July 30, 2014
Since the Beginning of the Israeli Offensive on Gaza:
1,324 Palestinians Killed, of Whom 1,130
Are Civilians, Including 328 Children and 177 Women, and 5,924 Others Wounded,
Mostly Civilians, Including 1,634 Children and 1,169 Women;
648 Houses Targeted and Destroyed and Hundreds of Others Extensively Damaged
Israeli occupation forces have
continued their brutal and immoral offensive on the Gaza Strip for the 23rd
consecutive day, and have continued the policy of collective punishment in
disregard for the international law and humanitarian law, which ensure
protection for civilians in times of war, and in violation of the principles of
necessity, proportionality and distinction. Israeli
forces have continued their aerial, ground and sea attacks throughout the Gaza
Strip, causing more civilian casualties and damaging civilian facilities.
Israeli forces escalated their attacks throughout the Gaza Strip. They attacked
civilians, houses and other civilian facilities. Overnight, Israeli forces
violently attacked houses and civilians.
Israeli tanks shelled an UNRWA shelter for forcibly displaced civilians
in Jabalya refugee camp. As a result 15
civilians were killed and dozens of others were wounded. This has been the
second attack of its kind since the beginning of the Israeli offensive. As a result of bombarding fuel tanks of Gaza
Power Plant, the plant was completely paralyzed and electricity supplies were
cut from large areas in the Gaza Strip.
Municipalities face extreme difficulties in their work due to the lack
of fuel supplies and because if Israeli attacks. These developments raise concerns regarding
public health in Gaza Strip, which is one of the most densely populated areas
in the world. The crisis has further
aggravated as at least 400,000 civilians were forcibly displaced from their
homes, and were forced to resort to shelters in the centers of towns and
refugee camps.
PCHR field workers have been unable to collect information from
border areas in the Gaza Strip, because the situation is extremely dangerous in
these areas. The following details are based on the information which the
field workers have been able to collect.
From 10:00 on Tuesday, 29 July 2014
to 10:00 on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, according to what PCHR has been able to document,
102 Palestinians, 98 of whom are civilians, including 31 children and 18
women, were killed, and 580 others,
including 31 children and 18 women, were wounded. Medical crews were able to recover the bodies
of 49 Palestinian civilians, including 18 children and 12 women. Eight Palestinians, 7 of whom are civilians, including
3 children, died of previous wounds. Additionally,
Israeli warplanes destroyed 38 houses and 4 houses.
The latest developments since the
press release issued by PCHR yesterday noon have been as follows:
The Northern Gaza Strip:
Israeli
forces launched 26 airstrikes while Israeli tanks and gunboats fired dozens of
artillery shells targeting houses and civilian facilities, including schools,
mosques and banks. As a result of these
attacks, 46 Palestinian civilians, including 20 children, 10 women, an UNRWA
worker and a firefighter, were killed, and 388 others, including 135 children
and 93 women, were wounded. Israeli
warplanes also targeted and destroyed 9 houses, 2 mosques and a factory of
concrete.
The
most significant attacks were as follows:
- At
approximately 16:10 on Tuesday, 29 July 2014, Israeli tanks fired many shells at
al-Qassasin neighborhood in Jabalya. As
a shell hit a house belonging to Na'im Nazmi Mohammed Balata, 45, killing him;
his wife, Sahar Motawe' Mohammed Balata, 39; his daughter: Miriam, 24, Israa',
13, Do'aa', 22, Hana', 19; Wafa', 21; Alaa', 14; his son Yahia, 4; and his
niece, Hadeel 'Abdul Karim Balata, 17.
The house and a number of neighboring houses were extensively damaged.
Additionally, 41 civilians, including 17 children and 5 women, were wounded.
- At
the same time, Israeli tanks fired shells at Be'r al-Na'ja area in
Jabalya. A number of shells hit a number
of houses. In the meantime, Moneer
Ibrahim Mohammed al-Hajjar, 38, an UNRWA social worker, attempted to leave the
area. He was accompanied by his son,
Ibrahim, 5, and his brother, Basheer, 48.
