Day 10 of Israeli War On Gaza: Death Toll 600, Injured 2800

by Sameh Habeeb | January 5, 2009 at 01:05 pm

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Breaking News A Massacre: Samuni family says: Israeli soldiers gather 30 persons from Al Samoni family in one house. Ten families were in the house from the same clan. Many civilians were killed as artillery shells bombed the house. The number of victims around 14, most of them are children and women. Some are in critical conditions!

Breaking News Hundreds of shelling target houses in east of Gaza City now. No new coming up yet. The conditions getting tougher in that area.

Breaking News Three children and their mother killed during a shell hit their house in Al shija'ya area east of Gaza. The victims were in their house during the shelling. Their bodies were torn to pieces.

Breaking News Bloody clashes between Palestinian factions and Israeli organized army east of Gaza City. Israeli army is firing back using Apachi and heavy artillery shells. Many people wounded and no upcoming news if militants are being targeted.
Breaking News: Israeli soldiers get closer to the populated areas in northern Gaza and Gaza City.

Gaza Strip,5, January, 2009 - Israeli War on Gaza still rise up in various points through the occupied Gaza Strip. More civilians killed in opposition of Israeli announced aim of hitting the Hamas militants. Monday morning a massacre happened in Al Zaytoun Quarter as Israeli army gathered around 30 persons in one house and then bombed them. Medical sources said that 14 killed and 60 injured. Around 10 of them children some are women and some other youth old people.

The heaviest ongoing bombing of Air forces and artillery shells pushed thousands of civilians to internally I migrate to the western areas of the Strip. Ironically, the western areas are not safer to be taken a shelter by those new refugees as Israeli naval gunboats await for them. Many bombs were fired from these vessels killing family in Al Shati' camp and injured sveral other in Al Nusairat Refugee Camp.

In the north of Gaza, thousands of Bait Hanon residents of and eastern Jabalia are leaving their homes into the western areas.

Humanitarian conditions severely exacerbated. Civilians don't have drinking water nor any kind of water for daily use. Add to that, basics of food like bread, cocking oil, rice, beans and sugar are no longer available in the markets.

Meanwhile, medical sector is totally paralyzed due to lack of human resources from cadre and doctors and a severe shortage in medicines and medical tools. The amount of victims is obviously huger than the abilities of the already arduous hospitals which suffer a siege of 18 months.

Deadly Outcomes of Israeli Ground Military Operation:

1- Israeli air force bombarded many houses at Al shati' Refugee Camp. Medical sources said that 35 Palestinians wounded.

2-Israeli Air strike from Apache helicopters targeted a 3-floor-house for Al Ghandour family in Al Daraj area. An Atmosphere of fear and panic through put residents of the area.

3-Air strike on Omar Bin Abd Al ziz mosque and many people injured in the area.

4-Two Palestinians wounded as Israeli air raid targeted a house in Al Zaytoun area. Another air raid hit a workshop in Al daraj area and many people injured.

5-A number of casualties and wounded as Israeli air force targeted a house near a mosque in Al Zaytoun quarter.

6-Many houses burned and destroyed in a heavy bombing in Al Zaytoun Area.

7-Israeli airforce retargeted Al Uma College in Al Nasir Quarter west north of Gaza Strip.

8-One Palestinian killed and 5 wounded in an air raid on civilian car in Al Shati' Refugee Camp.

9-A rocket destroyed to rubble "Light society" which is a charity working in support of orphans and needy Palestinians. The society includes a physical therapy section for the poorest. The society is linked to Al Jihad Islamist movement.

10-Three Palestinians killed, 9 wounded in an Israeli air raid due to a bomb turned a house to rubbles in Al Nusairat Refugee Camp.

11-A house for the Popular Front key leader, Jameel Mizhar, partially destroyed in Al Nusairat Refugee Camp.

12-A group of civilians bombed in Al Nusairat Refugee Camp. Many injured but mostly with light wounds.

13-Israeli soldiers occupied most of civilians houses in Juhr El Dik.

14-Three Palestinians died due to their injuries in Egypt. They were lately wounded in Gaza and referred to Egypt.

