17 Palestinian killed; 5 in one attack Israeli forces
use gunship and excessive force against civilians during Al Nakba commemorations
10-year-old boy detained in Beit El Introduction: The current Intifada
has now been raging for 32 weeks, with no sign of an end to the military
aggression and dangerous escalations of the Israeli army, which in the
past week alone has used land-land, sea-land and air-land missiles,
tanks and heavy artillery for shelling Palestinian security posts and
civilian houses. In addition, there has been a great deal of trespassing
into PA-controlled territory, bulldozing wide swathes of agricultural
land and demolishing houses. The gravest Israeli assaults this week
were in the Gaza Strip, affecting Gaza City, Deir Al Balah, Rafah, Beit
Lahai and Al Qarara village. At 11am on 12 May 2001, Israeli helicopters
fired four missiles onto a Palestinian civilian car on the road adjacent
to Jenin’s Ministry of Interior, targeting a Fateh activist and two
Palestinian General Intelligence officers, also killing a traffic police
officer who was in a car nearby. Furthermore, at dawn on Monday 14 May,
Israeli forces killed five Palestinian National Security Force members
at Bitunia checkpoint, although no clashes were taking place. This week,
Israeli soldiers have continued their excessive use of force against
Palestinian civilians, particularly on Tuesday 15 May 2001, the 53rd
anniversary of Al Nakba. Israel responded with excessive and lethal
force to Palestinian civilians involved in peaceful demonstrators commemorating
Al Nakba. During the demonstrations three Palestinians were killed and
about 300 were injured. The day before, Israeli forces opened random
indiscriminate fire at a row of Palestinian cars as civilians awaited
permission to cross Al Matahen checkpoint at Salah Iddeen Street, north
Al Qarara village in the Gaza Strip. The incident was triggered when
a lone Palestinian threw a hand grenade at an Israeli military watchtower.
He was killed instantly, along with the driver of the service taxi behind
him, and seven others were injured. In the past week, 17 Palestinians
have been killed, including 5 children, 5 Palestinian police officers
and 7 others in various circumstances: 1. 16 –year-old Husam Tafesh
from Al Zaytoun quarter in Gaza was shot in the right waist. 2. 28-year-old
Mu’tasem Al Sabbagh a Fateh leader from Jenin, received shrapnel wounds
in the head (lacerating his brain), chest, abdomen, pelvis and right
thigh. 3. 26-year-old Allam Al Jaloudi, a staff sergeant from Faqu’ah
village, received shrapnel in the head. 4. 26-year-old Ahmad Zaqout,
from Al Nsirat refugee camp. 5. 31-year-old Salah Abu Amra, from Rafah.
6. 21-year-old Muhammad Daoud, from Al Breij refugee camp. 7. 22-year-old
Ahmad Abu Mustafa, from Khan Younis. 8. 18-year-old Muhammad Al Khaldi
from Al Breij refugee camp. 9. 26-year-old Muhammad Al Qassas from Gaza.
10. 28-year-old Arafat Abu Kweik from Al Shate’ refugee camp. 11. 35-year-old
Abdel Hakeem Mana’meh from Jabalia, shrapnel in various parts of the
body. 12. 22-year-old Burhan Al Shakhsheer from Al Ram, north Jerusalem,
was hit by a live bullet that penetrated his neck and settled in his
head. 13. 17-year-old Muhammad Abu Jaser from Jabalia refugee camp received
a live bullet in the heart. 14. 14-year-old Muhammad Isleem from Al
Breij received a live bullet in the back. 15. 45-year-old Suleiman Al
I’rouqi, shrapnel in the head. 16. 17-year-old Kifah Za’rab from Al
Mawasi in Khan Younis was prevented from crossing an Israeli checkpoint
to reach hospital. First: excessive use of force At around 2pm on Thursday
10 May 2001, clashes broke out between a group of Palestinian youngsters
and Israeli forces stationed at Al Mintar crossing. The soldiers fired
live ammunition at demonstrators, injuring three: · Mustafa Ahmad Madi,
18, from Al Zaytoun quarter, hit in the back. · Wa’el Al Fahaleh, 12,
from Al Zaytoun quarter, hit in the left knee. · Fadi Abdullah, 15,
from Al Zaytoun quarter, hit in the left foot. At around 9am on Friday
11 May, Israeli soldiers in a tank crossing the borderline shot at Palestinian
civil houses in Yubna refugee camp in Rafah, injuring 13-year-old Diya’
Al Hamas by gunshot in his back as he was playing in front of his house.
At 2pm that day, Israeli forces stationed at the border east of Rafah
opened fire at the PA security forces headquarters in Al Shoka, wounding
35-year-old Jaber Al Tabaji by gunshot in the palm of the right hand.
