Israeli gunships fire at Palestinian cultivated land in Gaza

GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli military choppers opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian cultivated land in southern and central Gaza Strip afternoon Tuesday, local sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that the raid targeted the eastern outskirts of Khan Younis and Deir Al-Balah in southern and central Gaza respectively.
The sources said that the plantations targeted were in Qarara and Abasan in eastern Khan Younis and the eastern flank of Deir Al-Balah.

PCHR weekly report 23/2 - 29/2/2012: houses, building damaged

extract from PCHR weekly report 23/2 - 29/2/2012



Thursday, 23 February 2012 

Also at approximately 17:15, IOF positioned at the border in the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at farms in al-Sreij neighborhood in al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Younis. At the same time, IOF warplanes opened fired at the area. No casualties were reported. 

Friday, 24 February 2012



At approximately 03:25, an IOF warplane fired a missile at a training site used by the Izz Addin al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in the east of the Bedouin village in the north of the Gaza Strip.  Windows of two houses in the southwest of the site crushed as a result of the explosion. In addition, the windows of the International Federation of Football, to the south of the site, crushed. Further, the locals, especially women and children, were in panic because of the strong explosion. No casualties were reported. The missile caused a big hole in the training site.

At approximately 21:30, IOF positioned at the border in the east of al-Shejaiya district, east of Gaza City, fired a shell at a house owned by Maher Ateya Darwish al-Zaq, 48.  The shell did not explode but it caused a hole measuring 1 square meter.  No casualties were reported.  The house which measures 280 square meters, located near al-Menar crossing in the east of al-Shejaiya district, is dwelled by a family of 12 members, including 8 children.  The explosives team of the police reported that the shell is a mortar shell, fired by IOF.  

Saturday, 25 February 2012

At approximately 06:00, IOF positioned at the border in the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, opened fire at farms in al-Sreij neighborhood in al-Qarara village, northeast of Khan Younis.

At approximately 11:50 on Tuesday, 28 February 2012, IOF positioned in watchtowers at the border fence near Beit Hanou (Erez) crossing, north of the Gaza Strip, fired at a group of demonstrators and Palestinian and international activists in the vicinity of the crossing.  The demonstration was comprised of approximately 50 protestors, including 5 international activists and 6 journalists.  When they approached to a distance of 150 meters from the border, IOF fired bullets and tear gas canisters, but no injuries were reported.

Saber al-Za'neen, Coordinator of the Local Initiative in Beit Hanoun and the one supervising the demonstration, said that at approximately 11:15 on the said day, a demonstration headed to the northern area.  When the demonstrators were around 150 meters from the fence, IOF sporadically fired bullets at them. Then they fired dozens of tear gas canisters, while firing bullets. IOF continued firing till around 12:30.  The demonstrators were terrorized and fled out of the area, but no injuries were reported. 

Israeli Aircraft Attacks Military Training Site; Damages House and International Facility

Al Mezan

24-2-2012

At approximately 3:25 am on Friday 24 February 2012, an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a training site for the Ezadin Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, located near the sewage pools east of Beit Lahiya in North Gaza district.  The attack left a large hole in the ground and rooms and facilities were severely damaged.  An adjacent house as well as the building of the FIFA international soccer union were partially damaged.  No casualties or injuries were reported.  This is not the first time that Israeli aircraft have attacked the site. 

Israeli Aircraft Open Fire on Agricultural Field East of Al Qarrara Village

Al Mezan

23-2-2012

At approximately 4:30 pm on Thursday 23 February 2012, Israeli aircraft opened heavy fire on agricultural fields east of Al Qarrara village in the Al Wad and As-Sreij area.  The firing lasted for about ten minutes.  No casualties or injuries were reported but people were terrified, especially women and children

PCHR weekly report 16/2 - 22/2/2012: 14 civilians injured by airstrikes, 3 Palestinians abducted

extract from PCHR weekly report 16/2 - 22/2/2012

In the Gaza Strip, IOF implemented a limited incursion in the south of the Gaza Strip and arrested 2 Palestinians.  

IOF arrested 2 Palestinians in the south of the Gaza Strip while getting ready to hunt birds. 

