PCHR weekly report 20/1 - 26/1/2011: 1 worker killed 2 injured by Israeli UXO, 1 farmer injured by gunfire, 3 incursions

extracts from PCHR weekly report 20/1 - 26/1/2011:

A Palestinian civilian was killed and another two ones were wounded by the explosion of a projectile left by IOF in the Gaza Strip.

IOF continued to target Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.

- A Palestinian farmer was wounded.

 In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 3 limited incursions into Palestinian communities, during which they leveled areas of Palestinian land, which they had already razed. 

Saturday,22 January 2011


At approximately 12:00, Ahmed Na'im Ahmed Abu Wadi, 23, from al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, and another two civilians were wounded as a result of the explosion of a projectile left by IOF, when the three civilians where near Malaka intersection in the east of Gaza City. The three civilians were collecting scraps of construction materials nearly one kilometer away from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. Ayman al-Batniji, spokesman of the Palestinian police, stated that Abu Wadi and another two civilians were wounded when they mishandled a projectile left by IOF. The two civilians who were wounded are:

1. Mohammed 'Abdul Khaliq Abu Wadi, 45, seriously wounded by shrapnel to the eyes; and

2. Ibrahim Sa'id Silmi, 20, wounded by shrapnel throughout the body.

At approximately 17:30, Fares Shaheen Abu 'Ajwa, 47, from al-Sha'af neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, was seriously wounded by a bullet to the chest. Israeli soldiers positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired at him while he was working in a cow farm belonging to his family, nearly 2,000 meters away from the border.


Monday, 24 January 2011 


At approximately 11:00, IOF moved nearly 250 meters into the northeast of al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. They leveled areas of Palestinian land. IOF moved back to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel ar approximately 17:00.

Tuesday, 25 January 2011


 At approximately 07:30, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into Gaza Valley village in the central Gaza Strip. They leveled areas of Palestinian land. IOF moved back to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel two hours later. 

At approximately 09:30, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into the east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. They leveled areas of Palestinian land. IOF moved back to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel two hours later.