2 oct 2006
Hani Ibrahim Al Najjar, 27
Resident killed by Israeli shells in Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one resident was killed after the Israeli Naval forces fired at residents at the beach in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The resident was identified as Hani Ibrahim Al Najjar, 27, a resident of Al Shaty’ refugee camp, in Gaza City.
Medical sources at the Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, in Dir Al Balah, reported that Al Najjar was hit by a live round in his head.
The Israeli Naval forces repeatedly fires at Palestinian residents and fishermen at Gaza beaches in at attempt to bar them from fishing under the pretext of stopping arms trafficking into Gaza.
The Gaza Strip is also under sever land, sea and aerial blockade imposed by the Israeli forces since the abduction of an Israeli soldier in a cross-border raid at an Israeli military base adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
Two soldiers and two Palestinian fighters were killed in the attack.
Palestinian fighters demand the release of child, female and sick detainees from Israeli prisons in exchange for the release of the captured soldier, Israel rejected the demands, rejected to hold any direct talks with the fighters and launched its “Summer Rains” offensive.
Over 250 Palestinians, mainly civilians and children, were killed since Israeli started its Summer Rains offensive on June 27.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21788
3 oct 2006
Naji Khaled Ismael al-Bardawil, 15,
Naji AL Bardawil, 22
Army helicopter shells a workshop in Khan Younis, one killed four injured
One resident killed four injured when an Israeli helicopter targeted a blacksmith workshop with a missile in Khan Younis south town of the Gaza strip.
Medical sources in the town reported that Naji AL Bardawil, 22, were killed when his house collapsed due to the shelling of the workshop located near his house, another four residents sustained moderate injures due to the shelling. All were moved to Nasser hospital in the town.
Eyewitnesses reported that one of the missiles fired by the helicopter did not detonate, and the house and the workshop were totally destroyed.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21802 21 apr 2012, 01:33 , Respect-
Maria attack 4 oct 2006 report 8 oct 2006
Eyad Abu Raiya
Brother of slain Palestinian worker: "He was murdered in cold blood"
"I was a few meters from the scene; at first the officers chased after my brother and his friend, took them into the bathroom of a building and beat them severely with clubs. A few minutes later they took him outside and shot him", stated the brother of Eyad Abu Raiya, who was killed Wednesday by a 19-year old Israeli officer in Jaffa.
"We will sue the killing officer and we will not give up until he is put on trial, even if it costs me my life", added Morad Abu Raiya in an interview with the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahranoth.
The perpetrator of the crime, an Israeli border officer, tried to claim initially that the Palestinian had tried to grab his weapon, but even his fellow officers would not allow such an incredible lie to stand, and by the end of Wednesday police had already determined that the officer's statement was a bald-faced lie. Despite that, the officer was released by Wednesday evening.
Morad Abu Raiya was working in Jaffa, along with his brother Eyad, on a construction site in Jaffa when the incident took place. The two were among the thousands of undocumented Palestinian workers who take the risk of crossing into Israel (although Israel has never officially announced its own borders, it persecutes any Palestinian that crosses into areas it claims are part of Israel).
Morad described to Yedioth Ahranoth what it was like for him to see his brother killed in cold blood. He said he ran toward his brother when the shots were fired, and found him "lying in a pool of his own blood....He was already dead." Worried that their parents would hear about his brother's death from the news media or Israeli police, he immediately phoned them at their home in the West Bank town of Tarqumiya, in the southern part of the West Bank.
“At first I told them that he was lightly wounded; as I made my way closer and closer to Tarqumiya I told them that his condition was deteriorating; I told them he was dead only after I got home,” he told the interviewer.
He added that his brother had been expecting the birth of his first child. “It was Eyad’s first day at his new job in Jaffa, and we were waiting for his child to bring us some happiness, because we have another brother who died less than six months ago from a kidney disease; but instead of rejoicing in the birth of a child I guess we are destined to live from tragedy to tragedy," he said in the interview with Yedioth Ahranoth.
