Extrajudicial Killings
Chronology 2002
In July 2002, Hamas leader Saleh Shehadeh was assassinated when a one-ton bomb was dropped on his Gaza house. Killed with Shehadeh were his wife and 14 neighbors, including nine children. The "collateral damage" was predictable given the population density of the Gaza Strip and the magnitude of Israel's bomb. As EI co-founder Laurie King-Irani writes, "Even Israel's bankrollers and diplomatic guardians in Washington, DC had to admit that this act was wrong and "heavy-handed," in the words of President Bush." (Added 13 October 2006)

Extrajudicial Executions
  • Five Palestinians killed in an extra-judicial execution in Tulkarem, LAW (20 November 2002)
  • Israeli forces assassinate 19 year-old activist, LAW (29 October 2002)
  • Beit Jala: Extra-Judicial Execution, LAW (14 October 2002)
  • Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, UNHCHR (1998)
  • Tubas: Five killed in another extra-judicial execution, LAW (31 August 2002)
  • Images of an execution: The killing of Mahmoud Salah by Israeli police on 8 March, Nigel Parry and Ali Abunimah (12 March 2002)


    Extrajudicial Killings
  • Thirteen Palestinian civilians killed and dozens wounded in Israeli attack on Khan Yunis, PCHR (7 October 2002)
  • Israeli forces kill 15 Palestinians, including infants and children, LAW (23 July 2002)


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