13 nov 2019
Palestinian women sit on debris after Israeli airstrikes hit their homes in Khan Yunis, Gaza as tension rises between Israel and Gaza after commander in the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Gaza-based resistance faction Islamic Jihad, Bahaa Abu Al-Atta was killed by Israeli airstrike, on 13 November 2019
The seriously misnamed Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and its supporters get very upset when members of the fifth largest army in the world are accused of targeting innocent women and children.
They issue vehement denials to the world even though that is exactly what happens as a direct consequence of firing high explosives into densely populated civilian areas.
Even as the bombs are falling, Israeli propaganda goes into top gear. An IDF tweet yesterday announced dramatically: “BREAKING: We just targeted Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, Baha Abu Al Ata.
Al Ata was directly responsible for hundreds of terror attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers. His next attack was imminent.” This was followed quickly up by another post which claimed that the deadly attack was a “precision strike”.
That claim is debateable. What the IDF hasbara team failed to mention was that while targeting Abu Al-Ata the occupation army also killed his wife, and seriously injured four of their children and a neighbour. There was nothing “precision” or “surgical” about this strike; it was arguably a war crime.
When you lob Hellfire missiles — “used in a number of targeted killings of high-profile individuals,” explains Wikipedia — and other so-called smart bombs into a civilian area you will kill civilians. Non-combatant civilians were not protected in such a way during World War Two, which is why Article 33 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions was drawn up.
It states that no one should be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited.
Now we have to sit back and witness the twin obscenities not only of Israel ignoring the Geneva Conventions and killing civilians, but also of pro-Israel lobbyists defending such action.
Among the many tweets posted in support of the military strike, one which caught my eye came from the public relations director of a German NGO; Josias Terschüren challenged me when I had the temerity to point out that there was no such thing as a “surgical strike” in civilian areas.
“Apparently nobody but the targeted terrorist and his wife died in the surgical strike and two of his children were severely wounded,” tweeted Terschüren. “This can happen and has happened to other terrorist family members. No civilians were hurt.”
In this man’s eyes, therefore, neither Abu Al-Ata’s wife nor his children can be regarded as innocent civilians; they are members of a “terrorist family”.
When I challenged him on this, the public relations director of the Berlin-based Holocaust charity “Initiative 27. Januar” responded: “I was referring to your critique of Israeli strikes in densely populated areas. All I wanted to express was, that apart from his family members no other civilians were hit. While unfortunate and sad, this is not uncommon in cases of terrorists‘ family members.”
I’m not sure if Terschüren, who describes himself as “Conservative” and “Christian”, deliberately pushes out this vile propaganda or is a victim of Israeli propaganda himself, because that is a weapon which the IDF uses and abuses with great skill.
Consider this, for example: “This morning we killed an Islamic Jihad commander in #Gaza,” tweeted the IDF yesterday. “This is why you should care.” The accompanying video included news clips about terror attacks including 9/11, Mumbai, Manchester, Paris, Sweden, Indonesia and Nigeria, none of which had anything to do with the Palestinians.
Trying to link Palestinian resistance groups to transnational terrorist attacks elsewhere is simply dishonest. They are not branches of Al-Qaeda or Daesh, no matter how many times the IDF and Israel’s lackeys try to convince us otherwise. It simply isn’t true.
That, though, is what we have come to expect from a country which cannot justify its state terrorism in any other way. “Lies, damn lies and Israeli propaganda,” as Mark Twain might have said. Sadly, such propaganda seems to work, judging by social media; those who are anti-Palestinian fall for it hook, line and sinker, probably because it fuels their own inherent racism and hatred.
The IDF has been busy with more “surgical strikes” since the murder of Abu Al-Ata and his wife. The death toll as I write is 23 Palestinians, of which pro-Israel lobbyists claim just 12 were “confirmed to be members of terror groups”. The strikes were not so surgical after all.
Perhaps the 18 innocents caught up in all of this were the wives and children of the “terrorists”. So that’s all right then, according to Israel’s deluded and blinkered war crime apologists. Their sophistry to justify the murder of innocent men, women and children is sickening.
