13 December 2000 (A/ES-10/51, S/2000/1185)
Letter sent by Dr. Nasser Al-Kidwa, Ambassador, 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 Executions)
At pre-dawn today, Israeli occupying forces moved tanks and
bulldozers towards the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the vicinity of that city,
encroaching the area under full Palestinian control and trying to demolish
several structures. The occupying forces also shelled a police post in the
same area, killing at least one policeman. Exchange of fire ensued, during
which the Israeli occupying forces used tank shells and missiles, killing a
total of four Palestinian policemen and injuring more than 40 civilians,
making it a night of complete horror for the residents of the area.
Also today, following a pattern of similar crimes, the
Israeli occupying forces committed another execution of a Palestinian
civilian. Mr. Abbass Al-O’waiwi, who was standing in front of his shop in the
middle of the city of Al-Khalil, was shot to death by 3 bullets from an
Israeli post at 250 meters distance. Yesterday, in the village of Al Khadir,
near Bethlehem, Mr. Yussef Abu Soaie was stepping out of his home when he was
hit by several Israeli bullets from the hills overseeing the village from
approximately 200 meters distance. A similar execution also took place on
Monday, 11 December 2000, in the city of Nablus, when Mr. Anwar Hamran was hit
by 19 bullets coming from an Israeli post at 1,000 meters distance as he was
standing in front of a building of the Open University of Jerusalem. All of
these assassinations by Israeli sharpshooters clearly represent additional war
crimes of which the soldiers of the occupying Power are guilty.
In follow-up of my recent letters to you, dated 29 September
to 11 December 2000 (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), the
number of Palestinians killed since my last letter to you, until today, are 8
Palestinians, which brings the total number of Palestinians killed since 29
September 2000 to 291 martyrs. (The names of the 8 martyrs are annexed.)
This grave deterioration of the situation on the ground in
the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem, is taking place while
the Security Council is still debating the draft resolution to establish a
United Nations force of military and police observers that would greatly help
to bring this continuous bloodshed to an end. We believe that the Security
Council must act immediately, absent of which it will be unable or unwilling
to fulfill its responsibility under the Charter of the United Nations.
Names of Martyrs killed by Israeli security forces in the
Occupied Palestinian Territory including Jerusalem
(Monday, 11 December 2000 through 13, Wednesday December
2000)
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Monday, 11 December 2000
- Ahmad Ali Al-Qawasmi (14 years old) (from wounds sustained on 8 December
2000)
- Anwar Mahmoud Hamran
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Tuesday, 12 December 2000
- Yousef Ahmad Abu Soaie
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Wednesday, 13 December 2000
- Mahdi Ahmad Akeelah
- Mohammed Jamal Abu El-Lo’la
- Ahmad Ismail Motair
- Jabr Al-Sabe’
- Abbas Othman Al-O’waiwi