Once they got into an UNRWA car and travelled for a few meters, a shell
landed near the car, killing Moneer and Basheer and wounding the child. A
number of shells also hit houses in the area.
As a result, Mohammed 'Abdul Nasser Mohammed al-Ghandour, 15, and Joud
Yousef Abu 'Eida, 8 months, were killed.
The toddler's mother was seriously wounded. Additionally, 10 civilians, including 5
children and 3 women, were wounded.
- At
approximately 22:40, Israeli tanks fired dozens of shells at Gaza Old Street,
al-Omari Mosque and al-Nuzha Street in Jabalya.
As a result, 14 civilians were killed: Nihad Khalil Sa'id Hammouda, 38;
and her children, Baraa' and Halima Mohammed Hammouda, 6 and 1 respectively;
Ka'enat 'Aadel Hammouda, 40; her child Haneen Hussam al-Din Hammouda, 3; Majeda
Jamal Hassan Hammouda, 50; Baraka Ibrahim Hassan 'Abed Rabbu, 51; her sons,
'Alaa', Ibrahim and Mohammed Jamal 'Abed Rabbu, 29, 21 and 25 respectively;
Jamal Mohammed 'Abed Rabbu, 1; Rahaf 'Alaa' 'Abed Rabbu, 2; Halima Mohammed Ihsan
al-Batash, 24; her child, 'Aaya Ismail al-Batash; and Moammed Khader Musallam,
28 a firefighter who was trying to extinguish fire in the area. Additionally, 62 civilians, including 23
children and 12 women, were wounded.
- At
approximately 05:15 on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, Israeli tanks fired 6 shells, 3
of which landed on Jabalya UNRWA Elementary School, known as Abu Hussein
School, in Jabalya refugee camp, to which hundreds of forcibly displaced
civilians resorted for shelter. One of
the shells hit a classroom on the second floor, another one hit a tin-roofed
classroom at the entrance of the school and the third one hit the toilettes. As
a result of this attack, 15 civilians, including 5 children, were killed inside
the school and 2 others were killed outside it: Lu'ai Talal al-Fairi, 34;
Mohammed Mousa Mohammed Ghaben, 32; Ussama Mohammed Sahwil, 117; Ramdan Khader
Salman, 23; 'Alaa' Khader Salman, 17; Jihad 'Arafat 'Abdul Dayem, 48; 'Abdul
Jalil Jihad 'Arafat 'Abdul Dayem, 14; 'Ali Ahmed Shaheen, 16; 'Aadel 'Abdullah
Qamar, 50; 'Abdullah Midhat al-'Aamoudi, 19; Bilal Midhat al-'Aamoudi, 26;
'Abdul Rahman Rami Barakat, 9; Shaher Khaled al-Najjar, 54; Bassem Khaled
al-Najjar, 42; and 3 unidentified civilians.
additionally, 153 civilians, including 69 children and 38 women, were
wounded.
- Israeli
warplanes also targeted and destroyed 9 houses, 2 mosques, a factory of
concrete and a store of fruit. Artillery
shells also hit the the building Palestine Islamic Banl in Jabalya.
Gaza City:
Israeli
warplanes launched a series of airstrikes that targeted houses, flats, a bank,
agricultural plots and open areas, while Israeli tanks and gunboats fired
dozens of shells at the city. As a
result of these attacks, 10 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children and 3
women, were killed, while 4 civilians, including 2 children, died of pervious
wounds. Additionally, 30 civilians,
including 18 children and 4 women, were wounded. Four houses, 6 flats, 2
mosques and a bank were destroyed.
The
most significant attacks were as follows:
- At
approximately 12:00 on Tuesday, 29 July 2014, an Israeli warplane launched a
missile at a flat belonging to Sami Zikri al-Gharabli on the 10th
floor of Palestine building in al-Remal neighborhood. The flat was destroyed.
