SEPTEMBER 2006

Gaza's poor struggling to survive in the face of an economic blockade

By Donald Macintyre in Gaza City
The Independent

Published: 15 September 2006

Though she wasn't expecting visitors, Itidal al-Nazli, 35, was happy to display the sparse contents of her refrigerator. Despite the daily and lengthy interruptions to electricity supply since the Israelis bombed Gaza's only power station in early July, it's where she still stores the more perishable food for her family of 10 children. Yesterday morning, after the family had breakfasted on two large potatoes and an aubergine donated by a kindly neighbour, it contained six rather shrivelled peppers, a bag of coffee, three olives in a bowl, a bag of charcoal, and three bags containing crusts of bread.

Even amid the deepening poverty of Gaza since Israel and the international community imposed its economic blockade on the Palestinian Authority (PA) after Hamas won the elections last January, Mrs al-Nazli's plight is acute. Belonging to no political faction, and unable to leave the children - including five-year-old quadruplets - ranging from Nevin, 10, to Aya, two, she says she receives no handouts from local charities. From a long time Gazan familiy, she is ineligible even for the UN food coupons handed out to refugees; indeed, she explains, once or twice a year, some refugee friends pass on one sack of flour, two bottles of oil, and two kilos apiece of beans, lentils, rice and sugar.

It was after January, however, that survival became a real struggle. We are in the eastern suburb of Shajaia which has borne more than its share of the 218 Palestinian deaths in Gaza - including, according to the Palestinian Centre of Human Rights, 146 civilians, in Israeli incursions since Cpl Gilad Shalit was abducted by militants in June.

But Mrs al-Nazli's main preoccupations are financial - a sharp reminder of how high the stakes are for Palestinians here in the imminent international debate on whether to ease the economic siege on the Palestinian Authority in response to the new Hamas-Fatah government of "national unity" expected to be formed in the coming days.

For the last six months, she has paid neither the £37-per-month rent nor, like hundreds of thousands of Gazans, £18 per month in water and electricity charges. Her husband Sami, 38, is unemployed but his wife says "he used to work four or five days every month, doing odd jobs". "But now there is nothing. We don't have anything. The children eat the same food as I do - lentils and beans. Meat? We never see it." Sometimes, she says, neighbours give them handouts of a few vegetables and fruit. "I have no milk for the children," she says, rubbing her thumb and fingers together to show the problem is money and not shortages.

The breezeblock walls and concrete floor of her two-room apartment, whose living room is furnished with one single bed and where most of the children sleep on a blanket on the floor, are entirely bare. Yet there is something irrepressibly cheerful about Mrs al-Nazli, who, despite coming from a poor family, took a two-year qualification in teaching Arabic only to find, like so many other Gaza graduates, that there were no jobs. If she had got a job she would have found ways of funding child-care and might have had fewer children, she says, while adding quickly with a radiant smile that " they are a gift from God".

A few doors down, by contrast, Souad al Qaraya, 33, weeps repeatedly as she describes her struggle to feed her five children. "We had bread - one shekel [13p] - beans - one shekel," she says of yesterday's family breakfast. "That's it." In her four-room home there are carpets, wall coverings and pictures, denoting a once adequately provided-for family fallen on the hardest of times. Her husband Samir, 46, lost his job two years ago when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - he is currently in hospital in Egypt, his treatment, she says, delayed by the inability of Gaza's Shifa hospital to get the right medicine.

But she somehow scraped by with the help of savings and the £32-per-month PA social security until, like the PA employees' salaries on which Gaza's economy so disproportionately depends, it stopped after Hamas's election victory. With a less forgiving landlord than Mrs al-Nazli, she has to borrow the £48 rent he comes for every month. "He comes to the door and won't leave till he gets it," she says. Neighbours help when they can.

But Mrs al-Qaraya dissolves into tears again as she indicates that the family solidarity which has kept Gazans afloat despite all the odds may be breaking down. She says her father helped her "three times" financially "but now doesn't visit - God forgive him" - and she cannot afford the taxi fare to see him. "He said my husband's brothers should help me now. But they have done nothing and it is hard to ask them because I have my dignity."

Mrs al-Nazli and Mrs al-Qaraya hardly dare share in the optimism expressed by Hamas that the EU will ease its part in the blockade in response to the formation of a coalition government which, while not explicitly recognising Israel, should commit Hamas to backing talks on a two-state solution when it is formed, perhaps as early as next week.

