The King David Massacre:
The King David Hotel explosion of July 22, 1946 (Palestine), which resulted in the deaths of 92 Britons, Arabs and Jews, and in the wounding of 58, was not just an act of “Jewish extremists,” but a premeditated massacre conducted by the Irgun in agreement with the highest Jewish political authorities in Palestine-- the Jewish Agency and its head David-Ben-Gurion.
According to Yitshaq Ben-Ami, a Palestinian Jew who spent 30 years in exile after the establishment of Israel investigating the crimes of the “ruthless clique heading the internal Zionist movement,”
The Irgun had conceived a plan for the King David attack early in 1946, but the green light was given only on July first. According to Dr. Sneh, the operation was personally approved by Ben-Gurion, from his self-exile in Europe. Sadeh, the operations officer of the Haganah, and Giddy Paglin, the head of the Irgun operation under Menachem Begin agreed that thirty-five minutes advance notice would give the British time enough to evacuate the wing, without enabling them to disarm the explosion.
The Jewish Agency’s motive was to destroy all evidence the British had gathered proving that the terrorist crime waves in Palestine were not merely the actions of “fringe” groups such as the Irgun and Stern Gang, but were committed in collusion with the Haganah and Palmach groups and under the direction of the highest political body of the Zionist establishment itself, namely the Jewish Agency.
That so many innocent civilian lives were lost in the King David massacre is a normal part of the pattern of the history of Zionist outrages: A criminal act is committed, allegedly by an isolated group, but actually under the direct authorization of the highest Zionist authorities, whether of the Jewish Agency
during the Palestine Mandate or of the Government of Israel thereafter.
The following is a statement made in the House of Commons by then British Prime Minister Clement Attlee:
On July 22, 1946, one of the most dastardly and cowardly crimes in recorded history took place. We refer to the blowing up of the King David Hotel in Jerusalem.
Ninety-two persons lost their lives in that stealthy attack, 45 were injured, and among whom there were many high officials, junior officers and office personnel, both men and women. The King David Hotel was used as an office housing the Secretariat of the Palestine Government and British Army Headquarters. The attack was made on 22 July at about 12 o’clock noon when offices are usually in full swing. The attackers, disguised as milkmen, carried the explosives in milk containers, placed them in the basement of the Hotel and ran away.
The Chief Secretary for the Government of Palestine, Sir John Shaw, declared in a broadcast: “As head of the Secretariat, the majority of the dead and wounded were my own staff, many of whom I have known personally for eleven years. They are more than official colleagues. British, Arabs, Jews, Greeks, Armenians; senior officers, police, my orderly, my chauffeur, messengers, guards, men and
women-- young and old-- they were my friends.
“No man could wish to be served by a more industrious, loyal and honest group of ordinary decent people. Their only crime was their devoted, unselfish and impartial service to Palestine and its people. For this they have been rewarded by cold-blooded mass murder.”
Although members of the Irgun Z’vai Leumi took responsibility for this crime, yet they also made it public later that they obtained the consent and approval of the Haganah Command, and it follows, that of the Jewish Agency.
The King David Hotel massacre shocked the conscience of the civilized world. On July 23, Anthony Eden, leader of the British opposition Conservative
Party, posed a question in the House of Commons to Prime Minister Atlee of the Labor Party, asking “the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make on the bomb outrage at the British Headquarters in Jerusalem.” The Prime Minister responded:
“…It appears that, after exploding a small bomb in the street, presumably as a diversionary measure-- this did virtually no damage-- a lorry drove up to the tradesmen’s entrance of the King David Hotel and the occupants, after holding up the staff at pistol point, entered the kitchen premises carrying a number of milk cans. At some stage of the proceedings, they shot and seriously wounded a British soldier who attempted to interfere with them. All available information so far is to the effect that they were Jews. Somewhere in the basement of the hotel they planted bombs that went off shortly afterwards. They appear to have made good their escape.
“Every effort is being made to identify and arrest the perpetrators of this outrage. The work of rescue in the debris, which was immediately organized, still continues. The next-of-kin of casualties are being notified by telegram as soon as accurate information is available. The House will wish to express their
profound sympathy with the relatives of the killed and with those injured in this dastardly outrage.”

The Massacre at Baldat al-Shaikh:
January 30-31, 1947(Palestine): This massacre took place following an argument which broke out between Palestinian workers and Zionists in the Haifa Petroleum Refinery, leading to the deaths of a number of Palestinians and wounding and killing approximately sixty Zionists. A large number of the Palestinian Arab workers were living in Baldat al-Shaikh and Hawasa, located in the southeast of Haifa. Consequently, the Zionists planned to take revenge on behalf of fellow Zionists who had been killed in the refinery by attacking Baldat al-Shaikh and Hawasa.1
On the night of January 30-31, 1947, a mixed force composed of the First Battalion
of Palmakh and the Carmelie brigade (estimated at approximately 150 to 200
Zionist terrorists) launched a raid against the two towns under the leadership of
Hayim Afinu'am.]2 They focused their attack on the outskirts of Baldat al-Shaikh and
Hawasa. Taking the outlying homes by surprise as their inhabitants slept, they pelted
them with hand grenades, then went inside, firing their machine guns.3 The terrorist
attack led to the deaths of approximately sixty citizens inside their homes, most of
them women, elderly and children.4 The attack lasted for an hour, after which the
Zionists withdrew at 2:00 a.m., having attacked a large number of noncombatant
homes.5 According to a report written by the leader of the terrorist operation, "the
attacking units slipped into the town and began working on the houses. And due to
the fact that gunfire was directed inside the rooms, it was not possible to avoid
injuring women and children."6

YEHIDA MASSACRE:
13 December 1947(Palestine): men of the Arab village of Yehiday (near Petah Tekva, the first Zionist settlement to be established) met at the local coffee house when they saw a British Army patrol enter the village, they were reassured especially that Jewish terrorists had murdered 12 Palestinians the previous day. The four cars stopped in front of the cafe house and out stepped men dressed in khaki uniforms and steel helmets. However, it soon became apparent that they had not come to protect the villagers. With machine guns they sprayed bullets into the crowd gathered in the coffee house. Some of the invaders placed bombs next to Arab homes while other disguised terrorists tossed grenades at civilians. For a while it seemed as if the villagers would be annihilated but soon a real British patrol arrived to foil the well-organized killing raid. The death toll of 7 Arab civilians could have been much higher. Earlier the same day 6 Arabs were killed and 23 wounded when homemade bombs were tossed at a crowd of Arabs standing near the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem. In Jaffa another bomb killed six more Arabs and injured 40.


KHISAS MASSACRE:
18 December 1947(Palestine): Two carloads of Haganah terrorists drove through the village of Khisas (on the Lebanese Syrian border) firing machine guns and throwing grenades. 10 Arab civilians were killed in the raid.


QAZAZA MASSACRE:
19 December 1947(Palestine): 5 Arab children were murdered when Jewish terrorists blew up the house of the village Mukhtar.

The Semiramis Hotel Massacre:
5/7/1948(Palestine): The Jewish Agency escalated their terror campaign against Palestinian Arabs.
They decided to perpetrate a wholesale massacre by bombing the Semiramis Hotel in the Katamon section of Jerusalem, in order to drive out the Palestinians from Jerusalem. The massacre of the Semiramis Hotel on January 5, 1948, was the direct responsibility of Jewish Agency leader David Ben-Gurion and Haganah leaders Moshe Sneh and Yisrael Galili. If this massacre had taken place in World War II, they would have been sentenced to death for their criminal responsibility along with the terrorists who placed the explosives.
A description of the massacre of the Semiramis Hotel from the United Nations Documents follows, as well as the Palestinian Police report on the crime sent to the Colonial Office in London:
January 5, 1948. Haganah terrorists made a most barbarous attack at one o’clock in the early morning of Monday…at the Semiramis Hotel in the Katamon section of Jerusalem, killing innocent people and wounding many. The Jewish Agency terrorist forces blasted the entrance to the hotel by a small bomb and then placed bombs in the basement of the building. As a result of the explosion the whole building collapsed with its residents. As the terrorists withdrew, they started shooting at the houses in the neighborhood. Those killed were: Subhi El-Taher, Moslem; Mary Masoud, Christian; Georgette Khoury, Christian; Abbas Awadin, Moslem; Nazira Lorenzo, Christian; Mary Lorenzo, Christian; Mohammed
Saleh Ahmed, Moslem; Ashur Abed El Razik Juma, Moslem; Ismail Abed El Aziz, Moslem; Ambeer Lorenzo, Christian; Raof Lorenzo, Christian; Abu Suwan Christian family, seven members, husband, wife, and five children.
Besides those killed, 16 more were wounded, among them women and children. The following is a text of a cable by the High Commissioner for Palestine to the Colonial Office about the massacre:
Jerusalem. 0117 hours, Urban. At approximately 0117 hours, a grenade was thrown into the Semiramis Hotel, Katamon Quarter, causing superficial damage but no casualties. During the ensuing confusion, a charge was placed in the building and it exploded about one minute later, completely demolishing half the hotel. Witnesses have stated that the perpetrators arrived by way of the Upper Katamon Road in two taxis. Four persons are reported to have alighted from the first taxi, and one person, who apparently covered the main party, from the second. All were wearing European clothes…


The Massacre at Dair Yasin:
9/4/1948(Palestine): The forces of the Zionist gangs Tsel, Irgun and Hagana, fitted out with the Zionist terrorist strategy of killing civilians in order to achieve their aspirations, began stealing into the village on the night of April 9, 1948. Their purpose was to uproot the Palestinian people from their land by coming upon the inhabitants of the village
unawares, destroying their homes and burning them down on top of those inside, thereby making clear to the entire world to what depths of barbarism Zionist had sunk. The attack began as the children were asleep in their mothers' and fathers' arms. In the words of Menachim Begin as he described events, "the Arabs fought tenaciously in defense of their homes, their women and their children." The fighting proceeded from house to house, and whenever the Jews occupied a house, they
would blow it up, and then direct a call to the inhabitants to flee or face death. Believing the threat, the people left in terror in hopes of saving their children and women. But what should the Stern and Irgun gangs do but rush to mow down whoever fell within range of their weapons. Then, in a picture of barbarism the likes of which humanity has rarely witnessed except on the part of the most depraved, the terrorists began throwing bombs inside the houses in order to bring them down on whoever was
inside. The orders they had received were for them to destroy every house. Behind the explosives there marched the Stern and Irgun terrorists, who killed whoever they found alive. The explosions continued in the same barbaric fashion until the afternoon of April 10, 1948. Then they gathered together the civilians who were still alive, stood them up beside the walls and in corners, then fired on them. About twenty-five men were brought out of the houses, loaded onto a truck and led on a
"victory tour" in the neighborhood of Judah Mahayina and Zakhroun Yousif. At the end of the tour, the men were brought to a stone quarry located between Tahawwu'at Shawul and Dair Yasin, where they were shot in cold blood. Then the Etsel and Layhi "fighters" brought the women and the children who had managed to survive up to a truck and took them to the Mendelbaum Gate. Finally, a Haganah unit came and dug a mass grave in which it buried 250 Arab corpses, most of them women, children
and the elderly.
A woman who survived the massacre by the name of Halima Id describes what happened to her sister. She says, "I saw a soldier grabbing my sister, Saliha al-Halabi, who was nine months pregnant. He pointed a machine gun at her neck, and then emptied its contents into her body. Then he turned into a butcher, and grabbed a knife and ripped open her stomach to take out the slaughtered child with his
iniquitous Nazi knife." In another location in the village, Hanna Khalil, a girl at the time, saw a man unsheathing a large knife and ripping open the body her neighbor Jamila Habash from head to toe. Then he murdered their neighbor Fathi in the same way at the entranceway to the house. A 40-year-old woman named Safiya describes how she was come upon by a man who suddenly opened up his trousers and pounced on her. "I began screaming and wailing. But the women around me were all meeting the same fate. After that they tore off our clothes so that they could fondle our breasts and our bodies with gestures too horrible to describe." Some of the soldiers cut off women's ears in order to get at a few small earrings. Once news of the massacre had gotten out, a delegation from the Red Cross tried to visit the village. However, they weren't allowed to visit the site until a day after the
time they had requested. Meanwhile the Zionists tried to cover up the evidence of their crime. They gathered up as much as they could of the victims' dismembered corpses, threw them in the village well, then closed it up. And they tried to change the landmarks in the area so that the Red Cross representative wouldn't be able to find his way there. However, he did find his way to the well, where he found 150 maimed corpses belonging to women, children and the elderly. And in addition to the bodies which were found in the well, scores of others had been buried in mass graves while
still others remained strewn over street corners and in the ruins of houses.
Afterwards, the head of the terrorist Hagana gang which had taken part in burying the Palestinian civilians wrote saying that his group had not undertaken a military operation against armed men, the reason being that they wanted to plant fear in the Arabs' hearts. This was the reason they chose a peaceable, unarmed village, since in this way they could spread terror among the Arabs and force them to flee.


NASER AL-DIN MASSACRE:
13-14 April 1948(Palestine): a contingent of Lehi and Irgon entered this village (near Tiberias) entered the village on the night of 13 April dressed as Arab fighters. Upon their entrance to the village the people went out to greet them, the terrorists met them with fire, killing every single one of them. Only 40 people survived. All the houses of the village were raised to the ground.


THE TANTURA MASSACRE:
May 15, 1948 (Palestine): "From testimonies and information I got from Jewish and Arab witnesses and from soldiers who were there, at least 200 people from the village of Tantura were killed by Israeli troops...
"From the numbers, this is definitely one of the biggest massacres," Teddy Katz an Israeli historian said Tantura, near Haifa in northern Palestine, had 1,500 residents at the time. It was later demolished to make way for a parking lot for a nearby beach and the Nahsholim kibbutz, or cooperative farm.
Fawzi Tanji, now 73 and a refugee at a camp in the West Bank, is from Tantura he said:
I was 21 years old then. They took a group of 10 men, lined them up against the cemetery wall and killed them. Then they brought another group, killed them, and threw away the bodies and so on, Tanji said. I was waiting for my turn to die in cold blood as I saw the men drop in front of me.
Katz said other Palestinians were killed inside their homes and in other parts of the village. At one point, he said, soldiers shot at anything that moved.


BEIT DARAS MASSACRE:
21 May 1948(Palestine): after a number of failed attempts to occupy this village, the Zionists mobilized a large contingent and surrounded the village. The people of Beit Daras decided that women and children should leave. As women and children left the village they were met by the Zionist army who massacred them despite the fact that they could see they were women and children fleeing the fighting.


THE DAHMASH MOSQUE MASSACRE:
11 July 1948 (Palestine): after the Israeli 89th Commando Battalion lead by Moshe Dayan occupied Lydda, the Israelis told Arabs through loudspeakers that if they went into a certain mosque they would be safe. In retaliation for a hand grenade attack after the surrender that killed several Israeli soldiers, 80-100 Palestinians were massacred in the mosque; their bodies lay decomposing for 10 days in the mid-summer heat. The mosque still stands abandoned today. This massacre spread fear and panic among the Arab population of Lydda and Ramle, who were then ordered to march out of these towns after they were stripped of all personal belonging by Israeli soldiers. Yetzak Rabin, Brigade Commander then says: - There was no way of avoiding the use of force and warning shots in order to make the inhabitants march ten to fifteen miles to the point where they met up with the legion-. Most of the 60,000 inhabitants of Lyda and Ramble came to refugee camps near Ramallah, around 350 lost their lives on the way through dehydration and son stroke. Many survived by drinking their own urine. The conditions in the refugee camps were to claim more lives.


DAWAYMA MASSACRE:
On October 29 Palestine): the Israeli army brutally massacred about 100 women and children, precipitating a massive flight of people from that village on the western side of the Hebron mountains. Mr. Walid Khalidi, author of All That Remains, says that the Palestinian inhabitants at Dawayma faced one of the larger Israel massacres, though today it is among the least well known.
The following are excerpts of a description of the massacre published in the
Israeli daily ‘Al ha Mishmar, quoted in All That Remains:
The children they killed by breaking their heads with sticks. There was not a house
without dead…one commander ordered a sapper to put two old women in a certain
house…and to blow up the house with them. The sapper refused…the commander then ordered his men to put in the old women and the evil deed was done. One soldier boasted that he had raped a woman and then shot her…
A former mukhtar (head of a village) of Dawayma interviewed in 1984 by the Israeli daily Hadashot, also quoted by Mr. Khalidi, offered another description:
The people fled, and everyone they saw in the houses, they shot and killed. They
also killed people in the streets. They came and blew up my house, in the presence of eyewitnesses…the moment that the tanks came and opened fire, I left the village immediately. At about half-past ten, two tanks passed the Darawish Mosque. About 75 old people were there, who had come early for Friday prayers. They gathered in the mosque to pray. They were all killed.
About 35 families had been hiding in caves outside Dawayma, according to the
mukhtar, and when the Israeli forces discovered them they were told to come out, line up, and begin walking. “And as they started to walk, they were shot by machine guns from two sides…we sent people there that night, who collected the bodies, put them into a cistern, and buried them,” the mukhtar told the Israeli daily.

HOULA MASSACRE:
26/10/1948 (Lebanon) :Houla is located in southern Lebanon, only a few kilometers from the Israeli border. When Arab volunteers gathered to liberate Palestine from "Israeli" occupation, they established their headquarters in Houla, on hills overlooking Palestine. The force was successful in fending off major attacks on Lebanese villages, but the fighters suddenly withdrew on October 26, 1948." "Jewish militants attacked the town to avenge the residents' support of Arab resistance forces. On October 31, Jewish militants dressed in traditional Arab attire entered the border village. Residents gathered to cheer the men, thinking Arab volunteer fighters had returned. They were wrong. The militants rounded up 85 people and detained them in a number of houses, firing live ammunition at the civilians and killing all but three. That was not enough. Jewish militants blew up the houses with dead corpses inside. They confiscated property and livestock. The three who survived the massacre, of whom one is still alive, and other town residents fled to Beirut. Following the armistice agreement between Lebanon and "Israel" in 1949, village residents returned to find their houses in rubbles and their farms burnt. Houla remains under Israeli occupation today, and has suffered the brunt of "Israeli" animosity towards Lebanon. Only 1,200 out of 12,000 people remain in the village. The Houla massacre was one of a series of massacres committed by "Israel" against Lebanese civilians.

Salha Massacre:
1948 (Lebanon) : After forcing the population together in the mosque of the village, the occupation forces ordered then to face the wall, then started shooting them from behind until the mosque was turned into bloodbath, 105 persons were martyred.


