12 apr 2001
At approximately 5:30 local time, Israeli forces shot and killed Hafez Rushdi Khalil Sobeh, 35, from Al-Fokhari area in the east of Khan Yunis, with two live bullets in the abdomen and the left leg.
In the same incident, Mohammed Na’im Siam, 25, from Khan Yunis, was wounded with a live bullet in the right hand. According to PCHR’s investigation, Sobeh was driving his taxi with Siam on their way from Khan Yunis. The taxi broke down in Al-Statar Al-Gharbi area in the northwest of Khan Yunis, so Sobeh and Siam got out of it to repair it.
Then, Israeli forces near Gani Tal settlement in the northwest of Khan Yunis, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Al-Satar Al-Gharbi and the western hills areas. Sobeh and Siam were wounded with live bullets fired at them from a distance of approximately 200m and evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. Sobeh died on the way to hospital.
Update:
At approximately 5:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Hafez Rushdi Khalil Sobeh, 35, from Al-Fokhari area in the east of Khan Yunis, killing him with two live bullets in the abdomen and the right leg. Furthermore, Mohammed Na’im Siam, 25, from Khan Yunis, was wounded with a live bullet in the right hand (For further information about this incident, see the last Weekly Report by PCHR)
At approximately 20:00 local time, Shawkat Sa’di Hassan El-‘Allami, 16, from Beit Ummar village near Hebron, was killed with two live bullets in the neck fired by the Israeli occupation forces.
These forces invaded the village at approximately 19:30 local time, and opened fire indiscriminately on Palestinian civilians and houses in the east and south of the village. As a result, El-‘Allami, who was in a farm, approximately 200m away from the Israeli forces, was killed.
At approximately 10:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim settlement, in the west of Khan Yunis, fired at a number of Palestinian children who gathered in the municipality park in the east of Al-Newsawi neighborhood, and started to throw stones at soldiers from a distance of approximately 100m.
As a result, Mohammed Nabil Wadi, 15, was wounded with a live bullet in the pelvis. He was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis for treatment.
At approximately 10:00 local time, Israeli tanks positioned at the Rafah border opened fire on Palestinian houses in Al-Brazil neighborhood, 150m north of the border.
As a result, Saleh Saleh Abu El-Rous, 60, who was near his home at the time, was wounded with a live bullet in the buttocks.
In the evening, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the north of Beit Hanoun (Al-Secka Street), near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing. As a result, a number of these houses were damaged as follows:
1) Bullets made holes in walls of a 180-square-meter, one-story house, in which 8 people live, owned by Shehadeh Sa’id Hamdan.
2) Bullets made holes in walls of a 150-square-meter, two-story house, in which 9 people live, owned by Salah Shehadeh Hamdan.
3) Bullets made holes in walls of a 210-square-meter, one-story house, in which 10 people live, owned by Nasser Shehadeh Hamdan.
4) Bullets made holes in walls of a 200-square-meter, one-story house, in which 5 people live, owned by Rezeq Shehadeh Hamdan.
These families were forced to leave their house in the morning after word spread that the Israeli forces were planning to demolish and destroy Palestinian houses near the border, similar to what happened in Khan Yunis, spread in the area. Concern spread quickly, especially as mortars were thought to be fired at military sites of the Israeli occupation forces from this area.
On the other hand, approximately 22 Palestinian families (170 persons) from the Bedouin Village, to the south of Erez industrial zone, started to evacuated their tin houses as a preemptive action, fearing that they would be shelled by the Israeli occupation forces, whose sites are less than 80m away. These houses were frequently shelled in the previous days.
Shooting and Attacks by Settlers against Palestinian Civilians
At approximately 8:30 local time, four settlers attacked Ahmed ‘Atteya Mohammed Abu Sahloul, 26, from Khan Yunis, when he was working at a greenhouse in Gan Or settlement in Al-Mawasi area of Rafah. I
n his testimony to PCHR, Abu Sahloul said that he was violently beaten by settlers who tried to suffocate him. He lost consciousness and only awoke at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. He knew from his colleagues that the Israeli occupation forces handed him to a Palestinian ambulance near Tal Al-Sultan roadblock in Al-Mawasi area of Rafah, which evacuated him to Al-Joneina hospital in Rafah and from there to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
At approximately 5:30 local time, Israeli forces shot and killed Hafez Rushdi Khalil Sobeh, 35, from Al-Fokhari area in the east of Khan Yunis, with two live bullets in the abdomen and the left leg.
In the same incident, Mohammed Na’im Siam, 25, from Khan Yunis, was wounded with a live bullet in the right hand. According to PCHR’s investigation, Sobeh was driving his taxi with Siam on their way from Khan Yunis. The taxi broke down in Al-Statar Al-Gharbi area in the northwest of Khan Yunis, so Sobeh and Siam got out of it to repair it.
Then, Israeli forces near Gani Tal settlement in the northwest of Khan Yunis, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Al-Satar Al-Gharbi and the western hills areas. Sobeh and Siam were wounded with live bullets fired at them from a distance of approximately 200m and evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. Sobeh died on the way to hospital.
Update:
At approximately 5:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Hafez Rushdi Khalil Sobeh, 35, from Al-Fokhari area in the east of Khan Yunis, killing him with two live bullets in the abdomen and the right leg. Furthermore, Mohammed Na’im Siam, 25, from Khan Yunis, was wounded with a live bullet in the right hand (For further information about this incident, see the last Weekly Report by PCHR)
At approximately 20:00 local time, Shawkat Sa’di Hassan El-‘Allami, 16, from Beit Ummar village near Hebron, was killed with two live bullets in the neck fired by the Israeli occupation forces.
These forces invaded the village at approximately 19:30 local time, and opened fire indiscriminately on Palestinian civilians and houses in the east and south of the village. As a result, El-‘Allami, who was in a farm, approximately 200m away from the Israeli forces, was killed.
At approximately 10:00 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim settlement, in the west of Khan Yunis, fired at a number of Palestinian children who gathered in the municipality park in the east of Al-Newsawi neighborhood, and started to throw stones at soldiers from a distance of approximately 100m.
As a result, Mohammed Nabil Wadi, 15, was wounded with a live bullet in the pelvis. He was evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis for treatment.
At approximately 10:00 local time, Israeli tanks positioned at the Rafah border opened fire on Palestinian houses in Al-Brazil neighborhood, 150m north of the border.
As a result, Saleh Saleh Abu El-Rous, 60, who was near his home at the time, was wounded with a live bullet in the buttocks.
In the evening, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the north of Beit Hanoun (Al-Secka Street), near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing. As a result, a number of these houses were damaged as follows:
1) Bullets made holes in walls of a 180-square-meter, one-story house, in which 8 people live, owned by Shehadeh Sa’id Hamdan.
2) Bullets made holes in walls of a 150-square-meter, two-story house, in which 9 people live, owned by Salah Shehadeh Hamdan.
3) Bullets made holes in walls of a 210-square-meter, one-story house, in which 10 people live, owned by Nasser Shehadeh Hamdan.
4) Bullets made holes in walls of a 200-square-meter, one-story house, in which 5 people live, owned by Rezeq Shehadeh Hamdan.
These families were forced to leave their house in the morning after word spread that the Israeli forces were planning to demolish and destroy Palestinian houses near the border, similar to what happened in Khan Yunis, spread in the area. Concern spread quickly, especially as mortars were thought to be fired at military sites of the Israeli occupation forces from this area.
On the other hand, approximately 22 Palestinian families (170 persons) from the Bedouin Village, to the south of Erez industrial zone, started to evacuated their tin houses as a preemptive action, fearing that they would be shelled by the Israeli occupation forces, whose sites are less than 80m away. These houses were frequently shelled in the previous days.
Shooting and Attacks by Settlers against Palestinian Civilians
At approximately 8:30 local time, four settlers attacked Ahmed ‘Atteya Mohammed Abu Sahloul, 26, from Khan Yunis, when he was working at a greenhouse in Gan Or settlement in Al-Mawasi area of Rafah. I
n his testimony to PCHR, Abu Sahloul said that he was violently beaten by settlers who tried to suffocate him. He lost consciousness and only awoke at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis. He knew from his colleagues that the Israeli occupation forces handed him to a Palestinian ambulance near Tal Al-Sultan roadblock in Al-Mawasi area of Rafah, which evacuated him to Al-Joneina hospital in Rafah and from there to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
11 apr 2001
In the afternoon, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian civilians demonstrating near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet east of Gaza City. Four civilians were wounded as follows:
1) Hussein Khader Sarsour, 20, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
2) Malek El-Shoubaki, 13, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right knee;
3) Adham Mohammed El-Shoubaki, 24, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg; and
4) ‘Alla’ Sultan Abu ‘Oudeh, 16, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head.
Also in the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians Israeli forces at the southern entrance of Qalqilya.
The Israeli forces fired at Palestinian civilians, wounding a fourteen-year-old, Hmada Hammad El-Rae’e, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
At approximately 17:00 local time, Israeli forces near Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at a Palestinian National Security Forces site in the north of Beit Hanoun. The targeted site was completely destroyed, and electricity was cut from the northern area of the Gaza Strip, after an electricity transmitter was hit.
Furthermore, Khaled Ahmed El-‘Affifi, 26, from Beit Hanoun, was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg. At the time he was wounded, El-Affifi was on his land, approximately 700m away from the aforementioned site of the Israeli occupation forces.
At approximately 21:15 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in Hagai and Avraham Avino settlements and on Johar Mount, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Abu Sneineh and Wadi Al-Heria neighborhoods in Hebron.
Five Palestinian civilians, including three medical relievers of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, were wounded, and a number of Palestinian houses were severely damaged. The wounded were:
1) Sa’id El-Khattib, a medic, who was wounded with shrapnel in both feet;
2) Ramzi El-Muhtasseb, a medic, who was wounded with shrapnel in both hands;
3) Lu’ai El-Sharif, a medic, who was wounded with shrapnel in both hands;
4) ‘Abdullah ‘Oudeh Abu Sneineh, who was wounded with shrapnel in the shoulder; and
5) Nabil ‘Abdullah Abu Sneineh, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right thigh.
In the afternoon, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian civilians demonstrating near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet east of Gaza City. Four civilians were wounded as follows:
1) Hussein Khader Sarsour, 20, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
2) Malek El-Shoubaki, 13, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right knee;
3) Adham Mohammed El-Shoubaki, 24, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg; and
4) ‘Alla’ Sultan Abu ‘Oudeh, 16, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head.
Also in the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians Israeli forces at the southern entrance of Qalqilya.
The Israeli forces fired at Palestinian civilians, wounding a fourteen-year-old, Hmada Hammad El-Rae’e, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head.
At approximately 17:00 local time, Israeli forces near Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at a Palestinian National Security Forces site in the north of Beit Hanoun. The targeted site was completely destroyed, and electricity was cut from the northern area of the Gaza Strip, after an electricity transmitter was hit.
Furthermore, Khaled Ahmed El-‘Affifi, 26, from Beit Hanoun, was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg. At the time he was wounded, El-Affifi was on his land, approximately 700m away from the aforementioned site of the Israeli occupation forces.
At approximately 21:15 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in Hagai and Avraham Avino settlements and on Johar Mount, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Abu Sneineh and Wadi Al-Heria neighborhoods in Hebron.
Five Palestinian civilians, including three medical relievers of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, were wounded, and a number of Palestinian houses were severely damaged. The wounded were:
1) Sa’id El-Khattib, a medic, who was wounded with shrapnel in both feet;
2) Ramzi El-Muhtasseb, a medic, who was wounded with shrapnel in both hands;
3) Lu’ai El-Sharif, a medic, who was wounded with shrapnel in both hands;
4) ‘Abdullah ‘Oudeh Abu Sneineh, who was wounded with shrapnel in the shoulder; and
5) Nabil ‘Abdullah Abu Sneineh, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right thigh.
10 apr 2001
n the afternoon, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian children who were demonstrating near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City. Five demonstrators were wounded with live bullets as follows:
1) Ahmed Ibrahim Abu ‘Asser, 14, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head;
2) Mahran Mohammed ‘Omar, 17, from Jbalya, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
3) Saleh Mohammed Badawi, 16, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
4) Ashraf Saqer Hbib, 17, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left forearm; and
5) ‘Essam Mohammed Shamali, 16, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left hand.
At approximately 9:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled two Palestinian security sites with surface to surface missiles launched from inside Israel east of the Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian physician was killed and 20 were wounded and evacuated to hospitals in Gaza Strip for treatment. Furthermore, a number of buildings and facilities were severely damaged. According to media reports, the Israeli occupation forces placed missile launchers in locations inside Israel along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
In the morning, two missiles launched from inside Israel from locations east of the Gaza Strip and adjacent to its northern area, were seen hitting a clinic in a Palestinian Marine Police compound at the seashore in Beit Lahia. Wae’l Khweiter, 28, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, a physician of the Palestinian Military Medical Service, died as a result of his abdominal and chest wounds.
Additionally, Colonel Ghassan ‘Anabtawi, 50, from Al-Nasser neighborhood in Gaza City and a member of the Palestinian Military Medical Service, was wounded with shrapnel throughout the body. His ten-year-old child ‘Obeida, who was with her father at the time of the shelling, suffered a nervous breakdown.
PCHR’s field officer in the northern area of the Gaza Strip reported that the clinic, a Palestinian Military Medical Service ambulance, and a civilian car were all destroyed.
At the same time, a third surface to surface missile, also launched from inside Israel east of the Gaza Strip, was seen hitting a building of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service located in the center of the city of Deir El-Balah.
As a result, 18 members of the Service were wounded and evacuated to Shifa’, Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospitals for treatment. PCHR’s field officer in the middle area of the Gaza Strip reported that the 300-square-meter, two-story building was severely damaged. The wounded are as follows:
1) Yahai El-S’eidni, 36, from Nusseirat refugee camp, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
2) Ahmed El-Shoreihi, 30, from Al-Maghazi neighborhood, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
3) Taher Ya’qoub ‘Ayash, 25, from Al-Remal neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head and the right thigh;
4) ‘Abdullah Fathi ‘Eid, 24, from Deir El-Balah, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right thigh;
5) Nabil Ibrahim El-Rantisi, 35, from Deir El-Balah, who suffered from burns in the face and the hands;
6) ‘Emad ‘Ali El-Zore’e; 28, from Deir El-Balah, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head and burns in the face and the hands;
7) Hani Abu Hani, 36, from Al-Nasser neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with shrapnel in the hands and the feet;
8) ‘Essam ‘Abdullah El-Moqayad, 34, from Sheikh Rdawan neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left hand and leg;
9) ‘Abdullah Abu Rekab, 36, from Deir El-Balah, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
10) Wessam Sabbah, 22, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp, who was wounded with shrapnel throughout the body;
11) ‘Abdullah Saleh El-Bashiti, 39, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
12) Bassem ‘Abdel-Rahim Sa’id, 27, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
13) Khaled Yousef Shehadeh, 30, from Gaza City, who was wounded with shrapnel throughout the body;
14) Hashem El-Mohashesh, 25, from Nusseirat refugee camp, who suffered from a break in the left foot;
15) Tawfiq El-Qrinawi, 36, from Nusseirat refugee camp, who suffered from bruises in the legs;
16) Sameh Ahmed Younis, 25, from Khan Yunis, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
17) Younis El-‘Azayzeh, 23, from Deir El-Balah, who suffered from bruises in the right foot; and
18) Mohammed Hussein Baker, 31, from Deir El-Balah, who was wounded with shrapnel and received bruises in the right thigh.
