
In the morning, Sa’id Mahmoud Sa’id Abu Shumeis, 26, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, was pronounced dead at Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah from a wound he received from Israeli occupation forces on 21 October.
On that day, 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. Abu Shumeis went to offer help to El-Tawil, but the Israeli forces fired at him, seriously wounding him with a live bullet in the abdomen. The two men were evacuated to Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah. All efforts to save Abu Shumeis’ life failed.
At approximately 10:30, a number of Israeli tanks moved into the north of Tulkarm, opening fire on Palestinian houses.
‘Othman Saleh Nemer ‘Abdel-Rahim, 56, from Nour Shams refugee camp, was seriously wounded by a live bullet that entered the left hand and the chest, settling in the lungs.
At approximately 11:00, two Israeli tanks, an armored personnel carrier and four military jeeps thrust approximately 1,800m into Kharsa village near Hebron, under full control of the Palestinian National Authority. They opened fire on Palestinian houses. Before withdrawing, the Israeli forces leveled a ten-donum area of agricultural land.
In the evening, Palestinian security sources in Qalqilya declared that the body of ‘Abdel-Nasser Ahmed Hudieb, 34, from Jericho, a first lieutenant of the Palestinian National Security Forces, who disappeared on 20 October during an incursion into the city, was found.
The body of Hudeib was found on Soufin hill, east of the city, after the Israeli forces had redeployed from the city on 5 November. Medical personnel of the Palestine Red Crescent Society and a number of volunteers searched for him. After a one-day search, his body was found in a trench.
During their occupation of the city, the Israeli forces prevented searches for Hudeib.
According to the Qalqilya medical examiner, Hudeib received ten heavy caliber bullets in the body and the head that fractured the skull. The entry of the bullets was from above, which indicates that he was shot by a helicopter.
At approximately 23:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at Al-Tuffah checkpoint, west of Khan Yunis, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp. Two Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Bilal ‘Omar El-Husseini, 18, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg; and
2) Ramez ‘Abdel-Hadi Budeir, 23, wounded by a live bullet in the left thigh.
Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Palestinian Civilians and Property
At approximately 07:30 on Monday, an Israeli settler fired at Suleiman Yousef Suleiman Khanfar, 15, from Seilat Al-Zhaher village in Jenin, while he was on his way to school.
Khanfar was wounded by a live bullet in the head. According to eyewitnesses, the same settler had fired at Mohammed Rahhal on 1 November.
At approximately 06:00, Israeli occupation forces thrust approximately 100m into Block “O” area adjacent to the Egyptian border, south of Rafah. The incursion took place under the cover of intensive shelling. They demolished a house and severely damaged two others:
1) They completely demolished a 400-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 18 people live, and razed a 800-square-meter area of agricultural land planted with olives, lemons and palms, owned by Zakaria Nemer Ghuneim.
2) Two artillery shells hit a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 13 people live, owned by Mohammed Salem ‘Abdel-‘Aal, causing severe damage.
3) Three artillery shells hit a 500-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 39 people live, owned by Ahmed Zayed ‘Abdel-‘Aal, causing severe damage.
Two Palestinian civilians were also wounded:
1) Mahmoud Saleh Abu Jazar, 14, wounded by shrapnel in the chest and the face; and
2) Shihab Saleh Abu Jazar, 17, wounded by shrapnel in the face.
In the morning, Sa’id Mahmoud Sa’id Abu Shumeis, 26, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, was pronounced dead at Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah from a wound he received from Israeli occupation forces on 21 October.
On that day, 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. Abu Shumeis went to offer help to El-Tawil, but the Israeli forces fired at him, seriously wounding him with a live bullet in the abdomen. The two men were evacuated to Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Ramallah. All efforts to save Abu Shumeis’ life failed.
At approximately 10:30, a number of Israeli tanks moved into the north of Tulkarm, opening fire on Palestinian houses.
‘Othman Saleh Nemer ‘Abdel-Rahim, 56, from Nour Shams refugee camp, was seriously wounded by a live bullet that entered the left hand and the chest, settling in the lungs.
At approximately 11:00, two Israeli tanks, an armored personnel carrier and four military jeeps thrust approximately 1,800m into Kharsa village near Hebron, under full control of the Palestinian National Authority. They opened fire on Palestinian houses. Before withdrawing, the Israeli forces leveled a ten-donum area of agricultural land.
In the evening, Palestinian security sources in Qalqilya declared that the body of ‘Abdel-Nasser Ahmed Hudieb, 34, from Jericho, a first lieutenant of the Palestinian National Security Forces, who disappeared on 20 October during an incursion into the city, was found.
The body of Hudeib was found on Soufin hill, east of the city, after the Israeli forces had redeployed from the city on 5 November. Medical personnel of the Palestine Red Crescent Society and a number of volunteers searched for him. After a one-day search, his body was found in a trench.
During their occupation of the city, the Israeli forces prevented searches for Hudeib.
According to the Qalqilya medical examiner, Hudeib received ten heavy caliber bullets in the body and the head that fractured the skull. The entry of the bullets was from above, which indicates that he was shot by a helicopter.
At approximately 23:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at Al-Tuffah checkpoint, west of Khan Yunis, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Khan Yunis refugee camp. Two Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Bilal ‘Omar El-Husseini, 18, wounded by a live bullet in the left leg; and
2) Ramez ‘Abdel-Hadi Budeir, 23, wounded by a live bullet in the left thigh.
Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Palestinian Civilians and Property
At approximately 07:30 on Monday, an Israeli settler fired at Suleiman Yousef Suleiman Khanfar, 15, from Seilat Al-Zhaher village in Jenin, while he was on his way to school.
Khanfar was wounded by a live bullet in the head. According to eyewitnesses, the same settler had fired at Mohammed Rahhal on 1 November.
4 nov 2001
At approximately 04:00, Israeli occupation soldiers in military jeeps, positioned in the vicinity of ‘Aanin village near Jenin, fired at a number of Palestinian laborers while on their way to their work places inside the Green Line.
Khaled ‘Ali Turkman, 22, from Jenin, was wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh.
At approximately 09:00, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned in a military location at Al-Shuhada’ junction, south of Gaza City, fired at ‘Abdel-Ghaffar Ibrahim Mehjez, 40, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, wounding him with two live bullets in the right thigh and the left side.
PCHR was informed that Mehjez, mentally handicapped, was crossing from the north to the south when he was fired at without any prior warning.
At approximately 04:00, US-made Israeli Apache helicopter gunships shelled a number of Palestinian civilian facilities in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Twenty minutes later, a number of surface-to-surface missiles were launched from Israeli military bases, northeast of Beit Hanoun, at Palestinian civilian facilities and houses. A number of houses and civilian facilities were severely damaged:
1) Three surface-to-surface missiles hit a 250-square-meter building, owned by ‘Arafa ‘Abdel-Qader Saleh Hammouda, destroying:
· A 120-square-meter workshop owned by Samir Ibrahim El-Sabbagh and Mazen Salman El-Helu; and
· A 120-square-meter workshop owned by Riadh Mohammed Hassan Mas’oud.
2) Six surface-to-surface missiles hit a 415-square-meter factory of metal paints owned by Hassan Nu’man Hassan Bassal, partially destroying it.
3) Three surface-to-surface missiles hit a 400-square-meter workshop, owned by Na’im Dhib Abu El-Ghoul, severely damaging it.
The other houses and civilian facilities that were damaged were:
1) Dader clothes company;
2) a workshop owned by Ashraf Mustafa El-Helu;
3) a 185-square-meter, two-story house owned by Na’im ‘Arafa Hammouda – his 8-year-old child Ahmed was wounded by shrapnel from glass in the right eye;
4) a 250-square-meter, three-story house owned by Jamal Hassan Hammouda; and
5) a 250-square-meter, two-story house owned by Mohammed Rabi’ Junied.
In the afternoon, Israeli tanks moved into the western neighborhood in Tulkarm, shelling Palestinian houses.
A number of houses were severely damaged. At the same time, Israeli occupation forces moved into the east of the city and seized a house owned by Mohammed ‘Abed Mahmoud Ju’eissi. No casualties were reported.
At approximately 14:00, Israeli occupation forces demolished a 140-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house owned by the hires of Fayez El-Hindi, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza. The house was located approximately 400m west of “Dogit” settlement, north of Beit Lahia.
The demolition took place under the cover of intensive shooting at Palestinian areas.
At approximately 19:10, three Israeli military jeeps, a tank and an armored personnel carrier moved from bypass road (60) 300m towards a roadblock of the Palestinian National Security Forces at the western entrance of Bani Na’im village, southeast of Hebron. They shelled the roadblock, partially destroying it. No casualties were reported.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli occupation forces thrust approximately 1km into the south of Qalqilya, under the cover of intensive shooting at Palestinian houses. Two Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Maher ‘Abdel-Rahim Houtari, 38, wounded by shrapnel from live bullets throughout the body; and
2) Khaled Hassan Hisham, 22, wounded by shrapnel from live bullets throughout the body.
At approximately 04:00, Israeli occupation soldiers in military jeeps, positioned in the vicinity of ‘Aanin village near Jenin, fired at a number of Palestinian laborers while on their way to their work places inside the Green Line.
Khaled ‘Ali Turkman, 22, from Jenin, was wounded by a live bullet in the right thigh.
At approximately 09:00, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned in a military location at Al-Shuhada’ junction, south of Gaza City, fired at ‘Abdel-Ghaffar Ibrahim Mehjez, 40, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, wounding him with two live bullets in the right thigh and the left side.
PCHR was informed that Mehjez, mentally handicapped, was crossing from the north to the south when he was fired at without any prior warning.
At approximately 04:00, US-made Israeli Apache helicopter gunships shelled a number of Palestinian civilian facilities in Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Twenty minutes later, a number of surface-to-surface missiles were launched from Israeli military bases, northeast of Beit Hanoun, at Palestinian civilian facilities and houses. A number of houses and civilian facilities were severely damaged:
1) Three surface-to-surface missiles hit a 250-square-meter building, owned by ‘Arafa ‘Abdel-Qader Saleh Hammouda, destroying:
· A 120-square-meter workshop owned by Samir Ibrahim El-Sabbagh and Mazen Salman El-Helu; and
· A 120-square-meter workshop owned by Riadh Mohammed Hassan Mas’oud.
2) Six surface-to-surface missiles hit a 415-square-meter factory of metal paints owned by Hassan Nu’man Hassan Bassal, partially destroying it.
3) Three surface-to-surface missiles hit a 400-square-meter workshop, owned by Na’im Dhib Abu El-Ghoul, severely damaging it.
