PCHR Weekly Report

Enire Families Have Passed Away; Children and Women Constitute More Than 43% of the Total Number of Victims; Entire Features of Many Areas Have Disppeared; and the Civilian Infrastructure Services Have Completely Collapsed

In the early morning of Sunday, 18 January 2009, Israel declared a ceasefire, while decided to keep its military presence in the Gaza Strip. Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) redeployed outside Palestinian communities towards border areas, but continued threats to resume the offensive of Palestinian resistance groups attacked Israeli communities with home-made rockets. PCHR field workers who visited several areas throughout the Gaza Strip, especially Gaza City, the north and the Egyptian border reported as these areas looked as they were struck by a heavy earthquake. Since the morning, medical and civil defense crews have continued to pick up decayed corpses from areas that had been invaded by IOF. IOF military vehicles that had redeployed outside residential areas have continued to fire at Palestinian civilians, especially those who live in border areas.

Following the declaration of the ceasefire, evidences that IOF committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip have started to be revealed. According to international and Arab doctors who were able to enter the Gaza Strip to provide medical treatment for the wounded, IOF used weapons whose use is believed to be internationally prohibited, such as phosphorous bombs. IOF officially admitted the use of phosphorous bombs in the Gaza Strip, but claimed that the way it was used would be investigated. They further claimed that they used such bombs in "uninhabited areas" just to specify targets and hit "terrorists," and that the use of such bombs does not contradict with international law.

The offensive launched by IOF on the Gaza Strip, between 27 December and 18 January 2009, has caused total destruction in many parts of the Gaza Strip, making these parts look like earthquake zones. In its offensive on Gaza, IOF employed its full-fledged arsenal and used its air, ground and sea forces. Some areas were almost completely razed, while many houses and civilian establishments became hills of dust. IOF offensive claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent unarmed civilians, including a large number of children and women. The casualties included entire families.

Following the IOF withdrawal from Gaza in the early morning of 18 January 2009, PCHR field workers could observe closely the humanitarian crisis that has been caused by IOF offensive. It was obvious that IOF intended to erase any civilization features in the Gaza Strip. They deliberately and systematically destroyed the entire vital facilities to make Gaza go decades back.

Israeli violations of international law and humanitarian law escalated in the OPT during the reporting period (15 - 21 January 2009):

In the early morning of Sunday, 18 January 2009, Israel declared a ceasefire and on 21 Jnauary 2009, IOF declared that the last IOF soldier withdrew from the Gaza Strip. During the 23-day offensive, IOF bombarded civilian facilities, mosques and houses, without paying attention to the lives and safety of Palestinian civilians. They claimed that such civilian facilities, mosques and houses were related to Hamas, but investigations conducted by PCHR indicate that IOF used excessive lethal force and that the majority of the facilities that were targeted are public and private property located in densely populated areas, making Palestinian civilians pay a heavy price from their lives and property. All of the victims of such attacks are civilians, and dozens of houses were heavily damaged.

According to investigations conducted by PCHR, most of the Palestinian who were killed during the reporting period are civilians, many of whom are children. IOF employed their full-fledged arsenal to attack Palestinian populated areas. IOF also attacked and restricted the movement of medical crews. They killed 7 medical personnel and wounded dozens of others while they were evacuating the wounded and the dead.

The high number of civilian victims and the extensive destruction to public and private property are clear evidence that IOF, instructed by the Israeli political and military establishments, intended to cause maximum deaths and casualties among Palestinian civilians and maximum destruction to their property.

According to Israeli military sources, IOF launched at least 2,500 air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip. These targets included houses, civilian facilities, mosques, charitable societies, schools, governmental buildings, industrial and commercial workshops, security sites, fishing harbors, and educational and health institution. No place in the Gaza Strip was immune to IOF attacks.

According to what PCHR field workers have been able to document the IOF offensive has resulted in the following deaths and casualties:

	Total	% of the total of the dead and the wounded	Gaza Governorates
	Total	% of the total of the dead and the wounded	Northern Gaza Strip	Gaza City	Central Gaza Strip	Khan Yunis	Rafah
Total number of deaths	1285	--	461	534	157	83	50
Deaths amongst civilians and civilian police force members who were not engaged in fighting	1062	82.6%
Civilian deaths	895	69.6%	400	314	81	61	39
Deaths among children	281	21.8%	125	106	21	16	13
Deaths among women	111	8.6%	54	41	10	5	1
Total of the wounded	4336	--	1914	1000	530	395	497
Wounded children	1133	26%	591	200	140	100	102
Wounded women	735	17%	385	100	90	76	84

Northern Gaza Strip: 461 Palestinians, including 400 civilians, have been killed. The victims include 125 children and 54 women. Additionally, 1,914 Palestinians, including 591 children and at least 385 women, have been wounded.

Gaza City: 533 Palestinians, including 313 civilians, have been killed. The victims include 105 children and 41 women. Additionally, 1,000 Palestinians, including 200 children and 90 women, have been wounded.

Central Gaza Strip: 157 Palestinians, including 81 civilians, have been killed. The victims include 21 children and 10 women. Additionally, 530 Palestinians, including 140 children and 90 women, have been wounded.

Khan Yunis: 83 Palestinians, including 61 civilians, have been killed. The victims include 16 children and 5 women. Additionally, 395 Palestinians, including 100 children and 76 women, have been wounded.

Rafah: 50 Palestinians, including 39 civilians, have been killed. The victims include 13 children and one woman. Additionally, 497 Palestinians, mostly civilians, including 102 children and 84 women, have been wounded.

· IOF have destroyed 650 houses, including 250 ones by air strikes. According to initial estimations, at least another 500 houses have been rendered uninhabitable, and hundreds of others have been heavily damaged. .

· IOF have destroyed 1,100 houses, including 80 ones by air strikes. According to initial estimations, hundreds of others houses have been partially destroyed and hundreds of others were heavily damaged.

· IOF have destroyed 5 public facilities, including buildings of ministries and the Palestinian Legislative Council.

· IOF have destroyed 8 private enterprises, including cafeterias and wedding halls.

· IOF have destroyed 5 media institutions, 7 educational ones, 2 health ones and 3 charitable ones.

· IOF have razed hundreds of donums of agricultural land (under documentation).

· IOF have destroyed 160 houses, including 80 ones by air strikes. At least 300 houses have been also damaged.

· IOF have destroyed 6 industrial and commercial workshops and damaged 15 stores.

Shooting: During the reporting period, IOF killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded 36 others, including 17 children, in the West Bank.

On Friday, 16 January 2009, IOF killed a Palestinian civilian in Hebron when they fired at a Palestinian civilians who demonstrated in protest to the IOF offensive on the Gaza Strip.

IOF used excessive force against peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to the IOF offensive on the Gaza Strip. As a result, 7 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were wounded.

During the reporting period, 28 Palestinian civilians, including 15 children and a journalist, were wounded when IOF used force against peaceful demonstrations organized in protest to the construction of the Annexation Wall west of Ramallah.

Incursions: During the reporting period, IOF conducted at least 34 military incursions into Palestinian communities in the West Bank. IOF arrested 46 Palestinian civilians, including 14 children.

Restrictions on Movement: IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem.

IOF have continued to close all border crossings to the Gaza Strip for more than two years. The IOF siege of Gaza, which has steadily tightened since June 2007, has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the Gaza Strip.

· 1.5 million people are being denied their basic rights, including freedom of movement, and their rights to appropriate living conditions, work, health and education.

Under the IOF offensive on the Gaza Strip, the Gaza civilian population are suffering serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation. The resulting acute humanitarian crisis is increasingly and seriously impacting living conditions of Palestinian civilians, which have been already deteriorating due to the tightened siege imposed by IOF on the Gaza Strip from the land, air and sea for more than 18 months. Due to this siege, Palestinian civilians have been denied their economic, social, cultural, civil and political rights.

The deterioration taking place in health conditions in the Gaza Strip exacerbated due to the high number of the dead and the wounded who fell due to IOF raids. This exacerbating deterioration comes along with the tightened total siege that has been imposed on the Gaza Strip, including the closure of Gaza border crossings for more than 18 months. The siege has impacted all medical institutions in the Gaza Strip, including hospitals and primary healthcare centers that have become unable to meet the needs of the civilian population and, as a result, have been unable to ensure physical and mental healthcare. This situation has impacted the capacity of Gaza medical institutions to provide medical services to the Gaza civilian population. The state of fear and horror caused by IOF barbarian raids affected the standard of civilians' enjoyment of their right to health, including inability to access medical institutions due the gravity of the security conditions, or due to medical institutions' incapacity to respond to the needs of hundreds of wounded persons and thousands of patients. Medical sources in the MOH in Gaza and at Shifa Hospital, the main treatment provider in the Gaza strip, stated the following:

· Gaza hospitals suffer severe shortage in beds that are required to receive hundreds of victims of IOF raids. There are approximately 1,200 beds in all Gaza hospitals. At Shifa Hospital, there are 530 beds, including 135 beds used for primary healthcare provision. Medical crews at Gaza hospitals and clinics have been unable to provide beds to treat and hospitalize the wounded persons, due to the high numbers of the wounded who arrived at hospitals and clinics in the wake of IOF air raids. Approximately 319 dead persons and more than 1,000 wounded persons have been admitted into Gaza hospitals within the past four days. The wounded who have been admitted into hospitals are being treated and hospitalized under severe shortages in medicines and medical supplies. Medical crews are also bearing utmost suffering due to continued electricity cutoffs.