- At
approximately 16:00, medical sources declared that Nada 'Ezzu Fayeq al-Je'el,
2, died of wounds she had sustained in the morning, when an Israeli artillery
shell hit her family's house. Her
grandmother was killed in the attack.
- At
approximately 17:05, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a 4-storey house
belonging to the heirs of Ahmed Hamed Kuhail in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood. A few minutes later, an Israeli warplane
launched a missiles at the house and destroyed it.
- At
approximately 17:30, an Israeli artillery shell hit a house belonging to the
Abu 'Arar family in al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the southeast of Gaza City. As a result, Fatema Mohammed Nemer 'Abu
'Arar, 24, was killed, and her sister's limbs were cut.
- Also
at approximately 17:30, Israeli tanks fired a number of shells at a house
belonging to Mousa 'Abdul Rahman Mohammed Abu Sawawin, 44, in al-Zaytoun
neighborhood, killing him.
- At
approximately 00:05 on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, an Israeli warplane launched a
missile at the building of Palestine Islamic Bank in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood
and destroyed it.
- At
approximately 00:15, an Israeli artillery shell hit a house belonging to the
'Elwan family in Yafa Street in the east of Gaza City. As a result, Nojoud'Abdul Hakim Mohammed
'Elwan, 11, who is physically disabled, was killed.
- At
approximately 01:30, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a house belonging to
Sameer Farahat in al-Shati refugee camp.
A few minutes later, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at the house
and destroyed it.
- At
approximately 03:00, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at Sheikh 'Ejlin
Mosque, and destroyed it.
- Also
at approximately 03:00, Israeli warplanes bombarded and destroyed al-Sousi
Mosque in al-Shati refugee camp.
- At
approximately 04:30, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at a flat belonging
to Mohammed al-Haddad on the 5th floor of al-Siddiqin Building 2 in
al-Jalaa' Street. As a result of the
attack, 4 floors of the 5-storey building were destroyed.
- At
approximately 06:00, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at a 5-storey house
belonging to Zakria Robin al-Mazloum in al-Sabra neighborhood. The house was destroyed.
- At
approximately 08:00, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at a flat belonging
to 'Aahed 'Afif Yousef Zaqqout, 49, on the 9th floor of the Italian
Building in al-Nasser neighborhood. Zaqqout was killed.
- At approximately
08:30, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at a 4-storey house belonging to
Nafez Mohammed Fadel al-Nadeem in al-Sina'a Street. The house was destroyed.
- At
approximately 09:00, a number of Israeli tanks shells landed on the yard of a
house belonging to Mahmoud 'Atallah Sa'id al-Khalili in al-Tuffah neighborhood
in the east of Gaza City, while members of the family were having
breakfast. Al-Khalili and all members of
his family were killed: Ashrag Mahmoud 'Atallah al-Khalil, 37; his wifee Nida'
Ziad Ahmed al-Khalili, 28; their children: Ziad, 3, and Dima, 4; Ahmed Mahmoud
'Atallah al-Khalili, 27; his wife Aya Mohammed Yousef al-Khalili, 23, pregnant;
and their child, Lama, 5. The only
survivor was Mahmoud Ashraf al-Khalili, 7, who was seriously wounded.
- At
approximately 09:30, medical sources declared that Ussama Ahmed 'Abdul Raziq
al-Hilu, 5, died of wounds he had sustained when a shell landed on a road in
al-Shati refugee camp on the first day of the Eid al-Futur.
- In
the morning, medical sources at Shifa Hospital declared that IbrahimYasser
Hamad, 19, and 'Ali 'Abdul 'Aziz Siam, 22, died of previous wounds.
The Central Gaza Strip:
Israeli warplanes launched 6 airstrikes and tanks fired
dozens of shells at agricultural plots, open areas and houses. As a result of these attacks, 5 Palestinian
civilians, including 2 women and a child, were killed, and 47 others, including
19 children and 9 women, were wounded. Medical
crews also recovered bodies of 6 women and 2 children from the debris of 2
houses that had been completely destroyed.
Additionally, 4 houses were destroyed.
