4 feb 2001
At approximately 7:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at the entrance of Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, fired at Ashraf Hamed El-Essi, 21 years old, from Gaza City, wounding him in the head with a rubber-coated metal bullet.
PCHR’s field officer in the northern area reported that Palestinian labourers in Erez industrial zone had demonstrated to protest the provocative measures taken by the Israeli occupation forces at the entrance. Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Palestinian labourers and closed off the industrial zone, prohibiting the entry of Palestinian labourers.
Also at approximately 10:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers shot and killed Shadi Abdel-Rahim El-Kahlout, 23 years old, from Sheikh Radwan. He was shot in the abdomen and legs by more than ten live bullets. This incident took place at the borderline near Kissufim Crossing to the east of Khan Yunis. The Israeli occupation forces claimed that the martyr El-Kahlout was attempting to sneak into Israel.
At approximately 22:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in a military site to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis shelled Palestinian houses and the neighborhood market from a distance of approximately 250m. The firing of artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets lasted until 1:00 local time on the following day. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the shelling resulted in the following damage:
1) Bullets and shells destroyed asbestos layers of the market and made holes in its walls.
2) Bullets and shells made holes in the walls and partially destroyed the roof of a fuel station, owned by E’issa Abdel-Rahim Abdel-Hadi.
3) The shelling destroyed windows and made holes in walls of a 125-square-meter, two-story house, in which ten people live, owned by Mohammed Fawzi Hellow.
4) The shelling destroyed windows and made holes in walls of a 100-square-meter, two-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Mohammed and Adnan El-Alami.
5) Bullets penetrated the façade of a commercial store, owned by Salim Khader El-Alami, damaging foodstuffs.
6) Bullets penetrated the door and walls as well as damaged the electricity network of an electronics maintenance store, owned by Hisham Khalil Bedier.
At approximately 7:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at the entrance of Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, fired at Ashraf Hamed El-Essi, 21 years old, from Gaza City, wounding him in the head with a rubber-coated metal bullet.
PCHR’s field officer in the northern area reported that Palestinian labourers in Erez industrial zone had demonstrated to protest the provocative measures taken by the Israeli occupation forces at the entrance. Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Palestinian labourers and closed off the industrial zone, prohibiting the entry of Palestinian labourers.
Also at approximately 10:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers shot and killed Shadi Abdel-Rahim El-Kahlout, 23 years old, from Sheikh Radwan. He was shot in the abdomen and legs by more than ten live bullets. This incident took place at the borderline near Kissufim Crossing to the east of Khan Yunis. The Israeli occupation forces claimed that the martyr El-Kahlout was attempting to sneak into Israel.
At approximately 22:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in a military site to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis shelled Palestinian houses and the neighborhood market from a distance of approximately 250m. The firing of artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets lasted until 1:00 local time on the following day. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the shelling resulted in the following damage:
1) Bullets and shells destroyed asbestos layers of the market and made holes in its walls.
2) Bullets and shells made holes in the walls and partially destroyed the roof of a fuel station, owned by E’issa Abdel-Rahim Abdel-Hadi.
3) The shelling destroyed windows and made holes in walls of a 125-square-meter, two-story house, in which ten people live, owned by Mohammed Fawzi Hellow.
4) The shelling destroyed windows and made holes in walls of a 100-square-meter, two-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Mohammed and Adnan El-Alami.
5) Bullets penetrated the façade of a commercial store, owned by Salim Khader El-Alami, damaging foodstuffs.
6) Bullets penetrated the door and walls as well as damaged the electricity network of an electronics maintenance store, owned by Hisham Khalil Bedier.
3 feb 2001
In the morning, Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Karsh, 21 years old, from Al-Remal neighbourhood in Gaza City, was pronounced dead at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City from a head wound caused by a live bullet fired by the Israeli occupation forces on January 29, 2001.
On that day, clashes erupted between Palestinian young men and the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Mentar area to the east of Gaza City, during which Abu Karsh was critically wounded in the head. According to eyewitnesses, a number of Palestinian young men threw stones from behind a muddy shelter located approximately 30m away from a tank and a military jeep of the Israeli occupation forces. The tank moved forward toward Palestinian young men and the muddy shelter.
Although the young men escaped, the tank removed the muddy shelter. It then moved approximately 30m back. Eyewitnesses added that when Abdullah Abu Karch attempted to re-establish the muddy shelter, Israeli occupation forces fired two live bullets at him, one of which hit him in the head. Abu Karsh was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City where he arrived in critical condition.
At approximately 5:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a Mercedes carrying three Palestinian labourers from the village of Tarqomia to the village of Al-Zhahereya, near Hebron. The three Palestinian labourers were wounded, but the driver was not harmed. The driver stated that Israeli occupation soldiers positioned on the land adjacent to Beit A’owa junction opened fire on his car from a distance of about 40m although there were no clashes in the area. As a result, the three labourers were wounded. They were:
1) Mohammed Yousef El-A’waysa, 17 years old, critically wounded from a live bullet in the head and evacuated to Al-Maqased hospital in Jerusalem;
2) Mote’b Ismail El-Jbarin, 23 years old, wounded from a live bullet in the left foot and shrapnel from a live bullet in the head; and
3) Rae’d Ismail El-Jabarin, 17 years old, wounded from shrapnel in the right foot.
Also, at approximately 9:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Mazen Saleh El-Rifi, a-35-year-old fruit hawker from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, wounding him with two live bullets in the right thigh.
In his testimony to PCHR, El-Rifi said that he was riding a cart from Gaza City on his way the middle area of the Gaza Strip when he crossed Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction to the south of Gaza City. At that point, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in a military site adjacent to the junction, opened fire on El-Rifi from a distance of 200m. He was evacuated by a Palestinian civilian car to a clinic in the middle area of the Gaza strip and then transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. There were no clashes in the area.
At approximately 13:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers fired at the child E’issa Suleiman Abed-Rabbo El-E’mour, 14 years old, from Deir El-Balah, wounding him with a live bullet in the right side.
In his testimony to PCHR, the child said that he was coming back from his school on Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip) in the middle area, headed toward his house in Abu Houli area in the south of Deir El-Blah. Due to the closing of Salah El-Din Street by Israeli occupation forces, he, like other school children, was forced to resort to a bypass road 3km longer than the main road. The bypass road is also in the vicinity of Kfar Darom settlement.
The child added that he was passing 150m away from an observation tower of the Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of Kfar Darom settlement when he heard shooting and realised that he was wounded. He asserted that he was shot by a silenced gun. The child was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
Also at approximately 13:30 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet to the east of Gaza City, fired at a number of Palestinian young men who were demonstrating 15m away from tanks of the Israeli occupation forces.
As a result, the child Nahed Saqer Ramadan El-Harazin, 15 years old, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
At approximately 17:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium bullets at Abu Sneineh, Al-Karantina, and Qaytoun neighborhoods in Hebron. These bullets destroyed the windows of two civilian cars, a service network, and a number of water saving tanks located on houses.
In the morning, Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Karsh, 21 years old, from Al-Remal neighbourhood in Gaza City, was pronounced dead at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City from a head wound caused by a live bullet fired by the Israeli occupation forces on January 29, 2001.
On that day, clashes erupted between Palestinian young men and the Israeli occupation forces in Al-Mentar area to the east of Gaza City, during which Abu Karsh was critically wounded in the head. According to eyewitnesses, a number of Palestinian young men threw stones from behind a muddy shelter located approximately 30m away from a tank and a military jeep of the Israeli occupation forces. The tank moved forward toward Palestinian young men and the muddy shelter.
