The belligerent Israeli Occupation Forces continue to shell residential areas in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

9 April 2001

The belligerent Israeli Occupation Forces continued to shell civil premises in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
Simultaneously, these forces continued denying attacks on residential areas, in an attempt to mislead the international public opinion.
Yesterday, 8/4/2000 at 9:00 p.
m.
, these forces fired a number of rockets at the Fatah Movement, North District Office in Bait Lahia as well as the houses surrounding it.
As a result a number of Palestinian civilians were injured and a number of houses were damaged.
The following table shows the names of the injured: Zena Sa’eed Zu’rub; 60 years, Injured in different parts of the body with missile shrapnel.
Sabir Fahmy Zu’rub; 23 years, Injured in the right wrist with missile shrapnel.
Mutee’a Zu’rub; 25 years, A pregnant woman who lost consciousness.
Now in danger of a forced abortion.
Mahmoud Khamees Mahmoud Abu Sultan; 10 years, Cut wound in the head.
Khamees Mahmoud Ali Abu Sultan; 31 years, Bruises in different parts of the body and in a state of shock.
Fatma Abu Sultan; 35 years, Bruises in different parts of the body and loss of consciousness.
Jalal Mosa Rajab; 22 years, Loss of consciousness.
Wa’ol Misbah al-‘areeny; 28 years, Falling down.
The following table shows details of the damaged houses in Bait-Lahia (al-Balad or al-Mashrou’) : Khamees Mahmoud Ali Abu Sultan; 7people live in the house, Total destruction.
Jum’a Mahmoud Ali Abu Sultan; 12people live in the house, Total destruction.
Rafeeq Ahmad Mohammed Hammouda; 5people live in the house, Partial damage.
Mohammed Mahmoud Ali al-Bal’awy; 34people live in the house, Partial damage.
Abdallah Mahmoud Ali al-Bal’awy; 12people live in the house, Partial damage.
Omar Khaleel Ahmad Takkouna; 24people live in the house, Partial damage.
Ahmad Mohammed Ali Hammouda; 15people live in the house, Partial damage.
Mohammed Ahmad Mohammed Hammouda; 7people live in the house, Partial damage.
Zuhair Ahmad Mohammed Hammouda; 9people live in the house, Partial damage.
Ameen Abd as-Satir Ahmad Hammouda; 11people live in the house, Partial damage.
Mohammed Deeb Mohammed Hammouda; 9people live in the house, Partial damage.
Sabir Fahmy Matar Zu’rub; 7people live in the house, Partial damage.
Zena Sa’eed Ibraheem Zu’rub; 4people live in the house, Partial damage.
Abdallah and Abd al-Majeed Hasan Khadir Arna’out; 15people live in the house, Partial damage.
Sa’eed Akram Sa’eed Hammouda; 4people live in the house, Partial damage.
Ashour Abd al-Malik Salim Deeb; 24people live in the house, Partial damage.
Ra’id Omar Nimr Hassouna; 18people live in the house, Partial damage.
Adnan Abd ar-Rahman Ahmad Ahmad; 25people live in the house, Partial damage.
Ali and Mohammed Nimer Hasan Hassouna; 45people live in the house, Partial damage.
Fu’ad and Muneer Mustafa Lafy Abu Safy; 7people live in the house, Partial damage.
Adil Mohammed Mahmoud Hamdouna; 18people live in the house, Partial damage.
Salih Hasan Yaseen Abu Awwad; 25people live in the house, Partial damage.
During the same incident, the walls of the Bait Lahia Municipality garage were destroyed, the offices walls were cracked, and the doors were damaged.
5 vehicles, which were parked in the garage, were heavily damaged.
In addition, the belligerent Israeli Occupation Forces heavily shelled ash- Shuhada' Cemetery in Khan Younis.
   In the light of the current situation, AL-MEZAN Center for human rights warns of the continuation of the Israeli crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and requests the following: The International Community must immediately provide protection for the Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
In this context, the UN Security Council is requested to immediately send a team of International Human Rights Observers to the Occupied Palestinian Territories to monitor the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian civilians.
The European Union, which will revise its Partnership Agreement with Israel during its next session in May, should cancel this agreement.
The High Contracting Parties of the 4th Geneva Convention must immediately hold a conference to discuss ways that guarantee: The application of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The fulfillment of the legal obligations of the Parties.
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