The seriously misnamed Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and its supporters get very upset when members of the fifth largest army in the world are accused of targeting innocent women and children.
They issue vehement denials to the world even though that is exactly what happens as a direct consequence of firing high explosives into densely populated civilian areas.
Even as the bombs are falling, Israeli propaganda goes into top gear. An IDF tweet yesterday announced dramatically: “BREAKING: We just targeted Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, Baha Abu Al Ata.
Al Ata was directly responsible for hundreds of terror attacks against Israeli civilians and soldiers. His next attack was imminent.” This was followed quickly up by another post which claimed that the deadly attack was a “precision strike”.
That claim is debateable. What the IDF hasbara team failed to mention was that while targeting Abu Al-Ata the occupation army also killed his wife, and seriously injured four of their children and a neighbour. There was nothing “precision” or “surgical” about this strike; it was arguably a war crime.
When you lob Hellfire missiles — “used in a number of targeted killings of high-profile individuals,” explains Wikipedia — and other so-called smart bombs into a civilian area you will kill civilians. Non-combatant civilians were not protected in such a way during World War Two, which is why Article 33 of the 1949 Geneva Conventions was drawn up.
It states that no one should be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed. Reprisals against protected persons and their property are prohibited.
Now we have to sit back and witness the twin obscenities not only of Israel ignoring the Geneva Conventions and killing civilians, but also of pro-Israel lobbyists defending such action.
Among the many tweets posted in support of the military strike, one which caught my eye came from the public relations director of a German NGO; Josias Terschüren challenged me when I had the temerity to point out that there was no such thing as a “surgical strike” in civilian areas.
“Apparently nobody but the targeted terrorist and his wife died in the surgical strike and two of his children were severely wounded,” tweeted Terschüren. “This can happen and has happened to other terrorist family members. No civilians were hurt.”
In this man’s eyes, therefore, neither Abu Al-Ata’s wife nor his children can be regarded as innocent civilians; they are members of a “terrorist family”.
When I challenged him on this, the public relations director of the Berlin-based Holocaust charity “Initiative 27. Januar” responded: “I was referring to your critique of Israeli strikes in densely populated areas. All I wanted to express was, that apart from his family members no other civilians were hit. While unfortunate and sad, this is not uncommon in cases of terrorists‘ family members.”
I’m not sure if Terschüren, who describes himself as “Conservative” and “Christian”, deliberately pushes out this vile propaganda or is a victim of Israeli propaganda himself, because that is a weapon which the IDF uses and abuses with great skill.
Consider this, for example: “This morning we killed an Islamic Jihad commander in #Gaza,” tweeted the IDF yesterday. “This is why you should care.” The accompanying video included news clips about terror attacks including 9/11, Mumbai, Manchester, Paris, Sweden, Indonesia and Nigeria, none of which had anything to do with the Palestinians.
Trying to link Palestinian resistance groups to transnational terrorist attacks elsewhere is simply dishonest. They are not branches of Al-Qaeda or Daesh, no matter how many times the IDF and Israel’s lackeys try to convince us otherwise. It simply isn’t true.
That, though, is what we have come to expect from a country which cannot justify its state terrorism in any other way. “Lies, damn lies and Israeli propaganda,” as Mark Twain might have said. Sadly, such propaganda seems to work, judging by social media; those who are anti-Palestinian fall for it hook, line and sinker, probably because it fuels their own inherent racism and hatred.
The IDF has been busy with more “surgical strikes” since the murder of Abu Al-Ata and his wife. The death toll as I write is 23 Palestinians, of which pro-Israel lobbyists claim just 12 were “confirmed to be members of terror groups”. The strikes were not so surgical after all.
Perhaps the 18 innocents caught up in all of this were the wives and children of the “terrorists”. So that’s all right then, according to Israel’s deluded and blinkered war crime apologists. Their sophistry to justify the murder of innocent men, women and children is sickening.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has resulted in the death of at least fifteen Palestinians, including a father and two of his sons, and injured at more than ten others, in several parts of the coastal region, raising the number of slain Palestinians to twenty-three in two days, while more than 69 Palestinians have been injured.
