GAZA HOLOCAUST AND GENOCIDE 27.12.2008-18.01.2009

Tuesday, 13 January 2009

Mohammed's story


from Save the Children UK


Mohammed's story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8mTE9c-dLg


This is the story of Mohammed, a 12 years old child from Alatatra area north of the Gaza, he and his family flee from his home 9 days ago, when Israeli army started the ground operation in the Gaza. Now he lives in UNRWA school in Gaza city in a miserable situation where there is no electricity, lake of water, and fear everywhere.

A freelance filmmaker in Gaza shot this material for Save the Children at a UN supported school for Gazans displaced from their homes.

http://www.savethechildren.org.uk

The UN and Gaza

from AlJazeeraEnglish

Riz Khan speaks with Richard Falk, the UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories.
Part 1

Riz Khan - The UN and Gaza - 12 Jan 09 - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6V_Cs5mm0uw


Part 2

Riz Khan - The UN and Gaza - 12 Jan 09 - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfgF18jOKyw

Inside Story - War Crimes - January 12

from AlJazeeraEnglish

Inside Story asks: what are the chances of pursuing Israel legally? What, if any, recourse has the international community to punish those alleged to be accountable? Would senior Israeli political and military leaders bear personal liability for their offenses, and could they be prosecuted by an international tribunal? Maryam Nemazee discusses.
Part 1

Inside Story - War Crimes - January 12 - Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAoerczHGgg


Part 2

Inside Story - War Crimes - January 12 - Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEa6qA-nOgg

Monday, 12 January 2009

Gaza Situation Updates 11/01/2009 till 12/01/2009 - from PRCS


Gaza Situation Updates 11/01/2009 till 12/01/2009
from PRCS
http://www.palestinercs.org/news_details.aspx?nid=113

http://www.palestinercs.org/

PALESTINE RED CRESCENT SOCIETY
This report covers the period of 11/01/2009 (09:00am) till 12/01/2009 (09:00am)


For the 16th consecutive day of the Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip, PRCS is still at its highest level of alert in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt).

PRCS is deeply concerned over the continuous suffering of civilians particularly women, children, elderly and those with special needs, who lost their protection and human dignity by the current Israeli army aggression on Gaza strip.

The situation of victims in the affected area is getting more and more precarious. The PRCS EMS stations in Gaza strip receive tens of calls on a daily bases from people in the affected areas asking help.

"In more than 135 attempts to coordinate access, through the ICRC, to enter into the affected areas, only five cases were succeeded… in the five cases we were not able to complete our humanitarian tasks because of the obstacles and the gunfire by the Israeli soldiers… the ICRC staff witnessed the Israeli army shooting at the medical teams… We request from the ICRC to put pressure on the Israeli authorities to enable the medical teams to carry out its humanitarian mission, to alleviate the suffering of the wounded, the sick, the pregnant women, especially in the affected and the isolated areas". Dr. Muhamad Awadeh, PRCS' director of emergency medical services , said.

PRCS condemns the Israeli army's continuous hampering of access to medical personnel and ambulances to casualties and targeting them. Yesterday, two PRCS medical personnel received Gaz inhalation in Khan Younis area. It is worth mentioning that this unknown Gaz smells bad and causes the loose of consciousness, difficulties in breathing and headache.

The health and environmental situation in Gaza Strip is alarming. Many wounded people are dying as a result of not accessing urgent medical attention. Many dead bodies are still scattered in the streets and under the rubbles of the destroyed houses in most of the affected areas. The inability of the medical teams to evacuate the dead led to the decomposition of bodies due to the fact that the medical teams are not able to enter these areas, despite of all the ICRC coordination efforts.

Casualties :

PRCS remains extremely concerned over the Israeli army excessive use of force which flagrantly violates the principle of proportionality. A large number of civilians wounded and killed as a result of the heavy Israeli air strikes and indiscriminate bombardments all over the Gaza strip.

During the past 24 hours, the PRCS ambulances and medical teams were dispatched to tens of locations, where Israeli army conducted air strikes, land and see bombardments. According to PRCS records, 27 deaths and 127 injuries, including children, women, elderly, were transported by PRCS ambulances and medical teams.

