GAZA, April 28, 2008, (WAFA)- Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemned the heinous crime committed by Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Monday morning in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of a mother and four of her children, aged 1-5 and the moderate injury of another two of the women's children.
In a press release, PCHR added that the IOF ,supported by more than 20 heavily armored military vehicles, moved approximately 1200 meters inside the Gaza Strip in the town of Beit Hanoun. The raiding forces took positions on the Water Reservoir Hill, apposite El-Nada Housing Project, in Izbit Abed Rabbo, and in Sultan Abd El-Hamid Street west of the town. IOF fired heavily as the moved and took up positions.
It revealed that the IOF plane fired a rocket at a group of resistance members near Abdallah Azzam Mosque, southwest of Izbit Abd Rabbou, approximately 1000 meters away from the main area of the incursion.
'The rocket fell 10 meters away from the house of Ahmad Eid Hassan Abu Me’tiq, seriously injuring a resistance member. Less than a minute later two rockets were fired at the same area and landed at the door of the same house, killing another resistance member: Ibrahim Salem Suliman Hajouj (20),' according to the press release.
Shrapnel from the rockets destroyed the house door and spread inside the house. Meyasar Metliq Abu Me’tiq (40) and her 6 children were eating breakfast only 2 meters away from the door. The shrapnel killed four of the children immediately. The mother was seriously injured; and the other two children were moderately injured. The mother later died of her wounds. In addition, 10 bystanders were injured, some of them sustaining moderate to serious injuries, PCHR concluded.
The children killed are:
- Mes’id Ahmad Eid Abu Me’tiq (1 year).
- Hana Ahmad Eid Abu Me’tiq (3 year).
- Rudeina Ahmad Eid Abu Me’tiq (4 year).
- Saleh Ahmad Eid Abu Me’tiq (5 year).
