Last month, the Israeli Central Court of Beer Sheba rejected a lawsuit filed by the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, a Palestinian NGO, on behalf of Fayez Salha, a resident of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, against the shelling of his house during Israel’s 2008-09 Cast Lead operation.
According to Al Mezan, on Jan. 9, 2009, during Israel’s deadly operation in the Gaza Strip, an Israeli drone shelled the house of Fayez Salha in what is widely known as a ‘roof-knocking’ attack. This was shortly followed by another heavy airstrike by Israeli war jets which directly hit the two-story house and left it totally damaged.
