14 feb 2001
At approximately 6:05 local time, Israeli occupation forces shot and killed A’ayed Khaled Abu Harb, 24, a resident of Nour Shams refugee camp and a member of the Palestinian Marine Police. Abu Harb was shot in the back with two explosive live bullets, which settled in his chest.
According to eyewitnesses, Abu Harb was on his way to Nablys traveling in a civilian car near an Israeli roadblock to the entrance of Ramin village in Tulkarm. Israeli occupation soldiers suddenly opened fire on the car from a distance of approximately 15m, killing Abu Harb.
Also, in the morning, Israeli soldiers at Al-Tuffah roadblock, located to the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, opened fire on a number of Palestinian children who were demonstrating approximately 200m to the east. Two Palestinian civilian by-standers were wounded as follows:
1) Jamal Mousa El-Sharif, 40, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot; and
2) Mohammed Rammadan El-Dada, 21, wounded with shrapnel in the right hand.
PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas. This caused suffocation to dozens of Palestinian civilians who were evacuated to Nasser hospital and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society hospital in Khan Yunis.
In the afternoon, Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinian children who were demonstrating 150m to the south of a road connecting Salah El-Din Street with Netzarim settlement, located south of Gaza City.
Ismail El-Hawjri, 15, from Nusseirat, was wounded in the left leg by a live bullet. Mahmoud Mustafa El-Shorbaji, 14, also from Nusseirat, was wounded in the left knee by a live bullet. According to medical sources at at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City, the bullet severed a leg artery.
Also, in the afternoon, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a number of Palestinian youth and children who were demonstrating 100m from the soldiers’ position, near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet (east of Gaza City). Four Palestinian demonstrators were wounded, as follows:
1) Yasser Nasser Siam, 16, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, seriously wounded in the abdomen by a live bullet and was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City;
2) Ramadan Riadh El-Dahdouh, 19, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded in the back by a live bullet and was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City;
3) Yousef Ismail El-Khaldi, 17, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, wounded in the right thigh by a live bullet; and
4) Ali Ayman El-Khatib, 14, from Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded in the right thigh by a live bullet.
In addition, at approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli soldiers opened fire on Mouaffaq Ahmed Mokhtar El-Khatib, a 26-year-old cameraman from Palestinian Television.
Although his video camera was damaged, El-Khatib was fortunately not injured. This incident took place when El-Khatib was filming 200m to the east of the forces’ position at Tal Al-Sultan roadblock between Rafah and the Al-Mawasi area, under the control of the Israeli occupation forces.
At approximately 15:30 local time, Israeli soldiers positioned at Tal Zourob, in the southwest of Rafah, fired at Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed Zourob, 21, from Rafah, wounding him with a medium caliber bullet in the pelvis.
In his testimony to PCHR, Zourob said that he and a friend were on their way to his greenhouses, located approximately 700m from the Israeli forces’ position. Before reaching the greenhouses, the Israeli forces opened fire on them without provocation from a distance of approximately 500m.
At approximately 6:05 local time, Israeli occupation forces shot and killed A’ayed Khaled Abu Harb, 24, a resident of Nour Shams refugee camp and a member of the Palestinian Marine Police. Abu Harb was shot in the back with two explosive live bullets, which settled in his chest.
According to eyewitnesses, Abu Harb was on his way to Nablys traveling in a civilian car near an Israeli roadblock to the entrance of Ramin village in Tulkarm. Israeli occupation soldiers suddenly opened fire on the car from a distance of approximately 15m, killing Abu Harb.
Also, in the morning, Israeli soldiers at Al-Tuffah roadblock, located to the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, opened fire on a number of Palestinian children who were demonstrating approximately 200m to the east. Two Palestinian civilian by-standers were wounded as follows:
1) Jamal Mousa El-Sharif, 40, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot; and
2) Mohammed Rammadan El-Dada, 21, wounded with shrapnel in the right hand.
PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the Israeli occupation forces fired tear gas. This caused suffocation to dozens of Palestinian civilians who were evacuated to Nasser hospital and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society hospital in Khan Yunis.
In the afternoon, Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinian children who were demonstrating 150m to the south of a road connecting Salah El-Din Street with Netzarim settlement, located south of Gaza City.
Ismail El-Hawjri, 15, from Nusseirat, was wounded in the left leg by a live bullet. Mahmoud Mustafa El-Shorbaji, 14, also from Nusseirat, was wounded in the left knee by a live bullet. According to medical sources at at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City, the bullet severed a leg artery.
Also, in the afternoon, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a number of Palestinian youth and children who were demonstrating 100m from the soldiers’ position, near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet (east of Gaza City). Four Palestinian demonstrators were wounded, as follows:
1) Yasser Nasser Siam, 16, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, seriously wounded in the abdomen by a live bullet and was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City;
2) Ramadan Riadh El-Dahdouh, 19, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded in the back by a live bullet and was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City;
3) Yousef Ismail El-Khaldi, 17, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, wounded in the right thigh by a live bullet; and
4) Ali Ayman El-Khatib, 14, from Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded in the right thigh by a live bullet.
In addition, at approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli soldiers opened fire on Mouaffaq Ahmed Mokhtar El-Khatib, a 26-year-old cameraman from Palestinian Television.
Although his video camera was damaged, El-Khatib was fortunately not injured. This incident took place when El-Khatib was filming 200m to the east of the forces’ position at Tal Al-Sultan roadblock between Rafah and the Al-Mawasi area, under the control of the Israeli occupation forces.
At approximately 15:30 local time, Israeli soldiers positioned at Tal Zourob, in the southwest of Rafah, fired at Mohammed Mahmoud Mohammed Zourob, 21, from Rafah, wounding him with a medium caliber bullet in the pelvis.
In his testimony to PCHR, Zourob said that he and a friend were on their way to his greenhouses, located approximately 700m from the Israeli forces’ position. Before reaching the greenhouses, the Israeli forces opened fire on them without provocation from a distance of approximately 500m.
13 feb 2001
In the morning, the Israeli forces assinated Maso’ud Hussein A’yyad, 50, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City and a major in Force 17 (the Palestinian President’s guards). This is the latest in a growing record of assassinations and extra-judicial killings that are part of a policy adopted by the Israeli government in blatant violation of International Humanitarian Law.
At approximately 9:45 local time, an Israeli combat helicopter flew over Gaza City and fired three rockets at a Palestinian civilian car, a white Hyundai. This car was inside areas under the control of the Palestinian National Authority, traveling on Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip) on the way from Gaza City to Jabalya.
The direct hit on the vehicle killed A’yyad. PCHR’s field officer in Gaza City reported that A’yyad’s body was removed from the scorched vehicle and transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. According to Shifa’ hospital, A’yyad was wounded with shrapnel in the head and the body, burns of the head, ruptures in internal organs, and lacerations on the right hand. PCHR’s field officer added that a passing Palestinian civilian, Samir Yousef Shahin, 41, from Tal El-Za’tar in Jabalya, was also wounded with shrapnel throughout the body. In addition, a number of passing Palestinian civilian cars were also damaged and windows of the nearby Al-Seddiq mosque were destroyed.
On January 29, 2001, Israeli forces arrested A’yyad’s son, Nasser Maso’ud A’yyad, 33, when they intercepted a Palestinian civilian car on the coastal road between Gaza City and Deir El-Balah. (For more information about this arrest, see PCHR’s weekly report on February 2, 2001.)
At approximately 10:30 local time, Israeli forces shot and killed the child Bilal Tawfiq A’wwad Ramadan, 14, from Al-Boreij refugee camp, with a live bullet in the chest. PCHR’s field officer reported that Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrating Palestinian children. The children were located more than 100m south of road connecting Salah El-Din Street with Netzarim settlement (to the south of Gaza City) where the forces were positioned.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Marwa Harb Sueiman Duheir, 19, from Rafah, was shot in the back with a live bullet that settled in the chest. When Israeli occupation forces shot her, Duheir was near her home in the west of Rafah, 300m to the north of the forces’ position in Tal Zourob.
At noon, Israeli forces positioned at Al-Tuffah roadblock in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim settlement, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that this occurred during the visit of the UN Human Rights Inquiry Commission. The Commission was investigating Israeli human rights violations and examining the damage caused by the Israeli shelling of Khan Yunis. This shooting resulted in wounding five Palestinian civilians, including three journalists who were covering the incidents at the time.
The three journalists were:
1) Ahmed Jadallah Hassan Jadallah, a 30-year-old Reuters photographer from Gaza City, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
2) Shams El-Din Abdel-Rahman Oudetallah, a 31-year-old Reuters photographer from Khan Yunis, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot; and
3) Abed Rabbo Abdel-Rahaman Oudetallah, a 27-year-old Palestine Television cameraman from Khan Yunis, wounded with shrapnel in the head.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli forces indiscriminately fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp. This lasted until 19:00 local time. Israeli forces also opened fire on ambulances evacuating the wounded.
At approximately 17:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired an artillery shell at a Palestinian Ministry of Health ambulance. The shell penetrated the windshield and its shrapnel wounded the driver Fayez Mohammed Nabhan, 52, in the head. The ambulance evacuating the wounded when it was hit and was located approximately 300m away from the Israeli forces’ position at Al-Tuffah roadblock.
At approximately 17:15 local time, an ambulance driver, Ibrahim Suleiman Abu Setta, 48, was wounded in the right knee with artillery shell shrapnel when he was attempting to offer help to one of the wounded.