At the same time, clashes broke out between Palestinian demonstrators
and Israeli forces at the northern entrance to Al Bireh, during which
Israeli forces opened fire with medium and heavy ammunition, live and
rubber-coated metal bullets at demonstrators, variously injuring 11
Palestinians: · Rami Al Masri, 22, from Gaza, PA security forces member,
metal bullet in the left leg. · Selim Selim, 35, from Al Jalazone refugee
camp, metal bullet in the left leg. · Muhammad Al Daba’i, 21, from Ramallah,
gunshot in the thigh. · Hamzeh Hawamdeh, 21, from Al Samou’ in Hebron,
gunshot in the thigh. · Fu’ad Ibsharat, 23, from Al Yamoun in Jenin,
gunshot in the head (surface injury). · Adeeb Abdil Jaleel, 23, from
Hebron, shrapnel in the chest. · Ribhi Al Matour, 55, from Ramallah,
shrapnel in the head. · Ayman Sharaka, 24, from Al Jalazone refugee
camp, shrapnel in the knee and hand. · Haitham Salhiyeh, 19, from Ramallah,
shrapnel in the leg. · Muhammad Tahseen, 18, from Qaroura refugee camp,
shrapnel in the leg. · Raji Mas’oud, 26, from Nablus, metal bullet in
the back. Following Friday prayers, clashes broke out between Palestinian
demonstrators and Israeli forces in the heart of Hebron when Israeli
soldiers fired live ammunition, metal bullets and tear gas canisters
at demonstrators. Two children suffered suffocation from teargas inhalation
and were admitted to Alia Hospital: 5-year-old Sha’ban Al Hindi and
4-year-old Ahmad Awad, as well as three other injuries: 1. 20-year-old
Radad Kawazbeh received a metal bullet in the left eye and was admitted
to Jerusalem Eye Hospital in a critical condition. 2. 17-year-old Munther
Abu Mayyaleh received a metal bullet in the left hand. 3. 17-year-old
Nayef Abu Minshar received a metal bullet in the back. At around 3pm,
Israeli soldiers stationed at Al Mintar crossing opened gunshots at
young Palestinian demonstrators. 16-year-old Husam Tafash from Al Zaytoun
in Gaza, was killed instantly upon being hit in the right waist by a
live bullet that penetrated his chest and settled there. 9 other children
and youngsters were injured as well: · Khalil Miqdad, 13, from Al Shate’
refugee camp, gunshot surface wound (head). · Samir Al Madhoun, 21,
from Al Shuja’yeh, gunshot in the left leg. · Bilal Al Batash, 16, from
Al Shuja’yeh, gunshot in the left arm. · Khamis Al Bardoni, 17, from
Al Tufah quarter, gunshot in the chest. · Bashir Al Jamal, 18, from
Al Sheikh Radwan, gunshot in the back. · Khamis Qanbour, 16, from Al
tufah quarter, shot in the back. · Ala’ Basal, 17, from Al Shuja’yeh,
shot in the chest. · Muhammad Hassan, 13, from Al Basra quarter, shot
in the back. · Muhammad Al Sirsawi, 15, from Al Shuja’yeh, shot in the
left foot. At around 7pm on Thursday 11 May 2001, Israeli soldiers opened
fire at a Palestinian civilian car on the Ramallah-Jerusalem road after
it had crossed the Israeli checkpoint near Qalandia Airport and covered
200m of Qalandia refugee camp. 35-year-old Samar Jweehan from Al Thori
in Jerusalem stated to LAW that she, her 42-year-old husband Zidan Jweehan
and their children Muhammad (13), Alia (12), Hiba (4½) and Sanad (1½)
were in a private red Citroen. She said, “After we crossed the Israeli
checkpoint, I heard shooting and saw a flash that hit the window next
to my husband and smashed the glass. The children started screaming
and we drove towards the Palestinian National Security Forces checkpoint
at the northern entrance to Al Bireh. One of them inspected the car
but didn’t find the object that had hit us. Zidan Jweehan stated that
Israeli soldiers stationed at the military checkpoint at Qalandia Airport,
shot at the car from a distance of 100m. He added that an hour later
he found a number of Israeli soldiers there, so he questioned them about
the reason for shooting at his car. They responded that they only shoot
at stone throwers, but one of them shouted, “Why do you throw stones
at military posts?” When Zidan reached Al Ram checkpoint the soldiers
there took him to Neve Ya’qoub Police Station, where he was told to
go to the Russian Detention Center if he wished to register a complaint.
On Saturday 12 May, Zidan complained and an expert inspected his car,
before informing him that the glass had been smashed by a stone and
not a bullet. He does not accept this claim as the car was hit from
the side of the Israeli military point. Furthermore, interrogators refused
to speak to him in English or Arabic but insisted on doing it in Hebrew.
At 11:30 am on Saturday 12 May, two helicopters fired four missiles
at a Palestinian vehicle traveling near the Ministry of Interior in
Jenin, targeting a Fatah activist and two Palestinian general intelligence
officers. Mutasim Al Sabagh and a transport police officer died in the
attack. LAW Society’s field researcher stated that just before 11:30
am, four Israeli Apache gunships were hovering over Jenin. Two of them,
flying over the northern part of the town, sent down four missiles onto
a car in which three Palestinians were traveling. The three had seen
the Israeli gunship before the missiles were fired and they left the
vehicle promptly. 28-year-old Mutasim Al Sabagh, a Fatah activist from
Jenin refugee camp, did not manage to escape and was hit in the head,
chest, abdomen, right leg and hand by shrapnel. He was admitted to Rafidia
hospital in Nablus where he died of his injuries. Abdul Kareem Awees,
27, and Yusif Al Kisi, 26, both Palestinian general intelligence officers
also from Jenin refugee camp, were wounded but survived, although the
offensive also killed 26-year-old Alam Al Jaludi, a Palestinian police
officer from Faku’a, who died instantly after being hit in the head
by shrapnel and Tareq Al Haj, 32, from Jalqamus in Jenin, after being
hit by shrapnel in the chin, right ear and neck and burns in all parts
of the body. In addition, two others were wounded: · Munther Abu Al
Rub, 43, from Qibatia, shrapnel in the head. · Muhammad Al Sumudi, 18,
from Jenin, shrapnel in the head while lying down on bed inside his
bedroom since shrapnel entered the window and hit him in the head. According
to Tareq Al Haj’s affidavit to LAW, at around 11:30am that day he was
on routine patrol, sitting in the front of the police car near the driver,
Nasri Al Jaludi. As they passed the main street between Al Zahra’ School
and the Education Department, a loud explosion was heard, apparently
from the garden of the Dr. Jameel building. He added: “I saw a piece
of metal 4 inches wide and 15cm long entering the front left window.
It hit Nasri in the neck and head, and he shouted out in pain. Another
piece of shrapnel of about the same size hit my left leg. Nihayah Al
Qarout stated to LAW that at around 11:30am that day, while she was
at home in Al Zahra’ quarter (opposite the Ministry of Education), she
heard three explosions. She rushed screaming with panic into the bedroom
of her daughter, 3-year-old Siba, then opened the northwest door intending
to go out in the street, to see a car that was burning 50m from her
home. At the door was a boy, covered in blood, who she recognized as
Abdel Karim Abu Weis, so she let him in until an ambulance arrived 15
minutes later. As a result of this aggression, many houses were damaged:
· Dr. Jameel’s 4-storey residential building, which housed 8 families
(total 37 inhabitants), including 18 children. The walls were cracked
and windows smashed, and the 22m long 1.5 high wall around the building
was demolished. · Muhammad Jarrar’s house (5 inhabitants). The windows
of the children’s and other bedrooms were smashed. · Jamal Al Qarout’s
house (4 inhabitants). 9 windows were smashed and a wooden door was
destroyed. · Suhad Al Ahmad’s house, damaged doors and cracks in walls.
· Ahmad Jarrar’s Rent A Car Bureau, windows smashed and doorway damaged.
At 9pm on Sunday 13 May 2001, Israeli border police opened fire at a
private car at the road between Silwan and Al Sawahreh in Jerusalem,
hitting 36-year-old Al Quds Press reporter, Iman Masarweh, with gunshot
that penetrated her right leg. According to Iman’s affidavit to LAW,
she and some relatives were in a red Chevrolet on their way to Bethany
in Jerusalem to visit relatives. They used a bypass route (Al Sal’a
road) that links Silwan to Al Sawahreh. When they came across an Israeli
checkpoint they decided to avoid it to save time, so they turned around.
