The crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
Jerusalem, continues to perilously escalate. The vicious and bloody Israeli
onslaught against the Palestinian people and Palestinian leadership has indeed
widened in scope and intensity since my last letter to you on 5 April 2002.
The death toll of Palestinians continues to mount and the path of destruction
being wrought continues to expand as a result of this ongoing military
campaign by Israel, the occupying Power.
Of profound concern is the critical situation in the occupied
cities of Jenin and Nablus and the adjacent refugee camps that have come under
brutal attacks by Israeli occupying forces in recent days. The refugee camp in
Jenin has endured the deadliest Israeli assaults with reports of more than 100
Palestinians killed, including innocent children, women and men. Many of those
killed by the Israeli occupying forces bled to death as they lay in the
streets while Israeli soldiers continued to prevent emergency medical
assistance from reaching them. Moreover, the bodies of so many of the
Palestinians killed remain in the streets as the occupying forces continue to
deny Palestinians the ability to retrieve the dead for burial. In addition to
the tragic human carnage, Israeli tanks, bulldozers and missiles have
completely ravaged the refugee camp, causing severe destruction to homes,
properties, roads and the entire infrastructure of the refugee camp.
In nearby Nablus and in Al-Ain refugee camp, Israeli
occupying forces also continue to wage attacks by tanks and helicopter
gunships against the Palestinian people, killing at least 14 Palestinians.
Israeli occupying forces have also continued to round-up Palestinian males in
the two Palestinian cities and the refugee camps. The number of Palestinian
males being arbitrarily detained by the occupying forces has now surpassed
2,000 people.
In Bethlehem, the Israeli siege of the Church of the Nativity
also continues and the city, like the other cities reoccupied by the Israeli
occupying forces, remains a closed military zone. Moreover, the Israeli
occupying forces continue their siege of the headquarters of President Yasser
Arafat in the besieged city of Ramallah.
The humanitarian situation on the ground in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory has become both tragic and appalling due to the depraved
polices and practices of the occupying Power, which are in total violation of
even the most basic human rights. The curfews imposed on Palestinian towns and
cities continue to intensify the suffering of the Palestinian people,
preventing them from attending to essential needs, such as procuring food and
water and electricity is still cut off in many of the besieged towns, cities
and refugee camps.
United Nations agencies, including the United Nations Relief
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), and other humanitarian aid
organizations, including the International Committee for the Red Cross,
continue to be prevented from providing emergency food and medical assistance
to Palestinian people. At the same time, Israeli occupying forces continue to
prevent journalists from reporting on the situation, targeting them and
harassing them, confiscating tapes and blocking access to Palestinian cities
and refugee camps to enable the occupying forces to carry out their military
campaign of war crimes and State terrorism out of the view of the
international community.
All of this continues despite repeated calls by the
international community, in particular the Security Council, for the immediate
implementation of Security Council resolution 1402 (2002) and most recently
resolution 1403 (2002), which calls for the withdrawal, without delay, of
Israeli occupying forces form Palestinian cities, including Ramallah. We once
again call upon the international community to take action to ensure the
implementation of these Security Council resolutions and to bring an immediate
halt to the Israeli onslaught against the Palestinian people in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory.
