IOF Attacks Continue on Gaza Strip for 2nd day, 18 Palestinians Killed including 6 Civilians; 3 brothers, a father and his 2 sons
November 13, 2019
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For the second consecutive day, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue their attacks on the Gaza Strip through its air, naval and artillery forces, killing 6 Palestinian civilians; 3 brothers, including 2 children, and a father and his 2 sons, including a child, as well as wounding 22 civilians, including 4 children and 2 women. Furthermore, IOF killed 12 members of the Palestinian armed groups.
In reference to the press release issued by PCHR on Tuesday, 12 November 2019, and according to PCHR’s fieldworkers, IOF warplanes bombed 47 targets with 64 missiles apart from artillery and gunboat shelling.
IOF airstrikes targeted 5 houses, a farm, a carpentry workshop, motorbikes, greenhouses, agricultural lands, public gatherings and Palestinian military sites, noting that some of those sites were previously targeted several times. Moreover, artillery shelling has been marked in different parts of the eastern Gaza Strip.
The following are the airstrikes that inflicted civilian casualties:
According to PCHR investigations, at approximately 09:10 on Wednesday, 13 November 2019, the IOF warplanes launched 2 missiles at a carpentry workshop belonging to Ayman Fathi ‘Abdel ‘Aal in eastern al-Tofah neighborhood in Gaza City. As a result, the workshop sustained severe damage, and 3 sons of the workshop’s owner were killed, including 2 children. They were identified as I brahim (17), Isma’il (16) and Ahmed (23 ). Moreover, 2 members of the Palestinian military groups were killed as they were spotted near the workshop.
Approximately 20 minutes later, IOF warplanes launched a missile at a motorbike driven by Ra’fat Soliman Mohammed ‘Ayyad (54) and his 2 sons, Islam (24) and Amir (7), when they reached their house door behind ‘Ali Mosque in al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City. As a result, Rafa’t and his 2 sons were all killed, noting that they were only civilians on their way back home.
Accordingly, the death toll rises to 20, including the Islamic Jihad Senior Commander Bahaa’ Abu al-‘Ata and his wife ; as well as 6 civilians, 4 of them are children.
PCHR fieldworkers documented that IOF destroyed 3 houses completely; 2 in Khan Younis and one in Rafah, after their owners and neighbors received calls from the IOF ordering them to leave right before the strikes. IOF claimed that some residents of targeted houses are members of Palestinian armed groups. Moreover, a farm was destroyed, and 850 turkeys and chicks died. (...)