Al Mezan Condemns the IOF Extrajudicial Killing of Three Palestinians

At around midnight on Saturday 2 April 2011, Israeli reconnaissance drones fired two missiles at a Palestinian car that was travelling on the Salah Ad-Din street, in the Gaza Strip.
According to investigations conducted by Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, a white Kia car was travelling on the Salah Ad-Din street, southeast of Deir Al Balah town.
The car was traveling northwards when Israeli reconnaissance drones fired two missiles at it.
According to eyewitnesses, the car was burnt and moved about 100 meters before it came to a stop.
As a result of the attack, three persons who were in the car were killed.
According to medical sources at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the dead bodies were totally burnt and their names were later identified.
  Al Mezan identified the names of the killed persons as follows: ·         Ali AbdullahLubbad, 36, from Al Shati' refugee camp; ·         Abdullah Ali Lubbad, 43; from Al Shati' refugee camp; and ·         Mohammed Mahdi Ad-Daiya, 34, from Az-Zaitoun neighborhood.
The three persons are known for their affiliation to the Hamas movement.
The car was totally destroyed in the attack.
Another car was passing by the attacked car and was severely damaged and its driver, Dahish Ibrahim As-Sersawi, 27, sustained injuries from shrapnel in the face, chest, abdomen, and right shoulder.
He was referred to Shifa Hospital in Gaza city.
Al Mezan Center for Human Rights strongly condemns the renewal of the Israeli policy of extrajudicial assassination.
It asserts that this policy by IOF disregards the lives of civilians and premeditatedly kills and injures civilians.
It also emphasizes that extrajudicial assassinations form one of the bases of Israeli policy in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and has killed hundreds of victims in contradiction with international law.
Al Mezan views with grave concern this new violation of international law, which comes in the context of escalating Israeli violations against civilians and civilian property in the Gaza Strip.
Al Mezan calls on the international community, particularly the High Contracting Party to the Fourth Geneva Convention, to uphold its legal obligation to promptly intervene to secure respect for the Convention and provide effective protection for civilians in the oPt.
This can only be achieved through diplomatic and political efforts to bring to account those who ordered and/or committed violations of international law; including extrajudicial assassinations.
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