4 june 2012
Suraqa Qudaih 18
Suraqa Qudaih, who was seriously injured in an Israeli air raid last Friday, succumbed to his serious wounds at midnight Sunday, medical sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that Qudaih, 18, was a member of the Salahdduin Brigades, the armed wing of the popular resistance committees.
The Israeli raid critically wounded three fighters affiliated with the Brigades in southern Gaza Strip area of Abassan.
Nasser Qudaih, 30, was killed in the same raid while the third was still in hospital in a very serious condition.
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On 1 June 2012, a 17-year-old boy and his cousin are killed in an air strike on Gaza as they walk home from a funeral.
On 1 June 2012, Mohammad Q. awoke around 4:00 am to attend the morning prayers with his father. After prayers, Mohammad returned to his home, while his father left for their fields, located about 800 meters from the border. Mohammad remembers his father returning from the fields too soon after having left to report the fields had been burned and that the Israeli military was operating in the area. “I started hearing drone planes and Apache helicopters hovering in the sky, as well as shooting near the border. I turned on the radio to hear what was going on,” says Mohammad.
Mohammad met his cousins Naji Q. and Suraqa to discuss the morning’s events and listen to radio reports. They learned that a neighbour had been killed in the incident, so around 10:00 am, they set out to pay their respects to his family at their home.
After visiting the family, the three cousins set off home to prepare for Friday prayers. On their way, they met another of their cousins, Suheib Q., driving his cart to the fields for work. The four briefly discussed the morning’s incident and then went on their way. “I was walking fast, about five metres ahead of Suraqa and Naji,” says Mohammad. “I wanted to get back home quickly, take a shower and go to the mosque early. It was around 10:00 am, when suddenly I felt something lifting me and throwing me against the ground. I felt my right shoe flying off as well as a great pressure in my ears. Then, a terrifying explosion took place and smoke and dust filled the air.”
Suheib, who had just met the cousins, also remembers the moment of the explosion: “after speaking with Suraqa, Mohammad and Naji for a short time I continued on in my cart for two or three minutes before hearing an explosion behind me. I returned to see what had happened and saw Suraqa’s legs were in terrible condition. He had a hole in his head and his right eye. His body was full of shrapnel.”
“I looked at my cousins and saw them on the ground next to me, covered in blood,” Mohammad recalls. “Naji’s legs were cut off and his body coloured black. Suraqa was covered in blood and was raising his finger and praying.” Mohammad was carried to a taxi and driven to the hospital. Mohammad awoke in Nasr Hospital to find that he had lost his right foot and suffered serious injury to his right hand. He was later told both his cousins, Suraqa and Naji, had been killed by the missile.
“I do not know why we were targeted,” says Mohammad. “We were walking on the street in civilian clothes, carrying absolutely nothing. I was told that an Israeli drone plane targeted us with a missile. I heard it circling the sky. I still hear the missile. I will never forget that sound.”
Suraqa Qudaih, who was seriously injured in an Israeli air raid last Friday, succumbed to his serious wounds at midnight Sunday, medical sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that Qudaih, 18, was a member of the Salahdduin Brigades, the armed wing of the popular resistance committees.
The Israeli raid critically wounded three fighters affiliated with the Brigades in southern Gaza Strip area of Abassan.
Nasser Qudaih, 30, was killed in the same raid while the third was still in hospital in a very serious condition.
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On 1 June 2012, a 17-year-old boy and his cousin are killed in an air strike on Gaza as they walk home from a funeral.
On 1 June 2012, Mohammad Q. awoke around 4:00 am to attend the morning prayers with his father. After prayers, Mohammad returned to his home, while his father left for their fields, located about 800 meters from the border. Mohammad remembers his father returning from the fields too soon after having left to report the fields had been burned and that the Israeli military was operating in the area. “I started hearing drone planes and Apache helicopters hovering in the sky, as well as shooting near the border. I turned on the radio to hear what was going on,” says Mohammad.
Mohammad met his cousins Naji Q. and Suraqa to discuss the morning’s events and listen to radio reports. They learned that a neighbour had been killed in the incident, so around 10:00 am, they set out to pay their respects to his family at their home.