Although Mrs al-Nazli voted Fatah last January she says: "I blame the governments of America and Britain for this but not the peoples because they don't know about us."

By contrast, her cousin Hamoud Wadiyeh, 23, who earns £3.50 a day as a barber and buys the orangeade to exempt Mrs al-Nazli from the indignity of not offering hospitality, says: "I blame Hamas because they only look after their own people," while adding that "Fatah is the same" .

Asked of the prospects of the "unity government", Mrs al-Qaraya says: "We should be hopeful about anything new. But hope depends on God. "

Though she wasn't expecting visitors, Itidal al-Nazli, 35, was happy to display the sparse contents of her refrigerator. Despite the daily and lengthy interruptions to electricity supply since the Israelis bombed Gaza's only power station in early July, it's where she still stores the more perishable food for her family of 10 children. Yesterday morning, after the family had breakfasted on two large potatoes and an aubergine donated by a kindly neighbour, it contained six rather shrivelled peppers, a bag of coffee, three olives in a bowl, a bag of charcoal, and three bags containing crusts of bread.

Even amid the deepening poverty of Gaza since Israel and the international community imposed its economic blockade on the Palestinian Authority (PA) after Hamas won the elections last January, Mrs al-Nazli's plight is acute. Belonging to no political faction, and unable to leave the children - including five-year-old quadruplets - ranging from Nevin, 10, to Aya, two, she says she receives no handouts from local charities. From a long time Gazan familiy, she is ineligible even for the UN food coupons handed out to refugees; indeed, she explains, once or twice a year, some refugee friends pass on one sack of flour, two bottles of oil, and two kilos apiece of beans, lentils, rice and sugar.

It was after January, however, that survival became a real struggle. We are in the eastern suburb of Shajaia which has borne more than its share of the 218 Palestinian deaths in Gaza - including, according to the Palestinian Centre of Human Rights, 146 civilians, in Israeli incursions since Cpl Gilad Shalit was abducted by militants in June.

But Mrs al-Nazli's main preoccupations are financial - a sharp reminder of how high the stakes are for Palestinians here in the imminent international debate on whether to ease the economic siege on the Palestinian Authority in response to the new Hamas-Fatah government of "national unity" expected to be formed in the coming days.

For the last six months, she has paid neither the £37-per-month rent nor, like hundreds of thousands of Gazans, £18 per month in water and electricity charges. Her husband Sami, 38, is unemployed but his wife says "he used to work four or five days every month, doing odd jobs". "But now there is nothing. We don't have anything. The children eat the same food as I do - lentils and beans. Meat? We never see it." Sometimes, she says, neighbours give them handouts of a few vegetables and fruit. "I have no milk for the children," she says, rubbing her thumb and fingers together to show the problem is money and not shortages.

The breezeblock walls and concrete floor of her two-room apartment, whose living room is furnished with one single bed and where most of the children sleep on a blanket on the floor, are entirely bare. Yet there is something irrepressibly cheerful about Mrs al-Nazli, who, despite coming from a poor family, took a two-year qualification in teaching Arabic only to find, like so many other Gaza graduates, that there were no jobs. If she had got a job she would have found ways of funding child-care and might have had fewer children, she says, while adding quickly with a radiant smile that " they are a gift from God".

A few doors down, by contrast, Souad al Qaraya, 33, weeps repeatedly as she describes her struggle to feed her five children. "We had bread - one shekel [13p] - beans - one shekel," she says of yesterday's family breakfast. "That's it." In her four-room home there are carpets, wall coverings and pictures, denoting a once adequately provided-for family fallen on the hardest of times. Her husband Samir, 46, lost his job two years ago when he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer - he is currently in hospital in Egypt, his treatment, she says, delayed by the inability of Gaza's Shifa hospital to get the right medicine.

But she somehow scraped by with the help of savings and the £32-per-month PA social security until, like the PA employees' salaries on which Gaza's economy so disproportionately depends, it stopped after Hamas's election victory. With a less forgiving landlord than Mrs al-Nazli, she has to borrow the £48 rent he comes for every month. "He comes to the door and won't leave till he gets it," she says. Neighbours help when they can.

