- 1 aug 2003
Youssef Ahmed Hassan Hanani 28
2 Aug 2003
Ahmad al-Hindi, 13,
of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, killed by an unexploded IDF ordnance he found near the refugee camp and carried home.
6 apr 2012, 22:25 , Respect -
Suleiman Ahmad Muhammad Abu Ghaliya, 25
resident of al-Jib, al-Quds district, killed next to Qalandiya, al-Quds district, by live ammunition. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. After refusing to stop his car when signaled to do so by Border Police officers, the officers drove into his car with their jeep.
He then tried to escape on foot towards Jerusalem and the officers shot him in the head, killing him.
4 aug 2003
Nuhad Razaq Muhammad Hassem, 27
resident of Tulkarm, killed next to Tulkarm, by live ammunition. Additional information: Wanted by Israel. Killed when trying to flee from soldiers looking for wanted persons in one of the city' southern neighborhoods. Was found in a nearby citrus grove, where he was shot to death.
6 apr 2012, 22:25 , Respect -
Munir abu-Hayn, 14,
of Gaza City, killed by an unexploded IDF ordnance after he took it home.
6 apr 2012, 22:25 , Respect -
Fa'iz Freed a-Sader, 23Ahmed Abdul Aziz Mushtaha
6 apr 2012, 22:25 , Respect -
Mahmoud a-Tiq, 19Khamis Yusef Abu Salem, 22
Mahmoud resident of 'Askar R.C., Nablus district, killed in 'Askar R.C., Nablus district. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Killed when caught in a confrontation between IDF soldiers and residents following the demolition of a house containing armed Palestinians, who killed one of the soldiers.
Fa'iz resident of 'Askar R.C., Nablus district, killed in 'Askar R.C., Nablus district. Killed in an exchange of gunfire with IDF soldiers following Palestinian gunfire from the building in which he was hiding. He shot and killed one of the soldiers.
Khamis resident of 'Askar R.C., Nablus district, killed in 'Askar R.C., Nablus district. Killed in an exchange of gunfire with IDF soldiers following Palestinian gunfire from the building in which he was hiding. He shot and killed one of the soldiers.
6 apr 2012, 22:25 , Respect -
Yusuf Islam Qteishat 18
19 aug 2003
Ra'ed Abed Al-Hamid Misk
20 Aug 2003
Said Awad Miqbal Ghanem, 15
of Tulkarm, killed by IDF gunfire while playing cards.
6 apr 2012, 22:25 , Respect -
Israeli forces assassinate Hamas leader Isma’il Abu Shanab, two of his bodyguards, and injure 19 civilians
Hani Majed Abu Al Amrain 22Mohammed Baroud
6 apr 2012, 22:25 , Respect -
Khaled Amin Muhammad a-Nimroti, 35
resident of 'Ein Beit al-Maa R.C., Nablus district, killed in Nablus, by live ammunition. Killed in an IDF operation to arrest him. His body was found badly damaged and had signs of great violence.
6 apr 2012, 22:25 , Respect -
Ahmed Rushdi EshtaiweeAhmed Mohammed Abu HilalAhmed Mohammed Abu HilalMohammad Kanaan Abu Lebda - 26 Aug 2003
Said Muhammad Niroukh, 17,
of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, killed in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.
6 apr 2012, 22:26 , Respect -
Maria 27 Aug 2003
Muhammad Ibrahim Balousha, 17,
Mustafa Muhammad 'Ali Salahat, 39
Muhammad of Jabalya, Gaza, died of wounds sustained Aug. 26 in an IDF helicopter missile strike during a targeted assassination.
Mustafa resident of Bethlehem, killed in Bethlehem. Killed when he approached Checkpoint #300, near Rachel's Tomb, carrying a knife.
6 apr 2012, 22:26 , Respect -
Maria 30 Aug 2003
Aya Mahmoud Noman Fayyad, 9
of Khan Younis, Gaza, killed by IDF tank fire to her chest while in her home.
