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Though Women’seyes

Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)

ConTenTs

Inroducion 5

Srucure o he Repor

6Female Vicims o Israeli Atacks 8Te Israeli Imposed Closure o he Gaza Srip 11Inernaional Law 13

Applicable Legal Framework

13

Rules Governing he Conduc o Hosiliies

14

Combaans and Miliary Objecives – Non-Combaans and Civilian Objecs

14

Te Principle o Disincion

15Te Direc argeing o Civilians 16

Case Sudy 1: Waa Al-Radea

17

Case Sudy 2: Hala Al-Habash

21

Case Sudy 3: Majeda and Raya Abu Hajjaj

25

Case Sudy 4: Ghalya Nimr

28Direc argeing and Desrucion o Civilian Objecs 32

Case Sudy 5: Hala Herzullah

33

Case Sudy 6: Inissar Hamouda

36

Case Sudy 7: Waa Awaja

40Indiscriminae Atacks 45

Case Sudy 8: Leila Al-Ir

46

Case Sudy 9: Sabah Abu Halima

50

Case Sudy 10: Masouda Al-Samouni

54Insucien Precauions in Atack 59

Case Sudy 11: Nujoud Al-Ashqar

61Te Eec o Closure 65

Case Sudy 12: Rhagda Abed Rabbo

66Invesigaions ino Operaion Cas Lead 69Commens 71 Annex 1: Female Vicims o Operaion Cas Lead 72

5

InToduCTIon

Te recen Israeli oensive – codenamed Operaion ‘Cas Lead’ by he Israeliauhoriies – claimed he lives o 118 women, and injured 825 more.

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In oal1,414 Palesinians los heir lives, 1,177 (83%) o whom were civilians. A urher5,303 were injured. Te inrasrucure o he Gaza Srip was decimaed, orexample, 2,114 homes were compleely desroyed and a urher 3,242 rendereduninhabiable, aecing 51,842 people. Te rue impac o he oensive, however,canno be measured in erms o saisics and gures alone. Alhough he numberso vicims and casualies illusrae he appalling human oll o his conic, herue exen o he suering lies in he day-o-day realiy o lie in he Gaza Sripollowing Operaion Cas Lead, as civilians sruggle o rebuild heir lives, comeo erms wih heir loss, and resore some semblance o human digniy.Lie in he Gaza Srip coninues. I mus. Bu he coninuing eecs o he closure,and he visible reminders o rauma and devasaion make normaliy – even by he sandards o he Gaza Srip – an illusion; he reminders o ragedy are everpresen, and all oo real. A he ime o wriing, over six monhs aer Israel’sdeclaraion o a unilaeral ceasere on 18 January, he Gaza Srip is locked insasis: he siuaion in Gaza remains exacly as i was on he day he oensiveended. Te visible scars o he oensive remain, rubble coninues o liter hesrees o Gaza, housands are homeless, amilies are orced o live in houses wih scorched ineriors, blood sained oors, and bulle riddled walls. In someinsances, vicims are orced o look a he discriminaory and oensive graiscrached ino heir walls by Israeli soldiers.Te Palesinian Cener or Human Righs (PCHR) has released ‘Trough Women’s Eyes’ in order o highligh he gender-specic impac o OperaionCas Lead and he illegal Israeli closure. As a resul o he pariarchal naureo Palesinian sociey, women in he Gaza Srip – vicims o ‘peaceime’discriminaion – are paricularly suscepible o he marginalizaion, povery,and suering brough abou as a resul o armed conic and occupaion. Israeliatacks resul in oen ignored gender-specic consequences. PCHR has choseno allow hese consequences, and he realiy o lie aer he oensive, unoldhrough he vicims words; alhough his repor is necessarily grounded ininernaional law, i is perhaps ting ha human righs, and human suering, areexpressed hrough human sories.In he Gaza Srip, men ypically head he household, and are he primary breadwinners. Widows, hrus ino his role, oen nd hemselves alling vicimo culural discriminaion, and economic and social marginalizaion. In he GazaSrip, i is excepionally dicul or a woman o live alone, and so widows areorced eiher o reurn o heir own amily home, or o re-marry. Boh alernaivespresen diculies, as a woman ries o recover rom he rauma o oensive, andrebuild her lie and ha o her children. In he Gaza Srip, women are radiionally regarded as he primary care-givers; many homeless women are now orced o

1 Te number o women injured is aken rom he gures released by he Minisry o Healh in Gaza.

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“Through Women’s Eyes: A PCHR Report on the Gender-Specific Impact and Consequences of Operation Cast Lead”

PCHR has released ‘Through Women’s Eyes’ in order to highlight the gender-specific impact of Operation Cast Lead and the illegal Israeli closure. As a result of the patriarchal... (More)

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