A child was wounded by shrapnel in her hand while in her school yard in Izbat Beit Hanoun area in the north of the Gaza Strip, when an explosion took place in a nearby military training site. This incident is a part of the state of misuse of weapons and attacks on the rule of law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
According to investigations conducted by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), at approximately 10:30 on Tuesday, 19 September 2011, Abir Nizar Abdul Dayem, 12, was transferred to Kamal Odwan Hospital in Beit Lahia in the north of the Gaza Strip, as she was wounded in her right hand while she was in the yard of her school, Khalil Oweida Refugee School in Izbat Beit Hanoun area in the north of the Gaza Strip. Medical sources described the child's wounds as moderate.
It should be noted that an explosion was heard in a military training site used by one of the Palestinian armed groups. The site is nearly 300 meters from the school. Shrapnel from the explosion scattered in the vicinity.
PCHR views this incident, which is part of the state of misuse of weapons and attacks on the rule of law in the OPT, with grave concern and calls upon competent authorities to open serious investigations into it. PCHR calls also upon competent authorities to enforce necessary regulations to ensure the non-recurrence of such incidents and to provide necessary protection to civilians.
Palestinian Center for Human Rights
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