Table of the total number of casualties:

Total number of Deaths 890
Children 250
Women 110
Men & Elderly 530

Total number of injuries 4090
Children 1350
Women 550
Men & Elderly 2190


Please note that the casualties' numbers above are not final since there any unknown number of casualties in areas that the medical teams could not enter till the moment.

Total number of deaths and injuries served by PRCS medical teams and ambulances:
Deaths 571
Injuries 2000


Situation in Gaza hospitals:

Gaza Strip hospitals and medical premises have suffered severe shortages of medical supplies over the past 18 months' blockade and are not equipped enough to receive mass casualties. Hospital Operating Rooms are overflowing, and running out of essential medicines. Hospitals and other medical facilities are also understaffed and not able to respond to the load of injuries. Hospitals were being overwhelmed with patients and were running out of space and supplies.

Palestine Red Crescent Intervention:

According to the PRCS EMS stations records, approximately 2000 injuries and 571 fatalities were transported by the PRCS ambulances since the beginning of the military operation.

PRCS received humanitarian assistance form the UNICEF, which includes 280 drinking water kits and 550 family water kits.

PRCS distributed baby milk and drinking water to 20 Palestinian families (95 persons), who left there homes in Tal Al Hawa area for safety.

Yesterday, PRCS Al Quds hospital received seven Egyptian doctors, who visit the hospital to check the injuries.
Yesterday three PRCS ICU ambulances assisted in transporting wounded cases from the hospitals to the Rafah border.
Since the beginning of the Israeli offensive, around 200 PRCS volunteers, 60 medics and 120 medical staff were actively involved in providing emergency care in Gaza Strip.

PRCS' challenges:
PRCS evacuated some of its premises for safety reasons. Since ten days, PRCS EMS station in Jabaliya has been evacuated for safety reasons.
Although the PRCS is doing coordination with the ICRC to allow the ambulances and the medical teams enter these locations to evacuate injuries and deaths, and to ensure their safety, PRCS ambulances and medical teams still have no access to the affected areas, which resulted in the death of several wounded.
PRCS faces a problem in the communication networks particularly in the northern part of Gaza Strip. In addition, PRCS EMS stations in Gaza faces the cut of telephone network, affecting the respond of the 101 to people's calls. An alternative line was organized, and the PRCS calls upon the people in Gaza city to contact the PRCS operations room in Gaza and PRCS Al Quds hospital if there is any emergency.

Urgent needs:
PRCS medical facilities in Gaza Strip need disposables, medicine, medical equipments, Humanitarian aid, relief items, food, water, fuel etc…for more information on the PRCS urgent needs please see the Preliminary PRCS Emergency Appeal 2009- Gaza Strip at the following link:
http://www.palestinercs.org/Reports/PRCSPreliminaryEmergencyAppeal2009GazaStrip.pdf

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>>Gaza Situation Updates 11/01/2009 till 12/01/2009
from PRCS
http://www.palestinercs.org/news_details.aspx?nid=113

http://www.palestinercs.org/

Israelis Soldiers refuse to serve in Gaza

from SocialTV

Israelis Soldiers refuse to serve in Gaza!
Israelis protest against the war in Gaza, Tel Aviv January 8th 2009.

Israelis Soldiers refuse to serve in Gaza
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cMs0nai4JQ

(UPDATED) WEBCAST - Monday 9:00 AM 12:00 AM GMT London

ARCHIVED VIDEO:
http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/archive.asp?go=090112


Monday, 12 January 2009
09:00 - 12:00 - 3rd Plenary Meeting LONDON (GMT)
10:00 - 13:00 - 3rd Plenary Meeting Geneva time(GMT+1)

Human Rights Council
Ninth special session
on the Grave Violations of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory including the recent aggression of the occupied Gaza Strip



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Israel troops shooting Palestinian paramedics in Jabaliya - ISM video

from ISM Palestine

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.