At approximately 17:30 local time, Israeli forces opened fire on a Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance, wounding three of its medical staff as follows:
1) Jeahad Abdel-Karim Abu Attaya, a 44-year-old ambulance driver, was seriously wounded with a live bullet in the chest was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
2) Jehad Mansour Salim, a 33 -year-old medic, was wounded with live bullet shrapnel in the neck.
3) Khader Yousef Fayyadh, a 40-years-old medic, was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg.
According to the PCHR investigation, the Israeli forces willfully fired upon the ambulances while their medical personnel were offering help to the wounded. In his testimony to PCHR, Jehad Mansour Salim, a medic, stated that at approximately 17:30 local time, he and two of his colleagues were inside an ambulance helping a civilian suffering from tear gas inhalation. The ambulance was near El-Sahafe’e mosque in Khan Yunis refugee camp, 250m away from military sites of the Israeli occupation forces.
Suddenly, the clearly marked ambulance was hit with live ammunition fired by the Israeli forces, wounding the three.
At approximately 17:00 local time, a PCHR’s staff member, Mahmoud Ismail Mattar, 30, was wounded with shrapnel in the left foot, during his field observance of Israeli shelling of Khan Yunis during which 33 Palestinian civilians were wounded.
At 17:00 local time, Jihan Ismail Gannan, a four month pregnant 25-year-old resident of Khan Yunis refugee camp, was wounded with a dumdum bullet in the abdomen, damaging her womb. At the time Gannan was entering her house in Al-Amal neighborhood, located in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, 400m north the Israeli forces’ position.
According to medical sources at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, the fetus was wounded with shrapnel in the head and the left leg. His right arm was severed. Gannan underwent a surgical operation in which the fetus was aborted. She also underwent an additional operation to remove shrapnel from her intestines and womb.
The following were also wounded during the shelling of Khan Yunis:
1) Hassan Sarhan Abu Shalloula, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
2) Atteya Hassan Abu Namous, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
3) Ra’fat Khalil Gannan, 24, wounded with shrapnel in the face, the left foot and the left hand;
4) Amin Kamel Abu A’kker, 29, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
5) Hussam Majed Sahloul, 20, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
6) Riadh Khalil Abu El-Kheir, 48, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
7) Abdel-Raman El-Khatib, 13, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
8) Mohammed Abdullah El-E’issawi, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand and the buttocks;
9) Khamis Mohammed El-A;wwas, 41, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
10) Hisham Tawfiq Abu Namous, 35, wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
11) Atta Mohammed Quzmat, 10, wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen;
12) Bilal Waked El-Shae’r, 12, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
13) Shaker Ahmed Abu Taha, 27, wounded with shrapnel in the back and the left foot;
14) Nidal Talal Abu A’kker, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the feet;
15) Haitham Abdel-Karim Abu Sultan, 12, wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
16) Islam Mohammed Abu A’kker, 13, wounded with shrapnel in the left eye;
17) Ali Ibrahim Noufal, 11, wounded with shrapnel in the feet;
18) Mohammed Fathi Abu Jazar, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen;
19) Mustafa Mohammed A’ashour, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the chest;
20) Hashem Rajab Khalaf, 43, wounded with shrapnel in the in the right side;
21) Mohammed Rajab Gannan, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the face;
22) Mohammed Abdel-Qader A’yyad, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the back;
23) Wissam Adib Shahwan, 15, wounded with shrapnel in the back;
24) Ahmed Radwan A’ashour, 27, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
25) Mohammed Rashid El-Astal, 17, wounded with shrapnel in the right side;
26) Ahmed Sami Meqdad, 11, wounded with a live bullet in the left hand;
27) Khaled Abdullah Kellab, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the neck;
28) Shawqi Ahmed Baraka, 40, wounded with shrapnel in the ear;
29) Hilal Akram El-Kazhemi, 15, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
30) Menwer A’tteya Abu Mousa, 15, wounded with shrapnel in the abdomen and the foot;
31) Hussam Mustafa Shahwan, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
32) Hassan Suleiman Mousa, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the eye;
33) Mahmoud Abdel-Hamid Ali, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
34) Walid Ishaq Hammad, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the hand;
35) Jehad Ismail Gannan, 24 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the abdomen; and
36) Yousef Khalil El-Walidi, 30, wounded with shrapnel in the back.
Furthermore, for the second consecutive day, the Israeli occupation forces used a tear gas that caused spasms, breathing difficulty, and pains in the abdomen. Approximately 42 Palestinian civilians, including a number of children whose ages ranged from 1 to 5-years-old, were transferred to Nasser hospital and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society hospital for treatment for tear gas inhalation.
At approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli soldiers in an observation tower near Morag settlement (northeast of Rafah), fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the area of Kherbet El-Adas (also northeast of Rafah). Butheina Ahmed E’id Madhi, 32, was wounded with a medium caliber bullet in the left thigh.
At the time she was shot, Madhi was in front of her house, located approximately 1,000m to the southwest of Morag settlement.
At approximately 21:00 local time, Israeli forces, positioned near Salah El-Din Gate at the Rafah border, fired artillery shells, heavy bullets and medium caliber bullets at Block “O” and Qeshta neighborhoods in Rafah, causing more damage to Palestinian homes. Shelling continued until 2:00 local time on the following day.
In his testimony to PCHR, Anwar Hassan Kalloub said that he was with his 8-member family inside their 250-square-meter, asbestos roofed house, when they heard sounds of explosions and shooting. They then sheltered in a room thought to be more secure. It is worth mentioning that Kalloub’s house has been shelled more than once during the past four months. He and his family were forced to leave it and rent an apartment in a more secure area. Kalloub, who used to work in Israel before the current siege was imposed, added that due to his deteriorating economic circumstances, he was forced to go back to his house, which is only 50m away from a military site of the Israeli occupation forces.
During the most recent shelling, the door of the house was hit with two artillery shells and shrapnel covered the house.
At approximately 23:30 local time, Israeli forces positioned near Tal Al-Sultan roadblock, which separates Rafah from its Al-Mawasi (agricultural) area also under the control of these forces, shelled an electricity transmitter in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood. This cut electricity in Rafah for half an hour while electricity in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood had not been restored.
At approximately 20:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled the entrance of Al-A’rroub refugee camp in Hebron. This was the first such incident since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada. The forces indiscriminately fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at several areas in the refugee camp and at Al-Derda neighborhood in the nearby town of Halhoul, causing severe damage to Palestinian houses.
The shelling coincided with similar shelling by Israeli forces positioned in a military site called “Ush El-Ghorab” in Bethlehem. The forces targeted Palestinian houses and the headquarters of the Christian Youth Community in Beit Sahour. The shelling, which lasted for about 45 minutes, also targeted the refugee camps of A’aida and Al-A’zzeh in Bethlehem.
At midnight, Israeli forces also shelled: the Iraq neighborhood, the vicinity of Marni Claus, the Orthodox Club, Al-Sahel in Bethlehem and olive mills in Bethlehem.
In the morning, the Israeli forces assinated Maso’ud Hussein A’yyad, 50, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City and a major in Force 17 (the Palestinian President’s guards). This is the latest in a growing record of assassinations and extra-judicial killings that are part of a policy adopted by the Israeli government in blatant violation of International Humanitarian Law.
At approximately 9:45 local time, an Israeli combat helicopter flew over Gaza City and fired three rockets at a Palestinian civilian car, a white Hyundai. This car was inside areas under the control of the Palestinian National Authority, traveling on Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip) on the way from Gaza City to Jabalya.
The direct hit on the vehicle killed A’yyad. PCHR’s field officer in Gaza City reported that A’yyad’s body was removed from the scorched vehicle and transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. According to Shifa’ hospital, A’yyad was wounded with shrapnel in the head and the body, burns of the head, ruptures in internal organs, and lacerations on the right hand. PCHR’s field officer added that a passing Palestinian civilian, Samir Yousef Shahin, 41, from Tal El-Za’tar in Jabalya, was also wounded with shrapnel throughout the body. In addition, a number of passing Palestinian civilian cars were also damaged and windows of the nearby Al-Seddiq mosque were destroyed.
On January 29, 2001, Israeli forces arrested A’yyad’s son, Nasser Maso’ud A’yyad, 33, when they intercepted a Palestinian civilian car on the coastal road between Gaza City and Deir El-Balah. (For more information about this arrest, see PCHR’s weekly report on February 2, 2001.)
At approximately 10:30 local time, Israeli forces shot and killed the child Bilal Tawfiq A’wwad Ramadan, 14, from Al-Boreij refugee camp, with a live bullet in the chest. PCHR’s field officer reported that Israeli forces opened fire on demonstrating Palestinian children. The children were located more than 100m south of road connecting Salah El-Din Street with Netzarim settlement (to the south of Gaza City) where the forces were positioned.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Marwa Harb Sueiman Duheir, 19, from Rafah, was shot in the back with a live bullet that settled in the chest. When Israeli occupation forces shot her, Duheir was near her home in the west of Rafah, 300m to the north of the forces’ position in Tal Zourob.
At noon, Israeli forces positioned at Al-Tuffah roadblock in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim settlement, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that this occurred during the visit of the UN Human Rights Inquiry Commission. The Commission was investigating Israeli human rights violations and examining the damage caused by the Israeli shelling of Khan Yunis. This shooting resulted in wounding five Palestinian civilians, including three journalists who were covering the incidents at the time.