The Palestinians were killed and injured in 50 Israeli airstrikes and 21 incidents of artillery shells targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers killed Mohammad Abdullah Sharab, 28, and Haitham Hafeth al-Bakri, 22, after firing a missile at them in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Both are members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad.
Two Palestinians were killed, on Wednesday afternoon, when the Israeli army fired missiles into an area east of Gaza city.
A Palestinian father, identified as Rafat Mohammad Awwad, and two of his children, Islam and Amir, were killed, and several others were injured, by Israeli missiles in the Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza city, in an earlier attack, and a fourth was also killed after the army fired a missile at him while driving his motorcycle in the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza city.
The Health Ministry said the soldiers killed Ala’ Eshteiwi, 32, in the Zeitoun neighborhood, and Khaled Awad Farraj, 38, was killed in the al-Mighraqa area, south of Gaza city, while many Palestinians were injured when the soldiers fired shells into farmlands, in addition to another Palestinian who was injured by Israeli shells in a playground in the Zeitoun neighborhood.
The soldiers also fired many shells into farmlands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, causing damage to surrounding homes.
Damage was also reported to a few homes, east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, when the Israeli air force fired a missile into a nearby land.
Furthermore, an Israeli F16 war jet fired one missile into a site in Sheikh Ejleen area, southwest of Gaza city, causing excessive damage to the site, and several surrounding homes.
Media sources in Gaza said the army carried out more than 50 airstrikes, and fired artillery shells at least twenty times, in less than two days.
The Israeli missiles and shells struck many homes, chicken farms, farmlands, markets for fruits and vegetables, parks near the Gaza sea, in addition to several sites run by armed resistance groups in Gaza, mainly those run by the al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad.
At least 48 Palestinians homes have been completely or partially damaged, and the army also fired missiles at seven motorcycles.
The strikes targeted various areas of the Gaza Strip but were mainly forced on Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, causing several injuries in addition to Gaza city and its surrounding areas, Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza.
Several farmers were injured and were rushed to local hospitals after the army fired missiles into farmland in Beit Hanoun.
Furthermore, the Israeli army said it destroyed a site, reportedly used for manufacturing long-range rockets, and that the armed groups in Gaza have fired more than 250 shells into Israeli areas.
The spokesperson of the al-Quds Brigades, the army wing of the Islamic Jihad, which is the main target of the Israeli escalation, especially after the army started its latest military strike by assassinating a senior leader of the movement, identified as Baha’ Abu al-Ata, 42, and his wife, Asma’ Mohammad Abu al-‘Ata, 36, in addition to wounding their children, said that its respects the efforts invested by Arab countries to reach a truce, however, it is currently not willing to be part of any mediation talks.
It said that “it is sending a message to Israel, and once we are done with it, there will be a time for talking about calm.”
In another statement, the Brigades said it fired mortars at many Israeli tanks near which gathered near the perimeter fence in the eastern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip.
On its part, the spokesperson of the Israeli army said the current escalation might take several days.
The Palestinians, who were killed Wednesday, including a father and two of his children, have been identified as:
Ten Palestinians were killed on the first day of Israeli bombardment, Tuesday.
The Palestinians were killed and injured in 50 Israeli airstrikes and 21 incidents of artillery shells targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers killed Mohammad Abdullah Sharab, 28, and Haitham Hafeth al-Bakri, 22, after firing a missile at them in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Both are members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad.
Two Palestinians were killed, on Wednesday afternoon, when the Israeli army fired missiles into an area east of Gaza city.
A Palestinian father, identified as Rafat Mohammad Awwad, and two of his children, Islam and Amir, were killed, and several others were injured, by Israeli missiles in the Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza city, in an earlier attack, and a fourth was also killed after the army fired a missile at him while driving his motorcycle in the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza city.
