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