27 November 2001 (A/ES-10/126-S/2001/1118)
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: (Israeli Explosive Kills Five Palestinian
Children)
During this past week, Israeli occupying forces intensified
its bloody military campaign against the Palestinian people in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem. Israeli occupying forces committed
additional war crimes and other atrocities with the obvious intent of blocking
attempts to end the current situation and to resume the peace process.
On Thursday, 22 November 2001, an explosive device planted by
Israeli occupying forces in an area used by pedestrians near the city of Khan
Younis exploded, killing five Palestinian children. The children, all from the
same family and whose ages ranged from six to thirteen, died instantly as the
explosive tore their bodies to pieces. The next day during the funeral of
those children, Israeli occupying forces shot and killed another 15-year-old
Palestinian child.
On Friday, 23 November 2001, Israeli occupying forces
committed yet another extrajudicial execution. Israeli helicopter gunships
fired several missiles at a car near the city of Nablus, instantly killing Mr.
Mahmoud Abu Hanoud and two brothers, Mr. Ayman Hashayka and Mr. Mamoun
Hashayka.
Furthermore, on Sunday, 25 November 2001, Israeli occupying
forces shot live ammunition at a group of youth demonstrating in the city of
Bethlehem, killing a 12-year-old child. On the same day in Gaza, Israeli
helicopter gunships fired several missiles at buildings belonging to the
Palestinian police in northern and southern Gaza. Moreover, Israeli occupying
forces demolished two homes belonging to Palestinian civilians near the town
of Deir Al-Balah.
In follow-up of my previous 81 letters to you regarding this
ongoing crisis situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
Jerusalem, dated from 29 September 2000 to 19 November 2001
(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-10/99-S/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 and A/ES-10/125-S/2001/1092), I regret to inform you
that since my last letter to you on 19 November, 12 more Palestinians have
been killed by the Israeli occupying forces. (The names of the martyrs,
including the martyrs mentioned above, are contained in the annex to the
present letter.) These killings raise the number of Palestinians killed since
28 September 2000 to 777 martyrs. At the same time, the number of Palestinians
injured, many critically, by the occupying forces, also continues to rise.
Names of Martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces
In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
Jerusalem* (Tuesday, 20 November 2001 through Sunday, 25
November 2001)
Tuesday, 20 November 2001
- Maher Jihad Tarek Deghles
Thursday, 22 November 2001
- Mohammed Na’eem Abdel Karim Al-Astal (13 years old)
- Akram Na’eem Abdel Karim Al-Astal (6 years old)
- Anis Idrees Mohammed Al-Astal (10 years old)
- Omar Idrees Mohammed Al-Astal (12 years old)
- Mohammed Sultan Mohammed Al-Astal (11 years old)
Friday, 23 November 2001
- Wael Ali Abu Radwan (15 years old)
- Mahmoud Abu Hanoud
- Ayman Rasheed Hashayka
- Mamoun Rasheed Hashayka
- Ahmed Mohammed Ali Hinawi
Sunday, 25 November 2001
- Kifah Khaled Ebeid (12 years old)
* Total number of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli occupying
forces since 28 September 2000 = 777 |