At approximately 14:30 local time, Israeli forces near Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at a Palestinian National Security Forces position in the north of Beit Hanoun. A number of rooms in the targeted site were partially destroyed, but no injuries were reported.
At approximately 19:40 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled a Palestinian National Security Forces site near Al-Shuhda’ Cemetery in the east of Jablya, adjacent to the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. The site was completely destroyed, but no injuries were reported.
At approximately 23:20 local time, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with dozens of tanks and three bulldozers burst into the western area of Khan Yunis refugee camp. These forces fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses. Using bulldozers, these forces also started to demolish Palestinian houses on a massive scale.
Over the last six months, these houses had systematically shelled by the Israeli occupation forces forcing their residents to abandon the homes during shelling.
PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the Israeli occupation forces burst into the camp without prior warning. The residents were forced to flee, leaving behind their furniture and personal belongings. Thirty houses and their contents were demolished and a five-story apartment building was partially destroyed. This left more than 50 families (approximately 500 people) homeless.
The indiscriminate shelling of the area also killed a Palestinian civilian and an officer of the Palestinian Military Liaison Forces. The shelling also wounded 27 people, four of whom were of medical personnel. The wounded were evacuated to hospitals in Khan Yunis and Gaza City.
Hani Mousa Abu Rezeq, 25, from Khan Yunis, was wounded with artillery shell shrapnel throughout the body and evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis where he arrived in critical condition.
Major Elias ‘Eid, 50, was critically wounded with a live bullet to the head and evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. This morning, the two were pronounced dead at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis and Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
Furthermore, four nurses of the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the Palestinian Military Medical Service were wounded while they were treating the wounded. They are:
1) Na’im Khaled Rashid Abu ‘Amer, 26, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
2) ‘Awad ‘Obeid Abu Hadayed, 27, who suffered from bruises in the right hand;
3) Mohammed Khalil El-Qadhi, 22, who suffered from bruises in the right ankle; and
4) Haitham Abu Mo’eileq, 29, who suffered from bruises.
The other wounded were:
1) Saber Hussein Abu ‘Obeid, 34, who was wounded with several live bullets in the abdomen and the right shoulders and evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City;
2) Subhi Hassan Abu Namous, 30, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right eye, resulting in the loss of his eye, and was evacuated to the optical hospital in Gaza City;
3) Captain ‘Ayesh El-Majdalawi, 30, of the Palestinian Military Liaison Forces, who was wounded with a live bullet in the lower jaw;
4) Mohammed ‘Abdel-Latif Abu To’eima, 18, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right foot;
5) Ramzi Mohammed El-Jakhbir, 25, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right ear;
6) Mousa ‘Abdel-Karim ‘Awad, 30, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
7) Nasser Mohammed Mousa, 27, who was wounded with shrapnel in the face;
8) Zaki Madhi Abu Madhi, 37, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
9) Mohammed Zuhair Abu El-Nemer, 18, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head and the abdomen;
10) Khaled Hussein Abu ‘Obeida, 30, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
11) Ziad Mahmoud ‘Amer, 27, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right side;
12) ‘Abdel-Karim Mahmoud El-Farra, 21, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
13) Mohammed Subhi Shna’a, 20, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
14) Subhi Jom’a Abu Namous, 30, who suffered broken legs;
15) Ahmed Mohammed Barakat, 23, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head;
16) Ibrahim Mahmoud ‘Amer, 34, who was wounded with shrapnel in the pelvis and the foot;
17) ‘Ali Tafiq El-Sheikh Salameh, 30, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
18) Khaled Hassan Abu Namous, 31, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
19) ‘Atteya Hassan Abu Namous, 26, who was wounded with shrapnel in the hands and the head;
20) Nahla ‘Atta Abu ‘Awadh, 19, who was wounded with shrapnel in the nose;
21) Sa’dia Meqdad, 20, who was wounded with shrapnel in both feet;
22) Mo’in Ahmed Zayed, 21, who was wounded with shrapnel near the left eye; and
23) Ahmed ‘Atef Mahdi, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand.
The following houses and their contents were also demolished or destroyed:
1) a 190-square-meter house, in which four families consisting of 15 people used to live, owned by Salem ‘Ali Salem Abu ‘Obeida;
2) a 320-square-meter house, in which two families consisting of 14 people used to live, owned by Khalil Mohammed Salameh Abu Zarqa;
3) a 250-square-meter house, in which 7 people used to live, and a rented commercial store, owned by Hassan Suleiman Abu ‘Obeida;
4) a 200-square-meter house, in which 8 people used to live, owned by Amin Suleiman Mohammed Abu ‘Obeida;
5) a 300-square-meter house, in which 10 people used to live, owned by Safeya Mosallam Zayed Abu ‘Obeida;
6) a 240-square-meter house, in which 14 people used to live, owned by Suleiman Mousa Suleiman Abu Mousa;
7) a 250-square-meter house, in which four families consisting of 31 people used to live, owned by Hammoud Hamdan Radwan Abu Radwan;
8) a 300-square-meter house, in which five families consisting of 30 people used to live, owned by Jaber Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Radwan;
9) a 200-square-meter house, in which two families consisting of 25 people used to live, owned by Ahmed Hassan Mahmoud Abu Radwan;
10) a 100-square-meter house, in which one person used to live, owned by Mousa Hassan Abu Louz;
11) a 200-square-meter house, in which two families consisting of 20 people used to live, owned by Hussein Ahmed Abu Khoreis;
12) a 350-square-meter house, in which 19 people used to live, owned by Jehad and Ziad Hussein Abu Khoreis;
13) a 160-square-meter house, in which 20 people used to live, owned by Kefaya ‘Atteya Abu Namous and Hassan Mohammed Abu Namous;
14) a 100-square-meter house, in which 12 people used to live, owned by Shokolata Mohammed Abu Namous;
15) a 220-square-meter house, and a 230-square-meter house, in which 10 people used to live, owned by Jalal Khalil Abu Louz;
16) a 220-square-meter house, in which one person used to live, owned by Hajer Mohammed Salameh Abu Louz;
17) a 250-square-meter house, in which 11 people used to live, owned by Jehad Khalil Mohammed Abu Louz;
18) a 180-square-meter house, owned by Jehad Khalil Mohammed Abu Louz (partially demolished);
19) a 125-square-meter house, in which 4 people used to live, owned by Ibrahim Khader Shehadeh ‘Amer;
20) a 135-square-meter house, in which 6 people used to live, owned by Khader Shehadeh ‘Abdel-Qader ‘Amer;
21) a 150-square-meter house, in which 11 people used to live, owned by Hussein ‘Ali Mohammed Abu Louz;
22) a 100-square-meter house, in which 8 people used to live, owned by Amin Mohammed Sha’ban El-Tabesh;
23) a 100-square-meter house, in which 7 people used to live, owned by Akram and Anwar Mohammed Sha’ban El-Tabesh;
24) a 90-square-meter house, in which 10 people used to live, owned by ‘Abdel-Hafez Mahmoud Mohammed Abu Shoqeir;
25) a 90-square-meter house, in which two families consisting of 9 people used to live, owned by ‘Ali Mahmoud Mohammed Abu Shoqeir;
26) a 200-square-meter house, in which 10 people used to live, owned by Mohammed Ahmed ‘Ayesh Mohammed;
27) a 250-square-meter house, uninhibited, owned by Subhi Khalil Abu Louz;
28) a 140-square-meter house, in which 8 people used to live, owned by Mohammed Ibrahim Abu ‘Awadh;
29) a 400-square-meter house, in which 12 people used to live, owned by Kamel Mohammed Abu ‘Aker; and
30) a 250-square-meter, five-story house, in which 18 people used to live (partially demolished), owned by ‘Abdullah Shoreiqi Abu ‘Obeida.
In addition, PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported the attack damaged a number of Palestinian houses, as follows:
1) Four artillery shells hit a 90-square-meter, two-story house, in which 12 people live, owned by Suleiman Hussein Zayed Abu Mukheimer, making 20-cm holes in walls and destroying windows.
2) An artillery shell hit a 180-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 11 people live, owned by Ossama ‘Atteya Khalil Abu Ammouna, damaging its roof.
3) An artillery shell and a number of bullets hit a 120-square-meter, two-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Samir ‘Abdel-Rahman Salameh, making holes in its walls and destroying a number of its windows.
4) Four artillery shells hit a 70-square-meter, one-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Marwan Mustafa Mohammed Meqdad, severely damaging its walls. Residents of the house were inside it at the time, the owner’s daughter was wounded (see above.)
5) An artillery shell hit a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which nine people live, owned by Mohammed Shehdeh Abu Sahloul, damaging its roof.
6) An artillery shell hit a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Fatema Salem Jom’a Abu Namous, damaging its roof and destroying a water saving tank.
7) An artillery shell hit the façade of a 180-square-meter, three-story house, owned by making a six-square-meter hole in the façade. The owner of the house and journalists were wounded (see above.)
8) An artillery shell hit a 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Bassam Ibrahim ‘Atteya Abu Namous, destroying its roof and water saving tanks.
9) An artillery shell and a number of bullets hit a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which ten people live, owned by Ahmed Mohammed Abu ‘Obeid, making holes in its walls and destroying its roof.
n the afternoon, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a Palestinian children who were demonstrating near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City. Five demonstrators were wounded with live bullets as follows:
1) Ahmed Ibrahim Abu ‘Asser, 14, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head;
2) Mahran Mohammed ‘Omar, 17, from Jbalya, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
3) Saleh Mohammed Badawi, 16, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
4) Ashraf Saqer Hbib, 17, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left forearm; and
5) ‘Essam Mohammed Shamali, 16, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left hand.
At approximately 9:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled two Palestinian security sites with surface to surface missiles launched from inside Israel east of the Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian physician was killed and 20 were wounded and evacuated to hospitals in Gaza Strip for treatment. Furthermore, a number of buildings and facilities were severely damaged. According to media reports, the Israeli occupation forces placed missile launchers in locations inside Israel along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
In the morning, two missiles launched from inside Israel from locations east of the Gaza Strip and adjacent to its northern area, were seen hitting a clinic in a Palestinian Marine Police compound at the seashore in Beit Lahia. Wae’l Khweiter, 28, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, a physician of the Palestinian Military Medical Service, died as a result of his abdominal and chest wounds.
Additionally, Colonel Ghassan ‘Anabtawi, 50, from Al-Nasser neighborhood in Gaza City and a member of the Palestinian Military Medical Service, was wounded with shrapnel throughout the body. His ten-year-old child ‘Obeida, who was with her father at the time of the shelling, suffered a nervous breakdown.
PCHR’s field officer in the northern area of the Gaza Strip reported that the clinic, a Palestinian Military Medical Service ambulance, and a civilian car were all destroyed.
At the same time, a third surface to surface missile, also launched from inside Israel east of the Gaza Strip, was seen hitting a building of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service located in the center of the city of Deir El-Balah.
As a result, 18 members of the Service were wounded and evacuated to Shifa’, Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospitals for treatment. PCHR’s field officer in the middle area of the Gaza Strip reported that the 300-square-meter, two-story building was severely damaged. The wounded are as follows:
1) Yahai El-S’eidni, 36, from Nusseirat refugee camp, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
2) Ahmed El-Shoreihi, 30, from Al-Maghazi neighborhood, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
3) Taher Ya’qoub ‘Ayash, 25, from Al-Remal neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head and the right thigh;
4) ‘Abdullah Fathi ‘Eid, 24, from Deir El-Balah, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right thigh;
5) Nabil Ibrahim El-Rantisi, 35, from Deir El-Balah, who suffered from burns in the face and the hands;
6) ‘Emad ‘Ali El-Zore’e; 28, from Deir El-Balah, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head and burns in the face and the hands;
7) Hani Abu Hani, 36, from Al-Nasser neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with shrapnel in the hands and the feet;
8) ‘Essam ‘Abdullah El-Moqayad, 34, from Sheikh Rdawan neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left hand and leg;
9) ‘Abdullah Abu Rekab, 36, from Deir El-Balah, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
10) Wessam Sabbah, 22, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp, who was wounded with shrapnel throughout the body;
11) ‘Abdullah Saleh El-Bashiti, 39, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
12) Bassem ‘Abdel-Rahim Sa’id, 27, from Al-Maghazi refugee camp, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
13) Khaled Yousef Shehadeh, 30, from Gaza City, who was wounded with shrapnel throughout the body;
14) Hashem El-Mohashesh, 25, from Nusseirat refugee camp, who suffered from a break in the left foot;
15) Tawfiq El-Qrinawi, 36, from Nusseirat refugee camp, who suffered from bruises in the legs;
16) Sameh Ahmed Younis, 25, from Khan Yunis, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
17) Younis El-‘Azayzeh, 23, from Deir El-Balah, who suffered from bruises in the right foot; and
18) Mohammed Hussein Baker, 31, from Deir El-Balah, who was wounded with shrapnel and received bruises in the right thigh.
At approximately 14:30 local time, Israeli forces near Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at a Palestinian National Security Forces position in the north of Beit Hanoun. A number of rooms in the targeted site were partially destroyed, but no injuries were reported.
At approximately 19:40 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled a Palestinian National Security Forces site near Al-Shuhda’ Cemetery in the east of Jablya, adjacent to the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. The site was completely destroyed, but no injuries were reported.
At approximately 23:20 local time, Israeli occupation forces, reinforced with dozens of tanks and three bulldozers burst into the western area of Khan Yunis refugee camp. These forces fired artillery shells, heavy caliber bullets, and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses. Using bulldozers, these forces also started to demolish Palestinian houses on a massive scale.
Over the last six months, these houses had systematically shelled by the Israeli occupation forces forcing their residents to abandon the homes during shelling.
PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the Israeli occupation forces burst into the camp without prior warning. The residents were forced to flee, leaving behind their furniture and personal belongings. Thirty houses and their contents were demolished and a five-story apartment building was partially destroyed. This left more than 50 families (approximately 500 people) homeless.
The indiscriminate shelling of the area also killed a Palestinian civilian and an officer of the Palestinian Military Liaison Forces. The shelling also wounded 27 people, four of whom were of medical personnel. The wounded were evacuated to hospitals in Khan Yunis and Gaza City.
Hani Mousa Abu Rezeq, 25, from Khan Yunis, was wounded with artillery shell shrapnel throughout the body and evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis where he arrived in critical condition.
Major Elias ‘Eid, 50, was critically wounded with a live bullet to the head and evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. This morning, the two were pronounced dead at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis and Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
Furthermore, four nurses of the Palestine Red Crescent Society and the Palestinian Military Medical Service were wounded while they were treating the wounded. They are:
1) Na’im Khaled Rashid Abu ‘Amer, 26, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
2) ‘Awad ‘Obeid Abu Hadayed, 27, who suffered from bruises in the right hand;
3) Mohammed Khalil El-Qadhi, 22, who suffered from bruises in the right ankle; and
4) Haitham Abu Mo’eileq, 29, who suffered from bruises.
The other wounded were:
1) Saber Hussein Abu ‘Obeid, 34, who was wounded with several live bullets in the abdomen and the right shoulders and evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City;
2) Subhi Hassan Abu Namous, 30, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right eye, resulting in the loss of his eye, and was evacuated to the optical hospital in Gaza City;
3) Captain ‘Ayesh El-Majdalawi, 30, of the Palestinian Military Liaison Forces, who was wounded with a live bullet in the lower jaw;
4) Mohammed ‘Abdel-Latif Abu To’eima, 18, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right foot;
5) Ramzi Mohammed El-Jakhbir, 25, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right ear;
6) Mousa ‘Abdel-Karim ‘Awad, 30, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
7) Nasser Mohammed Mousa, 27, who was wounded with shrapnel in the face;
8) Zaki Madhi Abu Madhi, 37, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
9) Mohammed Zuhair Abu El-Nemer, 18, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head and the abdomen;
10) Khaled Hussein Abu ‘Obeida, 30, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
11) Ziad Mahmoud ‘Amer, 27, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right side;
12) ‘Abdel-Karim Mahmoud El-Farra, 21, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
13) Mohammed Subhi Shna’a, 20, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand;
14) Subhi Jom’a Abu Namous, 30, who suffered broken legs;
15) Ahmed Mohammed Barakat, 23, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head;
16) Ibrahim Mahmoud ‘Amer, 34, who was wounded with shrapnel in the pelvis and the foot;
17) ‘Ali Tafiq El-Sheikh Salameh, 30, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
18) Khaled Hassan Abu Namous, 31, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
19) ‘Atteya Hassan Abu Namous, 26, who was wounded with shrapnel in the hands and the head;
20) Nahla ‘Atta Abu ‘Awadh, 19, who was wounded with shrapnel in the nose;
21) Sa’dia Meqdad, 20, who was wounded with shrapnel in both feet;
22) Mo’in Ahmed Zayed, 21, who was wounded with shrapnel near the left eye; and
23) Ahmed ‘Atef Mahdi, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right hand.
The following houses and their contents were also demolished or destroyed:
1) a 190-square-meter house, in which four families consisting of 15 people used to live, owned by Salem ‘Ali Salem Abu ‘Obeida;
2) a 320-square-meter house, in which two families consisting of 14 people used to live, owned by Khalil Mohammed Salameh Abu Zarqa;
3) a 250-square-meter house, in which 7 people used to live, and a rented commercial store, owned by Hassan Suleiman Abu ‘Obeida;
4) a 200-square-meter house, in which 8 people used to live, owned by Amin Suleiman Mohammed Abu ‘Obeida;
5) a 300-square-meter house, in which 10 people used to live, owned by Safeya Mosallam Zayed Abu ‘Obeida;
6) a 240-square-meter house, in which 14 people used to live, owned by Suleiman Mousa Suleiman Abu Mousa;
7) a 250-square-meter house, in which four families consisting of 31 people used to live, owned by Hammoud Hamdan Radwan Abu Radwan;
8) a 300-square-meter house, in which five families consisting of 30 people used to live, owned by Jaber Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Radwan;
9) a 200-square-meter house, in which two families consisting of 25 people used to live, owned by Ahmed Hassan Mahmoud Abu Radwan;
10) a 100-square-meter house, in which one person used to live, owned by Mousa Hassan Abu Louz;
11) a 200-square-meter house, in which two families consisting of 20 people used to live, owned by Hussein Ahmed Abu Khoreis;
12) a 350-square-meter house, in which 19 people used to live, owned by Jehad and Ziad Hussein Abu Khoreis;
13) a 160-square-meter house, in which 20 people used to live, owned by Kefaya ‘Atteya Abu Namous and Hassan Mohammed Abu Namous;
14) a 100-square-meter house, in which 12 people used to live, owned by Shokolata Mohammed Abu Namous;
15) a 220-square-meter house, and a 230-square-meter house, in which 10 people used to live, owned by Jalal Khalil Abu Louz;
16) a 220-square-meter house, in which one person used to live, owned by Hajer Mohammed Salameh Abu Louz;
17) a 250-square-meter house, in which 11 people used to live, owned by Jehad Khalil Mohammed Abu Louz;
18) a 180-square-meter house, owned by Jehad Khalil Mohammed Abu Louz (partially demolished);
19) a 125-square-meter house, in which 4 people used to live, owned by Ibrahim Khader Shehadeh ‘Amer;
20) a 135-square-meter house, in which 6 people used to live, owned by Khader Shehadeh ‘Abdel-Qader ‘Amer;
21) a 150-square-meter house, in which 11 people used to live, owned by Hussein ‘Ali Mohammed Abu Louz;
22) a 100-square-meter house, in which 8 people used to live, owned by Amin Mohammed Sha’ban El-Tabesh;
23) a 100-square-meter house, in which 7 people used to live, owned by Akram and Anwar Mohammed Sha’ban El-Tabesh;
24) a 90-square-meter house, in which 10 people used to live, owned by ‘Abdel-Hafez Mahmoud Mohammed Abu Shoqeir;
25) a 90-square-meter house, in which two families consisting of 9 people used to live, owned by ‘Ali Mahmoud Mohammed Abu Shoqeir;
26) a 200-square-meter house, in which 10 people used to live, owned by Mohammed Ahmed ‘Ayesh Mohammed;
27) a 250-square-meter house, uninhibited, owned by Subhi Khalil Abu Louz;
28) a 140-square-meter house, in which 8 people used to live, owned by Mohammed Ibrahim Abu ‘Awadh;
29) a 400-square-meter house, in which 12 people used to live, owned by Kamel Mohammed Abu ‘Aker; and
30) a 250-square-meter, five-story house, in which 18 people used to live (partially demolished), owned by ‘Abdullah Shoreiqi Abu ‘Obeida.
In addition, PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported the attack damaged a number of Palestinian houses, as follows:
1) Four artillery shells hit a 90-square-meter, two-story house, in which 12 people live, owned by Suleiman Hussein Zayed Abu Mukheimer, making 20-cm holes in walls and destroying windows.
2) An artillery shell hit a 180-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 11 people live, owned by Ossama ‘Atteya Khalil Abu Ammouna, damaging its roof.
3) An artillery shell and a number of bullets hit a 120-square-meter, two-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Samir ‘Abdel-Rahman Salameh, making holes in its walls and destroying a number of its windows.
4) Four artillery shells hit a 70-square-meter, one-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Marwan Mustafa Mohammed Meqdad, severely damaging its walls. Residents of the house were inside it at the time, the owner’s daughter was wounded (see above.)
5) An artillery shell hit a 150-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which nine people live, owned by Mohammed Shehdeh Abu Sahloul, damaging its roof.
6) An artillery shell hit a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Fatema Salem Jom’a Abu Namous, damaging its roof and destroying a water saving tank.
7) An artillery shell hit the façade of a 180-square-meter, three-story house, owned by making a six-square-meter hole in the façade. The owner of the house and journalists were wounded (see above.)
8) An artillery shell hit a 120-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Bassam Ibrahim ‘Atteya Abu Namous, destroying its roof and water saving tanks.
9) An artillery shell and a number of bullets hit a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which ten people live, owned by Ahmed Mohammed Abu ‘Obeid, making holes in its walls and destroying its roof.
9 apr 2001
Early in the morning, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in Homesh settlement, to the southeast of Seilat Al-Zhaher in Jenin, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the village. A house in which eight people live, and car, all owned by Yousef Mohammed Hantoul, were severely damged.
At approximately 10:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian residential area in Bitounia near Ramallah. Bullets hit walls of Bitounia secondary school for girls. The more than 500 students were terrified and five of them fainted. Furthermore, a number of children in a nearby kindergarten suffered from nervous breakdowns.
At approximately 10:15 local time, a 16-year-old from Khan Yunis, Mousa Ahmed ‘Eid Zo’rob, was wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell, severing three fingers of his hand and injured him in the left leg.
PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the shell had fallen into the yard in front of the family’s house in Al-Nemsawi neighborhood in the west of Khan Yunis exploded. The child was playing with the shell when it exploded, injuring him.
At approximately 17:00 local time, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Gaza Valley area, Hania Suleiman Khader El-Nomeili, was grazing animals in an area approximately 600m west of the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. She stepped on a remaining portion of a shell that exploded.
As a result, she was seriously wounded and evacuated to a clinic in Nusseirat refugee camp and from there to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. According to a medical report by Shifa’ hospital, her right foot and ankle and the sole of her left foot were severed.
At approximately 18:00 local time, the child Khader Ibrahim ‘Eissa, 12, from Al-Khader village in Bethlehem, was wounded with shrapnel in the chest when the Israeli occupation forces fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at the village.
Early in the morning, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in Homesh settlement, to the southeast of Seilat Al-Zhaher in Jenin, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the village. A house in which eight people live, and car, all owned by Yousef Mohammed Hantoul, were severely damged.
At approximately 10:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian residential area in Bitounia near Ramallah. Bullets hit walls of Bitounia secondary school for girls. The more than 500 students were terrified and five of them fainted. Furthermore, a number of children in a nearby kindergarten suffered from nervous breakdowns.
At approximately 10:15 local time, a 16-year-old from Khan Yunis, Mousa Ahmed ‘Eid Zo’rob, was wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell, severing three fingers of his hand and injured him in the left leg.
PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that the shell had fallen into the yard in front of the family’s house in Al-Nemsawi neighborhood in the west of Khan Yunis exploded. The child was playing with the shell when it exploded, injuring him.
At approximately 17:00 local time, a 14-year-old eighth-grader from Gaza Valley area, Hania Suleiman Khader El-Nomeili, was grazing animals in an area approximately 600m west of the eastern border of the Gaza Strip. She stepped on a remaining portion of a shell that exploded.
As a result, she was seriously wounded and evacuated to a clinic in Nusseirat refugee camp and from there to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. According to a medical report by Shifa’ hospital, her right foot and ankle and the sole of her left foot were severed.
At approximately 18:00 local time, the child Khader Ibrahim ‘Eissa, 12, from Al-Khader village in Bethlehem, was wounded with shrapnel in the chest when the Israeli occupation forces fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at the village.
8 apr 2001
At approximately 14:30 local time, a 21-month-old child from Al-Khader village in Bethlehem, Amani Mohammed Yousef Ghoneim, was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left side of the head.
Amani was with her mother Nawal Khalil Ghoneim, 38, and her brother Mahmoud, 10, on their way to a village clinic when Israeli soldiers who were chasing Palestinian demonstrators in the village opened fire on the family. Amani is still receiving medical care at Al-Maqased hospital in Jerusalem.
She is in critical condition, suffering from a fractured skull and a hemorrhage.
At approximately 17:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the so-called “Ofra” military site south of Bitounia near Ramallah, shelled the Palestinian President’s Guards (Force 17) in Bitounia.
As a result, Tayseer Thiab ‘Ayad El-‘Ammouri, 45, living near the targeted site, was killed with several medium caliber bullets in the head. PCHR learnt that El-‘Ammouri had suffered from mental illness as a result of torture during his detention by Israel.
At approximately 19:20 local time, Israeli occupation forces near Neve Dekalim and Al-Tuffah roadblock west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, used heavy weapons to shell Palestinian houses in Al-Nemsawi (the Austrian) neighborhood to the west of the refugee camp. The shelling lasted for half an hour and caused severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses.
At approximately 21:10 local time, Israel fired two surface-to-surface missiles from locations inside Israel at the headquarters of Fatah Movement in Beit Lahia and the police station of Beit Lahia, destroying both sites. Furthermore, seven Palestinian civilians were wounded as follows:
1) Zeina Sa’id Zo’rob, 60, who was wounded with shrapnel throughout the body;
2) the Mahmoud Khamis Abu Sultan; 10, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head;
3) Khamis Mahmoud Sultan, 31, who suffered from bruises, fainting and difficulties in breathing due to a nervous breakdown;
4) Fatema Shehadeh Sultan, 35, who fainted and suffered from bruises;
5) Jalal Mousa Rajab, 22, who fainted;
6) Saber Fahmi Zo’rob, 25, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right wrist; and
7) Wae’l Mesbah El-‘Arini, 28, who suffered from a twisted ankle as a result of a fall from a wall when trying to escape.
In his testimony to PCHR, Saber Zo’rob, one of the wounded, said:
“At approximately 21:00 (local time), I was with my wife and children having dinner in hour house, approximately 30m away from Beit Lahia police station, when we heard a sound of a heavy explosion inside the house. We were terrified, as smoke spread throughout the house and the power was cut. May wife, pregnant in the ninth month, fainted, and I and my mother were wounded with shrapnel and were evacuated to hospital.”
The shelling also caused severe damage to a number of houses and facilities as follows:
1) The roof and the western fence of a 100-square-meter house, in which seven people live, owned by Khamis Mahmoud Sultan, collapsed.
2) A 140-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 12 people live, owned by Jom’a Mahmoud Sultan, was largely destroyed, as its roof and western part collapsed.
3) Three windows and two doors were destroyed, the roof was partially destroyed and walls cracked in a 60-square-meter house, tin-roofed house, in which seven people live, owned by Saber Fahmi Zo’rob.
4) Four windows broke and walls cracked in a 150-square-meter house, in which three people live, owned by Nasser Fahmi Zo’rob.
5) Four windows were broken, walls cracked, a water saving tank was destroyed in a 220-square-meter, two-story house, in which 14 people live; and windows of a car, a Volkswagen, were broken, all are owned by Ahmed Mohammed Hammouda.