Although the young men escaped, the tank removed the muddy shelter. It then moved approximately 30m back. Eyewitnesses added that when Abdullah Abu Karch attempted to re-establish the muddy shelter, Israeli occupation forces fired two live bullets at him, one of which hit him in the head. Abu Karsh was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City where he arrived in critical condition.
At approximately 5:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a Mercedes carrying three Palestinian labourers from the village of Tarqomia to the village of Al-Zhahereya, near Hebron. The three Palestinian labourers were wounded, but the driver was not harmed. The driver stated that Israeli occupation soldiers positioned on the land adjacent to Beit A’owa junction opened fire on his car from a distance of about 40m although there were no clashes in the area. As a result, the three labourers were wounded. They were:
1) Mohammed Yousef El-A’waysa, 17 years old, critically wounded from a live bullet in the head and evacuated to Al-Maqased hospital in Jerusalem;
2) Mote’b Ismail El-Jbarin, 23 years old, wounded from a live bullet in the left foot and shrapnel from a live bullet in the head; and
3) Rae’d Ismail El-Jabarin, 17 years old, wounded from shrapnel in the right foot.
Also, at approximately 9:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Mazen Saleh El-Rifi, a-35-year-old fruit hawker from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, wounding him with two live bullets in the right thigh.
In his testimony to PCHR, El-Rifi said that he was riding a cart from Gaza City on his way the middle area of the Gaza Strip when he crossed Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction to the south of Gaza City. At that point, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in a military site adjacent to the junction, opened fire on El-Rifi from a distance of 200m. He was evacuated by a Palestinian civilian car to a clinic in the middle area of the Gaza strip and then transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. There were no clashes in the area.
At approximately 13:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers fired at the child E’issa Suleiman Abed-Rabbo El-E’mour, 14 years old, from Deir El-Balah, wounding him with a live bullet in the right side.
In his testimony to PCHR, the child said that he was coming back from his school on Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip) in the middle area, headed toward his house in Abu Houli area in the south of Deir El-Blah. Due to the closing of Salah El-Din Street by Israeli occupation forces, he, like other school children, was forced to resort to a bypass road 3km longer than the main road. The bypass road is also in the vicinity of Kfar Darom settlement.
The child added that he was passing 150m away from an observation tower of the Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of Kfar Darom settlement when he heard shooting and realised that he was wounded. He asserted that he was shot by a silenced gun. The child was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
Also at approximately 13:30 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet to the east of Gaza City, fired at a number of Palestinian young men who were demonstrating 15m away from tanks of the Israeli occupation forces.
As a result, the child Nahed Saqer Ramadan El-Harazin, 15 years old, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
At approximately 17:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium bullets at Abu Sneineh, Al-Karantina, and Qaytoun neighborhoods in Hebron. These bullets destroyed the windows of two civilian cars, a service network, and a number of water saving tanks located on houses.
2 feb 2001
At approximately 17:45 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, shot and killed Ahmed Muheisen Mohammed Shehadeh, 20 years old, from Jabalya. He was hit with seven medium caliber bullets to the chest, abdomen, and legs. According to eyewitnesses, Shehadeh was 600m to the north of the Israeli occupation forces’ position, watching the clashes between Palestinian young men and the soldiers. Then, an Israeli tank opened fire on Shehadeh, killing him.
In the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian boys and the Israeli occupation forces in the center of Hebron. The Israeli occupation forces opened fire, wounding:
1) the child Ibrahim Mazen El-Ja’bari, 12 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right leg; and
2) the child Mohammed Aqel El-Razem, 16 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left thigh.
Also in the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. The Israeli occupation forces opened fire, wounding:
1) the child Mohammed Suleiman Sweilem, 12 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the back; and
2) Kamal Abdel-Jawad Khudheir, 18 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
In addition, Israeli occupation forces violently beat Mohammed Naji Abu A’amer, 18 years old, bruising him throughout his body.
At approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Palestinian young men and children who were demonstrating at the southern entrance of the village of Silwad near Ramallah. As a result, three Palestinians were wounded. They were:
1) Mohammed Munir Semha, 16 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
2) Beha’ Hammad Semha, 18 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left shoulder; and
3) Ayman Hammad Semha, 15 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right thigh.
At approximately 20:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, at a military site to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood, fired heavy and medium bullets at the market of Khan Yunis Municipality and neighborhood homes. Sporadic shooting lasted until midnight. Two Palestinian civilian passers-by, located approximately 250m away from the Israeli occupation forces site, were wounded by the bullets. The wounded were:
1) Nadi A’adel El-Faqa’awi, 16 years old, wounded with a live bullet that cut an artery in the left foot and evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City; and
2) Ahmed Abdel-Qader El-A’wadhi, 14 years old, wounded with shrapnel of a live bullet in the buttocks and evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
Furthermore, a number of Palestinian houses and civilian facilities were damaged as follows:
1) Bullets made holes 2cm in diameter in the roof of a fuel station owned by E’issa Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Hadi. A calculator of fuel supply was also damaged.
2) Bullets broke windows and made holes in the walls of a 250-square-meter three-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Sae’id Abdel-Rahamn Abu Shammaleh.
At approximately 21:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in military sites in the center of Hebron fired heavy and medium bullets at Al-Karantina and Abu Sneineh neighborhoods in the city. As a result, a Palestinian woman and her child were wounded by bullet shrapnel in their home. In addition, three houses were damaged. The wounded were:
1) E’ttaf Abdel-Jabbar Shabaneh, 35 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the left shoulder, and
2) Heba Samir Shabaneh, 3 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot and suffered from a nervous shock.
At approximately 18:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the village of Al-Zababdeh near Jenin, causing severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses. The targeted houses are located approximately 200m from the military site of the Israeli occupation forces which is known as “Bezek.”
At midnight, the Israeli occupation forces positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza strip, opened machine gunfire on Palestinian houses in the Northeast of the village of Abasan near Khan Yunis. It is worth mentioning that this action has been the first of its kind since the outbreak of Al-Aqsa Intifada at the end of last September. The machine gun fire lasted until 4:00 local time on the following day. PCHR’s field officer in the area reported that a number of Palestinian houses were damaged as follows:
1) Bullets made holes in the walls and damaged the windows and furniture of a 180-square-meter house, in which five people live, owned by Barakat Abed Rabbo Abu Daqqa.
2) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 170-square-meter, two-story house, in which ten people live, owned by Lutfi Mohammed Abu Daqqa.
3) Bullets made holes in the facade of a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which 12 people live, owned by Adnan Abed-Rabbo Abu Daqqa.
4) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 180-square-meter house, in which ten people live, owned by Mohammed Salman Qudeih.
5) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 180-square-meter house, in which six people live, owned by Bassam Hussein Abu Daqqa.
6) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 180-square-meter house, in which ten people live, owned by Ali Awadh Abu Daqqa.
7) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 180-square-meter, three-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Oleyan Awadh Abu Daqqa.
8) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 160-square-meter house, in which six people live, owned by Abdel-Karim Abdel-Rahman Abu Daqqa.
9) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 150-square-meter house, in which five people live, owned by Munir Qudeih.
Attacks by Settlers
In the afternoon, approximately ten Jewish settlers of Neve Dekalim settlement in the Southwest of Khan Yunis destroyed two vegetable greenhouses in Tal Jenan area in Al-Mawasi of Khan Yunis, owned by Samir Abdel-A’al Al-Najjar and Joma’a Abdel-Karim Al-Najjar.