He was angered at the fact that the border officer had been released after he admitted to both the murder, and to lying about it to the police. “I cannot understand how the officer, who admitted to shooting my brother, is being released instead of being punished and jailed,” he said. “We will sue the officer and the police; there are a million witnesses who were present at the scene and saw the beatings and the cold-blooded murder."
updated from:
Israeli kills Palestinian worker without cause, lies about it to police, is released same day
2006-10-07 03:03:25
A nineteen-year old Israeli security officer who shot and killed a Palestinian worker in Jaffa Wednesday lied under investigation, but was still released the same day, according to Israeli sources.
The police investigation revealed that the officer cocked his weapon unprovoked, contrary to the officer's original version that Palestinian tried to snatch his weapon. The teen subsequently confessed to having lied about the worker attempting to grab the weapon. Police released him on bail the same day, saying he would be charged with 'improper use of a firearm'.
Human rights workers expressed outrage that this was the officer's only charge, adding that he should be charged with murder of the unarmed worker.
The incident took place shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday when Border Guard officers were patrolling the market in search of illegal workers. The officers spotted several Arab-looking workers and signaled them to stop near a construction site.
The police investigation team collected testimonies from all those involved, including eyewitnesses and other border officers. None of them confirmed the teen's account that the worker had tried to grab his weapon - instead, the officers and civilian witnesses confirmed that the Palestinian worker was quite a distance away from the teenage officer when he was shot and killed.
The man who was killed was a resident of Tarqumiya, near Hebron in the southern West Bank, who had crossed into Israel illegally in order to work. Unemployment levels in many parts of Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) are over 70% in many areas, and a lot of Palestinians risk crossing the border to work for Israeli employers.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21895
21 apr 2012, 01:33 , Respect -
Maria 4 oct 2006
'Omar Saleh Salem a-Zaqzuq 28
Yasser Yusef Mahdi al-Bana 34
21 apr 2012, 01:33 , Respect -
Maria 4 oct 2006
Khader Odeh 36
Hamas Leader assassinated near Qalqilia
Khader Odeh, member of the village council of Habla, near Qalqilia was killed by unknown gunmen while going to the mosque for the Morning Prayer on Wednesday morning, local sources reported.
Hamdallah Mujahid, friend of Odeh, told Palestine News Network, that masked men driving a car without license plates, opened fire at Odeh and killed him at around 4:30 am and drove away.
Local sources believe Odeh was killed by an undercover Israeli force.
A Palestinian resident, who refused to be identified, said while he was about to go to his work in the early hours of the morning, said he saw a “suspicious” car roaming in the area. The worker added that when he came close to the car, the masked men yelled at him to go away.
According to the worker, they spoke to him in Arabic, affected with Hebrew accent.
On the other hand, the Israeli army denied any relation to this assassination.
Odeh, 36 and father of four children was elected member of the village council representing the Hamas-affiliated Reform and Change bloc. Odeh has also served two years sentence in Israeli jails for his political activities.
The Governor of Qalqilia Rabih Khandaqji described the assassination as a cowardice act, and vowed to investigate it adding that “The Palestinian security forces will try to find out more details about this crime, that is not strange for settlers to do.”
http://www.imemc.org/article/21820 21 apr 2012, 01:33 , Respect -
Maria 4 oct 2006
Omar Al Zaqzouq, 30
Yasser Al Banna, 33
Two Islamic Jihad fighters assassinated in Khan Younis
Israeli forces assassinated two Islamic Jihad fighters after targeting their vehicle by a missile fired by an Israeli fighter-jet in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian medical sources in Khan Younis reported that the bodies of the two fighters were severely mutilated as a result of the blast.
The two, members of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, were identified as Omar Al Zaqzouq, 30, and Yasser Al Banna, 33.
The targeted vehicles was completely burnt and damaged while the fighters were inside it, damage was also reported to several surrounding buildings and property.
An Israeli military spokesperson confirmed the attack and said that it place on a road between Khan Younis and Rafah.
The sources claimed that the two were on their way to carry an attack against Israeli targets.
On Wednesday, two fighters of the Islamic Jihad were injured after the Israeli air force fired a missile at a car in Gaza.
