Killed Children 9 -2 2008

Tamer Muhammad Abdul-Riziq abu-Shar 9

Killed 19 feb 2008

Amir Shahir Abdullah al-Yazji 9

Killed 19 nov 2007

died of meningitis at al-Nasr Pediatric Hospital in Gaza City, which lacked necessary vaccines, after Israel denied him entry for treatment at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv. An urgent transfer request, submitted five days earlier, went unanswered.

Sara Suleiman Abdallah abu-Ghazal 9

Killed 29 aug 2007

The mothers of all three children sat next to each other at their funeral while Israeli tanks at the border also sat stationed in the background. Yehya and Mahmoud’s mothers were each holding a picture of their sons, while Sara’s mother was holding a poster with Yehya and Mahmoud’s pictures with their names written below. In between their pictures was an image of a bouquet of red roses, with Sarah’s name underneath.

“Israel just wants to shed our blood,” said Yehya’s mother, choking on her words. “They didn’t do anything wrong … they had no rockets, no tanks … they were just playing,” added Mahmoud’s mother. They were all sitting on the mattress Yehya shared with Mahmoud. Mahmoud would sneak out of his mother’s bedroom at night to go and sleep by Yehya.

“They were meant to go together,” said Yehya’s mother, “Mahmoud would not have lived without Yehya. May God rest their souls together.”

The next day, on the BBC the Israeli military stated that the killing of Yehya, Mahmoud and Sarah was an accident: “at the very last second, it was apparent that they were children, but it was impossible to stop the explosion.”

There was no mention of holding accountable the soldiers who killed them or at the very least any offer of support to the families and the community. They cannot leave their area, or their land, as they have nowhere else to go.

Where’s the justice for 12-year-old Yehya and his childhood, or 10-year-old Mahmoud who wanted nothing more than to have the same things as his friend, or 10-year-old Sarah who never got to wear her new school clothes?

3 children were killed in Beit Hanoun by an Israel surface-to-surface missile fired near launchers of locally produced rockets.

There were no launching cells in the area at the time, and the children were at a considerable distance from the launching ladders.

Saifadeen Said Khalil Jundiyah 9

Killed 27 june 2007

BEIT HANOUN MASSACRE-AUTUMN CLOUDS 1 - 26 NOV 2006

Sa'ad Majdi Sa'ed al-'Athamneh 9

Killed 8 nov 2006

BEIT HANOUN MASSACRE-AUTUMN CLOUDS 1 - 26 NOV 2006

Aya Al Astal 9

Killed 26 jan 2006

by military fire in the Gaza strip

A Palestinian medical reported, on Thursday at night, that Israeli soldiers shot and killed a nine-year old Palestinian child near the Kissufim Crossing in the central Gaza Strip.

The child was identified as Aya Al Astal.

A Palestinian security source reported that Israeli informed the Palestinian District Coordination office that soldiers fired at a "resident who came close the security fence".

The army initially claimed that soldiers fired at a resident who attempted to infiltrate into Israel through the crossing area.

A medical source at the Al Aqsa hospital reported that the child was hit by several live rounds.

http://www.imemc.org/article/16301

Mohammad Hamid Jalaita 9

no date 2005

67 Residents were killed in January 2005, 13 in February and 6 in March.

One child identified as Mohammad Hamid Jalaita, 9 years old from Jericho, was killed, 15 children injured after playing with explosives left by the army, or explosives which detonated sometime after impact.

http://www.imemc.org/article/9900