30 apr 2013
Brigades 'fire 5 rockets at Israel'
Palestinians gather around the scene following an Israeli raid on Gaza City, on April 30
The al-Ansar Brigades says it fired five rockets at Israeli targets on Tuesday in response to an airstrike that killed a 25-year-old Palestinian.
An Israeli military spokeswoman was not immediately familiar with any rockets landing in Israel.
The brigades, affiliated to the al-Ahrar movement, said the rockets were a response to the killing of Haitham al-Mishal and Israeli violations of a truce agreed in November.
"The occupation does not respect the truce nor fulfill its commitments," the group said in a statement. "The truce can go to hell."
Israel said its strike on a motorcycle west of Gaza City early Tuesday targeted "a global jihad-affiliated terrorist" involved in an April 17 rocket attack on Eilat.
On Tuesday afternoon, witnesses reported two explosions in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli army spokeswoman said there were no airstrikes in the area.
The al-Ansar Brigades says it fired five rockets at Israeli targets on Tuesday in response to an airstrike that killed a 25-year-old Palestinian.
An Israeli military spokeswoman was not immediately familiar with any rockets landing in Israel.
The brigades, affiliated to the al-Ahrar movement, said the rockets were a response to the killing of Haitham al-Mishal and Israeli violations of a truce agreed in November.
"The occupation does not respect the truce nor fulfill its commitments," the group said in a statement. "The truce can go to hell."
Israel said its strike on a motorcycle west of Gaza City early Tuesday targeted "a global jihad-affiliated terrorist" involved in an April 17 rocket attack on Eilat.
On Tuesday afternoon, witnesses reported two explosions in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. An Israeli army spokeswoman said there were no airstrikes in the area.
DFLP brigades 'will respond' to Israeli airstrike
Haitham al-Mishal
The military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Tuesday said it would respond to Israel's assassination of a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli warplanes on Tuesday fired at a motorcycle west of Gaza City, killing 25-year-old Haitham al-Mishal, a security guard at al-Shifa hospital, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Israel says it targeted "a global Jihad-affiliated terrorist" involved in a rocket attack on Eilat.
The National Resistance Brigades said in a statement that it would respond to the strike and vowed to continue resistance until Palestine is liberated.
The military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine on Tuesday said it would respond to Israel's assassination of a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli warplanes on Tuesday fired at a motorcycle west of Gaza City, killing 25-year-old Haitham al-Mishal, a security guard at al-Shifa hospital, health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Israel says it targeted "a global Jihad-affiliated terrorist" involved in a rocket attack on Eilat.
The National Resistance Brigades said in a statement that it would respond to the strike and vowed to continue resistance until Palestine is liberated.
Settler stabbed to death near Nablus
Eviatar Borovsky 31
A settler was stabbed to death near Nablus on Tuesday, witnesses said.
Onlookers told Ma'an that a man asked a taxi to drop him off around 60 meters from Zatara checkpoint south of Nablus, in an area where settlers wait to hitch-hike or for transport.
"The Palestinian suspect stabbed an Israeli sitting at a bus stop. He died," Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri told AFP, adding that the incident took place near Tapuah junction which lies south of the city of Nablus.
Israeli border police sped to the area and fired towards the attacker, who grabbed his victim's weapon and returned fire but was eventually disarmed and taken into custody, she said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that the Palestinian man was taken to hospital for treatment.
Following the incident, settlers descended on the area and began attacking Palestinian cars, pelting them with stones, an AFP photographer said.
Israeli forces announced a state of alert in the area and erected flying checkpoints in south Nablus, with locals saying that traffic is at a standstill near Zatara checkpoint.
Palestinian terrorist murders Israeli in West Bank
Eviatar Borovsky, a father of five from Yitzhar, stabbed to death at Tapauch Junction by Palestinian, who then snatches victim's gun and opens fire at Border Guard force; officers return fire, moderately hurt terrorist
A 31-year-old Israeli man was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist Tuesday morning at a bus stop at the Tapuach Junction in the northern West Bank. The victim was identified as Eviatar Borovsky, a father of five from the settlement of Yitzhar.
Shai Sub-District Police said the terrorist apparently stabbed the Israeli and then snatched his gun. The terrorist proceeded to open fire at Border Guard officers, who returned fire and moderately wounded him, according to police.
Magen David Adom spokesman Meidan Ben Yoash said Borovsky was pronounced dead after efforts to resuscitate him failed.
