26 dec 2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Gaza rulers Hamas were responsible for any attacks from the Palestinian enclave, after deaths on both sides.
"We have recently been subject to attacks against us," he said at a pilots' graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim air force base in southern Israel.
"Israel holds Hamas responsible for all the attacks launched on us. We will strike at those who attack us, and at those who support them," he said in remarks that were also broadcast on radio.
Confrontations between the sides peaked on Tuesday, when a sniper inside the Gaza Strip killed an Israeli fixing the border fence.
Israel retaliated against "terror sites" in Gaza using warplanes and tanks, killing a toddler and wounding at least six people.
The sniper attack has been attributed to a small Palestinian faction unrelated to the Islamist Hamas.
An ensuing tense quiet has held, despite Palestinians in Gaza firing a projectile that hit an uninhabited area in southern Israel early on Thursday.
A military spokeswoman told AFP it caused no damage or injuries.
On Thursday night a second projectile fired from Gaza "landed in open ground causing no damage", according to a military spokesman.
Speaking at the same air force ceremony, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Israel would not accept the "trickle of terror from the Gaza Strip, where Hamas is sovereign."
The week before the sniper attack, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian scavenging for metal and plastic scraps near the border, and wounded at least 4 Gazans in attacks across the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces frequently shoot at farmers and other civilians inside the Gaza Strip if they approach large swathes of land near the border that the Israeli military has deemed off-limits to Palestinians.
The "security buffer zone" extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Strip, effectively turning local farms into no-go zones.
According to UNOCHA, 17% of Gaza's total land area and 35% of its agricultural land were within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gazans.
The Gaza Strip has been under a severe economic blockade imposed by the State of Israel since 2006.
"We have recently been subject to attacks against us," he said at a pilots' graduation ceremony at the Hatzerim air force base in southern Israel.
"Israel holds Hamas responsible for all the attacks launched on us. We will strike at those who attack us, and at those who support them," he said in remarks that were also broadcast on radio.
Confrontations between the sides peaked on Tuesday, when a sniper inside the Gaza Strip killed an Israeli fixing the border fence.
Israel retaliated against "terror sites" in Gaza using warplanes and tanks, killing a toddler and wounding at least six people.
The sniper attack has been attributed to a small Palestinian faction unrelated to the Islamist Hamas.
An ensuing tense quiet has held, despite Palestinians in Gaza firing a projectile that hit an uninhabited area in southern Israel early on Thursday.
A military spokeswoman told AFP it caused no damage or injuries.
On Thursday night a second projectile fired from Gaza "landed in open ground causing no damage", according to a military spokesman.
Speaking at the same air force ceremony, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon said Israel would not accept the "trickle of terror from the Gaza Strip, where Hamas is sovereign."
The week before the sniper attack, Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian scavenging for metal and plastic scraps near the border, and wounded at least 4 Gazans in attacks across the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces frequently shoot at farmers and other civilians inside the Gaza Strip if they approach large swathes of land near the border that the Israeli military has deemed off-limits to Palestinians.
The "security buffer zone" extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Strip, effectively turning local farms into no-go zones.
According to UNOCHA, 17% of Gaza's total land area and 35% of its agricultural land were within the buffer zone as of 2010, directly affecting the lives and livelihoods of more than 100,000 Gazans.
The Gaza Strip has been under a severe economic blockade imposed by the State of Israel since 2006.
A Palestinian child was seriously injured after being run over by a car driven by an Israeli settler in the Northern West Bank town of Deir Istiya near Salfit.
A Ma'an correspondent citing local and medical sources said that Yasser Ibrahim Abu Zeid, 7, was seriously wounded after being hit by an Israeli settler's car.
Yasser was subsequently taken to an Israeli hospital in Petah Tiqva.
Deir Istiya is located directly between two large Israeli settlement blocs in the northern West Bank.
A Ma'an correspondent citing local and medical sources said that Yasser Ibrahim Abu Zeid, 7, was seriously wounded after being hit by an Israeli settler's car.
Yasser was subsequently taken to an Israeli hospital in Petah Tiqva.
Deir Istiya is located directly between two large Israeli settlement blocs in the northern West Bank.
