IOF Incursion into Wadi As Salqa; Two Killed Including One Infant

At approximately 7:45pm on 4 March 2008, the IOF, backed by five military jeeps and four tanks, penetrated 1 km into eastern Wadi As Salqa village in central Gaza Strip.
The IOF surrounded the home of 40-year-old Yousef Sulaman Assmiri, located along Kisofeem Road on the northern side of Wadi As Salqa village.
Incidentally, 35-year-old Khalid Faraj Hassan Abu Aser, his wife, 30-year-old Nadia Khader Abu Aser, and their daughter, Amira, only 20 days old, were visiting Assmiri's family from Gaza City.
Through loud speakers, the IOF ordered the inhabitants to leave the house.
The inhabitants and their guests left the house, except Yousef Assmiri, who fled from the home.
The IOF continued shooting and, consequently, Nadia Khader Abu Aser was hit by a live bullet to her left arm.
Her infant daughter, Amira, was injured by a live bullet to her head.
Also, the shooting injured four other residents of the home.
After the IOF withdrew from the area at approximately 10:10pm that day, the injured were transferred to Shuhda'a Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Balah where the death of the infant Amira was announced.
At approximately 12:20am on 5 March, the neighbors found Assimiri's body lying in an open area about 150 meters from his home.
When they examined Assimiri's body, they found that he was hit by a live bullet to his chest and his head was crushed.
The IOF had run over him with their military vehicles after he was shot.
It is noteworthy that the IOF arrested Assimiri's son, 17-year-old Mo'az, and Khalid Faraj Abu Asser, and took them to an unknown location.
The two were released on the morning of 5 March.