Issued at 2pm, Jabalia The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) expanded their incursion into north Gaza area, which had started yesterday, under escalating statements by Israeli officials.
Until 2:00pm today, 30 September 2004, 17 Palestinians have been murdered by IOF.
Another 95 were reported injured.
Israeli tanks stormed into several neighborhoods in Jabalia refugee camp under continued missile launches and bombardment.
Numerous homes and public facilities were damaged.
According to the Al Mezan Center's field investigations, most of the Palestinians who were killed died from missile shrapnel.
Following is a list of the people who were killed since yesterday: 1) Tawfeeq Muhammad Ash-Shrafi, aged 24; 2) Ahmad Ibrahim Madi, aged 17; 3) Said Muhammad Abu Al Aish, aged 14; 4) Musaab Al Barad'i, aged 21; 5) Fathi As Sawaween, aged 23; 6) Khalil Naji, aged 27; 7) Abdul Hai An Najjar, aged 20; 8) Usama Muhammad Al Bursh, aged 21; 9) Sufian Abu Al Jidyan, aged 33; 10) Rafat Jaballah, aged 25; 11) Muhammad Al Habel, aged 24; 12) Hamza Ahmad, aged 23; 13) Yousif Al Habel, aged 60; 14) Muhammad Al Ja'beer, aged 17; 15) Hazim Farajallah, aged 27; 16) Atif Al Ashqar, aged 27.
] A child's body is not yet identified and is still kept at the hospital.
Additionally, 95 people were wounded; three of whom seriously.
Among the wounded are 35 children.
Yesterday midnight, Israeli helicopter gun-ships launched missiles at an Islamic charity office in Gaza City.
No casualties were reported.
Meanwhile, IOF continued the closure of the beach road and banning movement between the Gaza Strip areas for the fourth day.
Al Mezan Center for Human Right condemns Israel's collective punishment of Palestinian civilians.
IOF perpetrate serious violations of Palestinians' human rights under the pretext of security.
In practice, most of the IOF's targets are unarmed civilians as troops and tanks are operating in densely populated areas.
The arbitrary shelling and bombardment of residential areas, added to the excessive, disproportionate use of force against civilians and their property constitute grave breaches of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
By the time Al Mezan warns about further Israeli escalation in the most populated refugee camp in the Gaza strip, the Center calls upon the international community to immediately intervene and end IOF's breaches of the International Humanitarian law (IHL).
The international community should fulfill its moral and legal responsibilities under IHL and provide effective protection for civilians in the OPT.
END