Israeli forces raided the center of the southern West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Beit Jala on Thursday afternoon, detaining four Palestinians under heavy armed escort.
In a rare daytime raid into the heart of Palestinian Authority-controlled areas, Israeli army forces accompanied by special plain-clothes soldiers raided several homes in the center of Bethlehem after passing through the center of nearby Beit Jala.
A Ma'an correspondent said that Israeli forces stormed several homes with police dogs and caused extensive damage to Palestinian private property in order to detain four civilians.
The civilians were identified as Omar al-Harimi, 46, and his son Samy, 21, as well as Abd al-Salam Souman, 45, and his son Muhammad, 14.
The Ma'an correspondent added that Israeli forces had blockaded the neighborhood and declared the area around it a "closed military zone," preventing the entry and exit of local residents amid heavy gunfire.
The correspondent added that Israeli forces also pointed green lasers at journalists and local residents during the raid to prevent their movement.
On Wednesday night, Israeli forces stormed the neighborhood of Wadi Maale, also located near the center of Bethlehem. During that raid, they raid the homes of two Palestinian civilians, Hamzah al-Kamel and Shehadah Muhammad Shehadah and detained them.
Israeli forces also raided a third home, but the unidentified resident fled the house before Israeli forces could detain him or her.
Both Bethlehem and Beit Jala are located in Area A, the less than 20% of the West Bank that is under Palestinian civil and military control according to the Oslo Accords.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
In a rare daytime raid into the heart of Palestinian Authority-controlled areas, Israeli army forces accompanied by special plain-clothes soldiers raided several homes in the center of Bethlehem after passing through the center of nearby Beit Jala.
A Ma'an correspondent said that Israeli forces stormed several homes with police dogs and caused extensive damage to Palestinian private property in order to detain four civilians.
The civilians were identified as Omar al-Harimi, 46, and his son Samy, 21, as well as Abd al-Salam Souman, 45, and his son Muhammad, 14.
The Ma'an correspondent added that Israeli forces had blockaded the neighborhood and declared the area around it a "closed military zone," preventing the entry and exit of local residents amid heavy gunfire.
The correspondent added that Israeli forces also pointed green lasers at journalists and local residents during the raid to prevent their movement.
On Wednesday night, Israeli forces stormed the neighborhood of Wadi Maale, also located near the center of Bethlehem. During that raid, they raid the homes of two Palestinian civilians, Hamzah al-Kamel and Shehadah Muhammad Shehadah and detained them.
Israeli forces also raided a third home, but the unidentified resident fled the house before Israeli forces could detain him or her.
Both Bethlehem and Beit Jala are located in Area A, the less than 20% of the West Bank that is under Palestinian civil and military control according to the Oslo Accords.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed disappointment Wednesday that Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has failed to condemn fresh attacks on Israelis, as a watchdog questioned the legality of Israeli reprisals.
An Israeli man was shot dead Tuesday while working on the border fence with the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli military retaliated with a wave of strikes that killed a toddler and wounded six other Palestinians.
The retaliation, which also came a day after a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli policeman in the West Bank, prompted an Israeli human rights group to demand a probe into what it called an "unlawful" attack on a civilian home.
"The terrorist attacks of recent days against Israelis are the direct result of incitement to hatred in the press and broadcast in Palestinian schools," Netanyahu said in a statement.
The premier said he was "disappointed that president Abbas has not yet condemned the recent terrorist acts as one would expect from a partner in peace negotiations."
Abbas governs autonomous areas of the West Bank, while the Gaza Strip has been controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas since 2007.
Israeli forces frequently shoot at farmers and other civilians inside the Gaza Strip if they approach large swathes of land near the border that the Israeli military has deemed off-limits to Palestinians.
The "security buffer zone" extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Strip, effectively turning local farms into no-go zones.
In the statement posted Wednesday on his Facebook page, Netanyahu warned Israel would hit back hard against any attacks, saying: "I would not advise anyone to test us."
Israeli human rights group B'tselem meanwhile accused the Israeli military of firing three tank shells at a house about 500 meters (yards) from the border, killing a two-year-old girl as she played in the yard.
