Amneyah Mohammed al-Silk 8
Killed 30 july 2014 |
Tasneem Dheir 8
Killed 29 july 2014 |
Tasneem Dheir 8
Killed 29 july 2014 |
Eissa Waddah Hassan Abu Amer 8
Killed 29 july 2014 |
Jamal Saleh Olayan 8
Killed 28 july 2014 
Yassr Ibrahim Deib al-Kilani 8
Killed 21 july 2014 
Fulla Tarek Shaheber 8
Killed 17 july 2014 On the picture with her two brothers 9 and 10 years old |
Shahad Qishta 8
Killed 22 july 2014 
Ahmad Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame 8
Killed 20 july 2014 
Seraj Ayad Abed al-A’al 8 (Kaware family)
Killed 8 july 2014 |
OPERATION PROTECTIVE EDGE 8 JULY-26 AUG 2014
OPERATION PILLAR OF CLOUD 14-21 NOV 2012
Mohammad Ashour 8
Killed 20 nov 2012
Killed 20 nov 2012
OPERATION PILLAR OF CLOUD 14-21 NOV 2012
Fareed Jabir 8
Killed by settlers 27 sept 2011
died on Monday after he was critically injured in a hit-and-run incident involving a Jewish settler on Friday in the southern West Bank city of Al-Khalil.
The boy, Fareed Jabir, was hit while walking on a sidewalk in the Buq’a section of Al-Khalil and was later taken to a hospital in nearby Kiryat Arba and then to Hadassah hospital due to the graveness of his injuries.
More and more settler violence has raged across the West Bank after PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas applied for full Palestinian membership in the UN, including in neighborhoods in Al-Khalil.
Settlers attacked Palestinian homes in Al-Khalil’s Ja’bari, Jabir, and Mashariqa neighborhoods, throwing Molotov cocktails at windows on Tuesday morning.
A recent surge in attacks followed Israeli police reports that a car accident that killed a Jewish settler and his son was caused by a Palestinian stone-thrower.
A spokesman for settlers in Kiryat Arba accused police of concealing the actual cause of death for two days in an endeavor to maintain a calm among settlers as the world was preoccupied by speeches by PA President Abbas and Israeli PM Netanyahu at the UN.
An eight-year old Palestinian boy sustained vrious injuries in attacks by settlers in Al-Khalil’s Mashariqa neighborhood, where locals’ movement was restricted by barricades set up on roads.
Settlers amassed just outside of Karmi Tzur settlement at Halhoul-Kiryat Arba junction and stoned Palestinian vehicles entering and exiting Al-Khalil and Halhoul, stopping traffic there for hours.
Killed by settlers 27 sept 2011
died on Monday after he was critically injured in a hit-and-run incident involving a Jewish settler on Friday in the southern West Bank city of Al-Khalil.
The boy, Fareed Jabir, was hit while walking on a sidewalk in the Buq’a section of Al-Khalil and was later taken to a hospital in nearby Kiryat Arba and then to Hadassah hospital due to the graveness of his injuries.
More and more settler violence has raged across the West Bank after PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas applied for full Palestinian membership in the UN, including in neighborhoods in Al-Khalil.
Settlers attacked Palestinian homes in Al-Khalil’s Ja’bari, Jabir, and Mashariqa neighborhoods, throwing Molotov cocktails at windows on Tuesday morning.
A recent surge in attacks followed Israeli police reports that a car accident that killed a Jewish settler and his son was caused by a Palestinian stone-thrower.
A spokesman for settlers in Kiryat Arba accused police of concealing the actual cause of death for two days in an endeavor to maintain a calm among settlers as the world was preoccupied by speeches by PA President Abbas and Israeli PM Netanyahu at the UN.
An eight-year old Palestinian boy sustained vrious injuries in attacks by settlers in Al-Khalil’s Mashariqa neighborhood, where locals’ movement was restricted by barricades set up on roads.
Settlers amassed just outside of Karmi Tzur settlement at Halhoul-Kiryat Arba junction and stoned Palestinian vehicles entering and exiting Al-Khalil and Halhoul, stopping traffic there for hours.
Foqaha' 8
Killed 29 apr 2010
Two Sisters Killed, Their Dad and Brother Wounded After Soldiers Ram Vehicle Into Them
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that two sisters, aged 8 and 10, were killed while their father and brother were wounded after Israeli soldiers rammed their jeep into them in Al Baida area, in the Jordan Valley.
The sources stated that Foqaha', 8, and her sister Masa, 10, died instantly while their father Imad, 40, and their brother Hussein, 11, were moderately wounded.
Local sources reported that the family was on its way back home after farming their land.
The father was driving a tractor when a speeding Israeli military jeep rammed into it, flipping it over.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58549
Killed 29 apr 2010
Two Sisters Killed, Their Dad and Brother Wounded After Soldiers Ram Vehicle Into Them
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that two sisters, aged 8 and 10, were killed while their father and brother were wounded after Israeli soldiers rammed their jeep into them in Al Baida area, in the Jordan Valley.