In follow-up to my previous 115 letters to you regarding the
crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, dated from
29 September 2000 to 5 April 2002 (A/55/432-S/2000/921; A/55/437-S/2000/930;
A/55/450-S/2000/957; A/55/466-S/2000/971; A/55/474-S/2000/984;
A/55/490-S/2000/993; A/ES-10/39-S/2000/1015; A/ES-10/40-S/2000/1025;
A/ES-10/42-S/2000/1068; A/ES-10/43-S/2000/1078; A/ES-10/44-S/2000/1093;
A/ES-10/45-S/2000/1104; A/ES-10/46- S/2000/1107; A/ES-10/47-S/2000/1116;
A/ES-10/48-S/2000/1129; A/ES-10/49-S/2000/1154; A/ES-10/50-S/2000/1173;
A/ES-10/51- S/2000/1185; A/ES-10/52-S/2000/1206; A/ES-10/53-S/2000/1247;
A/ES-10/54-S/2001/7; A/ES-10/55-S/2001/33; A/ES-10/56-S/2001/50;
A/ES-10/57-S/2001/101; A/ES-10/58-S/2001/131; A/ES-10/59-S/2001/156;
A/ES-10/60-S/2001/175; A/ES-10/61- S/2001/189; A/ES-10/64-S/2001/209;
A/ES-10/65-S/2001/226; A/ES-10/66-S/2001/239; A/ES-10/67-S/2001/255; A/ES-
10/68-S/2001/284; A/ES-10/69-S/2001/295; A/ES-10/70-S/2001/304;
A/ES-10/71-S/2001/314; A/ES-10/72-S/2001/332; A/ES-10/75-S/2001/352;
A/ES-10/76-S/2001/372; A/ES-10/79-S/2001/418; A/ES-10/80-S/2001/432;
A/ES-10/81-S/2001/447; A/ES-10/82-S/2001/463; A/ES-10/83-S/2001/471;
A/ES-10/84-S/2001/479; A/ES-10/85-S/2001/486; A/ES-10/86-S/2001/496;
A/ES-10/87-S/2001/504; A/ES-10/88-S/2001/508; A/ES-10/89-S/2001/544;
A/ES-10/90-S/2001/586; A/ES-10/91-S/2001/605; A/ES-10/92-S/2001/629;
A/ES-10/93-S/2001/657; A/ES-10/94-S/2001/669; A/ES-10/95-S/2001/686;
A/ES-10/96-S/2001/697; A/ES-10/97-S/2001/708; A/ES-10/98-S/2001/717;
A/ES-10/99S/2001/742; A/ES-10/100-S/2001/754; A/ES10/101-S/2001/783;
A/ES-10/102-S/2001/785; A/ES-10/103-S/2001/798; A/ES10/104-S/2001/812;
A/ES-10/105-S/2001/814; A/ES-10/107-S/2001/821; A/ES-10/108-S/2001/826;
A/ES-10/111-S/2001/880; A/ES-10/112-S/2001/918; A/ES-10/114-S/2001/928;
A/ES-10/115-S/2001/932; A/ES-10/116-S/2001/941; A/ES-10/117-S/2001/971
A/ES-10/118-S/2001/989; A/ES-10/119-S/2001/991; A/ES-10/121-S/2001/1007,
A/ES-10/122-S/2001/1024; A/ES-10/123-S/2001/1036; A/ES-10/124-S/2001/1084;
A/ES-10/125-S/2001/1092; A/ES-10/126-S/2001/1118; A/ES-10/128-S/2001/1149;
A/ES-10/129-S/2001/1166; A/ES-10/133-S/2000/1239; A/ES-10/134-S/2001/126;
A/ES-10/136-S/2002/18; A/ES-10/137-S/2002/39; A/ES-10/138-S/2002/48;
A/ES-10/139-S/2002/58; A/ES-10/140-S/2002/89; A/ES-10/141-S/2002/95;
A/ES-10/142-S/2002/102; A/ES-10/143-S/2002/121; A/ES-10/144-S/2002/142;
A/ES-10/145-S/2002/146; A/ES-10/146-S/2002/165; A/ES-10/147-S/2002/175;
A/ES-10/148-S/2002/182; A/ES-10/149-S/2002/186; A/ES-10/150-S/2002/214;
A/ES-10/151-S/2002/223; A/ES-10/152-S/2002/232; A/ES-10/154-S/2002/242;
A/ES-10/155-S/2002/248; A/ES-10/156-S/2002/245; A/ES-10/157-S/2002/253;
A/ES-10/158-S/2002/258; A/ES-10/159-S/2002/281; A/ES-10/160-S/2002/307;
A/ES-10/161-S/2002/319; A/ES-10/162-S/2002/330; A/ES-10/163-S/2002/340;
A/ES-10/164-S/2002/353 and A/ES-10/165-S/2000/361), it is my profound regret
to inform you that at least 104 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli
occupying forces, raising the total number of Palestinian martyrs to 1,340
people. Once again, due to the extremely difficult circumstances in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, we have been unable to compile a complete and
accurate list of all of the Palestinian martyrs that have been killed by the
Israeli occupying forces, particularly those that have been killed in the
attack on the Jenin refugee camp. The annex to the present letter contains the
names of the martyrs that have thus far been identified, and the names of the
other Palestinians that have been killed by the occupying forces will be
conveyed once they are identified.
