Thursday, November 11, 2010

PCHR weekly report 4/11 - 10/11/2010: 2 workers injured, 4 incursions, airstrike

extracts from PCHR weekly report 4/11 - 10/11/2010:


 IOF continued to fire at Palestinian workers, farmers and fishermen in border areas in the Gaza Strip. 
- Two  Palestinian workers were wounded


In the Gaza Strip, IOF conducted 4 limited incursions into Palestinian communities in the central and northern Gaza Strip, during which they leveled areas of Palestinian land, which they had already razed.
 
 Sunday, 07 November 2010


At approximately 06:15, Israeli soldiers stationed on observation towers near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip fired at a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials from the debris of Erez industrial zone. As a result, Karam Talal al-Adham, 19, from Beit Lahia town,was wounded by a bullet to the left leg.


At approximately 10:00, IOF moved nearly 250 meters into the east of Gaza Valley village in the central Gaza Strip. They searched and leveled areas of Palestinian land.  


Tuesday, 09 November 2010
 

 At approximately 08:00, IOF moved nearly 200 meters into the northwest of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. They leveled areas of Palestinian land, which they had already razed. IOF withdrew from the area at approximately 09:15 and no casualties were reported.


At approximately 09:00, IOF moved nearly 250 meters into the northeast of al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. They leveled areas of Palestinian land near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.


Wednesday, 10 November 2010


 At approximately 07:45, Israeli soldiers positioned on observation towers near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip fired at a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting raw constriction materials from the debris of destroyed buildings in Erez industrial zone. As a result, Ibrahim Yousef Ghaben, 28, from Beit Lahia town, was wounded by a bullet to the right leg, when he was nearly 200 meters away from the border.


At approximately 08:15, Israeli helicopter gunships opened fire at Gaza International Airport, southeast of Rafah. The gunfire, which lasted for 45 minutes sporadically, targeted a number of Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials. No casualties were reported.


At approximately 10:45, IOF moved nearly 300 meters into the east of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. They then moved nearly 1,200 meters southwards to Abu Safiya area in the east of Jabalya town. During this incursion, IOF leveled areas of Palestinian land. They withdrew from the area at approximately 13:10.