The Health Ministry said the soldiers killed Ala’ Eshteiwi, 32, in the Zeitoun neighborhood, and Khaled Awad Farraj, 38, was killed in the al-Mighraqa area, south of Gaza city, while many Palestinians were injured when the soldiers fired shells into farmlands, in addition to another Palestinian who was injured by Israeli shells in a playground in the Zeitoun neighborhood.
The soldiers also fired many shells into farmlands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, causing damage to surrounding homes.
Damage was also reported to a few homes, east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, when the Israeli air force fired a missile into a nearby land.
Furthermore, an Israeli F16 war jet fired one missile into a site in Sheikh Ejleen area, southwest of Gaza city, causing excessive damage to the site, and several surrounding homes.
Media sources in Gaza said the army carried out more than 50 airstrikes, and fired artillery shells at least twenty times, in less than two days.
The Israeli missiles and shells struck many homes, chicken farms, farmlands, markets for fruits and vegetables, parks near the Gaza sea, in addition to several sites run by armed resistance groups in Gaza, mainly those run by the al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad.
At least 48 Palestinians homes have been completely or partially damaged, and the army also fired missiles at seven motorcycles.
The strikes targeted various areas of the Gaza Strip but were mainly forced on Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, causing several injuries in addition to Gaza city and its surrounding areas, Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza.
Several farmers were injured and were rushed to local hospitals after the army fired missiles into farmland in Beit Hanoun.
Furthermore, the Israeli army said it destroyed a site, reportedly used for manufacturing long-range rockets, and that the armed groups in Gaza have fired more than 250 shells into Israeli areas.
The spokesperson of the al-Quds Brigades, the army wing of the Islamic Jihad, which is the main target of the Israeli escalation, especially after the army started its latest military strike by assassinating a senior leader of the movement, identified as Baha’ Abu al-Ata, 42, and his wife, Asma’ Mohammad Abu al-‘Ata, 36, in addition to wounding their children, said that its respects the efforts invested by Arab countries to reach a truce, however, it is currently not willing to be part of any mediation talks.
It said that “it is sending a message to Israel, and once we are done with it, there will be a time for talking about calm.”
In another statement, the Brigades said it fired mortars at many Israeli tanks near which gathered near the perimeter fence in the eastern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip.
On its part, the spokesperson of the Israeli army said the current escalation might take several days.
The Palestinians, who were killed Wednesday, including a father and two of his children, have been identified as:
- Khaled Mo’awwad Farraj.
- Ibrahim Ayman Fathi Abul-‘Al.
- Ismael Ayman Fathi Abul-‘Al.
- Ahmad Ayman Fathi Abul-‘Al.
- Khaled Mo’awwad Farraj, 38, central Gaza.
- Rafat Mohammad Ayyad.
- Islam Rafat Mohammad Ayyad.
- Amir Rafat Mohammad Ayyad.
- Soheil Khader Qneita, 28, Gaza.
- Ala’ Jabr Abed Eshteiwi, 32, Gaza.
- Mahmoud Dahham Hathat, 19, Gaza.
- Mo’men Mohammad Qaddoum, 26, Gaza.
- Raed Rafiq Ahmad Sarsawi.
- Mohammad Abdullah Sharab, 28, Khan Younis.
- Haitham Hafeth Wafi, 22, Khan Younis.
Ten Palestinians were killed on the first day of Israeli bombardment, Tuesday.
Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, on Tuesday claimed responsibility for targeting a group of Israeli soldiers with mortar shells at a military post in the east of Rafah province, south of the Gaza Strip.
In a communiqué, al-Quds Brigades said its fighters launched a mortar attack on a gathering of Israeli soldiers behind al-Matbaq military post in eastern Rafah.
The Brigades affirmed that there were casualties among the soldiers, adding that army helicopters landed in the area and carried out evacuations.
“The resistance has the right to confront any Zionist aggression against its people, and we are determined to uphold the option of resistance and struggle until the liberation of our entire land,” the Brigades underlined.
