Cease-fire Reached After 11 Days of IOF Aggression on Gaza – Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Date: 21 May 2021 | Time: 15:00 GMT
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On the 11th day of the Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) aggression on the Gaza Strip, dozens of intense airstrikes, shelling and bombing attacks were executed by the Israeli warplanes, arterially and gunboats, against dozens of Palestinian civilian houses and facilities. IOF attacks continued until the cease-fire agreement, brokered by Egypt, went into effect at 02:00 on Friday, 21 May 2021.
The initial field examination missions PCHR team conducted showed the devastating destruction caused by IOF attacks this month. PCHR teams will commence immediately in establishing a comprehensive legal documentation of the aggression and its implications on the victims and the Gaza Strip infrastructure.
In follow-up to PCHR’s daily press releases and dissemination of information on IOF attacks on the Gaza Strip, 3 Palestinians were killed, and the bodies of 14 others were retrieved from under the rubble, including the bodies of two children. Additionally, 33 others, including 8 women and 17 children, were wounded. IOF airstrikes targeted 7 houses and several establishments, raising the number of houses attacked by IOF to 169, including multi-floor buildings.
The death toll of IOF aggression on the Gaza Strip since its onset reached: 247 killed, including 66 children and 39 women; 1416 wounded, including 277 women and 412 children.
Herein follows the details of IOF attacks documented on Thursday 20 May 2021, before the cease-fire agreement.
Northern Gaza governorate:
3 Palestinians were killed, 32 others wounded, including 17 children and 7 women. Two houses destroyed; dozens of other houses damaged as well as a company. Infrastructure sustained dramatic destruction.
12:00: Israeli warplanes targeted a group of civilians in Beit Lahia, killing Hesham Shaher Mohammed al-Shurafa (26) and wounding another Palestinians (moderate wounds).
12:30: Israeli warplanes launched two missiles at al-Areiny family home in Tal al-Za’tar, completely destroying the two-floor house.
15:55: Israeli warplanes launched one missile at WAEL Hassan Salim Rajab’s house in Beit Lahia, completely destroying the two-story house.
16:40: Israeli warplanes launched a missile at a white Skoda Citgo car while driving down a sub-street of al-Saftawy neighborhood, western Jabalia. The airstrike killed Maisra Abdul-Shakour Mosbah al-Ar’eer (22) and Omar Ahmed Mohammed Jendya (24) and destroyed the car.
17:00: an artillery munition on Ali Khalil Ali Abu-Jarad’s (69) house in Izbat Beit Hanoun, wounding 6 Palestinians, including the houseowner who was classified in critical state. (...)