Gaza Report for August 03

28 August

Everyone participated in the demonstrations:
the old, the young, children, the disabled...

Occupation escalated the situation in Gaza strip, tow days ago, and they killed a man who was 70 years old on his way to his fied on his horse. Both the man and his horse were killed, and it was difficult for the hospital to identify hid body. Two hours afterthe attack the hospital was able to identify him. Also in the same attack more than 24 people were injured, five of them seriously. One of those five died yesterday. Also yesterday, more shelling, more blocking roads, more crimes, and more freightening things, as the IDF tanks located near the Israeli settlements Ghosh Katif shot at civilian houses in East Khan Younis. Also, yesterday evening, IDF troops blocked Abu Holy checkpoint situated in the middle of Gaza Strip. The result was that most of the people, including students and workers had to spend the night at the checkpoint waiting permission from the soldiers to go to home. This in addition to the shooting, as the soldiers shot light balloons in the sky of Khan Yonies city

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According to eyewitnesses, IDF soldiers put cements blocks in the middle of the roads in order to prevent the taxis and cars from entering the city. Also, in their Al Balah camps, not so far from Khan Yonis, a group of Israeli soldiers attacked the home of Eid Abu Hosa, and locked all members of his family in one of the room, and checked through every thing in the house. According to Abu Hosa, he said: the soldiers just attacked our house for entertainment.

News about attacking all Gaza strip, an Israeli senior leader in the Israelis Defence forces announced to the Israeli magazine Yediot Ahronot that the IDF will attack Gaza strip any time they want!!!

24 August

In Gaza, the IDF closed all the ways to the Palestinian cities and they divided Gaza Strip into three parts. They are also closing the Abu Holy checkpoint for more than 7 hours every day, and no one can move from Rafah to Khan Younes or Rafah to Gaza. Every day now there is shelling in the northern Gaza Strip. People there lack basic needs, and in addition, because of the closing of the checkpoints, no one can move to his/her work or to his/her school.

Over the past four days, the IDF had been shooting on a daily basis. In Khan Younes, the IDF shelled Al Nimsawi camp with heavy canons, and now all the camp is empty. According to Naser hospital in Khan Younis many people had been injured in the recent shellings. The situations is not different near Netsarim settlements, as a group of Israeli settlers violate and shoot the people. They also closed the checkpoints for many hours under the protection of IDF soldiers. Many demonstrations will held on Tuesday near the internationals organizations and associations to protest against the PA who want to close
the relief organizations which support poor families.

Also, NOW, breaking news: the IDF killed 4 people in attack in Gaza (Al
Shati Camp) and there is news about a large number of injured people, this attack was by Israelis Apache planes..

21 August

Today , tw0 F16 plane killed three civilians Palestinians in Gaza, while they were in their car. This crime was committed near the United Nations office, and more than 30 people were injured, 5 of whom seriously. Four of the injured were children who were returning to their homes after a day in the market where they bought a new supplies for the new year school 2003/2004.

According to eyewitnesses, the two F16s planes was covered also by other two helicopters which was watching the area since the morning, the F16 plane shoot two rockets, and they shot the third one after the people and ambulances were gathered to help the injured people. That's why the number of the injured people was high. All the injured people were carried to Al Shifa hospital in Gaza.

This image is near the UN compound in Gaza