Eyad Abdul Fattah Salha

May 19, 2021: Eyad Abdul-Fattah Salha, 33, was killed by an Israeli shell along with his seven months pregnant wife, Amani, 33, and their daughter, Nagham, only 3 years of age, in their home in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip.

“They were just sitting and their home and eating,” Eyad’s brother said, “What do they [Israel] think he was doing, firing missiles from his wheelchair?! What did he, his pregnant wife, and their daughter, do to be mutilated like this?!”

Local sources said the family was sitting in their kitchen, eating dinner, with the Israeli shell struck their home.

The Israeli army also killed another Palestinian after the soldiers fired a shell that struck an area near the al-Abrar mosque in Gaza and added that several Palestinians were injured, some seriously.

The army also fired many artillery shells into residential areas across the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip, including the Sheja’eyya area, east of Gaza city, and Deir al—Balah in central Gaza.

In addition, a child, only 2.5 years of age, was killed when Israeli missiles struck the family home in northern Gaza.

“What did my child do to them? Fired missiles?! Threatening their security?!”, the child’s father said, “This is Israel’s bank of targets in Gaza, our children!”

On that day, the Health Ministry stated that the Israeli missiles and shells have led to the killing of 227 Palestinians, including 64 children, 38 women, and 17 elderly, in addition to wounding 1620 Palestinians.

Eyad was from Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza strip. Source: IMEMC

Nagham Eyad Abdul Fattah Salha

May 19, 2021: Nagham Eyad Salha, 2, was killed by Israeli missiles in her home in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip, along with her wheelchair bound father, Eyad Abdul-Fattah Salha, 33, and her 7 months pregnant mother, Amani Yousef Mohawesh, 33.

“They were just sitting and their home and eating,” Eyad, her uncle brother said, “What do they [Israel] think he was doing, firing missiles from his wheelchair?! What did he, his pregnant wife, and their daughter, do to be mutilated like this?!”

Local sources said the family was sitting in their kitchen, eating dinner, with the Israeli shell struck their home.

The Israeli army also killed another Palestinian after the soldiers fired a shell that shell struck an area near the al-Abrar mosque in Gaza and added that several Palestinians were injured, some seriously.

The army also fired many artillery shells into residential areas across the eastern parts of the Gaza Strip, including the Sheja’eyya area, east of Gaza city, and Deir al—Balah in central Gaza.

Eyad Salha and his daughter

In addition, a child, only 2.5 years of age, was killed when Israeli missiles struck the family home in northern Gaza.

“What did my child do to them? Fired missiles?! Threatening their security?!”, the child’s father said, “This is Israel’s bank of targets in Gaza, our children!”

On that day, the Health Ministry stated that the Israeli missiles and shells have led to the killing of 227 Palestinians, including 64 children, 38 women, and 17 elderly, in addition to wounding 1620 Palestinians.

Nagham was from Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza strip. Source: IMEMC

 

Yousef Mohammed ‘Abed al-Qader Abu Hussain

May 19, 2021: Yousef Mohammed ‘Abed al-Qader Abu Hussein, 33, was killed when the Israeli army fired missiles into a residential building in Gaza.

Yousef was an announcer with al-Aqsa Radio and was killed while when the army fired missiles into the 4th and 5th floors in the targeted building in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza city.

Eyewitnesses said the Israeli army fired three missiles into the building without a warning.

The Al-Aqsa Radio issued a statement mourning his death and stating that he was a dedicated announcer and journalist.

|PCHR: “Day 10 of Israeli Offensive on Gaza: Violent Artillery Shelling and Systematic Destruction of Houses”|

It also denounced the continued Israeli targeting of civilian building, homes, medical facilities, holy sites, and infrastructure, and called for holding Israel accountable for its constant and escalating violations.

The Israeli warplanes also fired a missile Abu Hussein’s car which was parked in front of his house, destroying it along with two other civilian vehicles parked in the area.