Chief Superintendent Shlomi Yosef, commander of the Border Guard's Alon Battalion, said, "At approximately 8 am the terrorist arrived at the Tapauch Junction area from the south. He approached a settler who was standing at the bus stop, pulled out a knife from the bag he was holding and stabbed the civilian, who died of his wounds. The terrorist then took the civilian's gun and opened fire at a nearby Border Guard post. Fighters who were manning the post returned fire, while the commander of the checkpoint ran toward the terrorist and managed to shoot him some 150 meters (492 feet) from the scene of the attack."
The terrorist was evacuated to the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva. Police estimate the terrorist arrived at the junction from Tulkarem or Qalqilya. He acted alone, police said.
Ynet learned that the terrorist is a Fatah operative from a village near Tulkarem. He was imprisoned in Israel for three years after being convicted of stone throwing and was released less than six months ago.
The terrorist's brother is currently jailed in the Palestinian Authority for allegedly collaborating with Israel.
"A terrorist armed with a knife attacked a settler at the bus stop and critically injured him. He apparently snatched the victim's weapon and fired at a Border Guard force positioned nearby. The Border Guard officers returned fire and neutralized the terrorist," a Border Guard spokesman said.
Shomron Council Head Gershon Mesika arrived at the scene of the terror attack at the Tapuach Junction and said: "This heinous murder is a direct result of helplessness in the face of stones, open checkpoints and the lawless attitude towards terror in the area.
"The IDF and security establishment must internalize that this terror kills. The government must make a change and refer to terror as terror," he said.
In January a 17-year-old Israeli was stabbed at a hitchhiking post at the Tapauch Junction. He sustained light to moderate wounds. The terrorist, a man in his 20s from Ramallah, was apprehended.
A settler was stabbed to death near Nablus on Tuesday, witnesses said.
Onlookers told Ma'an that a man asked a taxi to drop him off around 60 meters from Zatara checkpoint south of Nablus, in an area where settlers wait to hitch-hike or for transport.
"The Palestinian suspect stabbed an Israeli sitting at a bus stop. He died," Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri told AFP, adding that the incident took place near Tapuah junction which lies south of the city of Nablus.
Israeli border police sped to the area and fired towards the attacker, who grabbed his victim's weapon and returned fire but was eventually disarmed and taken into custody, she said.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that the Palestinian man was taken to hospital for treatment.
Following the incident, settlers descended on the area and began attacking Palestinian cars, pelting them with stones, an AFP photographer said.
Israeli forces announced a state of alert in the area and erected flying checkpoints in south Nablus, with locals saying that traffic is at a standstill near Zatara checkpoint.
Palestinian terrorist murders Israeli in West Bank
Eviatar Borovsky, a father of five from Yitzhar, stabbed to death at Tapauch Junction by Palestinian, who then snatches victim's gun and opens fire at Border Guard force; officers return fire, moderately hurt terrorist
A 31-year-old Israeli man was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist Tuesday morning at a bus stop at the Tapuach Junction in the northern West Bank. The victim was identified as Eviatar Borovsky, a father of five from the settlement of Yitzhar.
Shai Sub-District Police said the terrorist apparently stabbed the Israeli and then snatched his gun. The terrorist proceeded to open fire at Border Guard officers, who returned fire and moderately wounded him, according to police.
Magen David Adom spokesman Meidan Ben Yoash said Borovsky was pronounced dead after efforts to resuscitate him failed.
Chief Superintendent Shlomi Yosef, commander of the Border Guard's Alon Battalion, said, "At approximately 8 am the terrorist arrived at the Tapauch Junction area from the south. He approached a settler who was standing at the bus stop, pulled out a knife from the bag he was holding and stabbed the civilian, who died of his wounds. The terrorist then took the civilian's gun and opened fire at a nearby Border Guard post. Fighters who were manning the post returned fire, while the commander of the checkpoint ran toward the terrorist and managed to shoot him some 150 meters (492 feet) from the scene of the attack."
The terrorist was evacuated to the Rabin Medical Center in Petah Tikva. Police estimate the terrorist arrived at the junction from Tulkarem or Qalqilya. He acted alone, police said.
Ynet learned that the terrorist is a Fatah operative from a village near Tulkarem. He was imprisoned in Israel for three years after being convicted of stone throwing and was released less than six months ago.
The terrorist's brother is currently jailed in the Palestinian Authority for allegedly collaborating with Israel.
"A terrorist armed with a knife attacked a settler at the bus stop and critically injured him. He apparently snatched the victim's weapon and fired at a Border Guard force positioned nearby. The Border Guard officers returned fire and neutralized the terrorist," a Border Guard spokesman said.
Shomron Council Head Gershon Mesika arrived at the scene of the terror attack at the Tapuach Junction and said: "This heinous murder is a direct result of helplessness in the face of stones, open checkpoints and the lawless attitude towards terror in the area.
"The IDF and security establishment must internalize that this terror kills. The government must make a change and refer to terror as terror," he said.
In January a 17-year-old Israeli was stabbed at a hitchhiking post at the Tapauch Junction. He sustained light to moderate wounds. The terrorist, a man in his 20s from Ramallah, was apprehended.
29 apr 2013
Gaza mortar shell fired at southern Israel
Militants from the Islamic Jihad launch a mortar from the Gaza Strip, on July 28, 2011
Militants in the Gaza Strip on Monday sent a mortar shell crashing into an open area in southern Israel, a day after a rare retaliatory air strike by Israeli forces, the army said.
"A mortar shell struck an uninhabited area in the Eshkol region near the security fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip," an army spokeswoman said on Monday.
The incident came 24 hours after Israeli warplanes launched air strikes against the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis, targeting weapons depots and a training site for the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, the military said.
The strikes, which came in response to rocket fire that hit open fields in southern Israel on Saturday, caused no casualties.
The Israeli authorities on Sunday also closed the Kerem Shalom goods crossing until further notice after Saturday's rocket attack, the defense ministry said, and restricted movement of people across the separate Erez crossing to "humanitarian cases".
Israel also cancelled visits that Gaza-based Palestinians were to make Monday to see family members held in Israeli jails, the Red Cross said.
"The Israeli authorities told us yesterday that the planned visits of Palestinians from Gaza today were cancelled," ICRC spokeswoman Noora Kero told AFP.
"This affects 87 people who were supposed to travel to Israel."
A spokesman for the Israeli defense ministry said the visits were only cancelled because of the restrictions on the Erez crossing.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting that Israel would retaliate with great force against any rocket or missile fire.
"I want to make it clear that we will respond in a very offensive way against any rockets or missiles. We will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of Israelis... on all fronts," he said.
Militants in the Gaza Strip on Monday sent a mortar shell crashing into an open area in southern Israel, a day after a rare retaliatory air strike by Israeli forces, the army said.
"A mortar shell struck an uninhabited area in the Eshkol region near the security fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip," an army spokeswoman said on Monday.
The incident came 24 hours after Israeli warplanes launched air strikes against the southern Gaza town of Khan Younis, targeting weapons depots and a training site for the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, the military said.
The strikes, which came in response to rocket fire that hit open fields in southern Israel on Saturday, caused no casualties.
The Israeli authorities on Sunday also closed the Kerem Shalom goods crossing until further notice after Saturday's rocket attack, the defense ministry said, and restricted movement of people across the separate Erez crossing to "humanitarian cases".
Israel also cancelled visits that Gaza-based Palestinians were to make Monday to see family members held in Israeli jails, the Red Cross said.
"The Israeli authorities told us yesterday that the planned visits of Palestinians from Gaza today were cancelled," ICRC spokeswoman Noora Kero told AFP.
"This affects 87 people who were supposed to travel to Israel."
A spokesman for the Israeli defense ministry said the visits were only cancelled because of the restrictions on the Erez crossing.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Sunday's weekly cabinet meeting that Israel would retaliate with great force against any rocket or missile fire.
"I want to make it clear that we will respond in a very offensive way against any rockets or missiles. We will take all necessary measures to ensure the security of Israelis... on all fronts," he said.
28 apr 2013
Israel launches two air strikes last night on Gaza
Israeli F16 warplanes bombed on Sunday night a Palestinian resistance site in Khan Younis and an empty piece of land west of Rafah area in the Gaza Strip. Concurrently, Israeli drones and warplanes were reported overflying intensively different areas of the Gaza Strip.
The air raids took place a few hours after the Israeli army claimed that Palestinian homemade rockets landed in Netivot settlement and the Negev region.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that one of the Israeli aerial attacks caused material damage to a resistance training site west of Khan Younis, belonging to Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement.
He also said that another airstrike happened shortly after the first raid in an empty area west of Rafah.
Meanwhile, the medical authorities in Gaza did not report about any casualties among civilians or resistance fighters as a result of the attacks.
Israel fires on Gaza after rocket lands in Negev
Israeli warplanes bombed two sites early Sunday in the south of the Gaza Strip belonging to the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
No injuries were reported, but a training site was damaged, a statement from the National Resistance Brigades said. Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at the site, the groups said.
Israeli aircraft also bombed a site belonging to Islamic Jihad's military wing in southern Gaza.
Israel's army confirmed the operation and said it followed a rocket attack from Gaza.