  Thursday, 16 February 2012

At approximately 02:10, IOF warplanes fired two missiles at a training site used by the Izz Addin al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in Yafa Street, east of al-Tufah neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. As a result, the windows in some of the surrounding houses and establishments, particularly Mohammed al-Durrah Hospital, crushed and locals were in panic. Additionally, 10 Palestinians sustained bruises and were transferred to al-Shifa Hospital for treatment:

1. Alaa Abed Abu Ghneima, 24;

2. Sharihan Uthman Hassan Abdul Al, 23;

3. Nader Ahmd Zaqzouq, 30;

4. Shaima Uthman Abdul Al, 14;

5. Maher Fadhel Ata Allah al-Jammal, 50;

6. Maher Yahya Jamal Khalaf, 40;

7. Mukarram Tawfiq Abdul Salam Hassouna, 54;

8. Asil Radi Abdul Al, 7;

9. Mohammed Ali Mahmoud Lubbad, 22, who is a paramedic of the civil defense service; and

10. Zakariya Said Helles, 21; who is a nurse at Mohammed al-Durrah Hospital and who sustained wounds in the nose as he was hit by glass shrapnel from the crushing windows.
At approximately 22:10, IOF an IOF warplane fired two missiles at Zuhdi Ashor & Sons Metal Workshop, east of al-Zaytoon headquarters in the east of Gaza City, which is owned by Eyad Zuhdi Rashad Ashour, 38. As a result, the workshop which measures 600 meters squared was totally destroyed. The windows of the house of Eyad Zuhdi Rashad Ashour which is built on top of the workshop were crushed as well. Additionally, Mohammed Salim Ramadan Ashour, 27, sustained light wounds.

Friday, 17 February 2012

At approximately 16:15, IOF positioned at the border in the east of al-Bureij, in the middle of the Gaza Strip, fired two shells at the Maqboula site, southeast of al-Bureij, which is used by the Palestinian National Security Service. 

Sunday, 19 February 2012  

At approximately 00:20, an IOF warplane fired a missile at a house belonging to Ali Ghazi Mohammed al-Zaharna, 37.  The house which measures 120 meters squared is located in al-Shurafa Street in al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.  The missile landed on the top roof and made a hole in the ceiling but it did not explode.  The missile caused damages to the house.  Additionally, al-Zaharna, his wife and his two-year-old children sustained bruises. 

At approximately 00:30, an IOF warplane fired a missile at a training site used by Izz Addin al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in Yafa Street, east of al-Tuffah neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.  The bombardment resulted in damages to the neighboring establishments, especially Gaza Martyrs Boys Basic School.  The windows of the school crushed and damages were caused to the exhibit, the library and the book store in the school. Around 600 students attend this school which employs 23 teachers.  The school which measures 4 donums is located 12 meters to the east of the targeted site.  No casualties were reported.  It should be noted that this site was targeted several times in the past, most recently on 16 January 2012. 

Tuesday, 21 February 2012

At approximately 04:00, IOF moved approximately 400 meters into Gaza International Airport, in the far southeast of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.  They arrested three Palestinians from al-Shoka village in the east of Rafah:

1. Mohammed Hussein Abu Athreh, 20;

2. Saddam Mohammed Abu Athreh, 21; and

3. Ashraf Hassan al-Soufi, 23.

According to testimonies made by the families of the arrested men, the three men used to hunt birds in the area.  PCHR was unable to collect any further information.

Israeli Aircraft Attacks House; Three Persons Injured

Al Mezan

19-2-2012

At approximately 12:20 am on Sunday 19 February 2012, an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at the house of Ali Ghazi Az-Zaharna, 38, in the east of Gaza City.  The three-story house is located on Yafa street, in the At-Tuffah neighborhood.  As a result, three persons were injured.  Al Mezan has identified them as follows:

·         Mohammed Ali Az-Zaharna, two years old;

·         Ali Ghazi Mohammed Az-Zaharna, 38; and

·         Inshirah Ahmed Az-Zaharna, 38.

They sustained light injuries.  The attack left a hole in the third-floor roof.