Police opened fire from a distance of 100m, firing four bullets at the
car and hitting Iman in the left shin, fracturing her bone and causing
a deep flesh wound. The police opened fire unjustifiably and without
prior warning, and it is worth noting that no clashes were taking place
at that time. In the early hours of Monday morning, Israeli soldiers
killed five members of the Palestinian National Security Forces (NSF)
in southern Beitunya, near Ramallah. According to LAW's documentation,
soldiers stationed on the roof of an under-construction Palestinian
building that was occupied forty days ago by the Israeli army, along
with soldiers in another Israeli outpost on a hilltop 200 metres from
the NSF barrier, opened fire on 6 NSF members guarding the southern
entrance to Beitunya, killing five, two of whom had been preparing a
meal inside their makeshift tin room. (100 metres from the barrier)
at the time of the assault. The five Palestinians killed were: 1. 26-year-old
Ahmad Zakut from Al Nsirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip 2. 31-year-old
Salah Abu Amra from Rafah in the Gaza Strip 3. 21-year-old Mohammad
Dawood from Al Braij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip 4. 22-year-old Ahmad
Abu Mustafa from Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip 5. 18-year-old Mohammad
Al Khaldi from Al Braij refugee camp, Gaza Strip. An eyewitness who
lives nearby told LAW that he saw three of the six policemen dead inside
their tin shelter after he heard shooting at 2:00 am. They were covered
with the food they had been preparing before they were killed. The body
of another policeman was outside the room, a fifth was wounded but still
alive and the sixth was unharmed. The eyewitness called an ambulance
and collected the weapons of the Palestinian policemen, which he stated
were not prepared for shooting. Another NSF officer, quoting the policeman
who escaped the Israeli assault, stated that they had been taken by
surprise when Israeli soldiers fired at them from the nearby rooftop
and hill. He added that the shooting went on for three minutes, and
that he had only escaped death because he fell in a trench while trying
to save his colleague. Palestinian medical sources at Ramallah hospital
stated that the five policemen had been shot several times by M16s in
the upper parts of their bodies. Following the massacre, Israeli politicians
confessed that a ‘mistake’ had occurred. On Wednesday 16 May 2001, the
French news agency A.F.P reported the Israeli Foreign Minister, Shimon
Peres, as saying: “I’m very sorry for the death of the five Palestinian
policemen,” and broadcasted the statement of another Israeli official
that the five Palestinian security forces had died as a result of incorrect
data being given to the soldiers responsible for the operation. He added,
“The soldiers thought they were attacking a 17-Force headquarters.”
At 2pm that day, Israeli soldiers stationed at the border with Egypt,
south Rafah, shot 11-year-old Ziyad Sha’ath, who was carrying a plastic
toy rifle, with a live bullet in the back. At around 4:45pm, two civilians
were killed - Muhammad Al Qassas, 26, from Gaza and Arafat Abu Kweik,
28, from Al Shate’ refugee camp - after Israeli forces at Al Matahen
junction, north of Al Qarara village in Khan Younis, opened fire at
Palestinian civilians and cars on their way from Khan Younis to Gaza,
waiting for a pass-permission, and this led to various injury of seven
as well. According to information gathered from Gaza by LAW, a queue
of Palestinian civilian cars were waiting at Al Matahen junction checkpoint
for permission to cross. A 28-year-old Palestinian, Arafat Abu Kweik
from Al Shate’ refugee camp, left his car and threw a hand grenade at
an Israeli military watchtower. It hit the tower’s fences and fell to
the ground. He took another grenade and tried to throw it, at which
point the soldiers stationed on the tower shot him and killed him at
once. Several others in the row of traffic left their to seek shelter,
but the soldiers continued spraying random indiscriminate gunfire at
the row of cars for more than 10 minutes although the thrower of the
grenade had been killed in just a few seconds. As a result, 26-year-old
Muhammad Al Qassas, the driver of the car behind Abu Kweik’s, was killed
after being shot in the head, abdomen, right hand and left leg. Seven
others were injured: 1. Rawhi Al Hor, 45, from Khan Younis, gunshot
in the pelvis. (Critical injury). 2. Ahmad Al Shaweesh, 20, from Gaza,
shrapnel in the head and right shoulder, and shrapnel in the right hand.
3. Yousif Wadi, 28, from Beit Lahia, shrapnel in the right shoulder
and left thigh and upper arm. 4. Muneer Al Abeed, 26, from Beit Lahia,
gunshots in the thighs. 5. Husam Sha’ath, 24, from Khan Younis, shrapnel
in the neck. 6. Maher Najem, 22, from Gaza, 2 gunshots in the left thigh.
7. Ayman Al Batash, 28, from Khan Younis, gunshot in the right thigh.
Al Qassas and the other wounded were left bleeding inside their cars
for 30 minutes without the Israeli forces aiding them or allowing Palestinian
ambulances to reach them. They held Abu Kweik’s body for more than 2
hours before handing it to Palestinian Military Liaison. On Tuesday
15 May 2001, the Palestinian people commemorated the 53rd anniversary
of Al Nakba, the 1948 Palestinian catastrophe when hundreds of thousands
of people were evacuated and uprooted from their homeland to make way
for the establishment of the state of Israel. The Palestinian people
marked this painful anniversary by means of peaceful demonstrations
in towns and villages across the country, in an attempt to remind the
world of their suffering. That morning, 35-year-old Abdil Hakeem Al
Mana'meh from the Amer Housing Project in Beit Lahia, Gaza, was killed
after Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian civilian car.. During
the Nakba day demonstrations, the Israeli army responded with excessive
force, in most cases opening heavy and random gunfire against unarmed
protesters. At around midday of that day, Israeli soldiers positioned
at the northern entrance of Al Bireh and on the roofs of nearby houses,
opened live fire at Palestinian demonstrators. Following clashes between
demonstrators and Israeli soldiers, Israeli forces fired ammunition
and 500-800 mm artillery shells at demonstrators and buildings in Al
Balu' quarter, leaving two dead: · 18-year-old Abdel Jawad Khalil Shihada,
a Ramallah Military Intelligence Apparatus member from Al Sheikh Radwan
quarter in Gaza, was hit in the head by a fragmenting bullet. At the
time of his death he was not wearing the uniform of military intelligence
but was in civilian clothes and standing with other civilian demonstrators.
Today was his 18th birthday. · 22-year-old Burhan Al Shakhsheer from
Al Ram, north Jerusalem, was hit by a live bullet that penetrated through
the neck and settled in his head. 10 people were injured, including
8 Palestinian civilians and 2 French journalists. The injured Palestinians
are: · Lu'ay Shaheer Mustafa, 23, from Beiteen village, live bullet
in the chest. He is now in a very critical condition. · Sameh Ali Othman,
23, from Ein Yabrood village, live bullet in the left thigh. · Mohammed
Wa'el Siam, 18, from Ramallah, shrapnel wounds in the face and chest.
