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Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights Field Report on Israel’s Attacks on Gaza Violations of international human rights and international humanitarian law committed by the Israeli occupation forces in the reporting period: 14 November 2012 –21 November 2012 1 Introduction In this detailed field report Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights (Al Mezan) reports on military attacks carried out in the Gaza Strip in the period 14 November 2012 – 21 November 2012. The attacks listed were researched and verified by Al Mezan’s team of fieldworkers who are based in each of Gaza’s five districts. The attacks are listed in chronological order. Hostilities commenced with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot dead a 13-year-old boy as he was playing football in the town of Khuza’a in Khan Younis district on 8 November 2012, during an incursion into Gaza that lasted for two days.1 In another IOF attack, at approximately 5 pm on Saturday 10 November 2012, the IOF fired artillery shells at a water reservoir, also in the town of Khuza’a eastern Khan Younis. The reservoir was about 800 meters from the separation fence between Gaza Strip and Israel. The shelling injured 11 Palestinian civilians, including four women and two children. On 10 November 2012, Palestinian fighters fired an anti-tank rocket at an Israeli military jeep, reportedly injuring four Israeli soldiers. The IOF responded immediately by firing artillery shells on a crowd of Palestinian civilians in a wake tent in the east of Gaza City. When the people in the area, including several children who were playing football in a nearby field, went to help the wounded, the IOF fired an artillery shell into the crowd, killing and injuring dozens.2 Hostilities escalated since then and the IOF and by 11 November, the IOF had killed Seven Palestinians; three Children; and Injured 54, including 12 Children.3 On 12 November 2012, a truce was informally announced, but not confirmed. At approximately 15:50 on 14 November 2012, an Israeli airstrike targeted a car in which Ahmed Al- Jaa’bari, 52, leader of Hamas’ military wing was travelling, killing him and his companion, Mohammed Al-Hams. The IOF launched dozens of air and artillery attacks on Gaza during the hours following this attack, killing another five people including: one infant, 11 months; a girl, 3; and a woman, 19. When a ceasefire was negotiated and agreed on, on 21 November 2012, the Israeli attacks on Gaza have had already devastated it. Al Mezan’s monitoring indicates that between 14 November 2012 and 21 November 2012, at least 162 Palestinians have been killed in IOF attacks. Of those, 37 were children and 13 were women. Another 1,039 people were injured, including 315 children and 191 women. At least 963 houses have also been damaged or destroyed, including 92 completely. Of those 92 houses, 52 were directly attacked; including 35 were direct roof-knocking attacks. Another 179 houses sustained serious damages. Moreover, IOF attacks caused varying damages to 10 health centres, 35 schools, 2 universities, 15 NGO offices, 30 mosques, 14 media offices, 92 industrial and commercial facilities, 1 UNRWA food distribution Centre, 8 ministry buildings, 14 police/security stations, 5 banks, 34 vehicles, 3 youth clubs, 3 cemeteries, and 2 bridges.4 Al Mezan stresses that its initial findings, detailed below, provide compelling evidence that IOF attacks on the Gaza Strip included attacks on civilian targets and other attacks which failed to observe the relevant principles of international law. It is also important to note that the IOF’s attacks were carried out in the context of Israel’s closure and naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, which have now been in place for more than five years. The closure and blockade have seriously undermined the provision of essential 1 See http://www.mezan.org/en/details.php?id=15609&ddname=incursion&id_dept=3&id2=9&p=center, 2 See http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=535855. 3 See http://www.mezan.org/en/details.php?id=15632&ddname=IOF&id_dept=9&id2=9&p=center. 4 See As ceasefire holds, more hurt to civilians and civilian objects is revealed, 162 Palestinians killed and 1,039 injured. 2 services in Gaza, especially in the health, water and sanitation sectors. As the new destruction to homes occurred, tens of thousands of Gazans remain displaced as a result of the destruction of property by the IOF and Israel’s ban on the bringing of construction materials into the Gaza Strip. This report details the IOF attacks on the Gaza Strip by district between the period 14 and 21 November 2012. The report aims to provide the media, diplomatic missions and humanitarian organizations with information that will enable interventions aimed at preventing further human rights violations or assisting the affected populations in the Gaza Strip. 