15-Two civilians wounded due to an air raid targeted a house for Al Samoni family in Al Zaytoun Quarter.

16- A Massacre: Samuni family says: Israeli soldiers gather 30 persons from Al Samoni family in one house. Ten families were in the house from the same clan. Many civilians were killed as artillery shells bombed the house. The number of victims around 14, most of them are children and women. Some are in critical conditions!

17-Two wounded due to a rocket hit the house of Othman Ghaleb in Al Nusairat Refugee Camp.

18-A house of Sayed Baroud in the Al Nusairat Refugee Camp hit. The house was damaged and many neighboring houses too. The houses based in a densely populated Refugee camp.

19-Three Palestinians killed from Abd Al Dayim family due to a bombing in Bait Hanon town north of Gaza Strip.

20- Airstrike from drones near AL huda mosque in Yibna in Rafah town.

21-Israeli tanks and after launching new bases; its soldiers open fire and artillery shells on buildings of Al Zahra' City. Many buildings partially damaged and burnt.

22-A body of a woman killed three days ago still unreachable due to Israeli heavy fire on Bait lahia town. The killed woman from Abu Samaha family.

23-A new sky rocket destroyed the house of Ibrhaim Abu Al Naja in Rafah City.

24-Israeli soldiers stormed into Abu Khosa house and many people wounded due to Israeli gunfire.

24-A fire ignited in a cement factory near Zimo Crossings east of Jabalia City. The fire resulted in Israeli artillery shells.

25-Israeli soldiers took a school shelter and many civilians in the same school.

26- Air raid targeted a shop of money exchange in Remal quarter mid of Gaza City. Shrapnel hit many shops around and some lightly injured.

27-Doctors in Al Shifa' hospital: Many burnt bodied arrived to Al Shifa' hospital and some bodies torn to pieces.

28-Medical statistics: 90 civilians mostly women and children killed with the start of military operation 48 hours ago.

29-Rockets hit some farming and populated spaces in Khan Yonis City. Several trauma cases arrived to Nasir hospital in the city.

30-Two houses bombarded in Al amal quarter. One of the houses belongs to Yasir Hamadan and the other one belongs to Nedal Kollab.

31- A house belongs to Khail family destroyed by an Aritliary shell in Al Zaytoun area. Residents of the house were directky injured in the bombings.

32-Four families trapped in their houses in Jabal El Kashif area north of the occupied Gaza strip.

33-50 people wounded on the ongoing deadly shelling from the Israeli tanks east of Gaza City, Jabal al rayis area. The shelling targeted Mahalh family and many children are being wounded.

33- A five-year-old girl and her grandfather from Al Helu family killed in Israeli shell. The Some of family members are in critical conditions including the mother.

34- A number of tunnels hit in Rafah City south of Gaza Strip.

35-Israeli army destroyed a house to rubbles into Jabalia town near Al salam mosque.

36-Israeli army gets closer and closer to the densely populated area in al zayoutn area east south.

37-Three Palestinian militants killed due to Israeli rockets targeted them in Gaza City.

38-Three children and their mother killed during a shell hit their house in Al shija'ya area east of Gaza. The victims were in their house during the shelling. Their bodies were torn to pieces.

39-A Palestinian bleeds near Al zayotun quarter and paramedics not able to reach him. No news of he is still alive or he died.

40-Abd Al salam hilis, wounded near Jabalia, he is still in the same place and unreachable due to the Israeli heavy fire.40-A number of civilians wounded and maybe injured due to a bombing targeted their house in Al Zaytoun area. Victims still unreachable due to the flaming situation in that Quarter.

41-A rocket targeted house of Al harzaeen family in Sika area between Al Shij'ya and Zaytoun Quarter.

43-A Palestinian woman killed in her house in Al Moghraqa quarter mid of Gaza City. Three civilians wounded in his area which is out of resistance as Israel occupied it yesterday.

44-Naval gunboats raided on Al Nusairat Refugee Camp and many people wounded in the action.

45-Two Palestinians killed 2 days ago in Bait Hanon, paramedics unable to reach them till now.

46-Two Palestinian women from Hajaj family killed in Juhr El Dik town east sout of Gaza City.