6) Windows were broken and walls cracked in a 150-square-meter, two-story house, owned by Mohammed Ahmed Hammouda.
7) Six windows of a 180-square-meter, two-story house, in which ten people live, owned by Zuhair Ahmed Hammouda.
8) Front and back windows and front lights of a car, a 1984 Mercedes, owned by Rafiq Ahmed Hammouda, were broken.
9) Three windows of a 180-square-meter, two-story house, in which eight people live, owned by Mousa ‘Abdullah Hammouda, were broken.
10) The asbestos roof was partially destroyed and walls cracked in an 80-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which six people live, owned by ‘Awadh Mohammed Hammouda.
11) Nine windows, one door and glass of a balcony of a 220-square-meter, three-story house, in which 24 people live, owned by ‘Omar Khalil Ahmed. Furthermore, a glass door of a rented-out money exchange shop on the first floor was destroyed.
12) Five windows and glass of a balcony of a 200-square-meter, three-story house, in which 38 people live, owned by Mohammed Mahmoud El-Bal’awi, were destroyed.
13) Four windows of a 180-square-meter, three-story house, in which ten people live, owned by ‘Abdullah Mahmoud El-Bal’awi, were destroyed.
14) Four windows were broken and walls cracked in a 180-square-meter, three-story house, in which 11 people live, owned by Amin Ahmed Hammouda.
15) Four windows were broken and walls cracked in a 270-square-meter, two-story house, in which nine people live, owned by Mohammed Dhib Hammouda.
16) Four windows of a 300-square-meter, two-story house, in which eight people live, owned by ‘Abdullah Hassan Arna’out, were broken.
17) Four windows and five doors were destroyed in a 250-square-meter, one-story house, in which four people live, owned by Sa’id Akram Hammouda.
18) Four windows of a 200-square-meter, five-story house, in which 24 people live, owned by ‘Ashour ‘Abdel-Malek Dhib, were destroyed.
19) Three windows of a 180-square-meter, four-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by ‘Omar Nemer Hassouna, were destroyed.
20) Four windows of a balcony in a 190-square-meter, three-story house, in which 25 people live, owned by Saleh Yassin Abu ‘Awad, were destroyed.
21) Four windows and a door of a 180-square-meter, three-story house, in which 45 people live, owned by ‘Ali Nemer Hassouna, were destroyed.
22) Twenty-five windows, one door and a water saving tank of a 200-square-meter, three-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by ‘Adel Mohammed Hammouda.
23) Four windows and a door were broken and walls cracked in a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which nine people live, owned by Fuad Mustafa Abu Safi.
24) Five windows of a 200-square-meter, four-story house, in which 25 people live, owned by ‘Abdel-Rahman Ahmed Ahmed.
At approximately 22:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the border to the east of Deir El-Balah, fired an artillery shell that fell near a 180-square-meter, one-story house, in which seven people live, owned by Mustafa ‘Oudeh Abu Gharaba. The windows of the house and an irrigation network on Abu Gharaba’s nearby agricultural land were destroyed.
At approximately 22:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled the western part of Khan Yunis refugee camp and Al-Nemsawi neighborhood, using a new kind of artillery shells containing nails. The shelling lasted until 2:00 local time on the following day, during which 40 shells fell onto Palestinian houses and under-construction housing units, causing severe damage and terrifying Palestinian civilians, especially children.
Civilians were forced to evacuate their homes to avoid being wounded. An artillery shell fell onto a house in Al-Najjar neighborhood in the center of Khan Yunis, approximately 1,500m away from military sites of the Israeli occupation forces.
While inside his home located approximately 100m away from the Israeli forces, ‘Adel ‘Ali Abu ‘Obeida, 23, was wounded with artillery shell shrapnel in the left shoulder and evacuated to Al-Amal hospital in Khan Yunis for treatment. Furthermore, a number of Palestinian houses were severely damaged as follows:
1) The western and southern facades of six apartment buildings, owned by Al-Farra Company, were severely damaged, their walls were pot-marked and a number of their windows were destroyed.
2) The western and southern facades of two apartment buildings of Al-Nemswai neighborhood were severely damaged, and a number of their windows were destroyed.
3) An artillery shell hit a 100-square-meter, two-story house, in which 15 people live, owned by Salem ‘Abdel-Karim Abu ‘Obeida, damaging the asbestos roof of the second floor, a water saving tank and a water heater, and making holes 1-1.5cm in walls.
4) An artillery shell hit a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which ten people live, owned by Radhi Hussein Salem Abu Zarqa, making holes in its asbestos roof, a water saving tank and a water heater, and cutting electricity from the house.
5) An artillery shell hit a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 11 people live, owned by Mohammed ‘Ali Hassan Abu Zayed, damaging its asbestos roof, a water saving tank and a water heater.
6) An artillery shell hit a 200-square-meter, tin-roofed house, in which ten people live, owned by Ayman ‘Ali Abu ‘Obeida, damaging its roof.
7) An artillery shell and a number of live bullets hit a 260-square-meter, two-story house, in which 11 people live, owned by Khaled Mohammed Abu Louz, making holes in walls and destroying windows of the second floor.
8) An artillery shell and a number of live bullets hit a 190-square-meter house, in which eight people live, owned by Amin Salem Abu ‘Obeida, making holes in walls.
9) An artillery shell and a number of live bullets hit a 100-square-meter, two-story house, in which 11 people live, owned by Suleiman Hussein Abu Mokheimer, making holes in walls and destroying windows.
At approximately 14:30 local time, a 21-month-old child from Al-Khader village in Bethlehem, Amani Mohammed Yousef Ghoneim, was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left side of the head.
Amani was with her mother Nawal Khalil Ghoneim, 38, and her brother Mahmoud, 10, on their way to a village clinic when Israeli soldiers who were chasing Palestinian demonstrators in the village opened fire on the family. Amani is still receiving medical care at Al-Maqased hospital in Jerusalem.
She is in critical condition, suffering from a fractured skull and a hemorrhage.
At approximately 17:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the so-called “Ofra” military site south of Bitounia near Ramallah, shelled the Palestinian President’s Guards (Force 17) in Bitounia.
As a result, Tayseer Thiab ‘Ayad El-‘Ammouri, 45, living near the targeted site, was killed with several medium caliber bullets in the head. PCHR learnt that El-‘Ammouri had suffered from mental illness as a result of torture during his detention by Israel.
At approximately 19:20 local time, Israeli occupation forces near Neve Dekalim and Al-Tuffah roadblock west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, used heavy weapons to shell Palestinian houses in Al-Nemsawi (the Austrian) neighborhood to the west of the refugee camp. The shelling lasted for half an hour and caused severe damage to a number of Palestinian houses.
At approximately 21:10 local time, Israel fired two surface-to-surface missiles from locations inside Israel at the headquarters of Fatah Movement in Beit Lahia and the police station of Beit Lahia, destroying both sites. Furthermore, seven Palestinian civilians were wounded as follows:
1) Zeina Sa’id Zo’rob, 60, who was wounded with shrapnel throughout the body;
2) the Mahmoud Khamis Abu Sultan; 10, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head;
3) Khamis Mahmoud Sultan, 31, who suffered from bruises, fainting and difficulties in breathing due to a nervous breakdown;
4) Fatema Shehadeh Sultan, 35, who fainted and suffered from bruises;
5) Jalal Mousa Rajab, 22, who fainted;
6) Saber Fahmi Zo’rob, 25, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right wrist; and
7) Wae’l Mesbah El-‘Arini, 28, who suffered from a twisted ankle as a result of a fall from a wall when trying to escape.
In his testimony to PCHR, Saber Zo’rob, one of the wounded, said:
“At approximately 21:00 (local time), I was with my wife and children having dinner in hour house, approximately 30m away from Beit Lahia police station, when we heard a sound of a heavy explosion inside the house. We were terrified, as smoke spread throughout the house and the power was cut. May wife, pregnant in the ninth month, fainted, and I and my mother were wounded with shrapnel and were evacuated to hospital.”
The shelling also caused severe damage to a number of houses and facilities as follows:
1) The roof and the western fence of a 100-square-meter house, in which seven people live, owned by Khamis Mahmoud Sultan, collapsed.
2) A 140-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 12 people live, owned by Jom’a Mahmoud Sultan, was largely destroyed, as its roof and western part collapsed.
3) Three windows and two doors were destroyed, the roof was partially destroyed and walls cracked in a 60-square-meter house, tin-roofed house, in which seven people live, owned by Saber Fahmi Zo’rob.
4) Four windows broke and walls cracked in a 150-square-meter house, in which three people live, owned by Nasser Fahmi Zo’rob.
5) Four windows were broken, walls cracked, a water saving tank was destroyed in a 220-square-meter, two-story house, in which 14 people live; and windows of a car, a Volkswagen, were broken, all are owned by Ahmed Mohammed Hammouda.
6) Windows were broken and walls cracked in a 150-square-meter, two-story house, owned by Mohammed Ahmed Hammouda.
7) Six windows of a 180-square-meter, two-story house, in which ten people live, owned by Zuhair Ahmed Hammouda.
8) Front and back windows and front lights of a car, a 1984 Mercedes, owned by Rafiq Ahmed Hammouda, were broken.
9) Three windows of a 180-square-meter, two-story house, in which eight people live, owned by Mousa ‘Abdullah Hammouda, were broken.
10) The asbestos roof was partially destroyed and walls cracked in an 80-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which six people live, owned by ‘Awadh Mohammed Hammouda.
11) Nine windows, one door and glass of a balcony of a 220-square-meter, three-story house, in which 24 people live, owned by ‘Omar Khalil Ahmed. Furthermore, a glass door of a rented-out money exchange shop on the first floor was destroyed.
12) Five windows and glass of a balcony of a 200-square-meter, three-story house, in which 38 people live, owned by Mohammed Mahmoud El-Bal’awi, were destroyed.
13) Four windows of a 180-square-meter, three-story house, in which ten people live, owned by ‘Abdullah Mahmoud El-Bal’awi, were destroyed.
14) Four windows were broken and walls cracked in a 180-square-meter, three-story house, in which 11 people live, owned by Amin Ahmed Hammouda.
15) Four windows were broken and walls cracked in a 270-square-meter, two-story house, in which nine people live, owned by Mohammed Dhib Hammouda.
16) Four windows of a 300-square-meter, two-story house, in which eight people live, owned by ‘Abdullah Hassan Arna’out, were broken.
17) Four windows and five doors were destroyed in a 250-square-meter, one-story house, in which four people live, owned by Sa’id Akram Hammouda.
18) Four windows of a 200-square-meter, five-story house, in which 24 people live, owned by ‘Ashour ‘Abdel-Malek Dhib, were destroyed.
19) Three windows of a 180-square-meter, four-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by ‘Omar Nemer Hassouna, were destroyed.
20) Four windows of a balcony in a 190-square-meter, three-story house, in which 25 people live, owned by Saleh Yassin Abu ‘Awad, were destroyed.
21) Four windows and a door of a 180-square-meter, three-story house, in which 45 people live, owned by ‘Ali Nemer Hassouna, were destroyed.
22) Twenty-five windows, one door and a water saving tank of a 200-square-meter, three-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by ‘Adel Mohammed Hammouda.
23) Four windows and a door were broken and walls cracked in a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which nine people live, owned by Fuad Mustafa Abu Safi.
24) Five windows of a 200-square-meter, four-story house, in which 25 people live, owned by ‘Abdel-Rahman Ahmed Ahmed.
At approximately 22:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the border to the east of Deir El-Balah, fired an artillery shell that fell near a 180-square-meter, one-story house, in which seven people live, owned by Mustafa ‘Oudeh Abu Gharaba. The windows of the house and an irrigation network on Abu Gharaba’s nearby agricultural land were destroyed.
At approximately 22:30 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled the western part of Khan Yunis refugee camp and Al-Nemsawi neighborhood, using a new kind of artillery shells containing nails. The shelling lasted until 2:00 local time on the following day, during which 40 shells fell onto Palestinian houses and under-construction housing units, causing severe damage and terrifying Palestinian civilians, especially children.
Civilians were forced to evacuate their homes to avoid being wounded. An artillery shell fell onto a house in Al-Najjar neighborhood in the center of Khan Yunis, approximately 1,500m away from military sites of the Israeli occupation forces.
While inside his home located approximately 100m away from the Israeli forces, ‘Adel ‘Ali Abu ‘Obeida, 23, was wounded with artillery shell shrapnel in the left shoulder and evacuated to Al-Amal hospital in Khan Yunis for treatment. Furthermore, a number of Palestinian houses were severely damaged as follows:
1) The western and southern facades of six apartment buildings, owned by Al-Farra Company, were severely damaged, their walls were pot-marked and a number of their windows were destroyed.
2) The western and southern facades of two apartment buildings of Al-Nemswai neighborhood were severely damaged, and a number of their windows were destroyed.
3) An artillery shell hit a 100-square-meter, two-story house, in which 15 people live, owned by Salem ‘Abdel-Karim Abu ‘Obeida, damaging the asbestos roof of the second floor, a water saving tank and a water heater, and making holes 1-1.5cm in walls.
4) An artillery shell hit a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which ten people live, owned by Radhi Hussein Salem Abu Zarqa, making holes in its asbestos roof, a water saving tank and a water heater, and cutting electricity from the house.
5) An artillery shell hit a 100-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which 11 people live, owned by Mohammed ‘Ali Hassan Abu Zayed, damaging its asbestos roof, a water saving tank and a water heater.
6) An artillery shell hit a 200-square-meter, tin-roofed house, in which ten people live, owned by Ayman ‘Ali Abu ‘Obeida, damaging its roof.
7) An artillery shell and a number of live bullets hit a 260-square-meter, two-story house, in which 11 people live, owned by Khaled Mohammed Abu Louz, making holes in walls and destroying windows of the second floor.
8) An artillery shell and a number of live bullets hit a 190-square-meter house, in which eight people live, owned by Amin Salem Abu ‘Obeida, making holes in walls.
9) An artillery shell and a number of live bullets hit a 100-square-meter, two-story house, in which 11 people live, owned by Suleiman Hussein Abu Mokheimer, making holes in walls and destroying windows.
7 apr 2001
At approximately 5:30 local time, an Israeli occupation soldier fired upon Ibrahim Hammad Mohammed Abu ‘Oweili, 21, from Khan Yunis, wounding him with a live bullet in the chest. In his testimony to PCHR, the victim’s father said that his son was standing with his brother Mohammed, 32, and his uncle Mousa 49, in front of the family’s house in Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area in the northwest of Khan Yunis.