3 1. North Gaza District 1.1. Wednesday 14 November 2012 At approximately 5:00pm on Wednesday 14 November 2012, the following attacks were launched simultaneously: An Israeli jet plane fired a missile at a farm located east of Abu Obieda Al Jarrah Secondary School for boys in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza district. No casualties or injuries were reported but the sound of the explosion was very loud and the people living in the area, especially the women and children, were terrified. The windowpanes of a number of nearby houses were smashed in the attack. An Israeli jet plane fired a missile at an open area north of Al 'Attattra Clinic in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza district. As a result, two persons were injured. Medical sources at Kamal Odwan Hospital described their injuries as minor. The window panes of a number of nearby houses were damaged and the people in the area reported being very afraid. An Israeli jet plane fired a missile at an open area located in As-Sekka Street north west of Zemmo crossroads in Jabaliya in North Gaza district. As a result, one person was injured. Medical sources at Kamal Odwan Hospital described his injury as minor. The window panes of a number of nearby houses were damaged. An Israeli jet plane fired a missile at an open area south of a cement factory in the east of Ezbet Abed Rabbo area in Jabaliya in North Gaza district. No casualties or injuries were reported but the people in the area reported being terrified. The window panes of a number of nearby houses were damaged. An Israeli jet plane fired a missile at an open area south of the Security and Protection Police Building west of Ash-Sheikh Zaed area in the east of Beit Lahiya in North Gaza district. As a result, two persons were injured. Medical sources at Kamal Odwan Hospital described as the inuries as minor. The window panes of a number of nearby houses were damaged. An Israeli jet plane fired a missile at an open area north of Shaimaa' Secondary School for Girls in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza district. No casualties or injuries were reported but people in the area particularly the children reported being terrified. An Israeli jet plane fired a missile at an open area in Tal Ad-Dahab area in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza district. No casualties or injuries were reported but people in the area reported being terrified. At approximately 5:10pm on the same day, an Israeli jet aircraft fired a missile at an open area in Al Qassaseen street west of Jabaliya police station in North Gaza district. No casualties or injuries were reported but the people in the area were terrified. The window panes of three nearby houses were damaged. At approximately 5:20 pm on the same day, an Israeli jet aircraft fired a missile at a farm west of Beit Lahiya Cemetery. The missile fell near the house of Ref'at Mohammed Yousif Jabber, 41. As a result, seven persons were injured and the house was severely damaged. Al Mezan has identified the names of the injured persons as follows: Ref'at Mohammed Jabber, 41; His wife Maha Zakaria Yousif Jabber, 38; 4 Their children Muna, 18; Susan, 18; Leena, 4; Their relatives Susan Zakaria Jabber, 45; and Ahmed Jehad Jabber, 22. The windowpanes of three nearby houses were damaged. At approximately 5:45 pm on the same day, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a motorcycle that was travelling on Beit Lahiya Street opposite the Gaza Electricity Distribution Company building in North Gaza district. As a result, two persons were killed. Al Mezan has identified them as follows: Issam Mahmoud Ahmed Abu Al Me'za, 20; and Mohammed Hani Ibrahim Kasseh, 18. The two victims were from Beit Lahiya. Two persons were also injured in the attack. Medical sources at Al 'Awda Hospital described the injury of one of them as critical; he was subsequently transferred to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The windowpanes of three nearby houses were damaged in the attack. At approximately 6:25 pm on the same day, an Israeli jet plane fired a missile at an open area west of As- Salatten area in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza district. No casualties or injuries were reported but people in the area were terrified. The windowpanes of a number of nearby houses were damaged. At approximately 6:25 pm on the same day, an Israeli jet plane fired a missile at an open area in As-Sekka street east of Jabaliya in North Gaza district. No casualties or injuries were reported but people in the area were terrified. The window panes of a number of nearby houses were damaged.
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