The three journalists were:
1) Ahmed Jadallah Hassan Jadallah, a 30-year-old Reuters photographer from Gaza City, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
2) Shams El-Din Abdel-Rahman Oudetallah, a 31-year-old Reuters photographer from Khan Yunis, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot; and
3) Abed Rabbo Abdel-Rahaman Oudetallah, a 27-year-old Palestine Television cameraman from Khan Yunis, wounded with shrapnel in the head.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli forces indiscriminately fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp. This lasted until 19:00 local time. Israeli forces also opened fire on ambulances evacuating the wounded.
At approximately 17:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired an artillery shell at a Palestinian Ministry of Health ambulance. The shell penetrated the windshield and its shrapnel wounded the driver Fayez Mohammed Nabhan, 52, in the head. The ambulance evacuating the wounded when it was hit and was located approximately 300m away from the Israeli forces’ position at Al-Tuffah roadblock.
At approximately 17:15 local time, an ambulance driver, Ibrahim Suleiman Abu Setta, 48, was wounded in the right knee with artillery shell shrapnel when he was attempting to offer help to one of the wounded.
At approximately 17:30 local time, Israeli forces opened fire on a Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance, wounding three of its medical staff as follows:
1) Jeahad Abdel-Karim Abu Attaya, a 44-year-old ambulance driver, was seriously wounded with a live bullet in the chest was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
2) Jehad Mansour Salim, a 33 -year-old medic, was wounded with live bullet shrapnel in the neck.
3) Khader Yousef Fayyadh, a 40-years-old medic, was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg.
According to the PCHR investigation, the Israeli forces willfully fired upon the ambulances while their medical personnel were offering help to the wounded. In his testimony to PCHR, Jehad Mansour Salim, a medic, stated that at approximately 17:30 local time, he and two of his colleagues were inside an ambulance helping a civilian suffering from tear gas inhalation. The ambulance was near El-Sahafe’e mosque in Khan Yunis refugee camp, 250m away from military sites of the Israeli occupation forces.
Suddenly, the clearly marked ambulance was hit with live ammunition fired by the Israeli forces, wounding the three.
At approximately 17:00 local time, a PCHR’s staff member, Mahmoud Ismail Mattar, 30, was wounded with shrapnel in the left foot, during his field observance of Israeli shelling of Khan Yunis during which 33 Palestinian civilians were wounded.
At 17:00 local time, Jihan Ismail Gannan, a four month pregnant 25-year-old resident of Khan Yunis refugee camp, was wounded with a dumdum bullet in the abdomen, damaging her womb. At the time Gannan was entering her house in Al-Amal neighborhood, located in the west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, 400m north the Israeli forces’ position.
According to medical sources at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, the fetus was wounded with shrapnel in the head and the left leg. His right arm was severed. Gannan underwent a surgical operation in which the fetus was aborted. She also underwent an additional operation to remove shrapnel from her intestines and womb.
The following were also wounded during the shelling of Khan Yunis:
1) Hassan Sarhan Abu Shalloula, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
2) Atteya Hassan Abu Namous, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
3) Ra’fat Khalil Gannan, 24, wounded with shrapnel in the face, the left foot and the left hand;
4) Amin Kamel Abu A’kker, 29, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
5) Hussam Majed Sahloul, 20, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
6) Riadh Khalil Abu El-Kheir, 48, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
7) Abdel-Raman El-Khatib, 13, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
8) Mohammed Abdullah El-E’issawi, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand and the buttocks;
9) Khamis Mohammed El-A;wwas, 41, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
10) Hisham Tawfiq Abu Namous, 35, wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
11) Atta Mohammed Quzmat, 10, wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen;
12) Bilal Waked El-Shae’r, 12, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
13) Shaker Ahmed Abu Taha, 27, wounded with shrapnel in the back and the left foot;
14) Nidal Talal Abu A’kker, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the feet;
15) Haitham Abdel-Karim Abu Sultan, 12, wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
16) Islam Mohammed Abu A’kker, 13, wounded with shrapnel in the left eye;
17) Ali Ibrahim Noufal, 11, wounded with shrapnel in the feet;
18) Mohammed Fathi Abu Jazar, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen;
19) Mustafa Mohammed A’ashour, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the chest;
20) Hashem Rajab Khalaf, 43, wounded with shrapnel in the in the right side;
21) Mohammed Rajab Gannan, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the face;
22) Mohammed Abdel-Qader A’yyad, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the back;
23) Wissam Adib Shahwan, 15, wounded with shrapnel in the back;
24) Ahmed Radwan A’ashour, 27, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
25) Mohammed Rashid El-Astal, 17, wounded with shrapnel in the right side;
26) Ahmed Sami Meqdad, 11, wounded with a live bullet in the left hand;
27) Khaled Abdullah Kellab, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the neck;
28) Shawqi Ahmed Baraka, 40, wounded with shrapnel in the ear;
29) Hilal Akram El-Kazhemi, 15, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
30) Menwer A’tteya Abu Mousa, 15, wounded with shrapnel in the abdomen and the foot;
31) Hussam Mustafa Shahwan, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
32) Hassan Suleiman Mousa, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the eye;
33) Mahmoud Abdel-Hamid Ali, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
34) Walid Ishaq Hammad, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the hand;
35) Jehad Ismail Gannan, 24 years old, wounded with shrapnel in the abdomen; and
36) Yousef Khalil El-Walidi, 30, wounded with shrapnel in the back.
Furthermore, for the second consecutive day, the Israeli occupation forces used a tear gas that caused spasms, breathing difficulty, and pains in the abdomen. Approximately 42 Palestinian civilians, including a number of children whose ages ranged from 1 to 5-years-old, were transferred to Nasser hospital and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society hospital for treatment for tear gas inhalation.
At approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli soldiers in an observation tower near Morag settlement (northeast of Rafah), fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the area of Kherbet El-Adas (also northeast of Rafah). Butheina Ahmed E’id Madhi, 32, was wounded with a medium caliber bullet in the left thigh.
At the time she was shot, Madhi was in front of her house, located approximately 1,000m to the southwest of Morag settlement.
At approximately 21:00 local time, Israeli forces, positioned near Salah El-Din Gate at the Rafah border, fired artillery shells, heavy bullets and medium caliber bullets at Block “O” and Qeshta neighborhoods in Rafah, causing more damage to Palestinian homes. Shelling continued until 2:00 local time on the following day.
In his testimony to PCHR, Anwar Hassan Kalloub said that he was with his 8-member family inside their 250-square-meter, asbestos roofed house, when they heard sounds of explosions and shooting. They then sheltered in a room thought to be more secure. It is worth mentioning that Kalloub’s house has been shelled more than once during the past four months. He and his family were forced to leave it and rent an apartment in a more secure area. Kalloub, who used to work in Israel before the current siege was imposed, added that due to his deteriorating economic circumstances, he was forced to go back to his house, which is only 50m away from a military site of the Israeli occupation forces.
During the most recent shelling, the door of the house was hit with two artillery shells and shrapnel covered the house.
At approximately 23:30 local time, Israeli forces positioned near Tal Al-Sultan roadblock, which separates Rafah from its Al-Mawasi (agricultural) area also under the control of these forces, shelled an electricity transmitter in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood. This cut electricity in Rafah for half an hour while electricity in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood had not been restored.
At approximately 20:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled the entrance of Al-A’rroub refugee camp in Hebron. This was the first such incident since the outbreak of the Al-Aqsa Intifada. The forces indiscriminately fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at several areas in the refugee camp and at Al-Derda neighborhood in the nearby town of Halhoul, causing severe damage to Palestinian houses.
The shelling coincided with similar shelling by Israeli forces positioned in a military site called “Ush El-Ghorab” in Bethlehem. The forces targeted Palestinian houses and the headquarters of the Christian Youth Community in Beit Sahour. The shelling, which lasted for about 45 minutes, also targeted the refugee camps of A’aida and Al-A’zzeh in Bethlehem.
At midnight, Israeli forces also shelled: the Iraq neighborhood, the vicinity of Marni Claus, the Orthodox Club, Al-Sahel in Bethlehem and olive mills in Bethlehem.
12 feb 2001
At approximately 6:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a bus of Palestinian laborers traveling from Bethlehem to their places of work in Israel. Ziad Ali A’ayesh Abu Swai, 22, from Artas village near Bethlehem, was killed with a live bullet in the chest.
Mohammed Abdel-Rahaman El-Barmil, 47, from Al-Douha village near Bethlehem, was seriously wounded with a live bullet in the neck and subsequently evacuated to the intensive care unit at Al-Maqased hospital in Jerusalem. Haidar Bassem A’ayesh, 18, was wounded in the head with shrapnel from live ammunition.
According to eyewitnesses, the bus was traveling on bypass road 60, to the west of Al-Khader village near Bethlehem, when Israeli occupation soldiers at the Housan junction roadblock ordered the driver to stop. Israeli soldiers positioned approximately 50m away opened fire on the bus without justification. There were no clashes in the area.
At approximately 8:30 local time, Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinian civilian cars near Rafat junction, connected with a bypass road to the southwest of Ramallah. According to eyewitnesses, a Ford vehicle suddenly deviated from its course and collided with a sand blockade near an Israeli military post. Israeli soldiers then opened fire on the above Palestinian civilian car from a distance of 3m, killing its driver A’attef Ahmed El-Nabulsi, 35, with live bullets in the neck and the chest.
