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Egypt Proposes Ceasefire in Palestine, US Vetoes Security Council Resolutions Despite the Israeli War Crimes in Gaza

May 19, 2021 

Editor's Note:

While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of David, Solomon, and Solomon's son).

 After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD.

By the Time Jesus started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD.

So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents.

The following news stories are just examples of the Israeli occupation apartheid regime violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis.

More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources:

http://english.wafa.ps/, https://english.palinfo.com/, https://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/

 

Destruction of Gaza residential neighborhoods by Israeli occupation regime forces, May 19, 2021	Palestinian journalist, Yousef-Abu-Hussein-was killed in Gaza by Israeli occupation regime forces, on May 19, 2021

The moment of destroying a residential building in Gaza City by Israeli occupation regime forces, May 17, 2021

Palestinian Interior ministry: War crimes and genocide being committed in Gaza Short url Related

GAZA, (PIC) +-

The Palestinian ministry of interior affairs in Gaza has accused the Israeli occupation apartheid regime of committing war crimes and genocide against innocent civilians in the densely-populated Gaza Strip.

In press remarks on Monday, spokesman for the interior ministry Iyad al-Buzom said that the Israeli occupation state persists in killing children, women and elderly people with hundreds of projectiles and missiles that fall continuously from the air, land and sea over civilian homes in Gaza.

Spokesman Buzom said that the video footage and pictures that come from Gaza belie the allegations that are made by Israel to justify its heinous massacres.

“The occupation thinks that its horrific crimes would push our people to surrender, but it has failed to do so for 73 years and it will not succeed now,” the spokesman underscored.

He urged all the world’s free peoples to pressure their governments to move to end Israel’s brutal aggression against the Palestinian people.

Interior ministry: War crimes and genocide being committed in Gaza (palinfo.com)

Egypt Proposes Ceasefire for Thursday; US Again Vetoes Security Council

 IMEMC, MAY 19, 2021

The Egyptian government on Tuesday submitted to Israeli government officials and to representatives of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza a proposal for a ceasefire beginning 6 am Thursday morning. Hamas officials in Gaza have agreed to the proposal, but Israeli occupation apartheid regime officials have so far refused to respond.

Also Tuesday, 14 of the 15 member states of the United Nations Security Council attempted for the fourth time since May 10th to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire, and the US for the fourth time vetoed it.

There is no negotiation and no communication happening between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in Gaza. Egyptian officials say they are trying to facilitate this communication, but there has been no cooperation from the Israeli side.

Meanwhile, Israel continues to pound Gaza with thousands of pounds of missiles night after night, killing over 200 people and destroying hundreds of millions of dollars worth of infrastructure.

The Egyptian government has said that the truce would be temporary, in order to allow them to bring in humanitarian aid through the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and the West Bank, and to evacuate severely wounded Palestinians from the overcrowded and overwhelmed hospitals in Gaza to hospitals in Egypt where they can be treated.

The US has repeatedly prevented efforts at a truce, preventing international efforts and refusing to condemn Israeli war crimes in Gaza – which have included targeting medical facilities, journalists, firing white phosphorus and leveling entire apartment buildings filled with families and children.

As Medea Benjamin wrote Tuesday in an article for Salon, “Diplomatically, the United States has exercised its veto in the UN Security Council 82 times, and 44 of those vetoes have been to shield Israel from accountability for war crimes or human rights violations. In every single case, the United States has been the lone vote against the resolution, although a few other countries have occasionally abstained.

“It is only the United States’ privileged position as a veto-wielding permanent member of the Security Council, and its willingness to abuse that privilege to shield its ally Israel, that gives it this unique power to stymie international efforts to hold the Israeli government accountable for its actions under international law.”

A former US deputy national security adviser during the Obama administration, Ben Rhodes, tweeted on Sunday that it “feels increasingly untenable for the U.S. to see this loss of civilian life in Gaza — including so many children — and not publicly call for a cease-fire.”

Egypt Proposes Ceasefire for Thursday; US Again Vetoes Security Council – – IMEMC News

Large-scale arrest campaign in West Bank and 1948 occupied lands

RAMALLAH, (PIC) +-

Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces (IOF) launched on Wednesday a large-scale campaign of arrest in the West Bank. 

In al-Khalil, IOF arrested nine young men from the towns of Dhahiriya and Bani Naim.