· The different units at Shifa Hospital and other hospitals in the Gaza Strip are still suffering incapacity to provide treatment and medical services to approximately 390 persons who have been wounded in IOF ongoing military operation, due to unavailability of material capacities and medical apparatuses that are required for their treatment. These 390 wounded persons need to be urgently and promptly referred to treatment abroad for their serious injuries. The MOH has managed to refer approximately 60 of them to Egyptian hospitals during the past two days.

· The continued air striking has created a state of confusion, fear and horror amongst medical crews at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The gravity of the security conditions at the Hospital exacerbated following the heavy damages that had been caused to the Hospital when IOF warplanes bombarded al-Burno Mosque that is adjacent to the Hospital. Due to bombardment of the mosque, the windows and doors of the burns and surgery unit and the administration offices were crashed. Also the water network at the surgery unit in building no. 8 was destroyed. This created extreme difficulty that impeded the work of the medical crews at the Hospital.

· Eng. Bassam al-Hamarin, director of Engineering and Maintenance Department in the MOH, stated that the continued electric cutoffs and the shortage of spare parts required for the maintenance of many medical apparatuses and tools have impacted the efficiency and work of these apparatuses and tools. He added that this resulted in:

- Disruption and poor efficiency of 17 central oxygen stations in Gaza hospitals, including 3 stations at Shifa Hospital that provide oxygen to internal diseases unit, chest diseases unit and the artificial kidney unit.

- The pumps of water wells at Shifa Hospital were disrupted after sustaining heavy damages.

- The members of the medical crews at Gaza hospitals are suffering shortages in wireless communication devices. This coincides with defectiveness in the Palestinian mobile communication network (Jawwal), increasing the gravity that faced the work of the Palestinian ambulances crews.

- Many medicines, vaccinations and foods at Gaza hospitals are subject to decay due to continued electric cutoffs while the power generated by power generators is not sufficient to face the power shortage.

- Shifa Hospital is suffering the continued disruption of its only cardiac catheterization apparatus. The Hospital is also suffering the disruption of the sterilization apparatuses and milk pasteurization and decontamination apparatuses that are necessary for immature neonates.

- All hospitals in the Gaza strip are suffering shortages in spare parts required for power generators, on which Gaza hospitals mainly depend in view of continued electric cutoffs. The MOH Engineering and Maintenance Department lacks many spare parts required for the maintenance of power generators, including air filters, oil filter and filters required to separate kerosene and oil.

- The MOH is suffering a shortage of spare parts required for its vehicles and ambulances. Due to the emergency situation in the Gaza Strip, 50% of the MOH ambulances are exceptionally operating although they lack maintenance.

· Central medical laboratories at Shifa Hospital are suffering a severe shortage in medical apparatuses, including 30 apparatuses used in blood analysis. This shortage of blood analysis apparatuses has impeded the blood transformation for the wounded. The lives of the wounded persons would be threatened in case of blood transformation without making the necessary tests.

· Gaza hospitals are suffering a shortage in medical disposables in surgery rooms, including surgical operation torches, surgical operations tables, laboratorial apparatuses, ray apparatuses and extensive care apparatuses.

· Gaza hospitals and healthcare centers are still suffering a shortage in medicines. 105 items of main medical tools and 255 of medical disposables have run out or are in short quantities. These medical supplies include the majority of medicines required for cancer patients and medicines required for sick children who are suffering from cystic fibrosis, and the health conditions of these children are seriously threatened .

· More than half a million of Palestinian students at primary, preparatory and secondary schools have been denied access to their schools. On the first day of IOF indiscriminate air raids, more than 5,000 students were subject to trauma or were injured, while attending their classes or while on their way to afternoon schools. These children are still denied access to necessary physical treatment services, due to the severe shortage in that service.

· Dr. Samir Qouta, a psychology professor at the Islamic University in Gaza City, says that there has been an increasing number of parents who visit mental health centers in the Gaza Strip to inquire how to treat the symptoms of the psychological deterioration in their children, that resulted from the terrible explosions that trembled the entire Gaza Strip. Dr. Qouta says that the symptoms of the psychological disorders caused by fear and horror of IOF incessant bombardments include bedwetting, nail-biting, fear of night, frightening nightmares, physical pains of unknown causes, crying and introversion. Dr. Qouta expects that the symptoms of the psychological deterioration in the Palestinian children would develop to include a form of violence in dealing with their peers, inability to concentrate and deterioration of educational levels. He also indicated that Palestinian children, who are subject to traumatic experience caused by IOF bombardments, become less obedient to their parents and lose the ability to deal openly with them. Dr. Qouta expects that the psychological deterioration in the Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip would aggravate due to IOF ongoing raids.

IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians throughout the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip continue to be denied access to Jerusalem.

· IOF have established checkpoints in and around Jerusalem, severely restricting Palestinian access to the city. Civilians are frequently prevented from praying at the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.

· There are approximately permanent 630 roadblocks, manned and unmanned checkpoints across the West Bank. In addition, there are some 60-80 ‘flying’ or temporary checkpoints erected across the West Bank by IOF every week.

· When complete, the illegal Annexation Wall will stretch for 724 kilometers around the West Bank, further isolating the entire population. 350 kilometers of the Wall has already been constructed. Approximately 99% of the Wall has been constructed inside the West Bank itself, further confiscating Palestinian land.

· At least 65% of the main roads that leads to 18 Palestinian communities in the West Bank are closed or fully controlled by IOF (47 out of 72 roads).

· There are around 500 kilometers of restricted roads across the West Bank. In addition, approximately one third of the West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, is inaccessible to Palestinians without a permit issued by the IOF. These permits are extremely difficult to obtain.

· IOF continue to harass, and assault demonstrators who hold peaceful protests against the construction of the Annexation Wall.

· Palestinian civilians continue to be harassed by IOF in Jerusalem, and across the West Bank, including being regularly stopped and searched in the streets by IOF.

· During the reporting period, IOF arrested 6 Palestinian civilians, including one girl, at various checkpoints in the West Bank.

Judaization of Jerusalem: IOF have escalated arbitrary measures against Palestinian civilians in East Jerusalem to force them to leave the city. During the reporting period, IOF closed 4 flats belonging to Abu Duhaim family in Jerusalem using concrete. IOF also confiscated 500 donums of land in Abu Dis town for the purpose of the construction of the Annexation Wall.

Settlement Activities: IOF have continued settlement activities and Israeli settlers living in the OPT in violation of international humanitarian law have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property. During the reporting period, IOF confiscated at least 3,000 donums of land in Yatta village, south of Hebron, and 13.4 donums of land in Housan village, west of Bethlehem, for the purpose of settlement expansion.

Israeli Violations Documented during the Reporting Period (15 – 21 January 2009):

· At approximately 08:10, the IOF artillery shelled the vicinity of the building of Department of Education to the north of Sheikh Zayed housing project. As a result, 5 Palestinian civilians, including an old woman and 3 children, were killed:

· At approximately 09:50, the IOF artillery shelled houses in al-Farta arean in the east of Beit Hanoun. As a result, 6-year-old Eihab Sabri al-Kafarna, 6, was wounded.

· At approximately 10:40, IOF military vehicles moved towards houses in al-Farta area in the east of Beit Hanoun. The IOF artillery also shelled houses in al-Banat Street.

· At approximately 11:00, an IOF drone fired a missile at a bird farm near al-Kashef Mount in Jabalya. As a result, Midhat Fares Hajjaj, 25, a worker in the farm, was killed.

· At approximately 11:05, the IOF artillery fired at a number of Palestinian civilians in al-Juron area in the east of Jabalya. As a result, 4 Palestinian civilians, including a man and his two sons, were killed:

· At approximately 11:50, an IOF warplane fired a missile at a number of Palestinian civilians in the south of Beit Lahia. Two Palestinian civilians were wounded.

· At approximately 13:50, IOF warplanes fired several missiles at a residential area in al-Banat Street east of Beit Hanoun town. Tow civilians were injured.

