A/HRC/12/37 page 8 documents in one hand. The soldiers then proceeded to fire indiscriminately into the house until everyone was on the floor, injuring the mother and four of the children, one of them fatally.20 16. In one of the gravest incidents during the offensive, on 4 January, Israeli soldiers ordered over 100 Palestinians into a single house in the al Zaytoun area of Gaza City, allegedly warning them to stay indoors. Approximately 24 hours later, Israeli forces reportedly shelled the house repeatedly, killing about 23 people. Some of those who survived the attack walked 2 kilometres to a busy road in Gaza City, where they were able to find transportation in civilian vehicles to hospital.21 17. On 7 January, Israeli soldiers reportedly ordered an entire family out of their home in eastern Jabalia, a site of frequent Israeli incursions before the latest offensive. The six-member family allegedly walked out of the house carrying four white flags, and were told to stand in front of a tank. After approximately five minutes, a soldier allegedly suddenly opened fire, killing two of the children and injuring two other family members. The family’s home was subsequently demolished.22 18. With regard to allegations of indiscriminate attacks by Palestinian militants, during the Israeli offensive, 571 rockets and 205 mortars landed in Israel.23 As noted above, 4 Israeli civilians were killed and 182 injured due to rockets and mortar shells fired from Gaza during the offensive, in which no attempt was made to distinguish between military and non-military objects. In January 2009, as an increasing number of Palestinian rockets hit Ashkelon, Israeli officials reported that up to 40 per cent of the city’s 122,000 inhabitants had felt forced to move to other parts of Israel. Sderot and villages in the area were similarly affected.24 Indiscriminate rocket attacks continue as of the finalization of this report, endangering the right to life of individuals living in southern Israel.25 19. OHCHR is not yet in a position to assess, in each and every individual instance, whether there has been a breach of international humanitarian law. However, in the above and other cases, there is significant prima facie evidence of serious violations of international humanitarian 20 A/HRC/10/22, annex, para. 16. 21 A/HRC/10/22, annex, para. 13 and Amnesty International, Operation “Cast Lead”, p. 20. 22 National Lawyers Guild, “Onslaught: Israel’s attack on Gaza and the rule of law”, March 2009 and Amnesty International, ibid., pp. 25-27. 23 According to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Operation Cast Lead: Israel strikes back against Hamas terror in Gaza”, 21 January 2009. 24 Amnesty International, Document - Israel/OPT: Fuelling conflict: Foreign arms supplies to Israel/Gaza, February 2009. 25 See e.g. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Rockets hit home in Sderot, IAF targets terrorist sites in Gaza”, 19 May 2009 and The Israel Project, “Rockets and mortars fired from Gaza from Jan-April-09”, www.mfa.gov.il/MFA.