SHARAFAT MASSACRE:
7 February 1951 (Palestine): Israeli soldiers crossed the armistice line to this village (5Km from Jerusalem) and blew up the houses of the Mukhtar (Aldermen) and his neighbors. 10 were killed (2 elderly men, 3 women and 5 children) and 8 were wounded.


The Massacre at Qibya:
14-15/10/1953 (Palestine): On the night of October 14-15, 1953 , this village was the object of a brutal "Israeli" attack which was carried out by units from the regular army as part of a pre-meditated plan and in which a variety of weapon types were used. On the
evening of October 14, an Israeli military force estimated at about 600 soldiers
moved toward the village. Upon arrival, it surrounded it and cordoned it off from all of
the other Arab villages. The attack began with concentrated, indiscriminate artillery
fire on the homes in the village. This continued until the main force reached the
outskirts of the village. Meanwhile, other forces headed for nearby Arab towns such
as Shuqba, Badrus and Na'lin in order to distract them and prevent any aid from
reaching the people in Qibya. They also planted mines on various roads so as to
isolate the village completely. As units of the Israeli infantry were attacking the village
residents, units of military engineers were placing explosives around some of the
houses in the village and blowing them up with everyone in them under the protection
of the infantrymen, who fired on everyone who tried to flee. These acts of brutality
continued until 4:00 a.m., October 15, 1953, at which time the enemy forces
withdrew to the bases from which they had begun.16 There was a particular sight the
memory of which remained in the minds of all who saw it: an Arab woman sitting on a
pile of debris and casting a forlorn look into the sky. From beneath the rubble one
could see small legs and hands, which were the remains of her six children, while the
bullet-maimed body of her husband lay in the road before her.17
This vicious terrorist attack resulted in the destruction of 56 houses, the village
mosque, the village school and the water tank which supplied it with water. Moreover,
67 citizens lost their lives, both men and women, with many others wounded.18
Terrorist Ariel Sharon, the commander of the "101" unit which undertook the terrorist
aggression, stated that his leaders' orders had been clear with regard to how the
residents of the village were to be dealt with. He says, "The orders were utterly clear:
Qibya was to be an example to everyone."19


KAFR QASEM MASSACRE:
On October 29, 1956 (Palestine): the day on which Israel launched its assault on Egypt , units of Israel Frontier guards started at 4:00 PM what they called a tour of the Triangle Villages. They told the Mukhtars (Aldermen) of those villages that the curfew from that day onwards was to start from 5:00 PM instead of the usual 6:00 PM, and that the inhabitants are requested to stay home. The Mukhtar (Alderman) protested that there were about 400 villagers working outside the village and there was not enough time to inform them of the new times. An officer assured him that they would be taken care of.
Meanwhile, the officers positioned themselves at the village entrance. At about 4.55 PM, unaware of the ambush awaiting them, the innocent farmers started flocking in after a hard day of work. The Israeli soldiers started stepping out of their military trucks and ordered the villagers to line up. Then the officer in charge screamed "REAP THEM," and the soldiers
riddled the bodies of the Palestinian villagers with bullets in cold blood. With the massacre practically over, the soldiers moved around finishing off whoever still had a pulse in him.
The government of Israel took great pains to hide the truth, but after the investigation was concluded, Ben Gurion, the Israeli Prime Minister, announced that some people in the Triangle had been injured by the frontier guards. The press also was part of the conspiracy to cover up the incident. The Hebrew press wrote about a "mistake?" and a "misfortune" , when it mentioned the victims, and it was difficult to tell whom it meant.
More absurd than the trial of accomplices was their light sentences. The court found Major Meilinki and Lt. Daham guilty of killing 43 people and sentenced the former to 17 years and the latter to 15 years. What was remarkable about the Israeli official attitude was that various authorities competed to lighten the killer's sentences. Finally, the committee for the release of prisoners ordered the remission of a third of the prison sentence of all those who were convicted. In September 1960, Daham was appointed in the municipality of the city of Ramle as officer for the Arab Affairs.

Khan Yunis Massacre:
3/11/1956 (Palestine): Another massacre is committed on November 3, 1956 when the Israelis occupy the town of Khan Yunis and the adjacent refugee camp. The Israelis claim that there was
resistance, but the refugees state that all resistance had ceased when the Israelis arrived and that all of the victims were unarmed civilians.
Many homes in Khan Yunis are raided at random. Corpses lie everywhere and because of the curfew no one could go out to bury them. (An UNRWA investigation later found that the Israelis at Khan Yunis and the refugee camp had murdered 275 civilians that day ).
After the Israelis withdrew from Gaza under American pressure, a mass grave
was unearthed at Khan Yunis in March 1957. The grave contained the bodies
of forty Arabs who had been shot in the back of the head after their hands
had been tied. ("IMPERIAL ISRAEL", Michael Palumbo; London; Bloomsbury Publishing; 1990 pp. 30 - 32, citing UN General Assembly: Official Record, 11th session supplement, nop.)

The Massacre in Gaza City:
5/4/1956 (Palestine): On the evening of Thursday, April 5, 1956, Zionist occupation forces fired 20-mm mortar artillery on the city of Gaza. The shelling was concentrated against the city center, which was teaming with civilians going about their day-to-day affairs. Most of the shelling was directed against Mukhtar Street, Palestine Square and nearby streets, as well as the Shuja'iyya district. As a result of this terrorist massacre carried out by gangs belonging to the Zionist Army against the Palestinian people, 56 people were killed and 103 were injured, the victims including men, women and children. Some of the wounded died subsequently, bringing the death toll to 60,
including 27 women, 29 men and 4 children.


AL-SAMMOU' MASSACRE:
13 November 1966(Palestine): Israeli forces raided this village, destroyed 125 houses, the village clinic and school as well as 15 houses in a neighboring village. 18 people were killed and 54 wounded.

Aitharoun Massacre:
1975 (Lebanon) :The 1sraelis perpetrated this massacre starting with a booby-trapped bomb. Then Israeli's detained three brothers, and killed them. They threw their bodies on the road. 9 civilians were killed, 23 were wounded.


Kawnin Massacre:
15/10/1975(Lebanon): An Israeli tank deliberately ran over a car carrying 16
people, and none of them escaped death.

Hanin Massacre :
16/10/1976(Lebanon): After a two- month siege and hours of shelling, the occupation forces stormed the village and turned it into a bloodbath. 20 persons were martyred.

Bint Jbeil Massacre :
21/10/1976(Lebanon):The crowded market was the target of a sudden barrage of Israeli bombs, slaughtering a lot of people. 23 were killed, 30 were wounded.

Abbasieh Massacre :
17/3/1978 (Lebanon): During the invasion of 1978, the Israeli warplanes destroyed the
mosque of the town on the heads of the women, children and the elderly who used the holy place as a shelter from the heavy Israeli shelling.80 persons were martyred.

Adloun Massacre :
17/3/1978 (Lebanon): At Adloun on march 17, two cars carrying 8 passengers came under Israeli fire while they were on their way to Beirut. One passenger only escaped death.

Saida Massacre :
4/4/1981 (Lebanon) :One of Saida’s residential areas was targeted by the Israeli artillery which resulted in killing of many civilians and damaging many buildings. 20 persons were killed, 30 were wounded.

Fakhani Massacre :
17/7/1981 (Lebanon):A horrible massacre took place when Israeli warplanes raided a crowded residential area using the most developed weapons killing and wounding many citizens. 150 persons were killed, 600 were wounded.


Beirut Massacre :
17/7/1981 (Lebanon)Israeli warplanes staged several raids on many parts of Beirut, Ouzai, Ramlet Al baida, fakhani, chatila and the area of the Arab University, killing many citizens. 150 persons were killed, 600 were wounded
.


The Massacre at the Sabra and Shatila Camps:
A number of events led to the decision of an extremist terrorist group of the Lebanese kata'ib forces and forces belonging to the Zionist Army to carry out massacres against the Palestinians. From the beginning of the Zionist invasion of Lebanon, the Zionists and their agents were working toward being able to extirpate the Palestinian presence in Lebanon. This may be seen from a number of massacres of which the world heard only little, carried out by Israeli forces and militias under their command in the Palestinian camps in south Lebanon (al-Rushaidiya, 'Ayn al-Hilu, al-Miya Miya, and others). This massacre was thus the outcome of a long mathematical calculation. It was carried out by groups of
Lebanese forces under the leadership of Ilyas Haqiba, head of the kata'ib intelligence apparatus and with the approval of the Zionist Minister of Defense, Ariel Sharon and the Commander of the Northern District, General Amir Dawri. High-level Israeli officers had been planning for some time to enable the Lebanese forces to go into the Palestinian camps once West Beirut had been surrounded.
Two days before the massacre began - on the evening of September 14 - planning and coordination meetings were held between terrorist Sharon and his companion, Eitan. Plans were laid to have the kata'ib forces storm the camps, and at dawn, September 15, Israel stormed West Beirut and cordoned off the camps. A high-level meeting was held on Thursday morning, September 16, 1982 in which Israel was represented by General Amir Dawri, Supreme Commander of the Northern Forces.
The job of carrying out the operation was assigned to Eli Haqiba, a major security official in the Lebanese forces. The meeting was also attended by Fadi Afram, Commander of the Lebanese Forces.
The process of storming the camps began before sunset on Thursday, September 16, and continued for approximately 36 hours.
The Israeli Army surrounded the camps, providing the murderers with all the support, aid and facilities necessary for them to carry out their appalling crime. They supplied them with bulldozers and with the necessary pictures and maps. In addition, they set off incandescent bombs in the air in order to turn night into day so that none of the Palestinians would be able to escape death's grip. And those who did flee - women, children and the elderly - were brought back inside the camps by Israeli soldiers to face their destiny. At noon on Friday, the second day of the terrorist massacre, and with the approval of the Israeli Army, the kata'ib forces began receiving more ammunition, while the forces which had been in the camps were replaced by other, "fresh" forces. On Saturday morning, September 18, 1982, the massacre had reached its peak, and thousands of Sabra and Shatila camp residents had been annihilated.
Information about the massacre began to leak out after a number of children and women fled to the Gaza Hospital in the Shatila camp, where they told doctors what was happening. News of the massacre also began to reach some foreign journalists on Friday morning, September 17.
One of the journalists who went into the camps after the massacre reports what he saw, saying, "The corpses of the Palestinians had been thrown among the rubble that remained of the Shatila camp. It was impossible to know exactly how many victims there were, but there had to be more than 1,000 dead. Some of the men who had been executed had been lined up in front of a wall, and bulldozers had been
used in an attempt to bury the bodies and cover up the aftermath of the massacre.
But the hands and feet of the victims protruded from the debris."
Hasan Salama (57 years old), whose 80-year-old brother was killed in the massacre, says, "They came from the mountains in thirty huge trucks. At first they started killing people with knives so that they wouldn't make any noise. Then on Friday there were snipers in the Shatila camp killing anybody who crossed the street. On Friday afternoon, armed men began going into the houses and firing on men, women and children. Then they started blowing up the houses and turning them into piles of
rubble."
Author Amnoun Kabliyouk [p. 10] writes in his book about the tragedy of a young Palestinian girl who, like the rest of the children in the camp, faced this horrific massacre. Thirteen years old, she was the only survivor out of her entire family (her father, her mother, her grandfather and all her brothers and sisters were killed). She related to a Lebanese officer, saying, "We stayed in the shelter until really late on Thursday night, but then I decided to leave with my girl friend because we couldn't breathe anymore. Then all of a sudden we saw people raising white flags and handkerchiefs and coming toward the kata'ib saying, 'We're for peace and harmony.'
And they killed them right then and there. The women were screaming, moaning and begging [for mercy]. As for me, I ran back to our house and got into the bathtub. I saw them leading our neighbors away and shooting them. I tried to stand up at the window to look outside, but one of the kata'ib fighters saw me and shot at me. So I went back to the bathtub and stayed there for five hours. When I came out, they grabbed me and threw me down with everybody else. One of them asked me if I was Palestinian, and I said yes. My nine-month-old nephew was beside me, and he was crying and screaming so much that one of the men got angry, so he shot him. I burst into tears and told him that this baby had been all the family I had left. That made him all the more angry, and he took the baby and tore him in two."
The massacre continued until noon on Saturday, September 18, leaving between 3,000 and 3,500 Palestinian and Lebanese civilians dead, most of them women, children and elderly people.


Jibsheet Massacre :
27/3/1984(Lebanon): The occupation forcers’ tanks and helicopters fired at a crowded people killing many civilians. 7 persons were martyred, 10 were wounded.

Sohmor Massacre :
19/9/1984 (Lebanon): The occupation forces stormed the town with tanks, and military
vehicles and ordered the inhabitants to congregate at the town's mosque where they fired at them. 13 martyrs, 12 wounded.


Seer Al Garbiah Massacre :
23/3/1985 (Lebanon): The massacre took place at Al- Husseinieh building where people took shelter from the shelling of the Israeli soldiers who stormed the town with a huge number of military vehicles.7 persons were martyred.

Maaraka Massacres:
5/3/1985(Lebanon): The occupation forces planted an explosive device in the Husseinieh building of the town .It was detonated during the distribution of aid to the citizens who lost their lives. 15 persons were killed.


Zrariah Massacre :
11/3/1985(Lebanon): Following heavy shelling the occupation forces stormed the town with about 100 vehicles and perpetrated a butchery, killing children, women and the elderly. 22 civilians were slaughtered.


Homeen Al-Tahta Massacre :
21/3/1985(Lebanon): After attacking the village with 140 army vehicles, the occupation forces ordered the inhabitants to gather at the school of the village. They then destroyed it over their heads. 20 innocent people were martyred.


Jibaa Massacre :
30/3/1985(Lebanon): A huge enemy force attacked the town and put it under siege, .When some people tried to escape the siege, the enemy soldiers fired at them, killing and wounding a lot of them. 5 people were killed, 5 were wounded.


Yohmor Massacre :
13/4/1985 (Lebanon): At one O’clock in the morning, an Israeli armored force entered the town using civilian cars and opened fire at the houses which resulted in the killing of 10 people, among them a family of six people.


Tiri massacre :
17/8/1986 (Lebanon): Merciless crimes against civilians increased in the town with the occupation forces cutting the hands and ears from the head. 4 persons were killed, 79 were crippled and wounded.


Al-Naher Al-Bared Massacre (Palestinian camp):
11/12/1986(Lebanon): The Israeli warplanes raided this Palestinian refugee camp killing many of the refugees. 20 people were killed , 22 were wounded.

Ain Al-Hillwee Massacre(Palestinian Camp) :
5/9/1987(Lebanon): The enemy jet fighters launched two raids killing 31 and wounding 41 others. The refugees were hit by a thin raid while they were evacuating
casualties, 34 more being killed.

OYON QARA MASSACRE:
20 May 1990, an Israeli soldier lined up Palestinian labors and murdered seven of them with a sub-machine gun. 13 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in subsequent demonstrations at the massacre.

Siddiqine Massacre:
25/7/1990(Lebanon): The Israeli warplanes bombed a house, among the 3 killed a four years old child.

AL-AQSA MOSQUE MASSACRE:
October 8, 1990:
As an extension of the Zionist policy based upon exercising control over the city of Jerusalem and emptying it of its [Arab] residents by various and sundry means, such as Zionist terrorism and shedding the blood of the Palestinian people - a policy which Zionists have acted upon on numerous occasions - Zionist authorities undertook on Monday, October 8, 1990 to carry out this heinous massacre against Palestinian worshippers.
Several days before the events of the massacre began, the "Temple Trustees" group distributed a statement to the media on the occasion of a religious festival of theirs that they call "the Throne Festival". In the statement the organization announced that it intended to stage a march to the Temple Mount (or so they call it). The statement called upon Jews to participate in this march since, according to the statement, it would involve the decisive act of placing the foundation stone for what is
called "the Third Temple." In addition, the founder of the organization, Ghershoun Salmoun, announced that "the Arab-Islamic occupation of the temple area must come to an end, and the Jews must renew their profound ties to the sacred area." The march, in which 200,000 Jews took part, headed toward al-Aqsa Mosque in order for "the foundation stone" of the so-called "Third Temple" to be put in place. At the same time, that is, at 10:00 a.m. and a half-hour before the beginning of the
massacre, Israeli occupation forces began placing military barriers along various roads leading to Jerusalem in order to prevent Palestinians from getting to the city.
They also closed the doors of the mosque itself and forbid Jerusalem residents to go in. However, thousands had already gathered inside the mosque before this time in response to calls from the imam of the mosque and the Islamic movement to protect the mosque and to prevent the "Temple Trustees" from storming it and perhaps even imposing Jewish control over it. When the Muslim worshippers began resisting the Zionist group to prevent them from placing the "foundation stone" for their so-called temple, Zionist occupation forces began carrying out the massacre, using all the weapons at their disposal: poison gas bombs, automatic weapons, military helicopters, etc. The soldiers,
[Israeli] intelligence men and Jewish settlers resorted to firing live ammunition in the form of a continuous spray of machine-gun fire that came from all directions and in a well-planned and coordinated fashion. The result was that thousands of Palestinian worshippers of various ages and nationalities found themselves in a mass death trap. Twenty-three Palestinians were killed, and 850 others were wounded to varying degrees. The Israeli soldiers began firing at 10:30 a.m. and stopped 35 minutes later. They opened fire on the Palestinian worshippers randomly and in cold blood.
Then they pursued them with clubs and rifles [outside the mosque].46 Nurse Fatima Abu Khadir, who was wounded by a bullet that fractured her wrist, states, "We went into the mosque precincts in an ambulance. I saw a large number of injured who had fallen on the ground. Then I saw lots of soldiers, hundreds of soldiers. They were about 30 meters from the ambulance and kneeling on one knee the way snipers do, and their weapons were aimed inside the ambulance. After that I couldn't see anything."
News agencies described the blessed precincts of al-Aqsa Mosque saying that blood had covered "the entire two hundred meters between the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque. Blood was flowing everywhere, all over the wide steps, and had stained the white tile the length of the broad courtyard, as well as the doors of both mosques. The walls of the two mosques had long, crimson lines etched onto them by bleeding hands, and blood had stained the white uniforms of the woman
first-aid workers. Everyone - the wounded and the more fortunate, first-aid workers, journalists, and Israeli soldiers - all of them looked as though they were swimming in blood.
Physician Muhammad Abu 'Ayila relates what happened to him and to a wounded man to whom he had been trying to administer first aid, and how the Zionists' glee at the sight of Palestinian blood spilled in the precincts of the holy mosque had blinded their eyes so much that they couldn't distinguish between a young child and an old man, between a man and a woman, between a wounded man and one seeking to treat him. He says, "I got out of the ambulance carrying a first-aid kit. I was wearing a
white uniform. The soldiers saw me and knew I was a doctor. But when I got to the wounded person nearest me and bent down to treat him, I got three bullets in my back in the region of the kidney. At that very moment, the wounded man near me died. But he could have been saved if I hadn't been hit." Most of the wounds, in fact, were in the head and in the heart.
Then, in a farce designed to justify the crime which had been committed by Zionists' hands now stained with Palestinian blood, terrorist Yitzhaq Shamir, Prime Minister of the Zionist entity at that time, hastened to form a fact-finding committee which he called the "Zamir Committee" after its head, Tu'fi Zamir, former head of the Israeli Mossad. As for the outcome of the committee's investigation, it was announced by Moshe Almert, head of the Media Office of the occupation government, who said,
"The report confirms clearly that the responsibility and fault for escalating [the conflict] lies on the side of the thousands of Muslim extremists, who were attacking the holy place of the Jews."