· At approximately 14:00, IOF tanks fired incinerating shells at houses near Salah al-Din Street in Izbat Beit Hanoun. Two civilians, including a woman, sustained injuries and burns.

· At the same time, the body of Lu'ai Jaber Hussein, 20, a resistance activist from Jabalya refugee camp, was brought to Kamal ‘Edwan Hospital. He was killed in clashes with IOF.

· At approximately 14:45, IOF tanks fired artillery shells at al-Amal district near Ghassan Kanafani Society east of Beit Hanoun. Two children were wounded.

· At approximately 15:00, approximately 40 IOF military vehicles moved nearly 1,000 meters into the east of Beit Hanoun, under intensive shelling and gunfire. IOF isolated al-Ferta and al-Nazzaza quarters east of Beit Hanoun. Earlier, IOF, through megaphones, demanded civilians in the two quarters to leave their houses immediately. The number of families that live in the two quarters is estimated at 20.

· At approximately 17:00, IOF fired incinerating bombs at the vicinity of the Islamic Society in Beit Lahia town. Fire broke out in a house belonging to Mansour 'Ali Ghaben.

· At approximately 17:30, medical sources reported the death of one-year-old Hala 'Issam Ahmed al-Menei'i, who inhaled smokes releases from bombs fired by IOF.

· At approximately 22:00, IOF warplanes fired a missile at a number of activists of the Palestinian resistance near al-Karama apartment buildings west of Jabalya. All the members of the targeted group were killed. The dead are: Mohammed 'Eissa al-Shrafi, 25; Abdullah al-Souri, 23; and Amir Ghadir Abu Riala, 23. When two civilians, 'Imad Hassan al-Najjar, 26, and 'Imad Sa'id al-Najjar, 32, rushed to rescue the targeted group, IOF warplanes fired a second missile at them. The two civilians were killed as a result.

· In the evening and over night and the early morning, IOF continued to shell areas in the east of Beit Hanoun, Jabalya and northwest of Beit Lahia. No casualties were reported.

· At approximately 03:00, medical sources at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reported the death of Usama Jamal 'Obeid, 21, from al-Fakhoura area in Jabalya. 'Obeid died of wounds sustained in an IOF air strike of civilians in Beer al-Na'aja area in Jabalya town 10 days earlier.

· One hour later, medical sources reported the death of 'Eissa Mohammed Abu 'Obaida, 17, from Jabalya refugee camp, of wounds he had sustained earlier as a result of IOF bombardment of a crowd of civilians near Plestine Telecommunication Company in Jabalya refugee camp.

· At approximately 04:55, IOF tanks fired artillery shells at al-Juron area east of Jabalya. Six civilians, including three children, were wounded.

· At approximately 07:30, an IOF drone fired a missile at a group of civilians in Block 2 in Jabalya refugee camp. One civilian was moderately wounded.

· At approximately 09:00, IOF tanks fired artillery shells at houses near the Islamic Bank east of Jabalya. Ten-year-old Rawan Isma'il al-Najjar was killed in the attack. Two civilians, including a child, were also wounded.

· At approximately 10:00, IOF troops positioned on rooftops of houses in al-Farta quarter east of Beit Hanoun, fired bullets at two civilians who were near their houses in Abu Ghazala quarter. The two civilians were seriously wounded.

· At approximately 12:50, the IOF artillery shelled Palestinian houses in Banat Street in the southeast of Beit Hanoun town. A Palestinian civilian was seriously wounded and his leg was cut.

· At approximately 13:30, the IOF artillery shelled al-Sudaniya area, west of Jabalya town. As a result, Mazen Fares al-Sharbassi, 20, a resistance activist, was killed.

· At approximately 14:00, the IOF artillery shelled al-Twam area, west of Jabalya town. As a result, 'Aadel Sabri Abu al-'Oun, 27, a resistance activist, was killed. \

· Also at approximately 14:00, medical sources at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reported that Hmaid al-Sawarka, 30, died of wounds he had sustained when IOF shelled the east of Beit Hanoun in the morning.

· At approximately 14:45, the IOF artillery targeted a number of Palestinian civilians in al-Shaimaa' area in the north of Beit Lahia. A Palestinian civilian was seriously wounded.

· At approximately 15:00, medical sources at Shifa Hospital reported that 'Omar Mahmoud al-Marnakh, 18, died of wounds he had sustained earlier when IOF shelled al-Twam area, west of Jabalya.

· Also at approximately 15:00, an IOF drone fired a missile at a number of Palestinian civilians in Abu Ghunaim area in the southwest of Beit Lahia. Three Palestinians were (an old woman and two children) killed:

Another 6 members of the family were wounded; one of them is in a serious condition.

· Also at approximately 15:00, medical sources at Kamal 'Edwan Hospital reported that Rajab Mahmoud 'Elwan, 25, from Jablaya, died of previous wounds he had sustained by IOF shelling.

· At approximately 16:20, IOF opened fire at houses in al-Hatabiya area in the north of Beit Lahia. A Palestinian civilian was seriously wounded.

· At approximately 17:00, an IOF warplane dropped a bomb on a house belonging to Dr. 'Izziddin Mohammed Abu al-'Eish in 'Izbat 'Abed Rabbu area in the east of Jabalya. As a result, 4 members of the family (3 sisters and their cousin) were killed:

· At approximately 19:15, an IOF helicopter gunship fired 4 missiles at a house belonging to Mohammed 'Ali Jom'a, 54, in which 45 people live, near Abu Sharekh Square in Jabalya. The house was destroyed and 6 members of the family, including two children and two women, were wounded.

· At approximately 22:00, medical sources at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reported that Jaleel Jamal Abu Jarad, 24, from Beit Lahia, died of wounds he had sustained at noon.

· At approximately 23:20, the IOF artillery shelled al-Karama area, west of Jabalya. As a result, Mohammed 'Oqailan, 25, was killed.

· At approximately 01:40, an IOF warplane fired a missile at Taha Mosque in al-Twam area, west of Jabalya. The mosque was destroyed.

· At approximately 04:30, IOF shelled houses in Beit Lahia with incinerating bombs. The shelling continued until 08:00. As a result, fire broke out in at least 10 houses and 15 Palestinian civilians were wounded.

· At approximately 05:00, IOF tanks shelled al-Karama apartment buildings, southwest of Jabalya. As a result, 3 activists of the Palestinian resistance were killed:

· At approximately 05:30, an IOF warplane bombarded a water well of the Municipality of Beit Hanoun in Abu Ghazala quarter in the east of Beit Hanoun. As a result, 1.5-year-old Aseel Muneer al-Kafarna, was killed whilst inside her family's house, which is located near the well.

· At approximately 06:30, IOF shelled Beit Lahia UNRWA School, where at least 320 families had shelters after they had fled their homes. IOF fired artillery and incinerating bombs at the school. As a result, fire broke out in a number of classroom and two children were killed:

Another 36 civilians were also wounded, included the two children's mother, 24-year-old Nojoud Sha'ban al-Ashqar, whose hand and leg were cut. Additionally, fire broke out in a number of nearby houses.

· At approximately 14:00, medical crews found the body of a man and his wife under the debris of their house in 'Izbat 'Abed Rabbu area. IOF had bombarded the house on 11 January 2009, while the couple were inside it. The two victims were identified as: Fat'hi Mohammed 'Abdullah 'Obaid, 63; and Fatima Mahmoud 'Abdullah 'Obaid, 54.

· At approximately 15:40, the IOF artillery shelled houses near al-Juron Square in Jabalya. Two houses belonging to Ahmed Mohammed Saleh and Marwan Mohammed Shihada were hit by shells. As a result, 3 children living in the two houses were killed:

A number of civilians were also wounded and a number of houses in the area were damaged.

· At approximately 16:00, an IOF drone fired a missile at a number of Palestinian civilians in al-Zarqaa' area, south of Jabalya. As a result, a man and his son were killed: Na'im Mohammed Shihada, 50; and his son Mohammed, 30.

· At approximately 19:30, the body of a resistance activist was brought to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. He was killed near al-Karama apartment buildings, southwest of Jabalya. He was identified as Rami Nahidh Abu 'Obaid, 24, from Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.

· At approximately 23:00, medical crews found the bodies of two resistance activists in 'Aamer housing project in the northern Gaza Strip. They were identified as:

· In the early morning of Sunday, 18 January 2009, IOF redeployed outside the areas in which they had moved during the ground offensive on the northern Gaza Strip. They moved back to areas located neat the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.

