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7. IDF raid on Bureij refugee camp, Gaza strip

 

 

 

Photos by Sune



December 2002



See 15 December 2002 report by EA Sune from Denmark, entitled "A targeted operation?"



On 6 December 2002, during Eid al-Fitr (the festival marking the end of Ramadan, one of the most important holidays in the Muslim calendar), the Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip was attacked by Israeli tanks and helicopter gunships. Ten people were killed in a span of a few hours. Contrary to the initial claims by the Israeli authorities, a subsequent UN investigation found that eight of those killed in the attack were unarmed civilians. Of those, two were UN employees. According to the Israeli army, one of the aims of the raid was to demolish the house of Aiman Shasniyeh, a local leader of the Popular Resistance Committee. Israel holds Shasniyeh responsible for a bomb attack on an Israeli tank in March 2002. The attack killed three soldiers.

 

The following pictures were taken four days after the raid (for more info on the event, click here)

 

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Armed personnel carrier at Huwara checkpoint.

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Armed personnel carrier at Huwara checkpoint.

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Breaking the curfew, Nablus.

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Burnt-out highrise, Nablus.

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Demolished house, Nablus.

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Demolished house, Nablus.

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Demolished warehouse, Nablus.

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Elderly woman, Huwara checkpoint.

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Israeli checkpoints pose a major obstacle to the freedom of movement for the Palestinian population in the West Bank. Access may be granted or denied on the whim of the soldier checking the ID.

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Sad woman and child, Huwara checkpoint.

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Tank in the centre of Nablus.

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Twins in front of burnt-out highrise, Nablus.

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Woman and child, Huwara checkpoint.

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Woman and child, Huwara checkpoint.

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11-year-old Heba, hurt when an apartment block next to her house was demolished.

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11-year-old Heba, hurt when an apartment block next to her house was demolished.

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11-year-old Heba, hurt when an apartment block next to her house was demolished.

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4-meter-long metal darts packed in shells fired by tanks.

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4-meter-long metal darts packed in shells fired by tanks.

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Blood-stained wall after missile killed seven unarmed men.

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Blood-stained wall after missile killed seven unarmed men.

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Boy in bedroom in house next to demolished apartment block.

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Boys and Palestinian flag in front of demolished apartment block.

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Boys and Palestinian flag on demolished apartment block.

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Boys in front of demolished apartment block.

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Demolished apartment block.

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Demolished apartment block.

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Family in tent providing temporary shelter after their home was demolished.

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Girl and unexploded shell in house next to demolished apartment block.

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Kitchen (top) and bedroom (bottom) in house next to demolished apartment block.

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Kitchen in house next to demolished apartment block.

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Kitchen in house next to demolished apartment block.

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Mattress under rubble in house next to demolished apartment block.

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Missile blast threw one man's leg to here from trees in background.

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Mother and infant in tent after their house was blown up by the IDF.

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Shoe belonging to one of the seven unarmed men killed by a missile.

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Tent providing temporary shelter for inhabitants of demolished apartment block.

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Unexploded shell found in the vicinity of demolished apartment block.

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Unexploded shell found in vicinity of demolished apartment block.

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Water tank on roof of demolished apartment block.