THE IBRAHIMI MOSQUE MASSACRE:
February 25, 1994 (Palestine):
While worshippers in the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron were kneeling and
prostrating before God, turning their faces toward the sacred house of God in the
Friday dawn prayer on February 25, 1994, showers of treacherous Zionist bullets
began raining down on them from all directions, felling more than 350 peaceable
worshippers, some of whom were killed, and others wounded. And thus began the
second chapter of this terrorist massacre at the hands of terrorist settler Baroukh
Goldstein and his helpers. As for the first chapter, it had begun at the hour for the
final evening prayer on Thursday, at which time Jewish settlers and soldiers
prevented Muslim worshippers from entering the sacred masque to perform the
evening prayer under the pretext that this was the day of their "Boleme" feast.
Terrorist settlers gathered in the outer courtyards of the mosque and began setting
off fireworks in the direction of the worshippers. Some time after this, the occupation
forces allowed them to go inside the mosque itself in groups. At 10:00 p.m. the
Muslim worshippers were asked to leave the mosque, and Zionist occupation
soldiers began beating many of them as they left.
Hatim Qufaysha, a witness of the Zionist crime, says, "At 5:20 a.m. today everyone
was standing up [in the mosque]. As I took off my shoes, I saw an old man wearing
military clothes who was running along carrying a huge weapon loaded with
ammunition. I was surprised to see him come into the mosque during the prayer. He
opened fire, and I ran away and asked the soldier who guards the area to intervene.
But all he did was beat me up, then I left the mosque area.
Eyewitnesses who survived the massacre say, "We heard the sound of a muffled
explosion. It was followed by the whiz of bullets passing over the heads of the
worshippers." Talal Abu Sunayna, who was shot in both shoulders, adds, "I saw a
settler hiding behind one of the pillars in the mosque' as he fired on the worshippers
with his rifle. Another [Jewish] settler stood beside him loading a second rifle so that
it would be ready to go to work next." Muhammad Sari, one of the worshippers
present at the time of the massacre, states, "People are used to attending the dawn
prayer on Fridays in large numbers." He estimated the number of worshippers
present that morning at about 500. Then he added, "The muezzin announced the
beginning of the prayer, so we knelt and made the first prostration. Then all of a
sudden we heard the sound of heavy gunfire coming from behind us. When I turned
around in the direction of the sound, I saw a soldier in full uniform. He had put ear
pieces in his ears, and he was holding a rapid-firing machine gun and firing in the
direction of the worshippers." Sari was wounded in both legs when he tried to
stand up. A number of young men were able to get over to where the attacker was
and to protect others in the mosque with their bodies. And within moments Goldstein
had been brought to the ground by the young men. But due to the heavy gunfire,
the mosque had turned into something on the order of a slaughterhouse, filled with
pools of blood. Muhammad Sulayman Abu Salih, a custodian at the Abrahamic
mosque, describes the terrifying sight inside the mosque saying, "The terrorist was
trying to kill as many people as possible. The corpses were scattered all over,
spattering the floor of the mosque with blood. Worshippers who had been prostrate
tried to flee in terror, and some of them fell on the floor." Then he adds, "I shouted at
the top of my lungs to the soldiers to come and stop him, but all they did was run
away. The armed man reloaded his rifle at least once and killed at least seven
people at one time, the contents of their skulls scattering all over the floor. He kept on
shooting for ten minutes, and the army didn't step in until the massacre was over."
Sheikh Ibrahim Abdeen, the imam of the mosque, says that the bullets were coming
from several places, that it was a true blood bath. The Israeli soldiers' reaction was
very slow; they actually delayed the arrival of the ambulances. Nor did this terrorist
massacre stop with the killing of Goldstein. When the shooting stopped, the soldiers
came pouring into the mosque. According to witnesses of the massacre, the
soldiers, together with a number of Jewish settlers, opened fire on those who had
gathered around Goldstein, and not one of them survived. And thus occurred the
second massacre. Then outside the mosque, the soldiers opened fire on the
ambulance which had arrived at the mosque to treat the wounded; thus occurred the
third massacre, which itself did not stop there, since the soldiers pursued the
wounded and those seeking to treat them as far as the doors of the hospitals, where
they proceeded to kill even more. Other forces pursued their victims' funeral
processions as far as the cemetery gates, where they killed still more. Hence, this
heinous massacre carried out against worshippers at the Ibrahimi Mosque led to
more than 24 deaths and injured hundreds of others.


THE JABALIA MASSACRE:
28 March 1994, A Jewish undercover police opened fire on Palestinian activists brutally killing 6 and injuring 49. Some of the wounded activists were taken out of their cars and shot in their heads to death.


Aramta Massacre:
15/4/1994(Lebanon): After blockading the town, armed men entered and ordered the people to gather at the town's square, where they were assaulted. Then, they took the men and women to the detention camp. Later on they stormed, the district of the town, and killed whomever they saw. 2 persons were killed, 6 were wounded.


ERETZ CHECKPOINT MASSACRE:
17 July 1994, Palestinian sources reported that the occupation forces had committed Sunday morning a disgusting massacre against Palestinian workers at Eretz checkpoint. Eyewitnesses and Israeli sources reported that 11 Palestinians have been shot dead and 200 injured. Israeli sources also reported that 21 Israeli soldiers including 1 settler were injured. Two soldiers were shot by bullets, one died. As reported by Palestinian and Israeli sources, the scene was described as a war zone that lasted for 6 hours. Four Israeli tanks and helicopters were brought by the occupation forces, while a number of settlers were taking part in firing at Palestinians. Protests had spread all over the Occupied Territories. In Gaza, Palestinians raised black flags and called for revenge. In Ramallah, shops closed while several clashes were reported. Several clashes were reported at Hebron University yesterday, and today two Palestinians were shot in Hebron.


Deir Al-Zahrani Massacre:
5/8/1994(Lebanon):
The Israeli warplanes fired a "vacuum" missile at a two- story building in Deir Al-Zahranee which was destroyed over the heads of the inhabitants. 8 people were killed , 17 wee injured.

Nabatiyeh (school bus) Massacre:
21/03/1994(Lebanon):
The Israeli warplanes targeted a school bus full of people. 4 children were killed, 10 children injured.

The Sohmor Second Massacre :
2/04/1996 (Lebanon):
The Israeli artillery targeted a civilian car carrying eight passengers, killing all of them .


Mnsuriah Massacre:
On 13 April 1996, at about 1:30 P.M., an IDF helicopter fired rockets at a vehicle carrying thirteen civilians fleeing the village of al-Mansuri, killing two women and four young girls. The vehicle was a Volvo station wagon with a blue flooding light, a red crescent painted on the hood and the word “ambulance” written in Arabic. Reporters at the scene filmed the incident. The film footage shows, and testimony of UN soldiers who arrived immediately after the car was hit corroborate, that there were no weapons or any other type of military equipment in the car, only some food and clothes. Amnesty’s investigation revealed that none of the passengers were connected to Hizbullah.


Nabatyaih Massacre:
18 April 1996, eleven persons were killed and ten injured in an IDF air attack on a house in Nabatiyya al-Faqwah, some three kilometers north of Nabatiyya, in South Lebanon. Eight of those killed were from one family: a mother and her seven children, including a four-day-old baby. Around 6:30 a.m., IDF helicopters fired rockets at three buildings in the village, demolishing one totally and severely damaging the other two. Lebanese families were living in the buildings. The IDF Spokesperson claimed that the helicopters fired at the building in which the eleven were killed because Hizbullah was hiding there after firing the mortars. Investigations conducted by Amnesty and HRW did not confirm this contention The IDF's statement ignored the fact that the IDF fired at two other buildings during the same attack.


Qana Massacre :
18 April 1996, The "ethnic cleansing" operations carried out by the Zionist terrorist army have encompassed not only Palestinian civilians, but Lebanese civilians in south Lebanon
as well.
In an attempt to break the power of the Lebanese Hizbollah organization, Zionist
forces undertook a military operation against south Lebanon. This operation was
likewise based upon the Zionist mentality, supportive as it is of blood-letting and
terrorism and based upon the belief that "exercising pressure against Lebanese
citizens . . . will lead in practical terms to comprehensive, overall pressure on account
of which the Hizbollah organization will be obliged to adhere to a ceasefire. Given
this reasoning, the Zionist forces bombed the shelter which was providing refuge to
approximately five hundred Lebanese, most of whom were children, elderly and
women who had been forced out of their homes by Israeli raids on their villages, and
who had been unable to get to Beirut. This bombing led to the deaths of 109
Lebanese civilians and seriously wounded 116 others. During the attack, Israeli
forces used between 5 and 6 advanced bombs designed to explode above their
target in order to cause the largest possible number of casualties. Moreover,
international investigations confirmed that the Israeli forces had deliberately targeted
the shelter.
Ali, one of those wounded in the attack, says, "I fled in the morning with two friends
and went for refuge to the emergency forces in Qana. I had my wife and my four
children with me. They led us into a shelter where there were about fifty people. Then
suddenly the sound of bombing rang out. A first shell, then a second fell near the
shelter, and as we were trying to get out, another shell hit the shelter directly. I don't
know what happened to my wife and children. Fadi Jabir weeps as he talks about
things he saw after the Israeli bombs fell on those who had left their homes to come
to the base for the UN Fayjiya peacekeeping forces. He says, "I heard people
shouting 'Allahu akbar!', and a woman fell down unconscious. I reached out to get an
idea what had happened to her, and her brain fell into my hand. As for Sa'd Allah
Balhas, who was wounded by a piece of shrapnel in the Zionist massacre, he says,
"In one second I lost everything: my children, 14 of my grandchildren, and my wife. I
don't want to live anymore. Tell the doctors to let me die.


Trqumia Massacr:
March 10 1998 :Israeli Occupied West Bank, March 10--Israeli soldiers opened fire with automatic
weapons on a van full of unarmed Palestinian workers, killing Adnan Abu Zneid, 34, and two other Palestinians. Two more laborers were wounded as the group returned from helping to construct a building near Tel Aviv. Eyewitnesses described the Israeli gunfire as "indiscriminate."
Israeli Army Maj. Uzi Dayan said that the soldiers acted "according to regulations" in opening fire on the van with automatic weapons at a checkpoint outside Hebron.
Ali Abu Zneid, 37, a cousin of the deceased, was in the van and fell uninjured under the others' bodies. He said that the Jewish soldiers, "shot to kill."
Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai described the killings as an "accident"


Janta Massacre :
22/12/1998 (Lebanon):
Israeli warplanes waited for the children to come home from the field to embrace their mother when they carried out this savage attack. The mother and her 6 children were killed.

24 Of June 1999 Massacres
24/6/1999 (Lebanon)
Martyrs: 8
Injures: 84
Target: Under
Building in
Beirut
In an interview with the "kolhaer" magazine, five Israeli soldiers said that the artillery commander had said to his soldiers "We are skilled marksmen. Anyhow, there are millions of Arabs... It's their problem. Whether Arabs become one more or less is just the same...We have accomplished our duty.
The whole issue is not about more than a group of "Arabosheem" (a racist term hostile to Arabs used by the Israelis). We should have launched more shells to kill more Arabs.


Western Bekaa villages Massacre:
29/12/1999 (Lebanon):
The Israeli warplanes dropped bombs on he children who were celebrating the “Eid” festival, killing eight children and wounding 11 others.

These are just some of the massacres committed against the Palestinians and Lebanese by the Zionists. If the raids on southern Lebanon old and new were to be taken into account the true magnitude of Zionist crimes against humanity could start to emerge. If one were to go into the gruesome details of the atrocities committed in 1948 the -mopping up operations -, the deliberate humiliation and massacres of Arabs and the desecration of the holy places of both Muslim and Christian as well as the looting of these holy places and personal property by the Israeli army and settlers; one might just start to appreciate what Zionism is all about.

Whoever set up this article used
break HTML tags where they should have used paragarph

tags to separate paragraphs.

As a result there is no paragraph structure, where it is needed on the longer items and you see those odd short lines.

Could someone fix this?

Re. Article formatting needs paragraph breaks
by foo bar Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 at 2:01 PM

You're right, whoever posted it should re-format but it is considered that the article will be distributed throughout the net by those who are offended by the Zionist propaganda media that ignores the issue by reason of their own agenda.

A note to re-posters: the article is in the public domain and no copy right exists. Also the correct spelling is Judaeo-Fascist.

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/15/18297337.php

Jews Against Zionism opposes the deletion of the article by Indybay.

Not even a feigned effort at argument, just copy-cat spamming.
Hilarious, Scapegoated has been reduced to copycat trolling.
This is what zionazi, right wing idiot trolls have to do, history and truth are not on their side.

Hilarious, toady has always been at mass forging and spamming trolling
by Not a zionazi either Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2006 at 3:50 PM

Not even a feigned effort at argument, just spamming and forging, even of the copy-cat variety. Hilarious.
This is what real zio-nazi, ultra right wing idiot trolls have to do, history and truth and sanity are not on their side.
Upcoming: more madness as manifested in copycat "mirroring" from the obsessed zionist who does the cowardly chickenhawk keyboard warrior thing from the safety of his little bitch-house in Jizrael, where he's too scared to join the IDF. (plus they won't ake his punk ass because he's a pscho on disability)
LMFAO!

Lebanese deaths, and Israeli war crimes, kept off the balance sheet



During Israel's war against the people of Lebanon, our media, politicians and diplomats have colluded with the aggressors by distracting us with irrelevancies, by concocting controversies, and by framing the language of diplomacy. In the fragile truce that is currently holding while Lebanon waits for Israel to withdraw, we are simply getting more of the same.

One example of the many distractions during the war that neatly reveals their true purpose is the "faked Reuters photograph" affair. The supposed scandal of a Lebanese photographer tampering with a picture to add and darken smoke from an Israeli missile attack -- to little or no effect, it should be noted -- has not only been decried by activists on Zionist websites but amplified by mainstream commentators into a debate about whether we can trust the images of this war.

Who benefits from these doubts? If we cannot be sure that this one photograph is genuine, then maybe many more that purportedly show some of the 1,000 Lebanese civilians killed by Israel's bombardment are fake too. Maybe the dead have been airbrushed in as easily as a puff of smoke. Maybe too, were the smoke removed, we would still be able to see that Israel has "the most moral army in the world".

The far worse photography scandal, which is not talked about, is that the images of the war we saw over the past month in our Western media were constantly doctored, day in, day out. Not by ordinary photographers who risk their lives, and hope to make their fortunes, conveying the reality of war, but by the senior executives of newspapers and TV stations who ensure we are never presented with that reality. Pictures were binned or cropped if they hinted at what suffering and death truly looked like. Western audiences were not shown the row of charred corpses lying in the street, or the agony of a son pressing a scrap of cloth to the severed arm of his mother as she bled to death, or the crushed baby pulled from the rubble.

Our news and picture editors say this is about good taste. They justify their decisions on the grounds that we should not exploit the victims of war by showing pornographic images of their death -- a useful excuse as we can never know what the dead would have chosen. More significantly, however, the exclusion of meaningful images of the human cost of war protects us from understanding the appalling consequences of Israel's military actions, an onslaught sanctioned and supported by our Western media, politicians and diplomats, and indirectly by our taxes.

How long would Israel's war have been allowed to continue if American audiences had seen those charred bodies or dead babies? How long would most Western viewers have remained silent if they were exposed to the kind of images shown daily on the Arabic satellite channels? Might we then start to understand why they hate us -- and more usefully why we should hate ourselves?

Much the same purpose has been satisfied in the diplomatic arena by the endless debates about whether Israel's offensive was "disproportionate" -- a word that raises a yawn almost the second it is uttered -- rather than whether it was necessary. And by the controversy initiated by the United Nations' Jan Egeland about the "cowardly blending" of Hizbullah fighters among Lebanese civilians, a comment he made while in Jerusalem, not Beirut, based on evidence he has never divulged. It is truly astonishing that the world's representative on humanitarian affairs made most impact in this war -- one in which more than 1,000 Lebanese were killed and in which hundreds of thousands more were made homeless -- trying to hold Hizbullah to account for the thousands of Israeli air strikes on civilian areas of Lebanon. Such is the upside-down logic and morality of our leaders.

And we are in the same territory again with the current discussions about how Lebanon and Israel will be rebuilt after the fighting. Reconstruction -- another word that provokes instant boredom -- fits the bill perfectly: both nations, we are told, will need billions of dollars to repair the damage done to their infrastructure. The story of astronomical losses conveys reassuringly to us a sense both of technical problems that will eventually be solved and of the ultimate symmetry and justice in the suffering of these two nations. Both peoples face a terrible financial burden imposed by war, both are equally deserving of our sympathy.

But let us pause. How precisely are these two nations' material losses equivalent? Israel's derive mostly from the enormous costs of its attacks on Lebanon, the tens of thousands of missiles fired into its towns and villages, that killed mostly civilians, and damage to the tanks, helicopters and warships that were the machinery needed to invade another sovereign country. Most of the rest of the cost will follow from losses in tourism revenue and investment, the consequences of a fall in confidence caused by Israel waging an unnecessary war for the return of two soldiers captured by Hizbullah rather than engage in negotiations. A small share of Israel's lost billions has been inflicted by the aggression of Hizbullah.

The material damage done to Lebanon is in a different category altogether. The bombed roads and bridges, the tens of thousands of homes in ruins, the destroyed power stations, factories and petrol stations, the oil slick across much of the Lebanese coast are the direct result of Israel's campaign of precision bombing of Lebanese civilian infrastructure.

Think of how your local court might consider the respective claims of these two nations if this were a domestic dispute between neighbours. Would a judge view with any sympathy a claim from a man demanding compensation from his neighbour for the damage done to his expensive sledgehammer after a destructive rampage through the neighbour's home, as well as for the loss of his reputation that followed the attack, as he found himself cast as the neighbourhood pariah? Would it make any difference if it could be proved that his neighbour had sworn provocatively at him before he went on his rampage?

Incredibly, a similar claim may yet be heard -- and possibly sympathetically -- by the US civil courts if Israeli lawyers succeed in bringing a case for damages against the Lebanese government.

But all of this, like the "faked photograph affair", is another layer of distraction. The real issue that should be the most pressing matter at the top of the world's agenda is not an assessment of the mutual crimes against property but the mostly one-sided crimes against human beings -- the massive Israeli war crimes that have been committed throughout the past month in Lebanon, whose effects will continue as cluster bombs blow up returning refugees, and are still being committed every day against the Palestinians of Gaza and the West Bank.

This urgent moral case is being quietly overlooked in favour of the material damages story, and for reasons not hard to discern. Because if we concentrated on the tally of war crimes, Israel would come out the undoubted winner in both Lebanon and Gaza.


Jonathan Cook, based in Nazareth, is the author of Blood and Religion: The Unmasking of the Jewish and Democratic State, published by Pluto Press and available in the US from University of Michigan Press. His website is www.jkcook.net.

Count the UN Security Council among the losers
Hasan Abu Nimah, Electronic Lebanon, 18 August 2006

A general view of Al-Nabatiyeh village in Lebanon after Israeli airstrikes, August 5, 2006. (MaanImages/Raoul Kramer)

Security Council Resolution 1701 did not come a minute too soon if only because it blew the whistle on an Israeli assault that was killing dozens of Lebanese civilians daily, destroying the country and forcing nearly a million people to seek refuge from its escalating war crimes. The so-called "international community" provided cover for extending the war under the guise of prolonged negotiations at the UN, hoping that Israel would win a decisive victory. But what Israel failed to win on the battlefield, its friends helped to deliver in the UN resolution.

Resolution 1701, adopted unanimously, "calls for a full cessation of hostilities." Those seven words are the most important ones in the entire resolution. The rest is neither fair, nor compatible with the Security Council’s duties and responsibilities as defined by the United Nations Charter. Even after the resolution was passed, Israel escalated its aggression, sending thousands of troops towards the Litani River. The move, perhaps meant to seize more ground before the ceasefire took effect, was a disaster, as Israel lost dozens of soldiers and much equipment. Hours after the resolution was passed, Israel ceased its aerial bombardment of Lebanon, but shot dead at least one Hizbollah fighter. This last minute invasion, like Israel’s initial assault on Lebanon, seems to have had a green light from council members.

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan declared on Sunday that hostilities would cease by dawn on Monday at 05:00 GMT. Normally Security Council resolutions should take effect immediately, unless a specified time is mentioned in the resolution, which was not the case this time. Why Annan gave Israel an additional 48 hours to kill and destroy is a pressing question, but questions like that are never answered.

Resolution 1701 is flawed, both in form and content, much like many others of its kind lately. The bitter reality is that the work of the Security Council has been reduced to a mere reflection of the will of the big powers rather than international law. The council does not take the immediate initiative when necessary — as was the case in Lebanon when war broke out — to protect world peace and security as mandated by the charter. Instead it waited for the results of the war on the ground to tailor its actions in a manner that would give the greatest advantage to the winner, which the international community assumed would be Israel. In other words, the council's actions have been confined to legitimising the desired outcome of any conflict regardless of how unjust, unlawful or potentially threatening to peace and security it is.

This war could have been easily prevented if the Security Council was called to intervene following the Hizbollah military action against Israeli soldiers on the border. The council, at that point, could have taken a decision ordering their release peacefully, utilising international pressure, which would normally be on Israel's side against Hizbollah. If Israel was truly the victim of an unprovoked attack, as it claimed, why did it not ask the Security Council to intervene rather than launch its pre-planned destruction of Lebanon?
Article 51 of the UN Charter does indeed recognise the right of every nation to exercise the right of self-defence when attacked by another military power, but only until the Security Council acts following the victim's notification. Israel was not under an ongoing attack. There was a border incident, which resulted in deaths on the Israeli side and the capture of two soldiers. Israel had every right to pursue its case against Lebanon or Hizbollah by peaceful means at the Security Council. There is no provision anywhere in international law to justify a total war on Lebanon, its infrastructure and its civilian population, under the false premise of self-defence; a war which ended without freeing the captured soldiers.

Article 51 of the UN Charter does indeed recognise the right of every nation to exercise the right of self-defence when attacked by another military power, but only until the Security Council acts following the victim's notification. Israel was not under an ongoing attack. There was a border incident, which resulted in deaths on the Israeli side and the capture of two soldiers. Israel had every right to pursue its case against Lebanon or Hizbollah by peaceful means at the Security Council. There is no provision anywhere in international law to justify a total war on Lebanon, its infrastructure and its civilian population, under the false premise of self-defence; a war which ended without freeing the captured soldiers.

The Security Council said nothing about the fact that Israel responded to a military incident by immediately attacking civilians. It totally ignored the mountain of evidence of Israeli war crimes committed in Lebanon, and has said nothing about Israel's obligation to compensate Lebanon and its people for the wanton destruction and killing which went far beyond the "military necessity" that limits a state's actions in wartime. Based on the testimony of UN officials alone, let alone reports from groups like Human Rights Watch, the Security Council should have demanded that Israel bring to justice those alleged to have committed war crimes, or referred the matter to the International Criminal Court.

Although it "recalled" its many previous resolutions, the Security Council made no mention of the reports from UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon who have documented hundreds of aggressive violations of Lebanese sovereignty by Israeli armed forces and warplanes, all prior to Hizbollah's "unprovoked" attack.

All these discrepancies are reflected in the resolution. The US, through its permanent representative John Bolton, exerted enormous pressure to produce such a lopsided resolution intended mainly to secure a political victory for Israel, which in practical terms meant allowing Israel to maintain the status quo ante.

Hizbollah appears to be giving Israel a brief pause to withdraw its defeated army from Lebanon. If Israel delays, or tries to reinforce its positions, the resistance will not be able to remain inactive, and that will create new conditions for another showdown at a certain moment. This does not look at all compatible with what Condoleezza Rice said: Address root causes. That means ending the occupation, not only of Lebanese territory, but also of Syrian and Palestinian land as well, and dismantling all racist, discriminatory and exclusionary Israeli policies that keep millions of Palestinians oppressed. It is very unlikely that she meant any of that. The definition of her "root causes' " must be different: Removing any object from Israel's offensive path.

Any lessons learnt, any meaningful appraisal?

Revelations about the longstanding Suez-like US-Israeli conspiracy against Lebanon, supported by some regional states, and President George W. Bush's claim that Hizbollah was defeated, indicate that there is little chance of such a realistic appraisal. The US insists on trivialising the situation to "Hizbollah's arms," or the failure to implement Security Council Resolution 1559, or the Taif accord on Lebanon's internal governance, or instead using Israel's occupation of Lebanon as a way to provoke a confrontation with Iran. All of this merely marks the countdown to the next war.


EI contributor Hasan Abu Nimah is the former permanent representative of Jordan at the United Nations.

To SI and SY:
Eema shelcha Kemo yadeit coolam mekabliem seivuv!

This list is subject to amendments. B'Tselem's authoritative casualty list is the Hebrew language one.
Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the Occupied Territories

Yusef Sa'di 'Izzat al-Maghari
20 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a tank and died on 31.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on his way to his uncle's home, during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Nahed Muhammad Fawzi a-Shanbari
15 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 31.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip, when an tank shell fell 7 meters from where he was.

Muhammad Subhi 'Abd a-Latif Abu 'Odeh
25 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, injured on 17.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper and died on 30.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof of his house, during an IDF incursion into the city.

Hani Muhammad Taher 'Awejan
27 year-old resident of Nablus, killed on 29.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Wanted by the Israeli security forces. Killed while playing backgammon with friends.

'Amid Iyad 'Ahed al-Masri
22 year-old resident of Nablus, killed on 29.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while playing backgammon with friends, one of them Hani 'Awejan, who was wanted by the Israeli security forces.

Rami Sa'id Saleh al-Mabid
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 27.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 29.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah Neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Ahmad 'Abd a-Rahman Salam Abu Ghararah
41 year-old resident of al-Qaraya al-Badwiya Maslakh, North Gaza district, killed on 28.07.2006 in al-Qaraya al-Badwiya Maslakh, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting at home when a missile hit the house next door.

Anas Khaled 'Abd a-Salam Zamlat
11 year-old resident of Jabalya Refugee Camp, North Gaza district, injured on 26.07.2006 in Jabalya Refugee Camp, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank and died on 28.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Muhammad Mahmoud 'Abd al-Ghani Kalab
33 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 27.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Ahmad Isma'il Saber Abu 'Amsha
18 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 27.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Hit by gun-fire shrapnel in his head during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Kamleh Ahmad Rashid a-Najar
75 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 27.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting next to her home.

Nidal Ahmad Jamil Shqeirat
25 year-old resident of a-Sawahrah a-Sharqiya, al-Quds district, killed on 27.07.2006 in a-Sawahrah a-Sharqiya, al-Quds district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed when he fired at Border Police officers standing at the gate of the Separation Barrier next to his home. Two officers were injured.

Hamadah Subhi Shaker Shtiwi
18 year-old resident of Kafr Qadum, Qalqiliya district, injured on 26.07.2006 in Kafr Qadum, Qalqiliya district, by gunfire and died on 27.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Hit by a bullet in his head, probably while tying to escape from IDF custody. Was unarmed.

Mahmoud Hamdi 'Omar Abu Qdameh
16 year-old resident of 'Askar Refugee Camp, Nablus district, injured on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire and died on 27.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an operation for the arrest of wanted persons barricaded in the local government compound, while on his way to work.

Ziad Muhammad Mithqal Salem
43 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while walking on the street during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Shahd Samir 'Ata 'Okal
Less than 1 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 26.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with her mother and sister while sitting in their yard.

Muhammad Sa'id Saleh 'Addas
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed when missile-fire hit a building in a-Tufah neighborhood.

Muhammad Salah Muhammad Abu Sakran
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on his way to his parents' home, to make sure they were safe, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Mahmoud Muhammad Suleiman al-Barsh
26 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Malek Mahyoub Sha'ban al-Masharawi
17 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Hani Muhammad 'Aish Abu Hajaliyeh
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a sniper. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Hit by bullets in his chest and shoulder.

Majed Hamdi 'Ata Habshi
32 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Na'el Fa'iq Ishaq Abu 'Aasi
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Muhammad Anwar 'Abd al-Hamid Sa'ada
27 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Saleh Khader al-'Abd Hasanein
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Asmaa 'Ali 'Abd a-Rasul 'Okal
34 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 26.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting in her yard with her children. Two of her daughters were killed and two were injured.

Nafez Sa'id Sha'ban Hanuneh
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in Salah a-Din street, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Salameh Zaher Suleiman a-Sa'udi
45 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Yasser Khamis Dib Banat
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Husam Jasser Mardi a-Sa'udi
35 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah Neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Maria Samir 'Ata 'Okal
5 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 26.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with her mother and sister while sitting in their yard.

Yihya Sror Radi a-Sa'udi
19 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

'Adnan Walid Ahmad a-Sa'udi
35 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Muhammad Subhi Sa'ad a-Din Hanneyeh
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Mahmoud Nahed Ahmad Habib
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Muhammad Salah Khaled al-Bahtini
26 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Nabil Nasser al-'Abd Zino
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed while walking on the street during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Name unknown to B'Tselem
, killed on 26.07.2006 in Dugit, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Mentally disabled. Killed while walking near the border during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Bara' Ahmad Hussein Habib
2 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed from gunfire aimed at a group of armed Palestinians, while standing next to her home.

Wael Khader Jum'ah 'Alian
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 18.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 25.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Ashraf 'Abdallah 'Awad Abu Dhaher
25 year-old resident of al-Qarara, Rafah district, killed on 25.07.2006 in al-Qarara, Rafah district, by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting with family members in his yard, 500 meters from the Israeli border.

Khader Muhammad 'Abd a-Rahman al-Maghari
29 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire and died on 25.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while attempting to attend to the wounded, during an IDF incursion into the north of Gaza Strip.

Khitam Muhammad Ribhi Tayeh
11 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on her way to a shop near the a-Nada housing project, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Sa'di Ahmad Mahmoud Na'im
29 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed near the a-Nada housing project during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Sadeq 'Abd a-Ra'uf Ahmad Naser
33 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed next to the a-Nada housing project during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Saleh Ibrahim 'Abd a-Ra'uf Naser
14 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed near the a-Nada housing project during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Nadi Habib 'Abdallah al-'Attar
11 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with his grandmother, by missile fired by Israeli air force, while traveling in a horse-drawn cart after collecting Qassam rocket launchers.

Khairieh Hashem Muhammad al-'Attar
58 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed along with her 11 year-old grandson by missile fired by Israeli air force, while traveling in a horse-drawn cart after collecting Qassam rocket launchers.

Ahmad 'Abd a-Rahman Isma'il 'Awad
19 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 22.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Mustafa Hussein Mustafa Qatush
18 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 21.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Mussa Hassan 'Abd al-Qader Kandil
46 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 21.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Sabah Muhammad Mustafa Hararah
45 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 21.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muhammad Hamdi Yunes Hararah
27 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 21.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muamen Jaber Hamdi Hararah
16 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 21.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

'Amer Jaber Hamdi Hararah
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 21.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Isma'il Nazmi Isma'il Rian
19 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muhammad 'Awad Muhammad Muhrah
17 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Yasser Muhammad Zuheir Abu Lebdeh
23 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

'Omar Farhan 'Obeid Abu Mhessen
31 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Husam Naser Khalil Badersawi
20 year-old resident of Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus district, killed on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an attempt to arrest him and other wanted persons barricaded in the local government compound.

'Aumran Ibrahim Muhammad 'Alem
32 year-old resident of 'Aqbat Jaber Camp, Jericho district, killed on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire . Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while watching an operation for the arrest of wanted people barricaded in the local government compound.

Ahmad Mustafa Mussa Abu Leil
27 year-old resident of Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus district, killed on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an attempt to arrest him and other wanted persons barricaded in the local government compound.

Hanan Ibrahim Ahmad al-'Aruqi
38 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into the refugee camp.

Ahmad Rohi Hassan 'Abdu
13 year-old resident of a-Nuseirat Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Mahmoud Miqdar Muhammad al-Khatib
22 year-old resident of Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus district, killed on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an attempt to arrest him and other wanted persons barricaded in the local government compound.

Muhammad 'Omar Ahmad al-Bshiti
24 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muhammad Fuad Muhammad Abu 'Ashebah
19 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

'Ali Kamel Muhammad a-Najar
13 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Fadwah Feisal Suleiman al-'Aruqi
13 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into the refugee camp.

Sa'id Sami 'Atef Kandil
24 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an exchange of gunfire with undercover unit.

Yusef Ahmad Mustafa al-Li
32 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Ahmad 'Awad Salameh a-Na'mi
23 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muhannad Sa'ad Ahmad Musleh
16 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 17.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while in his bedroom.

Muhammad Mahmoud 'Abd al-Mu'ti al-Kafarneh
20 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 17.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while standing on the roof of his house.

Shhadeh Zuheir Muhammad al-Kafarneh
22 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Abd al-Karim Yusef 'Abd al-Karim Hamad
25 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Abd a-Latif 'Othman Muhammad 'Obeid
19 year-old resident of Jabalya Refugee Camp, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Ali Maher Yusef 'Atallah
22 year-old resident of Jabalya Refugee Camp, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Mu'az Hamzah 'Abdallah 'Adwan
23 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Fatma Fadel Bashir Jadallah
65 year-old resident of Rafah, killed on 15.07.2006 in Rafah by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was in her house about 700 m away from the border.

'Omar Mahmoud 'Abd a-Rahman Yunes
32 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 15.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while hiding in an abandoned building.

Mahmoud Husam Lutfi a-S'adi
18 year-old resident of Jenin Refugee Camp, injured on 06.07.2006 in Jenin Refugee Camp by gunfire and died on 15.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting in a mourning-tent, during an attempt to arrest Zakariya Zbeidi.

Khalil Ibrahim A'bed Abu Magheseb
17 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 15.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while intending an attack agaainst soldiers in Kissufin crossing.

Ra'id Hussein Ass'ad Nasser
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 14.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while driving near Abu Holi checkpoint.

Nazmi Fathi Nazmi 'Abd Rabo ('Aziz)
22 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, injured on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 12.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while trying to plant an explosive.

Ahmad Salem Ahmad Quar'a
20 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Abu Holi checkpoint on Kissufim crossing.

Muhammad Khamis Ahmad al-Masri
21 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Abu Holi checkpoint on Kissufim crossing.

Salameh Ahmad Ibrahim al-Bshiti
20 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in al-Qarara, Rafah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while in the Palestinian police station.

Jum'ah Ibrahim Muhammad Islim
23 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Abu Holi checkpoint on Kissufim crossing.

Hisham Radwan Hussein Abu Nserah
37 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in al-Qarara, Rafah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Mahmoud Muhammad Khalil al-'Asar
15 year-old resident of a-Nuseirat Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was 500 m' from Abu holi checkpoint with some friends.

'Ali Hassan Ibrahim Badwan
23 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operarion Summer Rains".

Ahmad 'Abd al-Men'em Muhammad Abu Hajaj
16 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Iman Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
12 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Ziad Salman Hassan Abu Mgheseb
27 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, injured on 11.07.2006 in Kissufim, Gaza district, by gunfire and died on 12.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Palestinian police officer. Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was in his post.

Tammer Jamal Suleiman Mahareb
20 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Abu Holi checkpoint on Kissufin crossing.

Hassan Yusef Muhammad Abu 'Obeid
18 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Salwa Isma'il Rashid Abu Selmiyeh
42 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Ibrahim 'Ali Mustafa Qatush
15 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Huda Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
13 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Sumayah Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
16 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house.

Nasrallah Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
5 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Nabil Muhammad 'Abd a-Latif Abu Selmiyeh
46 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Hamzah Hassan Ahmad al-Jurani
22 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while riding a car.

Yihya Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
9 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Salah Hassan Hammad Abu Maktomah
17 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Aya Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
7 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Ibrahim 'Ali Ibrahim a-Nabahin
15 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Tareq Faiz Isma'il Nassar
19 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while riding a car.