The air force also fired a missile a vehicle carrying members if the Al Aqsa brigades, the armed wing of Fateh movement.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21830 21 apr 2012, 01:33 , Respect -
Maria 5 oct 2006
Yousef Qabalan, 18
One resident killed by Israeli fire east of Khan Younis
Israeli forces shot and killed one resident in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, near Al Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources reported.
The sources said that Yousef Qabalan, 18, was killed after the army stationed at a military post east of Khan Younis fired shells and rounds of live ammunition at the area.
Meanwhile, an Israeli military spokesperson claimed that the resident is a resistance fighter who approached the “security fence” surrounding the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to plant explosives.
No reports on explosives or weapons found near the body of Qabalan.
Earlier on Thursday, two Islamic Jihad fighters were assassinated in Khan Younis. The two were killed by an Israeli missile fired at their vehicle.
The two were identified as Omar Al Zaqzouq, 30, and Yasser Al Banna, 33.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21836 21 apr 2012, 01:33 , Respect -
Maria 8 oct 2006
Amjad Mohammad Al Haj, 25
Osamah Tal'at 'Ali Saleh 24
Resident of Balata refugee camp in Nablus killed by military fire, two on Sunday
Palestinian medical sources in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed one resident, from the Balata refugee camp, east of Nablus, while he was heading to Ramallah city. Earlier on Sunday, soldiers shot and killed another resident in the camp.
The sources identified the resident, who was killed on Sunday evening, as Amjad Mohammad Al Haj, 25.He was on his way to Ramallah, local sources reported.
Eyewitnesses said that the resident was using a bypass road in an attempt to avoid the crowded street that leads to the Huwwara checkpoint.
Soldiers fired several rounds of live ammunition at the resident who was hit in several parts of his body; one of the bullets fired at him directly hit his heart.
Earlier on Sunday at dawn, Israeli soldiers shot and killed Osama Ali Saleh, 27, member of Fateh movement, after surrounding his house.
Saleh was killed as soldiers, supported by armored vehicles and jeeps, invaded the camp and surrounded several house, including the house of Saleh.
An Israeli military source claimed that Saleh is a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh.
The same source added that Saleh, along with other fighters, hurled a type of an explosive at the soldiers operating in the area. No soldiers were reported to be injured.
Soldiers closed several roads leading to Nablus and instead checkpoints in the area causing a huge traffic jam as the soldiers searched vehicles and interrogated dozens of residents.
Palestinian killed by Israeli gunfire in Balata refugee camp Sunday morning
IMEMC & Agencies, 10:25
Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man during an invasion of the Balata refugee camp, next to the West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli sources reported. The Israeli Army radio reported a small skirmish between invading Israeli soldiers and local Palestinian youth in which Israeli forces fired live ammunition at the youth, killing one and wounding three others.
The man killed was identified in Israeli media sources as having been a member of the Al-Aqsa Martyr's Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh, but was not identified. The same sources reported that the man was part of a group that had thrown some type of explosive at the soldiers operating in the area. No soldiers were reported to be injured.
The soldiers were part of a unit of paratroopers that parachuted out if Israeli jets into the refugee camp. They joined a ground force that was invading the crowded camp, shooting blindly into Palestinian neighborhoods, and taking two Palestinians prisoner from the area since late Saturday night.
The Israeli army has been invading the Balata refugee camp on a nearly daily basis this summer. On Saturday, near the Israeli Wall built in Nablus, a youth wasshot and injured by Israeli forces, who claimed that the young man had been planting an explosive device to blow up part of the Wall.
Over 250 Palestinians have been killed since June by Israeli forces in Palestine (the West Bank and Gaza), many of them civilians.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21920
Osamah Tal'at 'Ali Saleh 21 apr 2012, 01:33 , Respect -
Maria 8 oct 2006
Yusef Muhammad 'Issa Qablan 18
Amjad Yusef Muhammad a-Tirawi 24 - 9 oct 2006
Mahmoud Jamal Ahmad abu-Nasr, 14,
of Beit Lahya, Gaza, killed by an IDF missile while salvaging an abandoned homemade rocket launcher.
