21 June 2002 (A/ES-10/181-S/2002/697)
Letter sent by Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa, Ambassador and Permanent
Observer of Palestine to the U.N., to the Secretary-General of the United
Nations, the President of the Security Council, and the President of the
General Assembly: (Five Palestinian Children Killed by Israeli Occupying
Forces)
Committing yet additional human rights violations, war crimes
and State terrorism against the Palestinian people, Israeli occupying forces
fired tank shells at a market place in Jenin, killing four Palestinians,
including three children. The children were two brothers, ages six and twelve
and a six-year-old girl. In addition to those killed, at least twenty-four
Palestinians were injured, six of them in critical condition. Also in Jenin,
Israeli occupying forces blew up a building, which caused the adjacent house
to collapse, instantly killing a fourteen-year-old boy.
Furthermore, in Southern Gaza City, Israeli soldiers also
opened fire at a group of Palestinian children, killing a ten-year-old boy. An
eight-year-old boy was also killed by Israeli tank fire while he was in his
home in Gaza. Also today, armed Israeli settlers committed additional settler
terrorism, entering the village of Howara, near Nablus, killing a Palestinian
civilian while setting Palestinian homes and cars ablaze. Yesterday, 20 June
2002, a pregnant Palestinian woman, a mother of three, was killed by Israeli
tank fire in Qalqilya while in her home.
Israeli occupying forces widened its reoccupation of areas
under Palestinian Authority, in implementation of the new government policy
dubbed "determined road." In addition to Jenin, Israeli tanks and armored
vehicles reoccupied parts of Bethlehem, Qalqilya, Tulkarem and the southern
Ramallah suburb of Beitunia.
In follow-up to my previous 127 letters to you regarding the
ongoing crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem,
dated from 29 September 2000 to 20 June 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;
A/ES-10/165-S/2002/361; A/ES-10/166-S/2002/370; A/ES-10/167-S/2002/433;
A/ES-10/168-S/2002/474; A/ES-10/169-S/2002/495; A/ES-10/173-S/2002/536;
A/ES-10/174-S/2002/555; A/ES-10/175-S/2002/610; A/ES-10/176-S/2002/617;
A/ES-10/177-S/2002/641; A/ES-10/178-S/2002/650; A/ES-10/179-S/2002/654 and
A/ES-10/180-S/2002/686), I regret to inform you that since my last letter to
you yesterday, 20 June 2002, 11 more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli
occupying forces including the martyrs mentioned above, raising the total
number of Palestinian martyrs killed since 28 September 2000 to 1642 people.
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Names of martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
Jerusalem*
(Thursday, 20 June 2002 through Friday, 21 June 2002)
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Thursday, 20 June 2002
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- Sahar Mohammed Al-Hindi
- Amar Abdel Ghany Al-Razem
Friday, 21 June 2002
- Wael Adnan Ajour
- Ismail Khamees Ashrafi
- Abdel Samad Hashem Shamlekh (10 years old)
- Hashem Mahmoud Nusair
- Sijoud Ahmed Fahmawy (6 years old)
- Ahmed Yussef Abdel Aziz Al-Sa’adi (6 years old)
- Fares Ahmed Al-Sa’adi (12 years old)
- Hilal Mustafa Mahmoud Shattah
- Adnan Idrees Abdallah Shihadeh (8 years old)
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* The total number of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli
occupying forces since 28 September 2000 = 1642