The other houses and civilian facilities that were damaged were:
1) Dader clothes company;
2) a workshop owned by Ashraf Mustafa El-Helu;
3) a 185-square-meter, two-story house owned by Na’im ‘Arafa Hammouda – his 8-year-old child Ahmed was wounded by shrapnel from glass in the right eye;
4) a 250-square-meter, three-story house owned by Jamal Hassan Hammouda; and
5) a 250-square-meter, two-story house owned by Mohammed Rabi’ Junied.
In the afternoon, Israeli tanks moved into the western neighborhood in Tulkarm, shelling Palestinian houses.
A number of houses were severely damaged. At the same time, Israeli occupation forces moved into the east of the city and seized a house owned by Mohammed ‘Abed Mahmoud Ju’eissi. No casualties were reported.
At approximately 14:00, Israeli occupation forces demolished a 140-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house owned by the hires of Fayez El-Hindi, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza. The house was located approximately 400m west of “Dogit” settlement, north of Beit Lahia.
The demolition took place under the cover of intensive shooting at Palestinian areas.
At approximately 19:10, three Israeli military jeeps, a tank and an armored personnel carrier moved from bypass road (60) 300m towards a roadblock of the Palestinian National Security Forces at the western entrance of Bani Na’im village, southeast of Hebron. They shelled the roadblock, partially destroying it. No casualties were reported.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli occupation forces thrust approximately 1km into the south of Qalqilya, under the cover of intensive shooting at Palestinian houses. Two Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Maher ‘Abdel-Rahim Houtari, 38, wounded by shrapnel from live bullets throughout the body; and
2) Khaled Hassan Hisham, 22, wounded by shrapnel from live bullets throughout the body.
3 nov 2001
In the evening, Israeli occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, fired at a patrol of the Palestinian National Security Forces without any apparent reason.
Major Salah ‘Abdul El-Ghazali, 45, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, was killed by several live bullets throughout the body, and soldier Hatem Khalil Ghazal, 30, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp, was wounded by a live bullet in the right side.
In his testimony to PCHR, Ghazal said:
At approximately 20:00, when I was in Mqboula site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, east of Al-Boreij refugee camp in the middle area of the Gaza Strip, Major Salah ‘Abdu El-Ghazali came and told me that we were going to ‘Ackila site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, 100m north of “Kfar Darom” settlement. Major Salah, two colleagues, and I traveled in a jeep towards Deir El-Balah.
We stopped at a junction near the site and went to the site on foot. After we had concluded our mission, we moved back towards the jeep. On our way towards the jeep, approximately 400m away from an Israeli military location in the eastern part of “Kfar Darom” settlement, I heard sounds of intensive shooting from the location towards us. Immediately, I fell to the ground and felt something in my right side. I and one of my colleagues crawled 50m towards Salah El-Din Street.
An ambulance came and evacuated me to hospital. I heard calls for Major Salah on the wireless set, without any reply. My colleague left me and went searching for Major Salah. A few minutes later, he called us by his wireless set and told us that Major Salah was dead.
According to medical sources at Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City, Major Salah was killed by 7 live bullets in the head, the chest, the abdomen and the feet.
At approximately 00:30, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, thrust approximately 100m into Al-Brazil neighborhood adjacent to the Egyptian border, south of Rafah. They demolished two Palestinian houses and severely damaged two others, after they had called residents of the area through loudspeakers to evacuate their houses. The damage included:
1) Israeli forces demolished a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which seven people lived, and uprooted trees, owned by Sami ‘Abdullah Younis.
2) They demolished a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people lived, and uprooted trees, owned by Ra’ed ‘Abdullah Younis.
3) They demolished a wall and the roof of a room in a 300-square-meter house owned by Ibrahim Mousa Abu Siam.
4) They demolished a 15-meter-long wall of a house owned by Kamel Mahmoud Darwish.
At approximately 09:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Netzarim” settlement, south of Gaza City, thrust approximately 100m into Al-Mughraqa area, southwest of the city. They razed areas of agricultural land and destroyed some agricultural facilities:
1) They destroyed a well and a water tank owned by ‘Aatta Sa’id El-Helu.
2) They razed a 500-square-meter of agricultural land planted with olives, owned by Jamil Abu Khubeiza.
3) They destroyed an irrigation network owned by Riad and Jawad Fadel El-Helu.
4) They uprooted 6 olive trees owned by ‘Eid Sa’id El-Khurati.
5) They destroyed around 1,500 bricks owned by Saqer ‘Eid Abu Leila.
In the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian houses in Qalqilya.
Ahmed Hassan Jarbou’, was wounded by shrapnel in the right hand.
In the evening, a number of Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers moved into the west and south of Tulkarm. They opened fire on Palestinian houses.
Electricity was cut off in the two areas after an electricity transformer was hit by artillery shells.
In the evening, Israeli occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of “Kfar Darom” settlement, east of Deir El-Balah, fired at a patrol of the Palestinian National Security Forces without any apparent reason.
Major Salah ‘Abdul El-Ghazali, 45, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, was killed by several live bullets throughout the body, and soldier Hatem Khalil Ghazal, 30, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp, was wounded by a live bullet in the right side.
In his testimony to PCHR, Ghazal said:
At approximately 20:00, when I was in Mqboula site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, east of Al-Boreij refugee camp in the middle area of the Gaza Strip, Major Salah ‘Abdu El-Ghazali came and told me that we were going to ‘Ackila site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, 100m north of “Kfar Darom” settlement. Major Salah, two colleagues, and I traveled in a jeep towards Deir El-Balah.