The sources stated that Foqaha', 8, and her sister Masa, 10, died instantly while their father Imad, 40, and their brother Hussein, 11, were moderately wounded.
Local sources reported that the family was on its way back home after farming their land.
The father was driving a tractor when a speeding Israeli military jeep rammed into it, flipping it over.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58549
OPERATION CAST LEAD 27 DEC 2008-18 JAN 1009
Mohannad Amer El Gadely 8
Killed 16-01-09 
Ibrahim ‘Awajah 8
Killed 04-01-09 Killed while on the street in a-Salatin neighborhood. 
Khitam a-Dayah 8
Killed 06-01-09 Killed with 21 members of her family when their house was bombed. Later, the army admitted the house had been bombed by mistake, and that the family was not given warning of the intention to bomb it. 
Jihad Erhim 8 (R)
Killed 03-01-09 Killed near his home in a-Zeitun neighborhood. 
Zakaria Hamid Khamis al-Samouni 8
Killed 11-01-09 |
Hanin al-Batran 8
Killed 15-01-09 Killed while fleeing with her family from their house in a-Tufah neighborhood. 
Hadil a-Rafati 8
Killed 13-01-09 Killed in her home. 
‘Abd al-Jalil al-Halis 8
Killed 06-01-09 Killed while standing next to a police van in the area where he lived. 
Muhammad Shaqurah 8
Killed 06-01-09 Killed by mortar fire that hit the street next to UNRWA’s al-Fakhura school, in the Jabalya refugee camp, where persons had gone for refuge after they had to leave their houses. 
Zeinab Rayan 8
Killed 01-01-09 Daughter of Nizar Rayan, a senior Hamas official. She was killed along with 15 members of her family when the family’s house was bombed. The army contends that the house was used to store ammunition and a tunnel had been built under it. |
‘Abd Rabo al-Astal 8
Killed 02-01-09
Killed with two children from his family while playing in the street.
Eyad al-Astal Family on the picture:
"The second of January is no different from any other day. Every day and every minute feels like the moment when I lost my sons. In everything there is a memory of them. I miss them all the time.”
On 2 January 2009 at around 14:30 an Israeli drone fired a missile at an open area in Qarara village, close to Khan Yunis. The missile struck and killed two brothers, Mohammed (twelve) and Abed Rabbo (nine) al-Astal, and their cousin, Abdul Sattar Walid al-Astal (eleven) while they were playing and eating sugar canes in the land.
“I was at home when I heard an explosion that was close to our area. An Israeli drone was flying in the sky above us at that moment.” Eyad al-Astal recalls. “Approximately ten minutes later, my brother Ibrahim () came to my house and told me that my two sons and their cousin were killed by an Israeli shell. I rapidly left the house and headed to the scene about 250 meters west of my house. There I saw a deep hole. Traces of blood and fragments of flesh were still there.”
Three years have passed since Eyad lost his two sons but he still carries vivid memories with him. “Every day and every minute feels like the moment when I lost my sons. In everything there is a memory of them. I miss them all the time.”
Eyad tries to describe what the life of his family is like without Mohammed and Abed Rabbo: “Our lives have been very difficult since they were killed. Every time I see another boy their age, I remember my sons. I still cannot look at their photos, it is too painful.” He says; “I always feel like crying but I try not to. My wife, Jawaher, cries everyday but tries to hide her tears from me. She does not want to add salt to my wounds. My wife always wants to go to our sons’ graves with her mother, but I don’t. I only went once and don’t want to go again. I can’t face the sight of their graves.”
Besides Mohammed and Abed Rabbo, Eyad and his wife have five daughters and two sons. Mohammed and Abed Rabbo were the oldest children and their siblings were either very young or not born yet at the time of their death. The youngest child was born one and a half years after the war and will have no memories at all. “When the children ask us where their brothers are we tell them that they were killed, martyred, and are in heaven now”, says Eyad.
The memory of his sons is at the tip of Eyad’s tongue. “My son Khaled looks exactly like his brother Mohammed and I often find myself saying ‘Mohammed!’ when I actually mean to call Khaled.” In order to keep going, Eyad tries to stay busy all the time, finding some distraction by meeting people and working as a mason.
Since the death of his sons Eyad is tormented by worries and fears for the safety of his other children. Before the death of Mohammed and Abed Rabbo he allowed his children to go anywhere at anytime. Even when there were explosions and shooting was heard in the area. After the incident he became very afraid for his children and he wants to keep them inside. “I am afraid that anything would happen to them, especially for my son Khaled, who is now in the first grade. From the moment he leaves the house I worry that something could happen to him. Every day he walks to school, which is 1 kilometer away from our home. I know education is important, otherwise I would forbid him to go, out of my fear.”
