A/HRC/10/22 page 31 (working group) have been unable to verify this. The lack of greater casualties is most likely attributable to a very effective programme of security awareness training in schools and an early warning system by the Israeli authorities. 7. Violations were reported on a daily basis, too numerous to list: below are just a few examples of the hundreds of incidents that have been documented and verified by the working group. 8. On 3 January, during an IDF operation in Gaza City at 6.30 AM a tank shell landed near a family’s house; a father and his two young sons, both aged under 11 years, emerged to survey the situation. As they exited their home, IDF soldiers shot and killed them (at the entrance to their house), with the daughter witnessing. The IDF ordered the mother and daughter to leave the house, refusing the request of the girl to move the bodies. Bulldozers commenced destroying the house with the woman and child still inside; as they exited from the house the woman sustained a broken hip. The mother and child then watched as their home was destroyed; rubble and bodies being bulldozed together. Days later, the child was still in shock and only moving her eyes; the mother has lost the ability to speak. 9. On 7 January, after several days of requesting safe passage to the above-mentioned area of Gaza City, during a three-hour lull in hostilities, an ICRC/Palestinian Red Crescent Societya medical team was allowed on foot (without ambulances) into the closed military area to evacuate any remaining survivors. According to the ICRC, in one house, the team found four small children next to their dead mothers who were too weak to stand up on their own. Due to the limited time allowed, the team was not able to reach all houses in the area. In all, ICRC/PRCS evacuated by donkey cart 30 Palestinians including 18 wounded. The IDF restricted further access to the area, prompting the ICRC to issue a public statement demanding urgent access and charging the Israeli army with failing to assist wounded Palestinians. 10. On 15 January, as IDF tanks moved into Tal Al Hawa, south-west of Gaza City, families moved from their apartments to the ground floor of the building, bringing bags or personal belongings with them. IDF soldiers entered the building. A number of young people had their wrists tied and eyes covered and were ordered to stand aside. Other children and older women were made to stand on the other side of the room. One of the boys (aged 11 years) was told to open the bags one by one; one of the bags had a lock which a soldier shot at as the child struggled with it, although the boy was uninjured. The boy was then made to accompany the IDF for a number of hours during a period of intense operations. As the group of soldiers moved through the town the boy was made to walk in front. When they entered the building of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society the 11 year old boy was made to enter first, in front of the soldiers. Later while moving through the town the IDF met with resistance and were shot at, the boy remained in front of the group. On arrival at the Al Quds Hospital the boy was at the front a The Palestinian Red Crescent Society is the recognized Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement in Gaza and is an internationally recognized organization with medical functions. It is the operational partner of the International Committee of the Red Cross in this humanitarian operation, and a member of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.