Field Update

Yesterday morning, unknown persons detonated a bomb
under a monument of Abu Ali Mustafa, the late Secretary-General of the Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in Jabalya in the northern Gaza
Strip.  The monument was partially
destroyed. 

According to investigations conducted by the
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, at approximately 03:45 on Saturday, 13
February 2010, unknown persons detonated a bomb under the monument, which is
located at Abu Ali Mustafa Square in the Be’r al-Na’ja area of Jabalya city.  The monument depicts Abu Ali Mustafa as well
as George Habash, founder of the PFLP. 
The explosion resulted in the destruction of Habash’s portrait.  Ten days earlier, unknown persons had painted
the monument with tar. 

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights condemns this
attack, which is part of the state of security chaos plaguing the Occupied
Palestinian Territory, and calls upon the Attorney-General’s office to
investigate it and bring the perpetrators to justice.