They were located approximately 70m away from the Israeli military position near Qatif settlement. He asserted that there were no clashes and the area was very quiet when he heard a sound of live bullet fired from the Israeli position. Then, he heard his son crying and saw him clutch the left side of his chest before falling onto the ground. The wounded young man was immediately evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, where he underwent surgery.
He was transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City on the following day where he is in the intensive care unit in critical condition.
At roughly 9:00 local time, approximately 100 Palestinian school children emerged from Nusseirat refugee camp and approached Al-Shuhada’ junction leading to Netzarim settlement south of Gaza City where they began throwing stones. Those soldiers opened fire on demonstrators, wounding two children as follows:
1) Mohammed Suhail Sakian, 15, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head; and
2) Tayseer Salem Abu Kumail, 7, with a live bullet in the right hand.
At approximately 16:20 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the so-called Ofra military site to the southwest of Bitounia town, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses and civilian facilities in Al-Masioun neighborhood in Ramallah, causing severe damage. These forces resumed firing heavy and medium caliber bullets at the same area, causing severe damage to a house owned by ‘Omar Mustafa El-‘Ali.
At approximately 21:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the branch road of Al-Matahen junction leading to Gush Qatif settlement block in the west, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the south of Deir El-Balah, located approximately 400m away from the forces’ positions. The shooting lasted until the morning of Sunday, April 8, 2001 and caused severe damage to a number of houses as follows:
1) Bullets made holes in walls and burnt a room and electricity meter of a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Radhi Suleiman Abu Boreis.
2) Bullets damaged the asbestos roof and a water saving tank of a 250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which five people live, owned by Subhi ‘Oudeh Tafesh.
3) Bullets made holes in walls and the roof and damaged some home tools of a 200-square-meter house, in which six people live, owned by Khaled Hassan Abu Dahrouj.
Furthermore, three Palestinian civilians were wounded with live bullets as follows:
1) ‘Ayed ‘Eid El-Hayawi, 50, who was wounded with several live bullets in both legs, and was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City for treatment;
2) Alla’ ‘Ayed El-Hayawi, 5, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg, and was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah for treatment; and
3) ‘Abed-Rabbo Hassan Abu Sobeitan, 56, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head, and was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah.
PCHR’s field officer in the middle area of the Gaza Strip reported that El-Hayawi and his daughter were wounded while inside their house, which is located approximately 400m from Israeli military positions.
He added that Abu Sobeitan is a member of the Palestinian Civil Defense, and was wounded while he was on duty, and extinguishing a fire in one of the shelled houses.
At approximately 5:30 local time, an Israeli occupation soldier fired upon Ibrahim Hammad Mohammed Abu ‘Oweili, 21, from Khan Yunis, wounding him with a live bullet in the chest. In his testimony to PCHR, the victim’s father said that his son was standing with his brother Mohammed, 32, and his uncle Mousa 49, in front of the family’s house in Al-Satar Al-Gharbi area in the northwest of Khan Yunis.
They were located approximately 70m away from the Israeli military position near Qatif settlement. He asserted that there were no clashes and the area was very quiet when he heard a sound of live bullet fired from the Israeli position. Then, he heard his son crying and saw him clutch the left side of his chest before falling onto the ground. The wounded young man was immediately evacuated to Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis, where he underwent surgery.
He was transferred to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City on the following day where he is in the intensive care unit in critical condition.
At roughly 9:00 local time, approximately 100 Palestinian school children emerged from Nusseirat refugee camp and approached Al-Shuhada’ junction leading to Netzarim settlement south of Gaza City where they began throwing stones. Those soldiers opened fire on demonstrators, wounding two children as follows:
1) Mohammed Suhail Sakian, 15, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head; and
2) Tayseer Salem Abu Kumail, 7, with a live bullet in the right hand.
At approximately 16:20 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the so-called Ofra military site to the southwest of Bitounia town, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses and civilian facilities in Al-Masioun neighborhood in Ramallah, causing severe damage. These forces resumed firing heavy and medium caliber bullets at the same area, causing severe damage to a house owned by ‘Omar Mustafa El-‘Ali.
At approximately 21:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the branch road of Al-Matahen junction leading to Gush Qatif settlement block in the west, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the south of Deir El-Balah, located approximately 400m away from the forces’ positions. The shooting lasted until the morning of Sunday, April 8, 2001 and caused severe damage to a number of houses as follows:
1) Bullets made holes in walls and burnt a room and electricity meter of a 200-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which four people live, owned by Radhi Suleiman Abu Boreis.
2) Bullets damaged the asbestos roof and a water saving tank of a 250-square-meter, asbestos-roofed house, in which five people live, owned by Subhi ‘Oudeh Tafesh.
3) Bullets made holes in walls and the roof and damaged some home tools of a 200-square-meter house, in which six people live, owned by Khaled Hassan Abu Dahrouj.
Furthermore, three Palestinian civilians were wounded with live bullets as follows:
1) ‘Ayed ‘Eid El-Hayawi, 50, who was wounded with several live bullets in both legs, and was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City for treatment;
2) Alla’ ‘Ayed El-Hayawi, 5, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg, and was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah for treatment; and
3) ‘Abed-Rabbo Hassan Abu Sobeitan, 56, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head, and was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah.
PCHR’s field officer in the middle area of the Gaza Strip reported that El-Hayawi and his daughter were wounded while inside their house, which is located approximately 400m from Israeli military positions.
He added that Abu Sobeitan is a member of the Palestinian Civil Defense, and was wounded while he was on duty, and extinguishing a fire in one of the shelled houses.
6 apr 2001
In the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and Israeli occupation forces positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet. The Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians, wounding:
1) Ahmed ‘Abdullah El-Fayoumi, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the right thigh;
2) Bashir Zuhair El-Ghoula, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the left arm;
3) Nedal ‘Emad Shehadeh, 16, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the abdomen;
4) Sameh Ismail El-Sarsak, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the abdomen;
5) Mousa Zuhair Hamdia, 15, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the right hand;
6) Naji Mohammed Miqdad, 23, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
7) Ra’ed Suleiman ‘Oweis, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the buttocks;
8) Hussam ‘Abdel-Karim El-Maidana, 16, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the right thigh;
9) Ra’fat Shehadeh Suleiman, 23, Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the left leg;
10) Nedal Ahmed El-Seiqali, 14, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the right leg; and
11) Mahmoud Khalil Barakat, 16, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, critically wounded with a live bullet in the head and was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
Also in the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, south of Gaza City, fired upon a number of Palestinian youth who were demonstrating approximately 150m south of the junction.
As a result, Mohammed Fuad Abu ‘Armana, 17, from Nusseirat refugee camp, was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh. He was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah for treatment.
Also in the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces near Bilal Ben Rabah mosque (Rachel’s Tomb) at the northern entrance of Bethlehem. The Israeli forces opened fire and used tear gas against Palestinian civilians, wounding:
1) Mahmoud Ibrahim Ramadan, 16, with a live bullet in the right thigh; and
2) Ahmed Ishaq Hamada, 23, with two live bullets in the hand and the back.
At approximately 17:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired at Halima ‘Abdel-Rahman El-Deiri, 70, from Deir El-Balah, wounding her with a live bullet in the left shoulder.
El-Deir was tending to her sheep that were pastured on her land, located approximately 300m to the south of Kfar Darom settlement in the east of Deir El-Balah, when she was fired upon from an Israeli military position near the settlement.
At approximately 17:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of Bilal Ben Rbah mosque (Rachel’s Tomb) in Bethlehem, and on Abu Ghoneim Mount fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in Al-‘Azza refugee camp near Bethlehem.
As a result, Lubna Nedal El-‘Eissa, 25, was wounded with shrapnel in the back, and a number of houses were severely damaged.
In the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and Israeli occupation forces positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet. The Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians, wounding:
1) Ahmed ‘Abdullah El-Fayoumi, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the right thigh;
2) Bashir Zuhair El-Ghoula, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the left arm;
3) Nedal ‘Emad Shehadeh, 16, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the abdomen;
4) Sameh Ismail El-Sarsak, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the abdomen;
5) Mousa Zuhair Hamdia, 15, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the right hand;
6) Naji Mohammed Miqdad, 23, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
7) Ra’ed Suleiman ‘Oweis, 17, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the buttocks;
8) Hussam ‘Abdel-Karim El-Maidana, 16, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the right thigh;
9) Ra’fat Shehadeh Suleiman, 23, Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the left leg;
10) Nedal Ahmed El-Seiqali, 14, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a live bullet in the right leg; and
11) Mahmoud Khalil Barakat, 16, from Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, critically wounded with a live bullet in the head and was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City.
Also in the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, south of Gaza City, fired upon a number of Palestinian youth who were demonstrating approximately 150m south of the junction.
As a result, Mohammed Fuad Abu ‘Armana, 17, from Nusseirat refugee camp, was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh. He was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah for treatment.
Also in the afternoon, clashes erupted between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces near Bilal Ben Rabah mosque (Rachel’s Tomb) at the northern entrance of Bethlehem. The Israeli forces opened fire and used tear gas against Palestinian civilians, wounding:
1) Mahmoud Ibrahim Ramadan, 16, with a live bullet in the right thigh; and
2) Ahmed Ishaq Hamada, 23, with two live bullets in the hand and the back.
At approximately 17:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired at Halima ‘Abdel-Rahman El-Deiri, 70, from Deir El-Balah, wounding her with a live bullet in the left shoulder.
El-Deir was tending to her sheep that were pastured on her land, located approximately 300m to the south of Kfar Darom settlement in the east of Deir El-Balah, when she was fired upon from an Israeli military position near the settlement.
At approximately 17:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of Bilal Ben Rbah mosque (Rachel’s Tomb) in Bethlehem, and on Abu Ghoneim Mount fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in Al-‘Azza refugee camp near Bethlehem.
As a result, Lubna Nedal El-‘Eissa, 25, was wounded with shrapnel in the back, and a number of houses were severely damaged.
5 apr 2001
At approximately 1:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces near Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, opened fire on a Palestinian security delegation consiting of: Major General ‘Abdel-Razeq El-Majaydeh, Head of the Palestinian National Security Forces; Major General Amin El-Hindi, Head of the Palestinian Intelligence Service; and Colonel Mohammed Dahlan, Head of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service in the Gaza Strip. Members of the delegation were on their way back to Gaza after a security meeting with their Israeli counterparts in the house of the US ambassador in Tel Aviv.
A 22-year-old Palestinian security man from Beit Lahia, Ahmed ‘Abdel-Qader Al-Neirab, was wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh. The members of the delegation unanimously agreed that the shooting was a willful targeted of them.
According to Colonel Dahlan and Al-Neirab, commanders of the Palestinian security services arrived at a house of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing in the north of the Gaza Strip, to which they had been transported by US Embassy cars. Approximately 20 guards were waiting for them. Major General El-Majaydeh and a number of guards got into his car, and began driving to Gaza, with another car driving with them in front. After one minute, Colonel Dahlan and a number of guards got into his car, and began driving to Gaza, with another car driving with them in front.
When the cars drove 30m, Israeli forces near Erez industrial zone, opened fire on them. After it was hit in the right side with four live bullets, Colonel Dahlan’s car immediately drove back to the Palestinian President’s house. The first car was hit with approximately 60 live bullets before its two occupants were able to jump out. One of them, Ahmed Al-Neirab, sheltered behind the concrete sidewalk of the street.
The shooting, which lasted for approximately 20 minutes, wounded Al-Neirab with a live bullet in the right thigh; his left shoulder was dislocated as a result of falling onto the ground. Approximately ten minutes after the shooting stopped, a Palestinian ambulance came and evacuated the wounded to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. The Palestinian security commanders left the area to Gaza City by armored vehicles at approximately 2:30 local time.
At roughly 8:00 local time, approximately 200 Palestinian children and youth emerged from Nusseirat refugee camp and approached Al-Shuhada’ junction leading to Netzarim settlement south of Gaza City. When the children were approximately 150m south of the junction, they began throwing stones at Israeli occupation soldiers positioned there.
Those soldiers opened fire on the demonstrators and Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance. PCHR’s field officer in the area reported the shooting of these live bullets was not heard and that the ambulance was hit with an explosive live bullet in its rear window fired from a silenced gun.
During these clashes, a 16-year-old minor from Nusseirat refugee camp, Ahmed Mahmoud El-‘Assar, was killed with a live bullet in the left side of hischest. In addition, six were wounded as follows:
1) Mohammed Sharif Hamdan, 16, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh;
2) Shadi Fathi El-‘Atawneh, 20, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right arm;
3) Mahmoud Mustafa Zaqout, 14, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head;
4) Mohammed Jamal Siam, 18, who was wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen;
5) Fadi Kamal Abu Hamdeh, 16, who was wounded with a rubber-coated bullet in the left eye; and
6) Mohammed Hamdi Helles, 22, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right foot.
In the morning, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians who were demonstrating near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet of Gaza City. As a result, four children and minors were wounded as follows:
1) Mohammed Nizar Abu Soleima, 15, from Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
2) Adham ‘Eissa Khuzeiq, 12, from Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
3) Ahmed Baker Helles, 13, from Al Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the mouth; and
4) Hatem Bassem El-Wadeya, 14, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right leg.
At roughly 7:30 local time, approximately 300 school children came from Beit Hanoun to demonstrate near the entrance of Erez industrial zone, which is controlled by the Israeli occupation forces in the north of the Gaza Strip. During clashes that lasted until the afternoon, the Israeli forces opened fire upon the demonstrators, wounding five as follows:
1) Rami Mohammed El-Z’anin, 16, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right leg;
2) Khaled Ahmed Zohod, 16, from Beit Lahia, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
3) Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Jarad, 17, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
4) Bilal Qassem Abu Setteh, 15, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right leg; and
5) Bilal ‘Abdel-Qader El-Basiouni, 15, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with two live bullets in the right foot and leg.
At approximately 9:10 local time, Israeli forces positioned on a bypass road in Al-Almaneya neighborhood east of Jenin, opened fire on a civilian car, in which three Palestinians working as plumbers nearby were traveling. PCHR learnt that no clashes occurred in the area then. Two laborers and the car’s driver, all from Broqin village in Jenin, were wounded as follows:
1) Mo’taz Mohammed Sobeh, 19, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head and was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Al-Ittihad hospital in Nablus (he was pronounced dead on April 10, 2001);
2) Khaled Ibrahim Mansour, 58, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head and shards of gladd in the left eye; and
3) Anwar ‘Ezzat Abu Hassan, 24, who received bruises and injuries throughout the body after he fell down during an attempt to escape from the car that was under fire.
