The Syrian Observatory For Human Rights

The Eastern Ghouta witnesses the highest daily civilian death toll in 20 consecutive days of aerial and ground escalation on its cities and towns

Rif Dimashq Province, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: A child died affected by injuries he had in bombing by warplanes on areas in Beit Sawa in the Eastern Ghouta today, raising to 3 (a children and 2 women), the number of people who were killed today in aerial bombardment on Beit Sawa, which in turn raise to 26, the number of people who were killed and documented by the SOHR today Sunday, the 3rd of December 2017, they are: a person was killed in shelling by the regime forces on areas in Harasta city, 17 citizens including at least 6 children and a woman were killed in a massacre carried out by warplanes in Hamuriya city, 4 citizens including 2 children were killed in airstrikes on areas in Arbin city, a child and 2 citizens women were killed in airstrikes on areas in Beit Sawa town, a person died affected by his injuries he got in aerial shelling on areas in Mesraba town, and the death toll is expected to be increased because of the presence of about 75 injured, some of them are still in serious conditions, this is considered the highest daily toll since the start of aerial and ground escalation on the Eastern Ghouta on the 14th of November 2017.

Thus, the death toll has increased to 192 casualties including 43 children under the age of eighteen, 21 citizen women over the age of eighteen and 4 members of the Civil Defense, the number of people who have been killed since Tuesday the 14th of November 2017, in which the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented today, Sunday, the death of 26 citizens including 9 children and 3 citizen women were killed by raids targeted areas in Hamuriya, Arbin, Mesraba and Beit Sawa, also the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights documented on Saturday the death of 11 citizens including 3 women, they are 9 citizens including 2 women were killed by raids on Arbin and Harasta cities, and a citizen woman and a man died affected by injuries they had as a result of earlier bombardment on Mesraba, while the SOHR documented on Thursday the death of a citizen by shelling on Harasta city, and a man died in Madyara affected by the injury he had by bombardment by warplanes on areas in Madyara town, while two citizens were killed on Wednesday, one of them was killed by shelling on Arbin and the other died affected by the injury he had by earlier rocket shelling on Hazza, while 4 citizens including 2 children who were killed on Tuesday by raids on Hamuriya, while 18 citizens were killed yesterday, Monday including 2 children and a woman by bombardment by warplanes on areas in Mesraba, Madyara and Arbin as well as artillery shelling on Douma, and the Syrian Observatory also documented the death of 25 citizens on Sunday including 5 children and 3 citizen women by raids on Mesraba and Madyara, as well as rocket shelling on Douma, also 11 citizens including 5 children and a woman were killed on Thursday due to raids on areas in the cities and the towns of Harasta, Douma and Ein Tarma, raids on Arbin city, rocket shelling on Ein Tarma and Jesrin, affected by the injury they had by raids on Hazza and Mesraba, artillery shelling on Arbin city, while 3 children were killed on Wednesday by artillery shelling on Ein Tarma and Harasta city in the Eastern Ghouta, while 3 citizens including a woman died on Tuesday affected by the injury they had by artillery and rocket shelling previously on Arbin city and Mesraba town, also 10 citizens including 4 children and 2 citizen women were killed on Monday, by artillery and rocket shelling on Arbin, Madyara, Hamuriya and Kafr Batna, while 17 citizens including a child were killed on Sunday, by artillery and rocket shelling on Douma, Mesraba, Madyara, Hamuriya, while on Saturday at least 14 were killed including a child girl and 4 women as a result of raids on Madyara and Harasta, and artillery shelling on Hazza and Hamuriya, while 20 citizens including 6 children and 2 citizen women were killed on Friday, as a result of artillery, aerial and rocket shelling on Douma, Harasta and Arbin, while 14 citizens including 4 children and women were killed on Thursday, due to raids and land shelling on Arbin, Beit Sawa, Douma, Hamuriya and Ein Tarma, and the casualties who were killed on Wednesday, are 8 citizens including two children they were killed by raids and artillery shelling Arbin, Saqba, Hamuriya and Douma, while the casualties who were killed on Tuesday are 4 citizens were killed by shelling on Arbin and Madyara, and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has documented the injury of about 630 persons at least including tens of children and citizen women, some of them are still in serious situation, which may raise the death toll.

The regime forces targeted Harasta city and Madyara town with the vicinity of the Vehicle Department by more than 1019 shells and missiles believed to be ground-to-ground, which have targeted Harasta and Madyara in the Eastern Ghouta since Tuesday the 14th of November 2017, and the SOHR has also documented that 227 raids at least targeted Harasta city and Madyara town since Tuesday, and the SOHR has also documented 173 raids at least hit the cities of Douma, Arbin and Zamalka as well as other areas in the Eastern Ghouta in the same period, while the number of shells and missiles that are believed to be ground-to-ground, fired by the regime forces and fell on the cities and the towns of Ein Tarma, Douma, Mesraba, Saqba, Hamuriya, Arbin, Ashari Farms, Beit Sawa, Hazza and Kafr Batna, has increased to 416.