Gaza

May 17, 2021: Mohammad Hasan Abu Sam’aan, 32, was killed by Israeli missiles at the Maldives Café at Gaza city’s seaside.

Sources at the Shifa Hospital said Israeli killed Hasan and three other Palestinians, in addition to wounding many.

The Palestinian Center For Human Rights identified the slain Palestinians as identified as Mohammed Jamal ‘Ali Abu Sam’an, 24, Mohammed Hasan Abu Sam’an, 32, ‘Ali Waleed al-‘Abed Burais, 30. and Ahmed Khalil Hejazi al-Louh, 24, and added that their bodies were torn into pieces.

Furthermore, the PCHR said Israeli warplanes launched four missiles at Ayman Siyam’s house in central Jabalia camp and destroyed it completely.

Five minutes later, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of citizens in central Beit Lahia.

As a result, Ahmed Ziyad Hussain Sabbah, 28, and Mohammed Nazeer Mohammed Abu ‘Oun, 18, were killed while two other civilians were injured; one of them sustained serious wounds.

The PCHR added that Israeli warplanes also fired three missiles at a 3-story house belonging to ‘Abed al-Rahman Abu al-Jabeen in central Jabalia. As a result, the house roof and walls sustained material damage.

In addition, the Israeli warplanes fired a missile at Abu ‘Ajinah’s house in Beit Lahia. As a result, the house roof and walls sustained material damage.

At least fifteen additional Israeli missiles were fired various areas in northern Gaza Strip, including several lands and an under-construction house in western Jabalia. As a result, the lands, streets, and infrastructure sustained severe damage.

Three more missiles were fired at a 3-story house belonging to Omar Suliman in Jabalia, and destroyed it.

On that day, the PCHR said ten Palestinians, including one woman and one child were killed, in addition to 122 injured, including twenty-two women and forty children.

Death toll mounted on that day to 213 Palestinians, including sixty-one children and thirty-five women, while the number of wounded reached 958, including 291 children and 206 women.

The Israeli army also fired missiles into Gaza’s only Covid-19 laboratory near the Headquarter of the Ministry of Health and al-Rimal Clinic. The violent artillery shelling also continued, forcing more residents to leave.

Mohammad was from Gaza city. Source: The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR)

 

 

May 17, 2021: Ahmad Fayez Arafat, 29, was killed by an Israeli missile in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Media sources said an Israeli drone fired a missile at several Palestinians, killing Ahmad and wounding many others.

The Israeli army fired at night and during the day, hundreds of missiles, and shells into many parts of the Gaza Strip, hitting many buildings, public facilities, roads, and infrastructure, in addition to many homes, residential and commercial towers, killing dozens of Palestinians and injuring more.

Media sources in Gaza said many of the slain Palestinians are families that were killed by Israeli missiles targeting their homes or apartment buildings. At least twelve additional Palestinians, including children and women, were killed in the latest wave of Israeli aggression.

In addition, the army assassinated a senior political leader of the Islamic Jihad, identified as Husam Abu Harbeed, after firing a missile at his home near Abu Haseera Junction, west of Gaza city, in addition to killing two other Palestinian, and wounding three, after firing a missile at their car in the same area.

At least one Palestinian from the Abu Jalhoum family was killed, and many others were injured by Israeli missiles, west of the al-Amoudi area, in northern Gaza.

At least one Palestinian from the Abu Jalhoum family was killed, and many others were injured by Israeli missiles, west of the al-Amoudi area, in northern Gaza.

Ahmad was from Abasan al-Kabeera town, near Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC

May 17, 2021: Mohammad Jamal Abu Samaan, 27, was killed by Israeli soldiers who fired a missile at his car in Gaza.

The missile killed Mohammad and two of his friends, one of them has been identified as Mohammad Husam Abu Samaan.

They were assassinated in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza city. The attack also led to several injuries.

The Israeli army also fired at night and during the day hundreds of missiles, and shells into many parts of the Gaza Strip, hitting many buildings, public facilities, roads, and infrastructure, in addition to many homes, residential and commercial towers, killing dozens of Palestinians and injuring more.