At approximately 13:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned near Palestine Technical College “Khadouri” and Gishori factory in the west of Tulkarm, opened fire on a number of Palestinian children who were demonstrating approximately 300m away. Four children were wounded as follows:
1) Guevara Ahmed Jaber, 12, who was seriously wounded with a live bullet in the chest;
2) Majdi Salim Abu Safaqa, 12, who was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg;
3) Ahmed Fathi El-Zoghol, 13, who was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the face; and
4) Mo’taz Shakib, 15, who was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the chest.
In the afternoon, Israeli forces assassinated Eyad Nayef Hardan, 26, from ‘Arrabeh near Jenin. At approximately 14:40 local time, Hardan was using a phone across the street from the Palestinian Department of the Interior in Jenin, when the booth exploded, instantly killing him. Later, the Israeli occupation forces claimed responsibility for Hardan’s death.
Hardan was an Islamic Jihad activist and had been detained by the Palestinian National Authority since the beginning of November 1998. Before his death, he was detained in Jenin military prison, but he was allowed a few hours leave daily for his academic study.
Also in the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the border east of Jabalaya in the northern area of the Gaza Strip, fired at Ossama ‘Awadh El-Qanou’, a 26-year-old farmer from Jabalya, wounding him with a live bullet in the left leg.
When he was shot, El-Qanou’ was tending his land located approximately 500m away from the border. No clashes were reported in the area at that time.
At approximately 7:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at Salah El-Din Gate on the border in Rafah, fired three artillery shells, wounding four Palestinian civilians at the crossroads of ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street and Qeshta road, approximately 500m away from the Gate. It also destroyed the windows of a car whose driver tried to assist the wounded. The wounded were:
1) Mohammed ‘Ali El-Ghouti, 20, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
2) Rami ‘Ali Abu Jazar, 22, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right arm;
3) Mohammed ‘Abdullah El-Ghouti, 21, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head; and
4) Ayman Mohammed Tabasi, 30, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head.
At approximately 7:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned to the south of Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the northwest of Beit Hanoun, causing severe damage as follows:
1) Bullets made holes in walls and doors of a 280-square-meter, one-story house, in which 12 people live, owned by ‘Awni Yousef Mohammed Qassem;
2) Bullets made holes in walls of a 120-square-meter, one-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Mohammed Mohammed ‘Edwan;
3) Bullets made holes in walls and broke windows of a 240-square-meter, two-story house, in which 13 people live, owned by Abu El-‘Ezz Yousef Mohammed Qassem;
4) Bullets made holes in walls and the door of a balcony of a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which 21 people live, owned by Yousef Mohammed Qassem;
5) Bullets made holes in walls and broke windows of a 150-square-meter, three-story house, in which 32 people live, owned by ‘Abdel-‘Atti ‘Abdel-Majid Qassem;
6) Bullets made holes in walls of a 150-square-meter, four-story house, in which 30 people live, owned by ‘Abdel-Hadi ‘Abdel-Majid Qassem;
7) Bullets made holes in walls of a 220-square-meter, three-story house, in which 35 people live, owned by Jamal ‘Abdel-Majid Qassem;
8) Bullets made holes in the roof and a water saving tank of a 70-square-meter, tin-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Hatem Yousef Qassem;
9) Bullets made holes in walls of a 120-square-meter, four-story house, in which 35 people live, owned by Ahmed ‘Abdullah El-‘Athamneh; and
10) Bullets made holes in walls of a 180-square-meter, four-story house, in which 30 people live, owned by Ashraf Mohammed ‘Edwan.
At approximately 22:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces burst into area under the Palestinian National Authority’s control to the northwest of Netzarim settlement. Israeli forces fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses and civilian facilities, causing severe damage to the eastern and southern facades of a house owned by Mohammed Khader Darwish and a fuel station of Al-Je’el Company.
At approximately 23:45 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned on the border to the east of Beit Lahia, shelled a site of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service and a police station in the north of Beit Lahia. As a result, two Palestinian policemen and one civilian were wounded as follows:
1) Mohammed Mahdi El-Kahlout, 32, a policeman, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left thigh, when he was at the police station;
2) Mohammed ‘Othman ‘Ali, 25, a policeman, who suffered from bruises throughout the body after having fallen; and
3) Mahmoud Ibrahim Zaqout, 30, a civilian from Jbalya refugee camp, who suffered from bruises throughout the body after having fallem.
The material damage was as follows:
1) Most of the walls of a 300-square-meter, two story police compound were destroyed and its contents burnt; and
2) A 120-square-meter, two-story compound of the Military Intelligence Service was partially destroyed and a tower at its gate was completely destroyed.
At approximately 1:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces near Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, opened fire on a Palestinian security delegation consiting of: Major General ‘Abdel-Razeq El-Majaydeh, Head of the Palestinian National Security Forces; Major General Amin El-Hindi, Head of the Palestinian Intelligence Service; and Colonel Mohammed Dahlan, Head of the Palestinian Preventive Security Service in the Gaza Strip. Members of the delegation were on their way back to Gaza after a security meeting with their Israeli counterparts in the house of the US ambassador in Tel Aviv.
A 22-year-old Palestinian security man from Beit Lahia, Ahmed ‘Abdel-Qader Al-Neirab, was wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh. The members of the delegation unanimously agreed that the shooting was a willful targeted of them.
According to Colonel Dahlan and Al-Neirab, commanders of the Palestinian security services arrived at a house of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing in the north of the Gaza Strip, to which they had been transported by US Embassy cars. Approximately 20 guards were waiting for them. Major General El-Majaydeh and a number of guards got into his car, and began driving to Gaza, with another car driving with them in front. After one minute, Colonel Dahlan and a number of guards got into his car, and began driving to Gaza, with another car driving with them in front.
When the cars drove 30m, Israeli forces near Erez industrial zone, opened fire on them. After it was hit in the right side with four live bullets, Colonel Dahlan’s car immediately drove back to the Palestinian President’s house. The first car was hit with approximately 60 live bullets before its two occupants were able to jump out. One of them, Ahmed Al-Neirab, sheltered behind the concrete sidewalk of the street.
The shooting, which lasted for approximately 20 minutes, wounded Al-Neirab with a live bullet in the right thigh; his left shoulder was dislocated as a result of falling onto the ground. Approximately ten minutes after the shooting stopped, a Palestinian ambulance came and evacuated the wounded to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City. The Palestinian security commanders left the area to Gaza City by armored vehicles at approximately 2:30 local time.
At roughly 8:00 local time, approximately 200 Palestinian children and youth emerged from Nusseirat refugee camp and approached Al-Shuhada’ junction leading to Netzarim settlement south of Gaza City. When the children were approximately 150m south of the junction, they began throwing stones at Israeli occupation soldiers positioned there.
Those soldiers opened fire on the demonstrators and Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance. PCHR’s field officer in the area reported the shooting of these live bullets was not heard and that the ambulance was hit with an explosive live bullet in its rear window fired from a silenced gun.
During these clashes, a 16-year-old minor from Nusseirat refugee camp, Ahmed Mahmoud El-‘Assar, was killed with a live bullet in the left side of hischest. In addition, six were wounded as follows:
1) Mohammed Sharif Hamdan, 16, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh;
2) Shadi Fathi El-‘Atawneh, 20, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right arm;
3) Mahmoud Mustafa Zaqout, 14, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head;
4) Mohammed Jamal Siam, 18, who was wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen;
5) Fadi Kamal Abu Hamdeh, 16, who was wounded with a rubber-coated bullet in the left eye; and
6) Mohammed Hamdi Helles, 22, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right foot.
In the morning, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians who were demonstrating near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet of Gaza City. As a result, four children and minors were wounded as follows:
1) Mohammed Nizar Abu Soleima, 15, from Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
2) Adham ‘Eissa Khuzeiq, 12, from Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh;
3) Ahmed Baker Helles, 13, from Al Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the mouth; and
4) Hatem Bassem El-Wadeya, 14, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right leg.
At roughly 7:30 local time, approximately 300 school children came from Beit Hanoun to demonstrate near the entrance of Erez industrial zone, which is controlled by the Israeli occupation forces in the north of the Gaza Strip. During clashes that lasted until the afternoon, the Israeli forces opened fire upon the demonstrators, wounding five as follows:
1) Rami Mohammed El-Z’anin, 16, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right leg;
2) Khaled Ahmed Zohod, 16, from Beit Lahia, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
3) Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Jarad, 17, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg;
4) Bilal Qassem Abu Setteh, 15, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with a live bullet in the right leg; and
5) Bilal ‘Abdel-Qader El-Basiouni, 15, from Beit Hanoun, who was wounded with two live bullets in the right foot and leg.
At approximately 9:10 local time, Israeli forces positioned on a bypass road in Al-Almaneya neighborhood east of Jenin, opened fire on a civilian car, in which three Palestinians working as plumbers nearby were traveling. PCHR learnt that no clashes occurred in the area then. Two laborers and the car’s driver, all from Broqin village in Jenin, were wounded as follows:
1) Mo’taz Mohammed Sobeh, 19, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head and was evacuated to the intensive care unit at Al-Ittihad hospital in Nablus (he was pronounced dead on April 10, 2001);
2) Khaled Ibrahim Mansour, 58, who was wounded with a live bullet in the head and shards of gladd in the left eye; and
3) Anwar ‘Ezzat Abu Hassan, 24, who received bruises and injuries throughout the body after he fell down during an attempt to escape from the car that was under fire.
At approximately 13:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned near Palestine Technical College “Khadouri” and Gishori factory in the west of Tulkarm, opened fire on a number of Palestinian children who were demonstrating approximately 300m away. Four children were wounded as follows:
1) Guevara Ahmed Jaber, 12, who was seriously wounded with a live bullet in the chest;
2) Majdi Salim Abu Safaqa, 12, who was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left leg;
3) Ahmed Fathi El-Zoghol, 13, who was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the face; and
4) Mo’taz Shakib, 15, who was wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the chest.
In the afternoon, Israeli forces assassinated Eyad Nayef Hardan, 26, from ‘Arrabeh near Jenin. At approximately 14:40 local time, Hardan was using a phone across the street from the Palestinian Department of the Interior in Jenin, when the booth exploded, instantly killing him. Later, the Israeli occupation forces claimed responsibility for Hardan’s death.
Hardan was an Islamic Jihad activist and had been detained by the Palestinian National Authority since the beginning of November 1998. Before his death, he was detained in Jenin military prison, but he was allowed a few hours leave daily for his academic study.
Also in the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at the border east of Jabalaya in the northern area of the Gaza Strip, fired at Ossama ‘Awadh El-Qanou’, a 26-year-old farmer from Jabalya, wounding him with a live bullet in the left leg.
When he was shot, El-Qanou’ was tending his land located approximately 500m away from the border. No clashes were reported in the area at that time.
At approximately 7:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned at Salah El-Din Gate on the border in Rafah, fired three artillery shells, wounding four Palestinian civilians at the crossroads of ‘Omar Ben Al-Khattab Street and Qeshta road, approximately 500m away from the Gate. It also destroyed the windows of a car whose driver tried to assist the wounded. The wounded were:
1) Mohammed ‘Ali El-Ghouti, 20, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
2) Rami ‘Ali Abu Jazar, 22, who was wounded with shrapnel in the right arm;
3) Mohammed ‘Abdullah El-Ghouti, 21, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head; and
4) Ayman Mohammed Tabasi, 30, who was wounded with shrapnel in the head.
At approximately 7:30 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned to the south of Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip, fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in the northwest of Beit Hanoun, causing severe damage as follows:
1) Bullets made holes in walls and doors of a 280-square-meter, one-story house, in which 12 people live, owned by ‘Awni Yousef Mohammed Qassem;
2) Bullets made holes in walls of a 120-square-meter, one-story house, in which 18 people live, owned by Mohammed Mohammed ‘Edwan;
3) Bullets made holes in walls and broke windows of a 240-square-meter, two-story house, in which 13 people live, owned by Abu El-‘Ezz Yousef Mohammed Qassem;
4) Bullets made holes in walls and the door of a balcony of a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which 21 people live, owned by Yousef Mohammed Qassem;
5) Bullets made holes in walls and broke windows of a 150-square-meter, three-story house, in which 32 people live, owned by ‘Abdel-‘Atti ‘Abdel-Majid Qassem;
6) Bullets made holes in walls of a 150-square-meter, four-story house, in which 30 people live, owned by ‘Abdel-Hadi ‘Abdel-Majid Qassem;
7) Bullets made holes in walls of a 220-square-meter, three-story house, in which 35 people live, owned by Jamal ‘Abdel-Majid Qassem;
8) Bullets made holes in the roof and a water saving tank of a 70-square-meter, tin-roofed house, in which eight people live, owned by Hatem Yousef Qassem;
9) Bullets made holes in walls of a 120-square-meter, four-story house, in which 35 people live, owned by Ahmed ‘Abdullah El-‘Athamneh; and
10) Bullets made holes in walls of a 180-square-meter, four-story house, in which 30 people live, owned by Ashraf Mohammed ‘Edwan.
At approximately 22:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces burst into area under the Palestinian National Authority’s control to the northwest of Netzarim settlement. Israeli forces fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses and civilian facilities, causing severe damage to the eastern and southern facades of a house owned by Mohammed Khader Darwish and a fuel station of Al-Je’el Company.
At approximately 23:45 local time, Israeli occupation forces positioned on the border to the east of Beit Lahia, shelled a site of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service and a police station in the north of Beit Lahia. As a result, two Palestinian policemen and one civilian were wounded as follows:
1) Mohammed Mahdi El-Kahlout, 32, a policeman, who was wounded with shrapnel in the left thigh, when he was at the police station;
2) Mohammed ‘Othman ‘Ali, 25, a policeman, who suffered from bruises throughout the body after having fallen; and
3) Mahmoud Ibrahim Zaqout, 30, a civilian from Jbalya refugee camp, who suffered from bruises throughout the body after having fallem.
The material damage was as follows:
1) Most of the walls of a 300-square-meter, two story police compound were destroyed and its contents burnt; and
2) A 120-square-meter, two-story compound of the Military Intelligence Service was partially destroyed and a tower at its gate was completely destroyed.
4 apr 2001
At approximately 10:00 local time, approximately 70 school students from Nuseirat organized a peaceful march that moved towards Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City. Some of those students started to throw stones at Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at the junction. Those soldiers opened fire, wounding four students as follows:
1) Wasfi Nahedh Wasfi Weshah, 15, wounded with a live bullet in the left arm, and was evacuated to Palestine Red Crescent Society Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City for treatment;
2) Lu’ai Yousef Zaqout, 15, wounded with a live bullet in the chest, and was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City for treatment;
3) Bilal Jehad El-Qattawi, 17, wounded with a live bullet in the left hand, and was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah for treatment; and
4) Hassan Nassar, 17, wounded with shrapnel in the face, and was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah for treatment.