· In the morning, medical crews found the bodies of 24 Palestinians, including 3 women, who had been killed by IOF during the offensive on 'Izbat 'Abed Rabbu and al-'Atatra areas. The bodies were found in the streets and under the debris of destroyed buildings. The bodies belong to:

· Medical crews found also the bodies of a man, his three children and his daughter-in-law under the debris of their house in the east of Jabalya. The victims were identified as:

· PCHR field worker who visited al-Salatin and al-'Atatra areas reported that they saw extensive destruction to these areas. Dozens of houses and three public schools were destroyed. IOF had also destroyed large areas of agricultural land and the civilian infrastructure in these areas.

· At approximately 08:30, an IOF drone fired two missiles at a number of Palestinian civilians in al-Amal quarter in the east of Beit Hanoun. As a result, a woman and a child were seriously wounded. The child, 11-year-old Angham Ra'fat al-Masri, died of her wound later. The woman's leg was amputated.

· At approximately 10:00, IOF gunboats bombarded the headquarters of the Palestinian General Intelligence (the Ship).

· At approximately 01:00, an IOF drone attacked some Palestinian resistance activists near al-Basheer Mosque in al-Sha'af neighborhood in the east of Gaza City, wounding a number of them. When residents of the area rushed to rescue them, IOF warplanes attacked thes civilians. As a result, 7 civilians, including a child and two brothers, were killed:

· At approximately 01:30, the IOF artillery shelled a house belonging to 'Alaa' al-Din al-'Amassi. As a result, al-'Amassi's child, 14-year-old Jihad, was killed.

· At approximately 03:00, the IOF artillery shelled a house belonging to Fareed Sha'ban near al-Rahma Mosque in al-Sabra neighborhood in the south of Gaza City. As a result, Sh'aban's two sons were killed: Ahmed, 22; and Bilal, 20.

· At approximately 04:00, an IOF drone fired a missile at Maher Khaled al-Baik, 45, when he was on his way to check his house in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the south of Gaza City as he leant that the area was bombarded by IOF.

· At approximately 04:00, an IOF adrone attacked and killed Ahmed Ayoub al-Beetar, 27, a resistance activist, in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza Cuty.

· At approximately 05:00, medical sources at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City declared that Mohammed al-Sayed 'Akkila, 8, from al-Nasser neighborhood, died of wounds he had sustained 5 days earlier, when IOF warplanes bombarded a building near his house.

· At approximately 07:00, an IOF drone attacked and killed Haniya 'Abdul Hafez 'Abdul 'Aal, 25, in al-Sabra neighborhood.

· At approximately 07:15, IOF attacked a number of Palestinian civilians who fled their homes that had been attacked by IOF in al-Sabra neighborhood. Four civilians, including two brothers, were killed:

· At approximately 08:00, an IOF drone fired a missile at two members of the Dughmosh family who were near their homes in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the south of Gaza City. The two civilian were killed:

· At approximately 09:15, an IOF helicopter gunship bombarded offices of the Holy Quraan Radio on the 10^th floor of Palestine tower building in al-Remal neighborhood.

· A;so at approximately 09:15, an IOF helicopter gunship bombarded an uninhabited flat on the 15^th floor of al-Waleed apartment building in al-Remal neighborhood.

· At approximately 10:00, the IOF artillery shelled a house belonging to 'Aadel al-Jadba in al-Tuffah neighborhood in the northeast of Gaza City. As a result, 4 members of the family, including two children, and a neighbor were killed:

· Also at approximately 10:00, IOF attacked a number of Palestinian civilians who fled their homes in al-Sabra neighborhood. As a result, Hamdan Jalal Dughmosh, 18, was killed.

· At approximately 10:15, an IOF tank shelled UNRWA headquarters in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood. As a result, the meeting hall and a number of vehicles were heavily damaged.

· At approximately 11:00, an IOF drone attacked a number of ressitance activists in al-Sabra neighborhood, killing one of them, 33-year-old Mohammed Faraj Dughmosh.

· Also at approximately 11:00, IOF troops positioned atop of houses in al-Tuffah neighborhood in the northeast of Gaza City shot dead Kareem Musbah Mohammed Abu Sidu, 16, while he was walking in the street.

· At approximately 11:15, Gaza Media Center on the 7^th floor of al-Shorouq apartment building in al-Remal neighborhood, was violently shelled by IOF. The center includes offices of Abu Dhabi Television, Sky News and Fox News. It was heavily damaged, and two journalists working for Abu Dhabi Television were wounded:

· At approximately 11:30, IOF heavy military vehicles that had moved into Tal al-Hawa neighborhood fired artillery shells and incinerating bombs at the compound of Palestine Red Cresent Society, which includes the building of administration, al-Nour Town and al-Quds Hospital, the ambulance department and stores of medicines. Fire broke out in the compound.

· At approximately 11:45, IOF fired incinerating bombs at stores of UNRWA in its headquarters in the center of Gaza City. Fire broke out in the stores.

· At approximately 13:00, an IOF tank fired an artillery shell at civilians trying to flee in a civilian car near al-Saleh apartment building. Four civilians were killed in the attack: 'Udai Salama al-Haddad, 50; his wife, Huessen Mohammed al-Haddad, 45; and their two children, Hatem, 21; and Aaya, 15.

· At approximately 14:00, IOF started to launch attacks on buildings belonging to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS). IOF fired an artillery shell at the internal pharmacy in the al-Quds Hospital that belongs to PRCS. In the evening, IOF continued their attacks and air strikes on PRCS, which is a vital medical establishment in the Gaza Strip. Fire broke out in the al-Quds Hospital and other PRCS buildings, mainly the ambulance and emergency building; the Folklore Center; Conferences Center and other PRCS buildings. IOF attacks also resulted in complete destruction of a number of PRCS ambulances. Up to midnight, PRCS ambulances were evacuating patients from the al-Quds Hospital and transferring them to other hospitals. PRCS buildings stayed alight until this morning. IOF bombardments also affected PRCS medicine and humanitarian aid stocks near PRCS buildings in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood.

· At the same time, an IOF tank fired an artillery shell at Fadel al-Batran and his daughter, Hanin, 19. Al-Batran is a guard of a building in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood and what trying to flee the area with his daughter. The daughter was killed in the attack.

· Also at the same time, an IOF helicopter gunship fired a missile at a populated apartment in the Intelligence Building no. 3 in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood. The apartment was damaged and two civilians were killed: Mohammed Majed Hussein, 18, and Tha'er Suheil Ali Hussein, 19.

· At approximately 15:00, IOF tanks shelled al-Hidaya Mosque in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood and al-Sahwa Mosque in al-Sena'a Street. The minaret of al-Hidaya Mosque was destroyed while al-Sahwa Mosque was damaged. IOF also fired artillery shells at Balqis Secondary Schools and the Rosary Sisters School.

· At approximately 16:00, the bodies of Fathi Daoud al-Qerem, 42, and his children; Ismat, 12, and Alaa', 11, were brought to Shifa Hospital. Al-Qerem and his children were killed when IOF fired an artillery shell that landed on their house in al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.

· During IOF ground incursion into Tal al-Hawa neighborhood that continued until 07:00 on Friday, 16 January 2009, ten members of the Palestinian resistance were killed. The dead are: Hamdi Ibrahim al-Banna, 23; Medhat 'Abed Ali Bannar, 24; Na'im Khader Hamada, 20; Mahmoud Khader Abu Salem, 19; 'Ammar Maher Farawana, 18; Farid Hejazi al-Hilu, 23; Mu'taz Abdul Muttaleb Dahman, 21; Hussam Hassan al-'AmaSsi, 35; Rebhi Shuhaibar, 25; and Tamer Faza'a, 20.

· At approximately 16:10, an IOF warplane fired a missile at a house belonging to Eyad Mohammed Siam, 35, in al-Yarmouk neighborhood in the center of Gaza City. The house was completely destroyed and Eyad Siam was killed with his wife, Samah 'Ateya Siam, 34. Sa'id Siam, the Interior Minister of the Gaza government and a senior leader of Hamas, who is the brother of Eyad Siam, was killed in the same attack. Said Siam's son, Mohammed, 22; and nephew, Mohammed Isma'il Siam, 27, were killed in the attack. The bombardment also heavily damaged a neighboring house belonging to the Islim family. Five members of the Islim family, including four children, were killed: Samar Ali Sha'ban Islim, 16; Iman Abdul Kader Islim, 20; Ahmed Mohammed Islim, 14; Hussam Mohammed Islim, 10; and Mohammed Nabil Islim, 20.

· At approximately 20:00, medical sources reported the death of Jamal Taha Maghames, 49, of wounds he had sustained in IOF bombardment of al-Maqqousi apartment buildings on 14 January 2009.

· Medical resources also reported the death of Mohammed Eleiwa, 22, of wounds he had sustained earlier in the east of al-Shoja'eya neighborhood.

