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18 June 2001 (A/ES-10/91-S/2001/605)
Letter sent by Mr. Marwan Jilani, Charge d’Affaires, a.i.,
Deputy 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 Breaches of Cease-fire)
I regret to inform you that Palestinian children continue to
be the target of the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces.
Yesterday, 17 June 2001, an 11-year-old Palestinian boy was brutally shot and
killed by Israeli occupying forces in Khan Yunis refugee camp in the Gaza
Strip. Today, a 16-year-old, died of bullet wounds to his abdomen that he
suffered yesterday in the same incident at the hands of the Israeli occupying
forces. These brutal killings occurred when Israeli occupying forces opened
fire, including the use of live ammunition, at a group of children in Khan
Yunis refugee camp.
Such brutal killings continue despite recent Palestinian
agreement and serious effort to stop attacks emanating from the territory
under its control. On the other hand, Israel, the occupying Power, has
continued with its military campaign against the Palestinian people, including
its excessive use of force against unarmed Palestinian civilians and children,
and has continued to impose its siege against Palestinian towns and cities.
The Israeli occupying forces have also continued to provide
protection for illegal settlers’ aggression against the Palestinian people and
their property. Israeli settlers, who have been illegally transferred by the
occupying Power to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, in
grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 and in total violation of
relevant Security Council resolutions, have aggravated their attacks against
Palestinian civilians, property and crops. In a serious and dangerous
development, Israeli settlers, on a daily basis, are burning trees and crops
belonging to Palestinians, erecting new settlement posts, as they continue
humiliating and assaulting Palestinian civilians.
In this context, a mob of illegal Israeli settlers, on 13
June 2001, opened fire onto a car travelling on a road between Hizma and Khan
Al-Ahmar, east of Jerusalem, killing the driver, Awni Abed Al-Ra’ouf Hadad as
well as injuring 2 other passengers. This brutal killing follows an attack on
3 June 2001, in which illegal Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian truck,
west of Ramallah, causing the truck to overturn, resulting in the killing of
two Palestinian civilians.
Since our last letter to you, dated 13 June 2001
(A/ES-10/90-S/2001/586), Israeli occupying forces and Israeli illegal settlers
have killed 4 more Palestinians bringing the total number of Palestinian
martyrs to 501. (The names of the martyrs are contained in the annex to the
present letter). In addition, many Palestinian civilians have been seriously
injured as a result of the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying
forces and the perpetual violence of Israeli settlers.
Further, I am writing this letter in follow-up to our
previous letters to you on this grave and ongoing situation in the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, dated from 29 September 2000 to 13
June 2001 (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; and A/ES-10/90, S/2001/586).
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Names of Martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces
In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including
Jerusalem*
(Wednesday, 13 June through Monday, 18 June 2001)
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Wednesday, 13 June 2001
- Awni Abed Al-Ra’ouf Hadad
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Thursday, 14 June 2001
- Hassan Abu Sha’era
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Sunday, 17 June 2001
1. Ali Murad Abu Shawish (11 years old)
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Monday, 18 June 2001
1. Adel Qanan (16 years old) (from wounds sustained on 17 June
2001)
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Total number of Palestinian martyrs killed by Israeli occupying forces
since 28 September 2000 = 501
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