The forces prevented a Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance from transporting El-Nabulsi’s body to Ramallah and instead took the body to an Israeli military site, known as “Ofar” near Betounia. Shortly thereafter, the ambulance was released but El-Nabulsi’s body was not released until 18:00 local time. During the same incident, another two Palestinian civilians were wounded. They were:
1) Yahia Hassan Abu Seif, 16, from Um El-Shrayet neighborhood in Ramallah, wounded with a dumdum bullet in the abdomen causing damage to his intestines; and
2) Hamdi Farid Arafat, 27, from Al-Bireh, wounded with shrapnel of live ammunition in the right shoulder.
At approximately 5:00 local time, Israeli forces positioned inside Psgaot settlemen (north of Al-Bireh) fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at: Um El-Sharayet neighborhood; the vicinity of the Palestinian Broadcasting Station in Ramallah; and the village of E’in A’rik, (west of Ramallah). This lasted until noon and resulted in wounding four Palestinian civilians with the shrapnel of artillery shells and live bullets.
A member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, Mohammed Saleh Abu Attaya, 19, was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg, while he was in a Palestinian security post at the entrance of the village of E’in A’rik.
In the afternoon, several areas in Khan Yunis were indiscriminately fired upon from several Israeli forces positions. This included: in the vicinity of the settlements of Neve Dekalim (west of Khan Yunis refugee camp), and Gani Tal (northwest of Khan Yunis), and military sites to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that this lasted until 3:00 local time on the following day and resulted in wounding 37 Palestinian civilians, some while inside their homes.
This included 12 children under 12, one of whom was a 2-year-old infant. The wounded were evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, which was also hit, and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society hospital in Khan Yunis. Three of these civilians were critically wounded and transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City where they were placed in the intensive care unit. The wounded were:
1) Mohammed Yousef El-A’qqad, 16, critically wounded with a live bullet in the head,
2) Abdullah Abdel-Halim Joudeh, 70, critically wounded with a live bullet in the neck,
3) Mahmoud Saleh Abu El-A’mrin, 18, critically wounded with a live bullet in the neck;
4) Mosa’b Mohammed Selmeya, 17, wounded with a live bullet in the foot;
5) Jamal Mousa El-Sharif, 40, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
6) Mohammed Asa’d El-Desh, 12, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
7) Bilal Kazhem El-Kazhemi, 18, wounded with shrapnel in the hand;
8) Mosa’b Ahmed El-Borsh, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the chest and the foot;
9) Samir Abdel-Rahman Salameh, 35, wounded with shrapnel in the foot;
10) Safaa’ Ibrahim Saqer, 16, wounded with a live bullet in the face;
11) Amjad Abdel-Halim A’mmar, 9, wounded with shrapnel throughout the body;
12) Haitham Ahmed Salameh, 10, wounded with shrapnel in the ear;
13) Riadh Khaled El-Bardawil, 18, wounded with shrapnel in the hand;
14) Nader Manar Wadi, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the hand;
15) Nader Yousef Sorour, 27, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
16) Mohammed Hussein Ghabboun, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
17) Mahmoud Mousa El-Sharif, 33, wounded with shrapnel in the back;
18) Bassam Ibrahim Abu Namous, 28, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
19) Bassem Mohammed Abu Namous, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
20) Ali Asa’d El-Khatib, 14, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
21) Saber Wassim Abu Zharifeh, 7, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
22) Moe’in Suleiman, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the right foot;
23) Hssan Mahmoud, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the left thigh;
24) Ayman Mohammed Heneideq, 28, wounded shrapnel in the face;
25) Hassan Saleh Abu Hemeid, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
26) Suleiman A’adel Sha’t, 21, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
27) Mohammed Mousa Abu A’kker, 50, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
28) Subhi Hassan Abu Namous, 33, wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
29) Mohammed Hassan El-Ghalban, 11, wounded with shrapnel in the left thigh;
30) Zuhair Salameh El-A’qqad, 42, wounded with shrapnel in the face;
31) Yasser Mohammed Abu Jarad, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the hand;
32) Khaled Khalil Hamed, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
33) Eyad Daoud El-Ser, 24, wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
34) Ghassan Mosa El-Agha; 30, wounded with shrapnel in the neck;
35) Tala’t Baroud, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
36) Walid Khalil Abu Namous, 2, wounded with shrapnel in the face; and
37) Mohammed Mousa Abu A’kker, 50, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot.
Furthermore, more than 40 Palestinian civilians suffered from fainting and spasms due to tear gas inhalation. According to medical sources at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, 16 victims were transferred to the intensive care unit due to the seriousness of their condition. The sources asserted that the unique symptoms raised suspicions that the Israeli occupation forces were using new and virulent gas. The hospital lacked the technical means to identify the gas used. PCHR will refer to international experts on this subject.
PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that fear and panic swept Khan Yunis as Palestinian civilians were forced to flee their homes in order to escape the shelling and shooting which caused severe damage to dozens of houses. PCHR’s field officer has not been able yet to reach all the affected houses to check the damage due to the continuing danger. However, the field officer was able to reach the following houses:
1) A 180-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Salem Salameh Abu Mousa. The asbestos roof was damaged and the walls were pierced.
2) A 150-square-meter, one-story house, owned by Muhsen Hejab,. The furniture burnt and the water saving tanks were damaged.
3) A 250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Mohammed Saleh Shaqaleya. The asbestos roof was damaged, the bedroom was burnt and the water saving tanks were damaged.
4) A 250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Kmal Saleh Sahaqaleya. The asbestos roof was damaged and the walls and windows were pierced.
5) A 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Maher Khalil El-Bozom. The asbestos roof and the water saving tanks were damaged.
6) A 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which six people live, owned by E’mad Khalil El-Bozom. The asbestos roof and the water saving tanks were damaged and the walls and windows were pierced.
At approximately 6:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a bus of Palestinian laborers traveling from Bethlehem to their places of work in Israel. Ziad Ali A’ayesh Abu Swai, 22, from Artas village near Bethlehem, was killed with a live bullet in the chest.
Mohammed Abdel-Rahaman El-Barmil, 47, from Al-Douha village near Bethlehem, was seriously wounded with a live bullet in the neck and subsequently evacuated to the intensive care unit at Al-Maqased hospital in Jerusalem. Haidar Bassem A’ayesh, 18, was wounded in the head with shrapnel from live ammunition.
According to eyewitnesses, the bus was traveling on bypass road 60, to the west of Al-Khader village near Bethlehem, when Israeli occupation soldiers at the Housan junction roadblock ordered the driver to stop. Israeli soldiers positioned approximately 50m away opened fire on the bus without justification. There were no clashes in the area.
At approximately 8:30 local time, Israeli soldiers opened fire on Palestinian civilian cars near Rafat junction, connected with a bypass road to the southwest of Ramallah. According to eyewitnesses, a Ford vehicle suddenly deviated from its course and collided with a sand blockade near an Israeli military post. Israeli soldiers then opened fire on the above Palestinian civilian car from a distance of 3m, killing its driver A’attef Ahmed El-Nabulsi, 35, with live bullets in the neck and the chest.
The forces prevented a Palestinian Red Crescent Society ambulance from transporting El-Nabulsi’s body to Ramallah and instead took the body to an Israeli military site, known as “Ofar” near Betounia. Shortly thereafter, the ambulance was released but El-Nabulsi’s body was not released until 18:00 local time. During the same incident, another two Palestinian civilians were wounded. They were:
1) Yahia Hassan Abu Seif, 16, from Um El-Shrayet neighborhood in Ramallah, wounded with a dumdum bullet in the abdomen causing damage to his intestines; and
2) Hamdi Farid Arafat, 27, from Al-Bireh, wounded with shrapnel of live ammunition in the right shoulder.
At approximately 5:00 local time, Israeli forces positioned inside Psgaot settlemen (north of Al-Bireh) fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at: Um El-Sharayet neighborhood; the vicinity of the Palestinian Broadcasting Station in Ramallah; and the village of E’in A’rik, (west of Ramallah). This lasted until noon and resulted in wounding four Palestinian civilians with the shrapnel of artillery shells and live bullets.
A member of the Palestinian National Security Forces, Mohammed Saleh Abu Attaya, 19, was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg, while he was in a Palestinian security post at the entrance of the village of E’in A’rik.
In the afternoon, several areas in Khan Yunis were indiscriminately fired upon from several Israeli forces positions. This included: in the vicinity of the settlements of Neve Dekalim (west of Khan Yunis refugee camp), and Gani Tal (northwest of Khan Yunis), and military sites to the west of Al-Amal neighborhood. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that this lasted until 3:00 local time on the following day and resulted in wounding 37 Palestinian civilians, some while inside their homes.
