Media Office | Hama Revolutionists Command Council | Friday of Banyas: Ethnic Cleansing and International Cover | Complete Daily Report | May 10, 2013
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|| Documentation ||
Death Toll: 31
Number of arrests: 5
Number of demonstration points: 20
Number of demonstrations fired upon: 7
Instance of gunfire: 31
Number of areas that were shelled: 4
Number of times heavy military equipment was sited: 8
Number of defections: 0

|| Martyrs ||
• Mustafa Abdullah Kajouj / age 24 / Hama: Khattab / rebel fighter killed in the attack on the main entrance to Abu al-Thuhoor Military Airport
https://youtu.be/vI4Q23sdngE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vI4Q23sdngE&feature=youtu.be
• Aswad Nayef al-Nayef / age 70 / Hama: al-Sawa'eq Neighborhood / wounded by regime forces in Mashaa' al-Arb'een on 7/5/2013, men from al-Fayhaa retrieved his body and buried it in a garden
• Hassan Rajeh al-Masri / Hama / rebel fighter killed in the liberated of al-Hardaneh village in Hama's eastern suburbs
• Issam Khaled Zahra / Hama / rebel fighter killed in the liberated of al-Hardaneh village in Hama's eastern suburbs
• Terki Derzi al-Safouk / Hama / rebel fighter killed in the liberated of al-Hardaneh village in Hama's eastern suburbs
• Mohammad Zahreddine al-Khas / Hama: Kernaz / Abu al-Motasem, armed fighter killed in battle in Jub Zareeq
https://youtu.be/lZgj1xotrBA
• Eyad al-Qashoush / Hama / Abu Hussam, rebel fighter killed in the One Body battle in Hama's eastern suburbs
• Ali al-Hay / Hama / Abu Bakr, rebel fighter killed in the One Body battle in Hama's eastern suburbs
• Mohammad Riyadh al-Khodr / Hama / Jolani, rebel fighter killed in the One Body battle in Hama's eastern suburbs
• Four members of one family / Hama: al-Zlaqeyat / a missile struck their house
• Mohammad Ahmed Abdo al-rajah al-Eleiwi / age 9 / Hama: Helfaya / killed by heavy shelling of the city
https://youtu.be/G_89SG-0eGM
http://goo.gl/bCtrQ
• Ghassan Abdo Rajab al-Eleiwi / age 30 / Hama: Helfaya / killed by heavy shelling of the city
• Mohammad Abdo Rajab al-Eleiwi / age 45 / Hama: Helfaya / killed by heavy shelling of the city
• Zain Khaireddine al-Swaidan (female) / age 45 / Hama: Helfaya / killed by heavy shelling of the city
• Abdulrazzaq Bassam Hamsho age 8 / Hama: Helfaya / killed by heavy shelling of the city
• Heba Anas al-Qassoum / age 14 / Hama: Kafarzeita / killed by heavy shelling of Helfaya
• Two martyrs from the Haddad family / Hama: Helfaya / killed by the heavy shelling of the city
• Two martyrs from the Dabban family / Hama: Helfaya / killed by the heavy shelling of the city
• Six martyrs whose names have not yet arrived / Hama: Helfaya / killed by the heavy shelling of the city
• Issam Saleh al-Hasan / age 28 / Hama: Kafranbooda / married with a son and daughter, killed by the shelling of the village on 7/5/2013
And the following martyr who was documented today
• Abu Saqr al-Hamwi / Hama / rebel fighter killed in battle in al-Tlaiseyeh on 28/4/2013
https://youtu.be/91QiOoKalbk

|| Situation in the City and Countryside ||
¤ Hama City:
Many warplanes were seen flying overhead.
As is the case every Friday, regime forces deployed throughout the city starting in the early morning, to prevent people form holding weekly protests. Tareeq Halab was under tight siege, and security vehicles and armored vehicles were seen everywhere. Snipers were positioned on rooftops and the following mosques were closed: Fatima al-Zahraa - al-Buraaq - Zaid ibn Thabet
Shabiha attacked a protest in al-Hamedeya neighborhood
In the evening:
Tens of missiles were fired from the Hama Military Airport toward the suburbs

¤ Hama Countryside:
Helfaya:
Helfaya was heavily bombarded by warplanes and with rockets and Gvozdika artillery starting in the early morning, with 16 people, including two children, dying so far. Later in the day, shelling with all kinds of weaponry was renewed at a rate of three shells per minute. Women and children have fled the city, and the number of wounded people is very high. Regime forces continue to blockade the city for the 13th consecutive day, leaving the people without fuel, bread or medicine. Half of Helfaya's residents are besieged amid the shelling, and there is a fear that the number of casualties will rise due to the intensity of the bombardment.