The Israeli occupation started at dawn Tuesday a new round of military escalation against Gaza by assassinating senior Islamic Jihad commander Bahaa Abul-Ata and his wife.
In a communiqué, al-Quds Brigades said its fighters launched a mortar attack on a gathering of Israeli soldiers behind al-Matbaq military post in eastern Rafah.
The Brigades affirmed that there were casualties among the soldiers, adding that army helicopters landed in the area and carried out evacuations.
“The resistance has the right to confront any Zionist aggression against its people, and we are determined to uphold the option of resistance and struggle until the liberation of our entire land,” the Brigades underlined.
The Israeli occupation started at dawn Tuesday a new round of military escalation against Gaza by assassinating senior Islamic Jihad commander Bahaa Abul-Ata and his wife.
Israeli warplanes destroyed a Palestinian house in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning as part of its ongoing raids on the besieged enclave.
Local sources said that the warplanes targeted a home for Hadayed family in Nasr village in Rafah district before targeting it anew in a missile attack and reducing it to rubble.
They said that no casualties were suffered, adding that the raids also targeted agricultural land in western Gaza City and central areas of the Strip.
More than 20 Palestinians were killed and more than 50 others were injured in the ongoing Israeli aerial attacks on the beleaguered Strip since Monday.
Local sources said that the warplanes targeted a home for Hadayed family in Nasr village in Rafah district before targeting it anew in a missile attack and reducing it to rubble.
They said that no casualties were suffered, adding that the raids also targeted agricultural land in western Gaza City and central areas of the Strip.
More than 20 Palestinians were killed and more than 50 others were injured in the ongoing Israeli aerial attacks on the beleaguered Strip since Monday.
At least 12 Palestinian citizens were killed and 24 others were injured in renewed Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning.
The new deadly attacks came one day after the Israeli occupation army killed 10 citizens, including a senior Islamic Jihad officials, and injured 45 others in airstrikes on different areas of Gaza. video motorcycle 18+, video video 18+, video 18+, video Abu Hadayd family 18+, video Abu Hadayd family video
For its part, the Palestinian resistance resumed its rocket attacks on different Israeli areas, including military targets, in response to the Israeli crimes.
The new deadly attacks came one day after the Israeli occupation army killed 10 citizens, including a senior Islamic Jihad officials, and injured 45 others in airstrikes on different areas of Gaza. video motorcycle 18+, video video 18+, video 18+, video Abu Hadayd family 18+, video Abu Hadayd family video
For its part, the Palestinian resistance resumed its rocket attacks on different Israeli areas, including military targets, in response to the Israeli crimes.
Khaled Mo’awwad Farraj, 38
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli war jets fired, on Wednesday at dawn, several missiles into different parts of the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian and wounding several others. The Palestinian is the eleventh to be killed since Tuesday.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers fired missiles into central Gaza, killing one Palestinian, and wounding several others.
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said the Palestinian was one of its members and identified him as Khaled Mo’awwad Farraj, 38.
It stated that the Palestinian was assassinated in the al-Mighraqa area, in central Gaza.
The Israeli missiles also struck farmlands east of Deir al-Balah, and east of Juhr ed-Deek area, in central Gaza.
More missiles were fired into farmlands in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, west of Gaza city, causing damage to nearby homes.
On Tuesday, Israeli missiles killed ten Palestinians, and injured 45 others, in several parts of the Gaza Strip, as officially confirmed by the Health Ministry.
They have been identified as:
1. Baha’ Salim Abu al-Ata, 42.
2. Asma’ Mohammad Hasan Abu al-Ata, 39. (Baha’s wife)
3. Mohammad Atiya Musleh Hammouda, 20.
4. Zaki Adnan Mohammad Ghannama, 25.
5. Ibrahim Mohammad Abdul-Latif Dabous, 26.
6. Abdullah Awad al-Balbeesi, 26.
7. Abdul-Salam Ramadan Ahmad, 28.
8. Wael Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Nabi, 43.
9. Rani Fayez Rajab Abu an-Nasr, 35.
10. Jihad Ayman Ahmad Abu Khater, 22.
It is worth mentioning that, according to Israeli sources, 41 Israelis were injured, Tuesday, including five who suffered serious wounds, due to Palestinian shells.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli war jets fired, on Wednesday at dawn, several missiles into different parts of the Gaza Strip, killing one Palestinian and wounding several others. The Palestinian is the eleventh to be killed since Tuesday.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers fired missiles into central Gaza, killing one Palestinian, and wounding several others.