Basmah Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
17 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Walid Mahmoud Ahmad a-Zinati
12 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 11.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad Shahin
29 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 11.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while driving in his car.

Ahmad Fathi 'Odeh Shabat
16 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 10.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he approached the Qassam launcher.

Mahfuz Farid Saber Nasir
15 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 10.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he approached the Qassam launcher.

Ahmad Ghaleb Nimer Abu 'Amsha
16 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 10.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he approached the Qassam launcher.

Muhammad Jamil Muhammad Khalifa
18 year-old resident of Khan Yunis Refugee Camp, killed on 10.07.2006 in 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Ayman Walid Qassem al-'Akawi
18 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 10.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Karni crossing.

Ra'fat Mussa Salman Salma
23 year-old resident of 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, killed on 10.07.2006 in 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Metwali Jamal Metwali al-'Arkan
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 10.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Khaled Nidal 'Abd al-Karim Wahabeh
1 year-old resident of Rafah Refugee Camp, injured on 21.06.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter during the course of an assasination and died on 10.07.2006. Additional information: Killed at home by missile fire aimed at wanted persons riding in a vehicle on the street nearby.

Raji 'Omar Jaber Difallah
16 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 10.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he approached the Qassam launcher.

Majed Mahmoud Muhammad a-Sheikh
29 year-old resident of Khan Yunis Refugee Camp, killed on 10.07.2006 in Erez Industrial Zone, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while working on a factory's roof in the area.

Bilal Suleiman Salman Raba'
18 year-old resident of Rafah, killed on 09.07.2006 in Rafah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while IDF fire Missiles at a car nearby.

Jaber Muhammad Ahmad Rihan
45 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, injured on 07.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper and died on 08.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Man who suffered from mental illness. Killed while was in the street during the "Operation Summer Rains".

Amneh Yusef al-'Abd Hajaj
48 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with her son and daughter during "Operation Summer Rains" when they were in their house.

Jaber Khaled Radwan a-Shantaf
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 08.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Ahmad Isma'il Mussa a-Sarsak
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Hani Muhammad Yusef al-Qambaz
24 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Nimer Fathi Sa'id Shalah
24 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while he was near an armed people

Muhammad Farid Sha'ban Hajaj
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with his mom and sister during "Operation Summer Rains" when they were in their house.

'Imad Muhammad 'Abdallah al-'Athamneh
26 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 08.07.2006 in Erez Industrial Zone, North Gaza district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed while was in the street during "Operation Summer Rains".

Saleh Suleiman Khalil a-Jamasi
19 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Khalil Ibrahim Muhammad al-Hajar
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 07.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 08.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Rawan Farid Sha'ban Hajaj
5 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with his mom and brother during "Operation Summer Rains" when they were in their house.

'Abd a-Nasser 'Issa 'Abd a-Salam Abu Hweidy
42 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 07.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Tha'ir Ta'meh Tawfiq a-Tanani
21 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 07.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while standing near his house.

Ahmad Fuad Sa'id Abu 'Askar
21 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, injured on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 07.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

Wael Hisham 'Ashur Nasser
21 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 07.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while hiding in his car in a-Sultan neighborhood.

Mesbah Faiz Mesbah al-'Attar
25 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 07.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Anwar Isma'il 'Abd al-Ghani 'Atallah
12 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, injured on 05.07.2006 in Erez Industrial Zone, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper and died on 07.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while watching the incursion near Erez Industrial Zone.

Mu'ataz Muhammad Sa'id al-Feiri
18 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 07.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while working in a land in al-'Atatrah neighborhood.

'Abd al-Jabber Munir Taleb al-Husari
29 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 07.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Amar Mustafa 'Abd a-Rahman Hanun
16 year-old resident of Jenin Refugee Camp, injured on 06.07.2006 in Jenin Refugee Camp by gunfire and died on 07.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting in a mourning-tent, during an attempt to arrest Zakariya Zbeidi.

Tammer Fathi 'Abd al-Fatah Kandil
21 year-old resident of Nablus, killed on 07.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Was on Israel's wanted list. Killed while hiding on the roof of his house from soldiers who came to arrest him.

Shadi Yusef Khamis 'Amar
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 07.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: A deaf person. Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while watching the incursion.

Bassem 'Awani 'Ali Rihan
20 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities.

Sa'id Samir 'Omar Farwaneh
24 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Muhammad Muhammad Sarhan a-Darimili
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Muhammad Yusef Ibrahim Faza'
28 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Fadi Jihad Ahmad al-'Abid
21 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Shadi Hamed Khalil a-Sakani
25 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

'Adel Muhammad Mahmoud al-'Atleh
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

Ahmad Ibrahim 'Eid Naghnagheiha
16 year-old resident of Jenin Refugee Camp, killed on 06.07.2006 in Jenin Refugee Camp by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting in a mourning-tent, during an attempt to arrest Zakariya Zbeidi.

Khaled Faraj Ahmad Nasser
22 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

Na'el Jaber Muhammad Halawah
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Ibrahim Muhammad Salameh Abu Rashed
19 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was in his land.

'Abd a-Rahman Hani Muhammad a-Najar
19 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he tried to open fire at soldiers in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Ahmad 'Abdallah Muhammad al-Khaldi
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Taher Amin Salim al-'Aamudi
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Rif'at Jamal Khairi Nasser
23 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Isma'il Sa'id Muhammad Abu Matar
18 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Muhammad Maher Rabah Shahin
19 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he tried to open fire at soldiers in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Adham Saleh Hussein a-Diri
32 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

Muhammad Suleiman 'Ali a-Najar
24 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 06.07.2006 in 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Muhammad Sabri Shehdeh Abu Tir
20 year-old resident of 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, killed on 06.07.2006 in 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Abdallah Muhammad Muhammad Salahah
24 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Muhammad Ahmad Salem al-'Attar
21 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while helped in planting explosives.

Muhammad Anwar Muhammad Tafesh
19 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Mahmoud Shahin Mahmoud Jaber Himur
40 year-old resident of 'Ein a-Sultan Camp, Jericho district, killed on 05.07.2006 in 'Ein a-Sultan Camp, Jericho district, by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Was on Israel's wanted list. Killed while trying to flee from soldiers who came to arrest him.

Rami Sayyed Sa'id Abu Hashem
28 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 05.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire . Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Palestinian police officer. Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was in the police station.

Husam Mahmoud Mahmoud Hajazi
21 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 05.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed when standing next to the naval police center during the "Summer Rains" operation.

Fidaa Nimer Muhammad Abu Kandil
16 year-old resident of Jenin, killed on 04.07.2006 in Jenin by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed while planting explosives near the road.

'Abd al-Karim Jaber 'Ali Duraj
30 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 03.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire . Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Isma'il Rateb Ahmad al-Masri
29 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 03.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while standing near his house.

Looks like that one struck a nerve...I guess the truth can be painful sometimes.
It's OK. I don't want you to feel scapegoated. We aren't all laughing at you.

Oh.......I guess we are!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
You are irrelevant sweetie.

Yeah. On that (inaccurate) note, I'm going to bed. Posting and drinking again T'uh?
G'night.
I just watched "The Lost City".
Too long, too anti-Cuban revolution.
I'm a big Netflix fan--no cable. 1/2 political docs and 1/2 mindless escapism.
But even the 'mindless escapism' is more intellectually stimulating than toying with your 24-7 spamming zio-nut friend.

10 is early for a Friday night. To sleep, perchance to dream.
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This list is subject to amendments. B'Tselem's authoritative casualty list is the Hebrew language one.
Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in the Occupied Territories

Yusef Sa'di 'Izzat al-Maghari
20 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a tank and died on 31.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on his way to his uncle's home, during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Nahed Muhammad Fawzi a-Shanbari
15 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 31.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip, when an tank shell fell 7 meters from where he was.

Muhammad Subhi 'Abd a-Latif Abu 'Odeh
25 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, injured on 17.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper and died on 30.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof of his house, during an IDF incursion into the city.

Hani Muhammad Taher 'Awejan
27 year-old resident of Nablus, killed on 29.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Wanted by the Israeli security forces. Killed while playing backgammon with friends.

'Amid Iyad 'Ahed al-Masri
22 year-old resident of Nablus, killed on 29.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while playing backgammon with friends, one of them Hani 'Awejan, who was wanted by the Israeli security forces.

Rami Sa'id Saleh al-Mabid
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 27.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 29.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah Neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Ahmad 'Abd a-Rahman Salam Abu Ghararah
41 year-old resident of al-Qaraya al-Badwiya Maslakh, North Gaza district, killed on 28.07.2006 in al-Qaraya al-Badwiya Maslakh, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting at home when a missile hit the house next door.

Anas Khaled 'Abd a-Salam Zamlat
11 year-old resident of Jabalya Refugee Camp, North Gaza district, injured on 26.07.2006 in Jabalya Refugee Camp, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank and died on 28.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Muhammad Mahmoud 'Abd al-Ghani Kalab
33 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 27.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Ahmad Isma'il Saber Abu 'Amsha
18 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 27.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Hit by gun-fire shrapnel in his head during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Kamleh Ahmad Rashid a-Najar
75 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 27.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting next to her home.

Nidal Ahmad Jamil Shqeirat
25 year-old resident of a-Sawahrah a-Sharqiya, al-Quds district, killed on 27.07.2006 in a-Sawahrah a-Sharqiya, al-Quds district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed when he fired at Border Police officers standing at the gate of the Separation Barrier next to his home. Two officers were injured.

Hamadah Subhi Shaker Shtiwi
18 year-old resident of Kafr Qadum, Qalqiliya district, injured on 26.07.2006 in Kafr Qadum, Qalqiliya district, by gunfire and died on 27.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Hit by a bullet in his head, probably while tying to escape from IDF custody. Was unarmed.

Mahmoud Hamdi 'Omar Abu Qdameh
16 year-old resident of 'Askar Refugee Camp, Nablus district, injured on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire and died on 27.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an operation for the arrest of wanted persons barricaded in the local government compound, while on his way to work.

Ziad Muhammad Mithqal Salem
43 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while walking on the street during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Shahd Samir 'Ata 'Okal
Less than 1 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 26.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with her mother and sister while sitting in their yard.

Muhammad Sa'id Saleh 'Addas
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed when missile-fire hit a building in a-Tufah neighborhood.

Muhammad Salah Muhammad Abu Sakran
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on his way to his parents' home, to make sure they were safe, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Mahmoud Muhammad Suleiman al-Barsh
26 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Malek Mahyoub Sha'ban al-Masharawi
17 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Hani Muhammad 'Aish Abu Hajaliyeh
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a sniper. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Hit by bullets in his chest and shoulder.

Majed Hamdi 'Ata Habshi
32 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Na'el Fa'iq Ishaq Abu 'Aasi
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Muhammad Anwar 'Abd al-Hamid Sa'ada
27 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Saleh Khader al-'Abd Hasanein
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Asmaa 'Ali 'Abd a-Rasul 'Okal
34 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 26.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting in her yard with her children. Two of her daughters were killed and two were injured.

Nafez Sa'id Sha'ban Hanuneh
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in Salah a-Din street, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Salameh Zaher Suleiman a-Sa'udi
45 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Yasser Khamis Dib Banat
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Husam Jasser Mardi a-Sa'udi
35 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah Neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Maria Samir 'Ata 'Okal
5 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 26.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with her mother and sister while sitting in their yard.

Yihya Sror Radi a-Sa'udi
19 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

'Adnan Walid Ahmad a-Sa'udi
35 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Muhammad Subhi Sa'ad a-Din Hanneyeh
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Mahmoud Nahed Ahmad Habib
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Muhammad Salah Khaled al-Bahtini
26 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: killed while walking armed in a-Tufah neighborhood, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Nabil Nasser al-'Abd Zino
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed while walking on the street during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip

Name unknown to B'Tselem
, killed on 26.07.2006 in Dugit, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Mentally disabled. Killed while walking near the border during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Bara' Ahmad Hussein Habib
2 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 26.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed from gunfire aimed at a group of armed Palestinians, while standing next to her home.

Wael Khader Jum'ah 'Alian
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 18.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 25.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Ashraf 'Abdallah 'Awad Abu Dhaher
25 year-old resident of al-Qarara, Rafah district, killed on 25.07.2006 in al-Qarara, Rafah district, by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting with family members in his yard, 500 meters from the Israeli border.

Khader Muhammad 'Abd a-Rahman al-Maghari
29 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire and died on 25.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while attempting to attend to the wounded, during an IDF incursion into the north of Gaza Strip.

Khitam Muhammad Ribhi Tayeh
11 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on her way to a shop near the a-Nada housing project, during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Sa'di Ahmad Mahmoud Na'im
29 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed near the a-Nada housing project during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Sadeq 'Abd a-Ra'uf Ahmad Naser
33 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed next to the a-Nada housing project during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Saleh Ibrahim 'Abd a-Ra'uf Naser
14 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed near the a-Nada housing project during an IDF incursion into the northern Gaza Strip.

Nadi Habib 'Abdallah al-'Attar
11 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with his grandmother, by missile fired by Israeli air force, while traveling in a horse-drawn cart after collecting Qassam rocket launchers.

Khairieh Hashem Muhammad al-'Attar
58 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 24.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed along with her 11 year-old grandson by missile fired by Israeli air force, while traveling in a horse-drawn cart after collecting Qassam rocket launchers.

Ahmad 'Abd a-Rahman Isma'il 'Awad
19 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 22.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Mustafa Hussein Mustafa Qatush
18 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 21.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Mussa Hassan 'Abd al-Qader Kandil
46 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, injured on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 21.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Sabah Muhammad Mustafa Hararah
45 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 21.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muhammad Hamdi Yunes Hararah
27 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 21.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muamen Jaber Hamdi Hararah
16 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 21.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

'Amer Jaber Hamdi Hararah
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 21.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while on the roof during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Isma'il Nazmi Isma'il Rian
19 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muhammad 'Awad Muhammad Muhrah
17 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Yasser Muhammad Zuheir Abu Lebdeh
23 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 20.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

'Omar Farhan 'Obeid Abu Mhessen
31 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Husam Naser Khalil Badersawi
20 year-old resident of Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus district, killed on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an attempt to arrest him and other wanted persons barricaded in the local government compound.

'Aumran Ibrahim Muhammad 'Alem
32 year-old resident of 'Aqbat Jaber Camp, Jericho district, killed on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire . Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while watching an operation for the arrest of wanted people barricaded in the local government compound.

Ahmad Mustafa Mussa Abu Leil
27 year-old resident of Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus district, killed on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an attempt to arrest him and other wanted persons barricaded in the local government compound.

Hanan Ibrahim Ahmad al-'Aruqi
38 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into the refugee camp.

Ahmad Rohi Hassan 'Abdu
13 year-old resident of a-Nuseirat Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Mahmoud Miqdar Muhammad al-Khatib
22 year-old resident of Balata Refugee Camp, Nablus district, killed on 19.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an attempt to arrest him and other wanted persons barricaded in the local government compound.

Muhammad 'Omar Ahmad al-Bshiti
24 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muhammad Fuad Muhammad Abu 'Ashebah
19 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

'Ali Kamel Muhammad a-Najar
13 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Fadwah Feisal Suleiman al-'Aruqi
13 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into the refugee camp.

Sa'id Sami 'Atef Kandil
24 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an exchange of gunfire with undercover unit.

Yusef Ahmad Mustafa al-Li
32 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Ahmad 'Awad Salameh a-Na'mi
23 year-old resident of al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 19.07.2006 in al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an IDF incursion into the refugee camp.

Muhannad Sa'ad Ahmad Musleh
16 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 17.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while in his bedroom.

Muhammad Mahmoud 'Abd al-Mu'ti al-Kafarneh
20 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 17.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while standing on the roof of his house.

Shhadeh Zuheir Muhammad al-Kafarneh
22 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Abd al-Karim Yusef 'Abd al-Karim Hamad
25 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Abd a-Latif 'Othman Muhammad 'Obeid
19 year-old resident of Jabalya Refugee Camp, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Ali Maher Yusef 'Atallah
22 year-old resident of Jabalya Refugee Camp, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Mu'az Hamzah 'Abdallah 'Adwan
23 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 16.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Fatma Fadel Bashir Jadallah
65 year-old resident of Rafah, killed on 15.07.2006 in Rafah by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was in her house about 700 m away from the border.

'Omar Mahmoud 'Abd a-Rahman Yunes
32 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 15.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while hiding in an abandoned building.

Mahmoud Husam Lutfi a-S'adi
18 year-old resident of Jenin Refugee Camp, injured on 06.07.2006 in Jenin Refugee Camp by gunfire and died on 15.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting in a mourning-tent, during an attempt to arrest Zakariya Zbeidi.

Khalil Ibrahim A'bed Abu Magheseb
17 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 15.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while intending an attack agaainst soldiers in Kissufin crossing.

Ra'id Hussein Ass'ad Nasser
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 14.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while driving near Abu Holi checkpoint.

Nazmi Fathi Nazmi 'Abd Rabo ('Aziz)
22 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, injured on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 12.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while trying to plant an explosive.

Ahmad Salem Ahmad Quar'a
20 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Abu Holi checkpoint on Kissufim crossing.

Muhammad Khamis Ahmad al-Masri
21 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Abu Holi checkpoint on Kissufim crossing.

Salameh Ahmad Ibrahim al-Bshiti
20 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in al-Qarara, Rafah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while in the Palestinian police station.

Jum'ah Ibrahim Muhammad Islim
23 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Abu Holi checkpoint on Kissufim crossing.

Hisham Radwan Hussein Abu Nserah
37 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in al-Qarara, Rafah district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Mahmoud Muhammad Khalil al-'Asar
15 year-old resident of a-Nuseirat Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was 500 m' from Abu holi checkpoint with some friends.

'Ali Hassan Ibrahim Badwan
23 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operarion Summer Rains".

Ahmad 'Abd al-Men'em Muhammad Abu Hajaj
16 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Iman Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
12 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Ziad Salman Hassan Abu Mgheseb
27 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, injured on 11.07.2006 in Kissufim, Gaza district, by gunfire and died on 12.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Palestinian police officer. Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was in his post.

Tammer Jamal Suleiman Mahareb
20 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 12.07.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Abu Holi checkpoint on Kissufin crossing.

Hassan Yusef Muhammad Abu 'Obeid
18 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Salwa Isma'il Rashid Abu Selmiyeh
42 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Ibrahim 'Ali Mustafa Qatush
15 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Huda Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
13 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Sumayah Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
16 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house.

