12PM Gaza Time The Israeli occupation force (IOF) military attacks resumed after the 12-hour humanitarian truce ended at 8 pm last night, Saturday, 26 July 2014.
Scenes of vast destruction dominated areas across the Gaza Strip.
The truce allowed medical and rescue teams to recover dozens of bodies from areas across the Gaza Strip of people who had been killed or had been injured and without evacuation had succumbed to their injuries.
On 20 July 2014 many casualties were amassed with many of the injured left to bleed to death as the IOF prevented ambulance access to the area for days.
The efforts were endless of rescue crews and medical personnel to secure coordination through the International Committee of the Red Cross to enter the areas.
But the Israeli authorities denied the requests.
As of 12 pm today, 27 July 2014, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights has verified that 110 dead bodies have been recovered from these areas, raising the total Palestinian death toll to 1,032 since the start of Operation Protective Edge.
With the recovery of 110 bodies in the past two days, Al Mezan can confirm that as of 12pm today, Sunday 27 July 2014, at least 1,032 Palestinians have been killed by the IOF; including 219 children and 117 women.
According to Al Mezan's initial investigations 800 (i.
e.
77.
5%) of the victims are civilian.
Many others were people known to be affiliated with Palestinian factions, although they were not taking part in hostilities.
At least 481 (46.
6%; 156 children and 98 women) were killed inside their homes; and two women with disability were killed in an attack on a rehabilitation center for people with severe and complex impairments.
Another 126 people were killed in the vicinity of their houses; including in situations where they were trying to flee from their homes as a result of IOF attacks.
At least 4,382 people have been injured in the same period; of whom at least 1,220 are children and 879 are women.
At least, 3,998 houses were destroyed or damaged during this period; of which 500 were destroyed completely as the IOF directly and deliberately attacked 587 of the total number of damaged houses.
The numbers of casualties and houses are not final, but only those verified by Al Mezan thus far.
They are expected to rise as the verification of cases is on-going.
IOF attacks also damaged or destroyed 61 schools, 88 mosques, one ambulance center, 21 NGO offices, 46 fishing boats and 8 hospitals.
The IOF massacre in Shejai'ya on 20 July 2014 was carried out by indiscriminate artillery fire and airstrikes.
The attacks were violent and intense, and the worst strikes of those so far that have directly targeted civilians in houses and fleeing.
On Saturday 26 July, i.
e.
six days after these attacks in Shejai’ya, the catastrophe that hit the neighborhood was accessible to residents as well as rescue teams.
Al Mezan was able to reach the neighborhood and report on the dozens of people - the vast majority of whom are civilian – being pulled out from under the rubble where they had been decomposing for six days.
Al Mezan listed ten of those in yesterday's press release.
The following list is of 34 bodies who were found and verified by Al Mezan.
All of the following individuals were from Al Shejai'ya.
Their bodies were recovered on Saturday, 26 July 2014.
- Sami Fathi Al Ar'eer, 50; - Hassan Fathi Al Ar'eer, 30; - Abdel Kareem Fathi Al Ar'eer, 30; - Mohammed Rafeq Al Ar'eer, 30; - Fathi Sami Al Ar'eer, 20; - Fadi Abdel Qader Habeeb, 35; - Abdel Rahman Ziyad Abu Heen, 28; - Mahmoud Ra'ed Al Aish, 23; - Omar Abdel Hakeem Al Sheikh Khalil, 25; - Issam Mohammed Shamali, 28; - Ibrahim Kamal Abu Ajwa, 27; - Adham Majid Dhaher, 18; - Mohammed Mahmoud Hajjaj, 34 - Hamid Mohammed Al Sheikh Khalil, 30; - Mohamemd Kamal Abu Al 'Ata, 32; - Mos'ab Salah Abu Al 'Ata, 21; - Mohammed Mahmoud Abu Al 'Ata, 28; - Ismail Ayish Abu Ghaneema, 26; - Ibrahim Ayish Abu Ghaneema, 26; - Hamza Mahmoud Hillis, 25; - Fareed Abdel Qader Habeeb, 30; - Shakir Ahmad Al Jammal, 48; - Ahmad Mousa Ahl, 76; - Abdallah Arafat Al Minyawi, 25; - Jehad Mahmoud Al Helu, 59; - Seham Atta Al Helu, 57; - Mohammed Jehad Al Helu, 29; - Tahrir Jehad Al Helu, 20; - Jajiba Jehad Al Helu, 15; - Ahmed Jehad Al Helu, 29; - Hedaya Talal Al Helu, 25; - Maram Ahmed Al Helu, 2; - Kareem Ahmed Al Helu, 5 months - Karam Ahmed Al Helu, 5 months  Rescue teams were also able to recover bodies in the nearby Al Tuffah and Al Sha'af neighborhoods, including of the following individuals: Mohammed Issam Abu Balta, 28; Khalid Yousef Badwan, 48; and Mohammed Ritad Shabet, 25.
