7 mar 2002
7 - 8 mar Black Friday
As part of a war against Palestinian refugee camps, Israeli occupying forces invaded and assumed control over Tulkarm and its two refugee camps. They killed 9 Palestinians, including two medical personnel (see the section of attacks on Palestinian medical personnel) and arrested and interrogated about 800 people, most of whom were released later.
According to investigations carried out by LAW – the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment – early in the morning, an elite Israeli unit moved into Nour Shams refugee camp in the east of Tulkarm.
They opened fire at Palestinians houses, killing Akram Hassan Ghanayem, 30, with an artillery shell, and Husni Nayef Hussein Khairallah, 32, with several live bullets in the chest and the right hand.
At approximately 02:30, approximately 120 Israeli military vehicles supported by three combat helicopters invaded Tulkarm. They opened fire indiscriminately in all directions. A number of Palestinian security men and gunmen confronted the invading forces. Five Palestinians were killed:
1. Yousef Mohammed Yousef Abu Shehada, 17, from Nour Shams refugee camp, killed by shrapnel from an artillery shell in the face and the chest;
2. Muhannad Amjad ‘Abdullah Abu Hilal, 17, from Tulkarm city, killed by several live bullets in the chest;
3. Tariq Zakaria Rafiq Abu Jamous, 18, from Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by several live bullets throughout the body;
4. Walid Mousa Ghanem, 25, from Tulkarm city, killed by a live bullet in the head; and
5. Shadi Tawfiq ‘Abbas, 20, from Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by a live bullet in the head.
In addition, 32 Palestinians were injured. The invading Israeli forces also seized two UNRWA schools and a commercial building transforming them into military outposts.
At approximately 19:00, two Israeli combat helicopters launched two air-to-surface missiles at a Palestinian police station in Jabalya refugee camp, causing severe damage and wounding 5 passing civilians:
1. Leila ‘Abed-Rabbu Saleh, 6;
2. Aaya Samir Darabeih, 10;
3. Ibrahim Rajab Al-Eskafi, 24;
4. Shadia Sabri Abu Zubeida, 18; and
5. Ussama Ibrahim Subeih, 28
At approximately 18:00, an Israeli tank at the western entrance to Tulkarm opened fire at an UNRWA ambulance, which was traveling approximately 100m away.
An ambulance officer, Kamal ‘Abdel-Rahman Salem, 35, from Tulkarm refugee camp, was killed by a heavy caliber bullet in the abdomen.
At approximately 19:50, an Israeli tank opened fire at an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society in the east of Tulkarm.
The ambulance driver, Ibrahim Mohammed As’ad, 38, from Nour Shams refugee camp, was killed by a heavy caliber bullet in the head.
In addition, Dr. Nabhan Al-Jallad, director of emergency at the hospital of Palestine Red Crescent Society in Tulkarm, was wounded by two live bullets in the feet.
Assassination and Extra-Judicial Killing
In a continuation of the policy of assassination formally adopted by the Israeli government, this week, Israeli occupying forces carried out three assassination attempts, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third.
At approximately 02:30 on Thursday, an elite Israeli unit reinforced with military vehicles and two helicopters raided the Palestinian National Authority controlled Sirris village, east of Jenin.
They attacked a Palestinian house apparently to assassinate Mohammed Saleh Suleiman Yassin, 28, an activist of the Islamic Jihad from ‘Aanin village near Jenin.
They fired at its doors and windows. When Yassin attempted to get out of the house, an Israeli combat helicopter fired at him. He was killed by several live bullets.
7 - 8 mar Black Friday
As part of a war against Palestinian refugee camps, Israeli occupying forces invaded and assumed control over Tulkarm and its two refugee camps. They killed 9 Palestinians, including two medical personnel (see the section of attacks on Palestinian medical personnel) and arrested and interrogated about 800 people, most of whom were released later.
According to investigations carried out by LAW – the Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment – early in the morning, an elite Israeli unit moved into Nour Shams refugee camp in the east of Tulkarm.
They opened fire at Palestinians houses, killing Akram Hassan Ghanayem, 30, with an artillery shell, and Husni Nayef Hussein Khairallah, 32, with several live bullets in the chest and the right hand.
At approximately 02:30, approximately 120 Israeli military vehicles supported by three combat helicopters invaded Tulkarm. They opened fire indiscriminately in all directions. A number of Palestinian security men and gunmen confronted the invading forces. Five Palestinians were killed:
1. Yousef Mohammed Yousef Abu Shehada, 17, from Nour Shams refugee camp, killed by shrapnel from an artillery shell in the face and the chest;
2. Muhannad Amjad ‘Abdullah Abu Hilal, 17, from Tulkarm city, killed by several live bullets in the chest;
3. Tariq Zakaria Rafiq Abu Jamous, 18, from Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by several live bullets throughout the body;
4. Walid Mousa Ghanem, 25, from Tulkarm city, killed by a live bullet in the head; and
5. Shadi Tawfiq ‘Abbas, 20, from Tulkarm refugee camp, killed by a live bullet in the head.
In addition, 32 Palestinians were injured. The invading Israeli forces also seized two UNRWA schools and a commercial building transforming them into military outposts.
At approximately 19:00, two Israeli combat helicopters launched two air-to-surface missiles at a Palestinian police station in Jabalya refugee camp, causing severe damage and wounding 5 passing civilians:
1. Leila ‘Abed-Rabbu Saleh, 6;
2. Aaya Samir Darabeih, 10;
3. Ibrahim Rajab Al-Eskafi, 24;
4. Shadia Sabri Abu Zubeida, 18; and
5. Ussama Ibrahim Subeih, 28
At approximately 18:00, an Israeli tank at the western entrance to Tulkarm opened fire at an UNRWA ambulance, which was traveling approximately 100m away.
An ambulance officer, Kamal ‘Abdel-Rahman Salem, 35, from Tulkarm refugee camp, was killed by a heavy caliber bullet in the abdomen.
At approximately 19:50, an Israeli tank opened fire at an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society in the east of Tulkarm.
The ambulance driver, Ibrahim Mohammed As’ad, 38, from Nour Shams refugee camp, was killed by a heavy caliber bullet in the head.
In addition, Dr. Nabhan Al-Jallad, director of emergency at the hospital of Palestine Red Crescent Society in Tulkarm, was wounded by two live bullets in the feet.
Assassination and Extra-Judicial Killing
In a continuation of the policy of assassination formally adopted by the Israeli government, this week, Israeli occupying forces carried out three assassination attempts, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third.
At approximately 02:30 on Thursday, an elite Israeli unit reinforced with military vehicles and two helicopters raided the Palestinian National Authority controlled Sirris village, east of Jenin.
They attacked a Palestinian house apparently to assassinate Mohammed Saleh Suleiman Yassin, 28, an activist of the Islamic Jihad from ‘Aanin village near Jenin.
They fired at its doors and windows. When Yassin attempted to get out of the house, an Israeli combat helicopter fired at him. He was killed by several live bullets.