Nasrallah Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
5 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Nabil Muhammad 'Abd a-Latif Abu Selmiyeh
46 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Hamzah Hassan Ahmad al-Jurani
22 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while riding a car.

Yihya Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
9 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Salah Hassan Hammad Abu Maktomah
17 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Aya Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
7 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Ibrahim 'Ali Ibrahim a-Nabahin
15 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Killed with five of his friends, four of which were minors, during the "Summer Rains" Operation, [while standing] 500 m' away from the Abu-Holy check point on Kisufim road.

Tareq Faiz Isma'il Nassar
19 year-old resident of Deir al-Balah, killed on 12.07.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while riding a car.

Basmah Nabil Muhammad Abu Selmiyeh
17 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 12.07.2006 in Gaza city by shelling from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Nine members of the Abu Selmiyeh family, parents and 7 of their children, all minors, were killed by missile-fire aimed at their house. According to the IDF, senior Hamas-members were hiding in the house

Walid Mahmoud Ahmad a-Zinati
12 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 11.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad Shahin
29 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 11.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while driving in his car.

Ahmad Fathi 'Odeh Shabat
16 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 10.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he approached the Qassam launcher.

Mahfuz Farid Saber Nasir
15 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 10.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he approached the Qassam launcher.

Ahmad Ghaleb Nimer Abu 'Amsha
16 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 10.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he approached the Qassam launcher.

Muhammad Jamil Muhammad Khalifa
18 year-old resident of Khan Yunis Refugee Camp, killed on 10.07.2006 in 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Ayman Walid Qassem al-'Akawi
18 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 10.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a tank. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" near Karni crossing.

Ra'fat Mussa Salman Salma
23 year-old resident of 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, killed on 10.07.2006 in 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Metwali Jamal Metwali al-'Arkan
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 10.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Khaled Nidal 'Abd al-Karim Wahabeh
1 year-old resident of Rafah Refugee Camp, injured on 21.06.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter during the course of an assasination and died on 10.07.2006. Additional information: Killed at home by missile fire aimed at wanted persons riding in a vehicle on the street nearby.

Raji 'Omar Jaber Difallah
16 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 10.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he approached the Qassam launcher.

Majed Mahmoud Muhammad a-Sheikh
29 year-old resident of Khan Yunis Refugee Camp, killed on 10.07.2006 in Erez Industrial Zone, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a tank. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while working on a factory's roof in the area.

Bilal Suleiman Salman Raba'
18 year-old resident of Rafah, killed on 09.07.2006 in Rafah by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while IDF fire Missiles at a car nearby.

Jaber Muhammad Ahmad Rihan
45 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, injured on 07.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper and died on 08.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Man who suffered from mental illness. Killed while was in the street during the "Operation Summer Rains".

Amneh Yusef al-'Abd Hajaj
48 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with her son and daughter during "Operation Summer Rains" when they were in their house.

Jaber Khaled Radwan a-Shantaf
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 08.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Ahmad Isma'il Mussa a-Sarsak
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Hani Muhammad Yusef al-Qambaz
24 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Nimer Fathi Sa'id Shalah
24 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while he was near an armed people

Muhammad Farid Sha'ban Hajaj
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with his mom and sister during "Operation Summer Rains" when they were in their house.

'Imad Muhammad 'Abdallah al-'Athamneh
26 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 08.07.2006 in Erez Industrial Zone, North Gaza district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed while was in the street during "Operation Summer Rains".

Saleh Suleiman Khalil a-Jamasi
19 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Khalil Ibrahim Muhammad al-Hajar
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 07.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 08.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Rawan Farid Sha'ban Hajaj
5 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 08.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed with his mom and brother during "Operation Summer Rains" when they were in their house.

'Abd a-Nasser 'Issa 'Abd a-Salam Abu Hweidy
42 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 07.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Tha'ir Ta'meh Tawfiq a-Tanani
21 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 07.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while standing near his house.

Ahmad Fuad Sa'id Abu 'Askar
21 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, injured on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter and died on 07.07.2006. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

Wael Hisham 'Ashur Nasser
21 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 07.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while hiding in his car in a-Sultan neighborhood.

Mesbah Faiz Mesbah al-'Attar
25 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 07.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Anwar Isma'il 'Abd al-Ghani 'Atallah
12 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, injured on 05.07.2006 in Erez Industrial Zone, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper and died on 07.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while watching the incursion near Erez Industrial Zone.

Mu'ataz Muhammad Sa'id al-Feiri
18 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 07.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while working in a land in al-'Atatrah neighborhood.

'Abd al-Jabber Munir Taleb al-Husari
29 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 07.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Amar Mustafa 'Abd a-Rahman Hanun
16 year-old resident of Jenin Refugee Camp, injured on 06.07.2006 in Jenin Refugee Camp by gunfire and died on 07.07.2006. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting in a mourning-tent, during an attempt to arrest Zakariya Zbeidi.

Tammer Fathi 'Abd al-Fatah Kandil
21 year-old resident of Nablus, killed on 07.07.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Was on Israel's wanted list. Killed while hiding on the roof of his house from soldiers who came to arrest him.

Shadi Yusef Khamis 'Amar
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 07.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a sniper. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: A deaf person. Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while watching the incursion.

Bassem 'Awani 'Ali Rihan
20 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities.

Sa'id Samir 'Omar Farwaneh
24 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Muhammad Muhammad Sarhan a-Darimili
22 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Muhammad Yusef Ibrahim Faza'
28 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Fadi Jihad Ahmad al-'Abid
21 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Shadi Hamed Khalil a-Sakani
25 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

'Adel Muhammad Mahmoud al-'Atleh
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

Ahmad Ibrahim 'Eid Naghnagheiha
16 year-old resident of Jenin Refugee Camp, killed on 06.07.2006 in Jenin Refugee Camp by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed while sitting in a mourning-tent, during an attempt to arrest Zakariya Zbeidi.

Khaled Faraj Ahmad Nasser
22 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

Na'el Jaber Muhammad Halawah
25 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Ibrahim Muhammad Salameh Abu Rashed
19 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was in his land.

'Abd a-Rahman Hani Muhammad a-Najar
19 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he tried to open fire at soldiers in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Ahmad 'Abdallah Muhammad al-Khaldi
20 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Taher Amin Salim al-'Aamudi
23 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Rif'at Jamal Khairi Nasser
23 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Isma'il Sa'id Muhammad Abu Matar
18 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Muhammad Maher Rabah Shahin
19 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" when he tried to open fire at soldiers in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Adham Saleh Hussein a-Diri
32 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Salatin neighborhood.

Muhammad Suleiman 'Ali a-Najar
24 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 06.07.2006 in 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Muhammad Sabri Shehdeh Abu Tir
20 year-old resident of 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, killed on 06.07.2006 in 'Abasan al-Kabira, Khan Yunis district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

'Abdallah Muhammad Muhammad Salahah
24 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Muhammad Ahmad Salem al-'Attar
21 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, killed on 06.07.2006 in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while helped in planting explosives.

Muhammad Anwar Muhammad Tafesh
19 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 06.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" in a-Samaraa neighborhood.

Mahmoud Shahin Mahmoud Jaber Himur
40 year-old resident of 'Ein a-Sultan Camp, Jericho district, killed on 05.07.2006 in 'Ein a-Sultan Camp, Jericho district, by gunfire. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Was on Israel's wanted list. Killed while trying to flee from soldiers who came to arrest him.

Rami Sayyed Sa'id Abu Hashem
28 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 05.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire . Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Palestinian police officer. Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while was in the police station.

Husam Mahmoud Mahmoud Hajazi
21 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 05.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed when standing next to the naval police center during the "Summer Rains" operation.

Fidaa Nimer Muhammad Abu Kandil
16 year-old resident of Jenin, killed on 04.07.2006 in Jenin by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed while planting explosives near the road.

'Abd al-Karim Jaber 'Ali Duraj
30 year-old resident of Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, killed on 03.07.2006 in Beit Hanun, North Gaza district, by gunfire . Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains".

Isma'il Rateb Ahmad al-Masri
29 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 03.07.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed during "Operation Summer Rains" while standing near his house.

'Arafat Suleiman Mussa al-A'bed
22 year-old resident of Tall a-Sultan Camp, Rafah district, killed on 02.07.2006 in Tall a-Sultan Camp, Rafah district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an exchange of gunfire with soldiers who seized control over the airport in Rafah.

Muhammad Mahmoud Jaber Abu Hani
21 year-old resident of Rafah, killed on 02.07.2006 in Tall a-Sultan Camp, Rafah district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an exchange of gunfire with soldiers who seized control over on the airport in Rafah.

Sha'ban 'Abd al-Men'em Yusef Manun
33 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 02.07.2006 in Jabalya, North Gaza district, by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: A Palestinian security forces.Killed while was in his post.

Muhammad Hussein Muhammad 'Abd al-'Aal
25 year-old resident of Rafah, killed on 30.06.2006 in Rafah by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Was armed. Killed when the Israeli air force fired missiles into a neighborhood in the city

Mahmoud Muhammad Yusef a-Zakari
21 year-old resident of Nablus, killed on 30.06.2006 in Nablus by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Was on Israel's wanted list. Killed in an exchange of gunfire with soldiers who came to arrest him. Another person on the wanted list surrendered, and a third was injured after refusing to turn himself in and attempting to flee.

Nahed Muhammad Hussein Mahani
34 year-old resident of Gaza city, injured on 20.05.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter during the course of an assasination and died on 28.06.2006.

Ayman Rateb Mesbah Khalil O'deh Jabarin
29 year-old resident of Ramallah, killed on 22.06.2006 in Ramallah by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Was on Israel's wanted list. Killed during an exchange of gunfire with undercover unti who came to arrest him.

Da'ud Ribhi Mahmoud Qatoni
22 year-old resident of 'Ein Beit al-Maa Refugee Camp, Nablus district, killed on 21.06.2006 in 'Ein Beit al-Maa Refugee Camp, Nablus district, by gunfire. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an exchange of gunfire with soldiers who came to arrest him.

Majzarah Sha'ban 'Abd al-Qader Ahmad
Less than 1 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 21.06.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter during the course of an assasination. Additional information: Died 12 hours after birth, as a result of shrapnel that penetrated to the mother's womb.

Zakaria Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad
48 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 21.06.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter during the course of an assasination. Additional information: Killed at home by missile fire aimed at wanted persons riding in a vehicle on the street nearby.

Fatma Ahmad Muhammad Ahmad
35 year-old resident of Khan Yunis, killed on 21.06.2006 in Khan Yunis by gunfire from a helicopter during the course of an assasination. Additional information: Killed at home by missile fire aimed at wanted persons riding in a vehicle on the street nearby.

Bilal Jasser Hamis al-Hasi
15 year-old resident of Jabalya, North Gaza district, killed on 20.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter during the course of an assasination. Additional information: Killed while working in a tunery nearby.

Muhammad Jamal 'Abed Rouqah
4 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 20.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter during the course of an assasination. Additional information: Killed while was on his way to the grocery store besidde his house.

Samia Mahmoud Ziad a-Sharif
5 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 20.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter during the course of an assasination. Additional information: Killed while was on her way to the grocery store besidde her house.

Habib Hamdi Hassan 'Ashur
34 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 16.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. He was the target of an assasination. Additional information: Killed while traveling in a car.

'Imad 'Ali Hassan Yasin
27 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 16.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. He was the target of an assasination. Additional information: Killed while traveling in a car.

Muhammad Mahmoud Rajab Tanjarah
22 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 15.06.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an attempt to plant explosives near the Gaza perimeter fence, north of Kissufim.

Salem Muhammad Salem Abu Zabeidah
22 year-old resident of al-Bureij Refugee Camp, Deir al-Balah district, killed on 15.06.2006 in Deir al-Balah by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed during an attempt to plant explosives near the Gaza perimeter fence, north of Kissufim.

Ibrahim Ibrahim a-Da'alseh Muhammad
38 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential neighborhood in northern Gaza city.

Husam Isma'il 'Abd a-Rahman Hamad
37 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential neighborhood in northern Gaza city.

Ashraf Faruk 'Ali al-Mughrabi
39 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential neighborhood in northern Gaza city.

Muhammad Hussein Faraj al-wadiyah
24 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Killed when participating in hostilities. Additional information: Killed on his way to fire a Qassam rocket.

Maher Ashraf Faruk al-Mughrabi
7 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential neighborhood in northern Gaza city.

Rafiq Muhammad Faraj al-Mabid
17 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential neighborhood in northern Gaza city.

Shauqi 'Ali 'Omar a-Seikali
41 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential neighborhood in northern Gaza city.

Hisham Rajab Muhammad al-Mughrabi
14 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential neighborhood in northern Gaza city.

Mussa Muhammad Mussa Nasrallah
21 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential neighborhood in northern Gaza city.

Muhammad Subhi Naji Barghish
23 year-old resident of Jenin Refugee Camp, killed on 13.06.2006 in Jenin by gunfire. Additional information: Killed during an arrest operation in the city.

'Adnan Da'ud Hassan Taleb
46 year-old resident of Gaza city, killed on 13.06.2006 in Gaza city by gunfire from a helicopter. Did not participate in hostilities when killed. Additional information: Killed when the Israeli airforce fired missiles into a residential neighborhood in northern Gaza city.

'Ali 'Ali Hussein al-'Umari
32 year-old resident of Beit Lahiya,

he magnitude of the defeat is considerable. Israel appears to have lost at every level-strategic, operational and tactical. Nothing she tried worked. Air power failed, as it always does against an enemy who doesn't have to maneuver operationally, or even move tactically for the most part. The attempts to blockade Lebanon and thus cut off Hezbollah's resupply failed; her caches proved ample. Most seriously, the ground assault into Lebanon failed. Israel took little ground and paid heavily in casualties for that. More, she cannot hold what she has taken; if she is not forced to withdraw by diplomacy, Hezbollah will push her out, as it did once before. The alternative is a bleeding ulcer that never heals.

But these failures only begin to measure the magnitude of Israel's defeat. While Hezbollah's leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, is now an Islamic hero, Olmert has become a boiled brisket in the piranha pool that is Israeli politics. The cease-fire in Lebanon will allow camera crews to broadcast the extent of the destruction to the world, with further damage to Israel's image. Israel's "wall" strategy for dealing with the Palestinians has been undone; Hamas rockets can fly over a wall as easily as Hezbollah rockets have flown over Israel's northern border.

Most importantly, an Islamic Fourth Generation entity, Hezbollah, will now point the way throughout the Arab and larger Islamic world to a future in which Israel can be defeated. That will have vast ramifications, and not for Israel alone. Hundreds of millions of Moslems will believe that the same Fourth Generation war that defeated hated Israel can beat equally-hated America, its "coalitions" and its allied Arab and Moslem regimes. Future events seem more likely to confirm that belief than to undermine it.

The cease-fire in Lebanon will last only briefly, its life probably measured in days if not in hours. Neither Israel nor Hezbollah has genuinely accepted it. The notion that the Lebanese Army and a rag-tag U.N. force will disarm Hezbollah is absurd even by the usual low standard of diplomatic fictions. The bombing and the rocketing may stop briefly, but Israel has already announced a campaign of assassination against Hezbollah leaders, while every Israeli soldier in Lebanon will remain a target of Hezbollah.

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http://counterpunch.org/lind08182006.html

So Danus, are you rooting for a Hezbollah and/or Hamas victory? Do you think Lebanon and Israel should become exclusively Muslim countries? For that is the goal of both Hezbollah AND Hamas.

Anyway, did Israel win/lose/draw the Israeli/Hezbollah War? As a Northern Californian I only know what I read in the papers, so to speak. So I am always interested in what Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs have to say about the conflict.

The excerpts below are from an op-ed in the Jerusalem Post by an Israeli writer.

Aug 18 2006

Read the article in its entirety at: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1154525897114&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Cease-Fire on Verge of Collapse
- Barry Rubin

Hizballah says it will not disarm voluntarily and Lebanon says it will not disarm Hizballah unless it wants to be disarmed. Israel says that if Hizballah does return to its positions with weapons, the IDF will resume its offensive. In short, the whole basis of the cease-fire is on the verge of collapse.

On a military level, Hizballah lost the war, despite their public relations successes. What we saw is actually fairly typical of wars historically. One side attacks using new techniques and weapons, at first scoring some successes. After a while, however, the other side adapts to these challenges and goes on to inflict heavy losses and take control of the battlefield.

If the war restarts, Hizballah may face a two-front war. Lebanese Christians, Druze, and Sunnis, the majority of the population, are largely angry at how Hizballah dragged their country into a war and is increasingly subjugating it to Iran and Syria. (Jerusalem Post)

sraeli soldiers have detained the Palestinian deputy prime minister, the latest step in a continuing crackdown against the ruling Hamas party.

Huda, the wife of Nasser al-Shaer said on Saturday that Israeli troops burst into her home of around 4:30am and took her husband away.

She said her husband had been in hiding since Israel began its crackdown in late June after fighters in the Gaza Strip infiltrated southern Israel and captured an Israeli soldier.

She said he had rarely been home during that period.

An Israeli army spokesman confirmed that troops had taken al-Shaer into custody, saying it was "due to his membership of a terrorist organisation".

Saeb Erekat, the most senior Palestinian negotiator, condemned the arrest and said "this complicates" a recent attempt by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, to forge a unity government, to ease a Western aid embargo against the Hamas administration.

With al-Shaer's arrest, four members of the Hamas-dominated Palestinian cabinet and about 28 Hamas members of parliament are in Israeli custody. Four other ministers have been detained and released.

Despite the arrests of Hamas officials, and a seven-week offensive in Gaza, the Israeli soldier, Corporal Gilad Shalit, remains in captivity.

Egypt-Gaza border open

Also on Saturday, the Egypt-Gaza border crossing was opened, giving hundreds of stranded Palestinians the chance to return to the Gaza Strip for the first time in a month.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/61367821-0A55-43E0-8088-8D42F241B93D.htm

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A few hours after UN Secretary General Kofi Annan blamed the Israeli army squarely for violating a UN-imposed truce that ended hostilities between Tel Aviv and the Lebanese resistance movement Hizbullah, Israel threatened Sunday, August20 , to carry out more such raids.

"As long as the Lebanese army and the international forces are not deployed (in south Lebanon), the Israeli army will not stop its flights in the region to stop the transfers of arms from Syria," Environmental Minister Gideon Ezra told public radio, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).

Israeli warplanes and helicopters bombed Saturday, August19 , roads leading to the village of Bodai, west of the ancient city of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley, and a power plant.