Kafarzeita:
The city was subject to intense missile shelling this morning, with no casualties being reported. Aircraft were flying overhead, and a number of villages in the surrounding area were shelled. Al-Zakaat village was attacked with rocket launchers.

Khattab:
Shabiha in Khattab arrested the following people:
1. Alaa Taa'meh
2. Abdulhadi Taa'meh
3. Abdulmun'em Bakkour
4. Abdulkareem al-Akhras
5. Saif al-Deen Waleed al-Qassem
6. Khattab Yaseen al-Omar
7. Khaled Yaseen al-Omar
8. Mohammad Ayman al-Fares
9. Mahmoud Mustafa al-Mustafa (al-Daloun)

al-Zlaqeyat:
Four people from a single family were killed by a missile that fell on their house, after being launched from the Deir Mharde checkpoint.

Salamieh:
Because of the ongoing battles at the Eastern Barri Battalion in Hama's eastern suburbs, Salamieh is witnessing a period of unrest. Sounds of gunfire and ambulances can be heard throughout the dya.
A number of families fled Sabboura village after the FSA attacked shabiha with mortar shells and homemade rockets. People's Committee forces approached the area, and al-Rahjan checkpoint opened artillery fire onto Surouj village. Activists from Aqareb village reported that a curfew was imposed in the village, and snipers are positioned on rooftops.

Soran:
On Tuesday, 7/5/2013, a group of regime army forces and shabiha raided the house of engineer Abdulrahman al-Hossaino and completely looted it. They burned what was left, and took with them Abdulrahman's brother, Mustafa al-Hossaino.

|| Videos ||
¤ Hama Countryside:
Eastern Hama Countryside:
Rebel fighters blew up a tank using a Concourse missile, and regime forces in the area were either killed or ran away
https://youtu.be/9WZW13I_oow

Kafarzeita:
Missile shelling of Kafarzeita at night
https://youtu.be/CPKzReePCZs
Destruction caused by missile shelling
https://youtu.be/sC2hbWX6pzI

Helfaya:
Women and children fleeing the city
https://youtu.be/QtTYAN4dFRc
Artillery shelling from checkpoints in the area; and wounded people being taken to field clinics
https://youtu.be/6fMd1ndbJzk
One of the people wounded by shelling
https://youtu.be/1FDFJhy-sN0
Child martyr Mohammad Ahmed al-Eleiwi, killed by the shelling of Helfaya amid a severe shortage of medical supplies
https://youtu.be/G_89SG-0eGM
People wounded by shelling
https://youtu.be/3tmUDTzy1zo
https://youtu.be/SgRPpMzO-uY

|| Protests ||
¤ Hama City:
al-Hamedeya Neighborhood:
A demonstration held in solidarity with Banyas despite the regime's siege of the neighborhood
https://youtu.be/K2cPR139VVI

¤ Hama Countryside:
Kafarzeita:
Today's protest in Kafarzeita, which was held despite the ongoing attacks on the near-destroyed city
https://youtu.be/FzFhrT7ff1Q
A demonstration this evening in support of Helfaya
https://youtu.be/xvCzvsmhAsM

al-Latamne:
Today's protest, in which the people chanted in solidarity with Banyas and condemned international silence on the massacres committed by the Assad regime there
https://youtu.be/4xhRqiAGNvA

Qal'at al-Madeeq:
A protest in solidarity with Banyas
https://youtu.be/T9ZJxNPZeqI

Mourek:
A protest that emerged from the Great Mosque in Mourek in solidarity with the people of banyas
https://youtu.be/7_-vYAlqwLI
https://youtu.be/AWiCWzLux9c