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4 February 2002 |Reference 12/2002
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In a new crime, the Israeli occupation forces shelled a Palestinian car and killed four persons Monday 4/2/2002 at about 08:00.
This crime constitutes one of the extra judicial killings these forces launch against Palestinians since the beginning of the current uprising on 29/9/2000.
According to eyewitnesses, a civilian car, a yellow Subaru, No.
2-0611-41, occupied by five Palestinians was shelled by unidentified missiles.
Members of the Palestinian National Security forces, who are stationed nearby, said they heard the sound of a helicopter at the same time.
Four Palestinians were killed in the incident.
They are:
Ibrahim Hussain Abdul-Rahman Jarbu’, 25-years-old.
from Rafah.
Ayman Abdul Qadir Udih al-Buhdari, 31-years-old, from Rafah.
Majid Marzuq Mahmud Mu’ammar, 27-years-old from Rafah.
Muhammad Fayiz Abu Snaima, 21-years-old from Rafah.
A fifth was seriously injured in the incident.
Yesterday 3/2/2002 evening the Israeli forces opened fire on Muhammad Mahmud Kabaja, 37-years-old near his store by Salah ad-Din Gate area.
He was shot in the head and the ambulance which took him to hospital was stopped for almost an hour.
Moreover, at about 21:00, these forces shot Kamil Abu Akar, 14-years-old from Khan Yunis Refugee Camp.
He was injured with several bullets in his body.
Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights strongly condemns these crimes, especially extra-judicial executions, which are perpetrated under the silence of the international community.
The Center believes this state of silence encourages the occupation forces to go on.
The Center emphasizes the fact that these acts constitute war crimes according to international law, which demands bringing those who ordered or committed them to justice.
As such, the center calls the international Community to:
Stop the state of silence towards the Israeli crimes and fulfill its moral and legal obligations towards Palestinian civilians in the occupied Palestinian Territories.
Provide urgent international protection for Palestinian civilians and their property in these territories.
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