IOF kill a man, wound another in Gaza

[ 12/08/2013 - 12:59 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- A Palestinian young man was killed and another was injured after being shot by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza strip. Spokesperson of Ministry of Health Dr Ashraf Qedra said that Hussein Abdul Hadi, 30, was killed Saturday night where he was shot by Israeli soldiers near the Gaza border fence. The Israeli soldiers stationed at the Israeli military towers on the border fence opened their fire at Palestinian houses and lands in Shijaia neighborhood east of the city. As a result, Mahmoud Samir Jundiya, 25, was injured in his right leg where he was transferred to hospital for treatment, Qedra added. Israeli violations to the truce agreement signed in November 2012 have escalated where dozens were injured by Israeli fire and 40 fishermen were arrested, in addition to targeting and confiscating number of fishing boats. ----------- Al Mezan 11-8-2013 IOF Opens Fire and Kills Palestinian Man Northeast of Al Bureij Refugee Camp At approximately 8:20 pm on Saturday 10 August 2013, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire at Hussein Abdel Hadi An-Nouri, 34, who was trying to sneak across the separation fence between Gaza Strip and Israel east of Al Bureij refugee camp. As a result, the man was killed. At approximately 3:00 am on Sunday 11 August 2013, the IOF submitted the body to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The body was admitted to Shifa Hospital in Gaza. An-Nouri sustained bullet wounds in the left shoulder and the abdomen. According to An-Nouri’s relatives, Hussein left his house at around 7:30 pm on Saturday 10 August 2013 and did not get back. At approximately 9:00 am on the next day, they received a phone call from their friends informing them that Hussein’s body was in the morgue.

IOF Opens Fire at Palestinian Farmers and Injures One East of Gaza City

Al Mezan

11-8-2013

At approximately 11:30 am on Sunday 11 August 2013, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened fire at Palestinian farmers who were about 400 meters away from the separation fence between Gaza Strip and Israel east of Al Sheja’iya neighborhood east of Gaza city. As a result, Hamada Samir Jendiya, 21, was injured. In his affidavit to Al Mezan, Hamada stated: “I went to work at my uncle’s land along with three other farmers. Ten minutes later, I heard firing and felt pain in my left leg and fall on the ground. I was fainted and when I woke up I found myself in Shifa hospital. I received medical treatment and left the hospital at 6:00 pm on the same day.”

List of Palestinians shot by IOF in Gaza Strip after the November 21, ceasefire - UPDATE 31-7-2013

The funeral of martyr Mahmoud Jarghoun 

Since November 22, 2012, 5 Palestinians have been killed and 109 Palestinians, including 23 children, have been wounded by IOF fire in Gaza Strip. One of the above mentioned Palestinians has been wounded twice, in 2 different incidents. Four of the wounded are fishermen who were shot in the sea, while the others are protesters, workers and farmers shot in the areas close to the fence of the Green Line. Also, 2 Palestinians have been injured by tear gas canister shot with weapon. Additionally, another 4 Palestinians (two of them fishermen) were seriously injured not directly by the Israeli gunfire but because of Israeli shooting attacks or airstrike.

The data are from PCHR weekly reports, unless otherwise noted. Additional links to the relevant posts of this blog, from other sources, are also provided. In almost all the cases, the victims are mentioned expressly as civilians.One of the martyrs, was accused to be a Palestinian militant, but without his status being clear, at the exact moment when he was extrajudicially executed.

This is not a complete list of Israeli violations of the ceasefire, as it contains only the incidents which resulted in injuries or deaths. 

Martyrs

• Anwar Abdul Hadi Msallam Qdeih, 20, was wounded in the head and died directly, in the east of Abassan and Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis, on Friday 23 November.

• Mahmoud Ali Jarghoun, 20, was wounded by a bullet to the pelvis, in al-Shouka village, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday, 30 November 2012.Medical efforts to save his life failed and he was pronounced dead in the early morning on Saturday, 01 December 2012.
• Anwar Al Malouk, 19, wounded by gunshot to the abdomen, east of Jabalya, on Friday 11 January 2013, while 40 meters from the fence. Died while evacuated to the hospital. 
• Mustafa Abu Jarad, 20, shot in the forehead by sniper's fire, nearly 1,200 meters away from the border, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday 14 January 2013, while farming. Died in hospital.  
• Haitham Ziyad Ibrahim al-Meshal, 26, extrajudicially killed, when an Israeli warplane launched a missile, while he was riding a motorbike near Bader military site, in the northwest of Gaza, on Tuesday, 30 April 2013. Al-Meshal was affiliated to the Jihadist Salafist Group and a security officer in Shifa hospital in Gaza City. 

