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.