"A short while ago, in response to rocket fire this evening, an IAF aircraft targeted a terrorist weapon storage facility and a Hamas training installation in the southern Gaza Strip. Direct hits on the targets were confirmed," the military said in a statement.
"These sites were targeted in response to the rocket launched at civilian communities in southern Israel.
"The IDF will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israeli civilians, and will not allow for the reality before Pillar of Defense to take place again and threaten Israeli civilians. The Hamas terror organization is solely responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from the Gaza Strip."
The air raids took place a few hours after the Israeli army claimed that Palestinian homemade rockets landed in Netivot settlement and the Negev region.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that one of the Israeli aerial attacks caused material damage to a resistance training site west of Khan Younis, belonging to Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement.
He also said that another airstrike happened shortly after the first raid in an empty area west of Rafah.
Meanwhile, the medical authorities in Gaza did not report about any casualties among civilians or resistance fighters as a result of the attacks.
Israel fires on Gaza after rocket lands in Negev
Israeli warplanes bombed two sites early Sunday in the south of the Gaza Strip belonging to the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.
No injuries were reported, but a training site was damaged, a statement from the National Resistance Brigades said. Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at the site, the groups said.
Israeli aircraft also bombed a site belonging to Islamic Jihad's military wing in southern Gaza.
Israel's army confirmed the operation and said it followed a rocket attack from Gaza.
"A short while ago, in response to rocket fire this evening, an IAF aircraft targeted a terrorist weapon storage facility and a Hamas training installation in the southern Gaza Strip. Direct hits on the targets were confirmed," the military said in a statement.
"These sites were targeted in response to the rocket launched at civilian communities in southern Israel.
"The IDF will not tolerate any attempt to harm Israeli civilians, and will not allow for the reality before Pillar of Defense to take place again and threaten Israeli civilians. The Hamas terror organization is solely responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from the Gaza Strip."
24 apr 2013
Palestinian resistance confronts Israeli incursion east of Beit Hanoun
Israeli Military tanks and bulldozers on Wednesday penetrated Beit Hanoun from the Memorial Gate toward Palestinian fields in the northern Gaza strip.
According to PIC reporter, 8 Israeli tanks and 4 bulldozers penetrated 300 meters east of the town, amid heavy fire from the Israeli military watchtowers toward Palestinian farmers.
The reporter added that the Palestinian resistance confronted the Israeli incursion by firing a number of mortar shells.
This recent incursion is considered the third Israeli breach in two days in flagrant violation of the truce signed between the IOA and Palestinian resistance under Egyptian auspices.
According to PIC reporter, 8 Israeli tanks and 4 bulldozers penetrated 300 meters east of the town, amid heavy fire from the Israeli military watchtowers toward Palestinian farmers.
The reporter added that the Palestinian resistance confronted the Israeli incursion by firing a number of mortar shells.
This recent incursion is considered the third Israeli breach in two days in flagrant violation of the truce signed between the IOA and Palestinian resistance under Egyptian auspices.
Report: $1,000 per photo for 'Israeli spy in Sinai'
File photo of IDF troops in Sinai
Egyptian security source says 'spy for Israel' tried to attain missiles used by Hamas to attack Jewish state; 'spy network' discovered a few days after Grad rockets fired from Sinai on Eilat
An Egyptian security source relayed on Wednesday to the Palestinian Maan news agency new details which he claims surfaced in the interrogation of the man arrested a few days ago in the Sinai Peninsula. The man allegedly stood at the head of a spy network, working in Israel's favor there.
The source said that the accused is a 35-year-old Bedouin who admitted in his interrogation to passing along military, political and economic information to the Mossad.
The source told the Palestinian news agency that the information the man supplied revolved around protests that occurred in Egypt. In addition he was expected to attain missiles of the kind used by Hamas against Israel. According to this source, the man lives in Rafah and receives $300 in exchange for each piece of information he passes and $1,000 for every important picture.
Information on the movement and equipment of the Egyptian army in Sinai is reportedly given the highest prority. Last Sunday, Major-General Samih Ahmad Bashadi, head of security in northern Sinai confirmed the reports according to which a spy network that operated in the area for Israel was discovered. On the same day, the Egyptian governmental newspaper al-Akhbar reported that this is a network that was revealed by the Egyptian security and included eight Egyptian and Palestinian citizens.
The same report claimed that the search for the man took four months, as he moved between Cairo and north Sinai. The report also said that the main defendant was confirmed by recordings of a phone conversation he held with Egyptian figures and with Mossad sources.
The network was discovered a few days after Grad rockets were fired from Sinai at Eilat. Hours after the firing, the Salafi extremist group that operates in the Gaza Strip and in Sinai, the Mujahideen Shura Council of Jerusalem, released footage of the rocket fire. On Thursday, Egypt will celebrate the "anniversary of the liberation of Sinai" in which the Egyptians commemorate the withdrawal of the last Israeli soldier from the Sinai Peninsula.
Egyptian security source says 'spy for Israel' tried to attain missiles used by Hamas to attack Jewish state; 'spy network' discovered a few days after Grad rockets fired from Sinai on Eilat
An Egyptian security source relayed on Wednesday to the Palestinian Maan news agency new details which he claims surfaced in the interrogation of the man arrested a few days ago in the Sinai Peninsula. The man allegedly stood at the head of a spy network, working in Israel's favor there.
The source said that the accused is a 35-year-old Bedouin who admitted in his interrogation to passing along military, political and economic information to the Mossad.
The source told the Palestinian news agency that the information the man supplied revolved around protests that occurred in Egypt. In addition he was expected to attain missiles of the kind used by Hamas against Israel. According to this source, the man lives in Rafah and receives $300 in exchange for each piece of information he passes and $1,000 for every important picture.
Information on the movement and equipment of the Egyptian army in Sinai is reportedly given the highest prority. Last Sunday, Major-General Samih Ahmad Bashadi, head of security in northern Sinai confirmed the reports according to which a spy network that operated in the area for Israel was discovered. On the same day, the Egyptian governmental newspaper al-Akhbar reported that this is a network that was revealed by the Egyptian security and included eight Egyptian and Palestinian citizens.
The same report claimed that the search for the man took four months, as he moved between Cairo and north Sinai. The report also said that the main defendant was confirmed by recordings of a phone conversation he held with Egyptian figures and with Mossad sources.
The network was discovered a few days after Grad rockets were fired from Sinai at Eilat. Hours after the firing, the Salafi extremist group that operates in the Gaza Strip and in Sinai, the Mujahideen Shura Council of Jerusalem, released footage of the rocket fire. On Thursday, Egypt will celebrate the "anniversary of the liberation of Sinai" in which the Egyptians commemorate the withdrawal of the last Israeli soldier from the Sinai Peninsula.
23 apr 2013
Resistance fends off Israeli soldiers north Gaza
The Palestinian resistance on Monday evening repelled an Israeli military incursion into the east of Beit Hanoun district in northern Gaza.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that a force of foot soldiers infiltrated dozens of meters into Beit Hanoun, but resistance fighters fired a hail of mortar shells at them forcing them to draw back and leave the area.
They said that the invading soldiers reached an area between the memorial site and the transmission site east of Beit Hanoun when they were spotted by a group of resistance fighters.
Earlier, the Brigades of Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa, the armed wing of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for opening fire at an Israeli military force in Beit Hanoun, but it is still unknown if the same Brigades launched the mortar counterattack.
This Israeli military incursion is one of many violations that have been committed by Israel since it accepted an Egyptian-brokered truce and ended its wanton war in November 2012.
The Israeli army has violated the truce many times since then killing four Palestinians, wounding several others, kidnapping about 40 fishermen and destroying many fishing boats off the coast of Gaza.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that a force of foot soldiers infiltrated dozens of meters into Beit Hanoun, but resistance fighters fired a hail of mortar shells at them forcing them to draw back and leave the area.
They said that the invading soldiers reached an area between the memorial site and the transmission site east of Beit Hanoun when they were spotted by a group of resistance fighters.
Earlier, the Brigades of Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa, the armed wing of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine, claimed responsibility for opening fire at an Israeli military force in Beit Hanoun, but it is still unknown if the same Brigades launched the mortar counterattack.
This Israeli military incursion is one of many violations that have been committed by Israel since it accepted an Egyptian-brokered truce and ended its wanton war in November 2012.
The Israeli army has violated the truce many times since then killing four Palestinians, wounding several others, kidnapping about 40 fishermen and destroying many fishing boats off the coast of Gaza.
21 apr 2013
Israeli sources: Rocket hits western Negev
A rocket landed at dawn on Saturday in western Negev, south of the 1948-occupied territories, no injuries were reported, Israeli sources claimed.
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area of Eshkol settlement in western Negev. No injuries or damage were reported, Yediot Ahronot stated.
The projectile fired from the Gaza Strip landed near a community in the Eshkol Regional Council in Israel, the Hebrew radio reported.
No injuries or damage were reported during the explosion, the sources said without mentioning whether sirens sounded or not.
On Thursday, two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in the same area in the Eshkol Regional Council.
The Israeli occupation authorities have repeatedly threatened to launch a new war on the Gaza Strip in case the rockets continued to land in violation of the truce between the resistance and the occupation after the recent 8 day-aggression on Gaza in November. The Israeli occupation has committed many violations of the agreement since then.
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open area of Eshkol settlement in western Negev. No injuries or damage were reported, Yediot Ahronot stated.
The projectile fired from the Gaza Strip landed near a community in the Eshkol Regional Council in Israel, the Hebrew radio reported.
No injuries or damage were reported during the explosion, the sources said without mentioning whether sirens sounded or not.
On Thursday, two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip exploded in the same area in the Eshkol Regional Council.
The Israeli occupation authorities have repeatedly threatened to launch a new war on the Gaza Strip in case the rockets continued to land in violation of the truce between the resistance and the occupation after the recent 8 day-aggression on Gaza in November. The Israeli occupation has committed many violations of the agreement since then.
19 apr 2013
Tel Aviv says two Gaza rockets hit southern Israel
The Tel Aviv regime says two rockets fired from the blockaded Gaza Strip have hit southern Israel.
Louba Samri, a spokeswoman of the Israeli police, said on Thursday that two rockets fell into “uninhabited areas of the Eshkol region” without causing any casualties or damages.
On April 17, the Israeli military said that two rockets fired from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula hit Eilat resort in southern Israel. However, Cairo denied the report.
Also on April 4, the Tel Aviv regime said a number of rockets were fired from Gaza with one exploding inside Israel. The incident took place two days after Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against Gaza.
The Israeli airstrikes are seen as a violation of a truce that ended an eight-day Israeli war on the Palestinian territory in November 2012.
Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others injured in the Israeli war on Gaza from November 14 to 21. The Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.
Louba Samri, a spokeswoman of the Israeli police, said on Thursday that two rockets fell into “uninhabited areas of the Eshkol region” without causing any casualties or damages.
On April 17, the Israeli military said that two rockets fired from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula hit Eilat resort in southern Israel. However, Cairo denied the report.
Also on April 4, the Tel Aviv regime said a number of rockets were fired from Gaza with one exploding inside Israel. The incident took place two days after Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against Gaza.
The Israeli airstrikes are seen as a violation of a truce that ended an eight-day Israeli war on the Palestinian territory in November 2012.
Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others injured in the Israeli war on Gaza from November 14 to 21. The Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.
14 apr 2013
Israeli military tower attacked with Molotov cocktails in Aida refugee camp
An Israeli military tower overlooking Aida refugee camp in Bethlehem city was burnt in an attack on Saturday evening. Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that the Israeli soldiers fled from the tower after it was attacked with homemade Molotov cocktails by angry Palestinian young men.
The attack happened during violent clashes with Israeli soldiers who fired tear gas grenades at the young men.
Two young men also suffered bullet injuries in similar clashes that broke out in Al-Khader town west of Bethlehem.
Beit Ummar town also saw on the same day violent clashes between young men and soldiers.
According to local sources, the Israeli occupation forces brutally raided the town, broke into two houses belonging to Abu Ayyash family and closed the main entrance to the town before clashing with young men.
The attack happened during violent clashes with Israeli soldiers who fired tear gas grenades at the young men.
Two young men also suffered bullet injuries in similar clashes that broke out in Al-Khader town west of Bethlehem.
Beit Ummar town also saw on the same day violent clashes between young men and soldiers.
According to local sources, the Israeli occupation forces brutally raided the town, broke into two houses belonging to Abu Ayyash family and closed the main entrance to the town before clashing with young men.
9 apr 2013
Palestinian resistance blasts explosive device in Israeli military bulldozer
Palestinian resistance elements blasted an explosive device in an Israeli army bulldozer south of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses said that the explosion to the east of Abbasan Al-Kabira town, east of Khan Younis city, targeted a bulldozer that was leveling Palestinian land.
They said that a number of Israeli armored vehicles rushed to the scene after the explosion.
Israeli occupation forces had escorted eight bulldozers that infiltrated 200 meters into southern Gaza earlier on Tuesday.
Eyewitnesses said that the explosion to the east of Abbasan Al-Kabira town, east of Khan Younis city, targeted a bulldozer that was leveling Palestinian land.
They said that a number of Israeli armored vehicles rushed to the scene after the explosion.
Israeli occupation forces had escorted eight bulldozers that infiltrated 200 meters into southern Gaza earlier on Tuesday.
Israeli Military Infiltrate Gaza Borders
Sources from the Gaza Strip revealed that a bomb exploded in an Israeli vehicle while raiding east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces infiltrated Gaza borders and went nearly 300 meters into the eastern part of Khan Younis, according to witnesses.
They told Palestinian official news agency WAFA that four Israeli tanks and three army bulldozers raided and razed agricultural land while shooting in all directions.
Witnesses said Israeli forces regularly raid and raze land in that area and prevent residents from reaching their land.
Israeli forces infiltrated Gaza borders and went nearly 300 meters into the eastern part of Khan Younis, according to witnesses.
They told Palestinian official news agency WAFA that four Israeli tanks and three army bulldozers raided and razed agricultural land while shooting in all directions.
Witnesses said Israeli forces regularly raid and raze land in that area and prevent residents from reaching their land.
7 apr 2013
Police: Gaza rocket fired at Israel
A technician collects the remains of a rocket launched from Gaza, which fell close to Sderot on April 3
A rocket fired from Gaza crashed into southern Israel on Sunday, without causing casualties or damage, shortly after the arrival of US Secretary of State John Kerry on a peace bid, police said.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP the rocket landed in an uninhabited sector of the Negev desert, as Kerry started a three-day visit to Israel and Palestine.
Kerry is to hold a new round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on how to break a years-long impasse in direct peace negotiations.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon warned on Wednesday that his country would respond to any attacks on its territory and not allow its people to come under fire.
The Gaza-Israel border has been largely quiet since November when an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire ended a deadly eight-day confrontation between Israel and Hamas.
But since late February, there have been four other cases of rocket fire on Israel, three of which were claimed by Salafist militants.
A rocket fired from Gaza crashed into southern Israel on Sunday, without causing casualties or damage, shortly after the arrival of US Secretary of State John Kerry on a peace bid, police said.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP the rocket landed in an uninhabited sector of the Negev desert, as Kerry started a three-day visit to Israel and Palestine.
Kerry is to hold a new round of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders on how to break a years-long impasse in direct peace negotiations.
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon warned on Wednesday that his country would respond to any attacks on its territory and not allow its people to come under fire.
The Gaza-Israel border has been largely quiet since November when an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire ended a deadly eight-day confrontation between Israel and Hamas.
But since late February, there have been four other cases of rocket fire on Israel, three of which were claimed by Salafist militants.
6 apr 2013
Israel ignores its many violations in Gaza, complains about some rocket attacks
Gazan fishermen gather around a fishing boat after it was attacked by Israeli naval fire
Despite its documented violation of the truce in Gaza several times before, Israel complained to the UN Security Council about recent Palestinian projectile attacks.
Israel's representative to the UN Ron Prosor filed a complaint denouncing the projectile attacks from Gaza and threatened another war on its people in order to protect Israel's citizens.
Before the latest alleged fall of rockets in Israeli empty areas, the Israeli army had violated the Egyptian-brokered truce with the Palestinians many times and killed four Palestinians in Gaza and injured many others during different military attacks.
The Israeli navy had also harassed and attacked Gazan fishermen with no reason several times.
Even last Tuesday, Israel waged two aerial attacks on Palestinian targets in Gaza.
These Israeli violations and many others were reported to Egypt by the Hamas-affiliated government in Gaza during their occurrence.
In a fresh incident, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Friday evening at Palestinian citizens east of Jabaliya to the north of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that one civilian suffered medium injuries in one of his legs during the Israeli attack east of Al-Shuhada cemetery in Jabliya.
Despite its documented violation of the truce in Gaza several times before, Israel complained to the UN Security Council about recent Palestinian projectile attacks.
Israel's representative to the UN Ron Prosor filed a complaint denouncing the projectile attacks from Gaza and threatened another war on its people in order to protect Israel's citizens.
Before the latest alleged fall of rockets in Israeli empty areas, the Israeli army had violated the Egyptian-brokered truce with the Palestinians many times and killed four Palestinians in Gaza and injured many others during different military attacks.
The Israeli navy had also harassed and attacked Gazan fishermen with no reason several times.
Even last Tuesday, Israel waged two aerial attacks on Palestinian targets in Gaza.
These Israeli violations and many others were reported to Egypt by the Hamas-affiliated government in Gaza during their occurrence.
In a fresh incident, the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Friday evening at Palestinian citizens east of Jabaliya to the north of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that one civilian suffered medium injuries in one of his legs during the Israeli attack east of Al-Shuhada cemetery in Jabliya.
4 apr 2013
Tel Aviv says Gaza rocket hit Israel
The Israeli military says a number of rockets have been fired from the besieged Gaza Strip with one exploding inside Israel.
The rockets fired from the besieged enclave on Thursday were in response to Tel Aviv’s recent attacks. According to an Israeli military spokesman, one of the rockets exploded in southern Israel. No reports of casualties have been released.
Palestinian rockets were also fired into Israel on April 2.
On Wednesday, Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Moshe Yaalon issued a warning to Gaza that the strikes would be met with a similar response.
The incident comes two days after Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli airstrikes are seen as a violation of a truce that ended an eight-day Israeli war on the Palestinian territory in November 2012.
Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others injured in the Israeli war on Gaza from November 14 to 21. The Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.
The rockets fired from the besieged enclave on Thursday were in response to Tel Aviv’s recent attacks. According to an Israeli military spokesman, one of the rockets exploded in southern Israel. No reports of casualties have been released.
Palestinian rockets were also fired into Israel on April 2.
On Wednesday, Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Moshe Yaalon issued a warning to Gaza that the strikes would be met with a similar response.
The incident comes two days after Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli airstrikes are seen as a violation of a truce that ended an eight-day Israeli war on the Palestinian territory in November 2012.
Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others injured in the Israeli war on Gaza from November 14 to 21. The Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.
3 apr 2013
Gaza rockets land near Israeli town
Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have landed near the Israeli town of Sderot, following the Tel Aviv regime’s airstrikes on the Palestinian territory.
The rockets landed in an open area on Wednesday. No damage or injuries were reported.
The retaliatory rockets came after Israeli warplanes bombarded an open area in northern Gaza on Tuesday.
The airstrikes were the first such attacks since a truce ended an eight-day Israeli war on the coastal enclave in November 2012.
Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Moshe Yaalon has issued a warning over the rockets fired from Gaza, saying the Tel Aviv regime would respond with a strike.
Also on Tuesday, one projectile was fired from Gaza into Israel. Earlier in the day two mortars were fired from the Palestinian territory but they landed without causing damage.
Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others injured in the Israeli war on Gaza from November 14 to 21. The Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.
The rockets landed in an open area on Wednesday. No damage or injuries were reported.
The retaliatory rockets came after Israeli warplanes bombarded an open area in northern Gaza on Tuesday.
The airstrikes were the first such attacks since a truce ended an eight-day Israeli war on the coastal enclave in November 2012.
Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Moshe Yaalon has issued a warning over the rockets fired from Gaza, saying the Tel Aviv regime would respond with a strike.
Also on Tuesday, one projectile was fired from Gaza into Israel. Earlier in the day two mortars were fired from the Palestinian territory but they landed without causing damage.
Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others injured in the Israeli war on Gaza from November 14 to 21. The Israeli regime and the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.
Israeli warplanes bomb the Gaza Strip
Israeli warplanes bombed on Tuesday night two areas in the east and north of the Gaza Strip, causing damage but no injuries.
The raids were the first since Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under Egyptian auspices on November 21 to end an 8-day aggression on the Gaza Strip.
PIC's correspondent said that two airstrikes hit Tuffah area in the eastern Gaza Strip, and farm land near the Bedouin village north of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
He pointed out that the shelling caused no casualties, and added that the Israeli warplanes have continued to fly over Gaza, in a new breach of November truce.
The bombing took place hours after the Hebrew media announced that two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli targets in the western Negev in southern 1948-occupied territories, following the announcement of the death of prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya.
The Israeli army said the two attacks were in response to rocket fire from the Strip.
None of the Palestinian factions claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Israeli Warplanes Strike Gaza
Israeli drone planes, late Tuesday night, fired two missiles targeting two locations in the Gaza strip.
Witnesses said that Israeli drone planes fired two missiles targeting an agricultural land northeast of Gaza, in addition to another missile targeting an empty land east of the town of Lahya, north of the strip.
No injuries were reported.
The raids were the first since Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire under Egyptian auspices on November 21 to end an 8-day aggression on the Gaza Strip.
PIC's correspondent said that two airstrikes hit Tuffah area in the eastern Gaza Strip, and farm land near the Bedouin village north of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
He pointed out that the shelling caused no casualties, and added that the Israeli warplanes have continued to fly over Gaza, in a new breach of November truce.
The bombing took place hours after the Hebrew media announced that two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli targets in the western Negev in southern 1948-occupied territories, following the announcement of the death of prisoner Maysara Abu Hamdiya.
The Israeli army said the two attacks were in response to rocket fire from the Strip.
None of the Palestinian factions claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Israeli Warplanes Strike Gaza
Israeli drone planes, late Tuesday night, fired two missiles targeting two locations in the Gaza strip.
Witnesses said that Israeli drone planes fired two missiles targeting an agricultural land northeast of Gaza, in addition to another missile targeting an empty land east of the town of Lahya, north of the strip.
No injuries were reported.