ISM video of Israel troops shooting Palestinian paramedics in Jabaliya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lb1rmLAuvM8

Sunday, 11 January 2009

Day 16 of Israeli War On Gaza - from GAZATODAY

from GAZATODAY.blogspot.com:
http://gazatoday.blogspot.com/2009/01/day-16-of-israeli-war-on-gaza.html


Day 16 of Israeli War On Gaza
By Sameh A. Habeeb, A Photojournalist, Humanitarian & Peace Activist in Gaza Strip.
Daily Feed About Gaza War:
1-Air raids on all points where the military ground operation in the first hour of the day 16.
2-Air raid destroyed the house of Abu Nizar Awadallah in Nasir area south north of Gaza.
3-Bombings near Omar Bin Khatab mosque in Khan younis in time of down praying for Muslims.
4-Extensive bombings on Palestinian Egyptian borders south of Rafah City.
5-A-25-woman killed in Khoza'a area due to Phosphorous bombs in Khan Yonis. Around 50 wounded according to medical sources.
6-Air raid destroyed house of Al Qasam commander, Ahmed Al Ja'bari, in east of Gaza Shijaya area.
7-Shells and rockets rained down in Khan Yonis City targeted open places.
8-A rocket targeted an orphanage and Al Fadila mosque in Rafah City.
9- A Palestinian killed and his father wounded in an Israeli raid in Khan Yonis City central Gaza.
10-Al Quds brigades: three of its fighters killed in Jabalia town.
11-Israeli air force threw thousand of leaflets at Rafah areas near the borders requesting populations to leave their houses.
12-A Palestinian, Baha' Abed 25, years killed and his sister Shaida abed wounded in Jabalia Refugee camp by an artillery shells.
13-A Palestinian killed and 2 wounded in Al zana area east of Khan Yonis City.
14-A rocket hit a car in Rafah and 5 people wounded in Rafah City.
15-Four Palestinian wounded in artillery shelling in Jabalia.
16-A Palestinian killed due to his wounds in Khan Yonis City.
17-Israeli drone fired a rocket towards Al Karama bulidning leaving 4 people dead from one family and an old woman. They area, Ala Bashir 40, his wife Lamia, 40, their son Sohaib, 18, and Jamila zyada 75 years.
18-A Palestinian killed, Ebrahim Salma, 25, killed near Al Krama buildings in bombings from Israeli air force.
19-Artillary shells hit house of Muhammad Khalaf in Jabalia. Two Palestinians from the same killed, the dead are Ebrahim Khalad, 35, and Belal Yahya,19. Around 10 wounded before the Israeli army destroyed the house by bulldozers.
20-Five children killed in Bait Lahia due to Israeli bombings. Two of them are sisters and 7 from others family. The killed ones are, Haitham yaser Ma'rof 12, Jehan, 16, Fatima Ma'rof 16. Two others from Ghaban family whose name are Khawla,16, Sahar,14.
21- Two Palestinians militants killed in Shija'ya area east of Gaza City.
22-A rocket targeted house of Tal'at hamoda resulted in the killing of his two sons. One of them is an infant, Fares 1year and a half and Muhmmad 22 years.
23-Head of Emergency and Ambulances: Death toll 880 and injured 3620.
24-A Palestinian killed in Rafah and several wounded south of the occupied strip.
25-Israeli army raided on the borders with Egypt, many tunnels destroyed.
26-A Palestinian killed in Jabalai evening of today. Around 3 other wounded, medical sources said.
27-Israeli tanks advanced into the Gaza Strip, town of Tal Al hawa. The tanks were faced by heavy fightings resulted in the death of many militants and few civilians. Muhammad Sada, Abd Al Kashif, Ebrahim Hamada, Abdalla Shmalkh, Ali shamalkh, Esam Shamalkh, Mahmoud Shamalk, Muhammd Tatr, Muhammad Al Naji, Ramzi Abu Ghanima and Ata Al Dahdods. They all aged between 18 to 37.
28-An artillery shell hit house of Al Jilb in Tal al hawa area. A 70-year-oldman killed in the attack.
29-A rocket fired from Israeli drone killed a man aged 24, Nour Abu Amish.
30-Local radios: A Palestinian woman who was going to deliver a baby and two of her relatives killed in Bait Lahia City. Many wounded in the place as an artillery shell targeted them.
31-Artilary shells targeted many buildings in Tal al hawa area. Tens wounded and 3 killed including a child aged 4 years.
32-Deadly clashes between Israeli army and Palestinian fighters near Jabal Al Kashif area northern Gaza.
33-A Palestinian called, Osama Abu Rijila, killed by rocket fired from a drone in Khan yonis. Another woman called, Hanan Al Najar.