The IOF soldiers arrested three citizens from Nablus, one of them is 36 years old.

From Jenin, IOF arrested three Palestinians, two of them are 38 years old while the third one is 21 years old.

In Bethlehem, IOF arrested two boys, 16, from Tuqu’ town and two men, aged 37 and 31 years, from Al-Obaidiya town.

IOF arrested two young men from Ramallah and Al-Bireh provinces.

Security sources reported that IOF arrested a citizen from Birzeit town and another from Bil'in after raiding their homes.

Furthermore, Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Occupied Palestine, said that the Israeli police arrested 58 Palestinians from the 1948 occupied territories at dawn Wednesday.

The arrests were recorded as follows: 3 in Arraba, 5 in Abu Senan, 4 in Tamra, 1 in Baqa al-Gharbia, 2 in Deir Hanna, 5 in Ain al-Sahla, 2 in Kafr Yasif, 2 in Jadida, 1 in Acre, 1 in Nazareth, 1 in al-Helf, and 31 in the south.

The center pointed out that it contacted volunteer lawyers to be present at various police stations to consult the detainees before being interrogated. 

Meanwhile, IOF chased dozens of West Bank workers on their way to their workplaces in the 1948 occupied Palestine through the gates of the annexation and apartheid wall north of Tulkarem.

Local sources said that the IOF soldiers fired at the workers in the vicinity of the wall, west of the town of Attil, but no injuries were reported.

IOF arrested a number of workers west of the town of Zeita and took them to an unknown investigation center, according to the sources. 

Large-scale arrest campaign in West Bank and 1948 occupied lands (palinfo.com)

Palestinian Teenager Dies of Wounds Sustained Last Week

 IMEMC, MAY 19, 2021

17-year-old Muhammad Mahmoud Kiwan, from Umm al-Fahm Palestinian town in northern Israel, pronounced dead on Wednesday due to wounds he sustained last week by Israeli police gunfire.

Last week, May 12th, Muhammad was protesting along with other youth the Israeli evections of Palestinian families from their homes in Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem. During clashes with Israeli police shoot Muhammad in his head, his family reported.

The family added that Muhammad was admitted to Rambam hospital in Haifa city and was in coma until his health deteriorated last night and was announced dead by doctors on Wednesday morning.

Israeli occupation apartheid regime Army Chases Palestinian Workers, Abduct Several, Near Tulkarem

 IMEMC, MAY 19, 2021

Israeli occupation apartheid regime soldiers chased, on Wednesday morning, dozens of Palestinian workers near the gates of the illegal Annexation Wall, north of Tulkarem, in northern West Bank, and abducted a few of them.

Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired several rounds at the workers near the wall, west of Atteel town, and chased them; no injuries were reported.

The soldiers also chased and abducted several workers, west of Zeita town, and abducted a few of them, before moving them to an unknown destination.

On Wednesday at dawn, the soldiers abducted 22 Palestinians, including five siblings, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and searched dozens of homes, and interrogated many Palestinians

Israeli Occupation Apartheid Regime Soldiers Abduct 22 Palestinians In West Bank

 IMEMC, MAY 19, 2021

Israeli occupation apartheid regime soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, 22 Palestinians, including five siblings, from several parts of the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and searched dozens of homes, and interrogated many Palestinians.

In Hebron governorate, in southern West Bank, the soldiers abducted nine Palestinians from ath-Thaheriyya and Bani Neim towns, identified as Fadi Mahmoud al-Khdour, along with his brothers Mohammad, Mustafa, Abdullah, Yousef, and Khalil, in addition to Khaled Mustafa al-Khdour, Ezzeddin Ibrahim Mansiyya and Mohammad Yassin Mansiyya.

In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Odah Sbeih Hamayel, 36, from Beita town, in addition to Bashit Ziyada from Madama, and Amro Emad Reehan.

In Jenin, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Abdullah Farid Abu ar-Rob, 21, Hasan Mustafa Jaradat, 38, and Mahmoud Hasan Abu al-Hasan.

In Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem, the soldiers abducted Eyad Yousef Hasasna, 37, Younis Mohammad Hasasna, 31, Mohammad Khaled al-Amour, 16, and Sanad Talal al-Amour, 16.

In Ramallah, in central West Bank, the soldiers abducted Shoja’ Jaber Darwish, 36, and Jalal Khatib, 20.