· Zeidan Dirgham Othman, 42, from West Liban village, shrapnel wounds
in the left arm. · Rami Abdil Jabbar al Najjar, 17, from Yitma village,
live bullet in the left thigh · Mohammed Ishaq Totah, 32, from Al Bireh,
shrapnel in the left arm · Falah Abdel Karim Salah, from Deir Abu Mishal
village, rubber bullet in the right thigh. · Mohammed Ahmad Jbour, 23,
from Hebron, live bullet in stomach In addition, a French cameraman
for France 2 TV was hit in the chest by a live bullet, although fortunately
he was wearing a bulletproof vest and so escaped serious injury, and
another French journalist received a rubber bullet in the right leg.
At around 11 am, Israeli forces attempted to break into the village
of Hares, near Salfit. Abdel Rahim Souf from Hares telephoned his 31-year-old
brother Issa Souf and asked him to round up the village children and
get them safely inside. As he was doing this, carrying his three-year-old
nephew, he was confronted by Israeli soldiers and an argument broke
out. He turned away from the soldiers, still carrying his nephew, and
they opened live fire, hitting hit him in the right shoulder. The bullet
penetrated his right lung and settled in his backbone. He had his mobile
telephone in his hand at the time of being shot, and pressed the 'redial'
button that would connect him again with his brother, Abdel Rahim. He
managed to tell him that he had been shot. Abdel Rahim rushed to the
scene, but the soldiers prevented him from reaching Issa and fired a
stun grenade at him. Their other brother arrived and was also prevented
from reaching Issa. It was only 30 minutes later, due to the intervention
of the Palestinian Liaison office, that he was finally allowed to be
taken in a private car to the nearby Kuful Hares clinic, where an ambulance
arrived 20 minutes after that. Souf was transferred to Rafidia Hospital
in Nablus, where medical sources have informed LAW that the bullet in
his spine has resulted in permanent paralysis. He is currently in intensive
care in a critical condition. In Hebron at midday, clashes broke out
between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli forces in Al Zawyeh Gate
square and Al Shalaleh Street, adjacent to the dividing line with the
occupied part of the city. Israeli forces stationed at the dividing
line and on the rooftops of nearby houses opened fire with live ammunition
and rubber-coated metal bullets, injuring 21 citizens: 1. Muhannad Muhareb
Adawi, 16, metal bullet in the left hand. 2. Muhammad Al Hirbawi, 38,
metal bullet in the palm of the right hand, leaving it badly and probably
permanently damaged. 3. Ahmad Id'eis, 16, metal bullet in the right
side of the chest. 4. Muntaser Al Natsheh, 10, metal bullet in the eye.
5. Fares Jradat, 17, metal bullet in the left ear. 6. Tariq Al Shawabkeh,
17, two metal bullets in the chest and left hand. 7. Muhammad Abu Ayyash,
16, two metal bullets in the legs. 8. Nayef Abu Sharakh, 50, two metal
bullets, in the right hand and right leg. 9. Firas Al Qisrawi, 21, metal
bullet in the right thigh. 10. Maha Abu Meizar, 34, metal bullet in
the right shoulder. 11. Aseel Abu Rayyan, 17, metal bullet in the right
leg. 12. Khamis Idkeidek, 16, metal bullet in the head. 13. Muhammad
Al Sharif, 27, metal bullet in the left leg. 14. Mazeen Iskafi, 30,
hit by a steel bullet in the left hand 15. Mohammad Al Kasheesh, 15,
hit by a steel bullet in the left leg 16. Dia Zalum, 17, shot in the
left hand 17. Barakat Zahdi, 60, hit by a steel bullet in the left hand
18. Sahir Al Shareef, 22, shrapnel wounds in the face and eyes 19. Bashar
Sultan, 21, hit by a steel bullet in the right knee 20. Majdi Al Masalma,
17, hit by a steel bullet in the head 21. Mohammad Amr, 15, hit by a
steel bullet in the lower back 22. Muntasir Al Natsha, 15, hit by a
steel bullet in the right leg 23. Husam Amr, 18, hit by a steel bullet
in the right leg 24. Raed Amr, 15, hit by a steel bullet in the abdomen
25. Sufyan Swaiti, 30, hit by a steel bullet in the left leg 26. Ameer
Al Natsha, 5, hit by a steel bullet in the left foot 27. Samih Al Kawasmi,
18, hit by a steel bullet in the right shoulder 28. Sabreen Al Taweel,
10, hit by a steel bullet in the back 29. Sabir Al Taweel, 17, hit by
a steel bullet in the right shoulder 30. Mohammad Abu Snaini, 41, hit
by a steel bullet in the nose 31. Amani Al Rajabi, 12, hit by a steel
bullet in the head 32. Wa’el Ikhlail, 21, hit by a steel bullet in the
right leg 33. Munthir Al Rajabi, 15, hit twice by steel bullets in the
abdomen and the right hand 34. Imad Hrizat, 19, hit by a steel bullet
in the head 35. Iyad Abu Snaini, 15, hit by a steel bullet in the right
leg 36. Mahmoud Abu Fanus, 16, hit by a steel bullet in the abdomen
The children admitted to Hebron hospital because they were beaten or
suffered teargas inhalation were: 1. Ahmad Ahmad, 6 (bruises in several
parts of the body) 2. Abdullah Al Rajabi, 15 (bruises and scratches)
3. Mohammad Awad, 12 (bruises and scratches) 4. Thahir Al Salaymi, 8
(bruises and scratches) 5. Jihad Masudi, 12 (bruises and scratches)
6. Mohammad Da’na, 14 (teargas inhalation) 7. Mahmoud Harinat, 14 (teargas
inhalation) 8. Yasmin Al Rajabi, 11 (teargas inhalation) 9. Mohammad
Abu Munshar, 7 (teargas inhalation) In Nablus, Palestinian demonstrators
clashed with Israeli troops at the southern checkpoint near Kufur Kaleel;
the following were injured in the incident: 1. Wala Habrun, 17, from
Askar refugee camp, was shot in the right foot 2. Mohammad Abdul Hameed,
19, was shot in the left foot 3. Ibraheem Abu Harus, 16, from Askar
refugee camp, was shot in the left leg 4. Hikmat Anabtawi, 12, from
Nablus, was shot in the left leg 5. Baker Daraghma, 18, from Tubas,
shot in the abdomen (bad wound that severely damaged intestines) 6.