21 apr 2012, 01:33 , Respect -
Maria 9 oct 2006
Mahmoud Abu Nasser, 23
Palestinian killed, five injured in an army air strike in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported that one resident was killed and five were injured, most of them children, in an Israeli military air strike that targeted a Palestinian vehicle in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Ramattan news agency reported that the Israeli air force shelled fired at least one missile at the car of Mahmoud Abu Nasser, 23, as he was driving near Al Shawwa Gas Station. The body of Abu Nasser was severely mutilated as a result of the blast.
Five residents, including children, were injured, and were transferred to Al Awda Hospital in Beit Hanoun.
An Israeli army spokesperson claimed that the killed resident is a fighter and that he was trying to lift a Qassam homemade shell launcher that was used earlier in firing homemade shells at the Israeli Negev town of Sderot.
Earlier on Monday, Palestinian security sources reported that Israeli soldiers increased their deployment around Beit Lahia. The army invaded the area two days ago, advanced for a distance of 3 kilometers and remained there.
Dozens of military armored vehicles moved into the area and joined the forces already deployed there.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21934 21 apr 2012, 01:33 , Respect -
Maria 9 oct 2006
Mohammad Sa'adah, 22
Amjad Yusef Muhammad a-Tirawi, 24
Army kills Nablus resident at Huwwara checkpoint south of the city
Mohammad Sa'adah, 22, was shot and killed on Monday afternoon by Israeli soldiers stationed at the Huwwara military checkpoint south of the West Bank city of Nablus.
Soldiers did not release the body of Sa'adah for some time then gave his body over to a Palestinian ambulance that took him to Rafidia Hospital in the city. Sa'adah is a redident of Tall village near the city of Nablus.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers are holding scores of Palestinian civilians at the Huwwara checkpoint and the nearby Beit Iba checkpoint. Soldiers closed the two checkpoints after the incident.
The Israeli army claimed that Sa'adah ran towards the soldiers at the checkpoint and tried to attack them with a knife. Soldiers then opened fire at him and killed him.
Eyewitnesses at the checkpoint said that the Sa'adah ran towards a car at the checkpoint when he was shot by a number of soldiers. They said that he was not holding a knife as the soldiers claimed.
However, soldiers insisted that they found the knife in his clothes after killing him while searching the body.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21942
Mohammed Waleed Mustafa Sa’ada
report 10 oct 2006
Israeli Army Held Responsible For Two Killings at West Bank Checkpoints
After an extensive investigation, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights found that the Israeli army intentionally killed two Palestinian civilians at military checkpoints inside the West Bank city of Nablus.
The report, released Tuesday, states that within 24 hours Israeli forces killed two Palestinians and continue to contravene international law. The PCHR report is published in full below.
"Investigations Conducted by PCHR Indicate that the army Willfully Killed 2 Palestinian Civilians at Military Checkpoints in Nablus.
Israeli forces positioned at military checkpoints in Nablus killed two Palestinian civilians in less than 24 hours in two separate crimes. These latest crimes prove that the army disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians.
PCHR condemns these crimes and asserts that the failure of the international community, particularly the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 1949 to hold Israel accountable for crimes committed against Palestinian civilians serves to encourage the army to commit more of such crimes.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR, at approximately 15:20 on Sunday, 8 October 2006, a number of Palestinian civilians were getting out of a car in al-Sateh area, nearly one kilometer away from Til village, southwest of Nablus.
Soldiers in a military jeep, positioned on the bypass road located to the south of Nablus, opened fire at the car.
As a result, Amjad Mohammed Mustafa al-Teerawi, 23, from Balata refugee camp east of Nablus, was killed by a live bullet to the head; and Ahmed Hazzaa’ Ramadan, 21, from Til village, was wounded by a live bullet to the shoulder.
Less than 24 hours later, soldiers positioned at Hawara checkpoint, south of Nablus, committed a similar crime, when they shot dead a Palestinian civilian while attempting to cross the checkpoint. Soldiers claimed that the soldiers foiled an attempt by a young Palestinian man to stab a solider.