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said the Palestinian was one of its members and identified him as Khaled Mo’awwad Farraj, 38.
It stated that the Palestinian was assassinated in the al-Mighraqa area, in central Gaza.
The Israeli missiles also struck farmlands east of Deir al-Balah, and east of Juhr ed-Deek area, in central Gaza.
More missiles were fired into farmlands in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, west of Gaza city, causing damage to nearby homes.
On Tuesday, Israeli missiles killed ten Palestinians, and injured 45 others, in several parts of the Gaza Strip, as officially confirmed by the Health Ministry.
They have been identified as:
1. Baha’ Salim Abu al-Ata, 42.
2. Asma’ Mohammad Hasan Abu al-Ata, 39. (Baha’s wife)
3. Mohammad Atiya Musleh Hammouda, 20.
4. Zaki Adnan Mohammad Ghannama, 25.
5. Ibrahim Mohammad Abdul-Latif Dabous, 26.
6. Abdullah Awad al-Balbeesi, 26.
7. Abdul-Salam Ramadan Ahmad, 28.
8. Wael Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Nabi, 43.
9. Rani Fayez Rajab Abu an-Nasr, 35.
10. Jihad Ayman Ahmad Abu Khater, 22.
It is worth mentioning that, according to Israeli sources, 41 Israelis were injured, Tuesday, including five who suffered serious wounds, due to Palestinian shells.
Israel resumed its extrajudicial execution policy against Palestinians, as Israeli warplanes carried out a targeted attacks, one against a senior leader of a Palestinian resistance group at dawn, Tuesday.
As a result, the targeted Palestinian was killed along with his wife, while 7 others sustained injuries including 4 of the victims’ children in the attack on their house in al-Shuja’ya neighborhood in Eastern Gaza.
This attack reflects a decision by the highest Israeli military and political offices, PCHR reported.
According to PCHR investigation, at approximately 04:00 on Tuesday, IOF warplanes fired a missile at Bahaa’ Salim Hassan Abulatta’s house.
Abulatta, 42, member of the al-Quds Brigades’ military bureau, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, in charge of its northern Gaza Strip activity.
Abulatta and his wife, Asmaa’ Mohammed Hassan Abulatta, 38, were killed in their apartment, on the second floor of a residential building.
Furthermore, 7 others sustained shrapnel wounds in the airstrike, including 4 of the victims’ children: Salim, 19; Mohammed, 18; Fatima al-Zahra’, 13; Layan, 11; two women from the neighborhood: Hanan Shehda Mohyaldeen Helles, 26; Shereen Fouad Khalil Helles, 21; and Mahmoud Fouad Abdulrahman Abulatta’s bodyguard.
The injuries were reported to be minor and moderate.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) announced in a press statement by military spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, that the targeted attack against prominent Islamic Jihad Leader in Gaza was a joint operation between the Israeli military and the intelligence services.
He also reiterated that Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, authorized the attack, which is the first extrajudicial execution carried out by Israeli airstrikes since the 2014 Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip.
The Gaza attack was simultaneous with another targeted airstrike by Israeli warplanes against Islamic Jihad Political Bureau member, Akram al- ‘Ajoury, in the Syrian capital, Damascus. According to Islamic Jihad press release and Syrian media, al- ‘Ajoury’s son was killed in the attack.
Today’s attacks are worrying signs of a larger escalation against the Gaza Strip, as precedented in similar Israeli attacks that Palestinian armed groups responded to with a rain of retaliatory rocket fire at Israeli settlements and cities, as is the scenario today.