We stopped at a junction near the site and went to the site on foot. After we had concluded our mission, we moved back towards the jeep. On our way towards the jeep, approximately 400m away from an Israeli military location in the eastern part of “Kfar Darom” settlement, I heard sounds of intensive shooting from the location towards us. Immediately, I fell to the ground and felt something in my right side. I and one of my colleagues crawled 50m towards Salah El-Din Street.
An ambulance came and evacuated me to hospital. I heard calls for Major Salah on the wireless set, without any reply. My colleague left me and went searching for Major Salah. A few minutes later, he called us by his wireless set and told us that Major Salah was dead.
According to medical sources at Shifa’ Hospital in Gaza City, Major Salah was killed by 7 live bullets in the head, the chest, the abdomen and the feet.
At approximately 00:30, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, thrust approximately 100m into Al-Brazil neighborhood adjacent to the Egyptian border, south of Rafah. They demolished two Palestinian houses and severely damaged two others, after they had called residents of the area through loudspeakers to evacuate their houses. The damage included:
1) Israeli forces demolished a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which seven people lived, and uprooted trees, owned by Sami ‘Abdullah Younis.
2) They demolished a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people lived, and uprooted trees, owned by Ra’ed ‘Abdullah Younis.
3) They demolished a wall and the roof of a room in a 300-square-meter house owned by Ibrahim Mousa Abu Siam.
4) They demolished a 15-meter-long wall of a house owned by Kamel Mahmoud Darwish.
At approximately 09:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of “Netzarim” settlement, south of Gaza City, thrust approximately 100m into Al-Mughraqa area, southwest of the city. They razed areas of agricultural land and destroyed some agricultural facilities:
1) They destroyed a well and a water tank owned by ‘Aatta Sa’id El-Helu.
2) They razed a 500-square-meter of agricultural land planted with olives, owned by Jamil Abu Khubeiza.
3) They destroyed an irrigation network owned by Riad and Jawad Fadel El-Helu.
4) They uprooted 6 olive trees owned by ‘Eid Sa’id El-Khurati.
5) They destroyed around 1,500 bricks owned by Saqer ‘Eid Abu Leila.
In the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian houses in Qalqilya.
Ahmed Hassan Jarbou’, was wounded by shrapnel in the right hand.
In the evening, a number of Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers moved into the west and south of Tulkarm. They opened fire on Palestinian houses.
Electricity was cut off in the two areas after an electricity transformer was hit by artillery shells.
2 nov 2001
After Friday prayers, hundreds of Palestinian civilians organized a demonstration near areas that had been reoccupied by Israeli occupation forces in Al-Bireh. As soon as demonstrators got closer to Israeli forces, these forces fired at them, wounding three:
1) Yousef ‘Abdel-Rahim El-Khatib, 15, from Qalandya refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the right hand;
2) ‘Abdel-Rahman Yousef Kefaya, 15, from Ramallah, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the abdomen; and
3) Ashraf ‘Atta, 24, from Ramallah, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the right thigh.
At approximately 16:00, dozens of Palestinian children gathered at the entrance of Qalandya refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, and threw stones towards Israeli occupation forces at a military roadblock near Qalandya Airport.
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at the children, wounding 14-year-old Mohammed Sami Emteir with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
At approximately 11:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with armored personnel carriers and a bulldozer, moved into the north of Beit Lahia. They razed areas of Palestinian agricultural land:
1) A 4-donum area planted with guavas, owned by Zuhair Khudeir; and
2) A 3-donum area planted with guavas, owned by Haidar ‘Abdel-Rahim Zindah.
At approximately 13:00, Israeli occupation forces, who had already take positions inside Qalqilya, shelled Palestinian houses in the south of the city.
A taxi owned by Nasser ‘Ali Suleiman was damaged, but no casualties were reported.
An artillery shell also damaged a house owned by Dr. Ghaleb Shaker Barahma, and again no casualties were reported.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of “Netzarim” settlement, south of Gaza City, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Al-Zahra’ town.
Baher Asharaf El-Dabbah, 5, was wounded by a live bullet in the right hand. According to eyewitnesses, the child was wounded while he was on his way to shop near his family’s house. Some houses were also damaged.
Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Palestinian Civilians and Property
At approximately 14:00 on Friday, Hadi ‘Abdel-Fattah Esteitia, 42, from Nablus, was injured in the chest by a stone thrown towards his car by a Jewish settler, while he was traveling from Nablus to Ramallah.
At approximately 06:00, Israeli settlers from “Avraham Avino” settlement in Hebron set fire to two Palestinian shops owned by ‘Abdel-Salam El-Qasrawi and brothers.
The shops were completely burnt. At the same time, a number of settlers, accompanied by a bulldozer, blocked an entrance to Hebron near Halhoul town.
After Friday prayers, hundreds of Palestinian civilians organized a demonstration near areas that had been reoccupied by Israeli occupation forces in Al-Bireh. As soon as demonstrators got closer to Israeli forces, these forces fired at them, wounding three:
1) Yousef ‘Abdel-Rahim El-Khatib, 15, from Qalandya refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the right hand;
2) ‘Abdel-Rahman Yousef Kefaya, 15, from Ramallah, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the abdomen; and
3) Ashraf ‘Atta, 24, from Ramallah, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the right thigh.
