Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Complete Daily Report | Thursday, April 25, 2013
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 10
Number of arrests: 8
Number of demonstration points: 7
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 1
Instance of gunfire: 34
Number of areas that were shelled: 4
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 8
Number of defections: 0

|| Martyrs ||
• Haneen Yaser Waleed al-Qassem (female) / age 13 / Hama: Mourek / a shell struck her house in Teshreen, Damascus
• Anas Farzat / age 25 / Hama: Tareeq Halab / known as Abu Malek, killed during clashes in the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/zM4ktABkN9c
• Mahmoud al-Abasi / age 30 / Hama: Tareeq Halab / rebel fighter killed in clashes in Tareeq Halab
https://youtu.be/J4KL977zHps
• A martyr who has not yet been identified / Hama / FSA, killed by the shelling of Ma'arat al-Nouman
https://youtu.be/YJKJEGri6CY
• Alaa Mohammad al-Abdullah / Hama: Braideej / defected Staff Sgt. killed in al-Mugheer liberation battle
• Shuhoud Hesham al-Jeisi / age 5 / Hama: Kafranbooda / shelling of Tal al-Sakhr
• Fatime Hesham al-Jeisi / age 34 / Hama: Kafranbooda / shelling of Tal al-Sakhr
• Ahmed Dahabeyeh / age 22 / Hama: Tareeq Halab / field medic and rebel fighter, killed while treating the wounded in the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/0pWklys7cks
• Rakan Dahabeyeh / Hama: Tareeq Halab / field medic and rebel fighter, killed while treating the wounded in the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/0pWklys7cks
• Talal Ahmed al-Qassem / age 33 / Hama: Khattab / fatally shot while driving his car

|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
We note that all mobile phone and internet connections, including DSL and 3G services, are disconnected in Hama.
Tension was high in Hama city today, as occupying regime forces continue to raid neighborhoods and search houses.
This morning, sounds of intense clashes were heard in different parts of al-Souq area near the Pullman Garage, al-Hal Market and the Air Force Intelligence branch.
After fair prayer, FSA fighters in Tareeq Halab neighborhood launched an attack on Naseh Alwani School checkpoint. Forces at this checkpoint have long bothered the people of the neighborhood. The fighters liberated the checkpoint after vert intense clashes. They destroyed BMP tanks and killed the forces at the checkpoint. Afterward, the regime attacked the neighborhood with all kinds of weaponry, including tank shells, mortars, Shilka and anti-aircraft artillery as warplanes hovered overhead. More than five houses were burnt and a lot of destruction amassed as a result of the barrage of shells fired from al-Bernawi and the Hama Citadel. A number of people were killed and wounded as we'll.
All checkpoints adjacent to Tareeq Halab were on alert, and were firing at anything. Armored vehicles launched shells toward the neighborhood from a distance.
In the evening:
Mortar shells were fired from the Hama Citadel toward Tareeq Halab amid sounds of gunfire.

¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafranbooda:
Yesterday, civilian casualties fell in Tal Sakhr, Kafranbooda after regime forces targeted the house of al-Jeisi family with a shell
Martyrs:
Fatima Shahadeh al-Jeisi, age 34
Shuhoud Hesham al-Jeisi, age 5
Wounded:
Hashem Shahadeh al-Jeisi, age 32
Khadeeja Shahadeh al-Jeisi, age 30
Shahd Hashem al-Jeisi, age 6

Kafarzeita:
This morning, Kafarzeita's farms witnessed missile shelling from al-Khazanat checkpoint in Khan Shaikhoon, a southern suburb of Idlib. The shelling was less violent than in recent days, but resulted in damage to crops.

Eastern Hama Countryside:
Conditions in Hama's eastern suburbs, and a mass exodus of residents from the villages of Surouj, Terwal Dabagheen, Jannat al-Sawarneh, Mwaileh al-Sawarneh, al-Madabea', Abyan, Aneeq Bajra, Abu al-Kusour, Dahsh, Tawtah, Hajeeleh, al-shell, Rasm al-Hammam, al-Haymaneyeh, Qasr ibn Ward, Rasm al-Ward, Ma'asaran, Abu Kahf and Tlaihan has been reported.
Residents are living in a state of fear after three villages were completely burnt. Smoke fills the sky as sounds of explosions shake the area, and all means of communication have been cut off.
Jannat al-Sawarneh:
Two regime vehicles loaded with ammunition were destroyed by Free Syrian Army forces early today.
Tayebt al-Esm:
The envoy, which approached the village from the direction of al-Mbatten village, was warded off, and one of the tanks was destroyed. Fighter jets shelling waged five air strikes, destroying many houses.
FSA soldiers at the battle front in Hama's eastern suburbs have advanced, storming al-Baleel village, where shabiha are reinforced. Al-Baleel is adjacent al-Zoghba, which is a base for shabiha.

al-Hawweejeh:
Three people were wounded and a number of houses were destroyed as a result of the regime's shelling of Hawweejeh village.