After visiting the family, the three cousins set off home to prepare for Friday prayers. On their way, they met another of their cousins, Suheib Q., driving his cart to the fields for work. The four briefly discussed the morning’s incident and then went on their way. “I was walking fast, about five metres ahead of Suraqa and Naji,” says Mohammad. “I wanted to get back home quickly, take a shower and go to the mosque early. It was around 10:00 am, when suddenly I felt something lifting me and throwing me against the ground. I felt my right shoe flying off as well as a great pressure in my ears. Then, a terrifying explosion took place and smoke and dust filled the air.”
Suheib, who had just met the cousins, also remembers the moment of the explosion: “after speaking with Suraqa, Mohammad and Naji for a short time I continued on in my cart for two or three minutes before hearing an explosion behind me. I returned to see what had happened and saw Suraqa’s legs were in terrible condition. He had a hole in his head and his right eye. His body was full of shrapnel.”
“I looked at my cousins and saw them on the ground next to me, covered in blood,” Mohammad recalls. “Naji’s legs were cut off and his body coloured black. Suraqa was covered in blood and was raising his finger and praying.” Mohammad was carried to a taxi and driven to the hospital. Mohammad awoke in Nasr Hospital to find that he had lost his right foot and suffered serious injury to his right hand. He was later told both his cousins, Suraqa and Naji, had been killed by the missile.
“I do not know why we were targeted,” says Mohammad. “We were walking on the street in civilian clothes, carrying absolutely nothing. I was told that an Israeli drone plane targeted us with a missile. I heard it circling the sky. I still hear the missile. I will never forget that sound.”
1 june 2012
Ahmad Abu al-Naser
Two Palestinian young men were killed Friday, one in a clash with IOF troops to the east of Khan Younis, the other died of serious wounds he sustained in an Israeli occupation airstrike that targeted a motorcycle in Abasan to the east of Khan Younis. Two others were also wounded in the airstrike.
Ahmad Abu al-Naser crossed the border fence east of Khan Younis near the Kissufim military post and clashed with occupation soldiers killing one of them according to occupation sources. He was killed in the clash. No resistance faction declared responsibility for the attack.
The Israeli occupation responded by attacking a motorbike in Abasan to the east of Khan Younis wounding three people who were taken to the Naser Hospital and European Hospital in Khan Younis. The condition of two of the wounded was described as critical.
Naji Qudaih, 34 years, who was critically wounded in the airstrike, succumbed to his wounds on Friday evening.
Two Palestinian young men were killed Friday, one in a clash with IOF troops to the east of Khan Younis, the other died of serious wounds he sustained in an Israeli occupation airstrike that targeted a motorcycle in Abasan to the east of Khan Younis. Two others were also wounded in the airstrike.
Ahmad Abu al-Naser crossed the border fence east of Khan Younis near the Kissufim military post and clashed with occupation soldiers killing one of them according to occupation sources. He was killed in the clash. No resistance faction declared responsibility for the attack.
The Israeli occupation responded by attacking a motorbike in Abasan to the east of Khan Younis wounding three people who were taken to the Naser Hospital and European Hospital in Khan Younis. The condition of two of the wounded was described as critical.
Naji Qudaih, 34 years, who was critically wounded in the airstrike, succumbed to his wounds on Friday evening.
Nasser Qudaih 30
An Israeli soldier and Palestinian gunman were killed in an exchange of fire in the southern Gaza strip on Friday morning, the Israeli army said.
Israel's Ynet news reported that a clash took place around 4 a.m. after a gunman crossed the border into Israel under cover of heavy fog. It said the army's Golani force opened fire after attempting to arrest the gunman.
The Israeli army said in a statement the Palestinian was "infiltrating Israel from the southern Gaza Strip (and) opened fire at IDF soldiers, who responded with fire," which killed a Golani soldier and the Palestinian.
Local witnesses heard shooting near Abassan, a border village in southern Gaza that is also close to the Egyptian frontier. They said Israeli forces set off smoke bombs to obscure the view as helicopters landed at the scene.
An Israeli soldier and Palestinian gunman were killed in an exchange of fire in the southern Gaza strip on Friday morning, the Israeli army said.
Israel's Ynet news reported that a clash took place around 4 a.m. after a gunman crossed the border into Israel under cover of heavy fog. It said the army's Golani force opened fire after attempting to arrest the gunman.
The Israeli army said in a statement the Palestinian was "infiltrating Israel from the southern Gaza Strip (and) opened fire at IDF soldiers, who responded with fire," which killed a Golani soldier and the Palestinian.