IOF warplanes carried out multiple airstrikes on various targets in the Gaza Strip, some located within densely populated areas, causing great damage and destruction. PCHR teams and fieldworkers are working around the clock to document and investigate each incident.
An Israeli missile targeted and destroyed a residential apartment on the third floor of Khayal Building, on al-Rasheed Street; no injuries were reported.
Another missile hit the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) office in Harara Building in Gaza City center, causing grave damage.
The missile hit the 5th floor of the Gaza office, destroying it. The floor was empty as all staff were in a meeting on the sixth floor, which sustained partial damage on the eastern side. Bahjat Ibrahim al-Helou, Head of ICHR Training and Awareness Unit, sustained wounds due to shattering glass.
PCHR team will continue to document, investigate and report on all airstrikes and attacks.
PCHR reminds and stresses that it is always Palestinian civilians who pay the price for the Israeli attacks and military escalations and warns that this policy retains 2 million Palestinian hostages to aggression, fear, anxiety and direct targeting.
Palestinian Government Press announced the activation of the emergency state in all government office, and suspension of education until further notice.
Additionally, in another act under the Israeli policy of collective punishment against Palestinians, IOF closed Kerm Shalom Commercial Crossing, east Rafah, which is Gaza’s only crossing for goods; and Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossing, in northern Gaza, dedicated for movement of individuals.
IOF also announced reducing the fishing area to 6 nautical miles until further notice, according to Major General Kamil Abu Rokon, Coordinator of the Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), justified by the security situation in Gaza.
PCHR strongly condemns the Israeli extrajudicial execution policy against Palestinian activists and expresses its concern for a dramatic deterioration of the security situation, warning that the situation is susceptible to a deterioration on all aspects.
As such, PCHR:
Reminds all parties of the need to protect protected civilians under the international humanitarian law (IHL), especially that Gaza Strip civilians and their property have been subjected to direct targeting by IOF in grave violations of the 4th Geneva Convention of 1949, that amount to war crimes.
Calls upon the international community to move immediately and urgently to pressure Israel to cease its attacks against Palestinians and to remind it of its obligations under international law, especially the 4th Geneva Convention of 1949.
As a result, the targeted Palestinian was killed along with his wife, while 7 others sustained injuries including 4 of the victims’ children in the attack on their house in al-Shuja’ya neighborhood in Eastern Gaza.
This attack reflects a decision by the highest Israeli military and political offices, PCHR reported.
According to PCHR investigation, at approximately 04:00 on Tuesday, IOF warplanes fired a missile at Bahaa’ Salim Hassan Abulatta’s house.
Abulatta, 42, member of the al-Quds Brigades’ military bureau, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, in charge of its northern Gaza Strip activity.
Abulatta and his wife, Asmaa’ Mohammed Hassan Abulatta, 38, were killed in their apartment, on the second floor of a residential building.
Furthermore, 7 others sustained shrapnel wounds in the airstrike, including 4 of the victims’ children: Salim, 19; Mohammed, 18; Fatima al-Zahra’, 13; Layan, 11; two women from the neighborhood: Hanan Shehda Mohyaldeen Helles, 26; Shereen Fouad Khalil Helles, 21; and Mahmoud Fouad Abdulrahman Abulatta’s bodyguard.
The injuries were reported to be minor and moderate.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) and the Israeli Security Agency (Shin Bet) announced in a press statement by military spokesperson, Avichay Adraee, that the targeted attack against prominent Islamic Jihad Leader in Gaza was a joint operation between the Israeli military and the intelligence services.
He also reiterated that Israeli Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, authorized the attack, which is the first extrajudicial execution carried out by Israeli airstrikes since the 2014 Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip.
The Gaza attack was simultaneous with another targeted airstrike by Israeli warplanes against Islamic Jihad Political Bureau member, Akram al- ‘Ajoury, in the Syrian capital, Damascus. According to Islamic Jihad press release and Syrian media, al- ‘Ajoury’s son was killed in the attack.