· At approximately 10:00, 15-year-old Abdullah Mohammed al-Jujo was killed as a shell landed on his house near al-Huda Charitable Association in al-Sena'a Street south of Gaza City, when IOF tanks indiscriminately fired shells into the area.

· Medical sources reported the death of Mahmoud Zuhair al-'Aaloul, 18, of wounds he had sustained yesterday near Gaza Community College whilst trying to flee with his brothers.

· At approximately 15:00, an IOF warplane fired a missile at two Palestinian civilians who were neat their houses in al-Mahatta Street in al-Tuffah neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. The two civilians were killed:

· At approximately 17:00, the IOF artillery fired at a number of Palestinians, including a resistance activist, in the east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood. As a result, a civilian and a resistance activist were killed:

· At approximately 18:30, an IOF warplane fired a missile at a member of the Palestinian resistance, 31-year-old Bilal Tayseer Mousa. He was instantly killed.

· At approximately 19:00, an IOF warplane fired a missile at a consolation tent of the Bannar family in al-Mentar Street in al-Shoja'eya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. As a result, 10 Palestinian civilians, including a child, were killed:

· In the evening, medical crews found the bodies of two activists of the Palestinian resistance in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in the south of Gaza City. They were killed during the IOF incursion into the area. The two were identified as:

· At approximately 08:15, an IOF warplane fired a missile at a number of activists of the Palestinian resistance in al-Nafaq Street in the east of Gaza City. One of them, Ahmed 'Abdul Hai al-Safadi, 24, from al-Daraj neighborhood, was killed.

· In the evening, medical sources reported that Muneer Sami Shuhaiber, 14, died of wounds he had sustained on 5 January 2009 in al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the east of Gaza City.

· In the morning, after IOF had redeployed outside al-Zaytoun and al-Sha'af neighborhood and al-Dahadih area in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, medical crews found several decayed bodies of Palestinians who had been killed by IOF. Medical crews are still searching for more bodies in these areas. The bodies that have been found belong to:

It is worth noting that the number of members of the al-Sammouni clan who were killed by IOF in al-Zaytoun neighborhood has mounted to 36, including a number of women and children. Medical crews are still searching for more bodies in these areas, which were subjected to extensive destruction that affected houses, civilian facilities, mosques, agricultural land and mosques.

· At approximately 05:30, IOF fired incinerating bombs at houses in al-Nussairat refugee camp. As a result, 5 Palestinian civilians, including two children and a woman, were wounded, a house was burnt and a number of others were damaged.

· At approximately 07:00, an IOF warplane bombarded a tract of land belonging to the al-Musaddar family in the southeast of al-Maghazi refugee camp. A number of houses in the area were damaged.

· Also at approximately 07:00, the IOF artillery fired smoke bombs at houses in al-Bassa area in the northwest of Deir al-Balah. As a result, 4 Palestinian civilians suffered from suffocation.

· At approximately 13:30, an IOF warplane fired a missile at open land in al-Berka area in Deir al-Balah. A number of houses were damaged and two civilians, including a woman, were wounded.

· At approximately 16:00, IOF warplanes bombarded a site of the Force 17 in al-'Azayza Street in Deir al-Balah. The site and a number of neighboring houses were damaged. In addition, four civilians were wounded. The same site had been bombarded earlier.

· At approximately 18:00, IOF indiscriminately fired artillery shells at al-Mughraqa area and the west of al-Nussairat refugee camp. Three civilians were wounded.

· At approximately 20:30, IOF fired incinerating smoke bombs, which are believed to be phosphorous bombs, at houses and vacant areas east of al-Boreij refugee camp. Eight civilians, including three women and two children, were wounded, while a number of houses were damaged. Fire broke out on agricultural lands.

· At approximately 03:30, IOF warplanes bombarded a 3-storey house belonging to Kamal Khamis Abu Najeh, 60, in block 1 in al-Nussairat refugee camp. The houses and neighboring ones were damaged. In addition, two children were injured in the attack.

· In the early morning, IOF positioned on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel indiscriminately and sporadically fired incinerating smoke bombs, believed to be phosphorous, at Wadi al-Salqa village. IOF have bombarded the area several times day and night.

· At approximately 13:00, IOF troops positioned near a house belonging to 'Awad Qudsi al-Wehaidi in al-Mughraqa village fired at two old men who were getting out of the house after they had shelter in it for some time. One of them, 80-year-old Nassar 'Abdul Muhdi Mutawe', was killed, and the other one, 69-year-old Musallam Mohammed Mutawe', 69, was wounded.

· At approximately 14:00, the IOF artilley bombarded houses in Block 7 in al-Boreij refugee camp. As a result, 8-year-old Muhannad 'Aamer al-Judaili, was killed. His two brothers and their grandmother were also wounded: 'Abdul Hadi, 15; Khalil, 16; and Mudallala, 85. An artillery shell hit the house. The shelling continued sporadically until this morning, during which time 15 Palestinian civilians, including 3 children, were wounded, and a number of houses and a mosque were heavily damaged.

· At approximately 15:00, IOF troops positioned at al-Shuhada intersection, south of Gaza City, fired at Laurence Sue, an Italian journalist, who was traveling in a car together with a translator. The car was damaged.

· At approximately 15:30, IOF fired smoke bombs, believed to be phosphorous ones, at house in al-Birka area in the southwest of Deir al-Balah. Six Palestinian civilians, including two children, sustained burns, and a number of houses were damaged.

· At approximately 17:00, an IOF helicopter gunship fired a missile at a house belonging to 'Eissa 'Abdul Hadi al-Batran, 37, in al-Boreij refugee camp. As a result, al-Batran's wife, 30-year-old Manal, and their five children: Islam, 15; Iman, 10; Ihsan, 10; Bilal, 7; and 'Izziddin, 3, were killed. The house and a number of neighboring houses were damaged, and one civilian was wounded.

· At approximately 17:30, an IOF helicopter gunship fired a missile at a house belonging to Eyad al-Tayeb, 31. The house was heavily damaged, but no casualties were reported.

· At approximately 18:30, IOF troops positioned at al-Shuhada intersection fired at an ambulance that was on it way to evacuate a corpse from the area. Another ambulance had been fired at by IOF in the same area half an hour earlier.

· At approximately 22:30, IOF warplanes bombarded open lands belonging to the Abu Meddain clan near Salah al-Din Street. Abu 'Aassi fuel station and areas of agricultural land were damaged.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF heavy military vehicles moved into al-Zahraa' town and al-Mghraqa village, northwest of al-Nussairat refugee camp. They opened fire indiscriminately. As a result, Mohammed 'Abdullah Abu 'Otaiwi, 15, was killed and a woman was wounded. A number of houses and two mosques were also heavily damaged.

· Also at approximately 02:00, IOF military vehicles opened fire at an ambulance that was on its way to evacuate wounded Palestinians from al-Mughraqa village. The vehicle was damage, but the medical crew survived the attack.

· In the evening, including 4 children and two women, who were wounded by IOF in al-Mughraqa village and al-Nussairat and al-Boreij refugee camps, were admitted into the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

· In the morning, IOF redeployed outside al-Mughraqa village and al-Zahraa' town, leaving extensive destruction to houses and agricultural land.

· In the morning, IOF troops opened fire at Wadi al-Salqa village, southeast of Deir al-Balah. Palestinian civilians who had fled their homes during the IOF offensive on the Gaza Strip have not been able to come back to their houses in the village.

· In the morning, medical sources reported the death of Akram Mohammed Matar al-Seigali, 54, from Khan Yunis, in al-'Arish Hospital in Egypt. Al-Seigali sustained serious wounds on 13 January 2009, due to IOF shelling in line with their incursion into Khuza'a village east of Khan Yunis. He was heading to evacuate his wife and children when he was wounded in the street connecting Abasan village with Khuza'a village.

· At approximately 19:30, IOF tanks positioned on the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Khan Yunis, fired artillery shells at agricultural lands and at populated areas west of the border; in al-Qarara village, Abasan al-Kabira village, Abasan al-Jadida village and Khuza'a village. The fired shells included many phosphorous smoke shells. No casualties were reported. The shelling continued sporadically until this morning. IOF gunboats also shelled the western areas of Khan Yunis and the vicinity of al-Matahen area.

· At approximately 20:30, IOF warplanes dropped three incinerating smoke bombs, believed to be phosphorous ones, on the vicinity of the Science and Technology College in the south of Khan Yunis. Suffocating smoke dispersed over the area and fire broke out in a destroyed building close to the College.

· At approximately 22:00, medical sources reported the death of Mamdouh Lutfi Abu Rouk, 22, of wounds he had sustained in when IOF shelled Khuza'a village on 13 January 2009.