In Tubas, in northeastern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Ibrahim Salman Abu Amer, from his home in the city.

It is worth mentioning that the soldiers also shot one Palestinian near Qalandia Terminal, north of occupied Jerusalem.

Journalist Among Four Palestinians Killed In Gaza

 IMEMC, MAY 19, 2021

As the Israeli occupation apartheid regime army continues to bombard large areas of the Gaza Strip, including densely populated areas, residential towers, homes, and other facilities, medical sources have confirmed the death of four Palestinians, including a journalist, at dawn Wednesday.

The sources have confirmed that the Israeli missiles killed four Palestinians, including a journalist identified as Yousef Abu Hussein, in addition to wounding at least ten.

They said the slain journalist was killed when the army fired missiles at a home in Sheikh Radwan, north of Gaza city, and added that the wounded Palestinians were rushed to the Shifa Medical Center.

Three Palestinians were killed, and several others were injured, on Tuesday at dawn, when Israeli war jets fired missiles at home in the Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza city.

The army also fired missiles near the Cars Market in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city, in addition to al-Karama residential towers and several surrounding buildings, northwest of the city.

In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the soldiers fired missiles into Bani Soheila town, east of the city, causing serious damage and leveling one home.

In addition, the army fired a missile into a site, west of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and a charitable society in the city, destroying the buildings and causing damage to surrounding homes.

The Health Ministry in Gaza said the number of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli missiles and shells at the beginning of the ninth day of the Israeli offensive has arrived at 218.

It added that among the slain Palestinians are 61 children and 36 women, 16 elderly, and stated that more than 1500 have been injured, 340 of them suffered serious or moderate wounds.

Updated From: Israeli Army Kills Three Palestinians In Gaza May 19, 2021, at 06:15

Israeli soldiers killed, on Wednesday at dawn, at least three Palestinians, and injured many others, after the army fired missiles and shells at Palestinian homes and buildings in the Gaza Strip.

Initial reports stated that the army fired missiles into an apartment in Shuhada Street, in Gaza city, killing two Palestinians and wounding many others.

The missiles caused excessive damage to the targeted apartment and nearby buildings; search and rescue efforts were still ongoing at the time of this report.

One woman was killed, and at least eight other Palestinians were injured, in a series of Israeli airstrikes and bombings in Khan Younis and Rafah, in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip.

Furthermore, the army fired many missiles at roads, farmlands, various structures, and buildings, in addition to main roads, junctions, and many homes, in Khan Younis and Rafah, causing excessive damage.

The army also fired many missiles and shells at sites believed to be run by armed resistance groups and farmlands in several parts of the Gaza Strip.

In addition, the army fired missiles into the eastern area of Deir al-Balah and al-Maghazi, in central Gaza, in addition to Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal region, causing excessive damage.

Also, an Israeli drone fired a missile into a residential building, in the northern part of Gaza city, while a fighter jet fired missiles at a cultural center, east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, completely leveling it.

The army also fired many artillery shells into Rafah and Khan Younis, and various areas across the eastern parts of the coastal region.

Before the latest Israeli escalation, the Health Ministry in Gaza said in a report, published on Tuesday afternoon, that Israeli missiles and shells have led to the death of 213 Palestinians on the ninth day of the offensive.

It added that among the slain Palestinians are 61 children and 36 women, 16 elderly, and stated that more than 1442 have been injured, 340 of them suffered serious or moderate wounds.

400 of the injured Palestinians in Gaza were wounded by shrapnel from the shells and destroyed buildings; 105 of them suffered injuries to the head.

West Bank Report; 4 Killed By Israeli Occupation ApartheidRegime Army Fire, 243 Injured, Tuesday

 IMEMC, MAY 19, 2021

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Ramallah has reported that Israeli occupation apartheid regime soldiers killed, Tuesday, four Palestinians, and injured 202, including nine who suffered serious wounds, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. A separate report by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the soldiers injured 41 Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, bringing the total number to 243 in the West Bank.

Ramallah: Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire; 72 injured with live fire, including five who suffered life-threatening wounds.

Hebron: One Palestinian killed (in the morning), 30 injured, 29 of them with live fire, including a child, 2 years of age, and one Palestinian who suffered serious wounds after the soldiers shot him with rubber-coated steel bullets in the eye.

Nablus: 33 Palestinians were injured with live fire, one seriously.