Yousef was from Gaza. Source: IMEMC

 

 

Sa’diya Yousef Hussain Abu Gharara

May 18, 2021: Sa’diya Yousef Hussain Abu Gharara, 57, was killed by Israeli missiles, near Rafah, from the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes launched 15 missiles at streets, agricultural lands, and military sites, north, east, and west of Rafah, causing fear and panic among citizens in Rafah.

As a result, Sa’diya died of a heart attack before arriving at the hospital.

At 23:20, Israeli warplanes launched a missile targeting al-Emam Ali Street. As a result, a passer-by sustained moderate wounds.

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) said eight Palestinians, including a woman and a child were killed across the Gaza Strip that day, and seventy-six others including nine women and eleven children were injured.

The PCHR added that, on the 10th consecutive day of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, death tolls mounted to 221 Palestinians, including sixty-two children, and thirty-six women, while the total number of injuries mounted that day to 1034, including 310 children and 217 women.

The Palestinian Telecommunications Company announced that one of the main lines of the fiber-optic internet service connecting the central and southern Gaza Strip’s governorates with Gaza City was targeted today in the dawn, isolating Gaza from the outside world, noting that it was a standby line for the services provided by the Palestine Cellular Communications Company “Jawwal.”

Further to PCHR’s press release published yesterday, 8 Palestinians, including a woman and a child, were killed, and 76 others were wounded, including nine women and eleven children. The Israeli airstrikes targeted 12 houses and several facilities. Thus, the number of targeted houses has risen to 146, including multi-story buildings.

Moreover, the death toll since the beginning of the Israeli offensive has risen to 221, including sixty-two children and thirty-six women, and the number of those wounded has risen to 1,034, including 310 children and 217 women.

According to the daily update by the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the total number of injuries has risen to 1550, including four hundred children and 270 women. Among those injuries: fifty were critical and 340 ranged between serious and moderate.

Sa’diya was from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: PCHR

 

 

Mena Eyad Fathi Sharir

May 18th, 2021: Mena Eyad Fathi Sharir, 2, succumbed to wounds she sustained in an Israeli airstrike that destroyed her family’s house on their heads on al-Nafaq Street on 11 May 2021. It should be noted that Menna’s father, mother, and her sister were killed in that airstrike as well.

Mena’s whole family, including her parents and older sister Lina Eyad Fathi Sharir, 16, were killed by the Israeli airforce in their home, in a targeted assassination in al-Manara neighborhood on al-Nafaq Street in Gaza City.

The family’s 2-story house was destroyed over its residents when the army fired a missile into their home – Eyad, his wife Layali Taha ‘Abbas Sharir (41) and their daughter Lina (16) were killed. Lina’s body was retrieved few hours after the airstrike, and her body was torn into pieces. Eyad’s younger daughter, 2-year old Menna Eyad Fathi Sharir, survived the initial attack that killed her parents and sister, but succumbed to her wounds a week later on May 18th.

Also, the area sustained severe damage because it is densely populated. 25 Palestinians in the surrounding area were wounded due to the blast.

The family was killed when the Israeli army carried out a series of airstrikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip, causing excessive property damage, in addition to killing at least 8 Palestinians, and injuring more than 152.

Media sources said the strikes targeted many homes, residential buildings, structures, farmlands, and sites run by armed resistance groups, in several parts of the Gaza strip.

Two Palestinians were seriously injured late at night, Tuesday, when an Israeli drone fired a missile at Palestinians who gathered west of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.

The army claimed Abu Sharir is one of the military leaders of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.

Mohammad Abdul-Rauf Hallas

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the army fired missiles into buildings adjacent to the Indonesian hospital, causing damage to the buildings and the hospital, and denounced the attack as another war crime violating International Law by targeting medical and civilian structures.

The Israeli army also fired missiles into a residential tower, containing many floors, causing it to collapse and turning it into rubble.

Media sources in Gaza said the Israeli missiles targeted Hanadi Tower in the al-Mina’ (Port) area, west of Gaza city, and added that the army first fired smaller missiles into the tower before the Palestinians rushed out just minutes before the further strike turned it into rubble.