47-Fuel stockpile runs out from Al Awda hospital northern Gaza Strip. Medical Paramedics of the hospital were targeted many times by Israeli fire.

48-Palestinian killed while driving his motorcycle in Gaza due to an Israeli rocket fire by a drone.

49-Bloody clashes between Palestinian factions and Israeli organized army east of Gaza City. Israeli army is firing back using Apache and heavy artillery shells. Many people wounded and no upcoming news if militants are being targeted.

50-Israeli air force targeted many houses in Gaza Strip.

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Jon Azpiri

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at 13:05 on January 5th, 2009

This is an eyewitness report from the NowPublic member Sameh Habeeb who was on the scene.

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poor oligarch (not verified)

at 17:11 on January 5th, 2009

After 10 days BBC contributes,
Gaza conflict: Who is a civilian?

Heritage

at 19:35 on January 5th, 2009

The President of the UN General Assembly has called it what it is:

"I think it's a monstrosity; there's no other way to name it,"

158

at 20:32 on January 5th, 2009

Obviously he referred to Hamas.

Gaza foreign minister Mahmoud Zadar, a co founder of Hamas, said today, as reported by al Jazeera, that Hamas will target and kill Jewish children anywhere in the world,.

That defines monstrosity.

Rhonda J Mangus

at 20:53 on January 5th, 2009

Thank you for your continuing coverage, Sameh.

mtippett

at 21:20 on January 5th, 2009

According to the BBC, 18 Israelis have died from rocket fire since 2001. http://tinyurl.com/7xtc6q

kate

at 21:22 on January 5th, 2009

Thank you Sameh.

Uwe Paschen

at 00:17 on January 6th, 2009

Israel could have avoided all of this simply by letting UN peace keeper in and honouring the elections held in Palestine rather then Arresting and killing Palestinian Politician that it did not like.

Uwe Paschen

at 00:19 on January 6th, 2009

This is where the trouble started and was highly mishandled by Israel, the US and the EU.

Hamas Sweeps Palestinian Elections, Complicating Peace Efforts in Mideast

By Scott WilsonWashington Post Foreign Service
Friday, January 27, 2006; Page A01

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan. 26 -- The radical Islamic movement Hamas won a large majority in the new Palestinian parliament, according to official election results announced Thursday, trouncing the governing Fatah party in a contest that could dramatically reshape the Palestinians' relations with Israel and the rest of the world.

In Wednesday's voting, Hamas claimed 76 of the 132 parliamentary seats, giving the party at war with Israel the right to form the next cabinet under the Palestinian Authority's president, Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of Fatah.

Youssef Shrafi, a Hamas candidate for the Palestinian parliament, is congratulated at his home in the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. (By Mohammed Salem -- Reuters)SAVE & SHARE ARTICLEWhat's This?Digg Google
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Fatah, which has dominated the legislature since the previous elections a decade ago and the Palestinian cause for far longer, won 43 seats. A collection of nationalist, leftist and independent parties claimed the rest.

Prime Minister Ahmed Qureia, another Fatah leader, resigned his post along with his cabinet early Thursday, as reports of Hamas's victory began to circulate. Although the cabinet would have been required to step aside even if Fatah had retained its majority, Qureia acknowledged in submitting his resignation that Hamas had earned the right to form the next cabinet.

"This is the choice of the people," Qureia, a member of the party's discredited old guard who did not run for reelection, told reporters here. "It should be respected."

Abbas, on the other hand, will continue to serve the four-year presidential term he won in an election a year ago, shortly after the death of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, the founder of Fatah. Abbas will maintain the broad power to create national policy and control the security services, though he needs parliamentary approval for his budget and legislative proposals. He will also shape peace policy with Israel as head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which does not include Hamas.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/26/AR2006012600372.html

wbsfr8 (not verified)

at 04:08 on January 6th, 2009

There has been a war of terror on Sderot from more than eight years now. During this time period, an estimated 8,000-10,000 Palestinian rockets have been fired at Sderot and the western Negev from the Gaza Strip. There was not one serious long-term military response from Israel to the rocket attacks during that time besides the closing of crossings and checkpoints.