|| Videos ||
¤ Hama City:
Tareeq Halab Neighborhood:
Clashes in the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/ItEQPjZG5ZA
Black smoke fills the sky amid mortar shelling, after a residential building was ignited by a shell
https://youtu.be/35rBYeST69g
Assad regime forces in BMP vehicles head to provide backup to shabiha in the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/SukUYkEAifQ
A BMP tank that was targeted by rebel fighters
https://youtu.be/ouSEQfDzcTE
Smoke fills the sky during clashes
https://youtu.be/kbWRUzet20U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDaw3wa2tjg
https://youtu.be/6Q_3NsNwCXM
A helicopter flying over the neighborhood as clashes continued
https://youtu.be/5pTDvd6nYaA
Smoke rising from Naseh Alwani School
https://youtu.be/ChX3Xjs6m3o
Sounds of gunfire and clashes between regime forces and the FSA
https://youtu.be/H52AzAblbSU
https://youtu.be/M4ixeQ_QyW0
A man with a head injury who was not able to be saved due to the shortage of medical supplies, as it was too difficult to transport him to a clinic [GRAPHIC]
https://youtu.be/_vKrnGAMSLU
Smoke rises from houses that were shelled
https://youtu.be/txSujD_H6SQ
FSA fighters raised their banner over Naseh Alwani School after liberating it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4krV8LDoE1M
FSA fighters entering Naseh Alwani School
https://youtu.be/qdRg1SL0Qrw
Burnt corpses of regime forces, who were killed when FSA forces targeted their armored vehicle
https://youtu.be/rgknW-RsUio
A message from activist Qutaiba al-Naasan from inside the Naseh Alwani checkpoint
https://youtu.be/Nibd1ygwhKY
First images of the liberation of the Naseh Alwani School checkpoint
https://youtu.be/k06pdykiKwE
An armored vehicle that was destroyed by the FSA
https://youtu.be/KYx88rWnRcc
FSA fighters as they reached the Naseh Alwani School
https://youtu.be/n4YYKYugi0Q
FSA soldiers drilling sniper holes in the walls
https://youtu.be/qoUTlmYNllo
The Darea' al-Nawa'eer Battalion attacks the civil defense checkpoint
https://youtu.be/eeq0pVjkAvU
Assad regime forces arbitrarily fire BMP shells toward residential buildings
https://youtu.be/RKVWBTyoN6M
Regime forces attempt to storm the neighborhood in armored vehicles
https://youtu.be/PUbNwXxiVfw
FSA snipers
https://youtu.be/aWQ90g98oPA
A T-72 tank of the 4th Armored Division attempts so storm the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/BZdy_nMGHag
A fire was ignited on the rooftop of a house in Tareeq Halab neighborhood after FSA forces liberated the Naseh Alwani School checkpoint
https://youtu.be/J7wsS2iiRAs
https://youtu.be/EPsP_K8oN_E
Residents celebrate the liberation of the Naseh Alwani checkpoint
https://youtu.be/KtyOx170UTM
Armored vehicles arbitrarily shelling Tareeq Halab
https://youtu.be/BgJq-XaeDS8
A burning armored vehicle
https://youtu.be/1I_FB6gxfK8
A tour inside the now-liberated school
https://youtu.be/0Shi8JbCTr4
https://youtu.be/9XPJOxG4h5Q
FSA forces inside the school
https://youtu.be/DFAGHWzbauw
Martyrs Ahmed and Rakan Dahabeyeh, who were killed in Tareeq Halab this morning
https://youtu.be/0pWklys7cks
Arbitrary shelling of the neighborhood by regime forces
https://youtu.be/l7PVbbNbWY8
Destruction to a house as a result of the regime's shelling
https://youtu.be/VjTUsH3UxYU
Smoke rising from a rooftop
https://youtu.be/RLZ2QGRHNxg
https://youtu.be/tgT20eORSN8
FSA soldiers in the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/EXgx085C6VI
An attack by the Bilal al-Habashi Battalion and the Jund Mohammad Battalion on a tank at the al-Bahra Roundabout checkpoint
https://youtu.be/-JLY_ljvljY
A tour of the school and people's excitement
https://youtu.be/g6fYPO7VmWQ
The independence flag raised over Naseh Alwani School
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-JYkOv18lc

¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside - Tayebt al-Esm:
Artillery shelling of Tayebt al-Esm amid intense clashes this morning, as Free Syrian Army forces attacked a regime military envoy that attempted to storm the village
https://youtu.be/oWGsMTzn94M
https://youtu.be/3YDVlqMXq9Q

al-Ghab Plain: Bab al-Taqa:
The local council in Bab al-Taqa village installed a new electrical network in the village after the regime destroyed the old one
https://youtu.be/iSoTseq0Dg0

Eastern Hama Countryside:
An attack on a regime envoy using 106 mm artillery
https://youtu.be/mFHjRI46yX0
An attack on al-Zoghba village, where regime forces are based
https://youtu.be/eAu6tqEmyoc
Houses in Surouj village that were burnt by regime forces
https://youtu.be/fzuL_XeMHaU
Shelling of Tawal Dabagheen village from adjacent pro-regime villages
https://youtu.be/WR4oEhKtRIY

Kafranbooda:
A medical and field report from the Kafranbooda battle front, including interviews
https://youtu.be/bWtLpQDlTTg