Tag: Cast Lead
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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)…