· At approximately 01:30, IOF warplanes fired three missiles at the police compound in the center of Khan Yunis. The building was heavily damaged. In addition, damages were caused to the neighboring primary care center of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the headquarters of Khan Yunis municipality and to neighboring houses. Three-year-old Mohammed Majed Ahmed al-Astal was lightly wounded by glass splinters, whilst inside his house.

· At approximately 06:35, IOF warplanes fired a missile at an open area near al-Amin Mosque in al-Satar al-Gharbi area northwest of Khan Yunis.

· Approximately the same time, an IOF warplane fired a missile at an open area near Khalid Ben al-Walid Mosque in Khan Yunis refugee camp. Two civilians, Nader Mohammed Abu Rezeq, 32, and his child, Noura, 4, were moderately wounded.

· At approximately 07:00, IOF warplanes and gunboats fired many smoke bombs, believed to be phosphorous ones, at the vicinity of the cemeteries southwest of Khan Yunis. IOF gunboats also fired dozens of shells at open areas in the west of Khan Yunis. At the same time, IOF tanks shelled at houses and agricultural lands in al-Qarara area.

· At approximately 16:10, an IOF drone fired a missile at a motorcycle in al-Fukhari area in the southeast of Khan Yunis. Hussam Mohammed 'Ali Abu Daqqa, 26, who was riding the motorcycle, was killed, and 3 passing civilians were wounded.

· At approximately 17:10, an IOF drone fired a missile at a motorcycle in Bani Suhaila village. Ra'fat Khalil Hamdan Abu al-'Ola, 47, who was riding the motorcycle, was killed. The al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad stated that Abu al-'Ola is one of their members.

· At approximately 17:30, two Palestinian civilians were wounded in Ma'an village, east of Khan Yunis, when IOF troops that had moved into al-Fukhari area opened fire indiscriminately.

· At approximately 18:30, IOF warplanes bombarded open area in al-Fukhari area. No casualties were reported. IOF troops positioned in the area fired at a civilian vehicle, in which a man and his two sons were traveling. The three were wounded. The man sent several appeals through the media to evacuate him and his sons, but all attempts to evacuate them failed. The International Committee of the Red Cross received information that there were members of the Shurrab family who were wounded in the area, and it started efforts to coordinate with IOF their evacuation. By midnight, contacts with the man was cut, as the battery of his mobile phone ran out of energy. At approximately, 10:30 on Saturday, an ambulance was allowed into the area. The medical crew found the man, Mohammed Shurrab, seriously wounded, and the two sons killed: Kassab Mohammed Shurrab, 28; and Ibrahim Mohammed Shurrab, 18. One of the sons bled to death.

· At approximately 20:05, IOF warplanes bombarded Asdaa' media town, west of Khan Yunis. As a result, a bulldozer inside the town was destroyed. Less than an hour later, IOF warplanes bombarded the town again causing more damages.

· At approximately 22:00, IOF warplanes bombarded an open area near al-Ameen Mosque in al-Satar al-Gharbi area. The mosque was damaged, but no casualties were reported.

· At approximately 22:45, IOF warplanes bombarded an open area in the west of Khan Yunis. No casualties were reported.

· At approximately 23:05, IOF warplanes bombarded a greenhouse in al-Satar al-Gharbi. The greenhouse was destroyed, but no casualties were reported.

· At approximately 03:30, IOF warplanes bombarded a deserted place, which used to serve as a sewing workshop, in the center of Khan Yunis. The place, which had been already bombarded, was extensively damage. Additionally, two neighboring 2-storey houses belonging to Ahmed Isma'il Fares and Zakaria Abu Mo'ammar were destroyed.

· Over night, IOF tanks gunboats sporadically shelled Palestinian areas in Khan Yunis. They also fired incinerating and smoke bombs. No casualties were reported.

· At approximately 11:55, IOF warplanes bombarded a security site in the west of Khan Yunis. No casualties were reported.

· At approximately 15:10, IOF warplanes bombarded open areas in the southwest of Khan Yunis. No casualties were reported.

· At approximately 00:05, IOF helicopter gunships bombarded open areas in the west of Khan Yunis.

· At approximately 01:30, IOF warplanes fired two missiles at the vicinity of Science and Technology College in the south of Khan Yunis. No casualties were reported.

· In the early morning, IOF withdrew from al-Fukhari area after they had demolished at least 30 houses and razed large areas of agricultural land.

· At approximately 10:40, IOF troops positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel opened fire at Palestinian civilians who were checking their homes and agricultural land following the declaration of the ceasefire. As a result, Maher 'Abdul 'Azim Abu Rjaila, 23, was killed by a gunshot to the chest and shrapnel to the limbs.

· At approximately 13:00, IOF troops positioned at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel, east of Khan Yunis, opened fired at Palestinian houses in al-Qarara village. As a result, Waleed 'Abdul Rahim al-Astal, 42, was wounded by a gunshot to the right foot.

· At approximately 14:25, Adam Mahmoud al-Najjar, 7, was admitted into Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis. He was wounded by shrapnel throughout the body from a suspicious object left by IOF that had moved into al-Najjar area in Khuza'a village, east of Khan Yunis, on 13 January 2009.

· At approximately 00:35, IOF warplanes bombarded al-Abrar Mosque near the central market in al-Shaboura refugee camp. The mosque and a number of neighboring houses and shops were destroyed.

· At approximately 05:30, an IOF warplane bombarded a house belonging to Ibrahim 'Ouda 'Abdul 'Aal, in which 7 people live, in al-Salam neighborhood in Rafah. The house was destroyed.

· Also at approximately 05:30, an IOF helicopter gunship bombarded a 3-storey house belonging to Salem 'Awad al-Sha'er, in which 3 families counting 14 people live. The house was partially destroyed.

· At approximately 07:30, an IOF warplane fired a missile at Yebna refugee camp in Rafah. As a resuly, Shihda Fat'hi al-Kurd, 30, a resistance activist, was killed.

· At approximately 08:00, the body of 'Abdullah 'Abdul Hameed Mo'ammar, 22, from al-Nasser village, was brought to Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah. Mo'ammar was killed by the IOF artillery shelling.

· At approximately 16:00, medical personnel could evacuate the body of Ahmed Fu'ad Thabet, 25, who bled to death, and his brother, Ibrahim, 18, who was seriously wounded, from Salah al-Din Street near al-Shouka and al-Naser villages, where IOF launched a ground incursion in the evening of the previous day. The two brothers were subjected to an IOF bombardment and were left bleeding until the medical personnel could attend them.

· At the same time, medical personnel could evacuate the bodies of Mustafa Kamel Baraka, 45, and Rasmi Mohammed Abu Jarjeer. The two civilians, who are from the central Gaza Strip, were traveling in a civilian car on Salah al-Din Street near al-Shouka village, northeast of Rafah, when IOF targeted them.

· Seven civilians who were wounded by indiscriminate IOF shelling and bombardments in the northeast of Rafah were admitted into the Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah. Hundreds of families in the area were forced to leave their houses. They sought shelter in UNRWA schools.

· At approximately 21:30, IOF warplanes bombarded the border strip between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Further damage was caused to houses in the area.

· At approximately 22:00, IOF warplanes bombarded a ceremony halls building belonging to Hamdan al-Sha'er in Abu Yousef al-Najjar Street in al-Junaina neighborhood in Rafah.

· At approximately 08:20, IOF gunboats fired shells at al-Mawasi area and at the south of Rafah.

· Ten minutes later, an IOF drone fired two missiles at a group of children while collecting firewood from an agricultural land behind a fuel station in 'Omar Ben al-Khattab. Fourteen-year-old 'Eissa Mohammed Abu Jarad was killed as a result and another child was wounded.

· At approximately 08:35, an IOF warplane fired a missile at an agricultural land in al-Tannour neighborhood east of Rafah.

· As a result of IOF shelling of houses in al-Shouka village east of Rafah, that continued till this morning, 16 civilians, including five children and four women, were wounded.

· At approximately 13:00, IOF warplanes targeted a number of activists of the Palestinian resistance in Um al-Nasser village, north of Rafah, killing one of them, 21-year-old Hammouda Zayed Thabet.

· At approximately 15:30, an IOF warplane bombarded agricultural areas in Kherbat al-'Adas area in the north of Rafah. A Palestinian child was wounded. On the previous day, 13 Palestinian civilians were wounded by IOF shelling.

· At approximately 16:30, IOF gunboats shelled al-Mawasi area and open areas in the west of Rafah.

· At approximately 21:00, IOF warplanes bombarded the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. More destruction was incurred and Palestinian civilians were extremely terrified. The air strikes are still ongoing.

· At approximately 01:05, IOF warplanes bombarded a 2-storey house belonging to Ahmed 'Ali Abu al-A'inain, in which 10 families counting 40 people live, in al-Junaina neighborhood. A supermarket and two flats on the ground floor were burnt and a man and his wife were wounded.

