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Beit Hanoun commemorates 3 years since operation ‘Cast Lead’

Posted on: January 7, 2012
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by Rosa Schiano

7 January 2012 | il blog di Oliva

On Tuesday there was another demonstration in Beit Hanoun against the “buffer zone” imposed by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators also commemorated the over 1400 Palestinians killed during operation “Cast Lead”.

The demonstration started at about 11.00 am. A drone was flying over Beit Hanoun.

The volunteers of the ISM and other youth marched until they were only a few meters from the separation barrier, singing songs, among them the Italian “Bella Ciao”, and waving Palestinian … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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7 January 2009 – The Mattar family

Posted on: January 7, 2012
Mahmoud Mattar (Photo: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights)

7 January 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

“It would be great if someone could take me to the dessert and leave me there, that way I wouldn’t have to see people”

At around 09:30 on 7 January 2009, Israeli forces targeted the al-Taqwa Mosque in the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City. The mosque was 150 metres from the home of Mahmoud Mattar, who was 14 at the time. Having run to the scene of the attack, Mahmoud was present when two further strikes hit the area, killing two 15 year old … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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6 January 2009: Al-Dayah family

Posted on: January 6, 2012
Mohammed al-Dayah (31) with his daughter Qamar (1.5) (Photo: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights)

6 January 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights

“The bodies of nine of those killed were not found, including the bodies of my wife and my children. I tried my best with the civil defense personnel to find their bodies. All we found were pieces of flesh that were unidentifiable.”

On 6 January 2009, at approximately 05:45, an Israeli aircraft bombed the al-Dayah family in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. 22 people, including 12 children and a pregnant woman, were killed. Only one of the family members inside the house at the … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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5 January 2009: Amal al-Samouni

Posted on: January 5, 2012
Amal al-Samouni (11) sitting in front of her house in Zeitoun neighborhood (Photo: Palestinian Center for Human Rights)

5 January 2012 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights

“I have constant pain in my head, eyes and ears. I have been having nose bleeds for the past three years. I can still feel the shrapnel move inside my brain”

On 4 January 2009 at around 6:00 Israeli forces surrounded the house where Amal al-Samouni (11) and 18 members of her extended family were sheltering, in Zeitoun neighborhood east of Gaza City. Israeli soldiers ordered the owner of the house, Amal’s father Attia al-Samouni (37), to step outside with his hands up. Upon opening the … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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4 January 2009: The Abdel Dayem family

Posted on: January 4, 2012
Imtihan Abdel Dayam with sons Hamed, Ahmed, Abdel Rahman, and Hani (left to right) (Photo: Palestinian Center for Human Rights)

4 January 2012 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights

“I was told initially that Arafa had been injured in an Israeli strike. Of course I was concerned, but many people get injured in his line of work and what was important is that he was still alive. I learnt only fifteen minutes before Arafa’s body arrived back at the family home that he had died. The shock was unbearable”

Arafa Abdel Dayem, 34, was killed on 4 January 2009, during Israel’s 23 day offensive on the Gaza Strip, codenamed “Operation Cast Lead”. Arafa, a medic, … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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3 January 2009: Motee’ and Isma’il as-Selawy

Posted on: January 3, 2012
Brothers Motee’ (49) and Isma’il (53) as-Selawy in front of al-Maqadma mosque (Photo: Palestinian Center for Human Rights)

3 January 2012 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights

“What affected us a lot psychologically is the fact that we were all praying in the mosque when we were attacked. The mosque is a place where we go when we need relief or when we are sad. We could never imagine them targeting us while we are praying in the mosque.”

On 3 January 2009, at around 17:20, during prayer time, an Israeli drone fired a missile at the western entrance of al-Maqadma mosque in Jabaliya refugee camp. In the attack, 15 worshipers were killed … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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2 January 2009: Eyad al-Astal

Posted on: January 2, 2012
2 January 2009: Eyad al-Astal

2 January 12 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights

“The second of January is no different from any other day. Every day and every minute feels like the moment when I lost my sons. In everything there is a memory of them. I miss them all the time.”

On 2 January 2009 at around 14:30 an Israeli drone fired a missile at an open area in Qarara village, close to Khan Yunis. The missile struck and killed two brothers, Mohammed (12) and Abed Rabbo (9) al-Astal, and their cousin, … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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1 January 2009: The Nasla family

Posted on: January 1, 2012
Jihad, Mu'tassam, and Zeid Nasla with a picture of M'uz Nasla, killed during the attack. (Photo: Palestinian Center for Human Rights)

1 January 12 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights

“I wish that if our fate is to die, that we die together, I wouldn’t want anybody left to have to bear this sort of pain”

On 1 January 2009 at around 15:00, Israeli military planes targeted a water tower across from the home of the Nasla family in North Beit Lahiya. The family were making lunch when the first bomb hit. As the family were trying to escape the smoke filled house, a second and third bomb struck the area, killing Ayoun Nasla, 6, and … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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31 December 2008: The Abu Areeda family

Posted on: December 31, 2011
(Photo: Palestinian Center for Human Rights)

31 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights

“Before my mother’s death we used to be very happy on 1 January, have celebrations and visit people. Now we are all silent in the last hour of each year and on 1 January we don’t celebrate the new year. We visit our mohter’s grave. We remember.”

Around 23:30 on 31 December 2008, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at Najma Parc, a small green strip in the main street of the residential al-Shaboura neighbourhood in Rafah, killing two civilians and injuring dozens of others. … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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30 December 2008: The Hamdan family

Posted on: December 30, 2011
Iman and Talal Hamdan standing in front of a picture of their killed children Hiya, Lama and Ismail (Photo: Palestinian Center for Human Rights)

30 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights

“When I wake in the morning the first thing I do is remember my children.  I come and sit outside and picture them where they used to play. I don’t want to go out and interact with other people anymore. I largely stay inside the home”

Talal Hamdan, 47, and Iman Hamdan, 46, are quietly contemplative about life since the loss of their three children Haya, Lama, and Ismail. The children were aged 12, 10, and 5 respectively, when on the morning of 30 December … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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