A Palestinian identified as Mohammad Abdul-Rauf Hallas, died on Tuesday evening, from wounds he suffered when the soldiers bombarded the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city.

Kamal Taiseer Qreiqe’, 35

Amira Abdul-Fattah Sobeh, 63, killed by an Israeli shell targeting her apartment in the Shati’ refugee camp.

Abdul-Rahman Sobeh, 19, the son of Amira, who suffered from cerebral palsy since birth, killed in the same bombing.

An Israeli missile killed Kamal Taiseer Qreiqe’, 35, in the Rimal neighborhood in Gaza city.

Israeli sources said two Israelis were killed, and two were injured, one seriously, by Palestinian shells in Asqalan.

The Al-Jazeera News Agency reported that the Israeli army fired missiles into a school for orphans in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

The Israeli army fired missiles into a building in Gaza city, killing Sameh Fahim Hashem al-Mamlouk, 34.

A Palestinian, identified as Mohammad Yahia Mohammad Abu al-Ata, 30, was killed in one of the Israeli strikes in Gaza city, medical sources said.

The army also fired a missile at a Palestinian car, in Gaza, causing injuries, while the Israeli navy fired sporadic missiles at sites close to the Gaza shore.

Sameh Fahim Hashem al-Mamlouk, 34

Medical sources in Gaza also said two Palestinians were killed, and eight were injured, when the army fired missiles into an apartment in the Rimal neighborhood in Gaza.  Most of the wounded are children.

The Israeli army also fired a barrage of missiles targeting homes and residential buildings in the al-Shati’ refugee camp, in northern Gaza, causing excessive damage.

Mohammad Yahia Abu al-Ata, 30

The two Palestinians are senior leaders of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, and were killed in targeted assassination strikes.

As of Tuesday morning, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has confirmed that Israeli airstrikes have killed 27 Palestinians, including 9 children and one woman, and wounded at least a hundred in the Gaza Strip. Israel began its assault on Gaza Monday evening, following three weeks of Israeli settler and soldier attacks on Palestinians.

It added that at least 122 Palestinians have been injured, including more than 15 who suffered serious wounds and said that among the injured are 41 children.

In addition, the Al-Jazeera news agency has reported that the Israeli army fired, on Tuesday afternoon, several missiles and shells targeting many areas in the eastern, and northeastern parts of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Israeli sources said Palestinian fighters fired more than 40 shells within a few minutes, into Asqalan and Ashdod, and added that the shells caused damage and five injuries.

They added that more than 300 shells were fired from Gaza since Monday evening, especially when Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in retaliation to the Israeli offensive on Gaza, and the escalating violations in Jerusalem, mainly in and around Al-Aqsa Mosque, and Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.

The Al-Qassam Brigades said it managed to fire 137 shells into Ashdod and Asqalan within five minutes and added that warned that its retaliation will be unprecedented if Israel does not end its offensive on Gaza, and does not stop its violations against the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem, especially in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

On its part, the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad said its “response to the Israeli crimes against civilians, and resistance fighters, is just beginning.”

Its statement came after Israeli assassinated several prominent members of the group in Gaza and vowed to keep Israel on constant alert.

It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army has decided to deploy more than five thousand reservists, across the fence with Gaza, in preparation for a possible ground offensive.

Meanwhile, Israeli sources said that a man, 52, and his daughter, 16, were killed by Palestinian shells in Lod city.

They added that one Israeli was killed and three injured, on Tuesday at night, when Palestinian fighters fired dozen of shells into central Israel.

An Israeli woman, 50, was also killed by a Palestinian shell in Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv.

Three Israelis, including a child, were injured in Holon when an empty bus was hit by a shell and went up in flames.

Israeli Ynet News reported that two women were killed by shells in Ashkelon, in the southern part of the country, and added that more than 100 were injured.

The two women were the first to be killed in Israel since the escalation started; one of the women was later named Soumya Santhosh, a 30-year-old mother of a nine-year-old child. Soumya was from Kerala, India, and was working as a caregiver in Israel.