Israeli Aircraft Attack Iron Workshop in Gaza City

Al Mezan

18-2-2012

At approximately 10:10 pm on Saturday 18 February 2012, Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at an iron workshop near the Star Factory east of Az-Zaitoun neighborhood in eastern Gaza City.  As a result, the workshop was completely destroyed and Mohammed Salem Ramadan Ashour, 27, sustained light injuries.  The workshop is owned by Iyad Zuhdi Ashour, 38.

PCHR weekly report 9/2 - 15/2/2012: 1 farmer killed, 1 farmer injured, house damaged, infrustructure destroyed, animals killed

extract from PCHR weekly report 9/2 - 15/2/2012

A Palestinian old man was killed and his son was wounded, east of Gaza City.

Two rooms were destroyed and two houses were damaged.

A large number of animals and birds were killed.


Saturday, 11 February 2012

At approximately 23:10, IOF warplanes fired at least one missile at the house of Musa Juma'a Eyada al-Teir in al-Shoka village, east of Rafah.

The missile hit a tin room in the yard of the house.  The room was destroyed and set on fire but no casualties were reported. Al-Teir and his wife used to live in the targeted room but they left it as it had previously been targeted by IOF. Al-Teir's neighbor, Mohammed Abu Harb, had received a phone call from someone who said he was a member of the Israeli army. The caller asked Abu Harb to tell his neighbours, the al-Teir family, to evacuate their house because the Israeli warplanes wanted to bomb the house. The house of Abu Harb was damaged due to the bombardment.

At approximately 23:35, IOF warplanes fired a missile at an agricultural room in al-Qarara village, north of Khan Yunis.  The room was totally destroyed but no casualties were reported.

In another crime that shows total disregard for the lives of civilians, IOF killed, in the last minutes of Saturday, 11 February, an old Palestinian man and wounded his son in al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the east of Gaza City when IOF bombarded the establishment where they were present.

According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 11:50 on Saturday, 11 February 2012, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at an animal farm behind the car market, east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.  The animal farm, which is located around 3,000 kilometers from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, belongs to Eyad Abdul Hadi Rajab.  Abdul Karim Ibrahim al-Zaytouneya, 71, who is the guard of the targeted animal farm, was killed in the attack as his room in the farm was destroyed while he was inside.  In addition, Mohammed, al-Zaytouneya's son, sustained severe bruises throughout the body as he was in the room with his father.  The strike also resulted in the deaths of the majority of animals and birds in the farm and in heavy damages to the equipments and to a neighboring house.

At approximately 11:55, IOF warplanes fired a missile at an open area in al-Shoka village, east of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.  The targeted area is located around 1,000 meters from the border with Israel.  No casualty was reported.

Monday, 13 February 2012 


 At approximately 07:00, IOF stationed at the border in the east of al-Bureij refugee camp, in middle Gaza, opened extensive fire at the border area in the east of the refugee camp.  IOF continued firing for around 15 minutes.  No casualties were reported.

Air strike in south east Gaza City: “For the West, you have abandoned us to death”

ISM webpage

by Rosa Schiano
15 February 2012 | il Blog di Oliva

Locals help the family salvage animal feed for the surviving livestock | Photo courtesy of Rosa Schiano

Saturday night Israeli F-16′s bombed civilian targets in several areas of the Gaza strip. One of these strikes killed a man and injured his son in the neighborhood of al-Zaytoon, south-east Gaza city. An F-16 dropped a bomb on a farm just before midnight.

The watchman of the farm, Abed Alkareem Alzaitooni, 71 years old, was killed. He was sitting in a steel shed next to the animal pen. His son, Mohammed Alzaitooni, 22 years old, was injured. He was bringing some food to his father. Most of the animals in the farm were killed and the equipment was damaged.

The owner of the farm lost about 20 cows, 30 sheep and most of the feed for the animals. The same farm was targeted was also during Cast Lead and then was rebuilt. The house near the farm was damnaged but luckily nobody was injured. The owner of the house told us: “I was lucky because 10 minutes before the bombing I was with Abed”.