Also, at approximately 15:00 local time, a number of Jewish settlers from a settlement center known as “Avraham Avino” in the middle of Hebron, violently beat a number of Palestinian citizens. As a result:
1) Hazem Abdel-Sami’e El-Qasrawi, 29 years old, suffered from injuries and bruises throughout the body; and
2) Majed Mustafa El-Jamal, 47 years old, suffered from injuries in the head and bruises in the back.
At approximately 17:45 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, shot and killed Ahmed Muheisen Mohammed Shehadeh, 20 years old, from Jabalya. He was hit with seven medium caliber bullets to the chest, abdomen, and legs. According to eyewitnesses, Shehadeh was 600m to the north of the Israeli occupation forces’ position, watching the clashes between Palestinian young men and the soldiers. Then, an Israeli tank opened fire on Shehadeh, killing him.
In the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian boys and the Israeli occupation forces in the center of Hebron. The Israeli occupation forces opened fire, wounding:
1) the child Ibrahim Mazen El-Ja’bari, 12 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right leg; and
2) the child Mohammed Aqel El-Razem, 16 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left thigh.
Also in the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. The Israeli occupation forces opened fire, wounding:
1) the child Mohammed Suleiman Sweilem, 12 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the back; and
2) Kamal Abdel-Jawad Khudheir, 18 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
In addition, Israeli occupation forces violently beat Mohammed Naji Abu A’amer, 18 years old, bruising him throughout his body.
At approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Palestinian young men and children who were demonstrating at the southern entrance of the village of Silwad near Ramallah. As a result, three Palestinians were wounded. They were:
1) Mohammed Munir Semha, 16 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
2) Beha’ Hammad Semha, 18 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left shoulder; and
3) Ayman Hammad Semha, 15 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right thigh.
At approximately 20:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, at a military site to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood, fired heavy and medium bullets at the market of Khan Yunis Municipality and neighborhood homes. Sporadic shooting lasted until midnight. Two Palestinian civilian passers-by, located approximately 250m away from the Israeli occupation forces site, were wounded by the bullets. The wounded were:
1) Nadi A’adel El-Faqa’awi, 16 years old, wounded with a live bullet that cut an artery in the left foot and evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City; and
2) Ahmed Abdel-Qader El-A’wadhi, 14 years old, wounded with shrapnel of a live bullet in the buttocks and evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
Furthermore, a number of Palestinian houses and civilian facilities were damaged as follows:
1) Bullets made holes 2cm in diameter in the roof of a fuel station owned by E’issa Abdel-Rahman Abdel-Hadi. A calculator of fuel supply was also damaged.
2) Bullets broke windows and made holes in the walls of a 250-square-meter three-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Sae’id Abdel-Rahamn Abu Shammaleh.
At approximately 21:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in military sites in the center of Hebron fired heavy and medium bullets at Al-Karantina and Abu Sneineh neighborhoods in the city. As a result, a Palestinian woman and her child were wounded by bullet shrapnel in their home. In addition, three houses were damaged. The wounded were:
1) E’ttaf Abdel-Jabbar Shabaneh, 35 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the left shoulder, and
2) Heba Samir Shabaneh, 3 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot and suffered from a nervous shock.
At approximately 18:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the village of Al-Zababdeh near Jenin, causing severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses. The targeted houses are located approximately 200m from the military site of the Israeli occupation forces which is known as “Bezek.”
At midnight, the Israeli occupation forces positioned at the eastern border of the Gaza strip, opened machine gunfire on Palestinian houses in the Northeast of the village of Abasan near Khan Yunis. It is worth mentioning that this action has been the first of its kind since the outbreak of Al-Aqsa Intifada at the end of last September. The machine gun fire lasted until 4:00 local time on the following day. PCHR’s field officer in the area reported that a number of Palestinian houses were damaged as follows:
1) Bullets made holes in the walls and damaged the windows and furniture of a 180-square-meter house, in which five people live, owned by Barakat Abed Rabbo Abu Daqqa.
2) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 170-square-meter, two-story house, in which ten people live, owned by Lutfi Mohammed Abu Daqqa.
3) Bullets made holes in the facade of a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which 12 people live, owned by Adnan Abed-Rabbo Abu Daqqa.
4) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 180-square-meter house, in which ten people live, owned by Mohammed Salman Qudeih.
5) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 180-square-meter house, in which six people live, owned by Bassam Hussein Abu Daqqa.
6) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 180-square-meter house, in which ten people live, owned by Ali Awadh Abu Daqqa.
7) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 180-square-meter, three-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Oleyan Awadh Abu Daqqa.
8) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 160-square-meter house, in which six people live, owned by Abdel-Karim Abdel-Rahman Abu Daqqa.
9) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 150-square-meter house, in which five people live, owned by Munir Qudeih.
Attacks by Settlers
In the afternoon, approximately ten Jewish settlers of Neve Dekalim settlement in the Southwest of Khan Yunis destroyed two vegetable greenhouses in Tal Jenan area in Al-Mawasi of Khan Yunis, owned by Samir Abdel-A’al Al-Najjar and Joma’a Abdel-Karim Al-Najjar.
Also, at approximately 15:00 local time, a number of Jewish settlers from a settlement center known as “Avraham Avino” in the middle of Hebron, violently beat a number of Palestinian citizens. As a result:
1) Hazem Abdel-Sami’e El-Qasrawi, 29 years old, suffered from injuries and bruises throughout the body; and
2) Majed Mustafa El-Jamal, 47 years old, suffered from injuries in the head and bruises in the back.
1 feb 2001
At approximately 10:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned at the borderline in Rafah fired heavy and medium bullets at the adjacent Palestinian National Security Forces’ site in Al-Brazil neighborhood. This lasted until 15:00 local time and, although no injuries were reported, the bullets caused severe damage to the site.
At approximately 20:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, at a military site to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at the market of Khan Yunis Municipality as well as neighborhood homes. As a result, asbestos layers of the market were destroyed and a number of houses were damaged.
Attacks by Settlers
In the afternoon, a Jewish settler ran his car over Khaldia Ahmed Mohammed Saqer, 50 years old, from Al-Mawasi (agricultural) area in Khan Yunis. As a result, she suffered from bruises and injuries throughout her body. In agony, she was transferred to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. According to eyewitnesses, the settler was driving his car at high speed on the coastal road in the Al-Mawasi area, when he ran over the woman. He fled the area without offering her help.
At approximately 10:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned at the borderline in Rafah fired heavy and medium bullets at the adjacent Palestinian National Security Forces’ site in Al-Brazil neighborhood. This lasted until 15:00 local time and, although no injuries were reported, the bullets caused severe damage to the site.
At approximately 20:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, at a military site to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at the market of Khan Yunis Municipality as well as neighborhood homes. As a result, asbestos layers of the market were destroyed and a number of houses were damaged.
Attacks by Settlers
In the afternoon, a Jewish settler ran his car over Khaldia Ahmed Mohammed Saqer, 50 years old, from Al-Mawasi (agricultural) area in Khan Yunis. As a result, she suffered from bruises and injuries throughout her body. In agony, she was transferred to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. According to eyewitnesses, the settler was driving his car at high speed on the coastal road in the Al-Mawasi area, when he ran over the woman. He fled the area without offering her help.
31 jan 2001
In the morning, at approximately 7:15 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in a military site at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, opened fire on Fuad Nabhan Ahmed Hejji, 33 years old, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, wounding him with two live bullets in the feet.
In his testimony to PCHR, Hejji said that he was with three members of his family riding a cart toward his farm in the area of Johor Al-Diek, to the east of Gaza City. Because the Israeli occupation forces were apt to fire on any Palestinian citizen attempting to cross the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, he resorted to Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip). Hejji traveled toward the middle area in order to go to his farm via a branch road near Al-Boreij refugee camp. He added that after he crossed Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction and was 40 meters to the south of the junction, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at the junction fired about 10 live bullets at him, two of which hit him in the feet. There were no clashes in the area at that time.