Local witnesses heard shooting near Abassan, a border village in southern Gaza that is also close to the Egyptian frontier. They said Israeli forces set off smoke bombs to obscure the view as helicopters landed at the scene.
Omar Abu Al Jeraich, 43
A 43-year-old man from Hebron died on Friday morning after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest, medics said.
Red Crescent official Nasser Kabbajeh identified the shooting victim as Omar Abu Al Jeraich from the town of Kharas in the southern West Bank.
Doctors at Al Ahli Hospital in Hebron said the man was already dead when he arrived at the hospital.
The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately clear early Friday.
A 43-year-old man from Hebron died on Friday morning after suffering a gunshot wound to the chest, medics said.
Red Crescent official Nasser Kabbajeh identified the shooting victim as Omar Abu Al Jeraich from the town of Kharas in the southern West Bank.
Doctors at Al Ahli Hospital in Hebron said the man was already dead when he arrived at the hospital.
The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately clear early Friday.
31 may 2012
Zuhair Lubada 50
Hamas leader in Nablus Zuhair Lubada, 50, was pronounced dead at dawn Thursday after one week of his release from Israeli jails for health reasons, sources concerned with prisoners’ affairs said.
Lubada, who was suffering from Cirrhosis of the liver and kidney disease, was released from Israeli prisons after worsening health condition. He was taken from jail to intensive care in a hospital in Nablus.
Lubada was held in Israeli occupation jails more than once and served several years in detention and was one of the deportees to Marj Al-Zuhur in South Lebanon in 1992.
The Wa’ed society for prisoners and ex-prisoners held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) responsible for the “killing and liquidating” of Lubada.
The society said in an urgent statement on Thursday that increasing numbers of freed Palestinian captives die soon after their release, recalling the cases of Zakaria Issa and Walid Shaat.
Wa’ed asked the Arab League to launch an investigation to probe the death of Lubada and similar cases.
The society called on the family of the deceased to file a lawsuit against the Israeli prison service and Israeli government to hold them accountable for this painful incident.
Hamas mourns death of Lubada
The Hamas Movement has mourned in an announcement the death of its official Zuhair Lubada who died Thursday morning in the hospital he was transferred to after his release from an Israeli jail a few days ago.
Its spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Lubada was a resistance hero, a prominent figure of Hamas and one of Marj Azzuhour exiles.
Spokesman Barhoum said the death of Lubada reflected the size of prisoners' suffering in Israeli jails and how they are medically neglected.
The spokesman called on the international community and organizations to pay attention to the issue of Palestinian patients in Israeli jails and intervene to have them return safely and in one piece to their families.
For its part, the prisoner center for studies held the Israeli government fully responsible for the death of prisoner Lubada after his release from one of its jails.
In a press release, director of the center Ra'fat Hamdouna called for moving at the international level to expose Israel's violations against Palestinian prisoners and its disregard for human lives and to take legal action against it.
Hamdouna affirmed that the death of Lubada activated the file of Palestinian patients in Israeli jails, especially as a result of the deliberate medical neglect and the death of a number of patients soon after their release.
Wa'ed society for detainees and ex-detainees, for its part, appealed to the Arab League to delegate an inquiry committee to investigate the death of Lubada and other prisoners who died earlier.
Thousands of Palestinians mourn martyr Lubada
Thousands of Palestinians participated, on Thursday afternoon, in the funeral of liberated prisoner, Zuhair Rashid Lubada, who died few days after his release from occupation jails following the deterioration of his health.
The funeral procession was launched after the prayer from Haj Mazuz Masri mosque, with the participation of leaders and members of Hamas, MPs and representatives of several national and Islamic forces. The mourners had roamed a number of the city's streets passing through Martyrs Square, before heading to the cemetery where they buried Lubada next to his companion martyr Salahuddin Darwaza.
MP Sheikh Daoud Abu Sir delivered a eulogy after the burial of the martyr during which he mentioned Lubada's sacrifices, despite the chronic diseases he was suffering from, calling healthy people to learn from Lubada's example and his struggle.
For its part; the European Network for the defense of rights of prisoners and Palestinian detainees held the Israeli government fully responsible for the death of prisoner Lubada at the Watani Hospital in Nablus, a week after his release from Israeli jails due to the deterioration of his health during his detention in Ramle prison hospital.