This included 12 children under 12, one of whom was a 2-year-old infant. The wounded were evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, which was also hit, and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society hospital in Khan Yunis. Three of these civilians were critically wounded and transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City where they were placed in the intensive care unit. The wounded were:
1) Mohammed Yousef El-A’qqad, 16, critically wounded with a live bullet in the head,
2) Abdullah Abdel-Halim Joudeh, 70, critically wounded with a live bullet in the neck,
3) Mahmoud Saleh Abu El-A’mrin, 18, critically wounded with a live bullet in the neck;
4) Mosa’b Mohammed Selmeya, 17, wounded with a live bullet in the foot;
5) Jamal Mousa El-Sharif, 40, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
6) Mohammed Asa’d El-Desh, 12, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
7) Bilal Kazhem El-Kazhemi, 18, wounded with shrapnel in the hand;
8) Mosa’b Ahmed El-Borsh, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the chest and the foot;
9) Samir Abdel-Rahman Salameh, 35, wounded with shrapnel in the foot;
10) Safaa’ Ibrahim Saqer, 16, wounded with a live bullet in the face;
11) Amjad Abdel-Halim A’mmar, 9, wounded with shrapnel throughout the body;
12) Haitham Ahmed Salameh, 10, wounded with shrapnel in the ear;
13) Riadh Khaled El-Bardawil, 18, wounded with shrapnel in the hand;
14) Nader Manar Wadi, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the hand;
15) Nader Yousef Sorour, 27, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
16) Mohammed Hussein Ghabboun, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
17) Mahmoud Mousa El-Sharif, 33, wounded with shrapnel in the back;
18) Bassam Ibrahim Abu Namous, 28, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
19) Bassem Mohammed Abu Namous, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
20) Ali Asa’d El-Khatib, 14, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
21) Saber Wassim Abu Zharifeh, 7, wounded with a live bullet in the left foot;
22) Moe’in Suleiman, 20, wounded with a live bullet in the right foot;
23) Hssan Mahmoud, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the left thigh;
24) Ayman Mohammed Heneideq, 28, wounded shrapnel in the face;
25) Hassan Saleh Abu Hemeid, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
26) Suleiman A’adel Sha’t, 21, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
27) Mohammed Mousa Abu A’kker, 50, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
28) Subhi Hassan Abu Namous, 33, wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
29) Mohammed Hassan El-Ghalban, 11, wounded with shrapnel in the left thigh;
30) Zuhair Salameh El-A’qqad, 42, wounded with shrapnel in the face;
31) Yasser Mohammed Abu Jarad, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the hand;
32) Khaled Khalil Hamed, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
33) Eyad Daoud El-Ser, 24, wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
34) Ghassan Mosa El-Agha; 30, wounded with shrapnel in the neck;
35) Tala’t Baroud, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
36) Walid Khalil Abu Namous, 2, wounded with shrapnel in the face; and
37) Mohammed Mousa Abu A’kker, 50, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot.
Furthermore, more than 40 Palestinian civilians suffered from fainting and spasms due to tear gas inhalation. According to medical sources at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, 16 victims were transferred to the intensive care unit due to the seriousness of their condition. The sources asserted that the unique symptoms raised suspicions that the Israeli occupation forces were using new and virulent gas. The hospital lacked the technical means to identify the gas used. PCHR will refer to international experts on this subject.
PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that fear and panic swept Khan Yunis as Palestinian civilians were forced to flee their homes in order to escape the shelling and shooting which caused severe damage to dozens of houses. PCHR’s field officer has not been able yet to reach all the affected houses to check the damage due to the continuing danger. However, the field officer was able to reach the following houses:
1) A 180-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Salem Salameh Abu Mousa. The asbestos roof was damaged and the walls were pierced.
2) A 150-square-meter, one-story house, owned by Muhsen Hejab,. The furniture burnt and the water saving tanks were damaged.
3) A 250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Mohammed Saleh Shaqaleya. The asbestos roof was damaged, the bedroom was burnt and the water saving tanks were damaged.
4) A 250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Kmal Saleh Sahaqaleya. The asbestos roof was damaged and the walls and windows were pierced.
5) A 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Maher Khalil El-Bozom. The asbestos roof and the water saving tanks were damaged.
6) A 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which six people live, owned by E’mad Khalil El-Bozom. The asbestos roof and the water saving tanks were damaged and the walls and windows were pierced.
11 feb 2001
At approximately 12:30 local time, Israeli soldiers, positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, opened fire on a number of Palestinian demonstrators located approximately 150m away from the soldiers. Ramez Fayez Jamil Maso’ud, 18, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, was wounded with a medium caliber bullet in the right thigh. Saber Ali El-Ashqar, 18, from Jabalya refugee camp, was wounded with shrapnel in the jaw.
At approximately 20:30 local time, Israeli forces, positioned in Beit Jala and at Rachel’s Tomb, fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the refugee camps of A’aida and Al-A’zzeh in Bethlehem.
They also opened fire on the northern entrance of the Bethlehem Paradise Hotel, the old town of Al-Khader and Beit Jala. This lasted until midnight and resulted in wounding 12 Palestinian civilians with the shrapnel of live ammunition. Among the wounded were:
1) Sae’id Mohammed El-A’zzeh, 41, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
2) Hanna Moqus Asmari, 42, wounded with shrapnel in the back;
3) Samar Mousa El-Masae’id, 18, wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
4) Ibrahim Khalil Da’dara, 50, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
5) Mustafa Omar Abu Ghalioun, 35, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
6) Greiss El-Bandak, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the legs; and
7) Toni Luise El-Zo’bi, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the head.
In addition, five houses were damaged and two houses in A’aida refugee camp were completely burnt. Two civilian cars were also damaged, including an ambulance of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Bethlehem.
At approximately 12:30 local time, Israeli soldiers, positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, opened fire on a number of Palestinian demonstrators located approximately 150m away from the soldiers. Ramez Fayez Jamil Maso’ud, 18, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, was wounded with a medium caliber bullet in the right thigh. Saber Ali El-Ashqar, 18, from Jabalya refugee camp, was wounded with shrapnel in the jaw.
At approximately 20:30 local time, Israeli forces, positioned in Beit Jala and at Rachel’s Tomb, fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the refugee camps of A’aida and Al-A’zzeh in Bethlehem.
They also opened fire on the northern entrance of the Bethlehem Paradise Hotel, the old town of Al-Khader and Beit Jala. This lasted until midnight and resulted in wounding 12 Palestinian civilians with the shrapnel of live ammunition. Among the wounded were:
1) Sae’id Mohammed El-A’zzeh, 41, wounded with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
2) Hanna Moqus Asmari, 42, wounded with shrapnel in the back;
3) Samar Mousa El-Masae’id, 18, wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
4) Ibrahim Khalil Da’dara, 50, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
5) Mustafa Omar Abu Ghalioun, 35, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
6) Greiss El-Bandak, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the legs; and
7) Toni Luise El-Zo’bi, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the head.
In addition, five houses were damaged and two houses in A’aida refugee camp were completely burnt. Two civilian cars were also damaged, including an ambulance of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Bethlehem.
10 feb 2001
At approximately 13:30 local time, the child Mohammed Hamdi El-Battash, 12, from Al-Shojae’ya neighborhood in Gaza city, was wounded with a live bullet in the mouth, resulting in the loss of his teeth and lips.
He was evacuated to Palestinian Red Crescent Society’s Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City. PCHR’s field officer in Gaza City reported that El-Battash was among approximately 50 Palestinian children who were demonstrating 150m to the north of Israeli soldiers’ position in the middle of the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction (south of Gaza City) and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet (east of Gaza City). El-Battash was wounded when Israeli occupation forces opened fire on the demonstrating Palestinian children.
Later, during the same clashes, at approximately 15:30 local time, the child Mohammed Suleiman El-Hallouli, from Al-Shojae’ya neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded in the neck by a live bullet fired by the Israeli occupation forces. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
At approximately 21:00 local time, Israeli forces positioned at the Rafah border fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in Al-Barazil neighborhood in southeast Rafah. As a result, Majeda Radwan Abu Hussein, 42, was wounded by shrapnel in the chest. When she was shot, Abu Hussein was in her house located next to the border.
At approximately 13:30 local time, the child Mohammed Hamdi El-Battash, 12, from Al-Shojae’ya neighborhood in Gaza city, was wounded with a live bullet in the mouth, resulting in the loss of his teeth and lips.
He was evacuated to Palestinian Red Crescent Society’s Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City. PCHR’s field officer in Gaza City reported that El-Battash was among approximately 50 Palestinian children who were demonstrating 150m to the north of Israeli soldiers’ position in the middle of the road between Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction (south of Gaza City) and Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet (east of Gaza City). El-Battash was wounded when Israeli occupation forces opened fire on the demonstrating Palestinian children.
Later, during the same clashes, at approximately 15:30 local time, the child Mohammed Suleiman El-Hallouli, from Al-Shojae’ya neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded in the neck by a live bullet fired by the Israeli occupation forces. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
At approximately 21:00 local time, Israeli forces positioned at the Rafah border fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in Al-Barazil neighborhood in southeast Rafah. As a result, Majeda Radwan Abu Hussein, 42, was wounded by shrapnel in the chest. When she was shot, Abu Hussein was in her house located next to the border.
9 feb 2001
Shortly after Friday Prayer, Israeli soldiers opened fire on a number demonstrating Palestinian civilians, including many children. These civilians were fired upon while demonstrating at a distance of more than 150m the soldiers’ position located near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City. As result, nine Palestinian civilians, including eight children under 18, were wounded with live bullets. They were:
1) Saber Akram Baker, 18, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the right foot;
2) Alla’ Faraj Lubbad, 12, from Al-Ghefari neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the right foot;
3) Tamer Jamil El-Bahtiti, 16, from Al-Shaghaf neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the head;
4) Mohammed Sa’do Raba’a, 14, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the left shoulder;
5) Hassan Ahmed Maqat, 21, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
6) Husni Khader Habboush, 15, from Al-Remal neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
7) Mohammed Sa’di E’leiwa, 18, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh;
8) Ramzi Khalil Hassouna, 16, from Al-Shojae’ya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh; and
9) Mohammed Mahmoud Helles, 13, from Al-Shojae’ya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the head.