In his testimony to PCHR, Hani Nayef Rawajba, 32, an eyewitness, from Roujib village east of Nablus, stated:
'At approximately 14:30 on Monday, 9 October 2006, I was in a debate with the officer of Hawara checkpoint as a soldier took and held my identity card. While we were in the debate, I saw an a soldier soldiers searching a Palestinian taxi.
There was a box containing toy pistols in the taxi. One of the soldiers, who were searching the taxi, called the officer to see the box.
Soon, I saw a 20-year-old Palestinian, wearing a red shirt and black trousers walking towards the taxi that was being searched. He was only 10 meters away from the taxi. The soldier who was searching the taxi fired a live bullet at the young man.
The young man kneeled and I did not know whether he was wounded.
Without asking the soldier about what happened, the officer joined the soldier in firing at the young man. They shot him dead with 3 live bullets. Troops prevented Palestinian civilians from offering him any help.
Soon, an ambulance of Palestine Red Crescent Society arrived at the area. The driver was in the ambulance alone, I and other civilians attempted to help him to carry the young man’s body into the ambulance, but soldiers prevented of us and two of them put him on a stretcher. The driver then pushed the stretcher into the ambulance.
I asked the driver about the victim’s identity, and he told me that his name is Mohammed Waleed Mustafa Sa’ada, from Til village near Nablus.'
PCHR strongly condemns these latest crimes, and:
1. Asserts that the policy of killing practiced by the army against Palestinian civilians serves to increase tension in the area and threatens the lives of civilians.
2. Expresses utmost concerns for the safety of Palestinian civilians in light of the escalation in the use of force by the troops against them.
3. Calls upon the international community, particularly the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, to immediately and effectively intervene to provide protection for Palestinian civilians."
http://www.imemc.org/article/21967
Muhammad Walid Mustafa S'adeh 21 apr 2012, 01:34 , Respect -
Maria 10 oct 2006
Osamah Ziad Dib Zaqut 19
Amin Ajmi'an Muhammad a-Sufi 20
Palestinian killed east of Rafah
Under-cover units of the Israel army shot and killed, earlier on Tuesday at dawn, one resident of Al Shuka village, east of Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical and security sources reported.
Soldiers operating in the area fired several rounds of live ammunition at Ameen Al Sufi, 22. Al Sufi was injured in his chest, abdomen and back, and died instantly, medical sources at Abu Yousef Al Najjar hospital in Rafah reported.
Meanwhile, an Israeli military source claimed that army reservists opened fire at two armed resistance fighters after spotting them approaching near the border fence east of Dahaniya area, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The source claimed that the two were approaching a military camp in the area. No injuries among the soldiers were reported.
In a separate incident, Palestinian fighters fired an anti-tank shells at soldiers operating in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21965
Osamah resident of Jabalya R.C., North Gaza district, killed at the Karni Checkpoint, Gaza district. Killed during an exchange of gunfire with soldiers while trying to enter Israel.
21 apr 2012, 01:34 , Respect -
Maria 11 oct 2006
'Abdallah Muhammad Ahmad Mansur, 31
resident of Jericho, killed in 'Ein Beit al-Maa R.C., Nablus district. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Hit by a bullet to his head while inside his family home.
21 apr 2012, 01:35 , Respect -
Maria 11 oct 2006
Man in his 20s
Army kills one resident near Eretz border crossing in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that one man in his 20s was shot and killed by the Israeli army near Eretz border crossing in northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday at dawn.
The sources added that soldiers detained the body for some time before handing it over to a Palestinian ambulance.
Medics in the ambulance car said that the man, who is in his 20s, remains unidentified due to severe mutilation of his skull and face. The man was hit with heavy artillery fire in the back of his head, medics added.
On Wednesday morning, Israeli tanks stationed at the northern borders between Gaza and Israel continued to shell residents' homes and farm lands in Bit Lahia town causing damage but no injuries.
http://www.imemc.org/article/21991