Category: Gaza
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8 January 2009: The Al-Rahel family
8 January 2012 | Palestinian Centre for Human Rights “The other children keep talking about Dima and the memories of both incidents. ‘We wish to die like Dima’ is what the children sometimes say to me because of all the stress and our poor living conditions.” On 8 January 2009, at approximately 11:00, four missiles…
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Beit Hanoun commemorates 3 years since operation ‘Cast Lead’
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…
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7 January 2009 – The Mattar family
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…
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6 January 2009: Al-Dayah family
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,…
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5 January 2009: Amal al-Samouni
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)…