At the scene we found 5-6 young men trying to salvage the feed an anything else they could. A jacket was placed on a cement column. It was the jacket of Abed. Some chickens walked on the rubble.

A chicken lay dead on the ground. A rooster walked over to her body and pushed at it as if was trying to encourage to move. From the rubble emerged the head of a sheep. There was a big crater in the ground from the bomb.

Photo courtesy of Rosa Schiano

Rubble is spread everywhere. The day after the airstrike we went to the mourning tent. Abed Kareem Zaytooni had 6 sons and 3 daughters. His family were natives of Jaffa. Abed spent the last 20 years of his life working as watchman. He returned home only one day per week.

He started to work in this farm 6 years ago. When he was young he worked as porter.  His brother, Achmed, 73 years old, told us: “We grew up without our parents, our dad died before I can remember.

We came to Gaza directly form Jaffa. Our life started with suffering, we always tried to work anywhere we could. At the end
everyone had his family.”

We visited the son of Abed, Mohammed, 22 years old, in Shifa hospital. Mohammed worked on the same farm as his father, he fed the animals. He started to work there 4 years ago.

He always brought food to his father when he was at work. That night he wanted to replace him so his father could have a  night off. After the bombing he searched for his father, he heard his father’s moaning. Then the moaning stopped. Ten minutes later the ambulance came.

Muhammad al Zaitoni, 22, rests in al Shifa Hospital | Photo courtesy of Rosa Schiano

Mohammed is still in the hospital while his wounds heal enough for him to go home. He suffers several broken ribs and a punctured lung. We asked him if had anything to say to the world. He said:

“For the Arab and Islamic people, they must wake up from their  sleep. For the West, you have abandoned us to death”.

During that same night, the israeli F-16′s launched similar airstrikes in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza strip. One of these strike targeted an agricultural shed in al-Qarara village.  The second airstrike targeted a vacant room in a house in al-Shouka village.  The third airstrike targeted an open area in al-Shouka village.

Israel announced it had bombed military targets. The targets Israeli bombed were civilian targets. Gaza continues to live under the siege and under a sky full of warplanes. Gaza continues crying, it continues to mourn its dead.

Rosa Schiano is a volunteer with International Solidarity Movement.

Updated on February 16, 2012

Israeli airstrikes kill 1, injure 3 in Gaza

Palestinians survey the damage to an animal farm after an Israeli airstrike east
of Gaza City, Feb. 12, 2012. An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip killed
a 69-year-old civilan on Sunday, hospital officials said, and the military
described the operation as retaliation for a cross-border rocket launch.
(REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli warplanes killed an elderly man in the central Gaza Strip overnight Saturday, in a series of airstrikes across Gaza that injured three others. Palestinian medics said 69-year-old Abdul-Karim Az-Zaytouna was killed and two others were injured when warplanes bombed steel sheds near the Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City. Israeli forces also targeted sites in the southern Gaza Strip, injuring one near Khan Younis when a missile landed in an open area. A house belonging to the Imteir familiy was shelled east of Rafah, causing severe damage, but no reported injuries. An Israeli military statement said the strikes targeted a "terror tunnel and a weapon manufacturing facility in the northern Gaza Strip, a terror tunnel in the central Gaza Strip and an additional terror tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip." It said the strikes were in response to a rocket fired from Gaza that caused light injuries to a woman when it hit Israel's Hof Ashkelon district on Saturday.

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Al Mezan

 11-2-2012

Israeli Aircraft Attacks Cattle Farm; One Person Killed

At approximately 11:55 pm on Saturday 11 February 2012, an Israeli aircraft fired a missile targeting a cattle farm east of the car market in Az-Zaitoun neighborhood, Gaza City.  As a result, Abdel Kareem Ibrahim Az-Zaitouniya, 72, was killed.  He was from Ad-Daraj neighborhood and worked as a guard at the farm.  The guard room was destroyed in the attack, which left a large hole in the earth; Az-Zaitouniya was found dead under the rubble; residents had to use a bulldozer to unearth him.  Mohammed Az-Zaitouniya, 22, who was visiting his father, sustained bruises.  The asbestos-roofed farm, which is owned by Iyad Abdel Hadi Rajab, 43, was destroyed.  11 sheep, nine cows, and 60 poultry birds were killed.  An adjacent house sustained partial damaged in the attack.

