PCHR weekly report 3/2 - 9/2/2011: 4 workers including 1 child, injured, 1 incursion

extracts from PCHR weekly report 3/2 - 9/2/2011:

IOF continued to target Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip.
- 4 Palestinian workers, including a child, were wounded.

In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted one limited incursion into Gaza Valley village in the central Gaza Strip, during which they leveled areas of Palestinian land.

Saturday, 05 February 2011

 In the morning, Israeli soldiers positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired at a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting scraps of constructions materials in the east of al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, nearly 500 meters away from the border. Two workers were wounded:

Bilal 'Abdullah al-Da'our, 19, wounded by two bullets to the right hand and foot; and
Ibrahim al-Nabahin, 22, wounded by two bullets to the right side and foot.

At approximately 11:00, Israeli soldiers stationed on observation towers on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the north of Beir Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip 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. As a result, 'Abdullah Rabee' 'Olwan, 46, from Jabalya town, was wounded by a bullet to the right thigh, when he was nearly 150 meters away from the border. 

Monday, 07 February 2011

At approximately 07:55, Israeli soldiers positioned the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun opened fire at Palestinian farmers who were on their lands in the area. The farmers were forced to flee, and no casualties were reported. 

At approximately 14:30, Israeli soldiers positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired at a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting scraps of construction materials in the east of al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. As a result, Nash'at Sa'id Hous, 17, from al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg, when he was nearly 500 meters away from the border.

Tuesday, 08 February 2011

At approximately 09:00, IOF moved nearly 200 meters into al-Shouka village, east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah. They opened fire and leveled areas of Palestinian land. No casualties were reported.

Wednesday, 09 February 2011

At approximately 07:30, IOF moved nearly 250 meters into Gaza Valley village in the central Gaza Strip. They leveled areas of Palestinian land. They moved back to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel two hours later.