In the afternoon, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a number of Palestinian youth demonstrating at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. Consequently, Mahmoud Nazhem Maso’ud, 21, was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head. He was evacuated to Rafidya hospital in Nablus where he arrived in critical condition.
After the Friday Prayer, Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, shooting indiscriminately. Consequently, Laurent Van Der Souke, a 36-year-old French reporter from Gama Press Agency was wounded in the knee with a live bullet while he was covering the clashes. In addition to the reporter, three Palestinian civilians were wounded with live bullets. They were:
1) Hazem Ibrahim Abu Qare’, 18, from the village of Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbia, wounded with a live bullet in the right shoulder which penetrated his back;
2) Ibrahim Mohammed El-Madhoun, 21, from Al-Ama’ri refugee camp, wounded with a live bullet in the left knee; and
3) Mahmoud Ayyoub Rommana, 14, from Al-Ama’ri refugee camp, wounded with a live bullet in the foot.
At the entrance to the village of Deir Nezham near Ramallah, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a number of Palestinian demonstrators after the Friday Prayer, wounding:
1) Mohammed Hussein El-Tamimi, 40, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left arm;
2) Zeid Faraj El-Tamimi, 14, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the back;
3) Tariq Mahmoud Nassar, 14, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left thigh;
4) Dhiab Hussein El-Tamimi, 27, with bullet shrapnel in the face; and
5) Abdel-Karim Saleh El-Tamimi, 43, with bullet shrapnel in the head.
At approximately 17:00 local time, at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, the child Ahmed Abdel-Raziq Abed Rabbo Abu Houli, 15, from Deir El-Balah, was pronounced dead from a wound in the abdomen he received earlier that day. According to an eyewitness, Abu Houli was on his way to his uncle’s house located to the southeast of Kfar Darom settlement in Deir El-Balah when he was shot by Israeli soldiers 700m away. The soldiers were positioned on top of a tank located at the entrance of Abu Houli road, an access road to Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip.
The eyewitness, who was also walking on Abu Houli Road approximately 200m behind the child, added that the Israeli occupation soldiers unjustifiably fired one live bullet at the child who then fell to the ground.
Shortly thereafter, the Israeli occupation forces sprayed the area with bullets, preventing the provision of help to the wounded child. Five minutes later, when the shooting stopped, the eyewitnesses carried the child. He ran approximately 200m to where the child was put into a civilian car, which then transported him to an ambulance. The child was transferred to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, where he died approximately two hours later.
At approximately 15:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses and civilian facilities. Targets included the headquarters of the Palestinian Ministry of Finance, the Fatah Movement and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics located in the area of Al-Balou’ in the north of Al-Bireh.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli forces located in the center of Hebron fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Bab El-Zawia, El-Sheikh and El-Shallala, wounding:
1) Majd Taher Abdel-Baset, 16, with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
2) Hazem Salim Siaj, 15, with shrapnel in the neck;
3) Rafiq Mohammed Taha, 20, with shrapnel in the left leg;
4) E’mad Mohammed El-Sae’id, 31, with shrapnel in the right leg; and
5) Abdel-Rahim A’zzam Shweiki, 13, with shrapnel in the right knee.
At approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned at the junction of Salah El-Din Street and the road leading to Gush Qatif settlement Block, opened fire on Palestinian houses in the south of Deir El-Balah. Consequently two Palestinian civilians were wounded, one of whom was a 12-year-old child. The wounded were:
1) Hadil Mohammed Abu Khousa, 12, wounded in the right hand with a live bullet; and
2) Kamal Awadh El-Salqawi, 25, wounded in the head with a live bullet.
At approximately 20:00 local time, the Israeli forces shelled the same area in the south of Dier El-Balah again, causing severe damage to two Palestinian houses located 300m to the west of Kfar Darom settlement. The residents left due to the frequent shelling over the past four months. The damages were as follows:
1) A 200-square-meter, two-story house, owned by Khaled El-Tawashi, was hit with a number of artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets.
2) A 180-square-meter, two-story house, owned by Ziad El-Tawashi, was hit with a number of artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets.
At approximately 23:00 local time, Israeli forces positioned west of Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at the neighborhood market and nearby houses.
This lasted until to 2:00 local time on the following day and resulted in wounding Mohammed Fakhri Abdel-Hadi, 23, in the left leg with artillery shrapnel. Abdel-Hadi was wounded as he passed the area and was evacuated to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Khan Yunis.
Shortly after Friday Prayer, Israeli soldiers opened fire on a number demonstrating Palestinian civilians, including many children. These civilians were fired upon while demonstrating at a distance of more than 150m the soldiers’ position located near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City. As result, nine Palestinian civilians, including eight children under 18, were wounded with live bullets. They were:
1) Saber Akram Baker, 18, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the right foot;
2) Alla’ Faraj Lubbad, 12, from Al-Ghefari neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the right foot;
3) Tamer Jamil El-Bahtiti, 16, from Al-Shaghaf neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the head;
4) Mohammed Sa’do Raba’a, 14, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the left shoulder;
5) Hassan Ahmed Maqat, 21, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
6) Husni Khader Habboush, 15, from Al-Remal neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
7) Mohammed Sa’di E’leiwa, 18, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh;
8) Ramzi Khalil Hassouna, 16, from Al-Shojae’ya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh; and
9) Mohammed Mahmoud Helles, 13, from Al-Shojae’ya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the head.
In the afternoon, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a number of Palestinian youth demonstrating at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. Consequently, Mahmoud Nazhem Maso’ud, 21, was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head. He was evacuated to Rafidya hospital in Nablus where he arrived in critical condition.
After the Friday Prayer, Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, shooting indiscriminately. Consequently, Laurent Van Der Souke, a 36-year-old French reporter from Gama Press Agency was wounded in the knee with a live bullet while he was covering the clashes. In addition to the reporter, three Palestinian civilians were wounded with live bullets. They were:
1) Hazem Ibrahim Abu Qare’, 18, from the village of Al-Mazra’a Al-Gharbia, wounded with a live bullet in the right shoulder which penetrated his back;
2) Ibrahim Mohammed El-Madhoun, 21, from Al-Ama’ri refugee camp, wounded with a live bullet in the left knee; and
3) Mahmoud Ayyoub Rommana, 14, from Al-Ama’ri refugee camp, wounded with a live bullet in the foot.
At the entrance to the village of Deir Nezham near Ramallah, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on a number of Palestinian demonstrators after the Friday Prayer, wounding:
1) Mohammed Hussein El-Tamimi, 40, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left arm;
2) Zeid Faraj El-Tamimi, 14, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the back;
3) Tariq Mahmoud Nassar, 14, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left thigh;
4) Dhiab Hussein El-Tamimi, 27, with bullet shrapnel in the face; and
5) Abdel-Karim Saleh El-Tamimi, 43, with bullet shrapnel in the head.
At approximately 17:00 local time, at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, the child Ahmed Abdel-Raziq Abed Rabbo Abu Houli, 15, from Deir El-Balah, was pronounced dead from a wound in the abdomen he received earlier that day. According to an eyewitness, Abu Houli was on his way to his uncle’s house located to the southeast of Kfar Darom settlement in Deir El-Balah when he was shot by Israeli soldiers 700m away. The soldiers were positioned on top of a tank located at the entrance of Abu Houli road, an access road to Salah El-Din Street (the main road between the north and south of the Gaza Strip.
The eyewitness, who was also walking on Abu Houli Road approximately 200m behind the child, added that the Israeli occupation soldiers unjustifiably fired one live bullet at the child who then fell to the ground.
Shortly thereafter, the Israeli occupation forces sprayed the area with bullets, preventing the provision of help to the wounded child. Five minutes later, when the shooting stopped, the eyewitnesses carried the child. He ran approximately 200m to where the child was put into a civilian car, which then transported him to an ambulance. The child was transferred to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, where he died approximately two hours later.
At approximately 15:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses and civilian facilities. Targets included the headquarters of the Palestinian Ministry of Finance, the Fatah Movement and the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics located in the area of Al-Balou’ in the north of Al-Bireh.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli forces located in the center of Hebron fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Bab El-Zawia, El-Sheikh and El-Shallala, wounding:
1) Majd Taher Abdel-Baset, 16, with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
2) Hazem Salim Siaj, 15, with shrapnel in the neck;
3) Rafiq Mohammed Taha, 20, with shrapnel in the left leg;
4) E’mad Mohammed El-Sae’id, 31, with shrapnel in the right leg; and
5) Abdel-Rahim A’zzam Shweiki, 13, with shrapnel in the right knee.
At approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned at the junction of Salah El-Din Street and the road leading to Gush Qatif settlement Block, opened fire on Palestinian houses in the south of Deir El-Balah. Consequently two Palestinian civilians were wounded, one of whom was a 12-year-old child. The wounded were:
1) Hadil Mohammed Abu Khousa, 12, wounded in the right hand with a live bullet; and
2) Kamal Awadh El-Salqawi, 25, wounded in the head with a live bullet.
