PCHR Calls Upon the Government in Gaza to Investigate Use of Homemade Projectiles

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which struck House and Two Factories in Gaza

Between Thursday 24 March and Tuesday 29 March 2011, a number of projectiles struck a house belonging to Ahmed al-Batsh, a wood factory and a soft drinks factory. Six Palestinians, including an infant, were wounded; one seriously. Heavy material damage was also caused to the property. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) calls upon the government in Gaza to open serious investigations into these incidents and to take all measures necessary to protect civilians and their property.

According to an investigation conducted by PCHR, at approximately 02:30 on Tuesday, 29 March 2011, a projectile exploded on a house belonging to Ahmed Kheir al-Batsh, 62, in the al-Salam neighborhood of Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip. Hanin Khalil al-Batsh, 22, sustained shrapnel wounds throughout her body. Her baby Ashour al-Batsh, seven months old, also sustained shrapnel wounds in the back, neck and head. A neighbor, Raed Johar al-Batsh, 35, sustained shrapnel wounds to the head as a result of the glass windows in his house shattering from the blast. The projectile penetrated the window in a room located in the western part of the second floor in the house. It exploded in the northern wall of the room causing a hole. The house was heavily damaged and the glass of the windows in three of the neighboring houses shattered. It should be noted that a site used by members of one of the Palestinian factions is located to the southwest of al-Batsh's house.

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