At approximately 16:00, dozens of Palestinian children gathered at the entrance of Qalandya refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem, and threw stones towards Israeli occupation forces at a military roadblock near Qalandya Airport.
Israeli soldiers fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated metal bullets at the children, wounding 14-year-old Mohammed Sami Emteir with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
At approximately 11:00, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with armored personnel carriers and a bulldozer, moved into the north of Beit Lahia. They razed areas of Palestinian agricultural land:
1) A 4-donum area planted with guavas, owned by Zuhair Khudeir; and
2) A 3-donum area planted with guavas, owned by Haidar ‘Abdel-Rahim Zindah.
At approximately 13:00, Israeli occupation forces, who had already take positions inside Qalqilya, shelled Palestinian houses in the south of the city.
A taxi owned by Nasser ‘Ali Suleiman was damaged, but no casualties were reported.
An artillery shell also damaged a house owned by Dr. Ghaleb Shaker Barahma, and again no casualties were reported.
At approximately 20:00, Israeli occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of “Netzarim” settlement, south of Gaza City, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Al-Zahra’ town.
Baher Asharaf El-Dabbah, 5, was wounded by a live bullet in the right hand. According to eyewitnesses, the child was wounded while he was on his way to shop near his family’s house. Some houses were also damaged.
Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Palestinian Civilians and Property
At approximately 14:00 on Friday, Hadi ‘Abdel-Fattah Esteitia, 42, from Nablus, was injured in the chest by a stone thrown towards his car by a Jewish settler, while he was traveling from Nablus to Ramallah.
At approximately 06:00, Israeli settlers from “Avraham Avino” settlement in Hebron set fire to two Palestinian shops owned by ‘Abdel-Salam El-Qasrawi and brothers.
The shops were completely burnt. At the same time, a number of settlers, accompanied by a bulldozer, blocked an entrance to Hebron near Halhoul town.
1 nov 2001
At approximately 08:45, after the assassination of Yasser ‘Assida and Fahmi Abu ‘Eisha, Israeli tanks moved from Tulkarm to Bala’a junction on the Nablus-Tulkarm road.
As they passed by Nour Shams refugee camp, they indiscriminately fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses. Two girls were wounded:
1) Iman ‘Abdel-Karim Yousef Abu Shu’la, 9, seriously wounded by shrapnel in the head and the neck; and
2) Hanan ‘Abdel-Karim Yousef Abu Shu’la, 11, wounded by shrapnel in the neck.
According to their mother, Najah Saleh Mohammed Abu Shu’la, the two girls were inside their family’s house when they were wounded.
At approximately 09:00, Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers moved into the north, west and south of Tulkarm, firing heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses.
‘Emad ‘Azzam ‘Affif El-Jallad, 12, was wounded by shrapnel in the head while he was in front of his school.
At approximately 13:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in a military location in Tal Zo’rob, southwest of Rafah, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at a preparatory school in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood.
Four artillery shells fell behind the school, terrifying the students.
Residents of the area demolished the northern wall of the school to allow the exit of their children, because the main entrance to school is opposite the Israeli military location. Shrapnel of shells also hit two houses owned by Ya’qoub Mustafa Abu ‘Obeid, severely damaging their walls.
Update:
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
In a continuation of the policy of assassination and extra-judicial killing formally adopted by the Israeli government, Israeli forces committed three new assassinations, in which five Palestinians were killed.
At 08:20 on Thursday, 1 November, two Israeli combat helicopters fired four rockets at a Palestinian taxi traveling from Tulkarm to Bala’a village. When it was in Bala’a street, Israeli combat helicopters fired four missiles at the taxi, completely destroying it, killing two passengers and wounding a third one.
As soon as the car exploded, the helicopters landed few meters away from it. Israeli soldiers hurried towards the car, opening fire. They arrested the driver, ‘Abdel-Karim Mohammed ‘Abdullah El-Sabbagh, 33, fron Nour Shams refugee camp, and took him to an unknown destination.
The bodies of the two martyrs, cut and burnt, were taken to Dr. Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarm. They were identified in the evening as:
1) Yasser Ahmed Ayoub ‘Assida, 25, from Tel village in Nablus; and
2) Fahmi Fayeq Abu ‘Eisha, 38, from ‘Askar village in Nablus.
At 12:30, Israeli Arabic radio broadcast a statement by the office of the Israeli prime minister asserting that Israeli combat helicopters were used to assassinate the two Palestinians.
The statement claimed that the Israeli forces “deterred a big suicide bombing planned by a group of Hamas in Al-Sharom area, when combat helicopters fired rockets at a Palestinian taxi near ‘Anabta village, killing two members of the cell, Yasser ‘Assida, from Tel village in Nablus, and Fahmi Abu ‘Eisha, from Nablus, and wounding a third Palestinian, while the driver was arrested.”
Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Palestinian Civilians and Property
This week, Israeli settlers continued their attacks on Palestinian civilians and their property, under full protection of Israeli occupation forces.
At 08:00 on Thursday, a settler who was traveling from “Homesh” settlement, northwest of Nablus, towards Seilat Al-Zhaher village, southwest of Jenin, opened fire on a Palestinian secondary school in the village.
A student, Mahmoud ‘Abdel-Hadi Rahhal, 14, was wounded by a live bullet in the right hand.
On Thursday evening, a number of Israeli settlers seized a Palestinian house, owned by Fawzia Mohammed Kamel El-Kurd, 44, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
According to an eyewitness, at approximately 19:00, while El-Kurd and her husband were at hospital, a number of settlers jumped into the house. When the family arrived at their home, they discovered that settlers had seized one of the family’s two houses, which was closed upon a decision of the Israeli High Court three years ago, pending a final decision in the case, in which settlers had claimed ownership of the house for 350 years.
The El-Kurd family has owned the house since 1973 and has documents proving their ownership of it. The house is divided into two parts, one of which was seized by settlers upon a decision taken by an Israeli court.
At approximately 08:45, after the assassination of Yasser ‘Assida and Fahmi Abu ‘Eisha, Israeli tanks moved from Tulkarm to Bala’a junction on the Nablus-Tulkarm road.
As they passed by Nour Shams refugee camp, they indiscriminately fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses. Two girls were wounded:
1) Iman ‘Abdel-Karim Yousef Abu Shu’la, 9, seriously wounded by shrapnel in the head and the neck; and
2) Hanan ‘Abdel-Karim Yousef Abu Shu’la, 11, wounded by shrapnel in the neck.
According to their mother, Najah Saleh Mohammed Abu Shu’la, the two girls were inside their family’s house when they were wounded.
At approximately 09:00, Israeli tanks and armored personnel carriers moved into the north, west and south of Tulkarm, firing heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses.
‘Emad ‘Azzam ‘Affif El-Jallad, 12, was wounded by shrapnel in the head while he was in front of his school.
At approximately 13:00, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in a military location in Tal Zo’rob, southwest of Rafah, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at a preparatory school in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood.
Four artillery shells fell behind the school, terrifying the students.
Residents of the area demolished the northern wall of the school to allow the exit of their children, because the main entrance to school is opposite the Israeli military location. Shrapnel of shells also hit two houses owned by Ya’qoub Mustafa Abu ‘Obeid, severely damaging their walls.
Update:
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
In a continuation of the policy of assassination and extra-judicial killing formally adopted by the Israeli government, Israeli forces committed three new assassinations, in which five Palestinians were killed.
At 08:20 on Thursday, 1 November, two Israeli combat helicopters fired four rockets at a Palestinian taxi traveling from Tulkarm to Bala’a village. When it was in Bala’a street, Israeli combat helicopters fired four missiles at the taxi, completely destroying it, killing two passengers and wounding a third one.
As soon as the car exploded, the helicopters landed few meters away from it. Israeli soldiers hurried towards the car, opening fire. They arrested the driver, ‘Abdel-Karim Mohammed ‘Abdullah El-Sabbagh, 33, fron Nour Shams refugee camp, and took him to an unknown destination.
The bodies of the two martyrs, cut and burnt, were taken to Dr. Thabet Thabet Hospital in Tulkarm. They were identified in the evening as:
1) Yasser Ahmed Ayoub ‘Assida, 25, from Tel village in Nablus; and
2) Fahmi Fayeq Abu ‘Eisha, 38, from ‘Askar village in Nablus.
At 12:30, Israeli Arabic radio broadcast a statement by the office of the Israeli prime minister asserting that Israeli combat helicopters were used to assassinate the two Palestinians.
The statement claimed that the Israeli forces “deterred a big suicide bombing planned by a group of Hamas in Al-Sharom area, when combat helicopters fired rockets at a Palestinian taxi near ‘Anabta village, killing two members of the cell, Yasser ‘Assida, from Tel village in Nablus, and Fahmi Abu ‘Eisha, from Nablus, and wounding a third Palestinian, while the driver was arrested.”
Attacks by Israeli Settlers on Palestinian Civilians and Property
This week, Israeli settlers continued their attacks on Palestinian civilians and their property, under full protection of Israeli occupation forces.
At 08:00 on Thursday, a settler who was traveling from “Homesh” settlement, northwest of Nablus, towards Seilat Al-Zhaher village, southwest of Jenin, opened fire on a Palestinian secondary school in the village.
A student, Mahmoud ‘Abdel-Hadi Rahhal, 14, was wounded by a live bullet in the right hand.
On Thursday evening, a number of Israeli settlers seized a Palestinian house, owned by Fawzia Mohammed Kamel El-Kurd, 44, in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem.
According to an eyewitness, at approximately 19:00, while El-Kurd and her husband were at hospital, a number of settlers jumped into the house. When the family arrived at their home, they discovered that settlers had seized one of the family’s two houses, which was closed upon a decision of the Israeli High Court three years ago, pending a final decision in the case, in which settlers had claimed ownership of the house for 350 years.
The El-Kurd family has owned the house since 1973 and has documents proving their ownership of it. The house is divided into two parts, one of which was seized by settlers upon a decision taken by an Israeli court.
Oct 2001
¨ 96 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in October 2001;
¨ 70 Palestinians killed by the Israeli forces in retaliation for the killing of Ze’evi;
¨ continued assassinations and extra-judicial killings;
¨ continued incursions into Palestinian cities and villages;
¨ continued land destruction; and
¨ continued siege on the OPT.
¨ 96 Palestinians killed by Israeli occupation forces in October 2001;
¨ 70 Palestinians killed by the Israeli forces in retaliation for the killing of Ze’evi;
¨ continued assassinations and extra-judicial killings;
¨ continued incursions into Palestinian cities and villages;
¨ continued land destruction; and
¨ continued siege on the OPT.