But Mrs al-Qaraya dissolves into tears again as she indicates that the family solidarity which has kept Gazans afloat despite all the odds may be breaking down. She says her father helped her "three times" financially "but now doesn't visit - God forgive him" - and she cannot afford the taxi fare to see him. "He said my husband's brothers should help me now. But they have done nothing and it is hard to ask them because I have my dignity."

Mrs al-Nazli and Mrs al-Qaraya hardly dare share in the optimism expressed by Hamas that the EU will ease its part in the blockade in response to the formation of a coalition government which, while not explicitly recognising Israel, should commit Hamas to backing talks on a two-state solution when it is formed, perhaps as early as next week.

Although Mrs al-Nazli voted Fatah last January she says: "I blame the governments of America and Britain for this but not the peoples because they don't know about us."

By contrast, her cousin Hamoud Wadiyeh, 23, who earns £3.50 a day as a barber and buys the orangeade to exempt Mrs al-Nazli from the indignity of not offering hospitality, says: "I blame Hamas because they only look after their own people," while adding that "Fatah is the same" .

Asked of the prospects of the "unity government", Mrs al-Qaraya says: "We should be hopeful about anything new. But hope depends on God. "

Forced labor for Palestinian children in Israeli prison
www.palestinenet.org - Friday, 15 September 2006,

Many Palestinian children in Israeli Telmond Prison are being exploited by “forced labor in which they must work eight hours for a few shekels,” as reported by the Prisoners Information Center.

One of the children made a statement after his release. “The prison administration has forced all prisoners in Telmond Prison to work eight hours for very low wages.” He went on to say, “The Israeli soldiers come to the chambers at seven and force us to go with our legs tied with chains.” The child added that his job was to stand under guard and pack plastic spoons in boxes.

Even injured political prisoners are forced to work, according to Friday’s Nablus-based report. A former prisoner stated, “I had a broken bone but the soldiers forced me out of my cell to work anyway, without any consideration for the pain.”

There are approximately 375 Palestinians in Telmond Prison, with most of them being children. The oldest Palestinian in Telmond is 22 years old. The child laborers are given two meals per 24 hours, one at 11:00 pm and another at 6:00 am.

Israeli prison officials also attempt to extract information from children regarding members of the armed resistance and engage in frequent psychological abuse

According to the Information Center there are 200 children less than 16 years old in Israeli prisons begin subjected to some of the worst forms of exploitation and humiliation. A total of 376 Palestinian children are currently imprisoned in Israeli prisons and detention camps.

Israeli military court decides freeing PA education minister
Sep 13, 2006,

Occupied Jerusalem - Apparently finding itself in hot water as it failed in substantiating the charges against PA education minister and PA deputy premier Dr. Nasser Al-Dein Al-Shaer, the Israeli military court in Petah Tikva prison decided to free the kidnapped minister on 5,500 dollars bail.

Defense counsel Sami Al-Sa'adi affirmed to the PIC correspondent that the Israeli military prosecution asked for 9 days extension of Al-Shaer's detention for further interrogation, but, he added, the defense panel contested the request and asked the immediate release of the minister as no charges have been filed against him.

Finally, he explained, "the court bowed to our argument, and decided to release Al-Shaer on bail," but froze implementation of the ruling for 48 hours to give the prosecution the time to appeal the verdict.

Earlier, the Ofer military court in the West Bank decided to release 21 Palestinian ministers and lawmakers, including PLC speaker Dr. Aziz Dwaik and Khaled Arafa, minister on Jerusalem affairs among other Kidnapped PA ministers and lawmakers on 5,500 dollars bail each.

The verdict irked the Israeli military prosecution that found itself without any substantial charges against those kidnapped Palestinian officials despite the relatively long period they spent under harsh interrogation.

In an apparent step to soothe the prosecution anger, the judge held the implementation of the decision till Thursday afternoon to give the prosecution all the time to appeal the verdict.

Tens of Palestinian ministers, lawmakers, and municipal officials, mostly from Hamas, were abducted at the hands of the IOF troops in different parts of the West Bank over the past two months in an Israeli bid to use them as a card to blackmail the elected PA government; yet all the Israeli hopes proved to be illusive with the steadfastness and determination of those PA officials.

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Here is an Arab Jordanian who although is fighting for the liberation of Palestine, because he is committed to an Arab cause, the Palestinian cause, insists on retaining his Jordanian citizenship, just because the ruling family does not want to annoy their imposed ally, our Zionist enemy, Sultan Ajlouni said:

“This is a proof that there are still in Jordan people who know who is the enemy and who is the friend, you should
understand that and repent”.”

 

I am a Jordanian whether they like it or not

 

By: Sultan Al-Ajlouni*

 

* A Jordanian resistance fighter detained at the Zionist Hadarim concentration camp

Is the problem of Jordanian prisoners of war in Zionist concentration camps about to be solved?!Not through exchange of prisoners with Hezbollah or Hamas, also not by Jordanian Governments efforts!

The magic solution is by denaturalization. If we strip them of their Jordanian “nationality” there will simply be no more problem of Jordanian prisoners of war!!!

So as to avoid throwing accusations here and there, here are some proofs. We agreed , through the Prisoners Families’ Committee, with the government that anybody that has a national identity number will be considered as Jordanian.The agreement had been applied for long years, but what happened lately is that our embassy in Tel Aviv informed a number of prisoners of war that they are no more Jordanians, because they have Palestinian identity cards, because they were employed by the Palestinian Authority or because they wanted to stay in the West Bank with their families, on this basis they were released; so the Jordanian Government list of war prisoners shrunk, and it is still, but there is also another obscure problem as there are still Jordanian war prisoners who are not of Palestinian descent (me for example); what could be done with this forgotten man who is a genuine Jordanian from the city of “Al-Mafraq”? The opportunity to free us came when the Palestinian cabinet decided to grant me an honorary Palestinian citizenship with my comrade the dean of Lebanese Arab war prisoners, Samir AL-Quntar, as a gesture of honoring all Arab prisoners of war for their sacrifices for the Palestinian cause.

 

Some Jordanian officials tried to exploit the opportunity by rumoring around that I gave up my Jordanian citizenship, while they were actually saying, “At last we got rid of this trouble maker”, but I didn’t allow them this pleasure, and I immediately declined to accept the honor of being an honorary Palestinian citizen, and I considered it as a moral step, which shall not leave any legal obligations or repercussions… But their attempt to get rid of me did not come to an end; they started to put pressure on us through depriving us of family visits, and prevent the International Red Cross from arranging these visits, and deny us of medical help and send us a Jordanian medical delegation even when my health deteriorated, and my health is still in a critical condition. They even refused to hand my medical file to my family. What is more dangerous is that they are trying to create a new type of compromise. If I insist on retaining my Jordanian citizenship, I will have to stay in jail because they (The Jordanian authorities) will not try to free me, and they shall not allow the “Israelis” to include me in an arrangement of exchanging prisoners (As was done in 2004). Or I give up my Jordanian citizenship and become a Palestinian, Lebanese or whatever, then I will be released in the first possible opportunity.

 

It is time to say it once and for ever, a word that could not be interpreted or changed: “I am Jordanian, and I shall remain to be a Jordanian, whether I am in Jordan or a war prisoner, I shall never give up my belonging to this land and people even if I have to stay in captivity or suffer worse ill health. This is a proof that there still in Jordan people who know who is the enemy and who is the friend, you should understand that and repent”.

Translated by: Adib S. Kawar

info@alakhbarweb.com

Today (September 5th) the New Zealand Parliament passed, without a dissent, a Notice of Motion moved by Keith Locke Green Party MP. Below is the wording of the Notice of Motion.

Keith Locke MP, 0 064 4 470 6710,  0064 27 452 8353, keith.locke@parliament.govt.nz
Gordon Campbell, Media Officer, 0 064  4 470 6719, 0 064  27 3417 266, gordon.campbell@parliament.govt.nz 

Motion

 

Keith Locke  moved:  

That this House supports the right of parliamentarians to freely pursue their duties; 

notes the opposition of the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the European Parliament to Israel's arrest of  more than 20 members of the Palestinian parliament;  

and calls for the immediate and unconditional release of the Palestinian Speaker Abdelaiziz El-Dweik, the Deputy Prime Minister Naser al-Shaer, and the other arrested Ministers and members of the Palestinian Parliament.

Why no peace deal for Gaza and west bank Palestinians?