Helicopter-borne Israeli commandos in two vehicles were on their way to attack an office of senior Hizbullah official Sheikh Mohammed Yazbek in Bodai when they were spotted and ambushed by resistance fighters.

One commando was killed and two others injured before other forces pulled out under the cover of fierce air strikes.

Israel claimed the raid was aimed at halting weapons smugglings.

UN Security Council Resolution 1701 calls for Israeli troops to withdraw from south Lebanon with the deployment of the Lebanese army and a strengthened UN peacekeeping force of up to 15 , 000troops.

Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora blasted the Israeli operation as a "blatant violation" of the truce, which took effect on Monday, August14 , to end a conflict that has claimed close to1 , 300Lebanese, mostly civilians.

Lebanon warned it might suspend the deployment of army troops in the south, which began on Thursday, August17 , if the United Nations failed to ensure Israel honored the resolution.

Violation

Annan said the Israeli operation was a violation of the ceasefire deal.

"The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about a violation by the Israeli side of the cessation of hostilities as laid out in Security Council resolution1701 ," a statement issued by Annan's spokesman said.

"The Secretary-General further calls on all parties to respect strictly the arms embargo, exercise maximum restraint, avoid provocative actions and display responsibility in implementing resolution1701 ."

A visiting UN envoy in Lebanon has warned that such incidents threatened to spark war again and scare off states which may help boost a UN peacekeeping force.

"We may slip into war again, this is why incidents such as what happened yesterday are not very helpful," Terje Roed-Larsen said in an interview with Lebanon's leading An-Nahar newspaper.

"The incident does not help maintain the fragile ceasefire and will not encourage potential participants in the new international forces to contribute with soldiers," he added.

The UN has been urging countries, particularly Europeans, to send troops, but most governments want more details on the precise mandate of the force before contributing.

More
http://islamonline.net/English/News/2006-08/20/01.shtml

Modern History Sourcebook:
Mark Twain:
Concerning The Jews, Harper's Magazine, March, 1898

Some months ago I published a magazine article descriptive of a remarkable scene in the Imperial Parliament in Vienna. Since then I have received from Jews in America several letters of inquiry. They were difficult letters to answer, for they were not very definite. But at last I have received a definite one. It is from a lawyer, and he really asks the questions which the other writers probably believed they were asking. By help of this text I will do the best I can to publicly answer this correspondent, and also the others - at the same time apologizing for having failed to reply privately. The lawyer's letter reads as follows:

I have read 'Stirring Times in Austria.' One point in particular is of vital import to not a few thousand people, including myself, being a point about which I have often wanted to address a question to some disinterested person. The show of military force in the Austrian Parliament, which precipitated the riots, was not introduced by any Jew. No Jew was a member of that body. No Jewish question was involved in the Ausgleich or in the language proposition. No Jew was insulting anybody. In short, no Jew was doing any mischief toward anybody whatsoever. In fact, the Jews were the only ones of the nineteen different races in Austria which did not have a party - they are absolutely non-participants.

Yet in your article you say that in the rioting which followed, all classes of people were unanimous only on one thing, viz., in being against the Jews. Now will you kindly tell me why, in your judgment, the Jews have thus ever been, and are even now, in these days of supposed intelligence, the butt of baseless, vicious animosities? I dare say that for centuries there has been no more quiet, undisturbing, and well-behaving citizen, as a class, than that same Jew. It seems to me that ignorance and fanaticism cannot alone account for these horrible and unjust persecutions.

"Tell me, therefore, from your vantage-point of cold view, what in your mind is the cause. Can American Jews do anything to correct it either in America or abroad? Will it ever come to an end? Will a Jew be permitted to live honestly, decently, and peaceably like the rest of mankind? What has become of the Golden Rule?" I will begin by saying that if I thought myself prejudiced against the Jew, I should hold it fairest to leave this subject to a person not crippled in that way. But I think I have no such prejudice. A few years ago a Jew observed to me that there was no uncourteous reference to his people in my books, and asked how it happened. It happened because the disposition was lacking. I am quite sure that (bar one) I have no race prejudices, and I think I have no color prejudices nor caste prejudices nor creed prejudices. Indeed, I know it.

I can stand any society. All that I care to know is that a man is a human being - that is enough for me; he can't be any worse. I have no special regard for Satan; but I can at least claim that I have no prejudice against him. It may even be that I lean a little his way, on account of his not having a fair show.

All religions issue bibles against him, and say the most injurious things about him, but we never hear his side. We have none but the evidence for the prosecution, and yet we have rendered the verdict. To my mind, this is irregular. It is un-English; it is un-American; it is French. Without this precedent Dreyfus could not have been condemned.

Of course Satan has some kind of a case, it goes without saying. It may be a poor one, but that is nothing; that can be said about any of us. As soon as I can get at the facts I will undertake his rehabilitation myself, if I can find an unpolitic publisher. It is a thing which we ought to be willing to do for any one who is under a cloud. We may not pay him reverence, for that would be indiscreet, but we can at least respect his talents.

A person who has for untold centuries maintained the imposing position of spiritual head of four-fifths of the human race, and political head of the whole of it, must be granted the possession of executive abilities of the loftiest order. In his large presence the other popes and politicians shrink to midges for the microscope. I would like to see him. I would rather see him and shake him by the tail than any other member of the European Concert.

In the present paper I shall allow myself to use the word Jew as if it stood for both religion and race. It is handy; and, besides, that is what the term means to the general world. In the above letter one notes these points:

1. The Jew is a well-behaved citizen.
2. Can ignorance and fanaticism alone account for his unjust treatment?
3. Can Jews do anything to improve the situation?
4. The Jews have no party; they are non-participants.
5. Will the persecution ever come to an end?
6. What has become of the Golden Rule?

Point No. 1.

We must grant proposition No. 1 for several sufficient reasons. The Jew is not a disturber of the peace of any country. Even his enemies will concede that. He is not a loafer, he is not a sot, he is not noisy, he is not a brawler nor a rioter, he is not quarrelsome. In the statistics of crime his presence is conspicuously rare - in all countries. With murder and other crimes of violence he has but little to do: he is a stranger to the hangman. In the police court's daily long roll of "assaults" and "drunk and disorderlies" his name seldom appears.

That the Jewish home is a home in the truest sense is a fact which no one will dispute. The family is knitted together by the strongest affections; its members show each other every due respect; and reverence for the elders is an inviolate law of the house. The Jew is not a burden on the charities of the state nor of the city; these could cease from their functions without affecting him.

When he is well enough, he works; when he is incapacitated, his own people take care of him. And not in a poor and stingy way, but with a fine and large benevolence. His race is entitled to be called the most benevolent of all the races of men. A Jewish beggar is not impossible, perhaps; such a thing may exist, but there are few men that can say they have seen that spectacle. The Jew has been staged in many uncomplimentary forms, but, so far as I know, no dramatist has done him the injustice to stage him as a beggar. Whenever a Jew has real need to beg, his people save him from the necessity of doing it. The charitable institutions of the Jews are supported by Jewish money, and amply. The Jews make no noise about it; it is done quietly; they do not nag and pester and harass us for contributions; they give us peace, and set us an example - an example which we have not found ourselves able to follow; for by nature we are not free givers, and have to be patiently and persistently hunted down in the interest of the unfortunate.

These facts are all on the credit side of the proposition that the Jew is a good and orderly citizen. Summed up, they certify that he is quiet, peaceable, industrious, unaddicted to high crimes and brutal dispositions; that his family life is commendable; that he is not a burden upon public charities; that he is not a beggar; that in benevolence he is above the reach of competition. These are the very quint-essentials of good citizenship. If you can add that he is as honest as the average of his neighbors - But I think that question is affirmatively answered by the fact that he is a successful business man.

The basis of successful business is honesty; a business cannot thrive where the parties to it cannot trust each other. In the matter of numbers of the Jew counts for little in the overwhelming population of New York; but that his honesty counts for much is guaranteed by the fact that the immense wholesale business houses of Broadway, from the Battery to Union Square, is substantially in his hands. I suppose that the most picturesque example in history of a trader's trust in his fellow-trader was one where it was not Christian trusting Christian, but Christian trusting Jew.

That Hessian Duke who used to sell his subjects to George III. to fight George Washington with got rich at it; and by-and-by, when the wars engendered by the French Revolution made his throne too warm for him, he was obliged to fly the country. He was in a hurry, and had to leave his earnings behind - $9,000,000. He had to risk the money with some one without security. He did not select a Christian, but a Jew - a Jew of only modest means, but of high character; a character so high that it left him lonesome - Rothschild of Frankfort. Thirty years later, when Europe had become quiet and safe again, the Duke came back from overseas, and the Jew returned the loan, with interest added.

[Footnote *: Here is another piece of picturesque history; and it reminds us that shabbiness and dishonesty are not the monopoly of any race or creed, but are merely human:

"Congress has passed a bill to pay $379.56 to Moses Pendergrass, of Libertyville, Missouri. The story of the reason of this liberality is pathetically interesting, and shows the sort of pickle that an honest man may get into who undertakes to do an honest job of work for Uncle Sam. In 1886 Moses Pendergrass put in a bid for the contract to carry the mail on the route from Knob Lick to Libertyville and Coffman, thirty miles a day, from July 1, 1887, for one year. He got the postmaster at Knob Lick to write the letter for him, and while Moses intended that his bid should be $400, his scribe carelessly made it $4. Moses got the contract, and did not find out about the mistake until the end of the first quarter, when he got his first pay. When he found at what rate he was working he was sorely cast down, and opened communication with the Post-Office Department.

The department informed him that he must either carry out his contract or throw it up, and that if he threw it up his bondsmen would have to pay the government $1459.85 damages. So Moses carried out his contract, walked thirty miles every week-day for a year, and carried the mail, and received for his labor $4 - or, to be accurate, $6.84; for, the route being extended after his bid was accepted, the pay was proportionately increased. Now, after ten years, a bill was finally passed to pay to Moses the difference between what he earned in that unlucky year and what he received."

The Sun, which tells the above story, says that bills were introduced in three or four Congresses for Moses' relief, and that committees repeatedly investigated his claim. It took six Congresses, containing in their persons the compressed virtues of 70,000,000 of people, and cautiously and carefully giving expression to those virtues in the fear of God and the next election, eleven years to find out some way to cheat a fellow-Christian out of about $13 on his honestly executed contract, and out of nearly $300 due him on its enlarged terms. And they succeeded.

During the same time they paid out $1,000,000,000 in pensions - a third of it unearned and undeserved. This indicates a splendid all-around competency in theft, for it starts with farthings, and works its industries all the way up to ship-loads. It may be possible that the Jews can beat this, but the man that bets on it is taking chances.]

The Jew has his other side. He has some discreditable ways, though he has not a monopoly of them, because he cannot get entirely rid of vexatious Christian competition. We have seen that he seldom transgresses the laws against crimes of violence. Indeed, his dealings with courts are almost restricted to matters connected with commerce. He has a reputation for various small forms of cheating, and for practising oppressive usury, and for burning himself out to get the insurance, and for arranging cunning contracts which leave him an exit but lock the other man in, and for smart evasions which find him safe and comfortable just within the strict letter of the law, when court and jury know very well that he has violated the spirit of it.

He is a frequent and faithful and capable officer in the civil service, but he is charged with an unpatriotic disinclination to stand by the flag as a soldier - like the Christian Quaker. Now if you offset these discreditable features by the creditable ones summarized in a preceding paragraph beginning with the words, "These facts are all on the credit side," and strike a balance, what must the verdict be? This, I think: that, the merits and demerits being fairly weighed and measured on both sides, the Christian can claim no superiority over the Jew in the matter of good citizenship. Yet in all countries, from the dawn of history, the Jew has been persistently and implacably hated, and with frequency persecuted.

Point No. 2.

"Can fanaticism alone account for this?" Years ago I used to think that it was responsible for nearly all of it, but latterly I have come to think that this was an error. Indeed, it is now my conviction that it is responsible for hardly any of it. In this connection I call to mind Genesis, chapter xlvii. We have all thoughtfully - or unthoughtfully - read the pathetic story of the years of plenty and the years of famine in Egypt, and how Joseph, with that opportunity, made a corner in broken hearts, and the crusts of the poor, and human liberty - a corner whereby he took a nation's money all away, to the last penny; took a nation's livestock all away, to the last hoof; took a nation's

We are all aware of the devastation that can result from any nuclear detonation, and now we face this threat from Islamic terrorists who reportedly have smuggled atomic weapons into our country and intend to bring in more in an operation they are calling "American Hiroshima".

Intelligence information from captured al Qaeda documents, computers, and operatives indicates that al Qaeda has targeted 9 American Cities for nuclear attack to coincide with the August 6, 1945 attack on Hiroshima, Japan. The documents also suggest a September 11th date to coincide with the 911 attacks. They do not specify the year of the intended attacks, but intelligence reports from various sources say al Qaeda already has already smuggled from 7 to 70 nuclear weapons into the country across the Mexican border. American intelligence experts believe the number to be closer to 7 than 70 but admit the threat is very real.

The plan calls for 2 separate waves of attacks timed several days apart with the intent to kill 4 million Americans. They may want to duplicate the 3 day interval between Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's been reported that during that interval, al Qaeda may call for the surrender of America to Islam by denouncing Christianity and Judaism as well as our Constitution. Al Qaeda has been developing this plan for the past 10 years. The cities targeted are: New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Boston and Washington, D.C. New York and Washington top the preferred target list for al-Qaeda leadership.

-Intelligence information from captured al Qaeda documents, computers, and operatives= psyops preparation for the spooks to pull 9-11 2B
Now who in the middle east has unregistered nukes?
Not Iran, that's for sure.

If you assholes in the al -CIAduh attempt to light off a few nukes, you as well as your masters will be eaten alive.
Too many people will know it was you.

And yes it's important for you to point toward the 19 savage arab WTC conspiracy theory. Unfortunately it no longer holds water for the majority of America.
Hubris will lunch you.

Perhaps the majority of Americans believe they don't know the whole story.
What survey are you referring to?
Lets see a site. Or a cite.
Show some spine. Back up your statement

A new Zogby poll reveals that less than half of the American public trusts the official 9/11 story or believes the attacks were adequately investigated.
http://www.wanttoknow.info/060523newsarticles

See there how you challenged 'dog to support his statement and then he bounced right back and made you drink your own runny bullshit through a straw? That's what it's like when you have T-R-U-T-H (alien concept, I know) on your side. It's pretty sweet. You should try it. Considering how you putzes NEVER back up ANYTHING, such a demand from you is quite the display of chutzpah / hypocrisy. It would have been completely fair and appropriate for him to just ignore you.

I provided a link and you respond w/this?
The only "Weird conspiracy theories" are the ones promulgated through the commercial media.

Like your 19 savage arab mantra.

This Lawrence Britt thing has exposed you for the world-class 'academic integrity' hypocrite that you are, and you know it. Your "defense" just makes it more plain

"Britt wrote a book a while back about America under facism"

Yeah, so what? That's not where the list came from. Your own source says so

"But it's one short article that has gained him high visibility on the left. Fascism Anyone? (www.secularhumanism.org/library/fi/britt_23_2.htm)"

When it comes to political science, Britt is the proverbial 'man on the street.' He has no special qualifications as an expert in this area, so his pronouncements carry no more weight, on their face, than some random stranger blathering in a bar. And yet you palm his list off as a "definitive definition" of fascism.

By trying to slither around this obvious FACT, you just drive that many more nails into your 'R.I.P. Tia the Hypocrite' coffin lid

ha ha ha ha!

Your dishonesty is so debilitating! I love it!

I think his list is well-reasoned and valuable, mind you, as valid as anything a political scientist might come up with, but It has to be taken for what it *is*, which is a list of **symptoms**.

What it is *not* is a definition. Definitions are simple and precise. If it's more than a sentence, it ain't a definition.

The following *is* a viable definition:

Fascism: anti-Bolshevik/Marxist/communist counter-revolutionism

And -- what's worse for you, hun-neeee -- it's a definition that Jabotinsky's brand of zionism satisfies astonishingly well, as I pointed out in the first place

http://la.indymedia.org/news/2006/08/175262_comment.php#175726

On top of everything else, there's the way Israel doesn't check out negative against Britt's list nearly as neatly as you think.

Britt's LIST of ATTRIBUTES isn't a "definition." I said that. What part of that is so hard for you?

"Thats precisely why I've ya-blah posture preen gloat"

Oh just fuck off. The list has no serious diagnostic value and you just like it cuz you can twist it around to fit your little agenda. This is a sure-fire hit with you. Based on these 14 symptoms, you could concoct a case that **any** government is "fascist." You yourself just pulled a spectacular stunt this way: how does Hezbollah, a militia with no ambition to take over the civil administration of Lebanon, qualify as a "facist (sic) regime?" This is ludicrous on its face. I think this is a good example of what you said: "Any person. organization or political entity I don't like"

From Dictionary.com
a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

Your definition was incomplete to the point of inaccuracy.

Tw, my dearest darling. Conversing with you is a colossal time sink. It benefits no one, and takes my time away from truly meaningful activities. I feel I need to give you up. I hope you understand my decison. I have real life activities I'm involved with (I hope you do, too), and its clear that poking you with a virtual stick doesn't accomplish anything. (Sheepdog- this goes for you, too) Nessie- being local, I can continue to poke you with real sticks, so you aren't quite off the hook.

Conversations on Indymedia are like conversations with Moonies or Scientologists. Facts, logic and history don't sway you. Better folk than me have tried.

Do I have the self discipline to keep away from Indymedia? Probably not. Its like watching a train wreck. I don't know. But its worth a try. I have more important things to do with my time.

The Palestinians are Facing National Destruction
Viewing the World from a Bombsight

By NOAM CHOMSKY

In Lebanon, a little-honored truce remains in effect--yet another in a decades-long series of ceasefires between Israel and its adversaries in a cycle that, as if inevitably, returns to warfare, carnage and human misery. Let's describe the current crisis for what it is: a US-Israeli invasion of Lebanon, with only a cynical pretense to legitimacy. Amid all the charges and counter-charges, the most immediate factor behind the assault is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

This is hardly the first time that Israel has invaded Lebanon to eliminate an alleged threat. The most important of the US-backed Israeli invasions of Lebanon, in 1982, was widely described in Israel as a war for the West Bank. It was undertaken to end the Palestinian Liberation Organisation's annoying calls for a diplomatic settlement. Despite many different circumstances, the July invasion falls into the same pattern.

What would break the cycle? The basic outlines of a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict have been supported by a broad international consensus for 30 years: a two-state settlement on the international border, perhaps with minor and mutual adjustments.

