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For Immediate Release
Israeli assassination attempt kills two Palestinian children
10 December 2001
This afternoon, Israeli Apache helicopters killed two Palestinian
children and injured nine Palestinians in an assassination attempt on a
Palestinian activist in Hebron.
At 2.20 pm, Israeli Apache helicopters fired two missiles at five
civilian cars standing in front of traffic lights at the junction Salam
Street and Wadi Tufah in Hebron. One of the missiles landed between the
cars. A second missile hit the car belonging to Mohammad Ibrahim al-
Himouni (45), killing his three-years old child Burhan Mohammad al-
Himouni. Shadi Ahmad Arafeh (13), a passenger of another car, a service
taxi, was also killed.
Nine Palestinians were injured in the attack, including Mohammad Ibrahim
al-Himouni (45) who lost his left leg. The other injured are:
* Mohammad Ayoub Sider (26)
* Hamdi Abdel-Rahman al-Joulani (39)
* Yusuf Nihad Abu Khalaf (11)
* Fares Abdel-Shaqur al-Sharabati (45)
* Nabil Mahmoud as-Shorfeh (30)
* Yusuf Ziad Amr (10)
* Samir Jamil Al-Jobeh (38)
* Abdel-Salam Abu Khalaf (30)
Extra-judicial killings cannot be reconciled with the Fourth Geneva
Convention, which seek to protect the lives of protected persons, and
violate human rights norms that affirm the right to life and the
prohibition on execution of civilians.
Extra-judicial killings constitute wilful killing, which is a grave
breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention. Under Article 8 of the Rome
Statute of the International Criminal Court, these grave breaches
constitute war crimes.
There is no basis for killing protected persons on the basis of suspicion
that they have engaged or will engage in violent activities. The killings
were carried out under circumstances, which suggest complete disregard
for the risk involved to the lives of bystanders.
Israel's ongoing human rights violations further illustrates the need for
the immediate deployment of an international protection presence to
prevent violations of the Fourth Geneve Convention and to protect
Palestinian protected persons within the Occupied Palestinian
Territories.
Today, while the international community observes "Human Rights Day,"
LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the
Environment calls upon the international community to take up its legal
and moral obligation to put an immediate end to the assault on
Palestinian civilians.
LAW Society also calls and demands that parties to the Fourth Geneva
Convention, in particular the United States and the United Kingdom, not
contribute to, aid or abet violations of the Fourth Geneva Convention.
LAW Society calls for an immediate suspension of military aid, including
weapons and parts, used to perpetrate violations against protected
persons.
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LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the
Environment is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to preserving
human rights through legal advocacy. LAW is affiliate to the
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the Federation Internationale
des Ligues de Droits de l'Homme (FIDH) and the World Organisation
Organisation Against Torture (OMCT).
LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the
Environment, PO Box 20873, Jerusalem, tel. +972-2-5833530, fax. +972-2-
5833317, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], web: http://www.lawsociety.org
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