In the afternoon, similar clashes erupted near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, during which a 15-year old from Al-Remal neighborhood in Gaza City, Rami Rafiq Ismail ‘Enaya, was wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh.
He was evacuated to the Palestine Red Crescent Society Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City for treatment.
At approximately 17:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned on Jarzim Mount, to the south of Nablus, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Khellet Al-‘Amoud Neighborhood, Balatta refugee camp, Al-Kabrit Street and Amman Street, wounding:
1) Hassan Khalil Abu Mustafa, 19, with two live bullets in both feet;
2) Mohammed Medhat El-Kharraz, 14, seriously with shrapnel in the head;
3) Subhi Mohammed El-Sha’ar, 28, with shrapnel in the lower jaw;
4) ‘Abdel-Ra’uf Jamil Dweikat, 50, with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
5) ‘Abdel-Karim Hussein Saqef El-Heit, with shrapnel in the left leg;
6) Jamila Hassan El-Ghanama, 51, with shrapnel in the left foot;
7) Manal Tahsin El-Ghanama, 23, with shrapnel in the right elbow;
8) Mohammed ‘Omar El-Moghrabi, 17, wounded with shrapnel in the neck; and
9) Hani Mohammed Eshteiwi, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the face.
At approximately 20:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of Netzarim settlement, to the south of Gaza City, opened fire on Palestinian farms in Al-Moghraqa area, to the south of the settlement.
As a result, farmer Mousa Mohammed Abu ‘Oreiban, 38, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen. His entrails were also ruptured. He was evacuated to the Palestine Red Crescent Society Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City for treatment. At the time, Abu ‘Oreiban was farming approximately 500m to the south of Netzarim settlement when he was wounded.
At approximately 10:00 local time, approximately 70 school students from Nuseirat organized a peaceful march that moved towards Al-Shuhada’ (Netzarim) junction, to the south of Gaza City. Some of those students started to throw stones at Israeli occupation soldiers positioned at the junction. Those soldiers opened fire, wounding four students as follows:
1) Wasfi Nahedh Wasfi Weshah, 15, wounded with a live bullet in the left arm, and was evacuated to Palestine Red Crescent Society Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City for treatment;
2) Lu’ai Yousef Zaqout, 15, wounded with a live bullet in the chest, and was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City for treatment;
3) Bilal Jehad El-Qattawi, 17, wounded with a live bullet in the left hand, and was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah for treatment; and
4) Hassan Nassar, 17, wounded with shrapnel in the face, and was evacuated to Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir El-Balah for treatment.
In the afternoon, similar clashes erupted near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, during which a 15-year old from Al-Remal neighborhood in Gaza City, Rami Rafiq Ismail ‘Enaya, was wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh.
He was evacuated to the Palestine Red Crescent Society Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City for treatment.
At approximately 17:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned on Jarzim Mount, to the south of Nablus, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Khellet Al-‘Amoud Neighborhood, Balatta refugee camp, Al-Kabrit Street and Amman Street, wounding:
1) Hassan Khalil Abu Mustafa, 19, with two live bullets in both feet;
2) Mohammed Medhat El-Kharraz, 14, seriously with shrapnel in the head;
3) Subhi Mohammed El-Sha’ar, 28, with shrapnel in the lower jaw;
4) ‘Abdel-Ra’uf Jamil Dweikat, 50, with shrapnel in the right shoulder;
5) ‘Abdel-Karim Hussein Saqef El-Heit, with shrapnel in the left leg;
6) Jamila Hassan El-Ghanama, 51, with shrapnel in the left foot;
7) Manal Tahsin El-Ghanama, 23, with shrapnel in the right elbow;
8) Mohammed ‘Omar El-Moghrabi, 17, wounded with shrapnel in the neck; and
9) Hani Mohammed Eshteiwi, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the face.
At approximately 20:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of Netzarim settlement, to the south of Gaza City, opened fire on Palestinian farms in Al-Moghraqa area, to the south of the settlement.
As a result, farmer Mousa Mohammed Abu ‘Oreiban, 38, from Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded with a live bullet in the abdomen. His entrails were also ruptured. He was evacuated to the Palestine Red Crescent Society Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City for treatment. At the time, Abu ‘Oreiban was farming approximately 500m to the south of Netzarim settlement when he was wounded.
3 apr 2001
At approximately 11:00 local time, after an exchange of fire with a number of armed Palestinians, Israeli occupation forces, positioned on military observation towers in the west of Kfar Darom settlement in Deir El-Balah, indiscriminately opened fire on Palestinian civilians in the area.
As a result, Ibrahim Ahmed Abu El-Rous, 31, from Deir El-Balah, who was passing by the area, was wounded with shrapnel in the left forearm and in the head behind the left ear. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City for treatment.
At approximately 13:30 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned on military observation towers in the north of Kfar Darom settlement, fired at Hazem Subhi El-‘Abit, 18, from Deir El-Balah, wounding him with a live bullet in the left foot. He was evacuated to the Palestine Red Crescent Society Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the east of Kfar Darom settlement in Deir El-Balah, fired at Salma Hussein Abu Meghsib, 73, from a distance of approximately 400m, wounding her with a live bullet in the right hand. At the time, she was returning to her home.
In the evening, the Israeli occupation forces escalated their aggression when they resorted to combat helicopters and heavy guns to shell a number of Palestinian cities. They shelled sites of the Palestinian security services as well as security and civilian facilities in the cities of Rafah, Khan Yunis, Gaza and Ramallah.
At approximately 19:45 local time, combat helicopters of the Israeli occupation forces started to shell Rafah. Land-land missiles were also seen flying over the city before hitting their targets. PCHR’s field officer in Rafah reported the shelling, which lasted up to 20:30 local time, resulted in the following damage:
1) A missile hit an electricity transmitter near the headquarters of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, and cut electricity to the city.
2) A missile hit the headquarters of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, causing severe damage. No injuries among its members were reported.
3) A missile fell onto the yard of Al-Zahra’ UNRWA elementary school behind the headquarters of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, but it did not explode.
4) Two land-land missiles hit the main police station of the city, causing severe damage to one of its buildings. It also resulted in damage to the adjacent conference hall of Rafah governate whose windows were destroyed.
5) Three missiles fell onto agricultural area in Kherbet El-‘Adas neighborhood in the northeast of Rafah, but they did not explode.
6) A missile fell near a housing building in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, but it did not explode.
At approximately 20:00 local time, combat helicopters that flew over Gaza City started to shell the city. The shelling lasted for 30 minutes and targeted the building of the musical band of the Palestinian President’s Guards (Force 17) in Ansar Compound. The building and a maintenance facility of Force 17 also were completely destroyed. Furthermore, a number of missiles fell near sites of the Palestinian Marine Police and Civil Defense at the seashore, but no damage was reported.
These operations resulted in wounding dozens of Palestinian civilians. Forty-eight Palestinian civilians were evacuated to Al-Joneina hospital in Rafah, most of them were wounded with shrapnel and the rest suffered from suffocation and nervous breakdowns. Those who wounded with shrapnel were:
1) Ref’at Mahmoud Mattar, 24, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
2) Bassel Eyad El-Hams, wounded with shrapnel in the pelvis;
3) Zakaria Hassan El-Jamal, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
4) Mohammed As’ad El-‘Ennabi, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg and the right hand;
5) Kamel ‘Abdel-‘Azziz ‘Obeid, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
6) Suleiman Mansour El-Duheini, 29, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
7) Rami Mohammed Madhi, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the head and the left knee;
8) Mahrous ‘Eissa Abu Baker, 16, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
9) Nahedh ‘Oudeh Madhi, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the right elbow;
10) Rabah ‘Eid Mo’ammar, 38, wounded with shrapnel in the right thigh;
11) Amin Mohammed El-Jazzar, 29, wounded with shrapnel in the left forearm;
12) Mohammed Taleb El-‘Arja, 14, wounded with shrapnel in the face;
13) Ashraf Ahmed Joudeh, 24, wounded with shrapnel in the right knee;
14) Ashraf Sahwqi Madhi, 30, wounded with shrapnel in the right knee;
15) Raji Na’im ‘Ashour, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the right forearm;
16) Mohammed Khalil El-‘Ennabi, 21, wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
17) Mo’men ‘Ali Abu ‘Assaker, 12, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
18) Yahia ‘Atteya El-‘Azzazi, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
19) Ahmed Ahmed Sha’ban, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
20) Nasser ‘Ali Abu ‘Athreh, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the face;
21) Ayman ‘Omar Abu El-‘Oun, 10, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
22) Sharif Mohmoud El-‘Amoudi, 37, wounded with shrapnel in the left thigh;
23) Nasser Ibrahim Subeh, 37, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
24) Mohammed Rezeq Mattar, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
25) Ibrahim Salem El-Zameli, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
26) Khalil Hatem El-Moghrabi, 20, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
27) Khaled Zaki Zannoun, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
28) Ahmed Taha Abu Rezeq, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the left forearm and leg;
29) Anis ‘Ali Abu Muhsin, 34, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand; and
30) Hazem Ishaq Abu Rezeq, 16, wounded with shrapnel in the head.
Palestinian civilians in the targeted areas in Gaza City were terrified. Ten of them were transferred to Shifa' hospital in the city, suffering from bruises after having fell down during the shelling of the city.
At approximately 1:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses and farms, in the north of Khan Yunis.
As a result, two 180-square-meter houses that were under-construction and owned by ‘Abdel-Hakim Mohammed Ahmed El-Shanna and Mohammed Hashem El-Majaydeh, were severely damaged. In addition, greenhouses were damaged after having been hit with artillery shells and live bullets. They are owned by ‘Adel Mousa El-Astal, Dhib Ahmed El-Astal and Khamis Mousa El-Astal.
In the morning, Rami ‘Adnan El-Jamal, 22, from Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah, was wounded with shrapnel of live bullets in the head and the right hand, when the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian houses in the neighborhood. El-Jamal was in front of his house, approximately 500m to the north of a military site of the Israeli occupation forces on Tal Zo’rob, the source of fire.
At approximately 20:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled Palestinian house Al-Nemsawi (the Austrian) neighborhood in Khan Yunis. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of Al-Tuffah roadblock and Neve Dekalim settlement, in the west of Khan Yunis, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets up to 22:30 local time. The shelling resulted in severe damage to a number of houses and buildings.
Furthermore, four Palestinian civilians were wounded with shrapnel, while they were on the street, approximately 150m away from Al-Tuffah roadblock. They were:
1) Akram Semari El-‘Araj, 28, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the right leg;
2) Walid Semari El-‘Araj, 25, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the left forearm;
3) Shaima’ Mohammed El-‘Araj, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the right arm; and
4) Wae’l Fayez Mo’ammar, 20, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the right arm.
In the evening, Israeli occupation forces, positioned on Jarzim Mount, to the south of Nablus, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Khellet Al-‘Amoud, Khellet Al-Rohban and Al-Horsh neighborhoods in Nablus, causing damage to a number of houses
Attacks and Shooting on Palestinian Civilians by Settlers
In the morning, during curfew imposed on the part of Hebron under control by the Israeli occupation forces, Jewish settlers burst into Al-Aqtab mosque adjacent to the so-called Avraham Avino settlement, inside Hebron. They broke its doors and windows and partially damaged its furniture. They also stole a number of carpets and volumes of the Quran.
At approximately 11:00 local time, after an exchange of fire with a number of armed Palestinians, Israeli occupation forces, positioned on military observation towers in the west of Kfar Darom settlement in Deir El-Balah, indiscriminately opened fire on Palestinian civilians in the area.
As a result, Ibrahim Ahmed Abu El-Rous, 31, from Deir El-Balah, who was passing by the area, was wounded with shrapnel in the left forearm and in the head behind the left ear. He was evacuated to Shifa’ hospital in Gaza City for treatment.
At approximately 13:30 local time, Israeli occupation soldiers, positioned on military observation towers in the north of Kfar Darom settlement, fired at Hazem Subhi El-‘Abit, 18, from Deir El-Balah, wounding him with a live bullet in the left foot. He was evacuated to the Palestine Red Crescent Society Al-Quds hospital in Gaza City.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the east of Kfar Darom settlement in Deir El-Balah, fired at Salma Hussein Abu Meghsib, 73, from a distance of approximately 400m, wounding her with a live bullet in the right hand. At the time, she was returning to her home.
In the evening, the Israeli occupation forces escalated their aggression when they resorted to combat helicopters and heavy guns to shell a number of Palestinian cities. They shelled sites of the Palestinian security services as well as security and civilian facilities in the cities of Rafah, Khan Yunis, Gaza and Ramallah.
At approximately 19:45 local time, combat helicopters of the Israeli occupation forces started to shell Rafah. Land-land missiles were also seen flying over the city before hitting their targets. PCHR’s field officer in Rafah reported the shelling, which lasted up to 20:30 local time, resulted in the following damage:
1) A missile hit an electricity transmitter near the headquarters of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, and cut electricity to the city.
2) A missile hit the headquarters of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, causing severe damage. No injuries among its members were reported.
3) A missile fell onto the yard of Al-Zahra’ UNRWA elementary school behind the headquarters of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, but it did not explode.
4) Two land-land missiles hit the main police station of the city, causing severe damage to one of its buildings. It also resulted in damage to the adjacent conference hall of Rafah governate whose windows were destroyed.
5) Three missiles fell onto agricultural area in Kherbet El-‘Adas neighborhood in the northeast of Rafah, but they did not explode.
6) A missile fell near a housing building in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, but it did not explode.
At approximately 20:00 local time, combat helicopters that flew over Gaza City started to shell the city. The shelling lasted for 30 minutes and targeted the building of the musical band of the Palestinian President’s Guards (Force 17) in Ansar Compound. The building and a maintenance facility of Force 17 also were completely destroyed. Furthermore, a number of missiles fell near sites of the Palestinian Marine Police and Civil Defense at the seashore, but no damage was reported.