Israeli Aircraft Attack Agricultural Field East of Gaza City

Al Mezan

11-2-2012

At approximately 11:50 pm on Saturday 11 February 2012, an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at an agricultural field belonging to the Faraj family east of Gaza City.  No casualties or injuries were reported. 

 

Israeli Aircraft Attacks Greenhouse in Khan Younis

Al Mezan

11-2-2012

At approximately 11:30 pm on Saturday 11 February 2012, an Israeli aircraft fired a missile at a greenhouse located in the Abu Khashan neighborhood east of Al Qarrara village in Khan Younis.  The greenhouse was destroyed as a result, but no casualties or injuries were reported.

PCHR weekly report 2/2 - 8/2/2012: house destroyed by airstrike near borderzone

extract from PCHR weekly report 2/2 - 8/2/2012

[only airstrikes near borderzone mentioned]

Friday, 03 February 2012

At approximately 01:15, Tamam Salama Abed al-Teir, from al-Shoka village, south of Rafah, received a phone call from someone who said he was a member of the Israeli army.  The called asked al-Teir to evacuate the house of her family within five minutes, telling her that the house would be targeted by a missile from a warplane.  Five minutes later, al-Teir received another call from the same person.  She told the caller to give her 15 minutes to make sure that everyone, including three children, two elderly persons and al-Teiri and her husband, would be out.  The caller refused her request and asked her to evacuate the house within two minutes and to walk to a dust street near her house.  Al-Teiri rushed to evacuate the house.  Five minutes later, IOF warplanes fired a missile at al-Teiri's house.  The missile hit a tin-roofed room in the front yard of the house.  The room, which is used by al-Teiri's mother-in-law and father-in-law, was totally destroyed.  No casualties were reported. 

At approximately 01:39, IOF warplanes fired a missile at a farm in al-Zanna area, east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip.  No casualties were reported.  It should be noted that the targeted place was previously targeted on 24 January 2012. 

2 hurt in Israeli attack on northern Gaza

A boy collects materials salvaged from the debris of a damaged smuggling
tunnel after it was targeted in an Israeli air strike in Rafah, in the southern
Gaza Strip February 3, 2012. (REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa)

GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israeli warplanes fired on sites across the Gaza Strip early Friday, injuring a young man and a child in northern city Beit Lahiya, a Ma'an correspondent and medical officials said.

Medical officials said the child suffered serious injuries to the head and hands. A young man was also hurt, and he was taken to hospital, said Gaza health official Adham Abu Salmiya.

In southern Gaza, Israeli forces fired on a house east of Rafah and open lands near Bani Suheila east of Khan Younis, Salmiya added.

At least one of the airstrikes targeted a tunnel in Rafah, onlookers said.

An Israeli army statement said the strikes "targeted two weapon storing facilities in the northern Gaza Strip, three terror tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip and a weapon manufacturing facility in the central Gaza Strip."

"Direct hits were confirmed as well as secondary explosions at several targets," the statement said, adding that the strike was in response to rocket fire from Gaza.

Seven projectiles were fired at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday with no reported injuries, Israeli news site Ynet reported.

Later, Israeli tanks opened fired on a crowd of people in northern city Beit Hanoun, medics told Ma'an.

Israeli Aircraft Attacks Agricultural Land in An-Nuseirat Refugee Camp

Al Mezan

3-2-2012

At approximately 1:50 am on Friday 3 February 2012, an Israeli aircraft fired at least one missile at a piece of agricultural land along Salah Ad-Din street in An-Nuseirat refugee camp.  As a result, a room built on the land was destroyed and adjacent houses sustained physical damages.  No casualties or injuries were reported, but people were terrified.

IOF Opens Fire with Live Rounds and Artillery Shells in Beit Hanoun

Al Mezan

1-2-2012

At approximately 10:30 pm on Wednesday 1 February 2012, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) fired three artillery shells at agricultural lands south of Beit Hanoun in North Gaza district.  A few minutes later, an Israeli helicopter gunship opened fire on the same area.  No casualties or injuries were reported, but people were terrified.