31 oct 2001
At approximately 01:30, Israeli forces, positioned in a military location in Tal Zo’rob area in the southwest of Rafah, shelled Palestinian houses and civilian facilities in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, approximately 400m away. Four Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Dhiab Hassan Abu Jamous, 30, seriously wounded by shrapnel that cut an artery;
2) Munir Samir Sa’id, 17, wounded by a live bullet in the buttocks;
3) Mohammed Fawzi ‘Ayash, 14, wounded by shrapnel in the left knee; and
4) ‘Emad Mohammed Jweifel, 23, wounded by shrapnel in the right shoulder and the left thigh.
Additionally, a number of houses and civilian facilities, including a mosque and a school, were severely damaged, and damage to a transmitter cut off electricity from the neighborhood.
At approximately 04:30, Israeli forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, encroached into ‘Arrabeh village, south of Jenin, under the full control of the Palestinian National Authority, under the cover of intensive shelling. A site of the Palestinian National Security Forces was shelled and two officers stationed there were wounded:
1) ‘Omar El-Samen, 23, wounded by a live bullet in the left hand; and
2) Muhannad ‘Azzam, 22, wounded by a live bullet in the right shoulder.
The Israeli forces imposed a curfew on the village and searched Palestinian houses. They besieged a two-story house, owned by Jom’a El-Mughayer, and demolished the second floor while residents of the house were on the first floor.
Then, the Israeli forces called on the family with loudspeakers to leave the house and on a member of the family to surrender. When the family got out of the house, the Israeli forces arrested three members of its members. Later, the Israeli forces also arrested four young men from the village.
At approximately 20:30, Israeli forces fired an artillery shell and opened fire from a very short distance at three members of the Palestinian National Security Forces at a roadblock in the southwest of Qalqilya. Two were killed:
1) Ra’ed Jamil El-Akhras, 25, from Gaza; and
2) Mohammed ‘Abdel-Fattah Jamil, 40, from Jericho.
A third security officer, Ahmed ‘Abdel-Fattah Jaber, 52, from Sniria village near Qalqilya, was injured by shrapnel throughout the body.
At approximately 21:20 local time, Israeli forces, positioned in “Neve Dekalim” and “Gani Tal” settlements and at Al-Tuffah checkpoint, shelled Palestinian residential areas in Khan Yunis. Four Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Mu’tassem Ashraf El-Nabris, 15, critically wounded by a live bullet in the neck, which caused a semi-paralysis that necessitated his evacuation to Tal Hashomer Hospital in Israel;
2) Najia Ibrahim El-Bardawil, 35, wounded by a live bullet in the back;
3) Rami Khairi El-Najjar, 17, wounded by a live bullet in the right hand; and
4) Ziad Mohammed ‘Elwan, 16, wounded by shrapnel in the right foot.
Additionally, a number of houses were severely damaged.
In the afternoon, Mohammed Tayeh Khader El-‘As’oussi, 29, and Rabi’ Mohammed Shoumaria Ghannam, 22, from Jaba’ village, southeast of Jenin, were killed by Israeli forces.
At approximately 14:30, El-‘As’oussi, a policeman and Ghannam, a member of the Palestinian liaison forces, were on their way back home unarmed, through a branch road, as the main road leading to their village was closed by Israeli forces. When they were near Bazaria village, northwest of Nablus, approximately 4km southwest of their village, a unit of the Israeli forces surrounded them and shot them dead from a very short distance. The Israeli soldiers kept the bodies of the two young men until the evening.
El-‘As’oussi was hit by 15 live bullets throughout the body and Ghannam was hit by 12 live bullets throughout the body.
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
In a continuation of the policy of assassination and extra-judicial killing formally adopted by the Israeli government, the Israeli forces committed two new assassinations.
At approximately 08:30 on Wednesday, Israeli forces in two tanks positioned in the east of Tulkarm fired at ‘Abdullah Rashed Jaroushi, 38, a Hamas activist, wounding him with two live bullets in the chest and the right side.
The Israeli forces obstructed his evacuation to hospital for 15 minutes. At noon, he was pronounced dead at Tulkarm Hospital.
According to an eyewitness, the victim’s father-in-law, Jaroushi came to his house to take his wife and children. The family got into Jaroushi’s car and traveled several meters towards the center of the city. They were surprised by two Israeli tanks coming from the east towards them. They got out of the car.
While Jaroushi was getting out of the car, the tanks moved quickly towards him and Israeli soldiers fired at him from a very short distance. The Israeli forces denied access to ambulances. The eyewitness carried Jaroushi and passed by the two tanks, but the Israeli forces threatened to shoot at the ambulance if it moved.
Around 15 minutes later, the Israeli forces allowed the ambulance to move after they had taken the victim’s identity card. The victim was evacuated to Tulkarm Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:30. Later, the Israeli radio quoted an Israeli military spokesman as saying that Israeli forces killed Jaroushi, who he described as a Hamas activist.
Around three hours after the first assassination, Israeli forces assassinated Jamil Munir Jadallah Khalifa, 25, from Bethlehem and resident of Hebron, known as a Hamas activist.
At approximately 11:45, an Israeli combat helicopter fired a rocket at a room adjacent to a horse stable in ‘Ein Sara area in the north of Hebron. Khalifa was killed instantly. Israeli radio quoted an Israeli military spokesman as saying that Israeli forces killed Khalifa, accusing him of having killed two Jewish settlers.