Plastic Bullets illegally fired from Five Meters, not Fifty, imperil German Jewish Protest Lawyer

Lymor Goldstein the Israeli Lawyer and Activist Shot in Bil’in on the 11th of August

September 2nd, 2006 Posted in Reports, Bil'in Village

We all heard about the heartbreaking event of Lymor Goldstein’s near fatal injury in Bil’in on August 11th. We saw photos, we shed tears, and we vowed never again.

Lymor was shot with two rubber bullets to the head and one in the neck, causing a fractured skull and internal haemorrhage. One bullet lodged itself on the opposite side of the entrance wound, damaging brain tissue. Lymor underwent a successful operation on August 12th to remove the bullet that entered his brain as well as shards of bone and dead brain tissue; they also stopped the internal bleeding. He awoke from his medically induced coma complaining about loss of short term memory, and blurred vision. Doctors warned that the next four days would be critical in assessing whether he would contract an infection in his brain.

Lymor moved to Israel two and half years ago from Germany. He dedicated his life as a lawyer to the non-violent resistance in villages across the West Bank. He represented Matan Cohen who was shot in the eye in Beit Seera by Israeli Occupation Forces as he peacefully and non-violently protested against the brutality of the IOF and its illegal construction of the Apartheid Wall. Lymor attended the Bil’in demonstration on August 11th with 300 other activists peacefully protesting against the unlawful construction of the Apartheid Wall. The IOF fired arbitrarily at the unarmed activists who were practicing their non-violent principles. Lymor was shot with a “less lethal” weapon at the illegal range of 5 meters - Israeli army regulations require a minimum range of 50 meters. The Israeli Occupation soldier shot him with a cylindrical device that is attached to an M16, this cylindrical can fire dozens of rubber or plastic bullets at a time, at the legal 50 meter range deemed appropriate to disperse before reaching the target. In this case, the soldier ran to Lymor’s side as he was walking back to the village and shot at the 5 meter range, the result did not allow the bullets to separate therefore he was shot with 3 of those plastic bullets. Plastic bullets are also a high velocity weapon compared to rubber bullets. They consist of a hard metal center and are capable of penetrating the skin whereas rubber bullets usually do not.

Lymor was sent back to intensive care on August 16th for suffering what doctors feared would happen - he developed an infection. He underwent a surgery once again to address the serious and possibly fatal repercussions of his infection - thankfully it was successful.

For the last two weeks Lymor has been in rehab to overcome the complications of his injuries. He has unsystematic short term memory loss, fatigue, and blurred vision in one eye. Doctors have said that his eyesight might return to normal but it will take a while. On September 1st, Lymor was admitted back into the hospital suffering from a fever. Due to the critical condition of Lymor any slight change in his comfort and health is addressed in a serious manner.

Lymor, a lawyer, and activists that witnessed the brutal assault by the Israeli Occupation Forces has filed a complaint against the Army. He has been contacted and visited by the Army to collect a statement. The Israeli Army has in return filed a case against Lymor for “Rioting”. His case is currently frozen due the objection Limor has at the Army’s repeated requests for statements. Army personnel are constantly harassing Lymor for statements although he has fulfilled that request.

Husband shot dead in Ramallah by undercover Israeli agents
by Arno

September 4th, 2006 | Posted in Reports, Ramallah Region

On Monday, September 28th, at about 10PM, two ISM activists were walking back to the ISM apartment in Ramallah after having bought falafels. They were on one of the main roads leading to Al-Manara square, which was behind them. They left this road to walk on a smaller street. Suddenly, they witnessed a man running, crouched over as far as possible, in our direction but on the opposite sidewalk.After a few seconds, armed men dressed as civilians appeared down the street. They were simultaneously running towards the man and shooting at him.

The two ISM activists flattened theirselves against the wall of a house, with their hands raised in caution, to avoid being caught in the line of fire.

The man being chased disappeared at the top of the street. The armed men, numbered five or six, went on running after him. There was a minivan parked at the corner of the street from which the men came. I saw a soldier next to the minivan and realized that the armed men were undercover units. Behind the van, a man was lying on the pavement and a soldier had put his foot on the man’s head. Some of the armed men arrived at the top of the street and went on shooting on both sides, left and right.