PCHR weekly report 19/1 - 25/1/2012: shellings and airstrikes, greenhouses destroyed, 2 animals killed

extract from PCHR weekly report 19/1 - 25/1/2012

Israeli warplanes fired 9 missiles at a Palestinian resistance group and civilian targets, but no injuries were reported.

Two camels died and a greenhouse was destroyed

Saturday, 21 January 2012 

Also at approximately 07:10, the Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at a Palestinian resistance group.  The missiles landed in a farm hired and planted by Khairi 'Atwa al-Dbari, which is located near al-Shouka UNRWA school in al-Shouka village, east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.  The group survived, but two camels died in the said farm. 

Monday, 23 January 2012

At approximately 08:30, IOF positioned at watchtowers to the west of Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northwest of Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip, heavily fired at open areas in the industrial zone, ex-settlement of "Nissanit".  They also launched an artillery shell at the same area, but no injuries were reported.

At approximately 12:05, on the same day, IOF launched 4 artillery shells at Abu Samra farmland in the north of Hamdoush area, north of Beit Lahia.  The last one was launched at approximately 12:30 on the same day, but no injuries were reported.

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

At approximately 00:40, the Israeli warplanes fired 3 missiles at a greenhouse inside a land belonging to Mohammed Shehda Hamdouna, 45.  The land, whose area is 2,000 square meters, is located to the  northeast of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.  The attack resulted in completely destroying the greenhouse and a 3-meter hole.  However, no injuries were reported.

At approximately 00:45, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at an empty land belonging to Sa'eed Mohammed Salem al-Da'our, 55.  The land whose area is 70 dunums[1] is located in al-Sayafa area, northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.  No injuries were reported.

The attack resulted in heavy explosions that rocked the northern area, due to which, women and children were terrorized.

At approximately 01:10, Israeli warplanes fired two missiles at greenhouses in ex-settlements, northwest of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.  As a result, damage was caused to the place, but no injuries were reported.  It should be noted that the same area had been bombarded several times.

At approximately 01:26, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at the farmland in al-Zanna area, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.  No injuries were reported.

At approximately 11:30 on Tuesday, 24 January 2012, IOF positioned along the border fence in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire and tear gas canisters at a group of Palestinian and international demonstrators, who were walking along the border area from Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing to the landfill.  They protested the imposition of the buffer zone along the borders.  There were approximately 60 demonstrators, including 5 international activists and 10 journalists.  After they were approximately 200 meters far from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, they suffered from gas inhalation.

In his testimony, the Beit Hanoun Local Initiative coordinator, Saber al-Za'aneen, said that at approximately 10:30 on that day, demonstrators gathered in front of the Agriculture School of al-Azhar University, north of the Beit Hanoun and headed to the border area.  When they were approximately 200 meters to the southeast of Beit Hanoun crossing, they started walking along the border fence until they reached the landfill, north of Beit Hanoun.  IOF fired tear gas canisters at the demonstrators, but they kept walking.  IOF then heavily fired at the demonstrators.  As a result, a number of demonstrators suffered from tear gas inhalation.  However, they kept moving until they reached the memorial area, southeast of Beit Hanoun.  IOF fireed at them, as a result, they were obliged to get out of there.

It should be noted that the demonstration started at approximately 11:30 and finished at approximately 13:40 on the same day.

Israeli Aircraft Attack Agricultural Field East of Khan Younis

Al Mezan

24-1-2012

At approximately 2:25 am on Tuesday 24 January 2012, Israeli aircraft attacked an agricultural field in the Az-Zanna area in eastern Khan Younis district.  No casualties or injuries were reported.

PCHR weekly report 29/12/11 - 4/1/12: 1 civilian wounded and abducted, 2 incursions, airstrike

extract from PCHR weekly report 29/12/11 - 4/1/12


 On 29 December 2012, Israeli warplanes bombarded a plot in the northern Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.

Thursday, 29 December 2011  

At approximately 03:00, Israeli warplanes fired 3 missiles at a plot belonging to Sa’id Mohammed al-Da’our, 55.  No casualties were reported. 

