The methodical shooting of boys at work in Gaza by snipers of the Israeli Occupation Force
Number
Name
Age
Date of
injury
Distance
from
border
metres
1 Said H
15 yrs
26/03/10 100
Deep and
tranverse,
lower L
thigh
2 Hasan
W
17 yrs
22/05/10 300
Below R
Gravel
knee.
(G)
'Shattered'
2 months in
plaster
3 Awad W 07/06/10 350
17 yrs
Injury
Shot in R
knee
Activity
Searching
for
brother
G
Single
shot
heard?
Y
Hospital
Rx
3 days
Outcome
'Toe will
not work'
Persisting
pain
Nerve
injury
Y then
Home
Cannot
repeated same day walk. Pain
shooting (HSD)
on
movement.
Y
HSD
Numbness
Cannot
walk as he
used to.
?Work again
near Erez
or other
Date
report
made Arabic to
English
Lost 2
27/10/10
months
training as
plumber and
car sprayer
'.. not be
01/09/10
able to
collect
gravel
though
family needs
money'
Therapy
06/09/10
from Doctors
without
Borders.
Cannot
work.
4 Ibrahim
K 16 yrs
16/06/10 400
Shot in R
knee
G
5 Abdullah 22/06/10 60
M
16 yrs
Shot in R
ankle
G
6
23/06/10 500
Mohammad
M 16 yrs
Shot in R
flank
G
7 Arafat S 10/07/10 50
16 yrs
Shot in R
ankle
G
8 N'uman
A
14 yrs
Shot R
lower leg –
not deep
10/07/10 300
9 Hameed 14/07/10 50
O
13 yrs
Y after 2 days
shooting
Pain in R
leg
Forbidden by 16/09/10
father to
return to
same work
HSD
Painful.
?Will be
able to
walk
normally
again
'I will never
collect
gravel
again.'
3 days
Very tired Cannot work 30/09/10
when he
or play
runs
Y
HSD
Still some
pain and a
little limp
G
Y
HSD
Forbidden by 20/09/10
grandfather
to return
L arm – not G
deep
Y
HSD
Occasional No work.
26/09/10
pain
Forbidden by
father to
return
Y
08/09/10
18/09/10
10 Khaled 31/07/10 600
I
16 yrs
L thigh.
'Cut artery
and vein
G
Y
15 days
?Heavy
machine
gun
11
25/08/10 800
Mohammad
S
17 yrs
L thigh
G
12
07/10/10 450
Mahmoud J
16 yrs
R thigh.
Bled
profusely.
Exit wound
diameter 5
cms.
G
Y
?From
tank or
jeep
13 Ahmad 13/10/10 600 H
700
17 yrs
R
foot/sankle
'Big hole in
G
Y
HSD
'Considering 27/09/10
what
happened,
not going to
collect
gravel again
Pain 'I
have
nightmares
about
being shot
by Israeli
soldiers'
‘I don’t think 30/09/10
of going to
the
dangerous
places
anymore'
'I wanted to 27/10/10
buy two
pigeons and
raise them
on the
rooftop of
my house. I
will never go
back to that
place.'
16/10/10
my foot – 4
cms with
small hole
other side
14 Yahia Z 14/10/10 450
16 yrs
R lower leg G
Y
HSD
15
27/11/10 150
Shamekh D
15 yrs
L foot
G
Y
Operated Awaited
BK cast
16
28/11/10 500
Mokhles M
15 yrs
L lower leg G
Y
?Op
BK cast
17 Belal L 04/12/10 600
16 yrs
L leg
G
Y
plus a
second
shot into
the L
Fractured
in two
places.
External
fixation
‘I will never 16/10/10
go back to
the industrial
zone even if
I starve to
death.'
02/12/10
‘I’ll wait for 02/12/10
my wound to
heal before I
go back to
collect
gravel.’
‘I still feel
pain in my
leg,’ says
Belal, ‘and
I don’t
‘I have
come under
fire several
times from
Israeli
08/12/10
leg of
his 22
yr old
cousin
18 Suhaib 10/12/10 250
M
16 yrs
Through
Wood
and
through,
just below L
knee. Exit
wound 5
Y
above
and
below
knee
'Bullet
exploded
in leg.'
Long
cast.
know
whether I
will walk
again or
not.’
soldiers
guarding the
border. Once
they shot
and killed
our horse.’’
Belal’s older
brother
Nedal (24)
has been
shot four
times whilst
collecting
gravel,
‘three times
in the left
leg and once
in the right
leg,’ says
Belal.
'I don’t
know if I
will be able
to walk
again,’ says
Suhaib, ‘but
18/12/10
cms
diameter
19 Rasmi
G
15 yrs
10/12/10 200
certainly I
will never go
back to
collecting
gravel.’
R lower leg. G
Fractured
tibia
20 Fadi H 13/12/10 500
17 yrs
Below L
knee
21 Rami
17 yrs
R lower leg G
21/12/10 400
Y
Goatherd 4 shots
Y
External
fixation
In Kamal
Udwan
hospital
HSD
Moving
about at 2
days
HSD
‘I still feel
15/12/10
great pain in
my leg and
don’t know
whether I
will walk
again or not.'
28/12/10
Will collect 28/12/10
G again.
'What can I
do?'
Disabled
father.
Large family
22
Mahmoud
S
17 yrs
23/12/10 400
23 Hatem 23/12/10 800
S
17 yrs
R elbow
G
Head – back Collect
of.
'straws'
Embedded
'shrapnel'
from bullet
Gunshots
HSD
Gunshots
HSD
'For the
29/12/10
record, I will
never go
back to
collecting
gravel for
it's a death
profession.'
Headache
plus
nausea
29/12/10