Thursday, June 17, 2010

PCHR weekly report 10/6 - 16/6/2010: 4 workers including 1 child injured by israeli fire

extracts from PCHR weekly report 10/6 - 16/6/2010:




IOF continued to fire at Palestinian farmers and workers in border areas of the Gaza Strip.
 - 4 workers were wounded while working in the border area. 


Saturday, 12 June 2010


At approximately 07:45, Israeli troops stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northwest of Beit Lahia fired at Palestinian workers who were collecting bricks and construction aggregate from a site, where the evacuated Israeli settlements of "Dogit" and "Elli Sinai" used to stand in the northern Gaza Strip. As a result, Rajab Mohammed Ma'rouf, 19, was wounded by a bullet to the right foot. 

Sunday, 13 June 2010  


At approximately 10:30, Israeli troops stationed on observation towers at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel opened fire at Palestinian workers who were collecting bricks and construction aggregate from the industrial zone. As a result, one of the workers, Mohammed 'Aziz Halawa, 24, from Jabalya, was wounded by a bullet to the right foot.

Monday, 14 June 2010

At approximately 08:00, IOF moved nearly 450 meters into al-Qarara and 'Abassan villages, east of Khan Yunis. They leveled areas of Palestinian previously razed land. At approximately 13:15, IOF fired 5 artillery shells at agricultural areas, but no casualties were reported. 

 At approximately 09:45, Israeli troops stationed on observation towers at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the north of the Bedouin village fired at Palestinian workers who were collecting bricks and construction aggregate from Erez industrial zone. As a result, 'Awadh Jom'a Abu Warda, 18, from Jabalya, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg. 

Tuesday, 15 June 2010  

At approximately 10:00, IOF moved nearly 400 meters into Khuza'a village, east of Khan Yunis. They leveled areas of previously razed Palestinian land.

At approximately 11:40, Israeli troops stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the north of Beit Lahia town fired at Palestinian civilians and international solidarity activists who were protesting the establishment of thr buffer zone along the border. As a result, Zakaria Ibrahim Abu Watfa, 62, Secretary of the Palestinian Arab Front, fell down and sustained a fracture to the right foot. 

Wednesday, 16 June 2010 

At approximately 10:00, Israeli troops stationed on observation towers at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the north of the Bedouin village fired at Palestinian workers who were collecting bricks and construction aggregate from Erez industrial zone. As a result, Ibrahim Wa'el al-Kafarna, 17, from Beit Hanoun, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg