30 mar 2013
Hamas: The resistance is the strategic option for the Palestinians
The Hamas Movement stressed that the resistance of the Israeli occupation would remain the strategic option for the Palestinian people in their struggle to restore their usurped rights and liberate their land.
"Wagering on any strategy other than the resistance is like chasing a mirage and our people will gain nothing from it except more concessions and compromises," Hamas stated in a press release on the 37th anniversary of the Palestinian land day.
"We will not relinquish or give up an inch of the historical land of Palestine, and the Palestinian people will continue to hold on to their land from the river to the sea while the occupation's plans will fail to change the reality and obliterate the Islamic landmarks and holy sites," the Movement highlighted.
It reiterated its rejection of all alternative homeland plans and highlighted the inalienable right of the Palestinian refugees to return to their cities and villages which they were expelled from.
For its part, the refugee affairs office of Hamas stated that the Palestinian people has the right to stay in their land and restore all the Palestinian territories that were occupied in 1948 and 1967, and the Israelis have no right to expel the Palestinian natives from their own land and property.
"The popular uprising that our people in the 1948 occupied lands carried out on March 30, 1976 confirms their absolute rejection of the Zionist schemes aimed at stealing and Judaizing their lands," the refugee affairs office underlined.
It said that despite the importance of the armed resistance, this occasion has set a new stage of confrontation against the Israeli occupation through the popular uprising.
"Wagering on any strategy other than the resistance is like chasing a mirage and our people will gain nothing from it except more concessions and compromises," Hamas stated in a press release on the 37th anniversary of the Palestinian land day.
"We will not relinquish or give up an inch of the historical land of Palestine, and the Palestinian people will continue to hold on to their land from the river to the sea while the occupation's plans will fail to change the reality and obliterate the Islamic landmarks and holy sites," the Movement highlighted.
It reiterated its rejection of all alternative homeland plans and highlighted the inalienable right of the Palestinian refugees to return to their cities and villages which they were expelled from.
For its part, the refugee affairs office of Hamas stated that the Palestinian people has the right to stay in their land and restore all the Palestinian territories that were occupied in 1948 and 1967, and the Israelis have no right to expel the Palestinian natives from their own land and property.
"The popular uprising that our people in the 1948 occupied lands carried out on March 30, 1976 confirms their absolute rejection of the Zionist schemes aimed at stealing and Judaizing their lands," the refugee affairs office underlined.
It said that despite the importance of the armed resistance, this occasion has set a new stage of confrontation against the Israeli occupation through the popular uprising.
24 mar 2013
Jihad movement calls on Egypt to pressure occupation to abide by ceasefire
The Islamic Jihad movement called on Egypt, the mediator of the truce agreement between the Palestinian resistance in Gaza and the Israeli occupation, to pressure the Israeli authorities to implement the agreement's terms, which ended the last Israeli aggression on Gaza in November.
Sheikh Khader Habib, a leader in the movement, said in a press statement that the Israeli decision to the limit down the fishing area in Gaza Sea from six to three miles is a violation of the ceasefire agreement.
Habib considered the Israeli decision as a systematic policy to drive fishermen further from them and establish new boundaries for the siege, urging the Egyptian mediator to pressure the occupation to commit to the terms of the truce.
In related matter, Palestinian fishermen confirmed that the Israeli forces forced them on Saturday morning to pull back to three miles after reducing the fishing area.
Nizar Ayyash, head of the Gaza fishermen's syndicate, said that the occupation forces implemented its decision to reduce the fishing area from six to three miles, where they fired toward the Palestinian fishermen in total violation of the truce agreement which had expanded the three-nautical mile fishing limit imposed by Israeli occupation, as part of its naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, to six nautical miles.
The occupation forces announced that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon agreed to reduce the permitted fishing zone in the Sea of Gaza to three miles instead of six.
This comes after an Israeli promise to Turkey to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip, after its apology for its crime against the Turkish Marmara ship.
Sheikh Khader Habib, a leader in the movement, said in a press statement that the Israeli decision to the limit down the fishing area in Gaza Sea from six to three miles is a violation of the ceasefire agreement.
Habib considered the Israeli decision as a systematic policy to drive fishermen further from them and establish new boundaries for the siege, urging the Egyptian mediator to pressure the occupation to commit to the terms of the truce.
In related matter, Palestinian fishermen confirmed that the Israeli forces forced them on Saturday morning to pull back to three miles after reducing the fishing area.
Nizar Ayyash, head of the Gaza fishermen's syndicate, said that the occupation forces implemented its decision to reduce the fishing area from six to three miles, where they fired toward the Palestinian fishermen in total violation of the truce agreement which had expanded the three-nautical mile fishing limit imposed by Israeli occupation, as part of its naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, to six nautical miles.
The occupation forces announced that the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon agreed to reduce the permitted fishing zone in the Sea of Gaza to three miles instead of six.
This comes after an Israeli promise to Turkey to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip, after its apology for its crime against the Turkish Marmara ship.
23 mar 2013
Hamas arrests hardline Islamists over rocket attacks
Gaza's internal security forces nab terrorists from group that claimed responsibility for attack on Israel during Obama visit.
Gaza's Hamas rulers have arrested two Salafist terrorists, sources close to the Palestinian Islamist hardliners said Friday, after a Salafist group claimed a rocket attack on Israel.
According to the sources, "the Hamas internal security forces arrested two of our Salafist brothers" in the center of the Gaza Strip.
A coalition of Salafist groups in Gaza, which oppose the Hamas regime, claimed responsibility for the firing of two rockets at southern Israel on Thursday while US President Barack Obama was visiting the Jewish state.
In a statement headlined "The demolition of Sderot by rocket bombardment in reaction to the visit of the dog Obama," the Mujahedeen Shura Council had said it was responsible for an attack launched from Gaza. Two rockets hit southern Israel, one landing in the town of Sderot, before Obama travelled from Jerusalem to the West Bank city of Ramallah to hold talks with President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestinian Authority.
Israel retaliated by halving the distance from the shore that Gaza fishermen are allowed to sail and shutting the Kerem Shalom goods crossing from Israel into the territory, a military statement said.
It added that the sanctions would remain in place until the military received fresh instructions from the government. The relations of the Islamist movement Hamas with hardline groups in Gaza have sharply deteriorated since it violently cracked down on Salafist radicals in 2009.
Gaza's Hamas rulers have arrested two Salafist terrorists, sources close to the Palestinian Islamist hardliners said Friday, after a Salafist group claimed a rocket attack on Israel.
According to the sources, "the Hamas internal security forces arrested two of our Salafist brothers" in the center of the Gaza Strip.
A coalition of Salafist groups in Gaza, which oppose the Hamas regime, claimed responsibility for the firing of two rockets at southern Israel on Thursday while US President Barack Obama was visiting the Jewish state.
In a statement headlined "The demolition of Sderot by rocket bombardment in reaction to the visit of the dog Obama," the Mujahedeen Shura Council had said it was responsible for an attack launched from Gaza. Two rockets hit southern Israel, one landing in the town of Sderot, before Obama travelled from Jerusalem to the West Bank city of Ramallah to hold talks with President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Palestinian Authority.
Israel retaliated by halving the distance from the shore that Gaza fishermen are allowed to sail and shutting the Kerem Shalom goods crossing from Israel into the territory, a military statement said.
It added that the sanctions would remain in place until the military received fresh instructions from the government. The relations of the Islamist movement Hamas with hardline groups in Gaza have sharply deteriorated since it violently cracked down on Salafist radicals in 2009.
21 mar 2013
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Islamist group says it fired rockets at Israel from Gaza
Magles Shoura al-Mujahddin says attack on Sderot during Obama visit to Israel meant to show 'war criminals' they cannot stop 'God's destiny of tormenting them'.
A small Islamist group claimed responsibility for firing rockets on Thursday at an Israeli border town from the Gaza Strip during US President Barack Obama's visit to the region. The small Salafi group called Magles Shoura al-Mujahddin said in an Internet statement that it fired the rockets to show that Israeli air defenses could not stop attacks on the Jewish state during the visit. Police said there were no casualties but some damage in the attack on Sderot near the Gaza frontier. |
"Responding to the bragging of the Roman dog and the war criminals of their so-called Iron Dome, we assert that all their military techniques will not stop God's destiny of tormenting them," the statement, posted on the Ansar al-Mujahideen website, which is used by Islamist terrorists, said.
It was referring to the US president, who is on a visit to Israel and the West Bank and who had mentioned the town in a speech on his arrival in Israel a day earlier.
The group had previously claimed a deadly attack in June 2012 on Israel from Sinai.
The Islamist Hamas group, which rules Gaza since 2007, has conducted sweeps against the armed Salafis, who espouse an austere form of Islam and who often try to fire rockets into Israel in defiance of de facto Palestinian truces.
It was referring to the US president, who is on a visit to Israel and the West Bank and who had mentioned the town in a speech on his arrival in Israel a day earlier.
The group had previously claimed a deadly attack in June 2012 on Israel from Sinai.
The Islamist Hamas group, which rules Gaza since 2007, has conducted sweeps against the armed Salafis, who espouse an austere form of Islam and who often try to fire rockets into Israel in defiance of de facto Palestinian truces.
Abbas Condemns Violence, including Rocket Firing
President Mahmoud Abbas Thursday condemned violence of all kinds, including the firing of rockets earlier on Sderot, an Israeli town bordering the Gaza Strip.
Presidential political advisor Nimmer Hammad said that the president condemns all kinds of violence against civilians, including rocket firing, and that Abbas supports the mutual and comprehensive truce in the Gaza strip.
He added that Abbas endorsed the truce agreement reached through Egyptian mediation in November.
Presidential political advisor Nimmer Hammad said that the president condemns all kinds of violence against civilians, including rocket firing, and that Abbas supports the mutual and comprehensive truce in the Gaza strip.
He added that Abbas endorsed the truce agreement reached through Egyptian mediation in November.
Rockets landed in Southern Israel , no injuries reported
4 rockets launched from the Gaza strip landed in Sderot in southern Israel. No injuries were reported only some damage caused in the yard where one rocket landed as the rest fell in open areas.
It is believed that the firing of the rockets is a message by Gaza groups to the visit of the US President to the West Bank and his meeting with the Palestinian President Abbas.
Alerts were sounded in the area early morning. The area of southern Israel has been calm and no rockets fired since last November when a truce was signed after the operation of Pillar of Cloud on Gaza.
And according to The Jerusalem Post, Senior government official says Israel watching "very closely" to see if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will condemn Kassam rocket fire on Sderot during his meeting with US President Barack Obama.
It is believed that the firing of the rockets is a message by Gaza groups to the visit of the US President to the West Bank and his meeting with the Palestinian President Abbas.
Alerts were sounded in the area early morning. The area of southern Israel has been calm and no rockets fired since last November when a truce was signed after the operation of Pillar of Cloud on Gaza.
And according to The Jerusalem Post, Senior government official says Israel watching "very closely" to see if Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will condemn Kassam rocket fire on Sderot during his meeting with US President Barack Obama.
18 mar 2013
IOF closes Jeet barrier in Nablus, storms Fawar camp
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) closed Jeet barrier that links between the cities of Nablus and Qalqilya in the northern West Bank, after an armed attack against an Israeli settler in that area.
The IOF closed the main roads in the area and prevented the passage of Palestinian vehicles following the accident, and then imposed strict measures at Jeet checkpoint, searching and checking the Palestinian citizens' vehicles and identity cards, local sources confirmed.
Voice of Israel radio station has reported that an Israeli settler was slightly injured after being shot from a Palestinian car, as it claimed.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed on Monday Fawar refugee camp south of al-Khalil in the West Bank, where Israeli patrols were deployed near the southern entrance of the district.
Dozens of soldiers stormed the camp, roaming between its neighborhoods, no arrests were reported, eyewitnesses told PIC reporter.
Occupation patrols have also stormed the southern entrance to the city of al-Khalil and the entrance to Beit Haggai settlement built on the Palestinian land.
In a related context, the Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn on Monday the liberated prisoner Kedar Ghaith, 33, from al-Khalil after storming his house, where he was taken to unknown destination.
The occupation authorities have released Kedar a few months ago, where he spent 7 years in Israeli jails.
The IOF closed the main roads in the area and prevented the passage of Palestinian vehicles following the accident, and then imposed strict measures at Jeet checkpoint, searching and checking the Palestinian citizens' vehicles and identity cards, local sources confirmed.
Voice of Israel radio station has reported that an Israeli settler was slightly injured after being shot from a Palestinian car, as it claimed.
Meanwhile, the IOF stormed on Monday Fawar refugee camp south of al-Khalil in the West Bank, where Israeli patrols were deployed near the southern entrance of the district.
Dozens of soldiers stormed the camp, roaming between its neighborhoods, no arrests were reported, eyewitnesses told PIC reporter.
Occupation patrols have also stormed the southern entrance to the city of al-Khalil and the entrance to Beit Haggai settlement built on the Palestinian land.
In a related context, the Israeli occupation forces arrested at dawn on Monday the liberated prisoner Kedar Ghaith, 33, from al-Khalil after storming his house, where he was taken to unknown destination.
The occupation authorities have released Kedar a few months ago, where he spent 7 years in Israeli jails.
15 mar 2013
Qassam: Palestinian resistance serves to protect Egyptian national security
Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, denied being involved in killing Egyptian soldiers in Sinai last August, and said it will sue the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Al-Arabi magazine who published these allegations.
Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, stressed in a press conference on Thursday evening that the Egyptian media publishes lies and false allegations, in an attempt to drag Hamas and its brigades into the Egyptian internal issues.
He said that the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Al-Arabi magazine has accused a number of the al-Qassam leaders of killing Egyptian soldiers based on the alleged results of fake investigations.
Abu Obeida added that the resistance maintained strong relations with both the Egyptian leadership and the people after the revolution. “The Egyptian people know quite well who the al-Qassam Brigades and Gaza resistance are. The people support the resistance and some do not like that, so they started to fabricate accusations.”
“Those writers should have prioritized siding with the Palestinian people and the nation which considers the Palestinian cause its central issue.
The Qassam Brigades spokesman hailed Egypt for its great support to the resistance and the Palestinian people, stressing that the Brigades will never stop resisting the occupation.
In his reply to reporters' questions about the involvement of the leaders in the PA security in the promotion of these news reports Abu Obeida confirmed that he does not rule it out, but he does not have precise information.
He considered that the occupation is the first to benefit from driving a wedge between the Palestinian resistance factions and Egypt.
Asked about Israeli forces’ ongoing breaches of the ceasefire in Gaza, Abu Obeida said: “That does not serve Israel’s interests as the Gaza resistance will not tolerate that too long.”
For his part; Izzat al-Risheq, member of Hamas movement politburo, said that accusing Hamas of targeting the Egyptian security, of being involved in the crime of killing Egyptian soldiers in Rafah or of sending fighters to Egypt to support the president, by some Egyptian media outlets, "are all fabrications and lies."
Risheq said in statements on Thursday that these false accusations have been published by some bodies that want to destabilize and create chaos in the Hamas ruled Gaza Strip.
He added that Egyptian officials and institutions did not believe these contradicting accusations and rumors, because they know that they are lies.
The Hamas official called on the Egyptian media to be very careful while dealing with such lies and fabricated documents and stressed that Hamas and all the Palestinian people will always protect Egypt's security and stability.
Abu Obeida, spokesman for the Qassam Brigades, stressed in a press conference on Thursday evening that the Egyptian media publishes lies and false allegations, in an attempt to drag Hamas and its brigades into the Egyptian internal issues.
He said that the editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram Al-Arabi magazine has accused a number of the al-Qassam leaders of killing Egyptian soldiers based on the alleged results of fake investigations.
Abu Obeida added that the resistance maintained strong relations with both the Egyptian leadership and the people after the revolution. “The Egyptian people know quite well who the al-Qassam Brigades and Gaza resistance are. The people support the resistance and some do not like that, so they started to fabricate accusations.”
“Those writers should have prioritized siding with the Palestinian people and the nation which considers the Palestinian cause its central issue.
The Qassam Brigades spokesman hailed Egypt for its great support to the resistance and the Palestinian people, stressing that the Brigades will never stop resisting the occupation.
In his reply to reporters' questions about the involvement of the leaders in the PA security in the promotion of these news reports Abu Obeida confirmed that he does not rule it out, but he does not have precise information.
He considered that the occupation is the first to benefit from driving a wedge between the Palestinian resistance factions and Egypt.
Asked about Israeli forces’ ongoing breaches of the ceasefire in Gaza, Abu Obeida said: “That does not serve Israel’s interests as the Gaza resistance will not tolerate that too long.”
For his part; Izzat al-Risheq, member of Hamas movement politburo, said that accusing Hamas of targeting the Egyptian security, of being involved in the crime of killing Egyptian soldiers in Rafah or of sending fighters to Egypt to support the president, by some Egyptian media outlets, "are all fabrications and lies."
Risheq said in statements on Thursday that these false accusations have been published by some bodies that want to destabilize and create chaos in the Hamas ruled Gaza Strip.
He added that Egyptian officials and institutions did not believe these contradicting accusations and rumors, because they know that they are lies.
The Hamas official called on the Egyptian media to be very careful while dealing with such lies and fabricated documents and stressed that Hamas and all the Palestinian people will always protect Egypt's security and stability.
14 mar 2013
Bardaweel: “Hamas Will Continue To Smuggle Weapons Into Gaza”
Salah Bardaweel, a political leader of the Hamas movement in Gaza, and an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, stated Thursday that his movement will continue the smuggling of weapons into the coastal region as part of its resistance activities against the Israeli occupation, and added “no one in the entire world can stop it from doing so”.
His statements came during a forum organized by the Islamic Bloc at the Al-Aqsa University in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Bardaweel said that armed resistance is a very important means of activities meant for the liberation of Palestine from the Israeli occupation.
The official did not comment of the ongoing Egyptian campaign that resulted in flooding and demolishing dozens of tunnels across the border between Gaza and Egypt. The tunnels are largely used for the smuggling of supplies, including medical supplies, into the besieged coastal region.
It is worth mentioning that Egypt recently managed to uncover and seize several shipments of weapons in Sinai meant be smuggled into Gaza. The weapons included anti-tank missiles, rocket launchers, RPG’s and several types of light weapons.
The Hamas official said that the movement does not, and will not, interfere in internal Egyptian affairs, and stated that there are certain media outlets in Egypt that are trying to defame Hamas amongst the Egyptian people.
As for the reconciliation talks between his movement and the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, Al-Bardaweel said that officials of the two movements held talks in a number of Arab countries and “managed to overcome most obstacles”, and that the main remaining issue is the security file which includes organizing the security forces and unifying their branches.
He also said that the file of reforming the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) requires a new national vision and comprehensive changes so that it can represent all Palestinian factions, and the national Palestinian interests.
Commenting on the planned visit of American President, Barack Obama, on March 20, Bardaweel said that Obama will not be bringing anything new to the Palestinians, and that Obama’s visit will not change anything of the ground, “but instead, he will be pressuring the Palestinians into resuming peace talks with Israel despite its ongoing violations”.
His statements came during a forum organized by the Islamic Bloc at the Al-Aqsa University in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Bardaweel said that armed resistance is a very important means of activities meant for the liberation of Palestine from the Israeli occupation.
The official did not comment of the ongoing Egyptian campaign that resulted in flooding and demolishing dozens of tunnels across the border between Gaza and Egypt. The tunnels are largely used for the smuggling of supplies, including medical supplies, into the besieged coastal region.
It is worth mentioning that Egypt recently managed to uncover and seize several shipments of weapons in Sinai meant be smuggled into Gaza. The weapons included anti-tank missiles, rocket launchers, RPG’s and several types of light weapons.
The Hamas official said that the movement does not, and will not, interfere in internal Egyptian affairs, and stated that there are certain media outlets in Egypt that are trying to defame Hamas amongst the Egyptian people.
As for the reconciliation talks between his movement and the Fateh movement of President Mahmoud Abbas, Al-Bardaweel said that officials of the two movements held talks in a number of Arab countries and “managed to overcome most obstacles”, and that the main remaining issue is the security file which includes organizing the security forces and unifying their branches.
He also said that the file of reforming the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) requires a new national vision and comprehensive changes so that it can represent all Palestinian factions, and the national Palestinian interests.
Commenting on the planned visit of American President, Barack Obama, on March 20, Bardaweel said that Obama will not be bringing anything new to the Palestinians, and that Obama’s visit will not change anything of the ground, “but instead, he will be pressuring the Palestinians into resuming peace talks with Israel despite its ongoing violations”.
Settler Woman, Her Children, Injured In The West Bank
Israeli Ynet News reported Thursday that a settler woman and her 3-year-old toddler have been injured after a number of Palestinians hurled stones at settlers vehicles driving on Route 5 that connects Tel Aviv with the Ariel illegal settlement in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. The Ynet said that the woman’s car crashed after stones were hurled at her car; the woman, 40, and two of her daughters (ages 4 and 5) were moderately injured, while here three-year-old toddler was critically wounded.
According to the Ynet report, the woman’s car crashed into a truck that was driving on the road at the time of the incident; that the truck driver was mildly injured. A settlement bus driver also sustained mild injuries in the attack.
The truck driver told the Israeli Police that he heard a crash and saw stones on the road, so he pulled over thinking he had a flat tire, but when her returned to his truck he realized that the woman’s car had crashed into the back of his truck and was “practically buried under it”, the Ynet News reported.
Israel soldiers arrived at the scene and started a large-scale campaign in an attempt to locate the persons who hurled stones at the settlers’ vehicles.
The Ynet also reported that, several hours after the initial incident, a 10-year-old Israeli child was also lightly wounded when stones were hurled at settlers’ vehicles on the same road.
The situation in the West Bank has been escalating, with clashes reported in different cities, towns and refugee camp, following the death of Arafat Jaradat, 30, a Palestinian political prisoner who was tortured to death, on February 23, at an Israeli interrogation facility, in addition to the death of Mohammad At-Teety, 25, who was shot and killed on Tuesday by an Israeli dum-dum bullet to the head, in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, in Hebron.
Earlier on Thursday, the army invaded various communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped 23 Palestinians.
According to the Ynet report, the woman’s car crashed into a truck that was driving on the road at the time of the incident; that the truck driver was mildly injured. A settlement bus driver also sustained mild injuries in the attack.
The truck driver told the Israeli Police that he heard a crash and saw stones on the road, so he pulled over thinking he had a flat tire, but when her returned to his truck he realized that the woman’s car had crashed into the back of his truck and was “practically buried under it”, the Ynet News reported.
Israel soldiers arrived at the scene and started a large-scale campaign in an attempt to locate the persons who hurled stones at the settlers’ vehicles.
The Ynet also reported that, several hours after the initial incident, a 10-year-old Israeli child was also lightly wounded when stones were hurled at settlers’ vehicles on the same road.
The situation in the West Bank has been escalating, with clashes reported in different cities, towns and refugee camp, following the death of Arafat Jaradat, 30, a Palestinian political prisoner who was tortured to death, on February 23, at an Israeli interrogation facility, in addition to the death of Mohammad At-Teety, 25, who was shot and killed on Tuesday by an Israeli dum-dum bullet to the head, in the Al-Fawwar refugee camp, in Hebron.
Earlier on Thursday, the army invaded various communities in the occupied West Bank, broke into and searched dozens of homes and kidnapped 23 Palestinians.
14 mar 2013
Interior Ministry: Israeli accusations reflect an Israeli state of confusion
The Ministry of Interior and National Security in Gaza stated that the Israeli accusations against the Interior Minister Fathi Hamad reflect the Israeli state of turmoil and confusion as a result of the Ministry's campaign against collaborators with the occupation.
The occupation authorities have accused Hamad and a number of officials in the Gaza government of planning to carry out operations against occupation from the West Bank in a violation of the truce agreement in November, as they claimed.
The malicious Israeli accusations against Interior Minister Fathi Hamad came as a result of the Israeli state of confusion especially after the Ministry's campaign against the occupation's collaborators and the Ministry's success to undermine the Israeli Intelligence attempts in the strip, the Ministry declared in its statement.
Such Israeli accusations and threats would never succeed to deter the Minister Hamad to continue his national duty in protecting the Palestinian people and resistance, the Ministry declared in its statements.
The Palestinian Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has launched a campaign to encourage collaborators to give themselves up on condition that they agree to undergo rehabilitation. Ministry spokesman Islam Shahwan told a press conference on Tuesday that the campaign is the final stage of the victory against Israel's November war on civilians in Gaza.
The occupation authorities have accused Hamad and a number of officials in the Gaza government of planning to carry out operations against occupation from the West Bank in a violation of the truce agreement in November, as they claimed.
The malicious Israeli accusations against Interior Minister Fathi Hamad came as a result of the Israeli state of confusion especially after the Ministry's campaign against the occupation's collaborators and the Ministry's success to undermine the Israeli Intelligence attempts in the strip, the Ministry declared in its statement.
Such Israeli accusations and threats would never succeed to deter the Minister Hamad to continue his national duty in protecting the Palestinian people and resistance, the Ministry declared in its statements.
The Palestinian Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has launched a campaign to encourage collaborators to give themselves up on condition that they agree to undergo rehabilitation. Ministry spokesman Islam Shahwan told a press conference on Tuesday that the campaign is the final stage of the victory against Israel's November war on civilians in Gaza.
6 mar 2013
Abu Marzouk: Resistance the only road to victory
Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, the deputy chairman of Hamas’s political bureau, met with Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmedi Nejad in Tehran on Wednesday.
Abu Marzouk said after the meeting that the victory of resistance in the latest war on Gaza proved to all Palestinians that resistance is the only feasible road to victory.
He pointed out that the recent changes in the balance of power in the region were in favor of resistance. “We feel that it is about time to reap the fruit of Jihad … and we have to double our efforts to unite Muslims”, he added.
The Hamas leader did not divulge more details about issues discussed during meetings with Iranian officials.
Abu Marzouk said after the meeting that the victory of resistance in the latest war on Gaza proved to all Palestinians that resistance is the only feasible road to victory.
He pointed out that the recent changes in the balance of power in the region were in favor of resistance. “We feel that it is about time to reap the fruit of Jihad … and we have to double our efforts to unite Muslims”, he added.
The Hamas leader did not divulge more details about issues discussed during meetings with Iranian officials.
28 feb 2013
Al-Qassam denounces a fabricated statement bearing its name
Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades denied issuing a statement that includes a threat to the Egyptian army, condemning publishing a fabricated statement bearing the name of the Brigades by some of Egyptian media.
Al-Qassam Brigades expressed surprise and strong condemnation, in a press statement on Wednesday, regarding publishing a fabricated statement carrying the name of the Brigades by some of Egyptian media which includes a threat to the Egyptian army and a warning of military operations against it.
Al-Qassam Brigades emphasized that it is just responsible for positions, statements and data published on its official website.
The Brigades affirmed that the fabricated statement does not reflect the Brigades' ethics and policies, adding that whoever is behind this statement does not want concord between the Egyptian and Palestinian people.
It is an attempt to tarnish the image of the Palestinian resistance which resists the common enemy of Egypt, Palestine and Arab and Islamic nations, the statement added.
Al-Qassam Brigades confirmed "its clear position of not entering into any side battles and not interfering in the affairs of Arab countries. The Brigades respect the sovereignty of countries, especially Egypt, and does not seek to execute any military actions outside of Palestine."
The Brigades called on the Egyptian media "that deal with these suspicious statements to verify their accuracy, objectivity and professionalism, and to beware of publishing such lies that do not deceive anyone."
Al-Qassam Brigades expressed surprise and strong condemnation, in a press statement on Wednesday, regarding publishing a fabricated statement carrying the name of the Brigades by some of Egyptian media which includes a threat to the Egyptian army and a warning of military operations against it.
Al-Qassam Brigades emphasized that it is just responsible for positions, statements and data published on its official website.
The Brigades affirmed that the fabricated statement does not reflect the Brigades' ethics and policies, adding that whoever is behind this statement does not want concord between the Egyptian and Palestinian people.
It is an attempt to tarnish the image of the Palestinian resistance which resists the common enemy of Egypt, Palestine and Arab and Islamic nations, the statement added.
Al-Qassam Brigades confirmed "its clear position of not entering into any side battles and not interfering in the affairs of Arab countries. The Brigades respect the sovereignty of countries, especially Egypt, and does not seek to execute any military actions outside of Palestine."
The Brigades called on the Egyptian media "that deal with these suspicious statements to verify their accuracy, objectivity and professionalism, and to beware of publishing such lies that do not deceive anyone."
26 feb 2013
Hamas: Reports of rocket fire at Ashkelon Israeli lie
Strip's government unfazed by clear evidence of fire, al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claim of responsibility; says reports aim to divert attention from unrest in West Bank
Hamas government in Gaza denied Tuesday Israel's claim that a Strip-based terror group fired a Grad rocket at southern Israel.
The shell, described by security sources as an 8" projectile with an improved mid-to-long range, landed on a road in Ashkelon's industrial zone. No injuries were reported.
It was the first time a rocket was fired at Israel since the conclusion of Operation Pillar of Defense, in November. Hamas, however, was unfazed by photos of the rocket, nor by the fact that the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Fatah's military wing, claimed responsibility for the fire.
"Israel's claims of rocket fire are pure lies and they have not been corroborated by anyone," an official Gaza government statement said.
Head of the Gaza Information Office Ihab Raisin added that the reports were "An attempt to take attention away from the Palestinian people's rage over Israel's continuous crimes against our prisoners."
Meanwhile, the IDF has decided to temporarily close the Kerem Shalom crossing, in response to the rocket fire. Kerem Shalom is used primarily for the transfer of goods to Gaza Strip.
Operations at Erez crossing have also been suspended, with the exception of medical emergencies and humanitarian cases.
"The decision on reopening the Kerem Shalom crossing and resuming Erez crossing's full operations will be made according to security assessments," the IDF said.
Hamas government in Gaza denied Tuesday Israel's claim that a Strip-based terror group fired a Grad rocket at southern Israel.
The shell, described by security sources as an 8" projectile with an improved mid-to-long range, landed on a road in Ashkelon's industrial zone. No injuries were reported.
It was the first time a rocket was fired at Israel since the conclusion of Operation Pillar of Defense, in November. Hamas, however, was unfazed by photos of the rocket, nor by the fact that the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Fatah's military wing, claimed responsibility for the fire.
"Israel's claims of rocket fire are pure lies and they have not been corroborated by anyone," an official Gaza government statement said.
Head of the Gaza Information Office Ihab Raisin added that the reports were "An attempt to take attention away from the Palestinian people's rage over Israel's continuous crimes against our prisoners."
Meanwhile, the IDF has decided to temporarily close the Kerem Shalom crossing, in response to the rocket fire. Kerem Shalom is used primarily for the transfer of goods to Gaza Strip.
Operations at Erez crossing have also been suspended, with the exception of medical emergencies and humanitarian cases.
"The decision on reopening the Kerem Shalom crossing and resuming Erez crossing's full operations will be made according to security assessments," the IDF said.
Ghussain: No rockets were fired at Askalan
Ehab Al-Ghussain, the government spokesman in Gaza, has denied that any rockets were fired from the coastal enclave at Askalan as claimed by the Israeli occupation authorities. Ghussain said in a press release on Tuesday that his government was following up the news report on the issue, adding that no known faction had claimed responsibility for the incident.
The spokesman charged that the IOA was trying to draw the attention away from its constant crimes in lines of the Palestinian people, land and holy shrines, the latest being the killing of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat under torture.
He held the IOA responsible for consequences of the great popular anger, adding that the Palestinian people are fully entitled to defend themselves, their land and holy shrines.
The IOA claimed that a projectile fired from Gaza landed south of Askalan on Tuesday morning.
The spokesman charged that the IOA was trying to draw the attention away from its constant crimes in lines of the Palestinian people, land and holy shrines, the latest being the killing of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat under torture.
He held the IOA responsible for consequences of the great popular anger, adding that the Palestinian people are fully entitled to defend themselves, their land and holy shrines.
The IOA claimed that a projectile fired from Gaza landed south of Askalan on Tuesday morning.
Israel Claims that Palestinian Grad Rocket Was Fired Into Ashkelon
City of Ashkelon
Israel sources reported on Tuesday, that a Grad missile was fired from Gaza into an area close to the industrial zone in the city of Ashkelon (Aaqalan); damage was reported but no injuries.
Israeli Ynet News reported that the Color Red alert system did not sound, and added that an army source said that the alert system did not sound the alarm, as it identified the aimed object as targeting an open area.
This is the first shell to be fired from the coastal region into Israel since the Israeli invasion of Gaza in late November 2012.
During that assault, Israeli forces dropped over 1500 bombs in nine days on the besieged coastal enclave of Gaza, resulting in the deaths of 160 Palestinians, many of whom were civilians, women and children — as well as six Israelis, including four civilians. The damage done to Gazan infrastructure during the airstrike is currently estimated at $1.2 billion.
As the 2012 invasion began, Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai publicly called for the Israeli army to “blow Gaza back to the Middle Ages, destroying all the infrastructure including roads and water.” The following day, Gilad Sharon, son of former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon, called for Israel to “flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza.”
To end the invasion, the Hamas government in Gaza, along with Egyptian mediators negotiated a truce in which all Palestinian armed groups agreed to stop firing homemade shells at Israel, and Israeli forces agreed to stop bombing Gaza.
Israeli violations of the truce began the day after it was declared, with an attack on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza, and Israeli violations of the truce have continued on a daily basis since then.
In just the last week alone, Israeli troops wounded four Palestinians, including a child and a journalist, by live ammunition in the northern Gaza Strip, and wounded two fishermen off the coast, also with live ammunition.
The Palestinian shell fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Monday marks the first violation of the truce by the Palestinian side.
Israel sources reported on Tuesday, that a Grad missile was fired from Gaza into an area close to the industrial zone in the city of Ashkelon (Aaqalan); damage was reported but no injuries.
Israeli Ynet News reported that the Color Red alert system did not sound, and added that an army source said that the alert system did not sound the alarm, as it identified the aimed object as targeting an open area.
This is the first shell to be fired from the coastal region into Israel since the Israeli invasion of Gaza in late November 2012.
During that assault, Israeli forces dropped over 1500 bombs in nine days on the besieged coastal enclave of Gaza, resulting in the deaths of 160 Palestinians, many of whom were civilians, women and children — as well as six Israelis, including four civilians. The damage done to Gazan infrastructure during the airstrike is currently estimated at $1.2 billion.
As the 2012 invasion began, Deputy Prime Minister Eli Yishai publicly called for the Israeli army to “blow Gaza back to the Middle Ages, destroying all the infrastructure including roads and water.” The following day, Gilad Sharon, son of former Israeli premier Ariel Sharon, called for Israel to “flatten entire neighborhoods in Gaza.”
To end the invasion, the Hamas government in Gaza, along with Egyptian mediators negotiated a truce in which all Palestinian armed groups agreed to stop firing homemade shells at Israel, and Israeli forces agreed to stop bombing Gaza.
Israeli violations of the truce began the day after it was declared, with an attack on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza, and Israeli violations of the truce have continued on a daily basis since then.
In just the last week alone, Israeli troops wounded four Palestinians, including a child and a journalist, by live ammunition in the northern Gaza Strip, and wounded two fishermen off the coast, also with live ammunition.
The Palestinian shell fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Monday marks the first violation of the truce by the Palestinian side.
17 jan 2013
Resistance fighters attack Israeli military post in Bethlehem
Palestinian resistance fighters attacked on Wednesday evening an Israeli military post on the outskirts of Bethlehem city using homemade grenades and Molotov cocktails.
The Hebrew radio said that resistance fighters threw four Molotov cocktails and nine explosive devices at a crossing near Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem, adding that an Israeli force was sent after the perpetrators.
In another incident, one Israeli soldier was injured during clashes with young men in Dura town south of Al-Khalil and a Molotov cocktail was thrown at Israeli troops and Jewish settlers from Njihut settlement, according to Israeli media reports.
Eyewitnesses also told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that violent clashes broke out in several areas of Dura town after the Israeli occupation forces stormed Karisa neighborhood.
The Hebrew radio said that resistance fighters threw four Molotov cocktails and nine explosive devices at a crossing near Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem, adding that an Israeli force was sent after the perpetrators.
In another incident, one Israeli soldier was injured during clashes with young men in Dura town south of Al-Khalil and a Molotov cocktail was thrown at Israeli troops and Jewish settlers from Njihut settlement, according to Israeli media reports.
Eyewitnesses also told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that violent clashes broke out in several areas of Dura town after the Israeli occupation forces stormed Karisa neighborhood.
4 jan 2013
Egypt seizes US-made missiles en-route to Gaza
Hamas security and Egyptian soldiers pictured near Rafah
Egyptian security forces seized a stash of US-made missiles on Friday in the Sinai peninsula, Ma'an's correspondent said.
Egyptian security sources told Ma'an that they believe the weapons were ready to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip via underground tunnels.
The six anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles were stored in a remote desert area in north Sinai, with security forces forming a committee to seize the weaponry.
It is thought the weapons were most likely smuggled into Egypt via Libya, in an agreement that they would eventually be transferred into Gaza, security sources said.
Egyptian security forces are trying to reassert control over the Sinai, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip and which has suffered from lawlessness since the revolt that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.
The army announced recently it had seized smuggled rockets and other weapons in Egypt's western desert bordering Libya, which has been awash with arms since the civil war which toppled longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Egyptian President Muhammed Mursi has vowed to restore order in Sinai, but mistrust runs deep between the indigenous Bedouin population there and the central government in Cairo.
Egyptian security forces seized a stash of US-made missiles on Friday in the Sinai peninsula, Ma'an's correspondent said.
Egyptian security sources told Ma'an that they believe the weapons were ready to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip via underground tunnels.
The six anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles were stored in a remote desert area in north Sinai, with security forces forming a committee to seize the weaponry.
It is thought the weapons were most likely smuggled into Egypt via Libya, in an agreement that they would eventually be transferred into Gaza, security sources said.
Egyptian security forces are trying to reassert control over the Sinai, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip and which has suffered from lawlessness since the revolt that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak in February 2011.
The army announced recently it had seized smuggled rockets and other weapons in Egypt's western desert bordering Libya, which has been awash with arms since the civil war which toppled longtime Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Egyptian President Muhammed Mursi has vowed to restore order in Sinai, but mistrust runs deep between the indigenous Bedouin population there and the central government in Cairo.
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