Names of Martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem*
(Saturday, 6 April 2002 to Tuesday, 9 April 2002)
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Saturday, 6 April 2002
- Munir Issa Wahashi
- Mustafa Al-Shalabi
- Mohammed Mahmoud Hamed
- Tarik Darwasheh
- Samir Mohammed Jaradat
- Fadi Abu Odeh
- Ayman Zaki Attiyeh Al-Jazar
- Tarik Suliman Ahmed Abu Hassanein
- Nder Jameel Al-Hadar
- Jihad Hamad Quraeish
- Sherrif Khalil Al-Omri
- Majid Abu Al-Rab
- Robin Jamil Mahmoud Al-Khadoor (13 years old)
- Ali Mustafa Abu Riziq
- Shadi Fawzi Mohammed Abu Ghali
- Samiha Najeh Abdelhady Hassan
- Salwa Mohammed Khaled Al-Dahlees (12 years old)
- Imad Al-Haj Hamad
- Khaled Shaqo
- Issam Darmali
- Nidal Obeidat
- Ilham Ali Dusoqi
- Mouaied Jameel
- Abdelfattah Mohammed Abu Al-Rab
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Sunday, 7 April 2002
- Kamal Al-Mallah
- Youssef Abu Zied
- Hani Al-Shalabi
- Iyad Abu Al-Rab
- Mahmoud Al-Qanne
- Majid Sawafteh
- Yasser Al-Shaweesh
- Amjad Al-Qatooni
- Saidi Mohammed Abu Hasneh
- Khaled Musa Juma’a Al-Tier
- Nidal Abu Odeh
- Basil Al-Zaloul
- Kamal Abu Shihab
- Nassser Al-Assali
- Abdallah Mo’tee Akleek (18 years old)
- Nasser Abu Al-Soud
- Ihab Fahmawy
- Ribhi Loulou (14 years old)
- Izzedine Zaher Hasan Samhan
- Wadah Shalabi
- Abdelkarim Al-Sa’adi
- Rasha Fretakh
- Mohammed Al-Ghandoor
- Freiz Killay
- Nabil Al-Koni
- Ahmed Al-Tabooq
- Mohammed Al-Qinah
- Samir Abu Leil
- Yasser Abu Shadi
- Youssef Abu Sayf
- Ahmed Faza’a
- Nasser Abu Kharfa
- Majid Al-Qinah Abu Shrar
- Zahiah Freitkh
- Jamal Al-Tirawi
- Mahmod Teem
- Nasser Hamami
- Ahsraf Mohammed Abu Al-Hayjah
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Monday, 8 April 2002
- Khaled Abu Siyam
- Mubtasim Youssef Irheemy
- Mahmoud Al-Hams
- Salam Jabour
- Hafiz Sabra
- Imad Salah Folfol
- Omran Fleifel
- Azhar Shawkat Amriyah
- Ahmed Mamdouh Ahmed Al-Masri
- Issam Sherrif Al-Dareemli
- Nasser Al-Ghareeb
- Shaehhen Mahmoud Suhweil
- Kamal Abdelhady Badran
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Tuesday, 9 April 2002
- Mohammed Abu Sabra
- Amjed Ahmed Obadeh (11 years old)
- Nasser Abu Hatab
- Salem Al-Jaabeer
- Yehya Al-Zubaidi
- Yusri Abu Farkh
- Oum Marwan Washahi
- Jamal Al-Sabagh
- Aref Mahmoud Sayed Ahemd
- Nayef Salem Sayed Ahmed
- Taher Khalil Abdelqader Dodeen
- Ahmed Omar Mustafa Odeh
- Raed Durghameh
- Kamal Awad
- Mahmoud Alola
- Hamdi Ashteiah
- Maher Al-Khazaz
- Rawhi Owadeh
- Mohammed Owadeh
- Ala’a Al-Atleet
- Yasser Abu Al-Soud
- Abu Mahmoud Sabra
- Daughter of Abu Mahmoud Sabra
- Raba’a Youssef Abu Zied (13 years old)
- Sanur Wajih Dewikat
- Taha Al-Zubaidi
- Ala’a Al-Sabagh
- Mahmoud Abu Al-Seba’a
- Bilal Al-Teeni
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*Total number of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli
occupying forces since 28 September 2000 = 1,340