At approximately 9:00 am Tuesday, 15/5/202 the Israeli Forces opened fire on a group of Palestinians women in the Al-Mawasi area, located on Rafah coastline, while they were trying to pass the checkpoint in the entrance of the area.
Three women were wounded as a result: Fatima Udeh Eid Shaluf, age 40, wounded with a live bullet in the right arm, Widad Ibrahim al-Bardawil, age 43, shrapnel in the right thigh, and Farida Hmaid Shaluf, 57 years old, shrapnel in the nick.
At approximately 12:30 am Sunday 12 May 2002, the Israeli forces have tightened the their siege around al-Mawasi area.
Many people could not return to the area after the area was closed, including mothers and fathers.
On Tuesday 14 May 2002, these forces entered al-Mawasi and surrounded Yusif Ihmid Mustafa Zurub’s house and closed with walls its door and windows.
In addition, they razed 55 dunams[1] owned by Jamal Ibrahim Muhammad Zurub and his brother, Ismail.
The Israeli incursions in Rafah have also continued.
Six tanks and two military bulldozers have entered as-Salam Neighborhood, on the borderline between Rafah and Egypt, at approximately 4am Wednesday 15 May 2002.
They closed the area and carried out searches in the houses.
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights is gravely concerned for the continued Israeli aggression against Palestinian civilians and their property in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
The Center views the Israeli procedures as illegal collective punishment of civilians.
As such, the Center calls upon the international community, especially the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, to intervene immediately and put an end to the Israeli breaches of the Convention, which is fully applicable in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
[1] One dunam corresponds to 1,000 square meters.
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