30 October 2001 (A/ES-10/122-S/2001/1024)
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: (Follow-up to Beit Reeema)
I write to you in follow-up of my recent letters regarding
the Israeli seizure and reoccupation of six Palestinian cities as well as the
seizure of and attack on the village of Beit Reema. The Israeli occupying
forces remain in the positions they reoccupied in and around four Palestinian
cities. Since this most recent wave of invasion and reoccupation began, a
total of 46 Palestinians have been killed and more than one hundred have been
injured. With specific reference to the seizure of Beit Reema, which we
referred to in our letter of 24 October 2001 (A/ES-10/121 - S/2001/1007), a
total of five Palestinians were killed by the Israeli occupying forces. Those
men were members of the Palestinian police, and Israeli sources have indicated
that at least two of the five were killed without being engaged in the
fighting.
The human losses and the physical destruction throughout the
Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, continue to mount as a
result of the Israeli military campaign against the Palestinian people and the
Palestinian Authority. The deterioration of the situation continues and
tensions in the area continue to escalate, further exacerbating an already
volatile situation.
The Security Council of the United Nations needs to seriously
address this critical matter and take concrete and speedy action to ensure the
immediate withdrawal of the Israeli forces and bring this wave of killing and
destruction to an end. It is incumbent upon the Security Council to uphold its
duties and responsibilities for the maintenance of peace and security wherever
needed.
In follow-up of our previous letters to you regarding the
grave situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem,
dated from 29 September 2000 to 24 October 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/ES10/101S/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 and A/ES-10/121-S/2001/1007), I regret to inform you
that, since my last letter to you on 24 October, 21 more Palestinians have
been killed by the Israeli occupying forces. That number includes those five
Palestinians killed in the assault on Beit Reema on 24 October, as well as
those martyrs killed in Tulkarem, Abu Dis and Bethlehem on that day, who have
now been identified. (The names of the martyrs are contained in the annex to
the present letter.) In total, these killings raise the number of martyrs
killed by the Israeli occupying forces to 734 Palestinians.
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Names of Martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces
in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
Jerusalem*
(Wednesday, 24 October through Saturday, 27 October
2001)
Wednesday, 24 October 2001
- Kamel Hussein Abdel Hamid Al-Barghouti
- Harees Amin Ahmed Hijah
- Kasem Atta Said Al-Moghraby
- Abdel M’uti Mohammed Salamah Sharaayah
- Rafiq Mohammed Mahmoud Sakr
- Mohammed Ziab Sama’nah (from sustained wounds)
- Ayman Fayeq Al-Jalad
- Mohammed Fayeq Al-Jalad
- Saleh Rasheed Al’Assi
- Eissa Jeries Jalil
- Marwan Ahmed Wared Halbiah
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Thursday, 25 October 2001
- Hassan Khalil Aref Abu Sariah
- Wael Deefallah Naheen Abayaat
- Salamah Ibrahim Al-Dibs
- Firas Shehtah Salahat
Friday, 26 October 2001
- Farid Abu Jalaluh
- Eid Zaied Hassan Abu Sharkh
- Othman Al-Razaina
- Iyad Al-Batsh
- Foad Al-Dahshan (17 years old)
Saturday, 27 October 2001
- Feras Sabri Fares Jaber
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* Total number of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli
occupying forces since 28 September 2000 = 734
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