6 mar 2002
At approximately 01:10, Israeli military vehicles thrust approximately 700m into Palestinian agricultural land in the east of Jabalya refugee camp, under the cover of intense shelling. They seized all branch roads in the area. They shelled a site of Force 17 and later demolished it.
They also demolished the fences of a school and a society that provides medical and educational services for 400 handicapped children. Later, they moved northward and then eastward and destroyed the road they used.
At approximately 01:15, Israeli military vehicles thrust approximately 1200m into ‘Abassan village, east of Khan Yunis. Soon, they opened fire at Palestinian houses. Palestinian civilians rushed towards the area to check the matter. Israeli forces fired at them, killing two:
1) Mufida Mohammed Khudeir Abu Daqqa, 47, shot by a live bullet in the head; and
2) Jamal Mohammed Salman Abu Hamad, 27, shot by a live bullet in the chest.
Then, the invading Israeli forces raided some Palestinian houses, including the house of ‘Abdel-Ghani ‘Abdel-Rahman Abu Daqqa, 57, who was shot dead in the head by the invading forces after they had checked his house. At approximately 05:00, the invading Israeli forces moved towards a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which seven persons used to live, owned by ‘Abed-Rabbu Barakat Khalil Abu Daqqa.
They ordered residents of the house to leave it and then destroyed it. A number of adjacent houses were also damaged.
At the same time, Israeli gunboats, supported by a helicopter, launched a missile and opened fire from heavy machine guns at sites of the Palestinian Naval Police in the northwest of Beit Lahia.
The missile hit a police car, killing a policemen, Jamil Samih Jamil El-Sabbagh, 37, from Jabalya, and injuring two other policemen. Two other policemen and a civilian were killed:
1) Maher Fu’ad Hamada, 20, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza;
2) Ahmed Fureij Abu Zhaher, 28, from Khan Yunis; and
3) ‘Eid Khalil El-Qumo’, 35, a civilian from Jabalya refugee camp.
At approximately 01:30, Israeli military vehicles thrust approximately 2km into Al-Qarara village, north of Khan Yunis. They raided and searched a number of Palestinian houses. Then, they demolished a 220-square-meter, two-story house, in which 12 persons used to live, owned by Mahmoud ‘Abdullah El-Sumeiri. They arrested his two sons, Yousef, 18, blind, and Mohammed, 20, a member of the Palestinian Naval Police.
They also raided the house of Dr. Khaled Ahmed Abu Zuneid, a professor at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, and detained him for several hours.
His wife, Fathia Abu Sawawin, was injured by shrapnel from a live bullet during the house raid. Before their withdrawal, Israeli occupying forces destroyed a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces.
At approximately 11:00, an Israeli F-16 fighter jet launched an air-to-surface missile at the headquarters of the Palestinian public security in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza, destroying it and severely damaging adjacent houses. A number of Palestinian civilians were also injured while trying to escape.
At approximately 19:50, medical sources at Al-Hussein Hospital in Beit Jala announced that Sa’ed ‘Ali Ibrahim Subeih, 12, from Al-Khader village in Bethlehem, succumbed to wounds sustained on 28 February after he was shot in the head by Israeli occupying forces who opened fire at Palestinian houses in the village.
Also in the evening, Palestinian medical sources announced that Mohammed ‘Abdel-Qader Hussein El-Rajoub, 21, a member of Force 17, from Dura village in Hebron, succumbed to wounds sustained on 5 March by Israeli occupying forces that shelled a site of Force 17.
At approximately 23:40, Israeli gunboats shelled a Palestinian police station and a site of the Naval Police in Sheikh ‘Ejlin area in Gaza. The two positions were totally destroyed and seven policemen were injured:
1) Isma’il El-Burdeini, critically injured by shrapnel in the abdomen;
2) Mohammed ‘Abdel-Ra’ouf Nejem, 34, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
3) Khaled Mohammed Dhiab, 31, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
4) Mohammed ‘Abdel-Karim El-Ashqar, 26, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
5) Ashraf El-Khatib, 20, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
6) Ashraf Abu Dhalfa, 29, injured by shrapnel throughout the body; and
7) Mustafa Khalil Abu Hatab, 30, sustained fractures in the feet and the upper arms
In the morning, Israeli occupying forces opened fire at school children in Seilat Al-Zhaher village, south of Jenin, wounding four:
1) ‘Adnan Samih Shehada Qararia, 17, seriously wounded by a live bullet that entered the right shoulder and settled in the liver;
2) ‘Alla’ Hassan Muraweh Hantouli, 12, wounded by a live bullet in the back;
3) Hani Rasmi ‘Aaref Hantouli, 13, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the right hand; and
4) Rami As’ad ‘Oleyan Hantouli, 13, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the left shoulder.
At approximately 15:15, Israeli occupying forces in an observation tower, south of “Nissanit” settlement in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at some Palestinian laborers who were approximately 500m away for no apparent reason.
‘Aatef Jom’a Maziad, 32, from Deir El-Balah, was wounded by a live bullet in the left eye, which he lost.
At approximately 15:30, Israeli occupation forces at a bypass road leading to “Alfe Menashe” settlement, south of Qalqilya, shot dead 18-year-old Mahdi Hassan Suleiman El-Qeissi, from Qalqilya, with several heavy caliber bullets, while he was walking in the area. They also kept his body and claimed that he had electric wires on his waist.
Assassination Operation
On Wednesday, an undercover Israeli unit fired at two Palestinian civilians who were walking on agricultural road near Burin village between Ramallah and Nablus.
One of them, Jamal Raja Zeid El-Kassawani, 24, from Ramallah, was killed by several live bullets, and the civilian who accompanied him and two other civilians were also wounded.
In the evening, the Israeli radio in Arabic stated that El-Kassawani was carrying a bag of bombs, but later it stated according to an Israeli military spokesman that he was killed by mistake and that the target was another person.
At approximately 01:10, Israeli military vehicles thrust approximately 700m into Palestinian agricultural land in the east of Jabalya refugee camp, under the cover of intense shelling. They seized all branch roads in the area. They shelled a site of Force 17 and later demolished it.
They also demolished the fences of a school and a society that provides medical and educational services for 400 handicapped children. Later, they moved northward and then eastward and destroyed the road they used.
At approximately 01:15, Israeli military vehicles thrust approximately 1200m into ‘Abassan village, east of Khan Yunis. Soon, they opened fire at Palestinian houses. Palestinian civilians rushed towards the area to check the matter. Israeli forces fired at them, killing two:
1) Mufida Mohammed Khudeir Abu Daqqa, 47, shot by a live bullet in the head; and
2) Jamal Mohammed Salman Abu Hamad, 27, shot by a live bullet in the chest.
Then, the invading Israeli forces raided some Palestinian houses, including the house of ‘Abdel-Ghani ‘Abdel-Rahman Abu Daqqa, 57, who was shot dead in the head by the invading forces after they had checked his house. At approximately 05:00, the invading Israeli forces moved towards a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which seven persons used to live, owned by ‘Abed-Rabbu Barakat Khalil Abu Daqqa.