Saturday, 31 December 2011

At approximately 18:30, Isma’il Mohammed Abu Doun, 33, from Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, was admitted into Kamal ‘Edwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, as he was wounded by a bullet to the left thigh.  According to investigations conducted by PCHR, Abu Doun left his house on a motorcycle, and at approximately 16:30, he arrived at the north of the Bedouin Village in the northern Gaza Strip.  He stepped down and walked up to 100 meters from the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.  Immediately, Israeli soldiers fired at him and he was wounded.  Soon after, IOF moved into the area and arrested him.  At approximately 18:00, IOF handed Abu Doun to the Palestinian side.  According to local sources, Abu Doun suffers from a psychological disorder. 

Tuesday, 03 January 2012




At approximately 11:30, Israeli soldiers stationed on observation towers near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting scraps of construction materials from the industrial zone to the southwest of the crossing.  The workers were forced to flee and no casualties were reported. 

Wednesday, 04 January 2012  

At approximately 02:30, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into al-Farrahin area in ‘Abassan village, east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis.  They leveled areas of Palestinian land.  They then moved southward to Khuza’a village and leveled areas of land amidst indiscriminate shooting.  IOF moved back to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel and no casualties were reported.

PCHR weekly report 8/12 - 14/12/2011: a man and 2 children wounded by airstrike, 1 farmer wounded, 1 child worker wounded, 1 bird hunter wounded, 1 incursion

extracts from PCHR weekly report  8/12 - 14/12/2011:

[only attacks near the areas of buffer zone concerning civilians are mentioned]

Sunday, 11 December 2011


At approximately 02:40, an Israeli warplane launched four missiles on a vacant house belonging to a leader of the Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, Imad 'Aqel, 42.  The two-storey house is located behind 'Ein Jalout School in al-Zaytoon neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.  The four missiles directly hit the roof of the house, damaging it.  A neighboring 250-square-meter, two-storey house belonging to Mohammed Mahmoud Badwan, 57, in which 17 individuals live, was heavily damaged.  Because of the shrapnel scattered in the house, Ashraf Mohammed Mahmoud Badwan, 35, received shrapnel wounds to the face, and two of his children were also wounded in the incident: Sondos, 10, who was seriously wounded by shrapnel to the head, and Mohammed, 8, who was wounded by shrapnel to the right leg.  The two children were wounded while they were asleep on the asbestos contaminated second floor.

Tuesday, 13 December 2011

 

At approximately 06:30, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into the east of al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, under the cover of intense shooting.  As a result, Mohye al-Din Mas’oud Abu Jalal, 49, was lightly wounded by a bullet to the chest when he was on his agricultural land, nearly 700 meters away.  IOF moved back to the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel at approximately 11:00, after having leveled areas of Palestinian land.

At approximately 07:30, Israeli soldiers stationed on observation towers near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting scraps of construction materials in the industrial zone, northwest of Beit Hanoun.  As a result, Nidal Khalil Hamdan, 14, from Beit Hanoun, was wounded by a bullet to the left shoulder.  The workers were nearly 500 meters away from the crossing.  

At approximately 11:05 on Tuesday, 13 December 2011, Israeli soldiers stationed on observation towers at Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip fired at a number of Palestinian civilians and international solidarity activists who demonstrated in the east of Beit Hanoun town. According to Saber al-Za’anin, Coordinator of the Local Initiative in Beit Hanoun, at approximately 10:30 on Tuesday, about 30 demonstrators, including a number of international solidarity activists, gathered in front of the Agricultural School in Beit Hanoun.  They moved towards the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to protest to the establishment of a buffer zone by IOF along the border.  When the demonstrators got as close as to 100 meters from the border, IOF fired them.  The demonstrators left the area and no casualties were reported. 



Wednesday, 14 December 2011 


At approximately 09:00, Israeli soldiers positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of Gaza City fired at Mohammed Mahmoud al-Biltaji, 20, from al-Shuja’iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, while he was hunting birds nearly one kilometer away from the border.  He was wounded by a bullet to the right foot.