His family evacuated him to a clinic in Nusseirat refugee camp in the middle area where he received medical first aid. He was then transferred by ambulance to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
In the afternoon, at approximately 14:30 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a Palestinian taxi that was passing by Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction while traversing the route from Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the middle area toward Gaza City. A number of Palestinian civilians were in the vehicle and on the road in other vehicles.
As a result, the driver Isamail Ahmed El-Telbani, 50 years old, from the village of Al-Zawaydeh in the middle area, was killed. Investigations carried out by PCHR proved that the incident was a new willful murder committed by the Israeli occupation forces against a Palestinian civilian. In testimony given under oath, one of the people traveling in the targeted taxi said:
“I traveled with driver Isamail Ahmed El-Telbani in his orange Mercedes taxi from my house in Al-Maghazi refugee camp toward Gaza City. I was sitting near him with my 4.5-year-old child Mahmoud. In the back seat, my 74-year-old mother sat with my 12-year-old son Mohammed.
We wanted to go to Gaza City in order for my mother to receive medical care. When we arrived at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, the driver slowed down in order to cross between concrete blocks put on the junction by the Israeli occupation forces. Before crossing the junction, I saw a military jeep of the Israeli occupation forces coming from the west, from the road of Netzarim settlement. It soon stopped in front of us. Soon, the roof of the jeep was opened. Then, an Israeli occupation soldier got out and opened fire on our taxi.”
In another testimony, a driver of a taxi that stopped behind the targeted taxi said:
“At approximately 14:30 (local time), on Wednesday, January 31, 2001, I arrived in my Mercedes taxi at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction. There was an orange Mercedes taxi in front of me. Then, a jeep of the Israeli occupation forces leading a convoy of cars of settlers coming from Netzarim settlement stopped. An Israeli occupation soldier emerged from a hole in the roof of the jeep and opened fire on the mentioned taxi from a distance of 15 meters.
The taxi moved back and I, with some other people, took the driver who was wounded out of the taxi to another car, but the Israeli occupation forces prevented its passage toward a hospital in Gaza City. So, we evacuated him to a clinic in Nusseirat refugee camp, and from there he was transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.”
In the evening, at approximately 21:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces shot dead Saber Fureij Abu Zhaher, 38 years old, from the area of Johor Al-Diek, in the east of Gaza City. The father of eight children was shot by more than 10 live bullets throughout the body. PCHR’s staff is now investigating the incident. Initial information, however, indicated that the incident took place on the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, where the Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks, are always heavily present, shooting at anyone attempting to cross the road.
It is likely that Abu Zhaher was trying to cross the road, coming from Gaza City toward his house in the area of Johor Al-Diek, when he was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces. His passing through the area coincided with the explosion of a bomb, which was heard in the area. The Israeli occupation forces then opened fire intensively.
As a result, a man and his son were wounded while they were on the stairs of their house, 700 meters to the east of the mentioned road. They were:
1) Nayef Hammad Thabet, 43 years old, from the area of Johor Al-Diek to the east of Gaza City, wounded with two live bullets in the left arm and the left thigh; and
2) Hammad Nayef Hammad Thabet, 14 years old, wounded with two live bullets in the right arm.
In the morning, at approximately 7:15 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in a military site at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, opened fire on Fuad Nabhan Ahmed Hejji, 33 years old, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, wounding him with two live bullets in the feet.
In his testimony to PCHR, Hejji said that he was with three members of his family riding a cart toward his farm in the area of Johor Al-Diek, to the east of Gaza City. Because the Israeli occupation forces were apt to fire on any Palestinian citizen attempting to cross the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, he resorted to Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip). Hejji traveled toward the middle area in order to go to his farm via a branch road near Al-Boreij refugee camp. He added that after he crossed Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction and was 40 meters to the south of the junction, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at the junction fired about 10 live bullets at him, two of which hit him in the feet. There were no clashes in the area at that time.
His family evacuated him to a clinic in Nusseirat refugee camp in the middle area where he received medical first aid. He was then transferred by ambulance to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
In the afternoon, at approximately 14:30 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a Palestinian taxi that was passing by Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction while traversing the route from Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the middle area toward Gaza City. A number of Palestinian civilians were in the vehicle and on the road in other vehicles.
As a result, the driver Isamail Ahmed El-Telbani, 50 years old, from the village of Al-Zawaydeh in the middle area, was killed. Investigations carried out by PCHR proved that the incident was a new willful murder committed by the Israeli occupation forces against a Palestinian civilian. In testimony given under oath, one of the people traveling in the targeted taxi said:
“I traveled with driver Isamail Ahmed El-Telbani in his orange Mercedes taxi from my house in Al-Maghazi refugee camp toward Gaza City. I was sitting near him with my 4.5-year-old child Mahmoud. In the back seat, my 74-year-old mother sat with my 12-year-old son Mohammed.
We wanted to go to Gaza City in order for my mother to receive medical care. When we arrived at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, the driver slowed down in order to cross between concrete blocks put on the junction by the Israeli occupation forces. Before crossing the junction, I saw a military jeep of the Israeli occupation forces coming from the west, from the road of Netzarim settlement. It soon stopped in front of us. Soon, the roof of the jeep was opened. Then, an Israeli occupation soldier got out and opened fire on our taxi.”
In another testimony, a driver of a taxi that stopped behind the targeted taxi said:
“At approximately 14:30 (local time), on Wednesday, January 31, 2001, I arrived in my Mercedes taxi at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction. There was an orange Mercedes taxi in front of me. Then, a jeep of the Israeli occupation forces leading a convoy of cars of settlers coming from Netzarim settlement stopped. An Israeli occupation soldier emerged from a hole in the roof of the jeep and opened fire on the mentioned taxi from a distance of 15 meters.
The taxi moved back and I, with some other people, took the driver who was wounded out of the taxi to another car, but the Israeli occupation forces prevented its passage toward a hospital in Gaza City. So, we evacuated him to a clinic in Nusseirat refugee camp, and from there he was transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.”
In the evening, at approximately 21:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces shot dead Saber Fureij Abu Zhaher, 38 years old, from the area of Johor Al-Diek, in the east of Gaza City. The father of eight children was shot by more than 10 live bullets throughout the body. PCHR’s staff is now investigating the incident. Initial information, however, indicated that the incident took place on the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, where the Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with tanks, are always heavily present, shooting at anyone attempting to cross the road.
It is likely that Abu Zhaher was trying to cross the road, coming from Gaza City toward his house in the area of Johor Al-Diek, when he was shot dead by the Israeli occupation forces. His passing through the area coincided with the explosion of a bomb, which was heard in the area. The Israeli occupation forces then opened fire intensively.
As a result, a man and his son were wounded while they were on the stairs of their house, 700 meters to the east of the mentioned road. They were:
1) Nayef Hammad Thabet, 43 years old, from the area of Johor Al-Diek to the east of Gaza City, wounded with two live bullets in the left arm and the left thigh; and
2) Hammad Nayef Hammad Thabet, 14 years old, wounded with two live bullets in the right arm.
30 jan 2001
In the afternoon, at approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians from the village of Deir Nezham in Ramallah when they confronted the razing of agricultural land in the village.
As a result, the child Shaker Abdel-Mou’ti El-Tamimi, 7 years old, was wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the left ear.
In the afternoon, at approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet shot at a number of Palestinian boys who were demonstrating about 100 meters away.