They ordered residents of the house to leave it and then destroyed it. A number of adjacent houses were also damaged.
At the same time, Israeli gunboats, supported by a helicopter, launched a missile and opened fire from heavy machine guns at sites of the Palestinian Naval Police in the northwest of Beit Lahia.
The missile hit a police car, killing a policemen, Jamil Samih Jamil El-Sabbagh, 37, from Jabalya, and injuring two other policemen. Two other policemen and a civilian were killed:
1) Maher Fu’ad Hamada, 20, from Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza;
2) Ahmed Fureij Abu Zhaher, 28, from Khan Yunis; and
3) ‘Eid Khalil El-Qumo’, 35, a civilian from Jabalya refugee camp.
At approximately 01:30, Israeli military vehicles thrust approximately 2km into Al-Qarara village, north of Khan Yunis. They raided and searched a number of Palestinian houses. Then, they demolished a 220-square-meter, two-story house, in which 12 persons used to live, owned by Mahmoud ‘Abdullah El-Sumeiri. They arrested his two sons, Yousef, 18, blind, and Mohammed, 20, a member of the Palestinian Naval Police.
They also raided the house of Dr. Khaled Ahmed Abu Zuneid, a professor at Al-Azhar University in Gaza, and detained him for several hours.
His wife, Fathia Abu Sawawin, was injured by shrapnel from a live bullet during the house raid. Before their withdrawal, Israeli occupying forces destroyed a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces.
At approximately 11:00, an Israeli F-16 fighter jet launched an air-to-surface missile at the headquarters of the Palestinian public security in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza, destroying it and severely damaging adjacent houses. A number of Palestinian civilians were also injured while trying to escape.
At approximately 19:50, medical sources at Al-Hussein Hospital in Beit Jala announced that Sa’ed ‘Ali Ibrahim Subeih, 12, from Al-Khader village in Bethlehem, succumbed to wounds sustained on 28 February after he was shot in the head by Israeli occupying forces who opened fire at Palestinian houses in the village.
Also in the evening, Palestinian medical sources announced that Mohammed ‘Abdel-Qader Hussein El-Rajoub, 21, a member of Force 17, from Dura village in Hebron, succumbed to wounds sustained on 5 March by Israeli occupying forces that shelled a site of Force 17.
At approximately 23:40, Israeli gunboats shelled a Palestinian police station and a site of the Naval Police in Sheikh ‘Ejlin area in Gaza. The two positions were totally destroyed and seven policemen were injured:
1) Isma’il El-Burdeini, critically injured by shrapnel in the abdomen;
2) Mohammed ‘Abdel-Ra’ouf Nejem, 34, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
3) Khaled Mohammed Dhiab, 31, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
4) Mohammed ‘Abdel-Karim El-Ashqar, 26, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
5) Ashraf El-Khatib, 20, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
6) Ashraf Abu Dhalfa, 29, injured by shrapnel throughout the body; and
7) Mustafa Khalil Abu Hatab, 30, sustained fractures in the feet and the upper arms
In the morning, Israeli occupying forces opened fire at school children in Seilat Al-Zhaher village, south of Jenin, wounding four:
1) ‘Adnan Samih Shehada Qararia, 17, seriously wounded by a live bullet that entered the right shoulder and settled in the liver;
2) ‘Alla’ Hassan Muraweh Hantouli, 12, wounded by a live bullet in the back;
3) Hani Rasmi ‘Aaref Hantouli, 13, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the right hand; and
4) Rami As’ad ‘Oleyan Hantouli, 13, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the left shoulder.
At approximately 15:15, Israeli occupying forces in an observation tower, south of “Nissanit” settlement in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at some Palestinian laborers who were approximately 500m away for no apparent reason.
‘Aatef Jom’a Maziad, 32, from Deir El-Balah, was wounded by a live bullet in the left eye, which he lost.
At approximately 15:30, Israeli occupation forces at a bypass road leading to “Alfe Menashe” settlement, south of Qalqilya, shot dead 18-year-old Mahdi Hassan Suleiman El-Qeissi, from Qalqilya, with several heavy caliber bullets, while he was walking in the area. They also kept his body and claimed that he had electric wires on his waist.
Assassination Operation
On Wednesday, an undercover Israeli unit fired at two Palestinian civilians who were walking on agricultural road near Burin village between Ramallah and Nablus.
One of them, Jamal Raja Zeid El-Kassawani, 24, from Ramallah, was killed by several live bullets, and the civilian who accompanied him and two other civilians were also wounded.
In the evening, the Israeli radio in Arabic stated that El-Kassawani was carrying a bag of bombs, but later it stated according to an Israeli military spokesman that he was killed by mistake and that the target was another person.
5 mar 2002
At approximately 02:00, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles, invaded Dura village, west of Hebron. They thrust approximately 2km into the village under the cover of intense shelling that targeted a site of the Palestinian Presidential Guard (Force 17) and Palestinian houses.
A member of Force 17, Mohammed ‘Abdullah El-‘Atawna, 34, from Beit Kahel village, was killed by several live bullets throughout the body. In addition, two of his colleagues were seriously injured.
At approximately 10:00, two Israeli combat helicopters launched five air-to-surface missiles at a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces and a police station in Khan Yunis. Four missiles exploded, causing severe damage to the site, the station and a nearby school.
At approximately 19:00, an Israeli combat helicopter launched four rockets at Ansar security compound in Gaza. Three rockets hit a building of the Palestinian Presidential Guard (Force 17) destroying it, while the fourth rocket hit the eastern entrance to the house of President Arafat.
The guardroom and the car park of the house were severely damaged.
Approximately 20 minutes later, an Israeli F-16 fighter jet launched an air-to-surface missile at the headquarters of the Palestinian police in Gaza. A 300-square-meter, three-story building was severely damaged.
Palestinian civilians nearby were traumatized by the attack. An adjacent UNRWA handicapped rehabilitation center, the only center that provides education for blind children under 13 in the Gaza Strip, was severely damaged.
The center is clearly marked with UN flags and signs.
At approximately 23:30, Israeli military vehicles invaded Block J area of Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. They thrust approximately 300m into the area and demolished a 250-square-meter house in which seven people used to live, owned by Khaled Isma’il El-‘Aajez. The house was demolished with its furniture inside, without any prior warning. Two houses in the area were also damaged.
The invading Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian civilians, seriously injuring Hassan Mohammed ‘Arafat Baroud, 23, with a live bullet in the back.
At approximately 02:00, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with heavy military vehicles, invaded Dura village, west of Hebron. They thrust approximately 2km into the village under the cover of intense shelling that targeted a site of the Palestinian Presidential Guard (Force 17) and Palestinian houses.
A member of Force 17, Mohammed ‘Abdullah El-‘Atawna, 34, from Beit Kahel village, was killed by several live bullets throughout the body. In addition, two of his colleagues were seriously injured.