Bethlehem: 18 Palestinians were injured, 15 of them with live fire.

Tulkarem: Seven Palestinians were injured with live fire.

Jenin: Four Palestinians were injured with live fire, one seriously.

Salfit: 18 Palestinians were injured with live fire, one seriously.

Tubas: 6 Palestinians were injured with live fire, one with a rubber-coated steel bullet.

Jericho: 1 Palestinian was injured with live fire, five with rubber-coated steel bullets.

Qalqilia: 3 Palestinians were injured with live fire, five with rubber-coated steel bullets.

Note: The report from the Health Ministry did not include the casualties in occupied Jerusalem.

A report by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) stated that 41 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire in Shu’fat refugee camp, Bab al-‘Amoud, and Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied Jerusalem; 18 of them were hospitalized.

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PCHR: “Day 9 of Israeli Occupation Apartheid Regime Offensive on Gaza: Houses Bombarded and More Civilians Displaced”

 IMEMC, MAY 18, 2021

Report By the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR|): 10 Palestinians Killed, including 1 Woman and 1 Child, and 122 Others Wounded, Including 22 Women and 40 Children

Death Toll Mounts to 213, Including 61 Children and 35 Women, and Total Number of Injuries Rises to 958, Including 291 Children and 206 Women

For the 9th consecutive day, Israeli occupation apartheid regime forces (IOF) continued their offensive on the Gaza Strip. During which, Israeli warplanes launched dozens of intense airstrikes, along with artillery and gunboats shelling. As a result, more houses and civilian facilities were targeted. Moreover, the only Covid-19 laboratory is no longer able to carry out tests due to an Israeli airstrike near the Headquarter of the Ministry of Health and al-Rimal Clinic. The violent artillery shelling also continued, forcing more residents to leave.

Further to PCHR’s press release published yesterday, the Israeli offensive killed 10 Palestinians, including a woman and 2 children, and the injury of 122 others, including 22 women and 40 children. Also, the Israeli airstrikes targeted 16 houses, several facilities, governmental sites and headquarters, and infrastructure on a wide scale. Thus, the number of targeted houses has risen to 134, including multi-story buildings and several towers.

Moreover, the death toll since the beginning of the Israeli offensive has risen to 213, including 61 children and 35 women, and the number of those wounded has risen to 958, including 291children and 206 women.

According to the daily update by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the total number of injuries has risen to 1440, including 400 children and 270 women. Among those injuries: 50 were critical and 340 ranged between serious and moderate.

The following are the most significant developments:

Northern Gaza:

Israeli warplanes carried out many airstrikes while Israeli artillery and gunboats bombarded various targets. As a result, 3 Palestinians were killed while 46 others, including 17 children and 10 women, were wounded. Also, the airstrikes targeted 5 houses and completely destroyed them while nearby houses and infrastructure sustained severe and partial destruction.

At approximately 12:30 on Monday, 17 May 2021, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at the third floor in the sons of Yousef al-Leddawi’s residential building and completely destroyed the floor. Five minutes later, Israeli warplanes launched a missile at Abu Jalhoum family’s house, west of Beit Lahia.

At approximately 13:00, medical sources at al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, declared the death of Yehia Mansour Ghaben (22), succumbing to wounds he sustained last Thursday when the Israeli artillery fired shells at farmers in their land near the American Hospital, west of Beit Hanoun Crossing.

At approximately 17:30, Israeli warplanes launched 4 missiles at Ayman Siyam’s house in central Jabalia camp, and destroyed it completely. Five minutes later, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of citizens in central Beit Lahia. As a result, Ahmed Ziyad Hussain Sabbah (28) and Mohammed Nazeer Mohammed Abu ‘Oun (18) were killed while 2 other civilians were injured; one of them sustained serious wounds.

At approximately 17:50, Israeli warplanes fired 3 missiles at a 3-story house belonging to ‘Abed al-Rahman Abu al-Jabeen in central Jabalia. As a result, the house roof and walls sustained material damage.

At approximately 18:35, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at Abu ‘Ajinah’s house in Beit Lahia. As a result, the house roof and walls sustained material damage.

At approximately 03:45 on Tuesday, 18 May 2021, Israeli warplanes fired 15 missiles at various areas in northern Gaza Strip, including several lands and an under-construction house in western Jabalia. As a result, the lands, streets and infrastructure sustained severe damage.