As a result, Sa’di Mahmoud Abdel-Qader Hemeida, 17 years old, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
At night, at approximately 23:40 local time, Palestinian civilians and police confronted the Israeli occupation forces when these forces attempted to burst into the village of Beit Rima, under the full control of the Palestinian National Authority, in Ramallah. The Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium bullets at Palestinian citizens, wounding policeman Yousef Hassan Tobeish, 26 years old, from Ramallah, with a medium caliber bullet in the right thigh.
On Tuesday, January 30, 2001, in the afternoon at approximately 16:30, Falah Saleh A’yyash, 67 years old, from the village of Rafat in Salfit, died when the Israeli occupation forces obstructed his transfer to hospital. The deceased suffered from a heart attack in the afternoon at approximately 13:15 local time.
His family intended to transfer him by a private car to Rafidia hospital in Nablus. At 13:40 local time, the car arrived at the junction of the village of A’zzoun, where a roadblock of the Israeli occupation forces stands. The Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at the mentioned roadblock prevented the passage of the car after it waited for more than half an hour. The family was forced to resort to a muddy road.
At approximately 14:40 local time, they arrived at a roadblock of the Israeli occupation forces at the junction of the village of Deir Sharaf, but these forces prevented their passage after another 40 minutes. The family was forced to resort to yet another muddy road. They arrived at hospital at approximately 16:15 local time. A’yyash died 15 minutes later.
This incident was the third of its kind in one week as E’isha Naji Mohammed Nassar, 28 years old, from the village of Al-Jania in Ramallah, died after the Israeli occupation forces prevented an ambulance from transferring her to hospital through a military roadblock of these forces near Doleb settlement to the west of Ramallah (for more details, see our last weekly report).
In the afternoon, at approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians from the village of Deir Nezham in Ramallah when they confronted the razing of agricultural land in the village.
As a result, the child Shaker Abdel-Mou’ti El-Tamimi, 7 years old, was wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the left ear.
In the afternoon, at approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet shot at a number of Palestinian boys who were demonstrating about 100 meters away.
As a result, Sa’di Mahmoud Abdel-Qader Hemeida, 17 years old, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
At night, at approximately 23:40 local time, Palestinian civilians and police confronted the Israeli occupation forces when these forces attempted to burst into the village of Beit Rima, under the full control of the Palestinian National Authority, in Ramallah. The Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium bullets at Palestinian citizens, wounding policeman Yousef Hassan Tobeish, 26 years old, from Ramallah, with a medium caliber bullet in the right thigh.
On Tuesday, January 30, 2001, in the afternoon at approximately 16:30, Falah Saleh A’yyash, 67 years old, from the village of Rafat in Salfit, died when the Israeli occupation forces obstructed his transfer to hospital. The deceased suffered from a heart attack in the afternoon at approximately 13:15 local time.
His family intended to transfer him by a private car to Rafidia hospital in Nablus. At 13:40 local time, the car arrived at the junction of the village of A’zzoun, where a roadblock of the Israeli occupation forces stands. The Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at the mentioned roadblock prevented the passage of the car after it waited for more than half an hour. The family was forced to resort to a muddy road.
At approximately 14:40 local time, they arrived at a roadblock of the Israeli occupation forces at the junction of the village of Deir Sharaf, but these forces prevented their passage after another 40 minutes. The family was forced to resort to yet another muddy road. They arrived at hospital at approximately 16:15 local time. A’yyash died 15 minutes later.
This incident was the third of its kind in one week as E’isha Naji Mohammed Nassar, 28 years old, from the village of Al-Jania in Ramallah, died after the Israeli occupation forces prevented an ambulance from transferring her to hospital through a military roadblock of these forces near Doleb settlement to the west of Ramallah (for more details, see our last weekly report).
29 jan 2001
In the morning, at approximately 10:15 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in a military site to the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, shot at Mohammed Nafez Mohammed Abu Mousa, wounding him with a live bullet that penetrated the abdomen, the diaphragm, and the chest.
Abu Mousa died as soon as he reached hospital. An eyewitness who was with the martyr Abu Mousa when he was shot, said that they were looking at a bulldozer of the Israeli occupation forces that was razing areas near a military site of these forces about 300 meters away from them. He added that Israeli occupation soldiers fired two live bullets, one of which hit martyr Abu Mousa. There were no clashes in the area at the time.
In the afternoon, at approximately 16:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned on the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, opened fire on a number of Palestinian young men who were demonstrating about 150 meters away.
As a result, Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Karsh, 21 years old, from Al-Remal neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded with a live bullet in the head. Abu Karsh was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City in critical condition.
Also in the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian young men and the Israeli occupation forces at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. The Israeli occupation forces fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets and wounded:
1) the child Mohammed Fathi Haddad, 15 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right hand; and
2) the child Omar Ahmed Hamad, 15 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right thigh.
In the evening, at approximately 18:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces raided the village of Deir Nezham in Ramallah. A number of Palestinian young men from the village faced these forces by throwing stones at them. The occupation forces fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets at these young men, wounding five with live and rubber-coated metal bullets. Among the wounded were:
1) Eihab Hassan El-Tamimi, 16 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head; and
2) Mohammed Yousef El-Tamimi, 20 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left thigh.
In the evening, at approximately 17:00 local time, armored vehicles of the Israeli occupation forces passing by the borderline in Rafah fired heavy and medium bullets at Palestinian houses in Al-Barazil neighborhood, adjacent to the borderline. As a result, two Palestinian civilians were wounded with shrapnel of bullets while they were on the street, 50 meters away from the borderline. They were:
1) Bassem Rajeh El-Nahhal, 22 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the right leg; and
2) Mohammed Khalil Abu Taha, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder.
In the evening, at approximately 20:00 local time, after the shooting of one live bullet was heard, whose source was unknown, Israeli occupation forces positioned in military sites in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim settlement and at Al-Tuffah roadblock, to the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at Palestinian houses in the west of the mentioned refugee camp. This action, which lasted until 3:00 local time on the following day, caused severe damage to some houses and civilian facilities as follows:
1) An artillery shell fell onto an electricity generator, destroying it and cutting electricity in the area.
2) An artillery shell penetrated Al-Shafe’i mosque, making holes 20 centimeters in diameter in walls, and bullets damaged water storage tanks.
3) Three artillery shells hit a 130-square-meter, two-story house, in which 11 people live, owned by A’adel Salem Abu Obeida, making holes 20 centimeters in diameter in its walls. Residents of the house left it a few months ago because it was frequently shelled by the Israeli occupation forces.
PCHR’s field officer added that some other houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp were damaged, but he had not been able to reach the area. Residents of these houses left them a few months ago because of frequent shelling.
In the morning, at approximately 10:15 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in a military site to the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, shot at Mohammed Nafez Mohammed Abu Mousa, wounding him with a live bullet that penetrated the abdomen, the diaphragm, and the chest.
Abu Mousa died as soon as he reached hospital. An eyewitness who was with the martyr Abu Mousa when he was shot, said that they were looking at a bulldozer of the Israeli occupation forces that was razing areas near a military site of these forces about 300 meters away from them. He added that Israeli occupation soldiers fired two live bullets, one of which hit martyr Abu Mousa. There were no clashes in the area at the time.
In the afternoon, at approximately 16:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned on the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, opened fire on a number of Palestinian young men who were demonstrating about 150 meters away.
As a result, Abdullah Mahmoud Abu Karsh, 21 years old, from Al-Remal neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded with a live bullet in the head. Abu Karsh was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City in critical condition.
Also in the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian young men and the Israeli occupation forces at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. The Israeli occupation forces fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets and wounded:
1) the child Mohammed Fathi Haddad, 15 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right hand; and
2) the child Omar Ahmed Hamad, 15 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right thigh.
