A Palestinian was killed and three civilians, including two women, were wounded by IOF in the Gaza Strip.
IOF continued to fire at Palestinian farmers and workers in border areas of the Gaza Strip.
Six Palestinian civilians, including two children, were wounded.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted three limited incursions into Palestinian areas, during which they searched these area.
At approximately 09:00, Israeli troops positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel opened fire at Palestinian workers who were collecting construction aggregates from a site where the evacuated Israeli settlement of "Elli Sinai" once stood. As a result, Nidal Sha'ban al-Hsoumi, 25, from Beit Lahia, was wounded by a bullet to the left foot and shrapnel to the right foot; he was approximately 500 meters away from the border when he was injured.
Saturday, 10 July 2010
At approximately 06:30, Israeli troops positioned on observation towers at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel opened fire at Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials from the Erez industrial zone. As a result, 'Arafat 'Abdul Karim Sha'ban, 16, from Jabalya town, was wounded by a bullet to the left ankle.
Also at approximately 06:30, Israeli troops stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel opened fire at a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting construction aggregates from a site where the evacuated Israeli settlement of "Elli Sinai" once stood. As a result, two workers, including a child, were wounded:
1. No'man Hassan al-Sous, 14, from Beit Lahia, wounded by a bullet to the right foot; and
2. Maher Fayez Ghanem, 20, wounded by a bullet to the right thigh.
Sunday, 11 July 2010
At approximately 09:00, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into the east of al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis. There they leveled areas of Palestinian land which they had previously been razed. They pulled back towards the border four hours later.
Monday, 12 July 2010
At approximately 07:50, Mohammed 'Othman al-Kafarna, 23, from Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, was admitted into Kamal 'Edwan Hospital in Beit Lahia after he was wounded by a bullet to the left foot. Al-Kafarna was wounded when Israeli troops stationed on observation towers at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing opened fire at Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials in the Erez industrial zone.
At approximately 10:00, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Yunis, where they opened fire and leveled areas of land. As a result, 'Ammar 'Abdul Mon'em 'Ammar, 26, was wounded by a bullet to the left foot when he was farming his land nearly 700 meters away from the border.
At approximately 14:00, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into the Bourat Abu Samara areas in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. There they searched the area and opened fire. In the evening, IOF pulled back towards the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. No casualties were reported.
Tuesday, 13 July 2010
In the evening, IOF killed a Palestinian woman and wounded another three civilians (an elderly man and two women) of the same family, when their house was bombarded by artillery shells.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR and statements given by a member of the victims' family, at approximately 20:45 on Tuesday, 13 July 2010, a number of women from the Abu Sa'id family from Gaza Valley village, in the central Gaza Strip, were sitting near their home, which is approximately 400 meters away from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. At this time, Israeli troops stationed at the border fired two artillery shells at the house; the attack was unprovoked and the witness could think of no reason for the attack. As a result, Amira Jaber Abu Sa'id, 30, was wounded by shrapnel to the shoulder and her sister-in-law, Sana'a Ahmed Abu Sa'id, 26, was wounded by shrapnel to the feet. Members of the Abu Sa'id family phoned the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to send ambulances to the area. Ambulances arrived at the area fifteen minutes later, but were not able to reach the targeted house because IOF continued to fire on the area. The ambulances were forced to drive back to Deir al-Balah. Meanwhile, Ne'ma Yousef Abu Sa'id, 33, remembered that her three-year-old child was still outside the house. She went to find her child, and IOF fired a third shell at her. She was instantly killed by shrapnel to the head and the abdomen. Her father-in-law, Jaber Abu Sa'id, 65, was also wounded by shrapnel wounds to the right thigh. The family continued to call the PRCS. Approximately one and a half hours later a PRCS ambulance arrived at the scene after coordination with the Israeli authorities through the Palestinian Liaison Office. The ambulance transferred the victims to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al- Balah. Medical sources at the hospital affirmed that Ne'ma Abu Sa'id died of shrapnel wounds from an artillery shell. The wounds of the other persons were described as moderate.
Wednesday, 14 July 2010
At approximately 08:00, Israeli troops stationed on observation towers at Bei Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials from the debris of destroyed buildings in Erez industrial zone. As a result, 14-year-old Hmaid Ahmed 'Obaid, from Beit Hanoun, was wounded by a bullet to the left elbow.