· At approximately 11:20, medical crews found the bodies of two Palestinian civilians in al-Nasser village, north of Rafah. The two civilians were killed when the IOF artillery shell a house belonging to one of them. They were identified as: 'Atiya Talab Abu al-Hussain, 45; and Anwar Saleh Abu Tailakh, 20.

· At approximately 14:00, IOF warplanes dropped dozens of bombs on the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, south of Rafah. The bombardment continued until 22:00. No casualties were reported, but houses in the area sustained more damage.

· At approximately 17:30, an IOF drone fired two missiles at Kherbat al-'Adas area in Rafah. One of the missile hit and damaged a house belonging to 'Omar Mohammed al-Nahhal, whereas the other one hit a house belonging to Mohammed al-Muraidi, but did not explode.

· At approximately 22:10, an IOF drone fired a missile at a tract of agricultural land near Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in al-Junaina neighborhood. No casualties were reported.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF redeployed outside al-Shouka village, east of Rafah. According to information available to PCHR, during their incursion into the areas, IOF demolished a number of houses, damaged others, razed areas of agricultural land and destroyed the civilian infrastructure.

2. Incursions into Palestinian Areas and Attacks on Palestinian Civilians and Property in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:

· Also at approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Beit 'Awa village, southwest of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Jenin town and refugee camp. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Ahmed 'Ali al-Sa'idi, 30.

· Also at approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Bourqin village, west of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Mo'tassem Khaled Shalamish, 19.

· Also at approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Qabtatya village, southeast of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Roujib village, east of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Aysar Hussam al-Ka'bi, 19.

· Also at approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Dura village, southwest of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians, including a child:

· At approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Beit Sahour. They raided and searched a house belonging to the family of 'Azzam Ramadan, who had been already arrested by them.

· At approximately 14:00, IOF moved into Housan village, west of Bethlehem. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Dura village, southwest of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Ra'ed Kamel 'Awawda, 32.

· At approximately 02:30, IOF moved into al-Lubban village near Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 3 Palestinian civilians (two twins and a child):

· Following the Friday Prayer, scores of Palestinian civilians organized a peaceful demonstration in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron, in protest to the IOF war on the Gaza Strip. IOF troops positioned at the eastern entrance of the village fired at these civilians, wounding 3 of them:

2. Mohammed Mahmoud 'Abdul Muttaleb, 19, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the foot; and

3. Mohammed Jameel al-Dahnoun, 20, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the face.

· Following the Friday Prayer, Palestinian civilians organized a peaceful demonstration in the southern part of Hebron in protest to the IOF war on the Gaza Strip. IOF troops fired at the demonstrators. As a result, Mos'ab Nasser Badwan Da'na, 20, was seriously wounded by a gunshoit to the head. He died of his wound later. Additionally, 4 civilians, including a child, were wounded:

1. Ra'ed Mohammed al-Rajabi, 20, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the limbs;

· At approximately 13:00, dozens of Palestinian civilians demonstrated in Ras al-'Aamoud neighborhood in East Jerusalem in protest to the IOF war on the Gaza Strip. IOF troops fired sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators and violently beat a number of them. As a result, Younis al-Dwaik, 45, sustained bruises. IOF troops also attacked a number of journalists and forced them to leave the area.

· At approximately 13:30, dozens of Palestinian women organized a peaceful demonstration near the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. IOF troops attacked and violently beat the women. At least 10 women sustained bruises throughout the body. IOF troops also arrested a woman, 48-year-old 'Abeer Abu Khudair, for some hours.

· At approximately 15:00, dozens of Palestinian children demonstrated at the western entrance of al-'Eissawiya village, east of Jerusalem, in protest to the IOF war on the Gaza Strip. IOF troops fired at the children, wounding 4 of them with rubber-coated metal bullets. Undercover IOF troops also arrested two children: Anas Hani al-'Eissawi, 16; and Hussein Mustafa, 15.

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Beita village, south of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Zabbouba village, west of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· At approximately 02:30, IOF moved into 'Anza village, southeast of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and summoned a number of civilians for interrogation.

· At approximately 06:00, IOF moved into Hawara village, south of Nablus, and imposed a curfew.

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Taqqou' village, southeast of Bethlehem. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Bani Na'im village, east of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into 'Arraba village, southwest of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· Also at approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Fahma village, southwest of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into Sa'ir village, northeast of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 5 Palestinian civilians:

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested Yousef Bader Ekhlil, 28.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Western Toura village, southwest of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 7 Palestinian children:

· At approximately 02:30, IOF moved into Northern 'Assira village, north of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:

· At approximately 03:00, IOF moved into Beit Emrin village, northwest of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested two Palestinian civilians:

· At approximately 01:00, IOF moved into al-Zahiriya village, south of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses and workshops, but no arrests were reported.

· At approximately 01:15, IOF moved into Ya'bad village, southwest of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and workshops, but no arrests were reported.

· Also at approximately 01:15, IOF moved into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. They raided and searched a number of houses and workshops, but no arrests were reported.

· At approximately 01:30, IOF moved into Bani Na'im village, northeast of Hebron. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· At approximately 01:45, IOF moved into Bethlehem. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· Also at approximately 01:45, IOF moved into al-Duhaisha refugee camp, southwest of Bethlehem. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· Also at approximately 01:45, IOF moved into 'Aaida refugee camp, north of Bethlehem. They raided and searched a number of houses, but no arrests were reported.

· At approximately 02:00, IOF moved into Qaryout village, southeast of Nablus. They raided and searched a number of houses and arrested 7 Palestinian civilians, including two children:

· At approximately 12:00, dozens of Palestinian civilians demonstrated in Beit Ummar village, north of Hebron, in protest to the IOF offensive on the Gaza Strip. IOF troops positioned at the eastern entrance of the village chased and fired at the demonstrators. As a result, Yousef Ahmed Abu Maria, 17, was wounded by shrapnel to the hand and the foot. IOF troops also arrested Mohammed 'Ali Abu Maria, 16.

· At approximately 12:30, an IOF undercover unit moved into Qabatya village, southeast of Jenin. IOF troops set an ambush for Saleh Ameen Kmail, 32, near his house and arrested him. Kmail is a leader of Islamic Jihad. IOF troops repeatedly raided his house to arrest him.

· At approximately 13:00, an IOF undercover unit moved into Qiffin village, north of Tulkarm, traveling in a civilan vehicle. IOF troops raided a carepentry workshop belonging to 'Omar Mohammed Daoud, a member of Islamic Jihad, and arrested him.

IOF have continued to impose a tightened siege on the OPT and imposed severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including Occupied East Jerusalem.

IOF have continued to impose a siege on the 1.5 million civilians of the Gaza Strip. The border crossings of the Strip have been closed for more than two years as part of IOF’s collective punishment policy, imposing severe restrictions on the movement of civilians and goods. As a result, the territory is unable to secure its basic needs of food, medicine, and other supplies, pushing the poverty rate above 80%.

The continued Israeli ban on fuel supplies required for civilian life in the Gaza Strip has led to the paralysis of the educational sector. Healthcare facilities have registered a drop in clients due to the transport crisis, and hundreds of healthcare professionals have been unable to reach their work places.

The tightened siege has led to the collapse of the Gaza Strip economic sectors. Most production facilities have ceased to operate due to the siege and restriction on movement of goods and individuals.

With regard to Rafah International Crossing Point on the Egyptian border, the Egyptian authorities started to open it limitedly for some patients.

IOF allow a very limited number of seriously ill patients and staff of international organizations to pass through Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing. IOF have also prevented families of at least 900 Palestinians detained in Israeli jails from visiting them since 6 June 2007.

The closure of border crossings deprives the Palestinian civilian population in the Gaza Strip of their right to freedom of movement, education and health. IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on fishing in the Gaza Strip. Following the attack on IOF on 25 June 2006, IOF prevented fishing. Approximately 35,000 people in and around Gaza’s coastal communities rely on the fishing industry, including 2,500 fishermen, 2,500 support staff and their families. Fishermen have been subjected to intensive monitoring by IOF, which use helicopter gunships and gunboats to monitor the fishermen. The Oslo Accords allow Palestinian fishermen to go fishing up to 20 nautical miles away from the Gaza seashore.

- The pumps of water wells at Shifa Hospital were disrupted after sustaining heavy damages.

IOF have imposed a tightened siege on the West Bank. During the reporting period, IOF imposed additional restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians.