The children themselves are aware that their brothers were killed by a drone: the same type of drone they often hear and see flying above themselves. Eyad explains that “when they hear a drone they are too afraid to go outside. ‘The drone will bomb me if I go out’, is what they say.”
The area where Mohammed and Abed Rabbo were killed was an open area approximately three kilometres away from the border with Israel. “The children were used to playing in that area. Our piece of land is close to it. It is an agricultural residential area, far from any hostilities,” Eyad explains.
Eyad is sceptical about the future, given the continuing impunity. “The Israelis disregard our rights. They kill our children and bulldoze our lands and no one will hold them accountable,” he says. “I expect the Israeli court to reject our complaint. I can even imagine them killing me together with my other children. However, I want to hope that the complaint would have some result.”
2 jan 2011 PCHR submitted a criminal complaint to the Israeli authorities on behalf of the al-Astal family on 23 June 2009. To-date, no response has been received.
Killed 02-01-09
Killed with two children from his family while playing in the street.
Eyad al-Astal Family on the picture:
"The second of January is no different from any other day. Every day and every minute feels like the moment when I lost my sons. In everything there is a memory of them. I miss them all the time.”
On 2 January 2009 at around 14:30 an Israeli drone fired a missile at an open area in Qarara village, close to Khan Yunis. The missile struck and killed two brothers, Mohammed (twelve) and Abed Rabbo (nine) al-Astal, and their cousin, Abdul Sattar Walid al-Astal (eleven) while they were playing and eating sugar canes in the land.
“I was at home when I heard an explosion that was close to our area. An Israeli drone was flying in the sky above us at that moment.” Eyad al-Astal recalls. “Approximately ten minutes later, my brother Ibrahim () came to my house and told me that my two sons and their cousin were killed by an Israeli shell. I rapidly left the house and headed to the scene about 250 meters west of my house. There I saw a deep hole. Traces of blood and fragments of flesh were still there.”
Three years have passed since Eyad lost his two sons but he still carries vivid memories with him. “Every day and every minute feels like the moment when I lost my sons. In everything there is a memory of them. I miss them all the time.”
Eyad tries to describe what the life of his family is like without Mohammed and Abed Rabbo: “Our lives have been very difficult since they were killed. Every time I see another boy their age, I remember my sons. I still cannot look at their photos, it is too painful.” He says; “I always feel like crying but I try not to. My wife, Jawaher, cries everyday but tries to hide her tears from me. She does not want to add salt to my wounds. My wife always wants to go to our sons’ graves with her mother, but I don’t. I only went once and don’t want to go again. I can’t face the sight of their graves.”
Besides Mohammed and Abed Rabbo, Eyad and his wife have five daughters and two sons. Mohammed and Abed Rabbo were the oldest children and their siblings were either very young or not born yet at the time of their death. The youngest child was born one and a half years after the war and will have no memories at all. “When the children ask us where their brothers are we tell them that they were killed, martyred, and are in heaven now”, says Eyad.
The memory of his sons is at the tip of Eyad’s tongue. “My son Khaled looks exactly like his brother Mohammed and I often find myself saying ‘Mohammed!’ when I actually mean to call Khaled.” In order to keep going, Eyad tries to stay busy all the time, finding some distraction by meeting people and working as a mason.
Since the death of his sons Eyad is tormented by worries and fears for the safety of his other children. Before the death of Mohammed and Abed Rabbo he allowed his children to go anywhere at anytime. Even when there were explosions and shooting was heard in the area. After the incident he became very afraid for his children and he wants to keep them inside. “I am afraid that anything would happen to them, especially for my son Khaled, who is now in the first grade. From the moment he leaves the house I worry that something could happen to him. Every day he walks to school, which is 1 kilometer away from our home. I know education is important, otherwise I would forbid him to go, out of my fear.”
The children themselves are aware that their brothers were killed by a drone: the same type of drone they often hear and see flying above themselves. Eyad explains that “when they hear a drone they are too afraid to go outside. ‘The drone will bomb me if I go out’, is what they say.”
The area where Mohammed and Abed Rabbo were killed was an open area approximately three kilometres away from the border with Israel. “The children were used to playing in that area. Our piece of land is close to it. It is an agricultural residential area, far from any hostilities,” Eyad explains.
Eyad is sceptical about the future, given the continuing impunity. “The Israelis disregard our rights. They kill our children and bulldoze our lands and no one will hold them accountable,” he says. “I expect the Israeli court to reject our complaint. I can even imagine them killing me together with my other children. However, I want to hope that the complaint would have some result.”
2 jan 2011 PCHR submitted a criminal complaint to the Israeli authorities on behalf of the al-Astal family on 23 June 2009. To-date, no response has been received.
OPERATION CAST LEAD 27 DEC 2008-18 JAN 1009