At approximately 20:00 local time, the Israeli forces shelled the same area in the south of Dier El-Balah again, causing severe damage to two Palestinian houses located 300m to the west of Kfar Darom settlement. The residents left due to the frequent shelling over the past four months. The damages were as follows:
1) A 200-square-meter, two-story house, owned by Khaled El-Tawashi, was hit with a number of artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets.
2) A 180-square-meter, two-story house, owned by Ziad El-Tawashi, was hit with a number of artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets.
At approximately 23:00 local time, Israeli forces positioned west of Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at the neighborhood market and nearby houses.
This lasted until to 2:00 local time on the following day and resulted in wounding Mohammed Fakhri Abdel-Hadi, 23, in the left leg with artillery shrapnel. Abdel-Hadi was wounded as he passed the area and was evacuated to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Khan Yunis.
8 feb 2001
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli forces fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian residential neighborhoods in Khan Yunis. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that Israeli occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim opened fire on Palestinian civilians. This wounded two passers-by located approximately 200m away. The two wounded were:
1) Hisham Mahmoud Heneideq, 16, wounded in the right thigh by a live bullet which severed an artery. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital where he arrived in serious condition; and
2) Salem Kamel Abu Akker, 23, wounded in the right foot by a live bullet.
The PCHR’s field officer added that a number of Palestinian houses were severely damaged by the artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets and medium caliber bullets. This included buildings 5 and 6 of the Austrian project, whose western facades were penetrated. Three housing units owned by Al-Farra Company were also similarly damaged.
At approximately 22:00 local time, Israeli forces positioned in Psagot settlement (east of Al-Bireh), fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets and medium caliber bullets at Al-Jenan and Sateh Marhaba. Consequently, two Palestinian civilians were wounded. They were:
1) Ahmed Hamza Shweikani, 17, wounded in the right leg with shrapnel; and
2) Daoud Ali Doqmaq, 30, wounded in the right side by a live bullet.
This lasted until 3:00 local time on the following day, resulting in severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses and civilian facilities.
This included the Palestinian Red Crescent Society headquarters and ambulance and emergency unit, whose upper floor completely burnt. In addition, bullets also hit a bus for transporting the handicapped.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli forces fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian residential neighborhoods in Khan Yunis. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that Israeli occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim opened fire on Palestinian civilians. This wounded two passers-by located approximately 200m away. The two wounded were:
1) Hisham Mahmoud Heneideq, 16, wounded in the right thigh by a live bullet which severed an artery. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital where he arrived in serious condition; and
2) Salem Kamel Abu Akker, 23, wounded in the right foot by a live bullet.
The PCHR’s field officer added that a number of Palestinian houses were severely damaged by the artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets and medium caliber bullets. This included buildings 5 and 6 of the Austrian project, whose western facades were penetrated. Three housing units owned by Al-Farra Company were also similarly damaged.
At approximately 22:00 local time, Israeli forces positioned in Psagot settlement (east of Al-Bireh), fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets and medium caliber bullets at Al-Jenan and Sateh Marhaba. Consequently, two Palestinian civilians were wounded. They were:
1) Ahmed Hamza Shweikani, 17, wounded in the right leg with shrapnel; and
2) Daoud Ali Doqmaq, 30, wounded in the right side by a live bullet.
This lasted until 3:00 local time on the following day, resulting in severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses and civilian facilities.
This included the Palestinian Red Crescent Society headquarters and ambulance and emergency unit, whose upper floor completely burnt. In addition, bullets also hit a bus for transporting the handicapped.
7 feb 2001
At noon, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the middle of Hebron, opened fire on a number of Palestinian children who threw stones at the soldiers on their way home from school. As a result, three children were wounded. They were:
1) Murad Omar, 13 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
2) Jehad Omar, 12 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg; and
3) Mustafa Bayoumi, 12 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right leg.
At approximately 14:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned at Beit Hanoun (Erez) Checkpoint, opened fire on Palestinian taxis. In his testimony to PCHR, a taxi driver said that he suddenly heard shooting sounds coming from the Israeli occupation forces. He then moved away and took shelter behind a nearby concrete block. He added that the shooting lasted for 20 minutes and caused severe damage to three taxis.
At approximately 16:15 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled Qubbat Janeb, Tallat El-Takrouri and Abu Sneineh neighborhoods in Hebron, causing damage to a number of Palestinian houses and two civilian cars.
At approximately 23:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of Psagot settlement shelled residential neighborhoods in Al-Bireh. PCHR learned that bullets penetrated the windows of the home of the editor of Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda a daily local newspaper, causing damage to its furniture.
At noon, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the middle of Hebron, opened fire on a number of Palestinian children who threw stones at the soldiers on their way home from school. As a result, three children were wounded. They were:
1) Murad Omar, 13 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
2) Jehad Omar, 12 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg; and
3) Mustafa Bayoumi, 12 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the right leg.
At approximately 14:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned at Beit Hanoun (Erez) Checkpoint, opened fire on Palestinian taxis. In his testimony to PCHR, a taxi driver said that he suddenly heard shooting sounds coming from the Israeli occupation forces. He then moved away and took shelter behind a nearby concrete block. He added that the shooting lasted for 20 minutes and caused severe damage to three taxis.
At approximately 16:15 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled Qubbat Janeb, Tallat El-Takrouri and Abu Sneineh neighborhoods in Hebron, causing damage to a number of Palestinian houses and two civilian cars.
At approximately 23:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in the vicinity of Psagot settlement shelled residential neighborhoods in Al-Bireh. PCHR learned that bullets penetrated the windows of the home of the editor of Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda a daily local newspaper, causing damage to its furniture.
6 feb 2001
In the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces in various cities and villages in the West Bank. The Israeli occupation forces opened fire, wounding a number of Palestinian civilians and six journalists. In addition, dozens of Palestinian civilians suffered from suffocation due to inhalation of tear gas used by the Israeli occupation forces. Furthermore, three Palestinian civilians were injured when vehicles of the Israeli occupation forces wilfully ran over them.
At the northern entrance of Al-Bireh, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, wounding six with live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets. According to eyewitnesses, two military jeeps of the Israeli occupation forces moved 300m inside areas under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and ran over three Palestinian demonstrators. They were:
1) Muhammad Abdel-Latif Hammad, 21 years old, form Al-Ama’ri refugee camp, suffered from breaks and injuries to the back and the shoulder;
2) Mohammed E’issa Yousef, 28 years old, from the village of Deir Qeddis, suffered from breaks in the legs and bruises throughout the body; and
3) Fuad Mohammed Samara, 15 years old, from the village of Bale’in, suffered from bruises throughout the body.
Furthermore, six journalists were wounded while they were covering these events. Among them were:
1) Heiden Helmet, a 32–year-old Norwegian journalist working for a Norwegian daily newspaper, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg;
2) Ossama El-Selwadi, a 26-year-old correspondent for Al-Ayyam daily local newspaper in Ramallah, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left hand;
3) Nae’l Mohammed Awadh, a 23-year-old cameraman for Watan television channel in Ramallah, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the chest; and
4) Rashid Hilal, a 40-year-old correspondent for a Palestine television channel in Ramallah, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left hand.
At the northern entrance of the village of Deir Nezham, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, wounding four. Among the wounded were:
1) the child Ra’fat Hassan El-Tamimi, 15 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the left hand and a rubber-coated metal bullet in the neck; and
2) the child Abdullah Faraj El-Tamimi, 13 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the spinal column.
In the center of Hebron, clashes erupted between Palestinian young men and children and the Israeli occupation forces. These forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, wounding six. Among the wounded was the child Jehad Radwan El-Jamal, 13 years old who was critically wounded in the head by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired at him from a short distance.
Clashes also erupted between Palestinian young men and children and the Israeli occupation forces at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. These forces fired at Palestinian demonstrators, moderately wounding the child Mujahed Malek Shahin, 12 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
At approximately 16:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in the middle of Hebron and in a settlement center known as “Ramat Yeshai,” fired heavy and medium bullets at El-Sheikh and Ban El-Zawia neighborhoods in Hebron, causing severe damage to three Palestinian houses and a car. Furthermore, four Palestinian civilians were wounded with shrapnel from live bullets.
In the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces in various cities and villages in the West Bank. The Israeli occupation forces opened fire, wounding a number of Palestinian civilians and six journalists. In addition, dozens of Palestinian civilians suffered from suffocation due to inhalation of tear gas used by the Israeli occupation forces. Furthermore, three Palestinian civilians were injured when vehicles of the Israeli occupation forces wilfully ran over them.
At the northern entrance of Al-Bireh, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, wounding six with live ammunition and rubber-coated metal bullets. According to eyewitnesses, two military jeeps of the Israeli occupation forces moved 300m inside areas under the control of the Palestinian National Authority and ran over three Palestinian demonstrators. They were:
1) Muhammad Abdel-Latif Hammad, 21 years old, form Al-Ama’ri refugee camp, suffered from breaks and injuries to the back and the shoulder;
2) Mohammed E’issa Yousef, 28 years old, from the village of Deir Qeddis, suffered from breaks in the legs and bruises throughout the body; and
3) Fuad Mohammed Samara, 15 years old, from the village of Bale’in, suffered from bruises throughout the body.