These operations resulted in wounding dozens of Palestinian civilians. Forty-eight Palestinian civilians were evacuated to Al-Joneina hospital in Rafah, most of them were wounded with shrapnel and the rest suffered from suffocation and nervous breakdowns. Those who wounded with shrapnel were:
1) Ref’at Mahmoud Mattar, 24, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
2) Bassel Eyad El-Hams, wounded with shrapnel in the pelvis;
3) Zakaria Hassan El-Jamal, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
4) Mohammed As’ad El-‘Ennabi, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg and the right hand;
5) Kamel ‘Abdel-‘Azziz ‘Obeid, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
6) Suleiman Mansour El-Duheini, 29, wounded with shrapnel in the head;
7) Rami Mohammed Madhi, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the head and the left knee;
8) Mahrous ‘Eissa Abu Baker, 16, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
9) Nahedh ‘Oudeh Madhi, 26, wounded with shrapnel in the right elbow;
10) Rabah ‘Eid Mo’ammar, 38, wounded with shrapnel in the right thigh;
11) Amin Mohammed El-Jazzar, 29, wounded with shrapnel in the left forearm;
12) Mohammed Taleb El-‘Arja, 14, wounded with shrapnel in the face;
13) Ashraf Ahmed Joudeh, 24, wounded with shrapnel in the right knee;
14) Ashraf Sahwqi Madhi, 30, wounded with shrapnel in the right knee;
15) Raji Na’im ‘Ashour, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the right forearm;
16) Mohammed Khalil El-‘Ennabi, 21, wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
17) Mo’men ‘Ali Abu ‘Assaker, 12, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
18) Yahia ‘Atteya El-‘Azzazi, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the right leg;
19) Ahmed Ahmed Sha’ban, 22, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
20) Nasser ‘Ali Abu ‘Athreh, 23, wounded with shrapnel in the face;
21) Ayman ‘Omar Abu El-‘Oun, 10, wounded with shrapnel in the left foot;
22) Sharif Mohmoud El-‘Amoudi, 37, wounded with shrapnel in the left thigh;
23) Nasser Ibrahim Subeh, 37, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
24) Mohammed Rezeq Mattar, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
25) Ibrahim Salem El-Zameli, 32, wounded with shrapnel in the left leg;
26) Khalil Hatem El-Moghrabi, 20, wounded with shrapnel in the right foot;
27) Khaled Zaki Zannoun, 25, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand;
28) Ahmed Taha Abu Rezeq, 19, wounded with shrapnel in the left forearm and leg;
29) Anis ‘Ali Abu Muhsin, 34, wounded with shrapnel in the left hand; and
30) Hazem Ishaq Abu Rezeq, 16, wounded with shrapnel in the head.
Palestinian civilians in the targeted areas in Gaza City were terrified. Ten of them were transferred to Shifa' hospital in the city, suffering from bruises after having fell down during the shelling of the city.
At approximately 1:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses and farms, in the north of Khan Yunis.
As a result, two 180-square-meter houses that were under-construction and owned by ‘Abdel-Hakim Mohammed Ahmed El-Shanna and Mohammed Hashem El-Majaydeh, were severely damaged. In addition, greenhouses were damaged after having been hit with artillery shells and live bullets. They are owned by ‘Adel Mousa El-Astal, Dhib Ahmed El-Astal and Khamis Mousa El-Astal.
In the morning, Rami ‘Adnan El-Jamal, 22, from Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah, was wounded with shrapnel of live bullets in the head and the right hand, when the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian houses in the neighborhood. El-Jamal was in front of his house, approximately 500m to the north of a military site of the Israeli occupation forces on Tal Zo’rob, the source of fire.
At approximately 20:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces shelled Palestinian house Al-Nemsawi (the Austrian) neighborhood in Khan Yunis. PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis reported that Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of Al-Tuffah roadblock and Neve Dekalim settlement, in the west of Khan Yunis, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets up to 22:30 local time. The shelling resulted in severe damage to a number of houses and buildings.
Furthermore, four Palestinian civilians were wounded with shrapnel, while they were on the street, approximately 150m away from Al-Tuffah roadblock. They were:
1) Akram Semari El-‘Araj, 28, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the right leg;
2) Walid Semari El-‘Araj, 25, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the left forearm;
3) Shaima’ Mohammed El-‘Araj, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the right arm; and
4) Wae’l Fayez Mo’ammar, 20, wounded with shrapnel of an artillery shell in the right arm.
In the evening, Israeli occupation forces, positioned on Jarzim Mount, to the south of Nablus, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at Khellet Al-‘Amoud, Khellet Al-Rohban and Al-Horsh neighborhoods in Nablus, causing damage to a number of houses
Attacks and Shooting on Palestinian Civilians by Settlers
In the morning, during curfew imposed on the part of Hebron under control by the Israeli occupation forces, Jewish settlers burst into Al-Aqtab mosque adjacent to the so-called Avraham Avino settlement, inside Hebron. They broke its doors and windows and partially damaged its furniture. They also stole a number of carpets and volumes of the Quran.
2 apr 2001
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of Bilal mosque (Rachel Tomb area) in Bethlehem and in Gilo and Abu Ghuneim Mount settlements, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at: a Palestinian house in Al-Mahd Street, the Paradise Hotel in Bethlehem, and a number of houses in ‘Aida and Al-‘Azzeh refugee camps.
As a result, seven Palestinian civilians were wounded, including Jessica ‘Abboud Safar, 4, who was wounded with shrapnel in the eye, the chest, the abdomen and pelvis. She was in critical condition and lost her right eye.
Also at approximately 15:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in Kherbet El-‘Adas area in the northeast of Rafah.
As a result, Fathi Salameh Hamdan Duheir, 55, was wounded with a heavy caliber bullet in the back. In his testimony to PCHR, Duheir said that he was in a balcony of his house when he was wounded. He was evacuated to Al-Joneina hospital in Rafah, where he underwent surgery to extract the bullet.
In the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces positioned at the border in Rafah, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Brazil refugee camp in Rafah.
As a result, the 13-year-old child Hiba ‘Aawdh Joheish, was wounded with shrapnel of live bullets in the right hand, while she was inside her family’s house, adjacent to the border.
At approximately 22:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in a military site in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim settlement in the west of Khan Yunis, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at a number of Palestinian houses in Al-Nemsawi (the Austrian) neighborhood in the city.
Housing units owned by Al-Farra Company and the fence of the western cemetery of the city were also hit.
Attacks and Shooting on Palestinian Civilians by Settlers
At approximately 1:00 local time, a number of Jewish settlers living in the so-called Avraham Avino settlement center in Hebron exploded gas filled jars in front of Palestinian commercial stores and the aforementioned mentioned bakery during a curfew imposed on the area by the Israeli occupation forces.
The bakery, which was burnt by settlers on the previous day and the two stores were completely destroyed. In addition, a nearby mosque was partially damaged.
In the evening, a number of Jewish settlers from Keryat Arba’ settlement, in the east of Hebron, set fire to a civilian car owned by Wahid Qafisha while it was in front of his house in Sh’aba area, adjacent to the settlement. The car completely burnt.
At approximately 15:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in the vicinity of Bilal mosque (Rachel Tomb area) in Bethlehem and in Gilo and Abu Ghuneim Mount settlements, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at: a Palestinian house in Al-Mahd Street, the Paradise Hotel in Bethlehem, and a number of houses in ‘Aida and Al-‘Azzeh refugee camps.
As a result, seven Palestinian civilians were wounded, including Jessica ‘Abboud Safar, 4, who was wounded with shrapnel in the eye, the chest, the abdomen and pelvis. She was in critical condition and lost her right eye.
Also at approximately 15:00 local time, the Israeli occupation forces fired heavy and medium caliber bullets at Palestinian houses in Kherbet El-‘Adas area in the northeast of Rafah.
As a result, Fathi Salameh Hamdan Duheir, 55, was wounded with a heavy caliber bullet in the back. In his testimony to PCHR, Duheir said that he was in a balcony of his house when he was wounded. He was evacuated to Al-Joneina hospital in Rafah, where he underwent surgery to extract the bullet.
In the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces positioned at the border in Rafah, opened fire on Palestinian houses in Brazil refugee camp in Rafah.
As a result, the 13-year-old child Hiba ‘Aawdh Joheish, was wounded with shrapnel of live bullets in the right hand, while she was inside her family’s house, adjacent to the border.
At approximately 22:00 local time, Israeli occupation forces, positioned in a military site in the vicinity of Neve Dekalim settlement in the west of Khan Yunis, fired artillery shells and heavy and medium caliber bullets at a number of Palestinian houses in Al-Nemsawi (the Austrian) neighborhood in the city.
Housing units owned by Al-Farra Company and the fence of the western cemetery of the city were also hit.
Attacks and Shooting on Palestinian Civilians by Settlers
At approximately 1:00 local time, a number of Jewish settlers living in the so-called Avraham Avino settlement center in Hebron exploded gas filled jars in front of Palestinian commercial stores and the aforementioned mentioned bakery during a curfew imposed on the area by the Israeli occupation forces.
The bakery, which was burnt by settlers on the previous day and the two stores were completely destroyed. In addition, a nearby mosque was partially damaged.
In the evening, a number of Jewish settlers from Keryat Arba’ settlement, in the east of Hebron, set fire to a civilian car owned by Wahid Qafisha while it was in front of his house in Sh’aba area, adjacent to the settlement. The car completely burnt.
1 apr 2001
In the morning, a 12-year-old child from Deir Nezham village in the northwest of Ramallah, Lu’ai Mohammed Hussein El-Tamimi, was pronounced dead at Ramallah hospital.
The child was wounded on March 14, 2001 with a live bullet in the head fired by the Israeli occupation forces. On March 14, 2001, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians in Deir Nezham village who were attempting to stop these forces from storming into their village.
As a result, a number of Palestinian civilians were wounded, including the child El-Tamimi, who was shot from a distance of approximately 200m. The Israeli forces then prevented his evacuation to a hospital for approximately 65 minutes, which resulted in further deterioration in his condition. The child was clinically dead from 14 March until he physically died the morning of April 1, 2001.
Also in the morning, a number of Palestinian civilians, mostly school children, demonstrated more than 100m away from a military site of the Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip. PCHR’s field officer in the area reported that during the clashes that lasted until the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces fired live and rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators.
As a result, three civilians were wounded as follows:
1) Mohammed Ahmed Abu Jalhoum, 13, from Jabalya refugee camp, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
2) Mohammed Sa’id El-Zahhar, 16, from Al-Nasser neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with shrapnel in the eyes; and
3) Tal’at Saleh Abu ‘Asser, 22, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh.
In the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces, positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, fired at a number of Palestinian children who were demonstrating more than 100m away. As a result, a 13-year-old child from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood, Mohammed Riadh Joma’ Shamali, was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg.
At approximately 18:00 local time, Hassan Mousa El-Akhras, 20, from Rafah, was wounded with a live bullet in the left shoulder fired by the Israeli occupation forces. According to PCHR’s investigation, El-Akhras is mentally handicapped. He was approximately 100m away from the border, adjacent to Brazil refugee camp when he was shot. Clashes between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces were occurring in the area, but El-Akhras was not participating in them. According to PCHR’s documentation, El-Akhras was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh fired by the Israeli occupation forces on October 13, 2000.
Attacks and Shooting on Palestinian Civilians by Settlers
At approximately 6:00 local time, Jewish settlers set fire to three Palestinian commercial stores in the old city of Hebron. These stores, owned by the families of El-Shweiki and Abu Sneineh, were completely scorched.
Jewish settlers also set fire to a bakery owned by ‘Azmi El-Shweiki and Mohammed Abu Sneineh, which was completely burnt. According to eyewitnesses, settlers also obstructed the passage of fire engines of Hebron Municipality into the affected area.
At approximately 18:00 local time, a number of Jewish settlers burst into a commercial store owned by ‘Abdel-Fattah El-Qasrawi in Hebron. They broke its doors and plundered its goods.
At approximately 22:00 local time, Jewish settlers set fire to three Palestinian civilian cars near Kharsina settlement in the east of Hebron. The cars were completely burnt.
In the morning, a 12-year-old child from Deir Nezham village in the northwest of Ramallah, Lu’ai Mohammed Hussein El-Tamimi, was pronounced dead at Ramallah hospital.
The child was wounded on March 14, 2001 with a live bullet in the head fired by the Israeli occupation forces. On March 14, 2001, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinian civilians in Deir Nezham village who were attempting to stop these forces from storming into their village.
As a result, a number of Palestinian civilians were wounded, including the child El-Tamimi, who was shot from a distance of approximately 200m. The Israeli forces then prevented his evacuation to a hospital for approximately 65 minutes, which resulted in further deterioration in his condition. The child was clinically dead from 14 March until he physically died the morning of April 1, 2001.
Also in the morning, a number of Palestinian civilians, mostly school children, demonstrated more than 100m away from a military site of the Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of Erez industrial zone in the north of the Gaza Strip. PCHR’s field officer in the area reported that during the clashes that lasted until the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces fired live and rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters at Palestinian demonstrators.
As a result, three civilians were wounded as follows:
1) Mohammed Ahmed Abu Jalhoum, 13, from Jabalya refugee camp, wounded with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the head;
2) Mohammed Sa’id El-Zahhar, 16, from Al-Nasser neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with shrapnel in the eyes; and
3) Tal’at Saleh Abu ‘Asser, 22, from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in Gaza City, wounded with a live bullet in the right thigh.
In the afternoon, Israeli occupation forces, positioned near Al-Mentar (Karni) Outlet, to the east of Gaza City, fired at a number of Palestinian children who were demonstrating more than 100m away. As a result, a 13-year-old child from Al-Shojaeya neighborhood, Mohammed Riadh Joma’ Shamali, was wounded with a live bullet in the left leg.
At approximately 18:00 local time, Hassan Mousa El-Akhras, 20, from Rafah, was wounded with a live bullet in the left shoulder fired by the Israeli occupation forces. According to PCHR’s investigation, El-Akhras is mentally handicapped. He was approximately 100m away from the border, adjacent to Brazil refugee camp when he was shot. Clashes between Palestinian civilians and the Israeli occupation forces were occurring in the area, but El-Akhras was not participating in them. According to PCHR’s documentation, El-Akhras was wounded with a live bullet in the left thigh fired by the Israeli occupation forces on October 13, 2000.
Attacks and Shooting on Palestinian Civilians by Settlers
At approximately 6:00 local time, Jewish settlers set fire to three Palestinian commercial stores in the old city of Hebron. These stores, owned by the families of El-Shweiki and Abu Sneineh, were completely scorched.
Jewish settlers also set fire to a bakery owned by ‘Azmi El-Shweiki and Mohammed Abu Sneineh, which was completely burnt. According to eyewitnesses, settlers also obstructed the passage of fire engines of Hebron Municipality into the affected area.
At approximately 18:00 local time, a number of Jewish settlers burst into a commercial store owned by ‘Abdel-Fattah El-Qasrawi in Hebron. They broke its doors and plundered its goods.
At approximately 22:00 local time, Jewish settlers set fire to three Palestinian civilian cars near Kharsina settlement in the east of Hebron. The cars were completely burnt.