Mohammed Hamdan, head of the European Network said: "The death of liberated prisoner Lubada a week after his release from Ramle prison reflected the size of prisoners’ suffering in Israeli jails and how they are medically neglected."
He added: "European Network mourns Martyr Zuhair Lubada (52 years) from the city of Nablus in the West Bank," asserting that "this is not the first time that prisoners die after days from their release"
Hamdan also called all international and human rights organizations to take urgent steps to pursue Lubada's killers and to launch an investigation to probe the death of Lubada.
For its part, the martyr's family also held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) responsible for the killing of Lubada because of the medical negligect he suffered from at Ramle prison hospital.
Lubada, a Hamas leader, was a resistance hero, one of the most prominent figures of the movement in the city of Nablus and one of the most to suffer in the Ramle prison hospital, where he spent his last administrative detention, which lasted 6 months.
Hamas leader in Nablus Zuhair Lubada, 50, was pronounced dead at dawn Thursday after one week of his release from Israeli jails for health reasons, sources concerned with prisoners’ affairs said.
Lubada, who was suffering from Cirrhosis of the liver and kidney disease, was released from Israeli prisons after worsening health condition. He was taken from jail to intensive care in a hospital in Nablus.
Lubada was held in Israeli occupation jails more than once and served several years in detention and was one of the deportees to Marj Al-Zuhur in South Lebanon in 1992.
The Wa’ed society for prisoners and ex-prisoners held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) responsible for the “killing and liquidating” of Lubada.
The society said in an urgent statement on Thursday that increasing numbers of freed Palestinian captives die soon after their release, recalling the cases of Zakaria Issa and Walid Shaat.
Wa’ed asked the Arab League to launch an investigation to probe the death of Lubada and similar cases.
The society called on the family of the deceased to file a lawsuit against the Israeli prison service and Israeli government to hold them accountable for this painful incident.
Hamas mourns death of Lubada
The Hamas Movement has mourned in an announcement the death of its official Zuhair Lubada who died Thursday morning in the hospital he was transferred to after his release from an Israeli jail a few days ago.
Its spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that Lubada was a resistance hero, a prominent figure of Hamas and one of Marj Azzuhour exiles.
Spokesman Barhoum said the death of Lubada reflected the size of prisoners' suffering in Israeli jails and how they are medically neglected.
The spokesman called on the international community and organizations to pay attention to the issue of Palestinian patients in Israeli jails and intervene to have them return safely and in one piece to their families.
For its part, the prisoner center for studies held the Israeli government fully responsible for the death of prisoner Lubada after his release from one of its jails.
In a press release, director of the center Ra'fat Hamdouna called for moving at the international level to expose Israel's violations against Palestinian prisoners and its disregard for human lives and to take legal action against it.
Hamdouna affirmed that the death of Lubada activated the file of Palestinian patients in Israeli jails, especially as a result of the deliberate medical neglect and the death of a number of patients soon after their release.
Wa'ed society for detainees and ex-detainees, for its part, appealed to the Arab League to delegate an inquiry committee to investigate the death of Lubada and other prisoners who died earlier.
Thousands of Palestinians mourn martyr Lubada
Thousands of Palestinians participated, on Thursday afternoon, in the funeral of liberated prisoner, Zuhair Rashid Lubada, who died few days after his release from occupation jails following the deterioration of his health.
The funeral procession was launched after the prayer from Haj Mazuz Masri mosque, with the participation of leaders and members of Hamas, MPs and representatives of several national and Islamic forces. The mourners had roamed a number of the city's streets passing through Martyrs Square, before heading to the cemetery where they buried Lubada next to his companion martyr Salahuddin Darwaza.
MP Sheikh Daoud Abu Sir delivered a eulogy after the burial of the martyr during which he mentioned Lubada's sacrifices, despite the chronic diseases he was suffering from, calling healthy people to learn from Lubada's example and his struggle.
For its part; the European Network for the defense of rights of prisoners and Palestinian detainees held the Israeli government fully responsible for the death of prisoner Lubada at the Watani Hospital in Nablus, a week after his release from Israeli jails due to the deterioration of his health during his detention in Ramle prison hospital.
Mohammed Hamdan, head of the European Network said: "The death of liberated prisoner Lubada a week after his release from Ramle prison reflected the size of prisoners’ suffering in Israeli jails and how they are medically neglected."