Wounded

• 9 Palestinians wounded in the east of al-Faraheen area in Abassan, east of Khan Yunis, on Thursday 22 November 2012.

• 2 Palestinian wounded in the east of al-Shouka village in the east of Rafah, on Thursday 22 November 2012.

• 18 Palestinians wounded, including 3 children, in the east of Abassan and Khuza'a, east of Khan Yunis, on Friday 23 November

• 2 Palestinians wounded, including 1 child, Mohammed Nabil Ahmed Abu Eyadah, 14, lightly wounded in the head, east of ‘Abassan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sunday 25 November.

• 2 Palestinians wounded, east of Jablya in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday 26 November 2012. The first sustained a bullet wound in the right thigh and shrapnel wounds in the right shoulder. The other one sustained a bullet to the left knee.

• 1 Palestinian, an 18-year-old boy sustained a bullet wound in his right knee, east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday 27 November 2012

• 1 Palestinian, Abdul Fattah Ashraf Zaqout, 20, was wounded by 3 bullets to the abdomen and right arm, in the east of al-Shouka village, east of Rafah, on Tuesday 27 November 2012.

• 1 Palestinian, Hassan Ahmed Naseer, 26, was wounded by a bullet to the right knee, in the east of Beit Hanoun, on Wednesday, 28 November 2012.

• 8 Palestinians, including 3 children, were wounded, in the east of al-Bureij and al-Maghazi refugee camps in the central camps, on Wednesday, 28 November 2012.

• 1 Palestinian, Mahmoud Sami Na'im, 24, was wounded by shrapnel from a bullet in the chest, in the east of Beit Hanoun, on Wednesday, 28 November 2012.

• 1 Palestinian, Suleiman Saleh al-Najadi, 42, was wounded by a bullet to the back, in the east of al-Shouka village, east of Rafah, on Wednesday, 28 November 2012.

• 1 Palestinian child, Waheed Majed Adel al-Fseifis, 17, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg, on Thursday, 29 November 2012.

• 4 Palestinians, including 1 child wounded the east of Jabalya town in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 30 November 2012:

- Lo'ai Ahmed Kamel Abed Rabbu, 14; wounded by a bullet to the right leg;

- Ahmed Anwar al-Zaza, 18; wounded by a bullet to the right knee;

- Salman Osama Salman Abu Ajwa, 24, wounded by a bullet to the right leg;

- Ahmed Mesleh Salah, 26, wounded by a bullet to the right leg.

• 1 Palestinian, Bassam Mohammed Abu Rjaila, 22, was wounded by a bullet to the leg, in the east of Khan Yunis, on Friday, 30 November 2012.

• 4 Palestinians protesters wounded, in the northeast of al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Friday, 30 November 2012:

- Hassan Hammad Ibrahim al-Tebri, 39, wounded by a bullet to the left leg;

- Ahmed Abdul Qader Omar Abu Jalal, 22, wounded by a bullet to the right leg;

- Mohammed Ahmed Sulaiman al-Awawda, 27, wounded by a bullet to the left leg;

- Mohammed As'ad Mohammed al-Bardini, 23, wounded by a bullet to the right thigh.

• 1 Palestinian child, Jihad Iyad Mohammed Abu Ouda, 16, was wounded by a bullet to the right leg, east of Beit Hanoun, on Friday, 30 November 2012.

• 1 Palestinian, Nedal Mohammed Abdallah, 21, was moderately wounded by a bullet to his right foot, east of Jabalya town in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, 01 December 2012.

• 1 Palestinian, Mahmoud Mohammed al-Adgham, 23, was wounded by a bullet to his right foot, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, 01 December 2012.

• 1 Palestinian, Sami Saeed Rabi’a Hamdiya, 28, was wounded by a bullet to his right knee, in the east of Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, 01 December 2012. 
•  3 Palestinians, wounded by Israeli gunfire, in the vicinity of their homes about one kilometer away from the separation fence  between Gaza Strip and Israel northeast of Wadi As-Salqa village, on Saturday 1 December 2012:
  • Rabah Ahmed Khammash, 27;
  • His brother Jihad, 23; and
  • Ahmed Naief Al Louh, 25.  [Al Mezan]
   

• 1 Palestinian child shepherd, Jihad Mesbah Salim al-Sawarka, 16, wounded him in the left knee, while grazing sheep 300 meters away from the border fence, in the east of al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Monday, 03 December 2012.

