The massacre continues: Israeli helicopters bombards Palestinian cities and Israeli bulldozers destroy property owned by Palestinian civilians
At around 11,00 am today the planes of the belligerent forces of occupation shelled with missiles the headquarters of National Security Forces (the 17) in Ma’n village near Khan Younis. As a result, 4 Palestinians has been injured and the population have been terrified.The injured are:
1. Yousif Mohammmad Brekah, a 37 year- old resident of Khan Younis, injured by missile parts.
2. Bassam Ramadhan Ala’jramy, a 35-year old resident of Rafah, injured by missile parts.
3. Nimr salim Nimr, a 36-year old resident of Khan Younis, injured by missile parts.
4. Abd Alfattah Subhy Abu Taha, a 47-year old resident of Rafah, injured by missile parts.
All the injured where taken into the bone department in Nasr Hospital. Yesterday evening the Occupation Forces bombarded Deir Albalah and Alamal neighbourhood in Khan Younis. Today at dawn the belligerent Israeli Occupation Forces continued the destruction of Palestinian civilian property and have bulldozed approximately 100 dunams of agricultural land extending along the sides of the road connecting Almuntar crossing with Ashuhada’ junction in the north of Gaza City. In the same incident, they have also destroyed one house and two water wells.
The belligerent Israeli Occupation Forces have continued to besiege the Palestinian cities and villages, isolating them from each other, by through their entrances by large cement blocks and military barricades.
Yesterday, 17/11/2000, the Israeli army opened fire to Palestinian civilians leading to the death of: No. Name Date Age Residence Details of injury and
Notes
1 Khalid Abdallah Salamah 17/11 35 Jericho Injured in the chest.
2 Haseed Mohammad Haseed Farwan 17/11 45 Jericho Injured in the head and other parts of the body.
3 Mohammad Abd al-Jaleel Abu Rayyan 17/11 16 Halhoul/ Hebron Injured in the head.
4 Hamzah Abd al-Muttalib rajab Abu Shkhaidem 17/11 18 Hebron Injured in the abdomen. 5 Mahmoud Zaid Sammour 17/11 38 Qalqiliah Injured in the chest by 4 bullets. Resident of Jordan. 6 Ramy Emad Yaseen 17/11 17 Azzaitoun neighbourhood/ Gaza Injured in the abdomen.
We, at AL-MEZAN Center for Human Rights, again stress that the Israeli aggression against the Palestinian civilians in the Palestinian Occupied Territories constitute, according to the international law and the international humanitarian law, war crimes. Based on this, we stress our previous requests that the international community should immediately intervene to stop the Israeli massacres against the Palestinian civilians and provide international protection for them. We also call upon the regional and international organizations, especially those concerned with the human rights aspect, to exert pressure on their governments in order to punish the Israeli war criminals.
Day 51
Israeli Forces Continue Repression of Palestinians
In an effort to further restrict Palestinian movement, the Israeli military tightened the internal closure around West Bank cities and in Gaza, the Israeli forces continue to block off the northern part of the strip from the southern part. Palestinian land also continues to come under attack by Israeli bulldozers.
Israeli forces in the West Bank used bulldozers to close off several side roads used by Palestinians to get to and from work, reach essential services and visit family.
Closure is also still in force on the villages of Sinjil near Ramallah, and Baka Al -Sharkiyeh near Tulkarem. Israeli soldiers arrested five young men from Baka Al-Sharkiyeh, Mahmoud Mohammed Sadik Salid, Omar Sukaila Majadala, Ayman Majed Al Musaed and Ahmad Mohammed Khaled Odeh.
At 1:30 pm this afternoon, Israeli forces stationed at Beit Hadassah and on the hills overlooking Hebron fired heavy machine guns at Palestinian demonstrators. On the border between Israeli occupied H2 and Palestinian controlled Hebron, Israeli forces injured 8 Palestinians. Three were hit with live ammunition and 5 with rubber coated metal bullets.
For the 51st consecutive day the, Israeli military continued its 24-hour curfew on the Israeli Occupied H2 area of Hebron, confining approximately 40,000 Palestinians to “ house arrest.”
In Jenin, 5 Palestinians were taken to the Jenin Governmental Hospital with injuries sustained during clashes. Four men are from Jaba near Jenin. Two of them, Ali Saleh Ibrahim Alouna, 23, and Mohammed Mansour Jarrar, 25, sustained injuries to their legs. Rubber-coated metal bullets hit two other unidentified men. A fifth man, Subhay Hamad Kabaha, 50 from the village of Tura Al Gharbiyeh was beaten unconscious by Israeli forces as he tried to stop them from entering his village.
Also in Tura, Israeli bulldozers uprooted 16 olive trees and levelled 8 dunums of land owned by Mustafa Abdel Jabbar, and Sami Azeid. Israeli bulldozers also dug a 3-meter deep trench across the road leading to the village, preventing the villagers from leaving or entering.
Last night in Gaza, Israeli military bulldozers levelled both sides of the road between the Mintar Crossing and the Al Shuhada Junction. Fifty dunums planted with olive trees belonging to the El Ja’arzin, El Showwa, El Gharabli, Dahduh, Abu Arja and Hajjaj families were also levelled.
Two brick factories owned by Mospah Kashko and Mohammed Yousef Malkeh
were completely demolished by the Israeli forces. The estimated value
for each factory is $95,000. A garage and two cars owned by Malkeh
were also destroyed. LAW continues to demand that the international
community ensure that the Government of Israel complies with the
provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention, aimed at safeguarding the
rights of protected persons in situations of belligerent occupation.
LAW further demands the immediate implementation of all UN resolutions
concerning the conflict, and for international protection for the
Palestinian people in the West Bank including East Jerusalem, and the
Gaza Strip.