Israeli Offensive on the Gaza Strip
[Note: only attacks against civilians at the areas close to the so called "buffer zone" mentioned]
Friday, 19 August 2011
At approximately 01:30, Israeli warplanes bombarded a space area in al-Najjar quarter in Khuza'a village, east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. The bombardment me a large crater in the area and damaged two tin-made rooms belonging to the al-Najjar family. Additionally, glass of a mosque and a number of houses was broken, and a number of water tanks were damaged.
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At approximately 17:30, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a number of activists of the Palestinian resistance near al-Wafa Hospital in the east of Gaza City. As a result, two children living in the area were seriously wounded by shrapnel throughout their bodies: Ibrahim 'Adnan al-Zaza, 14; and Mohammed 'Aatef al- Zaza.
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Also at approximately 17:30, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at a space area near Hassanain brick factory in al-Sourani Mount area in al-Tuffah neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. No casualties were reported.
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At approximately 19:10, IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of Gaza City fired an artillery shell at a number of Palestinians in al-Mansoura Street in al-Shoja'iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. No casualties were reported.
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At approximately 21:55, Israeli tanks positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Khan Yunis, fired 4 shells at 'Abassan village. The shells landed on agricultural areas, but no casualties were reported.
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At approximately 23:00, Israeli warplanes bombarded a 150-square-meter barrack belonging to Najia Mohammed Abu Zarifa at 'Abassan road in the east of Khan Yunis. The barrack was destroyed and a nearby carwash shop belonging to 'Ammar 'Ali Abu Daqqa and a house were damaged.
Saturday, 20 August 2011
At approximately 00:00, Hussein Mahmoud al-Najjar received a phone call from the Israeli intelligence, in which he was ordered to vacate his 130-square-meter, two-storey house in the east of Khuza'a village, east of Khan Yunis. Al-Najjar and his family immediately vacated the house. Five minutes later, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at the house. The missile hit the western part of the basement, but did not explode. Ten minutes later, Israeli warplanes fired another missile, which hit a nearby sheep farm belonging to Suleiman Mohammed Shnainu and damaged a nearby house. It is worth noting that al-Najjar's house was attacked by an Israeli drone on 24 March 2011.
At approximately 13:30, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a number of Palestinians who were on a space area in al-Tawahin Street in the east of al-Shuja’iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. As a result, a woman, a child and an activist of al-Quds Brigades (the armed wing of Islamic Jiahd) were wounded. The activist was in a serious condition and was admitted into the intensive care unit at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The woman and the child were identified as:
1- Fatima Salem Abu al-Ata, 50, wounded by shrapnel throughout the body;
2- Mo’ayad Rami Jundiya, 7, wounded by shrapnel throughout the body. Sunday, 21 August 2011
At approximately 04:50, Israeli soldiers positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip opened fire at Palestinian fishermen [sic] who were on their lands in Zummu Street in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. No casualties were reported.
At approximately 05:00, IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired 7 artillery shells at the vicinity of Gaza International Airport, southeast of Rafah. No casualties were reported.
At approximately 10:50, an Israeli drone attacked a number of Palestinian resistance activists, who launched a home-made rocket into Israeli towns, near al-Shaimaa’ School in the north of Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip. As a result, Haitham Ahmed Ma’rouf, 13, who was on his father’s land, was seriously wounded by shrapnel throughout the body.
Monday, 22 August 2011
At approximately 04:20, IOF positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel fired two artillery shells at a space area in the southeast of Juhor al-Dik village, southeast of Gaza City. No casualties were reported.
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
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At approximately 05:00, an Israeli drone fired a missile at an agricultural plot belonging to Eyad al-Khaldi in the northeast of al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, nearly 1,500 meters away from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. As a result, Isma’il Nemer Ammoum, 62, a farmer working on the plot, was instantly killed. Palestinian medical crews were able to find his body at approximately 15:00 on the same day.