• 1 Palestinian worker, Abdullah Salim Abu Jari, 23, sustained injuries in his left leg, while he was 300 meters away from the border fence, in northwestern Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday, 09 December 2012.

• 1 Palestinian worker, Hamza Mohammed Rajab Ma’arouf, 19, wounded during IOF incursion, northwest of “Elissenai” settlement, northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, 12 December 2012. He was 500 meters away from the border fence when they started firing.

• 1 Palestinian, Asef Rasmi Ibrahim al-Khaldi, 19, wounded by a bullet to the right arm, while  collecting aluminum and metal pieces from the landfill, which is 150 meters away from the border fence, in Wadi Gaza (Juhor al-Deek), on Thursday, 13 December 2012.

• 1 Palestinian, Mohammed Salah Qdeih, 22, was wounded by a bullet to the right hand, in the east of Khan Yunis, east of al-Faraheen area, 200 meters to the west of the border fence, on Friday, 14 December 2012.

• 1 Palestinian, Mo'men Mohammed al-Abed Nawwarah, 19, was seriously wounded by a bullet to the right leg, in the east of Jabalya, 150 meters away from the fence, on Friday, 14 December 2012.

• 1 Palestinian farmer, Khaled Sulaiman Abdul Karim Mhanna, 25, was seriously wounded by a bullet to abdomen that exited the back, while working at his farm, located 500 meters away from the border fence, east of Khan Yunis, on Sunday, 16 December 2012.

• 1 Palestinian fisherman, Mos'ad Abdul Razeq Baker, 38, wounded by a bullet to the left thigh, while sailing 7 nautical miles of Wadi Gaza shore, on Monday, 17 December 2012.

• 2 Palestinians protesters, including a child, were wounded, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, 30 meters away from the fence, on Friday, 21 December 2012:

-Mohammed Ahmed Mahmoud ‘Ebeid, 21 was wounded by a bullet that penetrated his 2 legs.

-Mazen Jamal Mohammed Mesleh, 17 was seriously wounded by a bullet to the right and left knees.

• 2 Palestinians protesters, including a child, were wounded, north of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, 50 meters away from the fence, on Friday, 21 December 2012:

-Mohammed Mostafa Mohammed ‘Ashour, 31, was wounded by a bullet to the right leg; and

-Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed Salman, 15, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg (entered and exited).

• 1 Palestinian child worker, Ramzi Mohammed Rajab Ma'rouf, 17, was wounded by a bullet to the right leg, in the northern Gaza Strip, 500 meters away from the border fence, on Monday, 31 December 2012. 
•  1 Palestinian worker, Awad Abdullah Ali al-Za'anin, 36 wounded by shrapnel from a bullet in the right side of the head, while in a waste truck 150 meters away from the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, in Beit Hanoun landfill, on Saturday 5 January 2013. 

•  1 Palestinian, Omar Wadi, 21, wounded by shrapnel in both legs, east of Jabalya, on Friday 11 January 2013, while trying to save Anwar Al Malouk (martyr), who was 40 meters from the fence. 
• 1 Palestinian child, Mohammed Samir Ahmed Sorour, 17 wounded in the foot, by gunfire, north of Beit Lahiya, on Friday 18 January 2013.  
• 1 Palestinian child, Nahed Ahmed al-'Edini, 2, was wounded by a bullet to the left leg, east of Wadi al-Salqa village in the central Gaza Strip, on Saturday 19 January 2013. 
• 1 Palestinian worker, Abdullah Mohammed Sofian Mahmoud Ma’arouf, 18, was injured in the right leg that led to damaging it, north of al-Ghoul land, north of the former location of “Eli Sinai” settlement, northwest of Beit Lahiah in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday 21 January 2013. 
• 4 Palestinians, including 2 children, injured by Israeli gunfire, while a few meters away to the west of the border fence, northeast of Islamic Martyrs cemetery, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday 25 January 2013: 

1- Baker Hashem al-Fayoumi, 20, from al-Sheja’aya neighborhood, sustained shrapnel injuries in the left side of his neck in the right thigh;

2- Mohammed Hatem Mohammed Eidal-Summery, 16, from al-Sheja’aya neighborhood, sustained a seven centimeter long and 2 centimeter deep cut in the left cheek;

3- Faisal Naser Yousif al-Summery, 18, from al-Sheja’aya neighborhood, injured with a gunshot in his right thigh; 

4- Nidal Hussein Ahmed Nofal, 12, from Block 9 in Jabalya, injured with a gunshot in the left hand.