Today’s attacks are worrying signs of a larger escalation against the Gaza Strip, as precedented in similar Israeli attacks that Palestinian armed groups responded to with a rain of retaliatory rocket fire at Israeli settlements and cities, as is the scenario today.
IOF warplanes carried out multiple airstrikes on various targets in the Gaza Strip, some located within densely populated areas, causing great damage and destruction. PCHR teams and fieldworkers are working around the clock to document and investigate each incident.
An Israeli missile targeted and destroyed a residential apartment on the third floor of Khayal Building, on al-Rasheed Street; no injuries were reported.
Another missile hit the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) office in Harara Building in Gaza City center, causing grave damage.
The missile hit the 5th floor of the Gaza office, destroying it. The floor was empty as all staff were in a meeting on the sixth floor, which sustained partial damage on the eastern side. Bahjat Ibrahim al-Helou, Head of ICHR Training and Awareness Unit, sustained wounds due to shattering glass.
PCHR team will continue to document, investigate and report on all airstrikes and attacks.
PCHR reminds and stresses that it is always Palestinian civilians who pay the price for the Israeli attacks and military escalations and warns that this policy retains 2 million Palestinian hostages to aggression, fear, anxiety and direct targeting.
Palestinian Government Press announced the activation of the emergency state in all government office, and suspension of education until further notice.
Additionally, in another act under the Israeli policy of collective punishment against Palestinians, IOF closed Kerm Shalom Commercial Crossing, east Rafah, which is Gaza’s only crossing for goods; and Beit Hanoun “Erez” Crossing, in northern Gaza, dedicated for movement of individuals.
IOF also announced reducing the fishing area to 6 nautical miles until further notice, according to Major General Kamil Abu Rokon, Coordinator of the Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), justified by the security situation in Gaza.
PCHR strongly condemns the Israeli extrajudicial execution policy against Palestinian activists and expresses its concern for a dramatic deterioration of the security situation, warning that the situation is susceptible to a deterioration on all aspects.
As such, PCHR:
Reminds all parties of the need to protect protected civilians under the international humanitarian law (IHL), especially that Gaza Strip civilians and their property have been subjected to direct targeting by IOF in grave violations of the 4th Geneva Convention of 1949, that amount to war crimes.
Calls upon the international community to move immediately and urgently to pressure Israel to cease its attacks against Palestinians and to remind it of its obligations under international law, especially the 4th Geneva Convention of 1949.
The Arab League condemned the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, Tuesday, in which 10 Palestinians were killed and 45 wounded.
In a statement, the Arab League declared that “this aggression comes in continuation of a series of crimes committed by the Israeli occupation,” the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
The League held the Israeli government responsible for this aggression with all its consequences, stressing that the Israeli army committed horrific crimes on Tuesday.
“This comes in the context of exposed Israeli attempts to let the Palestinian people pay the price of the predicaments and agendas of Israeli parties,” the statement said.
It continued, saying that “Israel wants to push the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip to further deterioration and to drag the region into violence and turmoil that will exceed the region, to threaten international peace and security.”
The Arab League called for international intervention to provide the Palestinian people with international protection, and stop any further Israeli crimes.
Earlier in the day, Israeli airstrikes killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander and his wife while they slept in their home in Gaza city.
In a statement, the Arab League declared that “this aggression comes in continuation of a series of crimes committed by the Israeli occupation,” the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
The League held the Israeli government responsible for this aggression with all its consequences, stressing that the Israeli army committed horrific crimes on Tuesday.
“This comes in the context of exposed Israeli attempts to let the Palestinian people pay the price of the predicaments and agendas of Israeli parties,” the statement said.
It continued, saying that “Israel wants to push the situation in the besieged Gaza Strip to further deterioration and to drag the region into violence and turmoil that will exceed the region, to threaten international peace and security.”
The Arab League called for international intervention to provide the Palestinian people with international protection, and stop any further Israeli crimes.
Earlier in the day, Israeli airstrikes killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander and his wife while they slept in their home in Gaza city.
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