He added: "European Network mourns Martyr Zuhair Lubada (52 years) from the city of Nablus in the West Bank," asserting that "this is not the first time that prisoners die after days from their release"
Hamdan also called all international and human rights organizations to take urgent steps to pursue Lubada's killers and to launch an investigation to probe the death of Lubada.
For its part, the martyr's family also held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) responsible for the killing of Lubada because of the medical negligect he suffered from at Ramle prison hospital.
Lubada, a Hamas leader, was a resistance hero, one of the most prominent figures of the movement in the city of Nablus and one of the most to suffer in the Ramle prison hospital, where he spent his last administrative detention, which lasted 6 months.
23 may 2012
Nasser Awadallah Ahmed Said, 65
The Sudanese minister of foreign affairs, Ali Karti, said that Israel is behind the air strike that killed a Sudanese businessman in the country’s eastern city of Port Sudan on Tuesday.
“The manner in which the car was blasted resembles the way Israel carried out similar attacks in the Red Sea State” Karti confirmed, pointing out that the Sudanese security services are investigating the circumstances of the incident.
News agencies quoted witnesses as saying that the explosion caused a hole which is likely to be the result of a missile launched from an airplane. The country’s security apparatus said that the dead driver was trader Nasser Awadallah Ahmed Said, 65.
Yediot Ahronot claimed that the victim is an arms dealer and that East Sudan has long been a route for arms smuggling.
In April 2011, Sudan said two people were killed in Port Sudan in a missile strike that Khartoum blamed on Israel, which declined to comment then.
The Sudanese minister of foreign affairs, Ali Karti, said that Israel is behind the air strike that killed a Sudanese businessman in the country’s eastern city of Port Sudan on Tuesday.
“The manner in which the car was blasted resembles the way Israel carried out similar attacks in the Red Sea State” Karti confirmed, pointing out that the Sudanese security services are investigating the circumstances of the incident.
News agencies quoted witnesses as saying that the explosion caused a hole which is likely to be the result of a missile launched from an airplane. The country’s security apparatus said that the dead driver was trader Nasser Awadallah Ahmed Said, 65.
Yediot Ahronot claimed that the victim is an arms dealer and that East Sudan has long been a route for arms smuggling.
In April 2011, Sudan said two people were killed in Port Sudan in a missile strike that Khartoum blamed on Israel, which declined to comment then.
17 may 2012
Mahmoud al-Burno 21
The Israeli occupation police on Wednesday killed a Palestinian citizen in Tayeba city of the 1948 occupied lands and wounded others during a raid on a house.
Palestinian sources said that after the attack, an ambulance transferred the wounded Palestinians to Meir hospital and one of them aged 21 died there of serious injuries.
The sources added policemen wearing masks stormed a house in the city to arrest Palestinians from the same family, but things went ugly and turned into an armed confrontation between them and the young men.
Many residents of the area where the attack happened fled their homes and a large number of police forces were deployed throughout the city.
The citizens deplored the Israeli attack on the house and affirmed that the Israeli police escalated recently its provocative raids on homes in the city and spread a state of panic among the local population.
For its part, the Israeli police issued orders prohibiting its members from revealing any details about the incident or the investigations taking place.
For his part, Arab Knesset member Taleb Al-Sanea demanded the minister of the internal security to form a fact-finding committee to probe this incident.
The Israeli occupation police on Wednesday killed a Palestinian citizen in Tayeba city of the 1948 occupied lands and wounded others during a raid on a house.
Palestinian sources said that after the attack, an ambulance transferred the wounded Palestinians to Meir hospital and one of them aged 21 died there of serious injuries.
The sources added policemen wearing masks stormed a house in the city to arrest Palestinians from the same family, but things went ugly and turned into an armed confrontation between them and the young men.
Many residents of the area where the attack happened fled their homes and a large number of police forces were deployed throughout the city.
The citizens deplored the Israeli attack on the house and affirmed that the Israeli police escalated recently its provocative raids on homes in the city and spread a state of panic among the local population.
For its part, the Israeli police issued orders prohibiting its members from revealing any details about the incident or the investigations taking place.
For his part, Arab Knesset member Taleb Al-Sanea demanded the minister of the internal security to form a fact-finding committee to probe this incident.
8 may 2012
Palestinians fleeing their homes in 1948
The Arab political parties and popular committees in the 1948 occupied lands decided to form a committee to make outstanding preparations for the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian nakba.