At approximately 10:00, two Israeli combat helicopters launched five air-to-surface missiles at a site of the Palestinian National Security Forces and a police station in Khan Yunis. Four missiles exploded, causing severe damage to the site, the station and a nearby school.
At approximately 19:00, an Israeli combat helicopter launched four rockets at Ansar security compound in Gaza. Three rockets hit a building of the Palestinian Presidential Guard (Force 17) destroying it, while the fourth rocket hit the eastern entrance to the house of President Arafat.
The guardroom and the car park of the house were severely damaged.
Approximately 20 minutes later, an Israeli F-16 fighter jet launched an air-to-surface missile at the headquarters of the Palestinian police in Gaza. A 300-square-meter, three-story building was severely damaged.
Palestinian civilians nearby were traumatized by the attack. An adjacent UNRWA handicapped rehabilitation center, the only center that provides education for blind children under 13 in the Gaza Strip, was severely damaged.
The center is clearly marked with UN flags and signs.
At approximately 23:30, Israeli military vehicles invaded Block J area of Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. They thrust approximately 300m into the area and demolished a 250-square-meter house in which seven people used to live, owned by Khaled Isma’il El-‘Aajez. The house was demolished with its furniture inside, without any prior warning. Two houses in the area were also damaged.
The invading Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian civilians, seriously injuring Hassan Mohammed ‘Arafat Baroud, 23, with a live bullet in the back.
4 mar 2002
At approximately 03:00, Israeli military vehicles invaded Block J area of Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces moved 50m into the camp under the cover of intense shooting, prompting local residents to flee.
Ibrahim ‘Ali Barhoum, 42, was shot in the head by Israeli forces. Israeli occupying forces fired upon medical personnel who attempted to reach Barhoum, making it impossible to provide him with emergency treatment. Israeli soldiers also took up positions on the roofs of Palestinian homes in the area and fired at local residents who were attempting to flee, as well as at medical personnel. Two more Palestinians were killed:
1) Ahmed Yusef Himaid Sufi, 24, shot with a bullet in the head; and
2) Saber Fakhri Abu Libdeh, 28, a member of the Palestinians National Security Force, shot in the chest and head.
Before their withdrawal from the area, Israeli occupying forces destroyed an outpost used by the National Security Force located near the border with Egypt.
At approximately 04:00, Israeli occupying forces again invaded Jenin and its refugee camp. At 09:50, they shelled the refugee camp, killing Amjad Mahmoud Ibrahim El-Fakhouri, 26, from Jaba’ village near Jenin, with several heavy caliber bullets, and injuring three other Palestinians, one of whom was in serious condition.
Medical sources at Rafidiyah Hospital in Nablus announced that Ahmed Fakhri Hassan Hashash, 15, from Balata refugee camp, succumbed to wounds sustained on 2 March after he was shot in the stomach by Israeli occupation forces during their invasion of the camp.
At approximately 12:10, an Israeli combat helicopter bombarded Palestinian houses in Jenin refugee camp. Two Palestinian civilians were killed:
1) Samira Mohammed Zubeida, 55; and
2) Nasser Hussein Hassan Abu Jouhar, 37.
A third civilian, Asma’ Kamal El-Ruzza, 23, was pronounced clinically dead.
Approximately 20 minutes later, Israeli combat helicopters again bombarded Palestinian houses in Jenin refugee camp, killing Na’im Mohammed Ahmed El-Sabbagh, 32, with a heavy caliber bullet in the chest and shrapnel throughout the body.
In the evening, Israeli occupying forces on Jenin-Nablus road shelled Jenin refugee camp, killing 26-year-old ‘Emad Mahmoud Abu Baker, with several heavy caliber bullets in the head and the neck, and seriously injuring 55-year-old Sa’da ‘Abdel-Latif Mahmoud Nejem, mother of Khaled Nejem, who was killed on Friday.
Abu Baker was a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces and was on his way back home in civilian clothes when he was shot dead.
At approximately 18:00, Palestinian security sources stated that they discovered bodies of two Palestinian young men who disappeared on the previous day. According to investigations carried out by LAW, at approximately 09:00 on Sunday, an Israeli tank fired at a civilian car, in which three Palestinian civilians were traveling from Tayaseer village to Al-Hamra area in the northern Jordan Valley.
The destiny of the civilians was unknown. Israeli radio in Arabic stated that “Israeli soldiers fired at a Palestinian car in the northern Jordan Valley, wounding two occupants, while the third was able to escape.” The two civilians were apparently killed upon their arrest by Israeli soldiers. They were identified as:
1) Ayman Qassem Dharaghma, 28, from Tubas, shot by several live bullets throughout the body; and
2) Fu’ad Mohammed Hassan Bisharat, 25, from Tammoun village, who was first wounded and then killed by Israeli soldiers.
At approximately 07:30, in an apparent willful killing, Israeli occupying forces at the Nablus-Qalqilya roadblock shot dead a Palestinian student while he was on his way back him from school.
According to investigations by LAW, 18-year-old Ayman Hassan ‘Abdel-Rahim Ghanem, from Ematin village in Qalqilya governorate, was on his way back home from his school when Israeli occupying forces at the aforementioned roadblock called on him to stop.
He followed their orders and moved towards them. When he was 10m away from them, they shot him in the chest with a heavy caliber bullet. They did not allow his evacuation to hospital and was left bleeding until he died.
At approximately 13:00, Israeli occupying forces at Al-Shallala Street in Hebron fired at a number of Palestinian demonstrators.
Midhat Mohammed Mahmoud ‘Amru, 20, was wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the right shoulder.
Attacks of Palestinian Medical Personnel and Centers
At approximately 14:00, an Israeli tank positioned in Al-Jabriat neighborhood in Jenin, opened fire at an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society that was on its way towards Jenin refugee camp to evacuate the wounded.
A physician, Khalil Mahmoud Suleiman, 45, was killed by a live bullet in the chest and shrapnel throughout the body.
The ambulance driver, Mohammed Nasser El-Jamal, 32, was critically injured by shrapnel in the head and the face.
Another ambulance moved towards the affected ambulance, but it was also fired at by Israeli occupying forces. The driver and an ambulance officer were injured:
1) Taher Mohammed Taher, 25, seriously injured by a live bullet in the side; and
2) Mahmoud Ibrahim El-Sa’di, 28, injured by a live bullet in the back.
Assassination Operations
At approximately 13.15 on Monday, 4 March 2002, an Israeli tank located in “Psagot” settlement to the east of al-Bireh in the West Bank fired at a civilian car close to an UNRWA school in al-Amari in Ramallah governorate in an apparent attempt to assassinate Hussein Abu Kwaik, a Hamas activist.
Abu Kwaik was not in the car at the time; instead, his wife was transporting three of their children family from the school. Another two children were also killed. Those killed were:
1) Bushra El-Nemer Abu Kwaik, 38;
2) Bara’ Hussein Abu Kwaik, 14;
3) ‘Aziza Hussein Abu Kwaik, 17 ;
4) Mohammed Hussein Abu Kwaik, 8;
5) ‘Arafat Ibrahim al-Masri, 16; and
6) Shayma’ ‘Emad al-Masri, 7.
