Uprooted Palestinian: SALAM ALQUDS ALAYKUM – سلام القدس عليكم: Watch the Devastated Al- Attatra Village - Israeli Warcrime of Historical Dimentions

Thursday, 17 December 2009

Watch the Devastated Al- Attatra Village - Israeli Warcrime of Historical Dimentions - Gaza January 2009

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12/17/2009 02:56:00 PM Reporter: Editor Publisher Hiyam Noir

Hiyam Noir

GAZA January 26 2009 - In the void between the US transition of government,t he Israelis breached several times the Egyptian brokered ceasefire with Hamas government in Gaza.Then as planned, the Israeli military unleashed a relentless campaign of air strikes all across Gaza Strip and in January 4, Israeli ground troops invaded Gaza from the northern border.After three weeks of massive slaughter,and a new ceasefire reached with the Hamas government in Gaza Strip,the Israeli military left the city Beit Lahia and the neighboring Al- Attatra village in shambles 9 days ago.

Al-Attatra is erased from the ground,destroyed by air strikes and massive artillery shelling.Most of the buildings are in ruins, peoples possessions are shattered throughout the landscape, a scenery of bloodshed.Under the debris rescue workers still find parts of rotting corpses.Under all the rubble of destroyed buildings 105 Martyrs were found,including members of the courageous Palestinian resistance, seven of them were bleeding to death, because the Israeli military prevented ambulances and rescue teams to enter the closed area.

The Israelis attacked the Al- Attatra village,situated in the northern parts of Gaza, prior to the Cast Lead Operation,allegedly in an attempt to "clear the northern borders from bobby traps and explosives",before the ground invasion,which was planned to set off from four positions from the north to the south,supported by air strikes and the fire from Israeli warships.Then the killing of the Palestinian "terrorists" - [the courageous Palestinian resistance in Gaza] and Palestinian civilians including many children would began, ending in a genocide, that led off in the early morning of the 27th of December.

The infrastructure in the northern and southern borders of Gaza is devastated,22.000 buildings were destroyed by massive air strikes and artillery shelling.Accompanied by tanks and bulldozers,Israeli ground troops invaded the small towns,villages and refuge camps of the northern Gaza Strip.Israeli snipers were positioned on the rooftops targeting the residents including children playing outside, or walking home with their backpack from the school.

Israeli F16 warplanes shelled refuge camps and villages including the town of Al-Attatra,the Israelis used prohibited chemical weapons,phosphorus bombs against the civilian population throughout the Gaza Strip.The use of white phosphorus is legal only when it is confined to the use as a means of creating smoke screens or illuminating targets.

More than 1.350 people were killed over 5.000 were wounded, many residents were hit by shells containing white phosphorous, many of them are suffering the loss limbs,head injuries and large burning wounds.Many were burned to death from the anti-personnel highly flammable chemical phosphorous compound capable of causing serious burns or death.

Not many of the buildings are standing intact. Local Mosques,governmental and public buildings, including schools and universities,pharmacies,hospitals and homes,stores, food markets,farm land,fishing boats,police cars,ambulances, rescue vans and private cars - everything were targeted and shelled, also many poor animals were killed.

Thousands of people, fled from their homes desperately trying to find shelter in UNRWA schools,to their despair when reaching what they hoped was a safe refuge,the people found out that the UNRWA schools also would be targeted and hit by the Israelis air strikes and artillery shelling.

In Al-Attatra village the water sewer system collapsed,and during one full week the inhabitants were living without electricity and drinking water.The US International American School was shelled,the school was located in the western parts of Al-Attatra by the main road, where Israeli ground troops from the northern flank trespassed and entered into the Gaza Strip.

The Holy Anan Mosque is partly destroyed and in Beit Lahia the El-Magadma Mosque was hit by an air strike and worshippers were killed.In Gaza City, the headquarters of Hamas government, the General Secretariat of the Council for Ministers lies in ruins and the National Security building is destroyed,this building was situated in eastern parts of Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.Also the UNRWA main compound, and the Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City was targeted and hit by air strikes and shelling.

It is almost unbearable a heartbreaking sight walking trough the ruins of this raped and shattered landscape,the smell of coagulated blood and traces of human flesh is lingering in the air.In defiance of heavy Israeli bombardments,the courageous Palestinian resistance fought a fierce battle,here on these fields in the north with heavy armed Israeli perpetrators,many of them died a heroic death after killing and wounding some of the invaders - the war criminals.