In a meeting held Tuesday morning in Umm Al-Fahm city, heads and representatives of the Arab parties and committees called on all Palestinians of the 1948 occupied lands to participate in the general strike to take place on the day of the nakba.
The committee will prepare for several activities to commemorate the anniversary including cultural events, symposiums and photo galleries.
The events will highlight the ethnic cleansing that happened to Lajon villagers who were displaced from their homes in that era and the central event will be held in this village.
Buses, carrying Palestinians from different areas of the 1948 occupied lands, will be heading to the destroyed village of Lagon where they will take part in erecting tents on the ruins of the homes that were demolished by the Zionists in 1948.
Nakba means "catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers to the destruction of whole Palestinian villages and towns in 1948 when more than 700, 000 Palestinians fled or were forced into exile and massacred by Israeli troops.
Because the Palestinians were not Jewish, their presence and predominant ownership of the land were obstacles to the creation of a Jewish state.
Their exodus, or Nakba, was already nearly half-complete by May 1948, when the Jews declared the establishment of their entity and the Arab states entered the fray.
The Arab political parties and popular committees in the 1948 occupied lands decided to form a committee to make outstanding preparations for the 64th anniversary of the Palestinian nakba.
In a meeting held Tuesday morning in Umm Al-Fahm city, heads and representatives of the Arab parties and committees called on all Palestinians of the 1948 occupied lands to participate in the general strike to take place on the day of the nakba.
The committee will prepare for several activities to commemorate the anniversary including cultural events, symposiums and photo galleries.
The events will highlight the ethnic cleansing that happened to Lajon villagers who were displaced from their homes in that era and the central event will be held in this village.
Buses, carrying Palestinians from different areas of the 1948 occupied lands, will be heading to the destroyed village of Lagon where they will take part in erecting tents on the ruins of the homes that were demolished by the Zionists in 1948.
Nakba means "catastrophe" in Arabic. It refers to the destruction of whole Palestinian villages and towns in 1948 when more than 700, 000 Palestinians fled or were forced into exile and massacred by Israeli troops.
Because the Palestinians were not Jewish, their presence and predominant ownership of the land were obstacles to the creation of a Jewish state.
Their exodus, or Nakba, was already nearly half-complete by May 1948, when the Jews declared the establishment of their entity and the Arab states entered the fray.
1 may 2012
The Hamas Movement condemned Israel's decision to close its investigation of those responsible for massacring Al-Samouni family during its aggression against the Gaza Strip in 2009.
Its spokesman Fawzi Barhoum slammed the decision as a green light for Israeli soldiers to commit more atrocities against the Palestinians with impunity.
Spokesman Barhoum said the failure of the international community and the UN to take deterrent measures against Israel and its leaders encourages it to cover up its crimes and escape justice.
"Such decision will not deter us from continuing to expose the occupation's crimes and cornering it internationally, legally and officially until those responsible for committing crimes against our people are brought to trial," the spokesman stressed.
He also urged the international human rights organizations to start immediately legal moves against Israel.
For its part, the Palestinian center for human rights on Wednesday denounced the Israeli military's decision to close the case of the Samouni family without initiating prosecutions.
The center stated that the case of Samouni family encompasses many documented Israeli war crimes such as the premeditated killing of 27 civilians and the armed targeting of civilians and populated areas which led to the injury of 35 civilians without allowing them to receive medical treatment.
The center affirmed that on behalf of 62 Palestinian victims, it submitted a legal and civil complaint concerning the Samouni case to the Israeli occupation authority and provided it with important evidence in this regard, yet it did not receive any response from the Israeli side.
It also said that Israel's decision in this regard confirmed unequivocally that its investigation system is defective and not up to the international standards, and this is what the UN probe committee had also verified before.
"In view of the flaws inherent in this system, which has failed after three and a half years to level one charge for war crimes, the center believes that the Israeli legal system is used as a smokescreen to create illusions about the seriousness of investigations, although in fact it provides systematically a cover for large-scale violations against the international law," the human rights center emphasized.
The 2009 shelling of a house in Gaza killed more than 20 members of Samouni family, but Israel claimed Tuesday that what had happened was not a war crime and that the civilians had not been targeted purposefully.
Its spokesman Fawzi Barhoum slammed the decision as a green light for Israeli soldiers to commit more atrocities against the Palestinians with impunity.