In addition, ten passing civilians were injured.
In another assassination, two Israeli combat helicopters launched four air-to-surface missiles at a civilian car in Bitounia in the west of Ramallah. Three Fatah activists were traveling in the car. The car was destroyed and the three activists were killed:
1) Muhannad Sa’id Munib Deiria (Abu Halawa), 23, from ‘Aqraba village in Nablus;
2) Fawzi Hamdi Mustafa Marar, 25, from Ramallah; and
3) ‘Omar Hussein Nemer Qe’dan, 25, from Al-Jarousha village in Tulkarm.
In addition, two passing civilians were injured.
Abu Halawa survived a previous assassination attempt when Israeli occupying forces in “Psagot” settlement, east of Al-Bireh, fired two rockets at a convoy of cars accompanying Marwan Barghouthi, Secretary of Fatah Movement in the West Bank and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
A rocket hit Abu Halawa’s car and he was injured. Israeli sources stated then that the assassination attempt targeted Abu Halawa (and not Barghouthi) claiming that he was responsible for a number of military attacks against Jewish settlers.
At approximately 03:00, Israeli military vehicles invaded Block J area of Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces moved 50m into the camp under the cover of intense shooting, prompting local residents to flee.
Ibrahim ‘Ali Barhoum, 42, was shot in the head by Israeli forces. Israeli occupying forces fired upon medical personnel who attempted to reach Barhoum, making it impossible to provide him with emergency treatment. Israeli soldiers also took up positions on the roofs of Palestinian homes in the area and fired at local residents who were attempting to flee, as well as at medical personnel. Two more Palestinians were killed:
1) Ahmed Yusef Himaid Sufi, 24, shot with a bullet in the head; and
2) Saber Fakhri Abu Libdeh, 28, a member of the Palestinians National Security Force, shot in the chest and head.
Before their withdrawal from the area, Israeli occupying forces destroyed an outpost used by the National Security Force located near the border with Egypt.
At approximately 04:00, Israeli occupying forces again invaded Jenin and its refugee camp. At 09:50, they shelled the refugee camp, killing Amjad Mahmoud Ibrahim El-Fakhouri, 26, from Jaba’ village near Jenin, with several heavy caliber bullets, and injuring three other Palestinians, one of whom was in serious condition.
Medical sources at Rafidiyah Hospital in Nablus announced that Ahmed Fakhri Hassan Hashash, 15, from Balata refugee camp, succumbed to wounds sustained on 2 March after he was shot in the stomach by Israeli occupation forces during their invasion of the camp.
At approximately 12:10, an Israeli combat helicopter bombarded Palestinian houses in Jenin refugee camp. Two Palestinian civilians were killed:
1) Samira Mohammed Zubeida, 55; and
2) Nasser Hussein Hassan Abu Jouhar, 37.
A third civilian, Asma’ Kamal El-Ruzza, 23, was pronounced clinically dead.
Approximately 20 minutes later, Israeli combat helicopters again bombarded Palestinian houses in Jenin refugee camp, killing Na’im Mohammed Ahmed El-Sabbagh, 32, with a heavy caliber bullet in the chest and shrapnel throughout the body.
In the evening, Israeli occupying forces on Jenin-Nablus road shelled Jenin refugee camp, killing 26-year-old ‘Emad Mahmoud Abu Baker, with several heavy caliber bullets in the head and the neck, and seriously injuring 55-year-old Sa’da ‘Abdel-Latif Mahmoud Nejem, mother of Khaled Nejem, who was killed on Friday.
Abu Baker was a member of the Palestinian National Security Forces and was on his way back home in civilian clothes when he was shot dead.
At approximately 18:00, Palestinian security sources stated that they discovered bodies of two Palestinian young men who disappeared on the previous day. According to investigations carried out by LAW, at approximately 09:00 on Sunday, an Israeli tank fired at a civilian car, in which three Palestinian civilians were traveling from Tayaseer village to Al-Hamra area in the northern Jordan Valley.
The destiny of the civilians was unknown. Israeli radio in Arabic stated that “Israeli soldiers fired at a Palestinian car in the northern Jordan Valley, wounding two occupants, while the third was able to escape.” The two civilians were apparently killed upon their arrest by Israeli soldiers. They were identified as:
1) Ayman Qassem Dharaghma, 28, from Tubas, shot by several live bullets throughout the body; and
2) Fu’ad Mohammed Hassan Bisharat, 25, from Tammoun village, who was first wounded and then killed by Israeli soldiers.
At approximately 07:30, in an apparent willful killing, Israeli occupying forces at the Nablus-Qalqilya roadblock shot dead a Palestinian student while he was on his way back him from school.
According to investigations by LAW, 18-year-old Ayman Hassan ‘Abdel-Rahim Ghanem, from Ematin village in Qalqilya governorate, was on his way back home from his school when Israeli occupying forces at the aforementioned roadblock called on him to stop.
He followed their orders and moved towards them. When he was 10m away from them, they shot him in the chest with a heavy caliber bullet. They did not allow his evacuation to hospital and was left bleeding until he died.
At approximately 13:00, Israeli occupying forces at Al-Shallala Street in Hebron fired at a number of Palestinian demonstrators.
Midhat Mohammed Mahmoud ‘Amru, 20, was wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the right shoulder.
Attacks of Palestinian Medical Personnel and Centers
At approximately 14:00, an Israeli tank positioned in Al-Jabriat neighborhood in Jenin, opened fire at an ambulance of the Palestine Red Crescent Society that was on its way towards Jenin refugee camp to evacuate the wounded.
A physician, Khalil Mahmoud Suleiman, 45, was killed by a live bullet in the chest and shrapnel throughout the body.
The ambulance driver, Mohammed Nasser El-Jamal, 32, was critically injured by shrapnel in the head and the face.
Another ambulance moved towards the affected ambulance, but it was also fired at by Israeli occupying forces. The driver and an ambulance officer were injured:
1) Taher Mohammed Taher, 25, seriously injured by a live bullet in the side; and
2) Mahmoud Ibrahim El-Sa’di, 28, injured by a live bullet in the back.
Assassination Operations
At approximately 13.15 on Monday, 4 March 2002, an Israeli tank located in “Psagot” settlement to the east of al-Bireh in the West Bank fired at a civilian car close to an UNRWA school in al-Amari in Ramallah governorate in an apparent attempt to assassinate Hussein Abu Kwaik, a Hamas activist.
Abu Kwaik was not in the car at the time; instead, his wife was transporting three of their children family from the school. Another two children were also killed. Those killed were:
1) Bushra El-Nemer Abu Kwaik, 38;
2) Bara’ Hussein Abu Kwaik, 14;
3) ‘Aziza Hussein Abu Kwaik, 17 ;
4) Mohammed Hussein Abu Kwaik, 8;
5) ‘Arafat Ibrahim al-Masri, 16; and
6) Shayma’ ‘Emad al-Masri, 7.
