Thursday, June 3, 2010

PCHR weekly report 27/5 - 2/6/2010: 2 farmers, 1 old woman, 1 worker injured, incursion, airstrikes

extracts from PCHR weekly report 27/5 - 2/6/2010

Thursday, 27 May 2010 

At approximately 18:00, Israeli aircrafts and tanks fired a number of shells at the area to the south of al-Mentar (Karni) crossing, east of al-Shoja'iya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, in response to mortar fire from the area. As a result, two Palestinian civilians were lightly wounded:

1. Baraka Mohammed al-Mughrabi, 55; and
2. Mousa Badawi, 28

Saturday, 29 May 2010

· At approximately 01:20, Israeli fighter jets dropped 5 missiles at Gaza International Airport, southeast of Rafah. The missiles damaged the runway as well as what remains of previously destroyed buildings there. No casualties were reported.

· At approximately 02:00, an Israeli fighter jet dropped a bomb at a 200-square-meter workshop of smith works belonging to the al-Masri family in al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. The workshop was totally destroyed, but no casualties were reported. 

Sunday, 30 May 2010

· At approximately 04:20, Israeli fighter jets dropped 5 missiles at Gaza International Airport, southeast of Rafah. The missiles damaged the runway as well as what remains of previously destroyed buildings there. No casualties were reported.
 Monday, 31 May 2010 

At approximately 11:30, Israeli troops stationed on observation towers near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip fired at Palestinian workers who were collecting bricks and iron bars from the debris of destroyed buildings in the industrial zone to the south of the crossing. No casualties were reported.

Tuesday, 01 June 2010

· At approximately 07:10, an exchange of fire erupted between IOF and two Palestinian militants near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel to the east of 'Abassan village, east of Khan Yunis. Soon after, Israeli tanks fired 7 shells and warplanes fired 2 missiles at agricultural lands in the area. Later, IOF claimed that they had foiled an attempt by 2 Palestinian militants to infiltrate through the border into "Ashkul" community and that those militants were killed. At approximately 16:00, IOF moved nearly 400 meters into the area and leveled areas of Palestinian agricultural land. At approximately 00:10 on Wednesday, 02 June 2010, IOF delivered the bodies of the 2 militants to an ambulance of Palestine Red Crescent Society, following coordination with the ICRC. The militants were identified as:

1. 'Abdul Rahman 'Omar 'Abdul Hamid al-Astal, 18; and
2. Mohammed Ameen Shahwan, 18.

· At approximately 10:00, Israeli troops stationed at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, to the east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, opened fire at al-Shouka neighborhood, in the southeast of the town. As a result, Salma Jom'a Shallouf, 71, was wounded by a gunshot to the thighs when she was at home, nearly 3,000 meters away from the border.

· At approximately 11:00, Israeli troops stationed on observation towers near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip fired at Palestinian workers who were collecting bricks and iron bars from the debris of destroyed buildings in the industrial zone to the south of the crossing. No casualties were reported.

Wednesday, 02 June 2010 

· At approximately 08:10, Israeli troops stationed on observation towers near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip fired at Palestinian workers who were collecting bricks and iron bars from the debris of destroyed buildings in the industrial zone to the south of the crossing. No casualties were reported. 

At approximately 16:30, Israeli troops stationed on observation towers near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip fired at Palestinian workers who were collecting bricks and iron bars from the debris of destroyed buildings in the industrial zone to the south of the crossing. As a result, Mohammed Zaki Abu Hamada, 34, from Jabalya refugee camp, was wounded by a gunshot to the right hand.