The Arab states formally accepted this proposal in 2002, as the Palestinians had long before. Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has made it clear that though this solution is not Hizbullah's preference, they will not disrupt it. Iran's "supreme leader" Ayatollah Khamenei recently reaffirmed that Iran too supports this settlement. Hamas has indicated clearly that it is prepared to negotiate for a settlement in these terms as well.

The US and Israel continue to block this political settlement, as they have done for 30 years, with brief and inconsequential exceptions. Denial may be preferr ed at home, but the victims do not enjoy that luxury.

US-Israeli rejectionism is not only in words but, more importantly, in actions. With decisive US backing, Israel has been formalizing its program of annexation, dismemberment of shrinking Palestinian territories and imprisonment of what remains by taking over the Jordan valley--the "convergence" program that is, astonishingly, called "courageous withdrawal" in the US.

In consequence, the Palestinians are facing national destruction. The most meaningful support for Palestine is from Hizbullah, which was formed in reaction to the 1982 invasion. It won considerable prestige by leading the effort to force Israel to withdraw from Lebanon in 2000. Also, like other Islamic movements including Hamas, Hizbullah has gained popular support by providing social services to the poor.

To US and Israeli planners it therefore follows that Hizbullah must be severely weakened or destroyed, just as the PLO had to be evicted from Lebanon in 1982. But Hizbullah is so deeply embedded in society that it cannot be eradicated without destroying much of Lebanon as well. Hence the scale of the attack on the country's population and infrastructure.

In keeping with a familiar pattern, the aggression is sharply increasing the support for Hizbullah, not only in the Arab and Muslim worlds beyond, but also in Lebanon itself. Late last month, polls revealed that 87% of Lebanese support Hizbullah's resistance against the invasion, including 80% of Christians and Druze. Even the Maronite Catholic patriarch, the spiritual leader of the most pro-western sector in Lebanon, joined Sunni and Shia religious leaders in a statement condemning the "aggression" and hailing "the resistance, mainly led by Hizbullah". The poll also found that 90% of Lebanese regard the US as "complicit in Israel's war crimes against the Lebanese people".

Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, Lebanon's leading aca demic scholar on Hizbullah, observes that "these findings are all the more significant when compared to the results of a similar survey conducted just five months ago, which showed that only 58% of all Lebanese believed Hizbullah had the right to remain armed, and hence continue its resistance activity".

The dynamics are familiar. Rami Khouri, an editor of Lebanon's Daily Star, writes that "the Lebanese and Palestinians have responded to Israel's persistent and increasingly savage attacks against entire civilian populations by creating parallel or alternative leaderships that can protect them and deliver essential services".

Such popular forces will only gain in power and become more extremist if the US and Israel persist in demolishing any hope of Palestinian national rights, and in destroying Lebanon.

Even King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Washington's oldest ally in the region, was compelled to say: "If the peace option is rejected due to the Israeli arrogance, then only the war option remains, and no one knows the repercussions befalling the region, including wars and conflict that will spare no one, including those whose military power is now tempting them to play with fire."

It is no secret that Israel has helped to destroy secular Arab nationalism and to create Hizbullah and Hamas, just as US violence has expedited the rise of extremist Islamic fundamentalism and jihadi terror. The latest adventure is likely to create new generations of bitter and angry jihadis, just as the invasion of Iraq did.

Israeli writer Uri Avnery observed that the Israeli chief of staff Dan Halutz, a former air force commander, "views the world below through a bombsight". Much the same is true of Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice and other top Bush administration planners. As history reveals, that view of the world is not uncommon among those who wield most of the means of violence.

Saad-Ghorayeb describes the current violence in "apocalyptic terms", warning that possibly "all hell would be let loose" if the outcome of the US-Israel campaign leaves a situation in which "the Shia community is seething with resentment at Israel, the US and the government that it perceives as its betrayer".

The core issue--the Israel-Palestine conflict--can be settled by diplomacy, if the US and Israel abandon their rejectionist commitments. Other outstanding problems in the region are also susceptible to negotiation and diplomacy. Their success can never be guaranteed. But we can be reasonably confident that viewing the world through a bombsight will bring further misery and suffering, perhaps even in "apocalyptic terms".

Noam Chomsky is emeritus professor of linguistics and philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His most recent book is Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy.

Micah Bazant, The Electronic Intifada, 1 September 2006

22 August 2006 - Yesterday, groups of Jewish activists across the U.S. protested continued Israeli military aggression in Lebanon and Palestine. Echoing a similar action that took place in Boston on August 1st, protesters staged die-ins, hung banners above freeways during morning and evening rush hours, and locked themselves down outside of zionist institutions.

In New York, a group of more than 20 Jewish protestors staged a "Die-In" during morning rush hour outside Penn Station, unfurling large banners and lying down on the ground to demand a cessation of continuing Israeli military aggression in Lebanon and Palestine. In a peaceful demonstration, silent protestors created a scene reflecting the large civilian death toll in Lebanon and the aftermath of war.

Participants expressed outrage at what they believe is a failed and immoral Israeli policy backed by the U.S. in Lebanon and Palestine. Long-time civil rights activist Dorothy Zellner, age 68, said: "There are hundreds of thousands of silent Jews who believe in justice and oppose Israeli policies and it's time we stood up and spoke out."

The group included those with family living in Israel, long-time American civil rights activists, and those speaking out against Israeli military action for the first time.

Mario Yedidia, a Die-In participant, with family spread across Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Haifa said, "killing civilians, attacking government institutions and destroying the infrastructure of modern society is an immoral course of action that will ensure security for no one. Israel is unsuccessfully challenging a simple truth: no one is secure while others live in terror."

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The recent Israeli war on Lebanon, which culminated on August 14th in a ceasefire and the passing of UN resolution 1701, has exposed Israel to political and military defeat. While the UN resolution does not address the real issues to bring about justice, the war itself has allowed Hizballah to appear stronger today than it did at the start of Israel's military offensive. Contrary to mainstream belief, Israel's aggression began long before Hizballah's capture of two Israeli soldiers this summer. Israel has frequently abducted Lebanese militants and civilians, contributing to the nearly 9,000 prisoners languishing in Israeli prisons. Efforts by Israel to raise the Lebanese people against themselves in the hopes of creating another fratricide 16 years after the end of the civil war, have also failed.

However, now that there is a ceasefire there have been calls to disarm Hizballah immediately, and discussions and arguments raised among Lebanese have turned into more serious internal rifts. Many people insist on denouncing both Israel and Hizballah, but are focusing more on their dislike of Hizballah and on its disarmament.

There is a critical need today to address the concerns of many Lebanese who are unsure of how to stand their ground and of what moral positions to take. Our argument is that Lebanese (and the people of the Arab world) should take a principled stand against Israel's policies, as it continues to justify its use of unparalleled, broad-scale military aggression. The Lebanese people should concertedly support a national Lebanese resistance as proof of their sovereignty, independence, and rejection to subjugation and oppression. For our position to be clear, we must assert that the Syrian regime, or any other regime that claims to speak in the interest of the Lebanese people, is not to be relied upon as a fundamental part of the solution. The solution begins with the Lebanese people and extends to those of other nations who are willing partners in arms and struggle, as well as in peaceful economic and cultural exchanges. Resistance to Israel will also undoubtedly create better relations among Lebanese and Syrians, as well as in the region in general. Unity during resistance is not only crucial for the rebuilding of a strong Lebanon, but for affirming that its sovereignty is respected by its neighbors, just as the Lebanese people must respect the sovereignty of others.

In a recent speech, Sayed Hassan Nassrallah addressed the Lebanese saying that in order to build a strong Lebanon -- a strong nation -- the Lebanese must bolster their unity and resistance. They must begin by embracing the reality that they, as a nation, are under attack, and it is only their unity and solidarity that can effectively deter outside aggression. The first step is to refute the idea that Hizballah provided a pretext for Israel to begin its bombardment.

The logic of needing a pretext is one we buy from the American and Israeli media and their governments' propaganda. It is a colonial logic that precedes this decade, and wants us to believe that Israel needed a pretext to launch its attack on a much weaker country; just as it would have us believe that the United States needed a pretext to attack Iraq. Israel will always sell its wars as "defensive" measures; the success of this rationale testifies to that of modern imperialist propaganda, as manifested in staunch alliances like that between the United States and Israel. This was the case in 1982, when the pretext for the Israeli attack on Lebanon was the attempted assassination of the Israeli ambassador to England. Again, however, the reality dates back to a much deeper history; one of decades of occupation by Israel of Lebanon, as well as of occupied Palestine and other Arab economies at large. Attacks on Israel have been a form of retaliation and self-defense against Israel's colonial endeavors, and they find their roots in the need among Arabs to possess rightful sovereignty over their land and resources. Of course, this runs contrary to the a-historical view that attacks on Israel are born out of a vacuum. Were it not for Israel's colonial designs in Palestine and the region, and its ideological vision of ethnic segregation, Arabs would have no reason for militancy. The crux of the problem rests in the Western view that Arab sovereignty is alone a pretext for Israeli invasion. As Arabs, we are told forcefully, time and time again, that we must understand this and surrender to it.

The fact is, as the Christian Science Monitor puts it:

"Since its withdrawal of occupation forces from southern Lebanon in May 2000, Israel has violated the United Nations-monitored "blue line" on an almost daily basis, according to UN reports. Hizballah's military doctrine, articulated in the early 1990s, states that it will fire Katyusha rockets into Israel only in response to Israeli attacks on Lebanese civilians or Hizbullah's leadership; this indeed has been the pattern.

In the process of its violations, Israel has terrorized the general population, destroyed private property, and killed numerous civilians. This past February, for instance, 15-year-old shepherd Yusuf Rahil was killed by unprovoked Israeli cross-border fire as he tended his flock in southern Lebanon. Israel has assassinated its enemies in the streets of Lebanese cities and continues to occupy Lebanon's Shebaa Farms area, while refusing to hand over the maps of mine fields that continue to kill and cripple civilians in southern Lebanon more than six years after the war supposedly ended. What peace did Hizbullah shatter?"[1]

Israel's need for a pretext is a myth. It has been training and preparing for this war for sometime now - well before UN resolution 1559 took full force. With superior intelligence and world opinion on its side, there is little else Israel needs to do to create the veneer of self defense.

At this point we should turn to the critics who say, "Why is Hizballah armed in the first place? Why did it turn Lebanon into a battleground? Why doesn't it just work diplomatically after it disarms to free the tiny piece of land and three prisoners?"

Hizballah is armed because Israel has insisted on using violent tactics including bombardment and occupation against the Lebanese and other Arab peoples for over five decades. Lebanon has repeatedly been used as a battlefield upon which Israel carries out its aggressions, be they against Palestinian residents who make up 10 percent of the Lebanese population, or against other elements in Lebanon which Israel perceives as threatening to its sovereignty. Diplomatic solutions have not benefited the Arab people throughout the history of the modern Middle East, because diplomacy has increasingly grown into an exclusive tool for superpowers - none of which place the autonomy of the Arab people as a priority over their own interests. Similarly, diplomatic shortcomings during this war have failed to halt Israeli massacres of Lebanese civilians; such diplomatic shortcomings not only include the inaction of international governmental institutions and their inability to restrain Israel from trespassing Lebanese sovereignty, but more importantly include documents such as resolution 1701, which is only a recipe for a temporary cease to hostilities in order for both sides to rearm and re-strategize. Ceasefires of this nature, which are authorized by governmental bodies that service the interests of stronger states, in fact prolong the historical hostility expressed by Israel against Lebanon and several of its other Arab neighbors. Resolution 1701 does not affirm a categorical refusal of Israeli aggression against Lebanon, and consequentially, its acquiescence of Israeli's offensive only justifies Israeli preemptive strikes without granting Lebanon the support or right to defend itself in return.

Destruction in Baalbek following Israeli bombing (Mayssoun Sukarieh)

Should Arab resistance to various forms of occupation simply cease because Arab forces are weaker? Let us take the prisoners that Hizballah is fighting for as one example: They are Lebanese prisoners that were captured in the name of Lebanese freedom. Do we just forget about them now because it has been over 20 years? Their release is overdue, and in fact, the duration of their captivity signifies the relentless tension that is the very source of mistrust and aggression with which Israel treats Lebanon and its Arab neighbors. Israel has received respect for the value it places on every Jewish life, and for its adamancy to return even the remains of its soldiers back to Israel for proper burials. Why not afford the same respect and value to Lebanese, Palestinian, or any other Arab lives?

As for our airspace, we cannot always pick and choose the ways in which we are sovereign. If the Lebanese wish to be a sovereign nation then it must be so in every aspect; the very system which America and Israel claim to promote is comprised of a set of rules that are meant to regulate an international system of sovereign states. It is the Lebanese people's right to defend their place within this system. Is even the sovereignty of the Lebanese less valuable than Israelis' or Americans'? Or does the lack of Lebanese sovereignty, and the resulting violence, allow stronger states such as the United States and Israel to capitalize on the Lebanese condition of chaos? If the Lebanese people are not going to fight for complete sovereignty then what dignity is left? How can it be expected that a whole people would forego such a claim? In short, there is no moral basis for Hizballah to disarm or give up its demands for land or prisoners, especially not after it has been politically and militarily victorious; there is no moral basis because diplomacy has failed for 58 years. It has failed because a hostile state supported by the world's greatest power cannot accept the sovereignty of the Arab individual. How can we expect it to respect the existence of any Arab country?

In short, Hizballah is taking the correct moral position. In this it stands above all Arab governments and countries. It cannot be criticized from this angle -- from the angle of resistance to foreign occupation. Not standing with Hizballah for these reasons puts the Lebanese people in a morally inferior position, and allows the stronger states -- the aggressors -- to control Lebanon's fate by dividing it as a nation. Just because this moral stand puts Lebanon in the line of fire alone does not mean the Lebanese should stand with other Arab countries that gravely surrender. Just because Jordan and Egypt, amongst other Arab governments, have given in to the might of the US dollar and its militant Israeli executer, does not mean others should follow.

What the Lebanese people must do is begin to think of Hizballah as part of a greater Lebanese National Resistance, and inspire all sectors of Lebanon to instead capitalize on the Israeli aggression by accepting Lebanon's diversity and uniting in resistance. Lebanon must remove the card of disunity from the hands of the enemy by joining this resistance in every way: culturally, academically, socially, economically, and just as important, militarily. This sort of resistance captures the meaning behind Nasrallah's position: The Lebanese people need unity and resistance to build a strong nation.

To be with the Lebanese National Resistance does not mean all Lebanese should be with Hizballah in its Islamic ideology or worldview. Rather, it means that they are uniting in a coalition with their fellow Lebanese against a common enemy. Once they, as a resistance, are able to settle their external problems together, they have taken the first step toward realizing that any internal problems faced by the Lebanese are in fact manageable -- if, in fact, Lebanese autonomy is achieved. In a democracy there will be hundreds of voices, and this is healthy. If the Lebanese people let Hizballah do all the fighting and not support a national resistance, which is the most moral position, then when all this is over Lebanon will be left with a failed state just as it began.

The Lebanese people must recognize the moral position. Perhaps we should quote a great, respected European philosopher for the world to relate to this position; Hegel once said: "[S]acrifice for the individuality of the state is the substantial relation of everyone and therefore a universal duty" and "in so far as the state as such and its independence are at risk, duty requires all citizens to rally to its defense". He continues that "[t]he true valour of civilized nations is their readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual merely counts as one among many. Not personal courage but integration with the universal is the important factor here".[2] Although Hegel speaks from the West, and although much of his historic writing did not accurately describe the condition of the former colonized people, his view embraces the language of the West, and in-so-doing, underlines the irony of any Western power that reserves the right to protect its own sovereignty while trespassing on that of others. The Lebanese people reserve the right to defend the moral position of self dignity vis-a-vis a fully recognized sovereignty.

This position today is the position Hizballah is taking. Once the Lebanese are able to understand the concept behind such a position, then sectarian ideology need no longer plague minds with fear and hold the people back from recognizing and resisting the essential enemy -- the foreign occupier. What can be rejected are any hegemonic trappings in Hizballah's ideology and conservative Islamic social agenda. This rejection does not mean Hizballah should disappear or be annihilated, in the same way that a rejection of the Lebanese Forces and its ideology does not mean it should be destroyed (otherwise the Muslims and Christians will always be pitted against each other in a war of existence, as they always say). The presence of Hizballah and other Lebanese groups is what makes Lebanon beautiful and ugly. Lebanon is a nation strewn with years of ethnic, sectarian and communalistic strife because it never had the chance to accept internal difference. A national resistance provides such a chance.

The Lebanese people should not reject Hizballah, as their arms protect the country's sovereignty, dignity, and rights. Hizballah is not the reason Israel has attempted to destroy Lebanon. Israel has attacked Lebanon, and has been an aggressor against many other Arab peoples, because this is the only way it can survive. It has used violence against Lebanon because it wants the people as a subjugated neighbor with no power and no ability to take any moral stand. Israel, along with the United States, would like the Lebanese people, and other Arabs alike, to be followers and consumers while Israel makes no retribution for the crimes it has committed against them or against the other 10 percent of the Lebanese population -- the Palestinians who reside in camps. This is aside from the fact that Israel has no designs to compensate for the crimes it has perpetrated against international laws in order to recreate a law that caters to its own interests.

The Lebanese can only go on like this temporarily. Businesspeople and the middle to upper classes may believe that there are no problems because they can benefit from the status quo. Yet such a status quo only provides short term prosperity for the few, and even those few have no guarantee that their gains will not be destroyed at any moment -- in the same way as Lebanon's growth was undercut and stunted in the span of a few days following July 12 of this year. Those at the upper echelons of society will need to be more compassionate, more in touch, and more altruistic toward communities that are out of sight; they should act more in the mind and heart and not in the pocket if they desire to build a strong, working, prosperous, independent, sovereign, and more importantly, moral and dignified Lebanon -- a Lebanon that is in touch with itself. Hizballah is filling this gap today; the Lebanese should follow its lead if they wish to unite, break the chains of sectarianism and the monopoly of power by any one local group, and create an integrated nation that is critical for the future of the Lebanese people.


Sami Hermez is a Lebanese doctoral student of Anthropology at Princeton University currently writing from the South of Lebanon from the village of Deir Kifa where he is working on a Campaign for Civilian Resistance. He can be reached at shermez@princeton.edu

Noora Kassem is a masters student of International Politics at the University of London, where she has spent the last year researching the nature of US involvement in the modern Middle East. She can be reached at noorakassem@gmail.com