In the evening, at approximately 18:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces raided the village of Deir Nezham in Ramallah. A number of Palestinian young men from the village faced these forces by throwing stones at them. The occupation forces fired live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets at these young men, wounding five with live and rubber-coated metal bullets. Among the wounded were:
1) Eihab Hassan El-Tamimi, 16 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head; and
2) Mohammed Yousef El-Tamimi, 20 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left thigh.
In the evening, at approximately 17:00 local time, armored vehicles of the Israeli occupation forces passing by the borderline in Rafah fired heavy and medium bullets at Palestinian houses in Al-Barazil neighborhood, adjacent to the borderline. As a result, two Palestinian civilians were wounded with shrapnel of bullets while they were on the street, 50 meters away from the borderline. They were:
1) Bassem Rajeh El-Nahhal, 22 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the right leg; and
2) Mohammed Khalil Abu Taha, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder.
In the evening, at approximately 20:00 local time, after the shooting of one live bullet was heard, whose source was unknown, Israeli occupation forces positioned in military sites in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim settlement and at Al-Tuffah roadblock, to the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at Palestinian houses in the west of the mentioned refugee camp. This action, which lasted until 3:00 local time on the following day, caused severe damage to some houses and civilian facilities as follows:
1) An artillery shell fell onto an electricity generator, destroying it and cutting electricity in the area.
2) An artillery shell penetrated Al-Shafe’i mosque, making holes 20 centimeters in diameter in walls, and bullets damaged water storage tanks.
3) Three artillery shells hit a 130-square-meter, two-story house, in which 11 people live, owned by A’adel Salem Abu Obeida, making holes 20 centimeters in diameter in its walls. Residents of the house left it a few months ago because it was frequently shelled by the Israeli occupation forces.
PCHR’s field officer added that some other houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp were damaged, but he had not been able to reach the area. Residents of these houses left them a few months ago because of frequent shelling.
28 jan 2001
In the morning, at approximately 5:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian Mercedes taxi, wounding one of its occupants, E’ssam Haidar Ahmed Harazallah, 19 years old, from Gaza city, with a live bullet in the right side.
In his testimony to PCHR, Harazallah said that he was on his way by taxi from Gaza City to Gaza International Airport to travel to UAE. When the taxi crossed the junction of Abu Houli road to the south of Deir El-Balah, at a branch of Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip), 100 meters away, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned on a tank near the mentioned junction opened fire on the taxi with no reason. The driver continued on his way until he reached a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, where an ambulance was called and Harazallah was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
In the afternoon, at approximately 13:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned near Salah El-Din Gate on the border in Rafah fired at the child Nidhal Omar Al-Moghayar, 12 years old, wounding him with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right eye.
In his testimony to PCHR, the child Al-Moghayar said that he was passing on Khaled Ben Al-Walid Street near Salah El-Din Gate when he heard sounds of shooting by the Israeli occupation forces. He took shelter behind a nearby deserted commercial store and started to look at tanks of the Israeli occupation forces, which were about 30 meters away from him, near a military site of these forces. The child felt pain in his right eye and in his head. He said that he escaped from the area though bleeding.
Then, he was evacuated to hospital. Medical sources stated that he suffered from bleeding in blood vessels of his right eye as a result of being wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet. He did not lose his eye.
At approximately 12:30, Israeli occupation forces severely beat the child Ra’afat E’issa Abu E’isheh, 14 years old.
The child used to work as a seller of goods after school in the market of Hebron, which is under the control of the Israeli occupation forces. In his testimony to the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (LAW), the child Abu E’isheh said that Israeli occupation soldiers in the middle of Hebron interrupted his way and took him by force to a corner in the old city. There, three soldiers beat him with their feet and the butts of their guns for half an hour.
The child fainted and remained on the ground until an ambulance evacuated him to A’alia hospital in Hebron. According to a medical report, the child suffered from severe bruises all over the body and severe injuries in the right shoulder. The child still suffers from a wound with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg, fired by the Israeli occupation forces on December 9, 2000.
In the evening, at approximately 17:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in the vicinity of Netzarim settlement, to the south of Gaza City, fired at the child Wasfi Mohammed E’issa Shamallakh, 10 years old, from Gaza City, wounding him with a live bullet in the right thigh.
The child was with his father who was farming his land, about 800 meters to the north of the mentioned settlement. In his testimony to PCHR, the child Shamallakh said that Israeli occupation soldiers fired at him from a military jeep at the north of the mentioned settlement. The child was evacuated to the hospital of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza City.
In the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces at the northern entrance of Al-Bireh. The Israeli occupation forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators, wounding three with rubber-coated metal bullets. Additionally, dozens of demonstrators suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas.
Also in the afternoon, similar clashes erupted at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. A Palestinian civilian was wounded with a live bullet and another two were wounded with rubber-coated metal bullets.
In the afternoon, at approximately 15:00 local time, armored vehicles of the Israeli occupation forces passing along the border in Rafah opened fire on Palestinian civilians and houses in Al-Barazil neighborhood, adjacent to the border. As a result, three Palestinian civilians were wounded as follows:
1) Ramadhan Mohammed Abu A’rmaneh, 22 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
2) Mohammed Mohammed Abu Dhebaa’, 22 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the left arm; and
3) Ahmed Mohammed El-Salaq, 21 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the left knee.
In the evening, at approximately 18:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire again on Al-Barazil neighborhood in Rafah, wounding another five civilians. They were:
1) Mohammed Samir Zannoun, 12 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the back;
2) Zakaria Mohammed El-Nahhal, 18 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
3) Rabie’ Ali El-Hams, 16 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
4) Mohammed Hassan Jaber, 23 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the nose; and
5) Zuhair Mohammed Hammad, 46 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the head.
In the evening, at approximately 20:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned on the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at a post of the Palestinian National Security Forces, 300 meters to the east of the mentioned road. Additionally, Sabra gas station, near the targeted post was also hit, and fire broke out in a gas storage tank.
At night, at approximately 23:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at the campus of the College of Education on Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip). The campus was damaged. In addition, a post of the Palestinian National Security Forces, 300 meters to the north of the junction, was also hit.
As a result, officer Ayman Amin Ayyoub El-Shanbari, 32 years old, from Beit Hanoun, was wounded with four live bullets in the abdomen and a fifth in the left hand. He was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. Sources at the hospital stated that he was in stable condition.
From 18:30 local time until midnight, Israeli occupation forces positioned in military sites in the west of Khan Yunis, shelled residential neighborhoods in the city, wounding a number of Palestinian civilians and causing severe damage to property. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that military sites of the Israeli occupation forces to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood, to the west of Al-Nemsawi (Austrian) neighborhood, in the vicinity of Neve’ Dekalim settlement and at Al-Tuffah roadblock fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets.
The shelling was intensified at approximately 20:30 local time, when the Israeli occupation forces fired eight artillery shells from their military sites to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood at Palestinian houses. These attacks resulted in wounding two Palestinian civilians. They were:
1) Wessam Kamel Mahmoud Abu Mustafa, 16 years old, wounded with shrapnel of a heavy bullet in the left foot. In her testimony to PCHR, Abu Mustafa said that she was inside her house in Khan Yunis refugee camp, 300 meters away from the site of the Israeli occupation forces. At approximately 20:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire, and a heavy bullet penetrated a wall of the room where she was, and shrapnel dispersed in the room, wounding her in the foot. She was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
2) Eyad Khalil Mansour El-Astal, 30 years old, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the legs and the right hand. In his testimony to PCHR, El-Astal said that at approximately 20:30 local time, an artillery shell fell near him when he was passing along a road. He added that he was wounded and fainted.
