PCHR weekly report 30/12/2009-5/1/2010: 3 incursions, 4 airstrikes

extract from PCHR weekly report No. 01/2010 30 Dec 2009- 05 Jan. 2010

Israeli occupation forces conducted [...] 3 limited incursions into the Gaza Strip.


Friday, 01 January 2010

At approximately 20:00, Israeli warplanes bombarded an area near al-Je'el fuel station in the east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip.  No damage or casualties were reported.

At approximately 23:35, Israeli occupation forces warplanes bombarded an olive farm in al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis.  A bombardment made a crater in the area, but no casualties were reported. 

Monday, 04 January 2010 

At approximately 00:00, Israeli occupation forces moved nearly 200 meters into the Abu Samra area in the north of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.  They leveled areas of Palestinian land which they had already razed previously. A heavy explosion and sporadic gunfire were heard in the area.  Israeli occupation forces withdrew from the area at approximately 16:30, and no casualties were reported. 

At approximately 17:05, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a number of activists of the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades (the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine), who were riding motorcycles in the east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip.  No casualties were reported. 

Tuesday, 05 January 2010 


At approximately 09:00, Israeli occupation forces moved nearly 200 meters in Khuza'a village, east of Khan Yunis.  They leveled areas of Palestinian land which they had previously razed.

At approximately 11:00, Israeli occupation forces moved nearly 150 meters into 'Abassan village, east of Khan Yunis.  They leveled areas of Palestinian land which they had previously razed.

At approximately 20:20, Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at a number of activists of the Salah al-Din Brigades (the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees) in al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis.  As a result, Jihad 'Abdul Rahim al-Sumairi, 22, was killed, and another 3 activists were wounded.