At approximately 10:25, Israeli warplanes fired 3 missiles at a 3-story house belonging to Omar Suliman in Jabalia, and completely destroyed it.

At approximately 10:50, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a 3-story house belonging to Ahmed ‘Abed al-Fattah Baker al-Kafarna in central Beit Hanoun. As a result, 5 Palestinians were wounded while the house roof and walls sustained material damage.

At approximately 11:00, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a group of citizens on al-Qerman Street in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip. As a result, a woman was injured.

Around the same time, Israeli warplanes fired 2 missiles at a 2-story house belonging to Ra’fat Salman Salman in northern Jabalia, and completely destroyed it. Also, nearby houses sustained varying damage.

At approximately 11:55, Israeli warplanes fired a missile a 2-story house belonging to Raied Ya’qoub al-Kafarnah in northern Beit Hanoun. As a result, the house roof and walls sustained material damage.

Gaza City:

Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of airstrikes on various targets across the city. As a result, 4 Palestinians, including a girl, were killed and 64 others were wounded, including 11 women and 20 children. Also, a dead body of a woman from Abu al-‘Aouf family was retrieved from under the rubble of residential buildings that were bombarded in the Al-Wehda Street massacre. The airstrikes targeted 2 commercial and 6 residential buildings and completely destroyed them. Also, the headquarter of the Ministry of Health, several factories and civilian facilities sustained severe damage.

On Monday afternoon, 17 May 2021, 2 dead bodies arrived at al-Shifa Hospital after Israeli warplanes targeted near the Maldives Café at Gaza seaside, raising the number of those killed in this airstrike to 4, including two documented in yesterday’s press release. ​Those killed were identified as Mohammed Jamal ‘Ali Abu Sam’an (24), Mohammed Hasan Hasan Abu Sam’an (32), ‘Ali Waleed al-‘Abed Burais (30). And Ahmed Khalil Hejazi al-Louh (24) and their bodies were torn into pieces.

Around the same time, medical and civil defense crew retrieved the dead body of Shaymma ‘Alaa Subhi Abu al-‘Aouf (21) from under the rubble of residential buildings that were bombarded over its residents’ heads on al-Wehda Street, raising the number of those killed in that massacre to 44.

At approximately 13:00, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles at Shehab al-Dein Mahmoud Ibrahim al-Mishal’s (45) house, northwest of Gaza City. As a result, the 2-storey house, sheltering 9 members, was completely destroyed. It should be noted that the Israeli Intelligence Services called the residents before the airstrike and ordered them to evacuate it.

At approximately 17:45, Israeli warplanes launched a missile at Ghazy al-Shawwa building in Central Gaza City. As a result, Zeyad Kamel Abdullah Abu Dayer (55) and his niece, Rafeef Mershed Kamel Abu Dayer (11), both residents of the area, were killed, while the upper floors of the building, comprised of 6 floors and a roof and housing offices and organizations, were completely destroyed. Moreover, the administrative building of the Ministry of Health in Shuhada al-Rimal clinic next to al-Shawwa building and al-Amal Institute for Orphans and its building which includes a number of private clinics, sustained severe damage.

At approximately 18:30, Israeli warplanes launched a missile at Mashareq building belonging to the Ministry of Endowments near Ansar crossroad, west of Gaza City. At approximately 01:30 on Tuesday, 18 May 2021, Israeli warplanes targeted the same building again with several missiles. As a result, the 5-storey building housing al-Nahdah bookshop and printing house and Abu al-Einain pharmacy in the ground floor as well as the Orphans Fund head office, was completely destroyed while the nearby Abbas Police Station, the Military Medical Services headquarter, office of lawyer Mohammed Adel Besaiso, other multi-story buildings and shops sustained severe damage.

At approximately 19:00, IOF stationed along the eastern border fence fired several shells at Ahmed Hasan Barawi al-Falouji’s (55) house, east of Gaza City. As a result, 4 floors of the 6-storey house, sheltering 7 families of 60 members, was completely destroyed.  Also, a shell fell on a nearby ground house belonging to Salah Hasan Barawi al-Falouji (45) was completely destroyed.

At approximately 19:30, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles at al-Dahdouh’s house in al-Zaytun neighborhood, south of Gaza City. As a result, the 2-storey house was completely destroyed.