Hatim Abu Isha, 21, from Balata refugee camp, was shot in the left leg
7. Mazin Abu Ali, 24, from Nablus, shot in the feet In Tulkarem, Israeli
troops, using rubber coated steel bullets, attacked Palestinians demonstrating
near Al Khaduri Institute, injuring 36 protesters: 1. Mutasim Auna,
13, from Tulkarem refugee camp, hit in the right leg 2. Hazim Diab,
20, from Tulkarem refugee camp, hit in the head 3. Mohammad Jitawi,
11, from Nur Shams refugee camp, hit in the head 4. Thair Al Araj, 13,
from Thubaba, hit in the right underarm 5. Mahmoud Al Hamshari, 26,
from Tulkarem refugee camp, hit in the left hand 6. Mahmoud Matar, 20,
from Tulkarem, hit in the head and back 7. Mohammad Abu Tima, 20, from
Kufeen, hit in the left hand 8. Imad Abda, 15, from Shuwaika, hit in
the left foot 9. Ahmad Farghali, 15, from Shuwaika, hit in the left
foot 10. Tawfeek Milhim, 23, from Tulkarem, hit in the head 11. Abdul
rahman Haron, 14, from Iktaba, hit in the head 12. Mohammad Tayih, 32,
from Tulkarem, hit in the right hand 13. Mohammad Al Damiri, 12, from
Tulkarem refugee camp, hit in the left hand 14. Zahir Daka, 25, from
Ateel, hit in the head 15. Mohammad Hatab, 16, from Tulkarem, hit in
the right foot 16. Salih Nasar, 27, from Tulkarem refugee camp, hit
in the right hand 17. Mohammad Alaryi, 10, from Tulkarem, hit in the
chest 18. Ayman Al Tirawi, 20, from Tulkarem, hit in the face 19. Zuhair
Taneeb, 23, from Irtah, hit in the left foot 20. Mahir Abdullah, 30,
from Saida, hit in the hand 21. Mohammad Anbas, 17, from Tulkarem refugee
camp, hit in the right leg 22. Faris Khaleefa, 12, from Nur Shams refugee
camp, hit in the right thigh 23. Adel Abu Zant, 18, from Tulkarem, hit
in the left hand 24. Ahmad Zaghul, 20, from Tulkarem, hit in the left
hand 25. Ahmad Al Abed, 14, from Tulkarem, hit in the right leg (the
steel bullet broke his leg) 26. Omar Fakhuri, 15, from Tulkarem, hit
in the left ankle 27. Mohammad Sa’adi, 17, from Tulkarem, hit in the
neck and the right ear 28. Muayad Shihada, 9, from Tulkarem, hit in
the right leg 29. Usama Arafat, 20, from Ateel, hit in the left thigh
30. Mathna Katani, 18, from Tulkarem, hit in the left hand 31. Fouad
Kab, 20, from Tulkarem refugee camp, hit in the left shoulder 32. Ameen
Abdullah, 19, from Tulkarem, hit in the right thigh 33. Rami Hadeeb,
15, from Tulkarem, hit in the left hand 34. Jihad Sa’adi, 19, from Tulkarem,
hit in the right thigh 35. Fadi Abdullah, 20, from Tulkarem, hit in
the right thigh 36. Amer Al Zaghal, 14, from Tulkarem, hit in the right
shoulder At the Al Ram checkpoint, north of Jerusalem, Israeli troops
attacked protesters with water canons and teargas. Some of the protesters
were Palestinian members of the Israeli Knesset, such as Dr. Ahmad Al
Taibi who suffered severe teargas inhalation. On Al Jalami checkpoint,
north of the Palestinian town of Jenin, Israeli soldiers opened fire
on Palestinian demonstrators injuring 16-year-old Shadi Mustafa from
Al Yamun in the left shoulder. The following Palestinians were admitted
to Al Hussein Hospital in Beit Jala after receiving shrapnel and live
and steel bullet wounds: 1. Mazin Hamdan, 14, from Bethlehem, shot in
the legs 2. Mohammad Abu Eid, 13, from Bethlehem, steel bullet wound
to the right thigh 3. Khader Al Heeh, 15, from Al Deheisha refugee camp,
shrapnel wound in the right shoulder In the Gaza Strip, 17-year-old
Mohammad Abu Jasir from Jabalia refugee camp died after being shot in
the heart when Israeli troops stationed at Erez opened fire on Palestinian
demonstrators. Five other Palestinians were injured in the Israeli attack:
1. Iyad Al Bahri, 18, from Beit Lahia, shot in the right leg and right
arm 2. Sabir Al Ashkar, 18, from Jabalia refugee camp, shot in the right
foot 3. Ala Ahmad, 18, from Beit Lahia, shot in the left leg 4. Mahmoud
Abu Ramadan, 12, hit by a steel bullet in the head 5. Khaled Al Makeed,
12, from Jabalia refugee camp, shot in the right hand In a separate
incident, Israeli troops wounded three Palestinian civilian protesters
in a demonstration at Netzarim junction: 1. Hasan Al Aydi, 20, from
Al Nsirat refugee camp, slightly wounded in the head 2. Ayman Mansour,
from the same refugee camp, shot in the leg and the right shoulder 3.
Salah Al Taweel, 12, from the same refugee camp, shot in the left leg
Israeli occupation troops used excessive force in its attack on a Palestinian
demonstration near Kfar Darom settlement. The residents of Deir Al Balah
organized the demonstration. Thirteen people were injured: 1. Abdullah
Al Maghari, 13, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the right leg 2. Faris Abu
Al Araj, 11, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the pelvis 3. Haijar Abu Amra,
12, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the right leg 4. Raed Al Atar, 25, from
Deir Al Balah, shot in the back 5. Ali Haji, 36, from Deir Al Balah,
shot in the right hand 6. Said Al Hanuti, 14, from Deir Al Balah, shot
in the head 7. Ibraheem Al Akluk, 17, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the
left thigh 8. Raed Fayad, 13, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the left leg
