On 18 January 2011, IOF fired y artillery shells at the northern Gaza Strip, killing a Palestinian civilian and wounding two workers who were collecting scraps of construction materials. Another two workers were also wounded by Israeli gunfire in two separate incidents on 16 and 19 January 2011.
In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted one limited incursion, during which they leveled areas of Palestinian land, which they had already razed.
Sunday, 16 January 2011
At approximately 07:00, Israeli soldiers stationed on observation towers at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the north of Beit Lahia town fired at a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting scraps of construction materials from a site where the evacuated Israeli settlement of "Elli Sinai" used to stand. A worker, Adham Ramadan Subeh, 22, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg, when he was nearly 150 meters away from the border.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
At approximately 08:00, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into the east of Jabalya town in the northern Gaza Strip. They leveled areas of Palestinian land, which they had already razed.
At approximately 14:00, IOF, which had moved into the east of Jabalya town in the northern Gaza Strip since 08:00, fired 7 artillery shells at a number of Palestinian workers, which were collecting scraps of construction materials in the southeast of Beit Hanoun town, nearly 600 meters away from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. As a result, Amjad Sami Ahmed al-Za'anin, 18, who was in the area, was instantly killed. Two workers were also wounded:
1. Sharaf Ra'fat Shihada, 19, wounded by shrapnel throughout the body; and
2. Isma'il 'Abdul Qader al-Za'anin, 16, wounded by shrapnel to the abdomen and the feet.
A horse belonging to Sharaf Shihada was also killed, and another one belonging to Samed al-Za'anin was injured.
At approximately 14:00, Israeli soldiers stationed on observation towers on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of Martyrs Cemetery in the northern Gaza Strip fired at a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting scraps of construction materials. As a result, Ahmed Nemer al-'Er, 22, from Jabalya town, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg, when he was nearly 300 meters away from the border.
