Field
Update

On
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 20 Palestinians, including 6 children and 3 women,
were injured due to shooting in celebration of the release of Palestinian
prisoners. These incidents constitute a
form of misuse of weapons and assaults on the rule of law prevailing in the
Occupied Palestinian civilians.

According
to information available to the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), on
Tuesday, 18 October 2011, 11 Palestinians, including 4 children and two women,
were admitted into Shifa Hospital as they were injured by bullets and shrapnel
during celebrations of the release of prisoners:

1) ‘Awni
Zuhair Salah, 24, from al-Boreij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip,
seriously injured by a bullet to the head;

2) ‘Alaa’
Abu Salem, 14, injured by shrapnel to the left shoulder;

3) Hilal
Samara, 24, injured by shrapnel to the hands;

4) ‘Abdul
Rahman Sa’id Silmi, 28, injured by shrapnel to the right shoulder;

5) Sahar
Mohammed ‘Amara, 41, injured by shrapnel to the right shoulder;

6) Saifuallah
Fares Salama, 5, injured by shrapnel to the thigh;

7) Mohammed
Khalifa, 24, injured by shrapnel to the right hand;

8) Shahd
Nahidh Abu al-Kas, 7, injured by a bullet to the neck;

9) Karam
Mahmoud Hammouda, 19, injured by shrapnel to the right hand;

10) Einas
Ahmed Shahin, 23, injured by shrapnel to the shoulder; and

11) Rimas
Hassan al-Jadba, 2, injured by shrapnel to the hand.

In
Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, 3 Palestinians, including a
child, were injured due to shooting in celebration of the release of prisoners:

1) Nader
Hassan Abu Khousa, 24, seriously injured by a bullet to the neck;

2) ‘Ata
Mohammed Khalil, 28, injured by a bullet to the right thigh; and

3) Du’a’
Wa’el Enmash, 2, injured by a bullet to the right foot.

In
the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, 6 Palestinians, including a child and a
woman, were injured due to shooting in celebration of the release of prisoners:

1) Ibrahim
‘Awad Qishta, 21, injured by a bullet to the right shoulder;

2) Ghadeer
Suleiman al-Nahhal, 17, injured by a bullet to the face;

3) Mohammed
Mohammed Salha, 21, injured by a bullet to the left leg;

4) Tariq
Ibrahim al-Masri, 34, injured by a bullet to the left leg;

5) Rasga
Sameer Kabaja, 27, injured by a bullet to the head; and

6) Khaled
Hamdan al-Buhdari, 33, injured by a bullet to the back, and was transferred to
Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for additional medical treatment.

PCHR
is concerned over casualties resulting from the use of weapons in celebrations,
which constitutes a form of misuse of weapons and assaults on the rule of
law. PCHR calls upon the government in
Gaza and its security services to search for the perpetrators of such incidents
and bring them before justice, and to take necessary measures to ensure the
non-recurrence of such incidents.