9. Mohammad Madi, 12, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the right leg 10.
Mahmoud Al Arini, 16, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the left leg 11. Saif
Abu Ghirbal, 16, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the right foot 12. yusif
Al danaf, 24, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the left thigh 13. Shadi Fatayir,
20, from Deir Al Balah, shot in the right leg At Karney crossing, east
Gaza, Israeli troops used live ammunition in clashes against Palestinian
civilian demonstrators, including artillery shells. Twelve Palestinians
were injured in the offensive: 1. Mohammad Shanyura, 16, from Al Zaytun
in Gaza, shrapnel wounds in the hands 2. Ahmad Subuh, 14, from Al Zaytun
in Gaza, shot in the buttocks 3. Ala Abu Arabiyi, 16, from Al Sheikh
Radwan in Gaza, shot in the right thigh 4. Salem Al Halak, 16, from
Al Daraj in Gaza, shot in the buttocks 5. Mohammad Zahra, 19, from Al
Wihda in Gaza, slightly wounded in the head 6. Ahmad Al Ijla, 17, from
Al Shaja’iyi in Gaza, shot in the face 7. Awad Al Ijil, 16, from Al
Zaytun in Gaza, shrapnel wounds in the head 8. Mahmoud Balah, 15, from
Al Sheikh Radwan in Gaza, shot in the left leg 9. Mohammad Abu Wadi,
12, from Jabalia refugee camp, shot in the right leg 10. Mohammad Nawaji,
14, from Al Sheikh Radwan in Gaza, shot in the buttocks 11. Diab Al
Mabyid, 18, from Al Shaja’iyi in Gaza, shot in the testicles 12. Shahir
Dahir, 16, from Al Sheikh Radwan in Gaza, shot in the back At Al Tufah
checkpoint west of Khan Yunis refugee camp, eleven Palestinian demonstrators
were wounded when Israeli forces fired on them: 1. Bilal Abu Ikir, 7,
shot in the abdomen (in critical condition) 2. Nayif Barbakh, 10, shot
in the left foot 3. Amani Saqir, 17, shrapnel wounds in the right hand
4. Mohammad Al Kara, 15, shot in the right knee 5. Hani Abu Alian, 20,
shot in the left foot 6. Sleiman Ali Al Araj, 16, shot in the buttocks
7. Khaled Al Astal, 12, slight head wound 8. Faraj Abu Shihab, 20, shot
in the left thigh 9. Sami Barbakh, 20, shot in the left knee 10. Arafat
Abu Mustafa, 22, shot in the right thigh 11. Mohammad Brais, 18, shot
in the right thigh Israeli troops opened fire on a group of Palestinian
children demonstrating at Netzarim junction on Wednesday 16 May. They
shot 14-year-old Mohammad Isleem from Al Braij in the buttocks; the
Palestinian boy was admitted to Shuahda Al Aqsa Hospital where he later
died. Two more Palestinian children were injured in the incident: 1.
Mohammad Al Asar, 15, from Al Nsirat refugee camp, steel bullet in the
left hand 2. Mohammad Al Kaliki, 14, from Al Braij refugee camp, shot
in the right hand Second: shelling On May 10, Israeli forces trespassed
into Palestinian-controlled areas in Yibna refugee camp, Rafah, south
of the Gaza Strip near the Egyptian border. LAW received information
from Gaza stating that Israeli armed units, tanks, and bulldozers trespassed
200 meters into Palestinian-controlled areas, destroying two houses
and several chicken farms and bulldozing areas of cultivated land. The
attack included heavy firing and artillery shelling on Palestinian homes
in Yibna refugee camp, wounding seven Palestinians including five civilians:
1. Nafiz Abu Taha, 38, shrapnel wounds in the right leg 2. Hisham Abu
Taha, 22, shrapnel wounds in the right hand; lost his fingers 3. Mahmoud
Khafaj, 20, shrapnel in the abdomen 4. Mahmoud Salama, 21, shot in the
right foot 5. Mahmoud Al Zatmi, 19, shrapnel wounds in the chest and
left arm 6. Abdul Aleem Al Hamas, 42, Security Force officer, shot in
the right leg 7. Hassan Abu Shbaika, 40, Security Force officer, shot
in the left leg Four Israeli tanks accompanied by a bulldozer attacked
Yibna again on Thursday, but Palestinian civilians and Security Forces
faced the invasion. Clashes took place and the Israeli army used artillery
shells and automatic guns, wounding the following: 1. Ahmad Al Mughrabi,
18, wounded by shrapnel in the face 2. Mufeed Abu Abeed, 32, wounded
by shrapnel in the abdomen 3. Ibraheem Abu Alnaja, 37, wounded by shrapnel
in the face 4. Mahmoud Abu Taha, 15, wounded by shrapnel in the right
arm 5. Tal’at Al Sha’ir, 24, shot in the chest; currently in critical
condition 6. fadi Judi, 17, wounded by shrapnel in the right arm 7.
Fat’he Saqir, 45, wounded by shrapnel in the right arm 8. Rami Al Hams,
22, wounded by shrapnel in the left eye 9. Shadi Al Alul, 18, wounded
by shrapnel in the right leg 10. Saqir Abu Hilal, 23, wounded by shrapnel
in the right leg 11. Ahmad Abu Hashim, 15, wounded by shrapnel in the
mouth An Israeli battleship launched an attack on a Force 17 training
position on the beach near Dier Al Balah on Friday morning, firing fifteen
rockets on the site from a distance of two hundred meters. The building
was severely damaged. Another Israeli armed unit launched an offensive
on a Palestinian Security Forces position near Saladin Street and Abu
Holly junction on Friday morning. Later, Israeli bulldozers and tanks
trespassed 500 meters within Palestinian boundaries and demolished the
houses of the following Palestinians: 1. Hamud Abu Holly (200m², accommodated
three people) 2. Said Abu Holly (150m², accommodated eight people) 3.
Majdi Abu Holly (130m², accommodated eight people) 4. Hani Abu Holly
(220m², accommodated six people) 5. Sahir Abu Holly (180m², accommodated
five people) Two artillery shells landed on the 300m² house of Majid
Abu Holly, causing large-scale damage to the house, which accommodates
six people. On the same day (Friday) Israeli forces in Erez fired three
artillery shells on Biet Lahia; two landed next to the police station,
injuring: 1. Akram Daheel, 16, shrapnel wound in the shoulder, chest,
and back 2. Nuser Abu Faraya, 17, shrapnel wound in the right leg 3.
Omar Abu Daheel, 17, shrapnel wound in the shoulder The third shell
landed on top of Mustafa Shakura’s house, risking the lives of his 11-member
family. Fortunately the shell did not detonate and was later dismantled
by an expert. At 11:00 pm, Israeli troops stationed in Neve Dakalim
settlement and Al Tufah checkpoint west of Khan Younis, shelled residential
areas in Al Gharbi refugee camp and Al Namsawi quarter. The shelling
went on until 1:30 am the next morning, injuring four Palestinian women
sitting on a porch and two other Palestinians walking in the street
near Al Gharbi refugee camp: 1. Huda Abu Suhwail, 25, shrapnel in the
right shoulder 2. Itaf Abu Suhwail, 15, shrapnel in the right arm 3.
