During the reporting period, IOF killed two activists of the Palestinian resistance and wounded eight civilians, including five children and a woman, in the Gaza Strip.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted five limited incursions into Palestinian areas, during which they searched the areas.
Thursday, 15 July 2010
At approximately 09:00, IOF moved nearly 400 meters into al-Qarara village, east of Khan Yunis. There they leveled areas of Palestinian land.
Saturday, 17 July 2010
At approximately 21:30, Israeli troops stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalya fired three artillery shells at Abu Safiya area. No casualties were reported.
Sunday, 18 July 2010
At approximately 13:00, IOF moved nearly 500 meters into al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis, where they leveled areas of Palestinian land and fired at Palestinians in the area. No casualties were reported.
Monday, 19 July 2010
At approximately 12:15, IOF moved nearly 400 meters into Bourat Abu Samra area in the north of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. They leveled areas of Palestinian land and opened fire. They pulled back towards the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel at approximately 13:00 and no casualties were reported.
At approximately 18:30, IOF moved nearly 400 meters into al-Shouka village, east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, where they leveled areas of Palestinian land. They then moved northward, where they leveled areas of previously-razed Palestinian land.
Wednesday, 21 July 2010
At approximately 12:15, IOF moved nearly 200 meters into al-Amal quarter in the northeast of the northern Gaza Strip of Beit Hanoun. They opened fire and leveled areas of previously-razed Palestinian land. At approximately 15:45, they fired two flechette shells at a group of activists of the Palestinian resistance. One activist was killed immediately and another was seriously wounded and died of his wounds a few hours later. The two Palestinian activist killed are as follows:
1. Mohammed Hatem al-Kafarna, 23; and
2. Qassem Mohammed Kamal al-Shanbari, 20.
At the same time, IOF fired three flechette shells at various areas in Beit Hanoun. As a result, eight Palestinian civilians, including five children and a woman, were wounded:
1. Haitham Tha'er Qassem, 4, wounded by shrapnel to the head;
2. Samah 'Eid al-Masri, 9, seriously wounded by shrapnel to the chest and the head;
3. Ibrahim Wissam al-Masri, 6, wounded by shrapnel to the back;
4. 'Imad Taha al-Kafarna, 35, wounded by shrapnel to the right hand and the back;
Mohammed 'Azzam al-Masri, 9, sustained a fracture to the right hand when he fell down as he was attempting to escape;
5. Shadia al-Kafarna, 35, wounded by shrapnel to the head;
6. Mohammed al-Za'anin, 30, wounded by shrapnel to left knee; and
7. Baraa' Rajab, 8, wounded in the head.