At approximately 00:20 on Tuesday, 18 May 2021, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles at Zaher Ramadan Mousa Abu al-‘Amrein’s (47) house, west of Gaza City. As a result, the 1-storey house (120 sqms) sheltering 3 families, including 4 women and 9 children, was completely destroyed. It should be noted that the Israeli Intelligence Services called the residents and ordered them to evacuate the house.

At approximately 04:00, Israeli warplanes launched a missile at a house belonging to Munir Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Rantisi’s sons, in al-Naser neighborhood, a completely destroyed the 4th floor. Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles at Izz al-Dein al-Haddad’s house, east of Gaza City, and completely destroyed it.

At approximately 05:00, the Israeli artillery stationed along the border fence, east of Gaza City, fired many shells; some of them fell on the “Karny” Industrial Area. As a result, 2 factories were set on fire and completely destroyed.

At approximately 06:10, Israeli warplanes launched 6 missiles at Kuhail building next to the Islamic University, which housed private offices, educational institutions, Samir Mansour Bookshop, Iqra’ Library, al-Ro’ya and Dar al-Manara printing houses. As a result, the building was completely destroyed and nearby buildings and facilities sustained severe damage.

Central Gaza Strip:

Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of airstrikes across the central Gaza Strip. The airstrikes targeted houses, agricultural and open lands and sites. As a result, a house was completely destroyed, and dozens of nearby houses sustained partial damage.  Moreover, a child was killed, and 6 were wounded, including 3 children.

 At approximately 12:40 on Monday, 17 May 2021, an Israeli drone launched a missile at a house in Deir al-Balah. As a result, Yousef Rafiq al-Baz (13) was killed, his brother, Ramadan (16), was wounded, and a nearby carwash sustained severe damage.

At approximately 15:20, Israeli warplanes launched a missile at an uninhabited house belonging to Ayman Mohammed Saidam, north of al-Maghazi. As a result, the house was completely destroyed and nearby houses sustained partial damage.

At approximately 11:00 on Tuesday, 18 May 2021, an Israeli drone launched a missile at Basem al-Hazeen’s house, in al-Nusairat neighborhood. As a result, 3 civilians, including 2 children, were wounded and the house sustained partial damage.

Khan Younis:

IOF carried out several airstrikes targeting 3 houses, 2 farms and an agricultural land. As a result, 6 Palestinians, including a woman, was wounded.

 At approximately 13:30 on Monday, 17 May 2021, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles at Amjad Mousa Mohammed Abu al-Naja’s house, in Ma’an. As a result, the house was completely destroyed.

At approximately 14:30, Israeli warplanes launched 2 missiles at Mahdi Jaber Hamdan Kawarea’s house, in Jorat al-Lout in Khan Yunis. As a result, the house was completely destroyed and nearby houses sustained severe damage.

At approximately 07:10 on Tuesday, 18 May 2021, Israeli warplanes targeted Mohammed Ibrahim Mohammed al-Shawaf’s house in Abasan al-Kabeera. As a result, the 2-storey house was completely destroyed, and nearby houses sustained partial damage.

Rafah:

Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on different parts of Rafah; during which 3 missiles were launched.  Moreover, the Israeli artillery and gunboats heavily fired many artillery shells. As a result, a house and a car were targeted and several houses sustained severe damage.

 At approximately 10:50 on Tuesday, 18 May 2021, an Israeli drone launched a missile at Omar Lotfi Khamis al-Jazzar’s house in al-Jneina neighborhood. Ten minutes later, Israeli warplanes launched a missile. As a result, the ground floor house (135 sqms), sheltering 3 families of 15 members, was completely destroyed, and nearby houses sustained damage. It should be noted that the Israeli Intelligence Services called the residents and ordered them to evacuate.

PCHR strongly condemns IOF’s use of mass explosive power, which proves Israel’s intention to inflict harm on Palestinian civilians in disregard for IHL principles of distinction and proportionality.

PCHR renews its warning that civilians are paying the heaviest price during the escalation and emphasizes that IOF’s ongoing strikes on residential populated areas and the use of weapons based on collective retaliation constitute grave breaches of the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 that amount to war crimes.

PCHR calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention Relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, to act urgently in order to end all IOF’s military hostilities.

PCHR: “Day 9 of Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Houses Bombarded and More Civilians Displaced” – – IMEMC News

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