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  • Including A Father And Two Sons; Israeli Strikes Killed fifteen Palestinians, Wednesday
    November 13, 2019 4:44 PM – IMEMC News
    https://imemc.org/article/including-a-father-and-two-sons-israeli-strikes-killed-fifteen-palestinians-w

    The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has resulted in the death of at least fifteen Palestinians, including a father and two of his sons, and injured at more than ten others, in several parts of the coastal region, raising the number of slain Palestinians to twenty-three in two days, while more than 69 Palestinians have been injured.

    The Palestinians were killed and injured in 50 Israeli airstrikes and 21 incidents of artillery shells targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip.

    The Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers killed Mohammad Abdullah Sharab, 28, and Haitham Hafeth al-Bakri , 22, after firing a missile at them in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza. Both are members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad.

    Two Palestinians were killed, on Wednesday afternoon, when the Israeli army fired missiles into an area east of Gaza city.


    A Palestinian father, identified as Rafat Mohammad Awwad , and two of his children, Islam and Amir , were killed, and several others were injured, by Israeli missiles in the Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza city, in an earlier attack, and a fourth was also killed after the army fired a missile at him while driving his motorcycle in the Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza city.

    The Health Ministry said the soldiers killed Ala’ Eshteiwi , 32, in the Zeitoun neighborhood, and Khaled Awad Farraj, 38, was killed in the al-Mighraqa area, south of Gaza city, while many Palestinians were injured when the soldiers fired shells into farmlands, in addition to another Palestinian who was injured by Israeli shells in a playground in the Zeitoun neighborhood.

    The soldiers also fired many shells into farmlands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip, causing damage to surrounding homes.

    Damage was also reported to a few homes, east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, when the Israeli air force fired a missile into a nearby land.

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    • 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
      https://pchrgaza.org/en/?p=13195

      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. (...)