In addition, ten passing civilians were injured.
In another assassination, two Israeli combat helicopters launched four air-to-surface missiles at a civilian car in Bitounia in the west of Ramallah. Three Fatah activists were traveling in the car. The car was destroyed and the three activists were killed:
1) Muhannad Sa’id Munib Deiria (Abu Halawa), 23, from ‘Aqraba village in Nablus;
2) Fawzi Hamdi Mustafa Marar, 25, from Ramallah; and
3) ‘Omar Hussein Nemer Qe’dan, 25, from Al-Jarousha village in Tulkarm.
In addition, two passing civilians were injured.
Abu Halawa survived a previous assassination attempt when Israeli occupying forces in “Psagot” settlement, east of Al-Bireh, fired two rockets at a convoy of cars accompanying Marwan Barghouthi, Secretary of Fatah Movement in the West Bank and a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council.
A rocket hit Abu Halawa’s car and he was injured. Israeli sources stated then that the assassination attempt targeted Abu Halawa (and not Barghouthi) claiming that he was responsible for a number of military attacks against Jewish settlers.
3 mar 2002
At approximately 09:30, Israeli occupying forces thrust approximately 500m into Palestinian National Authority controlled areas in Al-Farrahin area, northeast of ‘Abassan village in Khan Yunis. They searched the area and opened fire at Palestinian houses. Two Palestinian civilians were injured:
1) As’ad Mahmoud ‘Aashour, 16, injured by a live bullet in the left thigh; and
2) Mahmoud Hassan ‘Aashour, 17, injured by two live bullets in the abdomen and the thighs.
At approximately 10:45, Israeli occupying forces in “Ariel” settlement, north of Salfit, shelled Palestinian security sites inn the city. Fourteen artillery shells hit these sites, killing a member of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, ‘Abdullah Thabet Salem Thabet, 21, from Gaza, with shrapnel in the head and the chest.
At approximately 10:50, Israeli occupying forces in “Psagot” settlement, east of Al-Bireh, shelled a Palestinian police station in Al-Am’ari refugee camp.
A member of the Palestinian Preventive Security, Zaki ‘Aamer Zaki, 21, from Khan Yunis, was killed, and 14 were injured, three of whom were in serious condition:
1) Muntasser Isma’il Yousef, 21, from Ramallah, injured by shrapnel in the head, the chest, and the right shoulder and thigh;
2) Bassel ‘Ammar ‘Oreif, 20, from Ramallah, injured by shrapnel in the head and the thighs; and
3) Mohammed Hafezh Yousef, 46, from Sanjal village, injured by shrapnel in the head and the neck;
At approximately 14:00, Israeli occupying forces attacked a roadblock of the Palestinian Military Intelligence at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. They shelled the roadblock, killing two Palestinian security men:
1) Islam Sadiq Shawahna, 24, from Kufor Thuluth village, shot by a live bullet in the chest; and
2) Khaled Shu’aib Sweieleh, 24, from Rafah, shot by a live bullet in the head.
Medical sources at Rafidiya Hospital in Nablus announced that Hakam ‘Abdel-Fattah Abu ‘Eisha, 29, from Balata refugee camp, succumbed to wounds sustained on 28 February after he was shot in the face by Israeli occupation forces during their invasion of the camp.
At approximately 14:00, Israeli occupying forces at Qalandya checkpoint, north of occupied Jerusalem, opened fire at Palestinian civilians who were walking in an area adjacent to the checkpoint. Two Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Fadi Nabil Mousa ‘Awni, 16, from Qalandya refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the head; and
2) Fadi Sharif ‘Awadhallah, 20, from Bitounia, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left shoulder
Attacks of Palestinian Medical Personnel and Centers
At approximately 00:30, Israeli tanks on Nablus-Jenin road, south of Jenin, shelled the hospital of Patient’s Friends Society in Al-Zahra’ neighborhood in Jenin. The hospital was severely damaged.
At approximately 09:30, Israeli occupying forces thrust approximately 500m into Palestinian National Authority controlled areas in Al-Farrahin area, northeast of ‘Abassan village in Khan Yunis. They searched the area and opened fire at Palestinian houses. Two Palestinian civilians were injured:
1) As’ad Mahmoud ‘Aashour, 16, injured by a live bullet in the left thigh; and
2) Mahmoud Hassan ‘Aashour, 17, injured by two live bullets in the abdomen and the thighs.
At approximately 10:45, Israeli occupying forces in “Ariel” settlement, north of Salfit, shelled Palestinian security sites inn the city. Fourteen artillery shells hit these sites, killing a member of the Palestinian Military Intelligence Service, ‘Abdullah Thabet Salem Thabet, 21, from Gaza, with shrapnel in the head and the chest.
At approximately 10:50, Israeli occupying forces in “Psagot” settlement, east of Al-Bireh, shelled a Palestinian police station in Al-Am’ari refugee camp.
A member of the Palestinian Preventive Security, Zaki ‘Aamer Zaki, 21, from Khan Yunis, was killed, and 14 were injured, three of whom were in serious condition:
1) Muntasser Isma’il Yousef, 21, from Ramallah, injured by shrapnel in the head, the chest, and the right shoulder and thigh;
2) Bassel ‘Ammar ‘Oreif, 20, from Ramallah, injured by shrapnel in the head and the thighs; and
3) Mohammed Hafezh Yousef, 46, from Sanjal village, injured by shrapnel in the head and the neck;
At approximately 14:00, Israeli occupying forces attacked a roadblock of the Palestinian Military Intelligence at the southern entrance of Qalqilya. They shelled the roadblock, killing two Palestinian security men:
1) Islam Sadiq Shawahna, 24, from Kufor Thuluth village, shot by a live bullet in the chest; and
2) Khaled Shu’aib Sweieleh, 24, from Rafah, shot by a live bullet in the head.
Medical sources at Rafidiya Hospital in Nablus announced that Hakam ‘Abdel-Fattah Abu ‘Eisha, 29, from Balata refugee camp, succumbed to wounds sustained on 28 February after he was shot in the face by Israeli occupation forces during their invasion of the camp.
At approximately 14:00, Israeli occupying forces at Qalandya checkpoint, north of occupied Jerusalem, opened fire at Palestinian civilians who were walking in an area adjacent to the checkpoint. Two Palestinian civilians were wounded:
1) Fadi Nabil Mousa ‘Awni, 16, from Qalandya refugee camp, wounded by shrapnel from a live bullet in the head; and
2) Fadi Sharif ‘Awadhallah, 20, from Bitounia, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet in the left shoulder
Attacks of Palestinian Medical Personnel and Centers
At approximately 00:30, Israeli tanks on Nablus-Jenin road, south of Jenin, shelled the hospital of Patient’s Friends Society in Al-Zahra’ neighborhood in Jenin. The hospital was severely damaged.
2 mar 2002
In the morning, medical sources at Shifa Hospital in Gaza announced that 9-year-old Einas Ibrahim ‘Eissa Salah, from Jabalya refugee camp, succumbed to wounds sustained on 19 February when an Israeli combat helicopter shelled a Hamas media office in Jabalya refugee camp. Since then, the child had been in the intensive care unit.