Furthermore, six journalists were wounded while they were covering these events. Among them were:
1) Heiden Helmet, a 32–year-old Norwegian journalist working for a Norwegian daily newspaper, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg;
2) Ossama El-Selwadi, a 26-year-old correspondent for Al-Ayyam daily local newspaper in Ramallah, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left hand;
3) Nae’l Mohammed Awadh, a 23-year-old cameraman for Watan television channel in Ramallah, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the chest; and
4) Rashid Hilal, a 40-year-old correspondent for a Palestine television channel in Ramallah, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left hand.
At the northern entrance of the village of Deir Nezham, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, wounding four. Among the wounded were:
1) the child Ra’fat Hassan El-Tamimi, 15 years old, wounded with a live bullet in the left hand and a rubber-coated metal bullet in the neck; and
2) the child Abdullah Faraj El-Tamimi, 13 years old, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the spinal column.
In the center of Hebron, clashes erupted between Palestinian young men and children and the Israeli occupation forces. These forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators, wounding six. Among the wounded was the child Jehad Radwan El-Jamal, 13 years old who was critically wounded in the head by a rubber-coated metal bullet fired at him from a short distance.
Clashes also erupted between Palestinian young men and children and the Israeli occupation forces at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. These forces fired at Palestinian demonstrators, moderately wounding the child Mujahed Malek Shahin, 12 years old, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
At approximately 16:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned in the middle of Hebron and in a settlement center known as “Ramat Yeshai,” fired heavy and medium bullets at El-Sheikh and Ban El-Zawia neighborhoods in Hebron, causing severe damage to three Palestinian houses and a car. Furthermore, four Palestinian civilians were wounded with shrapnel from live bullets.
5 feb 2001
On Monday, February 5, 2001, at approximately 15:00 local time, Khadra Rajab Eshteiwi, 65 years old, from the village of Kufor Qaddoum near Qalqilya, died after the Israeli occupation forces prevented her transfer to a hospital. The family of the deceased transported her in a private car at 14:00 local time. The family was forced to resort to a number of muddy roads in order to avoid military roadblocks of the Israeli occupation forces preventing them from transferring her to the hospital in Qalqilya. She died before arriving at hospital after a 1.5-hour delay.
It is worth mentioning that this incident was the fourth of its kind in the past two weeks. Three other Palestinian citizens have died in similar circumstances.
At approximately 10:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium bullets at a market and a number of houses in Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis. As a result, Fatheya Ibrahim Oudeh, 40 years old, was wounded in the right foot by the shrapnel of a live bullet while she was shopping. People in the market were terrified.
Due to the frequency of the attacks on the Al-Amal neighborhood market, Khan Yunis Municipality established an alternative wall in Khan Yunis refugee camp to which sellers were transferred. This caused a traffic jam in the refugee camp.
Also in the morning, Israeli occupation forces positioned in a military site in the vicinity of Gani Tal settlement to the north of Al-Amal neighborhood, opened fire on Palestinian houses. Rami Samir Abu Ghali, 18 years old, was wounded in the left hand by a live bullet while passing 500m from the Israeli occupation forces’ position.
At approximately 16:00 local time, after a military confrontation between a number of armed Palestinians and the Israeli occupation forces at the borderline in Rafah, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Palestinian houses approximately 120m to the north of Salah El-Din Gate. PCHR’s field officer in Rafah reported that those soldiers also fired artillery shells. This lasted for 1.5 hours and resulted in wounding:
1) the child Manar Mohammed Ghannam, 9 years old, with shrapnel in the head, while she was in front of her family’s house in Rafah refugee camp located approximately 100m to the north of Salah El-Din Gate on the borderline; and
2) Fatema Mohammed Mustafa A’waja, 52 years old, with shrapnel below the right eye, while she was in her house in the above-mentioned area located approximately 120m to the north of Salah El-Din Gate.
Furthermore, a number of Palestinian houses were damaged as follows:
1) More than 15 artillery shells hit a 155-square-meter house, in which 18 people live, owned by a member of the Qweidha family who asked not to be identified by his full name in this report. Parts of the house and its furniture were completely destroyed. No injuries among its residents were reported since the residents left the house when the shelling began.
2) Bullets and shrapnel of artillery shells hit a 180-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 11 people live, owned by Abdel-Qader Mohammed Hassan A’waja, penetrating its roof and destroying the water saving tanks.
Also, at approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in military sites on Jouhar Mount to the south of Hebron, and in a settlement center known as “Avraham Avino” in the middle of Hebron, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at Qobbat Janeb, Qaytoun and Tallat El-Takrouri in Hebron. This caused severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses.
At approximately 20:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired at Haneya Saleh A’abed Abu A’azem, 29 years old, from Deir El-Balah, wounding her with a live bullet in the thighs. At the time, she was in front of her house on Salah El-Din Street approximately 150m to the south of Kfar Darom settlement. She was evacuated by an ambulance to a clinic in Deir El-Balah, and then transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
Israeli occupation forces positioned in the aforementioned settlement opened fire on Palestinian houses in the area, wounding the aforementioned citizen as well as causing damage to a number of houses as follows:
1) The firing destroyed the asbestos layers and damaged the water saving tanks of a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which seven people live, owned by Salman Saleh Abu A’azem.
2) Bullets penetrated walls of a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 11 people live, owned by Mare’e Saleh Abu A’azem.
3) Bullets penetrated walls of a 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which two people live, owned by Abed Saleh Abu A’azem.
4) Bullets penetrated walls of a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Maso’uda Abu A’azem.
On Monday, February 5, 2001, at approximately 15:00 local time, Khadra Rajab Eshteiwi, 65 years old, from the village of Kufor Qaddoum near Qalqilya, died after the Israeli occupation forces prevented her transfer to a hospital. The family of the deceased transported her in a private car at 14:00 local time. The family was forced to resort to a number of muddy roads in order to avoid military roadblocks of the Israeli occupation forces preventing them from transferring her to the hospital in Qalqilya. She died before arriving at hospital after a 1.5-hour delay.
It is worth mentioning that this incident was the fourth of its kind in the past two weeks. Three other Palestinian citizens have died in similar circumstances.
At approximately 10:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium bullets at a market and a number of houses in Al-Amal neighborhood in Khan Yunis. As a result, Fatheya Ibrahim Oudeh, 40 years old, was wounded in the right foot by the shrapnel of a live bullet while she was shopping. People in the market were terrified.
Due to the frequency of the attacks on the Al-Amal neighborhood market, Khan Yunis Municipality established an alternative wall in Khan Yunis refugee camp to which sellers were transferred. This caused a traffic jam in the refugee camp.
Also in the morning, Israeli occupation forces positioned in a military site in the vicinity of Gani Tal settlement to the north of Al-Amal neighborhood, opened fire on Palestinian houses. Rami Samir Abu Ghali, 18 years old, was wounded in the left hand by a live bullet while passing 500m from the Israeli occupation forces’ position.
At approximately 16:00 local time, after a military confrontation between a number of armed Palestinians and the Israeli occupation forces at the borderline in Rafah, Israeli occupation soldiers opened fire on Palestinian houses approximately 120m to the north of Salah El-Din Gate. PCHR’s field officer in Rafah reported that those soldiers also fired artillery shells. This lasted for 1.5 hours and resulted in wounding:
1) the child Manar Mohammed Ghannam, 9 years old, with shrapnel in the head, while she was in front of her family’s house in Rafah refugee camp located approximately 100m to the north of Salah El-Din Gate on the borderline; and
2) Fatema Mohammed Mustafa A’waja, 52 years old, with shrapnel below the right eye, while she was in her house in the above-mentioned area located approximately 120m to the north of Salah El-Din Gate.
Furthermore, a number of Palestinian houses were damaged as follows:
1) More than 15 artillery shells hit a 155-square-meter house, in which 18 people live, owned by a member of the Qweidha family who asked not to be identified by his full name in this report. Parts of the house and its furniture were completely destroyed. No injuries among its residents were reported since the residents left the house when the shelling began.
2) Bullets and shrapnel of artillery shells hit a 180-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 11 people live, owned by Abdel-Qader Mohammed Hassan A’waja, penetrating its roof and destroying the water saving tanks.
Also, at approximately 16:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in military sites on Jouhar Mount to the south of Hebron, and in a settlement center known as “Avraham Avino” in the middle of Hebron, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium bullets at Qobbat Janeb, Qaytoun and Tallat El-Takrouri in Hebron. This caused severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses.
At approximately 20:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired at Haneya Saleh A’abed Abu A’azem, 29 years old, from Deir El-Balah, wounding her with a live bullet in the thighs. At the time, she was in front of her house on Salah El-Din Street approximately 150m to the south of Kfar Darom settlement. She was evacuated by an ambulance to a clinic in Deir El-Balah, and then transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
Israeli occupation forces positioned in the aforementioned settlement opened fire on Palestinian houses in the area, wounding the aforementioned citizen as well as causing damage to a number of houses as follows:
1) The firing destroyed the asbestos layers and damaged the water saving tanks of a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which seven people live, owned by Salman Saleh Abu A’azem.
2) Bullets penetrated walls of a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 11 people live, owned by Mare’e Saleh Abu A’azem.
3) Bullets penetrated walls of a 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which two people live, owned by Abed Saleh Abu A’azem.
4) Bullets penetrated walls of a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Maso’uda Abu A’azem.