Thursday, July 1, 2010

PCHR weekly report 24/6 - 30/6/2010 incursions, shootings and fatal airstrikes at border towns

extracts from PCHR weekly report 24/6 - 30/6/2010

Israeli forces continued to fire at Palestinian farmers and workers in border areas of the Gaza Strip

Thursday, 24 June 2010


At approximately 08:20, Israeli forces moved nearly 400 meters into al-Amal quarter in the east of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun. They leveled areas of Palestinian land, which they had already razed.

 At approximately 09:00, Israeli forces moved nearly 300 meters into the east of 'Abassan village, located to the east of the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. They leveled areas of Palestinian land, which they had already razed. The Israeli forces then pulled back towards the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. 

Friday, 25 June 2010  


At approximately 02:15, Israeli warplanes dropped a bomb on an area in the east of the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalya. No casualties were reported. 

 At approximately 02:50, Israeli warplanes dropped a bomb of a tunnel in al-Shouka village near Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border, south of Rafah. Five minutes later, they dropped a bomb on the same tunnel. As a results, two workers in the tunnel were killed:

 1. 'Aamer 'Atwa Abu Hadid, 23, from Rafah, hit by shrapnel throughout the body; and 
2. Mohammed Fawzi Abu Suhaiban, 28, from Gaza City, hit by shrapnel throughout the body. 

A third worker, Mohammed Ghazi Abu Khatla, 21, was seriously wounded by shrapnel throughout the body and his left hand was badly cut.

 Tuesday, 29 June 2010

At approximately 10:00, Israeli forces moved nearly 300 meters into Bourat Abu Samra area in the northern town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. They searched and patrolled in the area until 17:00, during which time they opened fire sporadically. No casualties were reported. 

 Wednesday, 30 June 2010


At approximately 07:00, Israeli troops positioned on observation towers near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials.  No casualties were reported.  

 Also at approximately 07:00, an Israeli infantry unit moved nearly 250 meters into Bourat Abu Samra area in the north of Beit Lahia, located in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli troops opened fire at Palestinian workers who were collecting raw construction materials from the location where Israeli settlements existed in 2005. The workers subsequently fled from the area. At approximately 10:10, a heavy explosion was heard in the area. Israeli troops pulled back towards the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel at approximately 11:15.