At approximately 12:00, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, moved approximately 500m into the east of Wadi Al-Salqa village north of Deir El-Balah in the middle Gaza Strip. They searched a number of Palestinian houses and confiscated identity cards of their residents.
They withdrew at approximately 16:00, but at approximately 20:00, eight Israeli soldiers came back to the area and raided a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which 10 people live, owned by Raji Marzouq El-Sumeiri. They detained residents of the house in a room on the lower floor and mounted the roof of the house. They remained there until 01:00 on the following day.
At approximately 13:00, Israeli occupying forces thrust approximately 200m into Palestinian agricultural areas adjacent to “Kfar Darom” settlement east of Deir El-Balah. They razed a 2.5-donum area of agricultural land planted with olives and palms owned by ‘Abdel-Hamid Mohammed El-Tawashi. PCHR’s field officer in the area reported that Israeli forces mounted the roof of a 200-square-meter, two-story house owned by Khalil Mohammed El-Tawashi and remained there until the following morning.
In Balata refugee camp, Tayseer Kamal Tayseer Ja’ara, 18, from Nablus, was killed by a live bullet in the heart by Israeli occupying forces that had invaded the refugee camp on Thursday. In addition, 10 Palestinians were injured, two of whom were in serious condition:
1) Shadi Jamil Ahmed El-Shubeiri, 17, from Nablus, injured by a live bullet in the chest; and
2) Ahmed Fakhri Hassan Hashash, 15, from Balata refugee camp, injured by a live bullet in the abdomen.
According to PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis and Palestinian medical sources, at approximately 16:00, Israeli occupying forces in the vicinity of “Gadid” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, fired three flechette shells (shells that spray dart-like shrapnel in a wide area upon explosion) at Palestinian houses in Baten Al-Samin area, approximately 1km away from the settlement. A number of houses were severely damaged and five Palestinian civilians were injured:
1) Mahmoud Hussam El-Sha’er, 5, injured by shrapnel in the right thigh;
2) Einas Hassan ‘Abdel-Dayem, 7, injured by shrapnel in the left hand;
3) Mohammed ‘Atallah El-Sha’er, 14, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
4) Ahmed ‘Ali ‘Abdel-Qader Saqer, 46, injured by shrapnel in the chest; and
5) Jihad ‘Abdel-Hamid ‘Aqel, 44, injured by shrapnel in the right hand
Attacks of Palestinian Medical Personnel and Centers
At approximately 02:30, Israeli occupying forces at a military roadblock at the entrance to “Halmish” settlement, northwest of Ramallah, opened fire at a Palestinian ambulance that was evacuating a woman in labour, Ana’am Yousef ‘Abdel-Ghani Saleh, 23, from Salfit Hospital to Ramllah Hospital to perform a Caesarian operation.
Israeli soldiers denied passage of the ambulance, so the woman gave birth at the roadblock. The baby was born dead.
In the morning, medical sources at Shifa Hospital in Gaza announced that 9-year-old Einas Ibrahim ‘Eissa Salah, from Jabalya refugee camp, succumbed to wounds sustained on 19 February when an Israeli combat helicopter shelled a Hamas media office in Jabalya refugee camp. Since then, the child had been in the intensive care unit.
At approximately 12:00, Israeli occupying forces, reinforced with tanks and bulldozers, moved approximately 500m into the east of Wadi Al-Salqa village north of Deir El-Balah in the middle Gaza Strip. They searched a number of Palestinian houses and confiscated identity cards of their residents.
They withdrew at approximately 16:00, but at approximately 20:00, eight Israeli soldiers came back to the area and raided a 200-square-meter, two-story house, in which 10 people live, owned by Raji Marzouq El-Sumeiri. They detained residents of the house in a room on the lower floor and mounted the roof of the house. They remained there until 01:00 on the following day.
At approximately 13:00, Israeli occupying forces thrust approximately 200m into Palestinian agricultural areas adjacent to “Kfar Darom” settlement east of Deir El-Balah. They razed a 2.5-donum area of agricultural land planted with olives and palms owned by ‘Abdel-Hamid Mohammed El-Tawashi. PCHR’s field officer in the area reported that Israeli forces mounted the roof of a 200-square-meter, two-story house owned by Khalil Mohammed El-Tawashi and remained there until the following morning.
In Balata refugee camp, Tayseer Kamal Tayseer Ja’ara, 18, from Nablus, was killed by a live bullet in the heart by Israeli occupying forces that had invaded the refugee camp on Thursday. In addition, 10 Palestinians were injured, two of whom were in serious condition:
1) Shadi Jamil Ahmed El-Shubeiri, 17, from Nablus, injured by a live bullet in the chest; and
2) Ahmed Fakhri Hassan Hashash, 15, from Balata refugee camp, injured by a live bullet in the abdomen.
According to PCHR’s field officer in Khan Yunis and Palestinian medical sources, at approximately 16:00, Israeli occupying forces in the vicinity of “Gadid” settlement, west of Khan Yunis, fired three flechette shells (shells that spray dart-like shrapnel in a wide area upon explosion) at Palestinian houses in Baten Al-Samin area, approximately 1km away from the settlement. A number of houses were severely damaged and five Palestinian civilians were injured:
1) Mahmoud Hussam El-Sha’er, 5, injured by shrapnel in the right thigh;
2) Einas Hassan ‘Abdel-Dayem, 7, injured by shrapnel in the left hand;
3) Mohammed ‘Atallah El-Sha’er, 14, injured by shrapnel throughout the body;
4) Ahmed ‘Ali ‘Abdel-Qader Saqer, 46, injured by shrapnel in the chest; and
5) Jihad ‘Abdel-Hamid ‘Aqel, 44, injured by shrapnel in the right hand
Attacks of Palestinian Medical Personnel and Centers
At approximately 02:30, Israeli occupying forces at a military roadblock at the entrance to “Halmish” settlement, northwest of Ramallah, opened fire at a Palestinian ambulance that was evacuating a woman in labour, Ana’am Yousef ‘Abdel-Ghani Saleh, 23, from Salfit Hospital to Ramllah Hospital to perform a Caesarian operation.
Israeli soldiers denied passage of the ambulance, so the woman gave birth at the roadblock. The baby was born dead.
1 mar 2002
Israeli occupying forces maintained their presence and shooting in Jenin refugee camp. Seven Palestinians, including a child and two brothers, were killed:
1) Khaled Jamal Kamal Nejem, 19, shot by a live bullet in the head;
2) Eyad Kamel El-Sabbagh, 25, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
3) Eyad Hassan Mohammed Sayes, 26, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
4) Yasser Hassan Mohammed Sayes, 27, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
5) Mahmoud ‘Abdel-Latif El-‘Azab, 36, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
6) Lu’ai Mohammed Amin Dhabaya, 16, shot by a live bullet in the head; and
7) Maria ‘Ezziddin Abu Sirreya, 9, shot by a medium caliber bullet in the head.