Abeer Abu Suhwail, 14, shrapnel in the back and left shoulder 4. Tahani
Abu Suhwail, 20, shrapnel in the right arm 5. Mohammad Al Araj, 28,
shrapnel in the left arm 6. Nofal Abu Obeida, 26, shrapnel in the right
foot At midnight Saturday 12 May, Israeli troops shelled the eastern
part of Al Maghazi refugee camp, killing 45-year-old Suleiman Al Aruki.
The Israeli assault also wounded seven civilians: 1. Iyad Al Sa’ayda,
27, shrapnel in the left arm 2. Mahir Al Sa’ayda, 18, shrapnel in the
head and abdomen, in a critical condition 3. Khader Said, 23, shot in
the leg 4. Salah Said, 29, shrapnel in the head 5. Suleiman Said, 60,
shrapnel in the chest, critical condition 6. Abed Abu Rukba, 38, shrapnel
in the head and the abdomen 7. Jalal Al Sa’ayda, 33, shrapnel in the
head and three paramedics 1. Nafith Al Natur, 27, from Khan Yunis, bruises
in the left leg 2. Abed Abu Zahra, 45, from Deir Al Balah, shrapnel
in the head 3. Mohammad Hamad, 42, from Al Nsirat refugee camp, shrapnel
in the knee The shelling also damaged two vehicles and three houses.
At midnight, Israeli gunships and battleships launched an attack on
NSF posts in the Gaza Strip. According to information LAW received from
Gaza, the attack took place in an area known as Zamu east of Jabalia
refugee camp, destroying two armoured vehicles and severely damaging
Salama Abu Fraij’s 2-storey 220m² house, which accommodated 16 people.
NSF posts at Al Karara and Khan Younis were also attacked. In the Palestinian
village of Bani Suhaila two rockets landed next to two houses belonging
to Mohammad and Abed Rabu Al Kara. The first house is 200m², accommodated
17 people and was severely damaged. Amna Al Kara, 47, was wounded in
the attack, as were her four children: 1. Raja Al Kara, 13, shrapnel
wound in the right hand 2. Safa Al Kara, 19, had a nervous attack 3.
Ibrahim Al Kara, 5½, shrapnel wound in the face and hands 4. Fatima
Al Kara, 16, shrapnel wound in the face and legs The other house, lived
in by 8 people, was three floors and built on an area of 200m². 30-year-old
Tahani Al Kara received facial injuries from the shrapnel and her 22-year-old
son Munther was injured by shrapnel in the legs and the face. Three
rockets landed on the NSF post in Al Karara, damaging eight houses and
wounding two Palestinian policemen: 1. Ziyad Abu Hayi, 26, shrapnel
in the forehead and the left arm 2. Ashraf Abu Sultan, 25, shrapnel
in the forehead Three other Palestinians - civilians – were also injured:
1. Mohammad Al Kudra, received shrapnel wound in the left foot and hand
while sitting at home 2. Mahmoud Hijazi, 2½, shrapnel in the face 3.
Hikmat Al Kudra, 35, 5 months pregnant, suffered a nervous breakdown
and convulsions. A rocket also landed on an NSF post in Khan Younis
destroying an armoured personnel carrier and injuring: 1. 22-year-old
Akram Abu Suleiman, shrapnel in the right arm 2. 22-year-old Ismail
Khalaf Allah, shrapnel in the right arm An Israeli battleship launched
an offensive on a navy post west of Al Nsirat, causing severe damage
to the 200m² building. On Tuesday evening Israeli troops shelled Al
Kahduri Institute and the south-western quarter of Tulkarem. 10-year-old
Yusif Younis was wounded while playing near his house, 1,500 meters
from the Israeli positions. The boy’s father stated to LAW that eyewitnesses
had told him his son fell and started bleeding. Mahmoud Abu Shaduf,
who happened to be in the area, took the boy to hospital where it was
found that he had been hit in the chest. The boy underwent surgery and
lost his spleen. Israeli forces stationed around Beit Haifir settlement
shelled the northern part of Tulkarem. At eight in the evening, they
fired flares into the sky, and a fire was started in the Wadi Al Zumer
wheat fields, on the Green Line. 10 dunums of wheat were burnt; they
belonged to Said Alian from Deir Al Ghusun. The shelling also damaged
the following Palestinians’ houses: 1. Rushdi Ghanim, destroyed tiles
and created holes in the walls 2. Ghazi Yunis, smashed windows and opened
holes in the external walls The Israeli shelling of Rafah caused damage
to the following Palestinians’ hoses: 1. Fawziya Abu Muhsin, a two-storey
house of an area of 80 m² where five people lived. The ceiling and windows
were damaged 2. Abdulla Abu Muhsin, the 100 m² house consists of two
floors and houses 20 people. The shelling cracked its ceiling 34-year-old
Hana Ziyada was wounded in the Israeli attack. In the evening of Wednesday
16 May, Israeli gunships launched air-surface rockets on the PNA headquarters
in Jenin, while other Israeli gunships launched a similar offensive
on Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza. The onslaught reached the headquarters
of the Scientific Committee and the Preventive Security Apparatus (PSA)
in Jenin. In Jabalia, the offensive reached the 3-storey PSA headquarters
of an area of 400m². The 3rd floor was completely destroyed by the four
rockets, which also partly damaged the second floor and a wall that
divides the PSA headquarters from Tamerz gas station, where a rocket
landed but did not detonate, saving the area from real catastrophe.
Seven more homes were damaged as well as civilian installations such
as the Jabalia UNRWA Service Center, the Palestinian Center for Human
Rights (PCHR), Al Mizan Center for Human Rights, a bakery, a store,
and a pharmacy. 26 people received different types of injuries. A LAW
researcher in Jenin stated that 4 American-made Apache gunships launched
12 rockets on Wednesday on the Scientific Committee and the PSA in Jenin.
8 rockets detonated inside the buildings and four others did not detonate
– one that fell on the entrance to Khitam Al Rahal’s house, one on the
entrance to an apartment block, and the other two on the scientific
committee. The researcher added that the headquarters of the Scientific
Committee were destroyed and the PSA headquarter was severely damaged.
The shelling led to a power cut and damaged the telephone cables. It
also caused damage to the houses of the following Palestinians: Ahmad
Al Ghalib, Abu Raed Saleet, Abu Sami Al Amuri and Abu Ziyad Al Sa’di.
