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“Israeli forces pound targets…” (AP)

What, you mean this?

Oh, no, you mean this:

United Nations News Centre, January 8, 2009:

The Israeli operation has so far killed 758 people in Gaza, of whom 257 were children and 56 women, with 3,100 wounded, 1,080 of them children and 452 women, according to Palestinian reports cited as credible by UN officials.

Recent targets, according to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights:

Northern Gaza Strip

· At 1.30 pm on January 7, an IOF fired an artillery shell at a house in Al Amal neighborhood in Beit Lahia, killing Wajoud Rajab Abu Waadi (31). Her corpse was left unattended until the following morning.

· At 2 pm on January 7, IOF opened fire at houses in Abed Rabbo, east Jabalia, killing three sisters: Suad Abed Rabbo (10) and her sisters Amal (3) and Samar (2).

· Thirty minutes later, IOF indiscriminately bombarded nearby the town centre of east Jabalia, killing two elderly people: Mohammed Abu Rukbah (87) and Musbah Ayub (60).

· At 6pm, an IOF plane bombed a civilian vehicle in Beit Lahia, killing five members of one family who were inside the car at the time.

1. Khaled Al Kahlout (45).

2. His son Mohammad Al Kahlout (15)

3. His younger son Habib (12).

4. His youngest son Tawfiq (10)

5. and their cousin Hasan Al Kahlout (20).

· Later the same evening, Hassan Ahmad Hijazi (31) was pronounced dead on arrival at Al Shifa hospital, after being seriously injured during intense IOF shelling of the northern Gaza Strip.

· On the morning of January 8, an IOF aircraft attacked a home belonging to Tariq Nimer Abu Amsha (20) in Beit Hanoun, killing him.

· On the morning of January 8, medical sources confirmed the deaths of a woman, Wafa Nabil Abu Jarad (23) and a child, Islam Jaber Abid Al’Daim (16). The child had been injured by IOF bombardment whilst attending a condolence ceremony for other victims in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

· At 9.40 am on January 8, an IOF aircraft fired a missile at three members of the resistance who were nearby Al Qassam mosque in Beit Lahia, killing all three:

1- Mohammed Nafiz Al Hindi (25)

2- Anwar Jaber Abu Salim (24)

3- Abed Al Nassar Abed Il-Guffar Oda (23)

Khan Yunis:

· At 11:30 am on January 7, IOF entered Al Qarara and fired artillery shells, killing three people: one elderly man, Atuwa Ouwad Abu Mudief (60) and two women. The bodies were all transferred to Al Nassar hospital in Khan Yunis. The two women remained unidentified.

· At 12:30 pm on January 7, IOF warplanes bombed an open area in Al Fukhari. No causalities were reported.

· At 2:20 pm, IOF bombed another open area in east Khuza’aa. No casualties were reported.

· At 6:25 pm, IOF aircrafts bombed the house of the Inshasi family in Al Madraseh St, in Al Amal district. The 3 storey house was slightly damaged, and the residents were evacuated.

· At 11:05pm, IOF warplanes fired missiles, killing two resistance fighters: Salim Abu Mousa (24) and Hassan Ratib Sama’an (23) in the street connecting Al Amal and the refugee camp.

· At 11:50 pm, IOF aircrafts bombed the police station in Ma’an, east Khan Yunis. The building was heavily damaged.

· On January 8, UNRWA opened two schools in Al Qarara and Abssan as shelters for local families evacuated from the eastern Gaza Strip because of the IOF shelling and ground incursions.

· At 12:30 am on January 8, IOF military vessels shelled areas west of Khan Yunis. No casualties were reported.

· At 1:15 am on January 8, IOF warplanes bombed an open area in west Khan Yunis. No casualties were reported.

· At 2:00 am, IOF aircrafts bombed the police station of Bani Saheela east of Khan Yunis, destroying the building and damaging nearby houses including Hamza mosque. No casualties were reported.

· At 4 am, IOF aircrafts fired missiles into the 2 storey house of Al Qassam Brigades leader Mohammad Al Sinwar, located in block G in Khan Yunis refugee camp. The house was destroyed, but no casualties were reported.

· At the same time, IOF launched an incursion into the area of east Al Qarara, and then halted near the former IOF settlement of Kisovim, approximately 600 metres from the border with Israel.

Central Gaza Strip

· On Wednesday January 7, at 5:30 pm, F16 warplanes fired missiles into uninhabited land near Al Nadi Al Ahlee in Al Nuseirat, damaging surrounding houses.

· Half an hour later, IOF warplanes bombed a metal-workshop belonging to Ibrahim Al-Taweel in Al-Burej refugee camp, destroying the workshop and a number of neighbouring houses.

· At 7pm on January 7, an IOF aircraft fired a missile at the police station at Abu Meddin. This was the second time the police station had been bombed.

· At 8.10 pm, an IOF aircraft bombed the house of Walid Fadel in al-Burej refugee camp, killing two civilians: Ahmed Hussein (21) and Mohammed Mohammed Eissa (28). The explosion also destroyed the house, and four other nearby houses, and damaged a nearby mosque.

· At the same time, an IOF aircraft bombed the house of Samir Al-Naddih (41) in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, destroying the house and damaging nearby homes.

· At 10 pm, another IOF aircraft fired three missiles into a police station in Al-Maghazi, injuring three civilians, including one woman and destroying two nearby houses as well as the nearby town hall. The local mosque was also damaged.

· At 2.30 am on January 8, IOF aircraft fired five missiles into an area in western Sowarha, destroying two houses and injuring fifteen civilians, including five children and two women. Another 20 local houses were damaged.

· At 4am the same morning, an IOF aircraft bombed a police station in Deir Al-Balah for the second time, damaging the eastern portion of the station, as well as neighbouring houses.

Gaza City

· At 1.30 pm on January 7, medical personnel were finally able to unearth the bodies of two brothers from underneath rubble. The brothers, Redwan Ashour (12) and Abdul Rahman (11) had been killed earlier the same morning.

· At 4.10 pm, during an armed clash with IOF in east Zaytoun, three resistance fighters were killed: Ahmed Mousa (20), Azmi Zaid (20) and Ahmed Libud (22).

· At 7.30 pm, during another armed clash with IOF, another resistance fighter, Majid Mushtaha (21) was killed.

· During the evening of January 7, IOF opened fire indiscriminately in al-Zaytoun district, killing Hattem Ghazal (42) inside his house in Jaffa Street.

· Also during the same evening, Medical sources in Al-Shifa hospital reported the deaths of four civilians, including two children, and one woman.

- Ehab Al-Harrizin (22) from Al-Shejaya

- Ahmed Howeej (7) who had been injured on December 27.

- Mohammed Hijjou (16)

- Ola Arafat (20

· At 9pm, IOF aircraft bombed Al-Taqwa mosque in Sheikh Redwan district. Four hours later IOF bombed the mosque for a second time, damaging it, as well as nearby houses.

· At the same time, IOF aircrafts bombed Al- Jawazat police station several times.

· At 11.50 pm, IOF aircrafts bombed Al-Nour Al- Mohammedi mosque in Sheikh Redwan, completely destroying the mosque and damaging nearby houses.

· At 12.30 am on January 8, IOF warplanes bombed the Security and Defence Station in Al- Muntadha in west Gaza city several times.

· At 2 am on January 8, IOF warplanes bombed the house of Mahmoud Al- Houwari (53) in Gaza city, killing a civilian, Omar Rejab (22) and destroying the house.

· Also on the morning of January 8, medical sources at Al Quds hospital reported the death of civilian Rawia Awad (30) as the result of an injury she had sustained during IOF bombardment.

Rafah

· At 4:30 pm on January 7, IOF aircrafts dropped a container of leaflets across Shaboura district in Rafah, informing civilians they should leave the area before 8am on January 8. The container injured eight local people. Thousands of local people immediately left the area.

· At 5.30 pm, the IOF bombed the border area between the Gaza Strip and Egypt for three hours, injuring three people.

· At 9.30 pm, an F16 fired four rockets at a house belonging to Ahmed Mohsin Foujou in Janena neighbourhood in northern Rafah. The 3 storey house was destroyed, and two women were injured. A nearby house was also destroyed, and several other houses damaged.

· At 4.20 am on January 8, an IOF plane bombed a house belonging to Ahmed Khalil Al-Mudalil, a leader of Islamic Jihad in Il-Ansar neighbourhood in southern Rafah. The house was destroyed.

· At 6:20 am on January 8, an IOF plane bombed an amphitheatre in a playing field in Rafah municipality, destroying the amphitheatre and also offices belonging to the Youth and Sports Ministry.