1 sept 2003
Khader Badawi, Field commander
6 apr 2012, 22:26 , Respect -
Maria 2 Sept 2003
Sana Jamil al-Daour, 9
'Abd ak-Qader Muhammad Subhi D'ameh, 21
Sana of Jabalya refugee camp, Gaza, died of head and neck wounds sustained Aug. 26 from IDF helicopter fire during a targeted assassination.
'Abd resident of Tulkarm, killed next to Jenin, by live ammunition. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Killed by gunfire after soldiers stopped him while he was in his car.
6 apr 2012, 22:26 , Respect -
Maria 3 sept 2003
Mohammed Ayub Mohammed Sidr
'Ali Hassin Muhammad Abu Salim, 29
Mohammed of Hebron. Died in Hebron by assassination
'Ali resident of Balata R.C., Nablus district, injured on 28.08.2003 in Balata R.C., Nablus district, and died on 03.09.2003. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Killed during dispersal of a demonstration against an IDF incursion into the camp. He did in the hospital a few days after being wounded.
6 apr 2012, 22:26 , Respect -
Maria 5 sept 2003
Muhammad Yusef 'Abd a-Rahim al-Hanbli, 27
resident of Nablus, killed in Nablus. Head of the military wing of Hamas in the northern West Bank. He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with IDF forces.
6 apr 2012, 22:26 , Respect -
Maria 6 Sept 2003
Muhammad Abdallah Shahdeh Abul-Husna, 17Khaled Mahmoud Massoud
Muhammad of Jabalya, Gaza, killed by IDF gunfire.
6 apr 2012, 22:26 , Respect -
Maria 9 Sept 2003
Thaer Monsur Noman al-Sayouri, 9,
of Hebron, killed by IDF tank fire to his head while in his home during an incursion.
6 apr 2012, 22:26 , Respect -
Maria 9 Sept 2003
Ihab Abdul Qader Mahmoud Abu Isleem 19'Az a-Din Khader Miseq 21Ahmad 'Othman Shefik Bader 22
'Az resident of Hebron, killed in Hebron, by a shell fired from a tank. Killed in an exchange of gunfire with IDF soldiers who had come to arrest him.
Ahmad resident of Hebron, killed in Hebron, by a shell fired from a tank. Killed in an exchange of gunfire with IDF soldiers who had come to arrest him.
Ahmad
6 apr 2012, 22:27 , Respect -
Maria 10 Sept 2003
Ahmad Ghaleb Salim Tahaniya, 16
Muhammad Shukri Khalil al-'Aasi, 19
Mahmoud Nasser 'Issa, 20
Ahmad of Silat al-Harithiya, near Jenin, killed by Israeli border police gunfire to his chest and waist near the Gaza perimeter fence.
Muhammad resident of Balata R.C., Nablus district, killed in Balata R.C., Nablus district, by a shell fired from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Killed by indiscriminate IDF gunfire.
Mahmoud resident of Balata R.C., Nablus district, killed in Balata R.C., Nablus district, by a shell fired from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Killed by indiscriminate IDF gunfire.
6 apr 2012, 22:27 , Respect -
Maria 10 sept 2003
Khaled Zahar, 22
his bodyguard
Israeli forces wound Mahmud Zahar, killed his son and bodyguard, 20 others injured in another assassination attempt
Mahmud Zahar wounded
Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahhar, a prominent leader of the Hamas movement, survived an Israeli assassination attempt carried out this morning in Gaza City by Israeli occupying forces. Al-Zahhar’s son and one of his bodyguards were killed in the aerial attack that targeted al-Zahhar’s house in central Gaza City. 20 Palestinian civilians, including al-Zahhar’s wife and daughter were wounded. Today’s attack is the latest in a series of extra-judicial assassinations perpetrated by Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians. PCHR strongly condemns this crime and calls upon the international community to immediately intervene to stop the continuous deterioration in the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
According to PCHR’s investigation, at approximately 10:15 on Wednesday, 10 September 2003, Israeli warplanes launched missiles at Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahhar’s house in the densely populated al-Sabra neighborhood in central Gaza City. The 2-storey house was totally demolished in the attack. Ambulance and rescue personnel arrived at the scene shortly after the strike and removed 2 bodies from the rubble of the building. The 2 victims were later identified as al-Zahhar’s son, Khaled, 25, and his bodyguard, Shehda Yousef al-Deeri, 32, from Gaza City. Al-Zahhar was moderately wounded in the attack and more than 20 other Palestinian civilians, including al-Zahhar’s wife and daughter, were also wounded. Medical sources described the conditions of several of the wounded, including al-Zahhar’s wife, as serious. At the time of writing, rescue personnel are still in the process of searching for possible victims.