A second group of armed men stayed behind them, to protect those in front, and they used hand signs to signal us to get down. The activists had not moved since the first second, in order to stay out of the line of fire. The men then returned to the van from the top of the street. The van started and some young Palestinians started throwing bottles at it. Several minutes after the undercover units had left, we went up the street to see what was happening on the main road. There was a great deal of confusion; an ambulance had arrived, and a large crowd of people had gathered.

We then returned to the apartment. I learned the next morning that a man had been killed as he was shopping with his wife.

Israeli Occupation Forces Continue Killing, Injuring, Arresting Palestinians, and Destroying their Property

Occupation bulldozers escalate destruction for Wall

Occupation bulldozers have intensified the destruction of agricultural land for the Wall in Walaja village, northwest of Bethlehem, between Halhoul and Beit Omar, and in Aboud northwest of Ramallah. The fresh wave of demolition work in these areas comes after popular resistance had earlier managed to halt work.

Fisherman injured by Israeli naval ship attack in Gaza

Dr. Muawiya Hasanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported that Amer Baker, 25, suffered moderate injuries after the Israeli Navy Ships opened random fire at several fishing boats and houses close to the Gaza shore area.

IOF Kills Boy in Central Gaza

BUREEJ, August 17, 2006 (WAFA)-

A boy was killed on Thursday by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the Central Gaza Strip (GS) Bureej Refugee Camp.

Medical sources told WAFA that an unidentified boy, of Johr el-Deek area, east the camp, arrived dead to Shuhda Al-Aqsa Hospital. Many metal bullets penetrated his body.

E.B. (P) (GMT)

IOF Wounds Citizen, Arrests 8 others in WB

HEBRON, August 17, 2006 (WAFA) -

Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) wounded on Thursday a teenager and arrested eight citizens in the West Bank (WB) cities of Hebron and Tubas.

In Hebron, Israeli soldiers, positioned near Ibrahimi holy mosque, beaten up and wounded Loai Al-Razem 17, of Jabal Johar area. He wae taken to Alya Governmental Hospital as he suffered brusies all over his body, witnesses said.

Meanwhile, IOF launched a search campaign in Al-Aroub refugee camp and Shioukh Al- Aroub village, north Hebron and arrested five citizens, witnesses told WAFA.

Witnesses said that Israeli soldiers, positioned at different mobile checkpoints, stopped and arrested Ahmed Bani Awda of Tammoun town, and two unidentified others, leading them into an undisclosed place.

E.B. (14:44 P) (11:44 GMT)

IOF Wounds Citizen in WB

JENIN, August 17, 2006 (WAFA) -

A citizen was wounded on Thursday at dawn by Israeli occupation Forces (IOF) in the West Bank (WB) city of Jenin.

Security sources told WAFA that IOF, backed by military vehicles, stormed Qabatya town, south of Jenin, opened heavy fire, wounding Muhammed Saba'na 20, with a metal bullet in the arm. He was taken to hospital.

E.B. (12:33 P) (09:33 GMT)

Israeli Helicopter Targets Workshop in Gaza

GAZA, August 17, 2006 (WAFA)-

An Israeli warplane bombarded Thursday at pre-dawn a workshop in the Gaza city, witnesses told WAFA.

They added that an Israeli helicopter fired at least one missile on a workshop in Askoula area, east Gaza of city where it was completely destroyed and plumes of burning smoke billowed from it. Firemen rushed to the scene to extinguish the fire.

Israeli warplanes targeted the same workshop six times in the past few months.

M.H. (12:32 P) (09:32 GMT)

Israeli military occupies house in Beit Hanoun, warns others to evacuate

Gaza - Ma'an -

An Israeli occupation military force has taken over the home of a Palestinian citizen and warned another two families to evacuate their houses, pending demolition, in the village of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Palestinian security sources reported that the house that the Israelis occupied on Thursday morning belongs to the Barawi family, and is a hundred metres from the headquarters of the National Security department.

The Israeli forces telephoned the Palestinian citizen Sharif Al-Masri, and told him to evacuate his house in Beit Hanoun.

In another telephone call, Israeli forces warned the citizen Khalil Sharab from Khan Younis to evacuate his home.

In a phone call to Ma'an news agency, Khalil Sharab said that he told all the residents of the five floor building to evacuate. The building houses five families, with a total occupancy of 42 people. Every resident evacuated the building and stood in the street. Hours after the phone call, the Israeli forces did not come. The Palestinian families are still waiting.