Meanwhile, the Israeli far-right government of Benjamin Netanyahu said that it was not ruling out a ground offensive into Gaza, in addition to the ongoing airstrikes.

Hamas movement aid it fired dozens of shells into Israeli in response to the Israeli offensive and warned to escalate if Israel does not stop bombing Gaza.

Abu Obeida, the spokesperson of the Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, said if Israel continued to target civilian homes in Gaza, “Tel Aviv will be next and will witness much more than what happened in Asqalan (Ashkelon).”

Layali was from al-Manara neighborhood, in Gaza City. Source: PCHR

Mohammad Ishaq Hmeid

May 18, 2021: Mohammad Ishaq Hmeid, 25, was killed by Israeli soldiers who shot him with a live round near Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank.

The Health Ministry in Ramallah has confirmed that Hmeid, from Beit Anan town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, suffered a severe injury to the chest before he was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, where he succumbed to his wounds.

The Health Ministry added that six of the injured Palestinians suffered serious wounds.

It added that the soldiers also directly targeted a Palestinian ambulance with several rounds of live ammunition, in addition to firing at reporters and press cars.

Adham Fayez Mousa Kashef

After the death of the Palestinian, several armed resistance fighters exchanged fire with the soldiers near the northern entrance of al-Biereh. An Israeli military spokesperson said two soldiers were injured.

In related news, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire in the leg in Beit Sira village, west of Ramallah.

On the same day, the Adham Fayez Mousa Kashef, 20, was killed by Israeli army fire at the northern entrance of al-Biereh city, near Ramallah.  Adham was from Um ash-Sharayet neighborhood in al-Biereh city.

Islam Wael Burnat

The soldiers also killed Islam Wael Burnat, 15, from Bil’in village, near Ramallah, shooting him with a live round in the head; many Palestinians were also injured.

Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters near the al-Biereh city, and fired dozens of live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets at them.

Mohammad was from Beit Anan town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem. Source: IMEMC

Islam Wael Burnat

May 18, 2021: Islam Wael Burnat, 15, was killed by Israeli soldiers who shot him with a live round in the head, after the army invaded Bil’in village, near the central West Bank city of Ramallah, and attacked nonviolent protesters, many Palestinians were also injured.

Islam was shot with a live round in the head after the army invaded the village.

Adham al-Kashef

On that day, the soldiers also killed Adham Fayez Mousa Kashef, 20, at the northern entrance of al-Biereh city, near Ramallah.

Adham was from Um ash-Sharayet neighborhood in al-Biereh city.

Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters near the al-Biereh city, and fired dozens of live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets at them.

They added that the soldiers killed a young man, identified as Mohammad Ishaq Hmeid, 25, in addition to shooting at least sixty-four with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets and causing dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Mohammad-Hmeid

The Health Ministry in Ramallah has confirmed that Hmeid, from Beit Anan town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, suffered a severe injury to the chest before he was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, where he succumbed to his wounds.

The Health Ministry added that six of the injured Palestinians suffered serious wounds.

It added that the soldiers also directly targeted a Palestinian ambulance with several rounds of live ammunition, in addition to firing at reporters and press cars.

After the death of the Palestinian, several armed resistance fighters exchanged fire with the soldiers near the northern entrance of al-Biereh. An Israeli military spokesperson said two soldiers were injured.

In related news, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire in the leg in Beit Sira village, west of Ramallah.

Islam was from Bil’in village, near Ramallah. Source: IMEMC

Adham Fayez Mousa Kashef

May 18, 2021: Adham Fayez Mousa Kashef, 20, was killed by Israeli army fire at the northern entrance of al-Biereh city, near Ramallah in central West Bank.

Media sources in Ramallah said the soldiers attacked Palestinian protesters near the al-Biereh city, and fired dozens of live rounds, gas bombs, concussion grenades, and rubber-coated steel bullets at them.