In addition, 20 Palestinians were injured, two of whom were pronounced clinically dead and a third was in critical condition:
1) Shadi ‘Ali Abu El-Samen, 30, injured by shrapnel throughout the body and was pronounced clinically dead;
2) ‘Abdel-Raziq Mahmoud Khader Esteiti, 23, injured by shrapnel throughout the body and was pronounced clinically dead;
3) Ziad Mustafa El-Salfiti, 32, critically injured by shrapnel throughout the body and his right leg was cut.
At approximately 22:00, Israeli tanks positioned in Jabal Abu Dhuheir neighborhood, southeast of Jenin refugee camp, shelled Palestinian houses in Jenin refugee camp, killing Mohammed Mufid Salama, 24, mentally handicapped, with several heavy caliber bullets throughout the body.
In Balata refugee camp, Israeli occupying forces shelled and demolished a number of houses. An old Palestinian civilian died from a heart attack. Nine civilians were also injured.
At noon, in an apparent willful killing, Israeli forces shot dead 7-year-old Mahmoud Hassan El-Talalqa, from Beit Hanoun, after they had thrust approximately 700m into the north of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces opened fire from a close distance at a group of Palestinian children who were getting out of a mosque in the town. The child received a heavy caliber bullet in the abdomen.
In his affidavit to PCHR, the victim’s brother stated the following:
At approximately 12:30 on Friday, my brother Mahmoud and I exited a mosque in Beit Hanoun after Friday prayers. Mahmoud left me and went with three children. I saw them going towards the main road between Al-Nada tower buildings, where we live, and Beit Hanoun crossing, north of the town. Then, I saw an Israeli soldier on a tank waving his hand, calling on Mahmoud and his colleagues to come towards the tank.
I shouted at Mahmoud not to move forward, but he did not listen and proceeded towards the tank. When he was only 50m away from the tank, I heard sounds of shooting. Then, I saw Mahmoud falling down while his friends fled. When the gunfire stopped I moved towards him. He was bleeding from the abdomen. I tried to pull him along, but I could not until a young man came and evacuated him to hospital, where we were informed that he was dead.
Approximately an hour earlier, in another act of willful killing, Israeli forces injured a handicapped Palestinian civilian in Jabalya.
Israeli forces at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Jabalya, fired several artillery shells at Palestinian agricultural areas approximately 700m west of the border. Kahder Tayseer Wadi, 19, deaf and dumb, was injured by an artillery shell that destroyed hi left leg.
According to PCHR’s investigation, the handicapped young man was collecting wood from agricultural areas at the time of shelling, and was unable to leave the area. Israeli forces allowed Palestinian medical personnel to offer him emergency treatment only two hours later.
At approximately 22:00, Israeli occupying forces at the border of the Gaza Strip, east of Beit Hanoun, opened fire at Palestinian houses approximately 700m northwest of the border.
‘Abdel-Mu’in Dhib Ahmed Hamdan, 34, was injured by shrapnel in the abdomen and the limbs while he was checking his cow farm near his house. He was not able to receive emergency treatment until 06:00 on the following day when an ambulance was able to reach the dangerous area.
Israeli occupying forces maintained their presence and shooting in Jenin refugee camp. Seven Palestinians, including a child and two brothers, were killed:
1) Khaled Jamal Kamal Nejem, 19, shot by a live bullet in the head;
2) Eyad Kamel El-Sabbagh, 25, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
3) Eyad Hassan Mohammed Sayes, 26, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
4) Yasser Hassan Mohammed Sayes, 27, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
5) Mahmoud ‘Abdel-Latif El-‘Azab, 36, killed by shrapnel throughout the body;
6) Lu’ai Mohammed Amin Dhabaya, 16, shot by a live bullet in the head; and
7) Maria ‘Ezziddin Abu Sirreya, 9, shot by a medium caliber bullet in the head.
In addition, 20 Palestinians were injured, two of whom were pronounced clinically dead and a third was in critical condition:
1) Shadi ‘Ali Abu El-Samen, 30, injured by shrapnel throughout the body and was pronounced clinically dead;
2) ‘Abdel-Raziq Mahmoud Khader Esteiti, 23, injured by shrapnel throughout the body and was pronounced clinically dead;
3) Ziad Mustafa El-Salfiti, 32, critically injured by shrapnel throughout the body and his right leg was cut.
At approximately 22:00, Israeli tanks positioned in Jabal Abu Dhuheir neighborhood, southeast of Jenin refugee camp, shelled Palestinian houses in Jenin refugee camp, killing Mohammed Mufid Salama, 24, mentally handicapped, with several heavy caliber bullets throughout the body.
In Balata refugee camp, Israeli occupying forces shelled and demolished a number of houses. An old Palestinian civilian died from a heart attack. Nine civilians were also injured.
At noon, in an apparent willful killing, Israeli forces shot dead 7-year-old Mahmoud Hassan El-Talalqa, from Beit Hanoun, after they had thrust approximately 700m into the north of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli forces opened fire from a close distance at a group of Palestinian children who were getting out of a mosque in the town. The child received a heavy caliber bullet in the abdomen.
In his affidavit to PCHR, the victim’s brother stated the following:
At approximately 12:30 on Friday, my brother Mahmoud and I exited a mosque in Beit Hanoun after Friday prayers. Mahmoud left me and went with three children. I saw them going towards the main road between Al-Nada tower buildings, where we live, and Beit Hanoun crossing, north of the town. Then, I saw an Israeli soldier on a tank waving his hand, calling on Mahmoud and his colleagues to come towards the tank.
I shouted at Mahmoud not to move forward, but he did not listen and proceeded towards the tank. When he was only 50m away from the tank, I heard sounds of shooting. Then, I saw Mahmoud falling down while his friends fled. When the gunfire stopped I moved towards him. He was bleeding from the abdomen. I tried to pull him along, but I could not until a young man came and evacuated him to hospital, where we were informed that he was dead.
Approximately an hour earlier, in another act of willful killing, Israeli forces injured a handicapped Palestinian civilian in Jabalya.
Israeli forces at the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, east of Jabalya, fired several artillery shells at Palestinian agricultural areas approximately 700m west of the border. Kahder Tayseer Wadi, 19, deaf and dumb, was injured by an artillery shell that destroyed hi left leg.
According to PCHR’s investigation, the handicapped young man was collecting wood from agricultural areas at the time of shelling, and was unable to leave the area. Israeli forces allowed Palestinian medical personnel to offer him emergency treatment only two hours later.
At approximately 22:00, Israeli occupying forces at the border of the Gaza Strip, east of Beit Hanoun, opened fire at Palestinian houses approximately 700m northwest of the border.
‘Abdel-Mu’in Dhib Ahmed Hamdan, 34, was injured by shrapnel in the abdomen and the limbs while he was checking his cow farm near his house. He was not able to receive emergency treatment until 06:00 on the following day when an ambulance was able to reach the dangerous area.