The most significant attacks were as follows:
- At
approximately 15:00 on Tuesday, 29 July 22014, Israeli tanks fired a number of
shells at al-Boreij refugee camp. One of
the shells hit a house belonging to Khalil Jebril Jebril, killing his son,
Marwan, 40, and Mohammed Abu 'Emad Hamda, 21.
- At
approximately 15:10, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at a 2-storey house
belonging to Khaled Talab Shaheen, in which 11 people live. As a result, 4 civilians, including 2
children, were wounded.
- At approximately
15:30, medical sources declared that Fareed Mohammed Ahmed, 51, died of
previous wounds.
- At
approximately 21:00, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a flat in al-Safa
building in al-Nussairat refugee camp.
As a result, 'Aisha Salama Abu 'Eid, 27, was killed in a neighboring
houses, and another 14 civilians, including 6 children and 2 women, were
wounded.
- Also
at approximately 21:00, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a 2-storey house
belonging to Hassan Ismail al-Qudairi, 67, in which 11 people live, in
al-Nussairat refugee camp. A few minutes
later, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at the house and destroyed it.
- In
the evening, medical crews recovered the bodies of Hala Ahmed Abu Jaber, 9, and
Sumaya Ahmed Abu Jaber, 28, from the debris of their house that was attacked by
Israeli forces in al-Boreij refugee camp.
Sixteen civilians were killed in the attack.
- Medical
crews also recovered the bodies of 5 women and a child from the debris of a
house belonging to the al-Far family that was destroyed by Israeli forces on
the previous day. They were identified
as: Hanan Salem al-Far, 15; Amal Salem al-Far, 28; Nivin Salem al-Far, 18;
Fatema Hassan al-Far, 55; Zinat Hassan al-Far, 50; and Riham Hussein al-Far,
24.
- At
approximately 00:30 on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, an Israeli warplane launched a
missile at a 3-storey house belonging to Faraj Miqdad, in which 20 people live,
in al-Boreij refugee camp. As a result,
Asmaa' 'Abdul Halim Abu al-Kas, 15, was killed, and another 22 civilians,
including 10 children and 6 women.
- At
approximately 02:00, medical sources declared that a member of a Palestinian
armed group died from a previous wound he had sustained by an Israeli
airstrike.
- At
approximately 04:30, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at a 2-storey house
belonging to Mohammed 'Ezzat Fathi Abu Swaireh, 32, in which 8 people live, in
al-Zawaida village. The house was
completely destroyed and Abu Swaireh was killed.
- At
approximately 09:25, an Israeli drone fired a missile near a house belonging to
Ahmed Mahmoud al-Zurai'ei in Deir al-Balah.
As a result, Eftikhar Mohammed al-Zurai'ei, 52, was killed and the
house's owner was seriously wounded.
Khan Yunis:
Israeli warplanes launched 41 airstrikes and tanks and
gunboats fired dozens of shells at Palestinian civilians and property in Khan
Yunis. As a result of these attacks, 26
Palestinians, 25 of whom are civilians, including 4 children and a woman, were
killed, and a child died of a previous wound.
An old man died also of a heart attack as Israeli warplane bombarded a
nearby house. Additionally, 80
Palestinians, including 25 children and 18 women, were wounded. Seven houses were also bombarded, and 5 of
them were destroyed.
The most significant attacks were as follows:
- At
approximately 10:00 on Tuesday morning, 29 July 2014, medical crews were able
to recover more bodies of victims who were killed when Israeli warplanes
bombarded and destroyed an 4-storey apartment building belonging to Karam
Moammed al-Dali in the center of Khan Yunis, which was bombarded by Israeli warplanes
in the early morning:
· 19
members of the Abu 'Aamer family: Waddah Hassan Ahmed Abu 'Aamer, 39, a leader
of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine; 'Orouba Suleiman Ahmed
Abu 'Aamer, 41; 'Omar Waddah Hassan Abu 'Aamer, 12, 'Abdul Ghani Waddah Hassan
Abu 'Aamer, 11; 'Emad Waddah Hassan Abu 'Aamer, 10; 'Eissa Waddah Hassan Abu
'Aamer, 8; 'Izziddin Waddah Hassan Abu 'Aamer, 4; Ahmed and Mohammed Hassan Abu
'Aamer, 36 and 20 respectively; Ahmed Suleiman Ahmed Abu 'Aamer, 24; Mona
Hajjaj Ibrahim Abu 'Aamer, 41; and her 5 children: Mohammed, 12; Marah, 10;
Yasser, 9; Marwa, 5; and Suleiman, 2.