They added that the soldiers also killed a young man, identified as Mohammad Ishaq Hmeid, 25, in addition to shooting at least sixty-four with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets and causing dozens to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Mohammad-Hmeid

The Health Ministry in Ramallah has confirmed that Hmeid, from Beit Anan town, northwest of occupied Jerusalem, suffered a severe injury to the chest before he was rushed to Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah, where he succumbed to his wounds.

The Health Ministry added that six of the injured Palestinians suffered serious wounds.

It stated that the soldiers also directly targeted a Palestinian ambulance with several rounds of live ammunition, in addition to firing at reporters and press cars.

After the death of the Palestinian, several armed resistance fighters exchanged fire with the soldiers near the northern entrance of al-Biereh. An Israeli military spokesperson said two soldiers were injured.

In related news, the soldiers shot one Palestinian with live fire in the leg in Beit Sira village, west of Ramallah.

In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers killed one Palestinian, identified as Islam Zahda.

Adham was from Um ash-Sharayet neighborhood in al-Biereh city. Source: IMEMC

Islam Ghayyad Mohammad Zahda

May 18, 2021: Islam Ghayyad Mohammad Zahda, 32, was killed by Israeli soldiers ear the Ibrahimi Mosque in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern West Bank.

Islam, a former political prisoner, was shot to death by the soldiers near the old vegetable market in the Old City of Hebron.

The Israeli alleged that Zahda had arrived at the military checkpoint carrying a Carlo weapon and a knife, and he was shot and neutralized.

Israeli Ynet News claimed that the man tried to fire the weapon but was unsuccessful and added that he also carried explosives before one of them detonated in his hand “but he kept advancing towards the soldiers” before he was shot dead.

Locals told reporters with the Ma’an News Agency that they heard an explosion, followed by gunfire, and saw a young man lying on the ground.

Palestinian medics rushed to the scene and tried to reach the young men, but the soldiers closed the area and did not allow them through.

The soldiers also fired live rounds at reporters and residents in the area to force them away.

In a video published on YouTube, an Israeli settler in Hebron is heard shouting in Hebrew while a battalion of soldiers were taking the body of Zahda, covered in plastic, saying “He is garbage – a dog who tried to kill Jews. Just dump him like garbage.”

The Israeli military frequently claims that Palestinians whom they have killed at or near checkpoints “had a weapon” even when later evidence disproves that claim.

Zahda is the fifth Palestinian killed in Hebron in five days. On Monday, Israeli forces killed 17-year-old Obeida Akram Jawabra.

On Saturday, troops killed Hussein Atiya at-Teety, 26, on Friday, the soldiers killed Hussein Atiya at-Teety, 26, from the al-Fawwar refugee camp, and on Thursday Ismael Jamal at-Tubasi, 23, was shot with a live round to the head in ar-Reehiyya village, south of the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Islam was from Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank. Source: IMEMC

‘Ammar ‘Abdullah Fawzi al-Deder

May 18, 2021: ‘Ammar ‘Abdullah Fawzi al-Nader, 31, was killed by Israeli missiles in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said that Ammar was one of its fighters.

The brigades added that Ammar was killed after the Israeli army fired missiles into an area, east of Jabalia city, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Ammar suffered shrapnel wounds to several parts of his body and succumbed to his serious wounds.

On that day, the soldiers killed eight Palestinian, including one woman and one child, and injured 76 Palestinians, including nine women and elven children.

On the tenth day of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, death toll mounted to 221, Including 62 children and thirty-six women, and the total number of injuries reached 1034, including 310 children and 217 women.

The Israeli army continued the offensive on the Gaza Strip and carried out dozens of intense air, land, and sea strikes, targeting houses and civilian facilities.

As a result, the communications network was cut off, and the internet services were affected in the southern Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Telecommunications Company announced that one of the main lines of the fiber-optic internet service connecting the central and southern Gaza Strip’s governorates with Gaza City was targeted today in the dawn, isolating Gaza from the outside world, noting that it was a standby line for the services provided by the Palestine Cellular Communications Company “Jawwal.”

Ammar was from Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC, PCHR