At midnight, clashes broke out when Israeli troops invaded areas in
Khan Younis. Israeli forces launched an artillery offensive accompanied
by heavy shooting from automatic guns, wounding 63-year-old Nasser Abu
Shanab in the chest, 30-year-old Ahmad Nasser, in the right shoulder,
and 25-year-old Akram Abu Ghali in the right thigh. Third: settler attacks
Settlers in Hebron continued their provocative and aggressive acts against
Palestinians living in the city. On Thursday 9 May, settler assaults
wounded: 1. 27-year-old Shami Al Ajluni 2. 54-year-old Numan Da’na 3.
9-year-old Ameer Al Ja’bari On Friday, settlers attacked: 1. 16-year-old
Hazim Al Salayma 2. 6-year-old Shadi Olma 3. 14-year-old Midhat Amr
On Saturday, settlers attacked several Palestinians including 6-year-old
Fatma Da’na who was hit in the head with a rock by a settler. She was
admitted to Hebron state hospital for treatment. The settlers also wounded:
1. 37-year-old Mohammad Al Jabari 2. 3-year-old Anwar Da’na 3. 13-year-old
Mohammad Abu Rajab At 6pm on Sunday 13 May, Israeli forces placed Sinjil,
north of Ramallah, under curfew. Approximately an hour later, the Palestinian
town was attacked by settlers who burnt Mohammad Khalil’s truck. The
46-year-old Palestinian supports a family of seven including a mentally
handicapped boy. They also destroyed large quantities of bricks in a
factory owned by the same man. The settler assaults were carried out
in the presence of soldiers. At 10:30 on Monday morning, Israeli troops
ordered Khalil to demolish his brick factory under the pretext that
shots had been fired from there onto a settler driving on the Ramallah-Nablus
road near Sinjil. Khalil refused, but the troops called for reinforcements
to demolish the factory themselves. Clashes broke out between the Israelis
and the people of Sinjil who came to support Khalil; in the end the
Israelis destroyed the factory and its contents. Khalil had been detained
for 50 days at the beginning of the Intifada. Fourth: bulldozing and
demolition On Sunday afternoon 13 May, two Israeli tanks and a bulldozer
attacked Al Salam quarter in southeast Rafah and trespassed into Palestinian-controlled
areas. They shelled people’s houses after they penetrated 200 meters
into Palestinian controlled areas. They knocked down Ahmad Al Sha’er’s
160m² house where 10 people lived and Fat’he Al Sha’er’s under-construction
120 m² house where seven people were supposed to live. They burned a
room in Hussein Al Khawaja’s house and caused extensive damage to Salah
Al Sha’er’s house. In a separate incident, 200 Israeli commandos attacked
Shwaika, a Palestinian village in Tulkarem (Area B: Palestinian civil
control and Israeli security control) and placed it under curfew. They
besieged the police station, confiscated its rifles and then blew away
the 120 m² police station, causing severe damage to surrounding Palestinian
buildings in the process: 1. The house of Abdullah Yusif; a room was
completely destroyed, cracks appeared in the other walls and the windows
were smashed. 2. The house of Mousa Samara, walls cracked and windows
smashed 3. The Abu Salih mosque, windows destroyed 4. Rustum Jaroom’s
store - windows and doors smashed. Also on Monday morning, Israeli bulldozers
and tanks knocked down a cowshed belonging to the faculty of agriculture
at Al Najah University in Al Khaduri, west of Tulkarem, in an area under
Palestinian control. According to LAW documentation, Israeli forces
first attacked the area with heavy shooting from automatic firearms
and then sent bulldozers to knock down: 1. Newly-established cow milking
equipment and facilities 2. The cowshed and coolers for storing dairy
products 3. The laboratories and dairy product packaging facilities
In the attack they attackers killed 8 bulls, 3 goats and injured the
rest of the cattle. Fifth: attacking journalists 27-year-old Reuters
photojournalist Abdul Rahman Al Kawasini from Nablus was hit by a rubber-coated
steel bullet in his left foot and suffered teargas inhalation while
photographing a march in protest of land confiscation in Deir Istia.
Many Israeli peace campaigners joined the march. Al Kawasini told LAW
that Israeli troops opened fire on demonstrators wounding him and causing
him to pass out when they threw a teargas canister between his feet.
Sixth: arrests On Sunday Israeli troops broke into Deir Al Ghusun and
arrested five of its residents including a Palestinian policeman. According
to LAW’s documentation, about 100 Israeli soldiers accompanied by intelligence
agents broke into Deir Al Ghusun and besieged Mohammad Abu Sa’s house.
They forced everyone in the house out, searched it and terrorised women
and children as they fired live ammunition and stun grenades. They arrested
Palestinian police officer Muthna Abu Sa and four other people: 1. 23-year-old
Ashraf Alian 2. 24-year-old Zahir Ka’dan 3. 24-year-old Mohammad Ahed
4. 28-year-old Abdul Raheem Ahed On Monday morning Israeli forces at
Erez arrested Adel Al Sha’er while he was on his way to work inside
Israel, although he has the necessary permits to cross the Green Line.
10-year-old Tayseer Al Araj was arrested during demonstrations on the
Nakba Anniversary and taken to Bet El. In Qalqilya, Israeli forces arrested
Firas Idwan, 22, and Midhat Inab, 18, and took to them to an unknown
location. 19-year-old Amer Sa’ed Al Deen from Jerusalem was arrested
near the Al ram checkpoint while taking part in a peaceful demonstration.
21-year-old NSF member Mohammad Abu Ali from Jenin refugee camp was
arrested on a military barrier on Nablus Jenin road while going home
after work. Seventh: collective punishment · 17-year-old Kifah Za’rab
from Al Mawasi in Khan Younis died on way to hospital on Thursday 10
May. According to LAW’s documentation, Za’rab needed hospitalisation,
but on the way to hospital Israeli soldiers prevented him and his relatives
from crossing an army checkpoint. Two and a half hours later an ambulance
arrived and took him to hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
· On Thursday evening, Israeli troops forced Khalaf Abu Hajaj’s family
to evacuate their house in Al Karara, Khan Younis, and occupied it.
The house is 170m² and 15 people live in it. Abu Hajaj stated to LAW
that Israeli troops had already occupied the roof of his home on 30
January 2001, when they turned it into a military outpost and prevented
its inhabitants from going in or out between 7 pm and 7 am. They also
prevented them from receiving any guests. Abu Hajaj added that this
“hell” went on until 10 May when Israeli military unit broke into the
house and searched it thoroughly and forced the family to leave the
house. · Israeli forces decided on Sunday 13 May to shut down Hiwara
Boys’ High School for twenty-one days. The school administration announced
that it had received a written notice form the Israeli Civil Administration
ordering the closure under the pretext that boys threw rocks at army
and settler vehicles from the school. The order comes a few days before
the end of the school year, preventing the pupils from sitting their
exams.