Spokesman Barhoum said the failure of the international community and the UN to take deterrent measures against Israel and its leaders encourages it to cover up its crimes and escape justice.
"Such decision will not deter us from continuing to expose the occupation's crimes and cornering it internationally, legally and officially until those responsible for committing crimes against our people are brought to trial," the spokesman stressed.
He also urged the international human rights organizations to start immediately legal moves against Israel.
For its part, the Palestinian center for human rights on Wednesday denounced the Israeli military's decision to close the case of the Samouni family without initiating prosecutions.
The center stated that the case of Samouni family encompasses many documented Israeli war crimes such as the premeditated killing of 27 civilians and the armed targeting of civilians and populated areas which led to the injury of 35 civilians without allowing them to receive medical treatment.
The center affirmed that on behalf of 62 Palestinian victims, it submitted a legal and civil complaint concerning the Samouni case to the Israeli occupation authority and provided it with important evidence in this regard, yet it did not receive any response from the Israeli side.
It also said that Israel's decision in this regard confirmed unequivocally that its investigation system is defective and not up to the international standards, and this is what the UN probe committee had also verified before.
"In view of the flaws inherent in this system, which has failed after three and a half years to level one charge for war crimes, the center believes that the Israeli legal system is used as a smokescreen to create illusions about the seriousness of investigations, although in fact it provides systematically a cover for large-scale violations against the international law," the human rights center emphasized.
The 2009 shelling of a house in Gaza killed more than 20 members of Samouni family, but Israel claimed Tuesday that what had happened was not a war crime and that the civilians had not been targeted purposefully.
26 apr 2012
Zakaria Arram
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, has charged that the Israeli army’s award to an Israeli soldier for killing a Palestinian youth posed as another proof of its racism.
Abu Zuhri said in a statement on Thursday that the Israeli army’s decoration of a soldier for killing Zakaria Arram is an official encouragement for Israeli soldiers to kill more Palestinians.
He called on the world community and human rights groups to assume their responsibility toward such blatant and official racism that encourages shedding blood of Palestinian citizens.
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, a Hamas spokesman in Gaza, has charged that the Israeli army’s award to an Israeli soldier for killing a Palestinian youth posed as another proof of its racism.
Abu Zuhri said in a statement on Thursday that the Israeli army’s decoration of a soldier for killing Zakaria Arram is an official encouragement for Israeli soldiers to kill more Palestinians.
He called on the world community and human rights groups to assume their responsibility toward such blatant and official racism that encourages shedding blood of Palestinian citizens.
24 apr 2012
Israeli policeman sentenced to 8 months for killing Palestinian in cold-blood
Hazim Adel Abu Al Dab’at, 22
An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced a policeman to eight months in jail for killing a Palestinian Jerusalemite youth while handcuffed.
The policeman agreed with prosecution on confessing to the crime and that it was accidental in return for an eight-month imprisonment term.
The indictment list said that the policeman fired at the youth after arresting him on 14 September 2010. It claimed that the shot was accidently fired while an eyewitness testified that the policeman insulted the youth before shooting him.
Hazem Abul Dabaat was killed after detaining him along with his two friends Amjad Shahin and Mohammed Shuweiki in one of the Tel Aviv streets.
Both Shahin and Shuweiki said that the Israeli police stopped their car and asked for their IDs before an altercation took place and the policeman fired at their friend while handcuffed and sitting on the ground.
Abul Dabaat family charged that the sentence was racist, adding that it was a cold-blooded murder.
An Israeli court on Tuesday sentenced a policeman to eight months in jail for killing a Palestinian Jerusalemite youth while handcuffed.
The policeman agreed with prosecution on confessing to the crime and that it was accidental in return for an eight-month imprisonment term.
The indictment list said that the policeman fired at the youth after arresting him on 14 September 2010. It claimed that the shot was accidently fired while an eyewitness testified that the policeman insulted the youth before shooting him.
Hazem Abul Dabaat was killed after detaining him along with his two friends Amjad Shahin and Mohammed Shuweiki in one of the Tel Aviv streets.
Both Shahin and Shuweiki said that the Israeli police stopped their car and asked for their IDs before an altercation took place and the policeman fired at their friend while handcuffed and sitting on the ground.
Abul Dabaat family charged that the sentence was racist, adding that it was a cold-blooded murder.