34-Amnestey claimed that Israeli army is perpetrating War Crimes in Gaza.
35-Two rockets hit the area of Yaromk mid of Gaza, no one injured in the place.
36-Paramdicds found 14 dead bodies "corps" after Israeli tanks retreat from Khan Yonis area.
37-Israeli army targeted house of Awad and Hanya northern Gaza Strip.
38-Continued shells from Artillery canons northern Gaza Strip.
39-Heavy shells on the Gaza port and Al Shati' Refugee camp.
40-Apachi helicopters fired at Al Tofah and Sah'f area east of Gaza.
41-Many buildings destroyed at al Sudanya area.
42-More heavy raids on the borders with Egypt by F16s.
43-More thousands leaflets from Israeli air force in Rafah requesting all residents to leave their houses near Palestinian Egyptian borders.
44-Four people seriously injured in bombings targeted house of Muhammad Al Mutwag in Jabalia.
45-Rocket targeted Al Kahlout family in Gaza City and four people wounded in the place.
46-Palestinian fighters fired 20 rockets into Israeli settlements.
47-More Phosphorous bombs are being used east of Gaza City and this is so clear on the T.V footages going out of Gaza.
48-Humantarian Crisis still exacerbated as no access to water and bread.
49-Medical sector still paralyzed!
50-Hundreds of people flee from Jabalia town to Gaza City.
51-Three Egyptian soldiers wounded in Israeli bombings near the borders.
52-Many ambulances stop due to fuel shortages!
53-Israeli F16s targeted by heavy rockets a house near Ministry of Culture in Gaza. Many houses partially damaged as the area is densely populated. Around 10 people wounded in the place mid of Gaza City.
54-A car hit by Israeli air force in Nasir area south of Gaza City.
55-Two people killed at Al Shija'ya area in Israeli shelling targeted their house east of Gaza City.
56-Israeli naval forces open fire on Gaza shore.
57-Three patients died at Al Shifa' hospital due to their critical injuries.
58-Egyptian Doctors who came to Gaza: "we are shocked about the medical sector here. We have never seen such casualties."
59-Israeli army spokesman, Avehay adra'I denied the use of banned weapons while Many International Ngo's confirmed that Israel is using them. Human Rights Watah confirmed that and consider what's going in Gaza as war crimes!
60- A fire destroyed several factories and buildings east of Gaza near Jabalia Camp.
61-United Nations Training center, SMETH, partially damaged in a nearby bombing targeted a house near the culture ministry.
62- Around 40 wounded people in critical conditions left Gaza to Egypt and Arab hospitals.
63-Israeli F16s raided on a target in the Gaza City, al Zaytoun quarter. The rocket targeted a workshop.
64-Three Palestinians killed in Jabalia, near Al Jorn street northern eastern Gaza City.
65-Air force hovers all over the Gaza Strip in the early house of Sunday evening.
66-Israeli Premier, Ehud Olmert, "the military operation will continue"
67-Total casualties of today only is 30 persons.
68-Another 2 bombings by F16s in Al Zayotun area on some buildings that partially and totally destroyed.
69-Artillary shells in Abasan area east of Khan Yonis City and many people injured.
70-Many people faced suffocation cases in Khoza'a area due to an Israeli artillery shell.
71-Israei reserve soldiers on the borders of Gaza!

from GAZATODAY.blogspot.com:
http://gazatoday.blogspot.com/2009/01/day-16-of-israeli-war-on-gaza.html