Statement from Palestinian Center for Human Rights Regarding Aggression on Gaza Strip
Israeli bombardment of Gaza, May 5, 2019.
Hours before the announcement of a mutual ceasefire
between
Palestinian armed groups and Israel [on May 6], the Israeli
forces intensified their aggression against the Gaza Strip at a
high rate for two consecutive days during which the Israeli
forces carried out intensive bombardment through their warplanes
and artillery shells in land and sea, targeting more multi-story
buildings and houses in a clear violation against Palestinian
civilians.
As a result, hundreds of families became homeless and
two million Palestinians suffered fear and terror. Moreover, the
Israeli forces continued using the extrajudicial executions policy,
which has been going on in recent years. Focusing on targeting
residential buildings and houses on the second day of the offensive,
the Israeli forces began their aggression the way they ended their
aggression in 2014 in which they randomly destroyed dozens of
residential buildings on the heads of their inhabitants.
Following the press release issued by the Palestinian
Center
for Human Rights (PCHR) on Saturday, May 4, 2019 and according to
fieldworkers' documenting the incidents of the second day, the
Israeli forces' bombardment resulted in the killing of 23
Palestinians. Fourteen of them were civilians; including three
women and three children. Some of those killed inside their
houses were from the same family. Moreover, 44 others were
injured. Thus, the total number of killed Palestinians has risen
to 23, including three women, one of whom was pregnant, and three
children, including a baby girl.
 The airstrikes targeted 20 residential
houses, a
residential
building and a mosque; three workshops; 20 targeted empty land,
cars, motorbikes, resorts, and other public and private property,
in addition to training sites and border control points belonging
to Palestinian armed groups. In addition to the artillery
shelling that took place in various areas of the eastern Gaza
Strip. [The Palestine News Network reported on May 7 that more
than 130 residential apartments were completely destroyed, while
700 others were partially destroyed in the Israeli attacks. --
TML Ed. Note.]
For the first time since 2014, Israeli forces committed
a new crime of extra-judicial execution, the killing of Ahmed
al-Khudari after targeting his car in the center of Gaza City.
According to PCHR's investigations, at approximately
14:45 on Saturday, May 5, 2019, the Israeli warplanes launched a
missile at a car driven by Hamed Ahmed Abdul Khudaria, from Tuffah
neighborhood in Gaza City, killing him. Hamed was driving his car in
the vicinity of al-Sedrah area in al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza
City.
At approximately 22:10 on Saturday evening, May 4, 2019,
Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of civilians, who were
in the vicinity of the American School former site, west of Beit
Lahia, killing Khalid Mohammed Selmi Abu Qaliq (24), from the
city, after he was hit with shrapnel throughout his body.
Moreover, another civilan was seriously injured.
At approximately 17:35 on Sunday evening, the Israeli
forces
fired an artillery shell at a house belonging to Abdul Rahim
Mustafa al-Madhoun (60), south of the American School, west of
Beit Lahia. As a result, the house was destroyed and four
civilians were killed, including a woman, and nine were
injured.
Those killed civilians, including Abdul Rahim, were
identified
as: Abdul Rahim's son Abdullah Abdul Rahim Mustafa al-Madhooun
(21), Fadi Ragheb Yusuf Badran (33), Amani 'Etfat Sha;ban
al-Madhoun (36), who was pregnant at her ninth month.
Furthermore, nine civilians were injured, including six children.
Doctors classified the injuries of two of them as serious.
At approximately 17:45, the Israeli warplanes launched
two
missiles at the ground floor and first floor in Zu'rob's Building
near al-Shuhada'a Square (al-Nejmah), in the center of Rafah. As
a result, 3 civlians were killed namely: 'Ali Ahmed Abdul Jawad
(51), who was in al-Awa'el Educational Center, Mousa Husein Lafi
Mo'amer (35) and Hani Hamdan Abu Sha'ar (37), who were at
al-Fakher Cafe. Moreover, 4 civilians, including a child were
sustained various wounds.
At approximately 19:50, Israeli warplanes launched a
missile at the fifth floor in Building No. 12 of the Sheikh Zayed
Buildings, north of the Gaza Strip. As a result, six civilians
were killed namely: Ahmed Ramadan Rajab al-Ghazali (30), his wife
Eman Abdullah Mousa al-Ghazali (29), their child Maria (5
months), Abdul Rahman Talal Abu al-Jedyan (12), his parents Tala
'Atiyah Abu al-Jedyan (48) and Raghdah Mohammed Abu al-Jedyan
(46), whose dead bodies were recovered this morning [May 6] from under
the rubble. Moreover, nine civilians living in the same building
sustained minor and moderate injuries.
Palestinian schools damaged in the most recent Israeli bombardment.
The ongoing Israeli offensive disrupted all schools and
universities, preventing tens of thousands of students from heading
to their schools and universities. Moreover, several Governmental
and non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) were disrupted as well.
Thus, obstructing the Palestinian civilians' lives and businesses
and undermining their basic rights. [Ma'an News Agency
reported that 13 schools were severely damaged. -- TML Ed.
Note.]
Furthermore, Israeli forces issued a decision to close
all
crossings from and to Israel, stop the entry and exit of goods,
prevent the movement of members, including patients, as well as
prevent the entry of fuel into the Gaza Strip.
This article was published in
Volume 49 Number 17 - May 11, 2019
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Statement from Palestinian Center for Human Rights Regarding Aggression on Gaza Strip
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