· 4
members of the al-Najjar family, including a child: Aya, Do'a', Wa'el and
Jameel Ahmed al-Najjar, 19, 118, 23, 18 and 25; and Layali Wa'el Jameel
al-Najjar, 2. On the previous day,
bodies of Ahmed al-Najjar, 45, Walaa' Ahmed al-Najjar, 23, and Mohammed Ahmed
al-Najjar, had been recovered.
· 5
members of the Buraika family: Fayez Ahmed Mahmoud Buraika, 55; his wife
Subhiya Mo'nes Mahmoud Buraika, 59; and their children: Ahmed, 22; Lama and
Ussama, 16. On the previous day, the bodies of two children were also
recovered: Jana and Lama Ahmed Fayez Buraika, 3 and 1 respectively.
· 4
members of the Mo'ammar family: Ahmed Marzouq Nadi Mo'ammar, 33; his 2
children: Hala, 1; and Yazan, 3; and his sister Hind, 30. His wife was also
seriously wounded.
- In
the morning, medical crews recovered bodies of 6 members of the al-Agha family,
including a woman and a child, from the debris of two houses in Ma'an area:
Nariman Khalil Yousef al-Agha, 39; Eyad Nader 'Ata al-Agha, 16; 'Abdul Hamid
Fadel al-Agha, 24; 'Ata Majdi 'Ata al-Agha, 24; Ahmed Hassan Mustafa al-Agha,
55; and Mustafa Hassan Mustafa al-Agha, 30.
- Medical
sources declared that Ibtissam 'Abdul Samee' Harb al-Najjar, 21, died of a
previous wounds she sustained when Israeli warplanes bombarded her house in the
morning. Medical crews also recovered
the body of Maisaa' 'Abdul Samee' Mousa al-Najjr, 18, from the debris of their
house. The bodies of her husband, Jihad Ibrahim
al-Najjar, and his child, Mona, 1, had been already recovered.
- At
approximately 11:40, Israeli aircrafts dropped flyers ordering the populations
of the eastern villages of Khan Yunis to leave their homes and moved towards
the center of the town.
- At
approximately 13:00, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at 'Emad Fayez
Suleiman Qudaih, 24, while he was on his way to his house in 'Abassan village,
east of Khan Yunis. He was instantly
killed.
- At
approximately 13:30, medical sources in Jerusalem declared that Zaher
al-Najjar, 7, died of previous wounds during the Israeli offensive.
- At
approximately 13:40, Israeli warplanes launched 2 airstrikes at the vicinity of
al-Nour Mosque in Gizan al-Najjar in the south of Khan Yunis.
- At
approximately 14:00, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at al-Qubba Mosque
in al-Mawasi area in the west of Khan Yunis.
The mosque was damaged.
- At
approximately 15:15, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a house belonging to
Yousef Quffa in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
The house and a neighboring house belonging to the Enshassi family were
damaged, and 3 civilians were wounded.
- At
approximately 16:30, an Israeli warplane launched a missile at a house
belonging to Hassan Abu Khadija in Bani Suhaila village and destroyed it. Three neighbors were wounded.
- Also
at approximately 16:30, an Israeli warplane launched a missile as a poultry
farm in Bani Suhaila village, and destroyed it.
- At
approximately 16:45, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a 2-storey house
belonging to Ahmed Hassan 'Abdul Ghafour, in which 8 people live. The house was destroyed and 7 civilians,
including a child, were wounded.
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