PCHR weekly report 19/8-25/8/2010: 1 child worker injured, 1 incursion

extracts from PCHR weekly report 19/8-25/8/2010:

 Tuesday, 24 August 2010


At approximately 06:00, Israeli troops stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northwest of Beit Lahia town fired at a number of Palestinian workers, who were collecting raw construction materials from a site where the evacuated Israeli settlements of "Elli Sinai" and "Dogit" used to stand. The workers fled from the area and no casualties were reported. 

At approximately 16:00, IOF moved nearly 150 meters into the northwest of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. They patrolled in the area for a few hours. They moved back to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel at approximately 20:00. 

Wednesday, 25 August 2010  


At approximately 06:00, Israeli troops stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northwest of Beit Lahia town fired at a number of Palestinian workers, who were collecting raw construction materials from a site where the evacuated Israeli settlements of "Elli Sinai" and "Dogit" used to stand. As a result, Mohammed Ramadan Subeh, 17, from Beit Lahia, was wounded by a bullet to the left thigh. 

At approximately 06:40, Israeli troops stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the northwest of Beit Lahia town fired at a number of Palestinian workers, who were collecting raw construction materials from a site where the evacuated Israeli settlements of "Elli Sinai" and "Dogit" used to stand. The workers fled from the area and no casualties were reported.