Another man, Mohammed Kishku, 22, succumbed to injuries in Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City also on 26 July 2014.
The following incidents and updates have been recorded by Al Mezan as also occurring on Saturday, 26, and on Sunday, 27 July 2014: At approximately 8:30 am on Saturday, 26 July 2014, rescue crews recovered the bodies of 37 people who had been killed during IOF attacks over the past few days; the bodies include that of one woman and a child.
The bodies were found in the Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahiya, and Jabaliya towns in the North Gaza district.
The bodies were recovered during the 12-hour humanitarian truce from 8 am to 8 pm on 26 July.
They have been identified as: - Monther Nasser, 33; - Tamer Nasser, 24; - Alaa Nasser, 25; - Taher Nasser, 18; - Nemaa Abu Eshma, 63, - Fawzi Abu Eshma, 67; - Duaa Suada, 11; - Mohammed Al Zuwaidy, 30; - ; Ehab Nasser, 21; - Sharaf Al Hamdeen, 25; - Alaa Al Yazjy, 21; - Abdul Rahman Sa’dat, 23; - Khaled Odwan, 30; - Isama Al Kafarna, 20; - Momen Okasha, 10; - Iyas Owda, 28; - Nader Qassem, 29; - Nedal Al Zaaneen, 19; - Mohammed Al Masry, 19; - Mohammed Hasna, 53; - Mohammed Abu Jarad, 20; - Nedal Abdullah, 23; - Saed Juneid, 23; - Mahmoud Mansour, 22; - Mosab Ali, 23; - Ismail Khella, 21; - Abdul Jawad Al Houm, 34; - Mohammed Al Hawajry, 28; - Saed Abu Khater, 19; - Salman Sama’na, 24; - Tareq Al Ajramy, 24; - Mohammed Abu Khousa, 22; - Hamza Mady, 22; - Alaa Tanteesh, 19; - Wesam Al Keilan, 26; - Wasseem Al Masry, 22; - Ammar Hamdouna, 22.
At approximately 2:50 pm on Thursday, 24 July 2014, an Israel drone fired one missile at a house belonging to Faisal Al Shishi.
His son Rami, 31, was fatally injured in the attack, dying at approximately 10:00 am on Saturday, 26 July 2014.
At around 10:30 am on Saturday, 26 July 2014, Israeli artillery opened (automatic) fire at the civilian, Naeem Abed Al Aziz Abu Zaher, 37, killing him.
The attack took place when he was near his house, in the east of Wadi Al Salqa in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
In his testimony to Al Mezan, Younis Abu Zaher, 35, said: “when the ceasefire was announced, my uncle, Naeem, left his shelter near Al Mazraa school in Deir Al Balah to return to his home in east Wadi Al Salqa to check on it.
But he didn't come back.
We were frightened and after we asked around, we heard that his body had been picked up at around 4:55 pm on the same day.
At approximately 11:45 am on Saturday, 26 July 2014, medical sources in Khan Younis pronounced Ali Al Astal, 32, dead.
Al Astal succumbed to injuries sustained in an airstrike that struck farmland near his house.
At around 5:00 pm on Saturday, 26 July 2014, medical sources at Shuhadaa Al Aqsa Hospital in the Middle Area, announced the death of Ayman Nour Bareem, 39.
He succumbed to his earlier injures sustained when an Israeli drone fired a missile at him at around 6:40 pm on Monday, 21July 2014.
He was in Wadi Al Salqa at the time of the attack.
At approximately 3:50 pm on Thursday, 24 July 2014, an Israel warplane fired one missile at a house belonging to the Warash Agha family.
Sixteen were injured in the attack, including four women and four children and one person was killed: Mohammed Saeed Baba, 40, succumbed to his injuries at approximately 5:30 pm on Saturday, 26 July 2014.
The house was completely destroyed; three adjacent houses were severely damaged, and six others sustained partial damage.