· Jerusalem: IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians to and from the city. Thousands of Palestinian civilians from the West Bank and the Gaza Strip have been denied access to the city. IOF have established many checkpoints around and inside the city. Restrictions of the movement of Palestinian civilians often escalate on Fridays to prevent them from praying at the al-Aqsa Mosque. IOF often violently beat Palestinian civilians who attempt to bypass checkpoints and enter the city. IOF impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians on Fridays to restrict their access to the al-Aqsa Mosque. During the reporting period, IOF imposed additional restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. On Friday morning, 16 January 2009, IOF prevented Palestinian civilians living outside of the Old Town from entering it. They also prevented Palestinian civilians aged below 45 from reaching the al-Aqsa Mosque for the Friday Prayer. When the Prayer was completed, IOF troops chased and beat Palestinian civilians outside the Mosque. On Thursday, Friday and Tuesday, 15,16 and 20 January 2009, IOF erected more checkpoints inside and around Jerusalem. They stopped and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles.

· Nablus: IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. At approximately 17:00 on Thursday, 15 January 2009, IOF closed Hawara road, south of Nablus, because Israeli settlers demonstrated on the road. The closure continued for two hours. At approximately 09:00 on Saturday, 17 January 2009, IOF closed Hawara checkpoint, south of Nablus. They arrested a Palestinian gril, claiming that she insulted an IOF soldier.

· Bethlehem: IOF have continued to impose severe restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. During the reporting period, IOF troops positioned at the Container checkpoint, northeast of Bethlehem, imposed additional restrictions on the movement of Palestinian civilians. They reinforced their presence on the checkpoint. IOF also erected a number of checkpoints around the town. They stop and searched Palestinian civilian vehicles.

On Sunday evening, 18 January 2009, IOF troops positioned at the Container checkpoint arrested 3 Palestinian civilians:

· Hebron: At approximately 15:00 on Saturday, 17 January 2009, IOF troops positioned in the vicinity of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old town of Hebron arrested Mo'taz 'Abdul Mo'ez Abu Esnaina, 22, claiming that he was carrying a knife.

IOF have continued to construct the Annexation Wall inside West Bank territory. During the reporting period, IOF used force against peaceful demonstrations organized by Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders in protest to the construction of the Wall.

· Following the Friday Prayer on 16 January 2009, scores of Palestinian civilians, in protest to the IOF offensive on the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators moved towards the Wall and threw stones at IOF troops positioned in the area. Immediately, IOF troops fired gunshots, rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators. As a result, 5 civilians, including 3 children, were wounded:

5. Mohammed Shawkat al-Khatib, 16, wounded by a bullet that contains green balls to the hand.

· Also following the Friday Prayer on 16 January 2009, dozens of Palestinian civilians organized a peaceful demonstration in protest to the construction of the Wall in Ne'lin village, west of Ramallah. They moved towards areas of land which are threatened to be confiscated for the purpose of the construction of the Wall. IOF troops fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators. As a result, 12 demonstrators, including 7 children, were wounded:

1. Mohammed Ibrahim Sorour, 15, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the left leg;

2. Ameer Nazzal Yousef, 13, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the left leg;

4. Ahmed 'Aayed al-Sadiq, 14, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the shoulder;

5. Mahmoud 'Ali Dabbous, 16, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the back;

7. Ihsan Yousef al-Zannoun, 19, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the head;

8. Mohammed Haleem 'Abdul Fattah, 15, , wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the thigh;

9. 'Abdul Haq Ibrahim 'Amira, 19, , wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the shoulder;

10. 'Abdul Halim Lu'ai al-Khawaja, 18, hit by a tear gas canister to the left hand;

12. Rezeq Khalil Dabbous, 27, , wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the right leg.

· On Wednesday noon, 21 January 2009, dozens of Palestinian civilians and international and Israeli human rights defenders organized a peaceful demonstration in protest to the construction of the Wall in Ne'lin village, west of Ramallah. They moved towards areas of land which are threatened to be confiscated for the purpose of the construction of the Wall. IOF troops fired rubber-coated metal bullets, sound bombs and tear gas canisters at the demonstrators. As a result, 11 demonstrators, including 5 children, were wounded:

1. Mo'men 'Abdul Rahman al-Khawaja, 17, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the back;

2. Sa'adat Ibrahim 'Amira, 13, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the left leg;

4. Mohammed 'Abdul Raziq al-Khawaja, 20, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the right leg;

6. Mohammed 'Atallah 'Amira, 17, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the back;

9. Mohammed Ahmed Younis, 17, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the right hand;

10. Ahmed 'Atallah 'Amira, 16, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet and hit by a tear gas canister to the thigh; and

11. Mohammed Mohsen Mousa, 17, wounded by a rubber-coated metal bullet to the back.

Additionally, IOF troops set fire to two houses belonging to Eyad 'Ersan Nafe' and 'Olayan 'Amira and a coffee shop of the local council, heavily damaging them.

OF has recently escalated arbitrary measures against Palestinian civilians in East Jerusalem to force them to leave the city.

· IOF closed a house belonging to Hisham Hussin Abu Duhaim, 57, in Jabal al-Mukabber village, east of Jerusalem. On 6 August 2008, the Israeli Defense Minister ordered the demolition of the house of the family of 'Alaa' Hisham Abu Duhaim, 25, who was killed by an IOF soldier in Jerusalem on 6 March 2008. The family submitted a petition to the Israeli High Court to stop the demolition, but the court issued a decision ordering the demolition and closure of 4 flats belonging to the family. On Monday morning, 19 January 2009, IOF raided the houses and forced the 18 residents of the four flats out. They then demolished the flats and closed the place using concrete. The four flats are located on the 2^nd and 3^rd floors of a 4-storey apartment building.

· During the reporting period, IOF ordered the confiscation of 500 donums of land in Abu Dis town, southeast of Jerusalem, for the purpose of the construction of the Wall.

6. Settlement Activities and Attacks by Settlers against Palestinian Civilians and Property

IOF have continued settlement activities in the OPT in violation of international humanitarian law, and Israeli settlers have continued to attack Palestinian civilians and property.

· At approximately 16:00 on Thursday, 15 January 2009, dozens of Israeli settlers gathered on te bypass road near "Tits'har" settlement, south of Nablus, and threw stones at Palestinian civilian vehicles. They attempted to close the rod. IOF arrived at the area and drove the settlers away.

· On Monday morning, 19 January 2009, IOF issued a military order seizing at least 3,000 donums of land in Yatta village, south of Hebron, for the purpose of settlement expansion in the south of Hebron.

· During the reporting period, IOF issued a military order confiscating 13.4 donums of land in Housan and Nahalin villages, west of Bethlehem, for the purpose of settlement expansion.

1. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to fulfill their legal and moral obligations under Article 1 of the Convention to ensure Israel's respect for the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. PCHR believes that the conspiracy of silence practiced by the international community has encouraged Israel to act as if it is above the law and encourages Israel continue to violate international human rights and humanitarian law.

2. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to convene a conference to take effective steps to ensure Israel's respect of the Convention in the OPT and to provide immediate protection for Palestinian civilians.

3. PCHR calls upon the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention to comply with its legal obligations detailed in Article 146 of the Convention to search for and prosecute those responsible for grave breaches, namely war crimes.

4. PCHR calls for the immediately implementation of the Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice, which considers the construction of the Annexation Wall inside the West Bank illegal.

5. PCHR recommends international civil society organizations, including human rights organizations, bar associations and NGOs to participate in the process of exposing those accused of grave breaches of international law and to urge their governments to bring these people to justice.

6. PCHR calls upon the European Union to activate Article 2 of the Euro-Israel Association Agreement, which provides that Israel must respect human rights as a precondition for economic cooperation between the EU states and Israel. PCHR further calls upon the EU states to prohibit import of goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements in the OPT.

7. PCHR calls on the international community to recognize the Gaza disengagement plan, which was implemented in September 2005, for what it is - not an end to occupation but a compounding of the occupation and the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

8. In recognition of ICRC as the guardian of the Fourth Geneva Convention, PCHR calls upon the ICRC to increase its staff and activities in the OPT, including the facilitation of family visitations to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

9. PCHR appreciates the efforts of international civil society, including human rights organizations, bar associations, unions and NGOs, and urges them to continue their role in pressuring their governments to secure Israel's respect for human rights in the OPT and to end its attacks on Palestinian civilians.

10. PCHR calls upon the international community to pressure Israel to lift the severe restrictions imposed by the Israeli government and its occupation forces on access for international organizations to the OPT.

11. PCHR reiterates that any political settlement not based on international human rights law and humanitarian law cannot lead to a peaceful and just solution of the Palestinian question. Rather, such an arrangement can only lead to further suffering and instability in the region. Any peace agreement or process must be based on respect for international law, including international human rights and humanitarian law.

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[1] 1 donum is equal to 1,000 square meters.

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Weekly Report: On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory	No. 03/2009 15- 21 January 2009
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