• 1 Palestinian, Mamdouh Muhanna Mansour al-Kafarnah, 19, was wounded by a bullet in the left thigh, north of Dimrah area, northeast of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday 29 January 2013
•     2 Palestinian children, wounded by Israeli gunfire,  while few meters away from the west of the border fence, east of Abu Safia area, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday 1 February 2013:
  
  1- Ahmed Ra’afat Harb Abu Namous, 14, from Jabalya, seriously wounded by a bullet to his right leg which was severely damaged.  
  
  2- Ibrahim Akram Hassan Nassar, 16, wounded by a bullet in the right leg.  

•  2 Palestinian scrap and rubble collectors, wounded by Israeli gunfire, while 300 meters to the west of the border fence, east of al-Douh valley, northeast of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, 14 February 2013 :
  1. Hosam Samih Zaki al-Kafarna, 20, was wounded by a bullet to the left hand (entered and exited) and a bullet to 2 fingers in the right hand; and  2. Kamel Adham Hussein al-Kafarna, 20, was wounded by a bullet to the abdomen. 

• 2 Palestinian fishermen, including a child, wounded by Israeli Navy's gunfire while on a fishing boat, approximately 3 nautical miles off al-Sudaniya shore, north of Gaza City, on Monday, 18 February 2013:   

1. Abdul Razeq Mahmoud Jarbou', 16, from Gaza City, was wounded by a shrapnel in his right leg; and 2. Abdullah Mas'oud al-Ghoul, 24, from Gaza City, was wounded by a shrapnel in the left leg.

• 1 Palestinian fisherman, Ayman Adnan Mohammed Kabaja, 37, lightly wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the right leg and by shrapnel in the left hand, while on board of a fishing boat that was sailing 3 nautical miles of Beit Lahia shore in the northern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, 21 February 2013. 
• 2 Palestinians wounded by Israeli gunfire, while they were about 50 meters to the northeast of al-Shuhada' cemetery near the border fence,  east of Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip,
  on Friday, 22 February 2013:  

1. Ali Hassan Abdul Rahman Mohammed Khalil, 20, from bloc (1) in Jabalya refugee camp, wounded by a bullet (entered and exited) to the left leg; and
2. Amen Rabah Abdul Khaleq Ali Hussein, 20, from al-Mahkama streets in Jabalya, wounded by a bullet to the left foot.

• 1 Palestinian, Montaser Samir Ali Mas'oud, 18, was wounded by a bullet to the right leg, while he was about 100 meters to the west of the fence, east of Abu Safiya area, east of Jabalya, north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 22 February 2013.
•  3 Palestinians wounded, while 100-300 meters away from the border fence, in the east of Abu Safiya area, east of Jabalya, on Friday, 01 March 2013: 

1. Jehad Nasser Jawdat Hmeid, 18, from Ijdaida area in al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, wounded by a bullet to both legs (he suffers from a mental disorder);
2. Abdul Rahman Sa'id Abu Jalhoum, 23, from bloc "9" in Jabalya refugee camp, wounded by a bullet to the left leg that caused fractures.
3. Ahmed Abdul Fattah Ibrahim 'Ebeid, 20, from al-Na'ayma streets in Beit Hanoun, wounded by a bullet to the right leg.

•  1 Palestinian, Mohammed Samir Abdul Jawwad al-Taramsi, 19, lightly wounded in the buttocks, by Israeli gunfire, while a few meters away from the border fence, north of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 01 March 2013.