At approximately 01:30, Israeli forces, positioned in a military location in Tal Zo’rob area in the southwest of Rafah, shelled Palestinian houses and civilian facilities in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, approximately 400m away. Four Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Dhiab Hassan Abu Jamous, 30, seriously wounded by shrapnel that cut an artery;
2) Munir Samir Sa’id, 17, wounded by a live bullet in the buttocks;
3) Mohammed Fawzi ‘Ayash, 14, wounded by shrapnel in the left knee; and
4) ‘Emad Mohammed Jweifel, 23, wounded by shrapnel in the right shoulder and the left thigh.
Additionally, a number of houses and civilian facilities, including a mosque and a school, were severely damaged, and damage to a transmitter cut off electricity from the neighborhood.
At approximately 04:30, Israeli forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, encroached into ‘Arrabeh village, south of Jenin, under the full control of the Palestinian National Authority, under the cover of intensive shelling. A site of the Palestinian National Security Forces was shelled and two officers stationed there were wounded:
1) ‘Omar El-Samen, 23, wounded by a live bullet in the left hand; and
2) Muhannad ‘Azzam, 22, wounded by a live bullet in the right shoulder.
The Israeli forces imposed a curfew on the village and searched Palestinian houses. They besieged a two-story house, owned by Jom’a El-Mughayer, and demolished the second floor while residents of the house were on the first floor.
Then, the Israeli forces called on the family with loudspeakers to leave the house and on a member of the family to surrender. When the family got out of the house, the Israeli forces arrested three members of its members. Later, the Israeli forces also arrested four young men from the village.
At approximately 20:30, Israeli forces fired an artillery shell and opened fire from a very short distance at three members of the Palestinian National Security Forces at a roadblock in the southwest of Qalqilya. Two were killed:
1) Ra’ed Jamil El-Akhras, 25, from Gaza; and
2) Mohammed ‘Abdel-Fattah Jamil, 40, from Jericho.
A third security officer, Ahmed ‘Abdel-Fattah Jaber, 52, from Sniria village near Qalqilya, was injured by shrapnel throughout the body.
At approximately 21:20 local time, Israeli forces, positioned in “Neve Dekalim” and “Gani Tal” settlements and at Al-Tuffah checkpoint, shelled Palestinian residential areas in Khan Yunis. Four Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Mu’tassem Ashraf El-Nabris, 15, critically wounded by a live bullet in the neck, which caused a semi-paralysis that necessitated his evacuation to Tal Hashomer Hospital in Israel;
2) Najia Ibrahim El-Bardawil, 35, wounded by a live bullet in the back;
3) Rami Khairi El-Najjar, 17, wounded by a live bullet in the right hand; and
4) Ziad Mohammed ‘Elwan, 16, wounded by shrapnel in the right foot.
Additionally, a number of houses were severely damaged.
In the afternoon, Mohammed Tayeh Khader El-‘As’oussi, 29, and Rabi’ Mohammed Shoumaria Ghannam, 22, from Jaba’ village, southeast of Jenin, were killed by Israeli forces.
At approximately 14:30, El-‘As’oussi, a policeman and Ghannam, a member of the Palestinian liaison forces, were on their way back home unarmed, through a branch road, as the main road leading to their village was closed by Israeli forces. When they were near Bazaria village, northwest of Nablus, approximately 4km southwest of their village, a unit of the Israeli forces surrounded them and shot them dead from a very short distance. The Israeli soldiers kept the bodies of the two young men until the evening.
El-‘As’oussi was hit by 15 live bullets throughout the body and Ghannam was hit by 12 live bullets throughout the body.
Continued Assassinations and Extra-Judicial Killings
In a continuation of the policy of assassination and extra-judicial killing formally adopted by the Israeli government, the Israeli forces committed two new assassinations.
At approximately 08:30 on Wednesday, Israeli forces in two tanks positioned in the east of Tulkarm fired at ‘Abdullah Rashed Jaroushi, 38, a Hamas activist, wounding him with two live bullets in the chest and the right side.
The Israeli forces obstructed his evacuation to hospital for 15 minutes. At noon, he was pronounced dead at Tulkarm Hospital.
According to an eyewitness, the victim’s father-in-law, Jaroushi came to his house to take his wife and children. The family got into Jaroushi’s car and traveled several meters towards the center of the city. They were surprised by two Israeli tanks coming from the east towards them. They got out of the car.
While Jaroushi was getting out of the car, the tanks moved quickly towards him and Israeli soldiers fired at him from a very short distance. The Israeli forces denied access to ambulances. The eyewitness carried Jaroushi and passed by the two tanks, but the Israeli forces threatened to shoot at the ambulance if it moved.
Around 15 minutes later, the Israeli forces allowed the ambulance to move after they had taken the victim’s identity card. The victim was evacuated to Tulkarm Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 12:30. Later, the Israeli radio quoted an Israeli military spokesman as saying that Israeli forces killed Jaroushi, who he described as a Hamas activist.
Around three hours after the first assassination, Israeli forces assassinated Jamil Munir Jadallah Khalifa, 25, from Bethlehem and resident of Hebron, known as a Hamas activist.
At approximately 11:45, an Israeli combat helicopter fired a rocket at a room adjacent to a horse stable in ‘Ein Sara area in the north of Hebron. Khalifa was killed instantly. Israeli radio quoted an Israeli military spokesman as saying that Israeli forces killed Khalifa, accusing him of having killed two Jewish settlers.