Since 9:30 am on Sunday, 27 July 2014, Israeli artillery fired shells at houses in the north of Gaza after the short humanitarian truce between 8 am and 8 pm.
After 8 pm, IOF had declared the intention to extend the truce until Saturday midnight; however, it was broken by IOF artillery shelling in north and east of the town of Beit Hanoun, northern parts of Beit Lahiya, and east Jabaliya.
At around 9:30 am on Sunday, 27 July 2014, Israeli artillery positioned beyond the separation fence, east of the Middle Area in the Gaza Strip, fired several missiles at the north of Al Moghraqa village.
One of the missiles struck near a poultry feed truck.
Eid Ahmad Al Kharti, 70, and his sonSufyan,40, were killed and 5 other workers were moderately injured.
At approximately 9:30 am on Sunday, 27 July 2014, medical sources pronounced the death of Fady Baraka, 14.
He succumbed to injuries sustained in an attack in the east of Khan Younis.
At approximately 9:50 am on Sunday, 27 July 2014, an Israeli drone fired one missile at a group of people who were on farmland belonging to the Abu Bteijan family, in the south of Al Nusseirat refugee camp.
Two were killed immediately: Ibrahim Al Drawi, 23, and AlaaMattar, 24.
One other was critically injured; Baha' Salah Abu Sa'eed, 26, succumbed to his wounds within three hours from the attack.
An older woman, Fatima Abu Njeel, 80, was moderately injured.
At approximately 10:00 am, on Sunday 27 July 2014, Israeli artillery positioned beyond the separation fence, east of the middle of the middle of Gaza district.
One child Fadi Al Qreenawi, 11, was killed by the artillery fire.
Mad’an Al Qreenawi, 67, was injured in his left hand.
Their injuries were described as “moderate”.
At approximately 10:45 am on Sunday, 27 July 2014, Israeli warplanes targeted a motorcycle in Bani Suheila.
One person, Issam Abu Sa’ada, 35, was killed.
At approximately 11:00 am on Sunday, 27 July 2014, Israeli warplanes targeted a group of people in Abbassan Al Kabeera in the east of Khan Younis.
Hazem Abu Shammala, 33, was killed, and three others were injured.
At approximately 11:00 am on Sunday, 27 July 2014, Israeli occupation forces invading the north of Beit Hanoun opened (automatic) fire at a group of civilians who were on Al Sikka Street, Abdul Hameed Street and Salahud Din Street.
The people were on their way home after they heard of the short ceasefire.
No injuries were reported.
At approximately 11:10 am on Sunday, 27 July 2014, Israeli warplanes targeted a group of people east of Abassan Al Kabeera in the east of Khan Younis.
One person, Khaled Sahmoud, 30, was killed.
Medical staff recovered the bodies of twelve people from areas across Khan Younis.
The bodies have been identified as: Suleiman Ad Dardeesy, 27; Ahmad Abu Saada, 24; Mohammed Abu Tu’eima, 35; Raed Abu Tu’eima, 33; Mamdouh Abu Naja, 24; Ayman Al Ghalban, 22; Jihad Abu Amer, 24; Rabah Fayyad, 23; Fadi Al Masry, 23; Iyad Al Sady, 25; Salem Al Hudheidy, 26; and Wasseem Shurrab, 22.
Al Mezan strongly condemns the IOF's serious violations of international law including the extensive, sometimes indiscriminate, armed attacks on civilian targets.
Al Mezan expresses outrage by the attacks on houses with families inside and the firing at fleeing civilians.
Al Mezan strongly condemns the attacks on civilian objects including hospitals, IDP shelters, electricity facilities, ambulances, and houses.
Al Mezan expresses serious concern by the continued failure of the international community to provide due protection for the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, and its failure to clearly condemn the IOF's flagrant violations of international law.
This failure encouraged the continuation of serious violations of international law; the violations are reflected in human lives.
Al Mezan therefore calls on the international community to: Condemn with the strongest terms Israel's grave breaches of international humanitarian law (IHL) in the context of Operation Protective Edge; Take immediate, effective action to provide due protection of civilians in the Gaza Strip from military attacks and persecution; Express unequivocal support and play a positive role in ensuring that credible, independent investigations into the suspected violations of human rights and IHL in the context of the operation Protective Edge are carried out so that accountability is ensured for those who committed the violations, and redress is ensured for their victims; and Press for an immediate end to Israel's unlawful closure and blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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