In the meantime, hundreds of Israelis homes and properties have been destroyed, over 700 Israelis wounded, and thousands psychologically traumatized by Palestinian rocket fire. Periodically, schools in Sderot and the western Negev have been forced to close, as normal life cruelly transforms into a marathon of 15 seconds, (the number of seconds one has to escape to shelter when the Tzeva Adom, or Red Color alert is set off by an impending Palestinian rocket).

Sderot and western Negev residents have been forced to sit and endure Palestinian rocket terror to the point that there is now a generation of eight year old Sderot children who are showing signs of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as early as age three.

Israel’s military actions in Gaza are entirely justified under international law, and Israel should be commended for its act of self-defense against international terrorism. Article 51 of the United Nations Charter reserves to every nation the right to engage in self-defense against armed attacks. The only limitation international law places on a democracy is that its actions must satisfy the principle of proportionality. Israel’s actions certainly satisfy that principles.
Over the last four years, Palestinian terrorists—in particular, Hamas and Islamic Jihad—have fired more than two thousand rockets at this civilian area, which is home to mostly poor and working-class people. The rockets are designed exclusively to maximize civilian deaths, and some have barely missed schoolyards, kindergartens, hospitals, and school buses. But others hit their targets, killing more than a dozen civilians since 2001, including in February 2008 a father of four who had been studying at the local university. These anticivilian rockets have also injured and traumatized countless children.
Barack Obama reacted to what he had seen in Sderot by saying that if his two daughters were exposed to rocket attacks in their own homes, he would do everything in his power to stop such attacks. I hope and believe that President Obama will take the same position he did as candidate Obama.

Iman, family and friends from Sweden (not verified)

at 07:40 on January 6th, 2009

May Allah be with you Sameh and the palestinian people that are suffering in Gaza right now.

We hear you, we hear your cry for help, we try the very best we can to demonstrate, write letters, make phone calls, all we can do to protest against this assault on the palestinian people.

We dont know what else we should do, We wish we could do more, but we will not give up, inshaAllah you will be free soon.

I am ashamed to call myself a European when I know that all they (UN and EU) do is talk.

May Allah grant You the highest place of all in Jannah

Salam Alaykum wa rahmatullah wa Barakatuh

sadtruth (not verified)

at 08:46 on January 6th, 2009

Religion has no place in an intelligent society. Grow up, you're fighting over a fairy tale.

Reality Check (not verified)

at 12:37 on January 6th, 2009

Israeli War On Gaza????

Just a wee bit inaccurate wouldn't you say?

Funny, the terrorists fire 300 rockets at civilians then when Israel acts the terrorist play the victim card.

You guys quit killing civilans and Israel won't be forced to stop you... DUH!

wbsfr8 (not verified)

at 03:46 on January 8th, 2009

Indoctrinating children to become suicide bombers and human shields is a declared goal of Hamas, as Fathi Hamad, a representative of the terrorist organisation, proudly told the Palestine Authority Legislative Council last year.

“For the Palestinian people death became an industry at which women excel and so do all people on this land: the elderly excel, the Jihad fighters excel and the children excel,” Hamad said.

“Accordingly (Palestinians) created a human shield of women, children, the elderly and the Jihad fighters against the Zionist bombing machine, as if they were saying to the Zionist enemy: ‘We desire death as you desire life’.”

To ensure that the “death industry” doesn’t experience a slow-down, Hamas has placed its fighters in civilian homes, schools and hospitals.

It would be inhuman in the extreme not to feel sympathy for the children being used in this callous manner but it would be unintelligent not to ask why those who are exploiting them are not being called to account.

Ash j (not verified)

at 23:36 on January 11th, 2009

This all needs to stop. killing innocent civilians is not going to solve anything

'Violence never solves anything' does the phrase ringa bell? In what way do they think that bombing and killng young children and destroying what God has made for us is going to resolve any conflict. It's just showing that the world is going to come to an end sooner than we think. George Bush and Tony Blair were never in a position to sort anything out, they caused uneccessary war, and its happenening again when we all had faith in Obama and Brown....so as people lets come together to stop this and put an end to issuses like this once and for all....