Photographs

Yusuf Abu Hajjaj holds the white flag that his sister Majida was holding when Israeli forces fatally shot her and his mother Rayya in Juhr al-Dik on January 4, 2009. © 2009 Bill van Esveld/Human Rights Watch

Khalid ‘Abd Rabbo with his mother Su’ad, 54, who was shot twice outside her Jabalya home while holding a makeshift white flag.  Khaled’s two daughters, Amal and Su’ad, were killed and a third daughter was wounded. © 2009 Fred Abrahams/Human Rights Watch

The house of Khalid ‘Abd Rabbo in the ‘Abd Rabbo neighborhood of Jabalya, where his daughters Amal and Su’ad were shot and killed.  Israeli forces destroyed the house after fighting had ceased.  © 2009 Fred Abrahams/Human Rights Watch

An ammunition box for 230 7.62 x 51mm bullets found outside Khalid ‘Abd Rabbo’s house in eastern Jabalya, where Khalid’s two girls were shot and killed.  The 7.62 bullet is fired from the FN MAG 58, a machinegun used by Israeli infantry troops and also mounted on tanks and armored personnel carriers.  © 2009 Fred Abrahams/Human Rights Watch

Rawhiya al-Najjar, 47, was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on January 13, 2009, while she held a white cloth.  © 2009 Fred Abrahams/Human Rights Watch

An Israeli soldier shot and killed Rawhiya al-Najjar from this house in Khuza’a.  Human Rights Watch found two sniper holes, Israeli food wrappers and Hebrew writing on the inside house wall that said “Observation Post 2.” © 2009 Fred Abrahams/Human Rights Watch

Omar Abu Halima, 18, was shot by an Israeli soldier in the right arm in ‘Atatra on January 4, 2009, as he and his family were leaving their homes on a tractor.  His cousins Mattar and Muhammad were shot and killed. © 2009 Marc Garlasco/Human Rights Watch

Agricultural engineer Mu’in Juha, 56, holds a photo of his 14-year-old son, Ibrahim, who was shot and killed while he held a white cloth by an Israeli soldier in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City on January 5, 2009. © 2009 Fares Akram/Human Rights Watch

Nada al-Marrdi, age 5, was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier on January 5 in ‘Atatra as her family and neighbors tried to leave the area holding white t-shirts and scarves on sticks. © 2009 courtesy of al-Marrdi family