Furthermore, Palestinian houses were severely damaged as follows:
1) The shelling made holes two centimeters in diameter in a wall of a 150-square-meter, one-story house, in which five people live, owned by Kamel Mahmoud Abu Mustafa (see the wounding of his daughter above.)
2) The shelling made holes 2-3 centimeters in diameter in walls of an 80-square-meter, one-story house, in which eight people live, owned by Ibrahim A’wwad Abu Yousef.
3) An artillery shell exploded in front of a grocery owned by Mohammed Salem Abu Mustafa, making holes in its façade.
4) The shelling made holes in walls of housing buildings owned by Al-Farra Company, and destroyed a number of windows.
5) The shelling made holes 2 centimeters in diameter in walls and destroyed a number of windows of a distribution center of UNRWA.
6) The cemetery of Khan Yunis was hit with three artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets that made holes in its fence.
In the morning, at approximately 5:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian Mercedes taxi, wounding one of its occupants, E’ssam Haidar Ahmed Harazallah, 19 years old, from Gaza city, with a live bullet in the right side.
In his testimony to PCHR, Harazallah said that he was on his way by taxi from Gaza City to Gaza International Airport to travel to UAE. When the taxi crossed the junction of Abu Houli road to the south of Deir El-Balah, at a branch of Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip), 100 meters away, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned on a tank near the mentioned junction opened fire on the taxi with no reason. The driver continued on his way until he reached a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces, where an ambulance was called and Harazallah was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
In the afternoon, at approximately 13:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned near Salah El-Din Gate on the border in Rafah fired at the child Nidhal Omar Al-Moghayar, 12 years old, wounding him with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right eye.
In his testimony to PCHR, the child Al-Moghayar said that he was passing on Khaled Ben Al-Walid Street near Salah El-Din Gate when he heard sounds of shooting by the Israeli occupation forces. He took shelter behind a nearby deserted commercial store and started to look at tanks of the Israeli occupation forces, which were about 30 meters away from him, near a military site of these forces. The child felt pain in his right eye and in his head. He said that he escaped from the area though bleeding.
Then, he was evacuated to hospital. Medical sources stated that he suffered from bleeding in blood vessels of his right eye as a result of being wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet. He did not lose his eye.
At approximately 12:30, Israeli occupation forces severely beat the child Ra’afat E’issa Abu E’isheh, 14 years old.
The child used to work as a seller of goods after school in the market of Hebron, which is under the control of the Israeli occupation forces. In his testimony to the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment (LAW), the child Abu E’isheh said that Israeli occupation soldiers in the middle of Hebron interrupted his way and took him by force to a corner in the old city. There, three soldiers beat him with their feet and the butts of their guns for half an hour.
The child fainted and remained on the ground until an ambulance evacuated him to A’alia hospital in Hebron. According to a medical report, the child suffered from severe bruises all over the body and severe injuries in the right shoulder. The child still suffers from a wound with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg, fired by the Israeli occupation forces on December 9, 2000.
In the evening, at approximately 17:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in the vicinity of Netzarim settlement, to the south of Gaza City, fired at the child Wasfi Mohammed E’issa Shamallakh, 10 years old, from Gaza City, wounding him with a live bullet in the right thigh.
The child was with his father who was farming his land, about 800 meters to the north of the mentioned settlement. In his testimony to PCHR, the child Shamallakh said that Israeli occupation soldiers fired at him from a military jeep at the north of the mentioned settlement. The child was evacuated to the hospital of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza City.
In the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces at the northern entrance of Al-Bireh. The Israeli occupation forces fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators, wounding three with rubber-coated metal bullets. Additionally, dozens of demonstrators suffered from suffocation due to inhaling tear gas.
Also in the afternoon, similar clashes erupted at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. A Palestinian civilian was wounded with a live bullet and another two were wounded with rubber-coated metal bullets.
In the afternoon, at approximately 15:00 local time, armored vehicles of the Israeli occupation forces passing along the border in Rafah opened fire on Palestinian civilians and houses in Al-Barazil neighborhood, adjacent to the border. As a result, three Palestinian civilians were wounded as follows:
1) Ramadhan Mohammed Abu A’rmaneh, 22 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
2) Mohammed Mohammed Abu Dhebaa’, 22 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the left arm; and
3) Ahmed Mohammed El-Salaq, 21 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the left knee.
In the evening, at approximately 18:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire again on Al-Barazil neighborhood in Rafah, wounding another five civilians. They were:
1) Mohammed Samir Zannoun, 12 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the back;
2) Zakaria Mohammed El-Nahhal, 18 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
3) Rabie’ Ali El-Hams, 16 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
4) Mohammed Hassan Jaber, 23 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the nose; and
5) Zuhair Mohammed Hammad, 46 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the head.
In the evening, at approximately 20:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned on the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at a post of the Palestinian National Security Forces, 300 meters to the east of the mentioned road. Additionally, Sabra gas station, near the targeted post was also hit, and fire broke out in a gas storage tank.
At night, at approximately 23:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at the campus of the College of Education on Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip). The campus was damaged. In addition, a post of the Palestinian National Security Forces, 300 meters to the north of the junction, was also hit.
As a result, officer Ayman Amin Ayyoub El-Shanbari, 32 years old, from Beit Hanoun, was wounded with four live bullets in the abdomen and a fifth in the left hand. He was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. Sources at the hospital stated that he was in stable condition.
From 18:30 local time until midnight, Israeli occupation forces positioned in military sites in the west of Khan Yunis, shelled residential neighborhoods in the city, wounding a number of Palestinian civilians and causing severe damage to property. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that military sites of the Israeli occupation forces to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood, to the west of Al-Nemsawi (Austrian) neighborhood, in the vicinity of Neve’ Dekalim settlement and at Al-Tuffah roadblock fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets.
The shelling was intensified at approximately 20:30 local time, when the Israeli occupation forces fired eight artillery shells from their military sites to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood at Palestinian houses. These attacks resulted in wounding two Palestinian civilians. They were:
1) Wessam Kamel Mahmoud Abu Mustafa, 16 years old, wounded with shrapnel of a heavy bullet in the left foot. In her testimony to PCHR, Abu Mustafa said that she was inside her house in Khan Yunis refugee camp, 300 meters away from the site of the Israeli occupation forces. At approximately 20:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire, and a heavy bullet penetrated a wall of the room where she was, and shrapnel dispersed in the room, wounding her in the foot. She was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
2) Eyad Khalil Mansour El-Astal, 30 years old, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the legs and the right hand. In his testimony to PCHR, El-Astal said that at approximately 20:30 local time, an artillery shell fell near him when he was passing along a road. He added that he was wounded and fainted.
Furthermore, Palestinian houses were severely damaged as follows:
1) The shelling made holes two centimeters in diameter in a wall of a 150-square-meter, one-story house, in which five people live, owned by Kamel Mahmoud Abu Mustafa (see the wounding of his daughter above.)
2) The shelling made holes 2-3 centimeters in diameter in walls of an 80-square-meter, one-story house, in which eight people live, owned by Ibrahim A’wwad Abu Yousef.
3) An artillery shell exploded in front of a grocery owned by Mohammed Salem Abu Mustafa, making holes in its façade.
4) The shelling made holes in walls of housing buildings owned by Al-Farra Company, and destroyed a number of windows.
5) The shelling made holes 2 centimeters in diameter in walls and destroyed a number of windows of a distribution center of UNRWA.
6) The cemetery of Khan Yunis was hit with three artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets that made holes in its fence.
