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25-07-2006, 16:49
Date: 25 / 07 / 2006 Time: 14:09
Gaza- Ma'an- And thus it has reached this new stage, where without warning, the telephone or cellular phone rings in a Palestinian home. The caller is an Israeli intelligence officer who speaks weak Arabic. He speaks little and has only specific words to say, "We are from the Israeli Defence Force. Leave the house - we will destroy it in half an hour."
Abu Abed Al Mamlok whose home was bombarded last last night, said, "I was sitting at home in the Ash Shoja'eyeh District when I got a call from a unknown telephone number. When I answered, the caller asked me to leave the house within half an hour because they would be shelling it. I thought for a moment that the caller was playing a joke on me, but I also knew that this kind of call had been received by others, so I rushed to leave the house. It was then completely destroyed."
Hours before Al Mamlok's home was destroyed, Sheikh Mohammed Dib answered the ringing of his home telephone. He heard the cynical tone of the intelligence officer, who said only, "Take your children, women and furniture if you want, we will bombard your house within two hours."
These bombardments did not only affect the homes of Intifada activists but all the homes surrounding the homes earmarked for Israeli bombardment had to be evacuated as well as the Gaza Strip is densely populated and homes are built close to each other. Furthermore Israeli bombardment of homes have repeatedly damaged surrounding property so families neighboring Al Mamlok and Sheikh Mohammed Dib's homes had no choice but to evacuate.
Palestinian sources told Ma'an that at least 5 Palestinian resistance fighters had been informed that the Israeli army intended to destroy their homes. Three homes were destroyed on Monday night, in addition to the damage caused to the An Nahda residential building in the north of the Gaza Strip. The International Committee of the Red Cross refused to accept the role of intermediary between the Israeli army and the Palestinian owners of the houses because they said that this action of the Israeli forces is illegal under international humanitarian law.
Many Palestinians are afraid of this expansion in Israeli policy saying that this shows that the Israeli army is moving to demolish the homes of leaders of resistance movements and activists, and not places which house ammunition stores as they have claimed.
The Israeli army has used F-16 warplanes to bombard several houses in different areas in the Gaza Strip, claiming that they belong to Palestinian activists. These house demolitions came hours after the residents were given a warning from the army to leave, resulting in high numbers of civilian casualties.
The Israeli warplanes bombarded the home of Islamic Jihad activist Salah Ash Sha'er in northern Khan Younis, injuring one Palestinian. They also bombarded the home of Tawfiq Abu Mahsen in the Al Brazil district in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Abu Mahsen is a member of the Izzedine Al Qassam Brigades and the bombardment of his home injured 6 people who had to be taken to the Abu Yousef An Najjar hospital for treatment.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, Israeli warplanes bombed the home of a family in the Ash Shoja'eyeh District in the center of Gaza, moderately injuring four people who were taken to the Ash Shifa'a hospital for treatment.
On Monday afternoon, Israeli forces launched missiles at an empty house in the AZ Zaytoun region in the south of Gaza City, claiming that there were weapons being stored in the house.
Six homes have been bombed and demolished by the Israeli forces over the last few hours.
Gaza- Ma'an- And thus it has reached this new stage, where without warning, the telephone or cellular phone rings in a Palestinian home. The caller is an Israeli intelligence officer who speaks weak Arabic. He speaks little and has only specific words to say, "We are from the Israeli Defence Force. Leave the house - we will destroy it in half an hour."
Abu Abed Al Mamlok whose home was bombarded last last night, said, "I was sitting at home in the Ash Shoja'eyeh District when I got a call from a unknown telephone number. When I answered, the caller asked me to leave the house within half an hour because they would be shelling it. I thought for a moment that the caller was playing a joke on me, but I also knew that this kind of call had been received by others, so I rushed to leave the house. It was then completely destroyed."
Hours before Al Mamlok's home was destroyed, Sheikh Mohammed Dib answered the ringing of his home telephone. He heard the cynical tone of the intelligence officer, who said only, "Take your children, women and furniture if you want, we will bombard your house within two hours."
These bombardments did not only affect the homes of Intifada activists but all the homes surrounding the homes earmarked for Israeli bombardment had to be evacuated as well as the Gaza Strip is densely populated and homes are built close to each other. Furthermore Israeli bombardment of homes have repeatedly damaged surrounding property so families neighboring Al Mamlok and Sheikh Mohammed Dib's homes had no choice but to evacuate.
Palestinian sources told Ma'an that at least 5 Palestinian resistance fighters had been informed that the Israeli army intended to destroy their homes. Three homes were destroyed on Monday night, in addition to the damage caused to the An Nahda residential building in the north of the Gaza Strip. The International Committee of the Red Cross refused to accept the role of intermediary between the Israeli army and the Palestinian owners of the houses because they said that this action of the Israeli forces is illegal under international humanitarian law.
Many Palestinians are afraid of this expansion in Israeli policy saying that this shows that the Israeli army is moving to demolish the homes of leaders of resistance movements and activists, and not places which house ammunition stores as they have claimed.
The Israeli army has used F-16 warplanes to bombard several houses in different areas in the Gaza Strip, claiming that they belong to Palestinian activists. These house demolitions came hours after the residents were given a warning from the army to leave, resulting in high numbers of civilian casualties.
The Israeli warplanes bombarded the home of Islamic Jihad activist Salah Ash Sha'er in northern Khan Younis, injuring one Palestinian. They also bombarded the home of Tawfiq Abu Mahsen in the Al Brazil district in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Abu Mahsen is a member of the Izzedine Al Qassam Brigades and the bombardment of his home injured 6 people who had to be taken to the Abu Yousef An Najjar hospital for treatment.
Earlier on Tuesday morning, Israeli warplanes bombed the home of a family in the Ash Shoja'eyeh District in the center of Gaza, moderately injuring four people who were taken to the Ash Shifa'a hospital for treatment.
On Monday afternoon, Israeli forces launched missiles at an empty house in the AZ Zaytoun region in the south of Gaza City, claiming that there were weapons being stored in the house.
Six homes have been bombed and demolished by the Israeli forces over the last few hours.