Some of the Palestinians who were killed on that day have been identified as:

1. Ahmad Khalil al-Louh, 32, killed by drone missiles, Sabra neighborhood – Gaza city.
2. Ziad Abu Dayer, killed in his home in the Shawwa Building, al-Wihda – Gaza city.
3. Rafif Ziad Abu Dyar, 11, killed in his home in the Shawwa Building, al-Wihda – Gaza city.
4. Ziad Abu Dyar, (Rafif’s father).
5. Mohammad Nazeer Abu al-‘Oun, 18, Beit Lahia.
6. Ahmad Ziyad Hussein Sabbah, 28 – Beit Lahia
7. Mohammad Husam Abu Sam’aan, assassinated in a car in Tal al-Hawa – Gaza.
8. Mohammad Jamal Abu Samaan, 27, assassinated in a car in Tal al-Hawa – Gaza.
9. Ali Waleed Breis, 31, assassinated in a car in Tal al-Hawa – Gaza.
10. Husam Abu Harbeed, killed by an Israeli missile in his home near Abu Haseera Junction, Gaza city.
11. Yahia Mansour Ghaben, 22, died of serious wounds suffered three days earlier west of Beit Hanoun when Israeli soldiers fired artillery shells at farmers near the American Hospital in northern Gaza.
12. Ahmad Fayez Arafat was killed by missile from Israeli drone in Abasan – Khan Younis.
13. Yousef Rafiq al-Baz, 13, was killed, his brother, Ramadan, 16, was wounded.

Mohammad was from Gaza. Source: IMEMC

May 17, 2021: Yahia Mansour Ghaben, 22, was killed by Israeli missiles in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

He was seriously injured from shrapnel of Israeli missiles, on May 13th, and remained in a critical condition at the Shifa Medical Center in Gaza until he succumbed to his injuries.

Medical sources at Shifa Hospital said Yahia was hit by shrapnel in the various parts of the body.

Yahia was a member of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.

The Israeli artillery also shelled agricultural lands and open areas from inside the border fence east of Rafah.

Several flares landed in the Shabura area of ​​the densely populated refugee camp in the center of Rafah, damaging several civilian homes and wounding two civilians.  They were transferred to Abu Yousef Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah. Medical sources described the injury of one, as serious. 

The Israeli army also fired several artillery shells from inside the border fence, towards agricultural land east of Al-Maghazi camp, in the Al-Sa`idah area in the central governorate. No injuries were reported.

More shells were also fired towards open land in Wadi al-Salqa village, east of Deir al-Balah city in the central governorate, wounding the child, Suleiman Essam Muhanna, ten, with shrapnel in the head, leaving her with a light injury. Another woman suffocated because of the smoke from the shelling and was taken to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for treatment.

In addition, the army assassinated a senior political leader of the Islamic Jihad, identified as Husam Abu Harbeed, after firing a missile at his home near Abu Haseera Junction, west of Gaza city, in addition to killing two other Palestinian, and wounding three, after firing a missile at their car in the same area.

At least one Palestinian from the Abu Jalhoum family was killed, and many others were injured by Israeli missiles, west of the al-Amoudi area, in northern Gaza.

In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, an Israeli drone fired a missile at Palestinians, east of the city, killing one, identified as Ahmad Arafat, and wounding several others.

The army also fired missiles into the Tal Za’tar neighborhood, in northern Gaza, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding several others.

In Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, the army fired artillery shells at homes and streets, killing many Palestinians, including children, in addition to killing Aa’ed Masoud, 24, in the al-Qasayeb neighborhood in Jabalia, in northern Gaza.

In Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, the soldiers bombarded a home for the al-Masri family, wounding at least five Palestinians, including four children, in addition to causing a severe injury to one Palestinian in Wadi as-Salqa area, south of Deir al-Balah.

The Israeli army targeted infrastructure, residential and commercial towers including those used by Palestinian and international media agencies, medical centers, many schools, and mosques, in addition to various buildings along the Gaza Strip.

Furthermore, a child was killed, and dozens were injured, after the army fired missiles at a residential tower in the al-Wehda Street, in Gaza city.

The army also fired a missile at a residential tower in the Remal neighborhood in Gaza, killing one child and wounding more than 10 Palestinians. The attack caused severe damage to the building and nearby colic, wounding many patients.

It took place just a few meters away from where the army killing more than 40 Palestinians, and injuring dozens, at dawn a day earlier.

Before the latest Israeli escalation, the Health Ministry in Gaza said Israeli missiles and shells have led to the death of 212 Palestinians, including sixty-one children, thirty-six women, and 16 elderly, in addition to wounding more than 1400, including dozens of women and children, many of them in serious conditions.

Many Palestinians remain buried under the rubble of bombarded homes, residential towers, and other facilities, and are presumed dead, amidst constant efforts to locate them in the hope of finding some who are still alive.

Yahia was from Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Source: IMEMC, Al-Haq