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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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29 December 2008: Balousha family

Posted on: December 29, 2011
Anwar Balousha and son Muhammed (Photo: Palestinian Center for Human Rights)

29 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights

“I miss them all the time, sometimes I even go to look for one of them in the house in the split second before I remember they were killed”

At around 00:00 on the 29 December 2008 an Israeli aircraft attacked the Imad Akel Mosque situated in Jabaliya refugee camp. The attack destroyed the home of Anwar and Samira Balousha, which was situated just three metres from the mosque. Five of the family’s eight daughters were killed as a result of the bombing, which caused … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Narratives under siege: Overcrowded living

Posted on: December 14, 2011
Narratives under siege: Overcrowded living

14 December 2011 | Palestinian Center for Human Rights

Muhammed Salman Abu Rashad, 45, Amna Abu Rashad, 31, and their nine children live in the Jabalia refugee camp, one of the most densely populated areas on earth. The family represent just 11 of the 1.1 million refugees who make up the vast majority of Gaza’s population of approximately 1.7 million people.

According to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), Jabalia is the largest of Gaza’s eight refugee camps and is home to around 110,000 registered refugees in an area of only … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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“I wish Dad was here celebrating Eid with me”

Posted on: November 6, 2011
“I wish Dad was here celebrating Eid with me”

by Shahd Abusalama

6 November 2011 | Palestine from My Eyes
The day before the start of Al-Adha Eid is the day of Arafa. It is said that a believer who fasts on this day expiates the past year’s sins and the sins of the coming year. As it is considered to be a day of forgiveness from sin, many Palestinians fasted yesterday. Despite me fasting, I eagerly accepted the offer of my friend, a solidarity activist from Holland, to have a walk in Jabalia Camp. Approximately 108,000 registered refugees live in the … Continue reading


Updated on March 20, 2012
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Israeli forces fire shells towards ambulance, prevent transfer of injured Palestinian fighters to hospital

Posted on: April 6, 2009

Early in the morning of Saturday the 4th of April, two Palestinian resistance fighters (Mohamed Hamayda 23, Jammel Gofa, 26) were wounded near the Green Line, east of Jabaliya. Ambulances from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society made a first attempt to reach the two injured Palestinians shortly after 7am, when, according to medical sources, they were still alive. But the paramedics were prevented from accomplishing their humanitarian mission because of heavy Israeli shelling. Firing against civilians and ambulances … Continue reading


Updated on April 6, 2009
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NLG Members in Gaza Document Executions of Civilians, Blocking of Humanitarian Aid, and Destruction of Civil Property

Posted on: February 5, 2009

National Lawyers Guild

For Immediate Release—February 5, 2009

Contact: Paige Cram, NLG Communications Coordinator, 212-679-5100, ext.15

Gaza—On its second day in Gaza, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) delegation witnessed the rubble of the American International School in Gaza. An Israeli aerial attack killed the watch guard on duty and completely demolished the school at 2am on January 3, 2009.

“Israel doesn’t want anything good or bright in Gaza. They want us to live in the dark ages, just waiting in line for gas and bread,” said Ribhi Salem the school’s Director, who previously spent 20 years living and teaching in Chicago. Salem noted … Continue reading


Updated on February 9, 2009
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Back home in Jabalia

Posted on: January 25, 2009
Baby H, out of the basement, with his uncle who lost both legs in past attack

Sharon Lock | Tales to Tell

This morning is the second that I woke to quietness; no shelling from the sea. E and I went today to see our Jabalia friends, F’s family. They are back in their house, one of the few standing in their neighborhood of Azbet Abed Rabbo. This is only the case because their fears were realized – … Continue reading


Updated on January 27, 2009
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Ground Zero

Posted on: January 24, 2009
Ground Zero

Tuesday 20th January, 2009

Earlier this week, following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Gaza Strip, residents returned to some of the areas which had become no-go zones during the attacks, such as Jabalia just outside Gaza City. On Tuesday 20th January, ISM Gaza Strip volunteers joined a university professor as he visited his house in the east of Jabalia. We were shown from room to room around the bombed-out shell of what had once been a beautiful home. When asked if he and his family would continue to live there, … Continue reading


Updated on January 24, 2009
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Waiting

Posted on: January 19, 2009
Graffiti

Eva Bartlett | In Gaza

Today was the first day that medics and journalists were able to reach areas occupied by the invading Israeli troops. Palestinians by this point, by weeks ago, were desperate for any semblance of a normal life, though normality here is far from normality anywhere else. They were desperate to return to their homes, survey the damage and if possible repair it, find displaced family members, or their corpses, as well as neighbours, friends.

Not everyone returned home to stay; many could be seen returning to where their homes … Continue reading


Updated on January 19, 2009
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ISM video of Israel troops shooting Palestinian paramedics in Jabaliya

Posted on: January 11, 2009

A Palestinian medic, traveling with two International Solidarity Movement volunteers, has been shot by Israeli forces in Jabaliya, northern Gaza.

Red Crescent medic, Hassan al-Attal, was shot through the thigh while collecting a civilian killed by Israeli fire from Zemmo, east of Jabaliya refugee camp.


Updated on January 15, 2009
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