• 1 Palestinian, Omar Isma'il Omar Wadi, 20, seriously wounded by a bullet to the chest, east of Jabalya in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 08 March 2013.
  It should be noted that on 11 January 2013,  Wadi was wounded by bullet shrapnel in both legs when he attempted to rescue Anwar Mohammed Elian al-Mamlouk, 19, who was killed in the northeast of al-Shuhada' cemetery, east of Jabalia. 
• 1 Palestinian child, Yazeed Mohammed Abu Khader, 16, sustained a bullet wound in the right leg, when IOF opened fire towards a group of Palestinians who were between 20 and 400 meters away from the separation fence, east of the Islamic Cemetery east of Jabaliya in North Gaza district, on Friday 5 April 2013. [Al Mezan] [ see also OCHA] [PCHR factsheet]
•  1 Palestinian shepherd, Mohammed Mahmoud Mussallam Abu S'ayed, 32, wounded by a bullet in the back that exited from the chest, while around 400 meters away from the fence, east of al-Bureij refugee camp, in the centre of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, 16 April 2013. [The date is according to Al Mezan and OCHA]
• 1 Palestinian child, Jamil Wa'el Jamil Risha, 17, wounded by an explosive bullet to the left leg, near al-Shuhada' cemetery, east of Jabalia refugee camp, in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, 26 April 2013. [The correct date is according to Al Mezan , OCHA and PCHR factsheet]
•  1 Palestinian, Ahmed Emad al-Hamadeen, 21, wounded by a bullet to the right thigh while he was riding a cart 300 meters away from the border fence, east of Abu Safiya area to the east of Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday, 02 June 2013. 
• 1 Palestinian worker, Amer Mazen Abu Hadyed, 20, wounded by a bullet that entered into his left shoulder and exited from the chest, while working in gravel collecting, 80 meters away from the border fence, east of Khan Yunis, on the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, 10 June 2013. 
• 1 Palestinian farmer, Omar Gayad Abu Mohareb, 47, wounded by a bullet to the right thigh while he was irrigating his land that is about 400 meters away from the border fence, east of al-Salqa valley, southeast of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Friday, 14 June 2013. 
• 1 Palestinian worker, Khaled Shehada Hamad, 18, wounded by a bullet to the left thigh (entered and exited), while collecting metal pieces in the landfill, northeast of Beit Hanoun, about 400 meters away from the border fence, on Sunday 14 July. 
• 1 Palestinian worker, ‘Awadh R’fat ‘Abdul ‘Aati, 19, wounded by 2 bullets to the right thigh and leg, and shrapnel from a bullet to the abdomen, while collecting wood, approximately 500 meters away from the border, northwest of Beit Hanoun, on Thursday, 25 July 2013.   
• 1 Palestinian with psychological disorder, Fadi Waleed ‘Eissa, 29, wounded with 2 bullets to the legs, when he approached the border in the central Gaza Strip, on Saturday, 27 July 2013.  

Injured by tear gas canisters

•  1 Palestinian, Yousif Soliman Hamdan Abu Odah, 21, was injured with a tear gas canister in the head,  north of the Islamic Martyrs cemetery, east of Jabalya in the northern Gaza Strip, while 100 meters from the fence, on Friday 18 January 2013.
• 1 Palestinian, Adham Abdullah Salim al-Dabji, 18, sustained injuries in his lips as he was hit by a tear gas canister at the mouth,  a few meters away from the border fence, north of Bouret Abu Samrah, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday 25 January 2013. 

Other Palestinians injured because of Israeli attacks

•  Basel Mohammed Abu Al Qoumasan, 23, sustained a fracture in the left elbow while he was trying to help one of the injured persons, in Hamdoush agricultural area north of Beit Lahiya, in North Gaza district, on Friday 21 December 2012. [Al Mezan]
• 1 Palestinian fisherman, Adel Abdul Karim Baker, 50, sustained serious injuries,
  when the sail of a boat fell on his head, when Israeli gunboats stationed off Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats sailing within 2 nautical miles of the shore, on Wednesday, 01 May 2012.
• 1 Palestinian woman, Alaa' Jihad al-'Amawi, 19, sustained a fracture in the left leg as a door of a closet fell over her when she was sleeping at home, during an Israeli airstrike, in al-Zawayda village, in the central Gaza Strip, on Monday, 24 June 2013.
• 1 Palestinian fisherman, Sharif Hussein Khalil ‘Arafat, 29, was injured while he was trying to hide from Israeli shooting, when Israeli gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in al-Soudaniya area 6 nautical miles off the shore, on Sunday, 30 June 2013. His right leg stuck in the fishing spinner which wrapped around it causing the leg to bleed. Medical sources in the hospital stated that there is an urgent need for amputation of his right leg. However, the family of the fisherman refused and he was transferred in Israel to receive treatment.