IOTF troops slaughter two Palestinian families

[ 05/01/2009 - 10:05 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)--

Israeli occupation terrorist forces (IOTF) troops have committed Monday morning two hideous massacres against two Palestinian families consisting of fathers, mothers and eight children in the Gaza Strip when they bombed their homes.

The PIC reporter said that the Israeli naval artillery shelled a house in the Shati' refugee camp, west of Gaza city, which led to the death of an entire family made up of five children and their parents.

The reporter added that soon after the first attack, the Israeli artillery also razed another house to the ground killing a Palestinian family of three children and both parents.

On Sunday, the IOF troops had killed a father and three of his sons along with their relatives when they bombed his house in the Rafah city, south of Gaza.

An Israeli terrorist air raid yesterday on a house in the Gaza city led to the death of two children and the injury of others of the same family.

Day Ten: Israeli fire kills 14 members of two families
531 killed - 2500 injured - Gaza City encircled

Date: 05 / 01 / 2009  Time:  09:41
Gaza – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation terrorist forces shelling in the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning killed 14 members of two families whose homes came under fire.

Israeli occupation terrorist ground troops, backed by tanks, bulldozers, and helicopters have now encircled Gaza City and cut the Gaza Strip in two. On Monday the Israeli defense minister declared the City “partially besieged.”

Palestinian fighters continue to exchange fire with Israeli occupation terrorist forces, primarily in northern towns and the outskirts of densely-populated Gaza City.

A total of 531 people have been killed in ten days of Israeli air, sea, and ground attacks. Over 2500 have been injured. Since ground forces moved in on Saturday night, 82 have been killed.

Midmorning on Sunday, Israeli occupation terrorist forces warplanes bombed a house in the town of Beit Hanoon, where Palestinians were mourning the death of a paramedic who was killed on Saturday. Some 40 others were wounded in this most recent attack.

Another Israeli occupation terrorist forces airstrike targeted Abu Raida area in Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Casualties were reported.

Earlier, a man from Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip was killed by Israeli ground forces in the Al-Atatra neighborhood. Medics also said they transferred two dead bodies from Jabaliya Refugee Camp in the northern Gaza Strip to Kamal Udwan Hospital.

Seven members of the Abu Eisha family were torn to pieces by shelling, said medical officials at Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. According to the medics the parents and their five children were killed when Israeli warships shelled their home in the Al-Mashtal area in the north of Ash-Shati Refugee Camp, on the shore west of Gaza City.

Massacre of Two Families

Medical officials at Al-Shifa hospital also confirmed on Monday morning the deaths of seven people, including four children all members of Al-Samouni family in the Zaytoon neighborhood of Gaza City. Family members who managed escape the Israeli terrorist forces shelling claimed more than seven people may have been killed.

Jalal Al-Samouni said told Ma'an's reporters at Al-Shifa Hospital that more than 20 people were left inside the house which was bombarded by the israeli occupation terrorist forces, and he fears that many of them were killed. He explained that the neighbors gathered in the house of Arafat Al-Samuni who came to the area yesterday. He said that advancing Israeli occupation terrorist forces told residents to stay in their homes. Then Israeli occupation terrorist forces shelled the house, he said.

Earlier also in the Zaytoun area, the Israeli occupation terrorist forces killed a five-year-old girl and her grandfather, members of Al-Hilou family. The girl’s mother was critically injured. All the victims were evacuated to Al-Shifa Hospital.

The Israeli occupation terrorist forces intensified the shelling after midnight on Sunday, shelling four homes of Hamas leaders as well as home of Jamil Mizhir, a senior leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in Al-Nussairat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip (Thus targeting innocent children, women and women inside these homes and in the neighborhoods).

Al-Umma University of Police Sciences in Al-Nussair neighborhood in Gaza City was also bombarded. A car was targeted west of Al-Shifa tower in Al-Shati' camp, and as a result two were injured.

***Updated at 15:05 Gaza time

18 Gazans killed overnight, including seven members of same family

Date: 05 / 01 / 2009  Time:  09:41
Gaza – Ma’an –

Israeli occupation terrorist forces warships shelled Al-Shati' Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday morning, killing seven members of the same family.

A total Eighteen Palestinians were killed overnight as Israel continued fierce land, sea, and air attacks for a tenth consecutive day on Monday. Eighteen Palestinians were killed overnight.

The death toll since the beginning of the ground invasion on Saturday rose to 82, and the total death toll since the beginning of the Israeli terrorist attacks rose to 521 and more than 2450 injured.

Midmorning on Sunday, Israeli occupation terrorist forces warplanes bombed a house in the town of Beit Hanoon, where Palestinians were mourning the death of a paramedic who was killed on Saturday. Some 40 others were wounded in this most recent attack.

Another Israeli airstrike targeted Abu Raida area in Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Casualties were reported.

Earlier, a man from Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip was killed by Israeli ground forces in the Al-Atatra neighborhood. Medics also said they transferred two dead bodies from Jabaliya Refugee Camp in the northern Gaza Strip to Kamal Udwan Hospital.

Seven members of the Abu Eisha family arrived in a hospital torn to pieces, said sources at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. According to the sources, the parents and their five children were killed in overnight naval strike at their home in Al-Mashtal area in the north of Al-Shati' Refugee Camp, on the shore west of Gaza City.

Palestinian medical sources also confirmed on Monday morning the death of six people from the Samudi family, including three children, as their home was shelled in the Zaytoon neighborhood of Gaza City.

Earlier, Israeli soldiers opened fire towards residential houses in the Zaytoon neighborhood killing a five-year-old baby girl from Al-Hilou family and her grandfather. The girl’s mother was critically injured. All the victims were evacuated to Al-Shifa Hospital.

Israeli occupation terrorist forces intensified their raids after midnight, shelling four homes of Hamas leaders as well as home of Jamil Mizhir, a senior leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), in Al-Nussairat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip.