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8 April 2011
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At approximately 6:30pm on Friday 8 April 2011, the IOF fired an artillery shell at a group of Palestinian men who were near the Al Sheja’iya Cemetery in the Al Beltaji Street in the Al Sheja’ia neighborhood, east of Gaza city.
As a result, several persons were injured.
People who live in that area hurried to help the injured persons.
An ambulance arrived at the place of the attack.
Whilepeople were helping the injured persons, the IOF fired another artillery shell at them.
As a result, two persons were killed and ten persons were injured, including four children and a paramedic.
Al Mezan identified the names of the injured persons as follows:
Mahmoud Majed Al ‘Ijla, 17;
Jalal Muneer Al Jammal, 22;
Rami Abdel Men’en Dababesh, 29;
Hamdi Ammar Bahloul, 16;
‘Usama Mamoud Fouad, 14;
Rezeq Sa’eed Al ‘Amawi, 25;
Jaber Saleem Abu Al Kas, 12;
Hamza Mohammed Shamali, 24; and
Sami Khader Abu ‘Aser, 25.
Khalil Jamal Mheesin, 31.
Al Mezan identified the names of the killed persons as follows:
Mahmoud Wael Al Jaru, 10; and
Belal Mohammed Al ‘Ar’eer, 24.
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