PCHR field workers reported that the Israeli attack also damaged several neighboring houses, as well as the nearby al-Rahma mosque. PCHR field workers reported that the destruction sustained to al-Zahhar’s house indicates that it was probably attacked by fighter jets, in an assault reminiscent of an attack that occurred on 22 July 2002, when Israeli forces used F-16 fighter jets to target a house in the densely populated al-Daraj neighborhood in the center of Gaza City. This attack resulted in the deaths of 16 Palestinians, including Sheikh Salah Shehada, a leader of the military wing of the Hamas movement, along with his wife, daughter and bodyguard. The other victims, mostly children, were residents of neighboring houses.
PCHR strongly condemns this crime, which further proves Israel’s disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians. PCHR is concerned that Israeli occupying forces may continue to escalate their aggression against Palestinian civilians and increasingly employ excessive force against Palestinian civilian targets, including the use of warplanes. PCHR reiterates its call for the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 to immediately intervene to stop war crimes perpetrated by Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians in the OPT.
11 sept 2003
Israeli jet targets Hamas leader as Sharon flies home
Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, yesterday cut short a visit to India to return home as Israeli forces attempted to assassinate another Hamas leader and families buried 15 people killed in Tuesday's two suicide bombings.
Mr Sharon is expected to attend an emergency cabinet meeting today to discuss what action should be taken against the Palestinians in response to Tuesday's attacks.
The Israeli army said after the bombings that it would press ahead with its "all-out war" on Hamas. In the three weeks leading up to yesterday's assassination attempt, Israel killed 12 Hamas members and five bystanders. Hamas said the bombings came in retaliation for strikes against its leaders.
In an initial retaliation yesterday, an Israeli jet dropped a bomb on the home of Mahmoud Zahar, a Hamas leader. His son and bodyguard were killed but he was only slightly injured.
Speaking from a hospital bed in Gaza City, Mr Zahar told reporters:"These crimes are escalating the process of resistance and we are sure they are not going to achieve their goals and we are going to achieve liberation."
In Ramallah, Ahmed Qureia accepted the job of Palestinian prime minister, rushed by fears that a continued power vacuum would tempt Israel to intensify military strikes.
Mr Qureia said he would form a crisis cabinet of no more than eight ministers and seek parliament's approval today. Shortly after he announced his decision, Israeli troops entered Ramallah and took up positions in the town centre, firing rubber bullets at protesters. They withdrew after making several arrests.
The raid in Ramallah increased fears that Israel would decide to take action against Yasser Arafat, the president of the Palestinian Authority, either by placing him under house arrest or by expelling him.
The other option the Israeli cabinet will discuss is an attack on Hamas in Gaza, involving at least a partial invasion. But the cabinet may regard the bomb ings as insufficient provocation for either action.
Hamas threatened revenge for the attack on Mr Zahar. Its military wing said there would be more bombings, including the targeting of Israeli homes.
President George Bush demanded the new Palestinian prime minister "consolidate power within his administration, get the security forces under control, all security forces, and then unleash those security forces against killers".
Mr Qureia said he would make security his top priority and promised to unify the Palestinians' eight security branches under one command, a task which the former prime minister, Mahmoud Abbas, failed to complete.
Unification of security forces has been demanded by the international community as a precursor to controlling Hamas and other militant groups. Mr Arafat resisted Mr Abbas's attempt because he did not want to cede power to him but he may be willing to come to an arrangement with Mr Qureia.