27 jan 2001
In the morning, at approximately 11:30 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at Al-Tuffah roadblock, in the west of Khan Yunis, arrested E’mad Mohammed Fayyadh, 22 years old, from Khan Yunis, who suffers from psychological problems. The occupation forces detained him inside a military site near the mentioned roadblock. They released him at approximately 5:00 local time on the following day after they beat him. He was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
It was clear that he suffered from bruises all over the body.
In the morning, at approximately 8:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in the vicinity of Netzarim settlement, to the south of Gaza City, opened fire on a number of Palestinian laborers, who were at their place of work, 600 meters away from the mentioned settlement.
As a result, Mohammed Ramadhan Hussein Al-A’thamneh, 22 years old, from Beit Hanoun, was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg.
In his testimony to PCHR, Al-A’thamneh said that he was with about 20 laborers working on building an amphitheater in the recreation area of the College of Education, when Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on them suddenly and with no reason. The soldiers also fired at his colleagues when they attempted to offer him help. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
In the afternoon, clashes erupted at the southern entrance of Qalqilya between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces. These forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians and wounded:
1) the child Samer Hisham Hussein, 15 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
2) E’ssam Abdel-Karim A’wartani, 41 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the shoulder;
3) the child Shahin Hisham Salim, 15 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg; and
4) the child Murad Mohammed Jaber, 13 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the chest.
On Saturday, January 27, 2001, Hasna Suleiman Dhraghma, 66 years old, from the village of Al-Lobban in Nablus, died after the Israeli occupation forces prevented a car transferring her to hospital from crossing a military roadblock of these forces in the south of Nablus (Hawara roadblock). The Israeli occupation forces prohibited the passage of the car for 15 minutes despite warnings about the seriousness of the woman’s health condition (she was suffering from difficulty breathing and from pains in her chest). The driver of the car had to travel on a muddy road in order to reach the hospital in Nablus. Dhraghma died on the way to hospital.
In the evening, at approximately 21:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in a military site to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis fired live ammunition and artillery shells at Palestinian houses near the market of the mentioned neighborhood.
This action lasted sporadically until 2:00 local time on the following day. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that Mohammed Yahia Khalil Al-Majaydeh, 26 years old, was wounded with a live bullet in the right foot and shrapnel in the right thigh when he was passing by the targeted area. He was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
PCHR’s field officer reported that this particular action caused severe damage to Palestinian houses as follows:
1) Bullets made holes three centimeters in diameter in the façade of a 125-square-meter, two-story house, in which 10 people live, owned by Mohammed Fawzi Mustafa Hillow. In addition, windows were broken and water storage tanks were damaged. Bullets also penetrated walls and windows of a sewing atelier on the ground floor of the house, damaging a sewing machine and cloth.
2) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 125-square-meter, two-story house, in which three people live, owned by Hilal Mustafa Hillow. In addition, water storage tanks were damaged.
3) Bullets made holes in the roof of a 150-square-meter, tin-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Akram Husni Salameh. In addition, water saving tanks and a television aerial were damaged.
4) Bullets made holes 2-10 centimeters in diameter in external walls of a 125-square-meter, two-story house, in which nine people live, owned by E’ssam Mohammed Hathat. In addition, windows were broken.
5) Bullets made holes in the roof of a 250-square-meter, tin-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Mohammed Saber Abu Sweis. In addition, windows were broken.
6) Bullets broke the asbestos roof of a 250-square-meter house in which 16 people live, owned by Ahmed Abdel-Rahman Abu A’rram.
7) Bullets made holes three centimeters in diameter in external walls of a 250-square-meter, four-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Sae’id Abdel-Rahman Abu Shammaleh and brothers. In addition, windows were broken.
8) Bullets damaged the asbestos roof and made holes in walls of the market belonging to Khan Yunis Municipality in Al-Amal neighborhood.
In the morning, at approximately 11:30 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at Al-Tuffah roadblock, in the west of Khan Yunis, arrested E’mad Mohammed Fayyadh, 22 years old, from Khan Yunis, who suffers from psychological problems. The occupation forces detained him inside a military site near the mentioned roadblock. They released him at approximately 5:00 local time on the following day after they beat him. He was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
It was clear that he suffered from bruises all over the body.
In the morning, at approximately 8:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in the vicinity of Netzarim settlement, to the south of Gaza City, opened fire on a number of Palestinian laborers, who were at their place of work, 600 meters away from the mentioned settlement.
As a result, Mohammed Ramadhan Hussein Al-A’thamneh, 22 years old, from Beit Hanoun, was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg.
In his testimony to PCHR, Al-A’thamneh said that he was with about 20 laborers working on building an amphitheater in the recreation area of the College of Education, when Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on them suddenly and with no reason. The soldiers also fired at his colleagues when they attempted to offer him help. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
In the afternoon, clashes erupted at the southern entrance of Qalqilya between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces. These forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians and wounded:
1) the child Samer Hisham Hussein, 15 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
2) E’ssam Abdel-Karim A’wartani, 41 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the shoulder;
3) the child Shahin Hisham Salim, 15 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg; and
4) the child Murad Mohammed Jaber, 13 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the chest.
On Saturday, January 27, 2001, Hasna Suleiman Dhraghma, 66 years old, from the village of Al-Lobban in Nablus, died after the Israeli occupation forces prevented a car transferring her to hospital from crossing a military roadblock of these forces in the south of Nablus (Hawara roadblock). The Israeli occupation forces prohibited the passage of the car for 15 minutes despite warnings about the seriousness of the woman’s health condition (she was suffering from difficulty breathing and from pains in her chest). The driver of the car had to travel on a muddy road in order to reach the hospital in Nablus. Dhraghma died on the way to hospital.
In the evening, at approximately 21:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in a military site to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis fired live ammunition and artillery shells at Palestinian houses near the market of the mentioned neighborhood.
This action lasted sporadically until 2:00 local time on the following day. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that Mohammed Yahia Khalil Al-Majaydeh, 26 years old, was wounded with a live bullet in the right foot and shrapnel in the right thigh when he was passing by the targeted area. He was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
PCHR’s field officer reported that this particular action caused severe damage to Palestinian houses as follows:
1) Bullets made holes three centimeters in diameter in the façade of a 125-square-meter, two-story house, in which 10 people live, owned by Mohammed Fawzi Mustafa Hillow. In addition, windows were broken and water storage tanks were damaged. Bullets also penetrated walls and windows of a sewing atelier on the ground floor of the house, damaging a sewing machine and cloth.
2) Bullets made holes in the façade of a 125-square-meter, two-story house, in which three people live, owned by Hilal Mustafa Hillow. In addition, water storage tanks were damaged.
3) Bullets made holes in the roof of a 150-square-meter, tin-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Akram Husni Salameh. In addition, water saving tanks and a television aerial were damaged.
4) Bullets made holes 2-10 centimeters in diameter in external walls of a 125-square-meter, two-story house, in which nine people live, owned by E’ssam Mohammed Hathat. In addition, windows were broken.
5) Bullets made holes in the roof of a 250-square-meter, tin-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Mohammed Saber Abu Sweis. In addition, windows were broken.
6) Bullets broke the asbestos roof of a 250-square-meter house in which 16 people live, owned by Ahmed Abdel-Rahman Abu A’rram.
7) Bullets made holes three centimeters in diameter in external walls of a 250-square-meter, four-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Sae’id Abdel-Rahman Abu Shammaleh and brothers. In addition, windows were broken.
8) Bullets damaged the asbestos roof and made holes in walls of the market belonging to Khan Yunis Municipality in Al-Amal neighborhood.