B'tselem questioned the reason behind the attack on what it said was a family home, and cited the girl's uncle as saying "there was no activity by armed Palestinians in the area at the time."
It called on the Israeli military to open an investigation into what it called an illegal attack.
"Deliberate firing at a home occupied by civilians, without its inhabitants having been given any prior warning and without the military ensuring that the civilians have vacated the premises, as appears to be the case in this situation, is unlawful," said B'tselem.
"The military must launch an immediate investigation of the incident, including questioning those directly responsible for firing the shells as well as the senior commanders who ordered the attack," said the group, which monitors rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
An Israeli man was shot dead Tuesday while working on the border fence with the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli military retaliated with a wave of strikes that killed a toddler and wounded six other Palestinians.
The retaliation, which also came a day after a Palestinian stabbed an Israeli policeman in the West Bank, prompted an Israeli human rights group to demand a probe into what it called an "unlawful" attack on a civilian home.
"The terrorist attacks of recent days against Israelis are the direct result of incitement to hatred in the press and broadcast in Palestinian schools," Netanyahu said in a statement.
The premier said he was "disappointed that president Abbas has not yet condemned the recent terrorist acts as one would expect from a partner in peace negotiations."
Abbas governs autonomous areas of the West Bank, while the Gaza Strip has been controlled by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas since 2007.
Israeli forces frequently shoot at farmers and other civilians inside the Gaza Strip if they approach large swathes of land near the border that the Israeli military has deemed off-limits to Palestinians.
The "security buffer zone" extends between 500 meters and 1500 meters into the Strip, effectively turning local farms into no-go zones.
In the statement posted Wednesday on his Facebook page, Netanyahu warned Israel would hit back hard against any attacks, saying: "I would not advise anyone to test us."
Israeli human rights group B'tselem meanwhile accused the Israeli military of firing three tank shells at a house about 500 meters (yards) from the border, killing a two-year-old girl as she played in the yard.
B'tselem questioned the reason behind the attack on what it said was a family home, and cited the girl's uncle as saying "there was no activity by armed Palestinians in the area at the time."
It called on the Israeli military to open an investigation into what it called an illegal attack.
"Deliberate firing at a home occupied by civilians, without its inhabitants having been given any prior warning and without the military ensuring that the civilians have vacated the premises, as appears to be the case in this situation, is unlawful," said B'tselem.
"The military must launch an immediate investigation of the incident, including questioning those directly responsible for firing the shells as well as the senior commanders who ordered the attack," said the group, which monitors rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territories.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened heavy fire Thursday morning at Palestinian agricultural lands and houses in Beit Hanoun town northern Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli forces stationed at the border area northern Gaza Strip opened fire at agricultural lands. No casualties were reported among the farmers.
The shooting targeted a number of nearby homes, the sources added without mentioning any injuries.
Israeli warplanes launched two days ago several air raids on different areas in the Gaza Strip killing a baby girl and wounding 14 others.
The shooting targeted a number of nearby homes, the sources added without mentioning any injuries.
Israeli warplanes launched two days ago several air raids on different areas in the Gaza Strip killing a baby girl and wounding 14 others.
A stun grenade fired by Israeli soldiers caused a fire in a house in Hebron in the southern West Bank on Thursday, residents said.
Locals told Ma’an that a fire broke in house of Muhammad Jabir al-Karaki in Talat Abu Hadid neighborhood in southern Hebron.
Fire fighters of the Hebron municipality who extinguished the fire told Ma’an that it was caused by a stun grenade fired by Israeli soldiers stationed at a military post near the house.
Locals told Ma’an that a fire broke in house of Muhammad Jabir al-Karaki in Talat Abu Hadid neighborhood in southern Hebron.
Fire fighters of the Hebron municipality who extinguished the fire told Ma’an that it was caused by a stun grenade fired by Israeli soldiers stationed at a military post near the house.
Responding to damage, the occupation claims 'price tag' victims at fault for failing to duly protect their land.
The Israeli occupation is claiming that Palestinians who were the recent target of a “price tag” attack are to blame for their misfortune - because they failed to adequately protect their plot of land.
This position arises from the occupation’s response to a damages filed by the owners of an olive grove situated in Area C in the occupied West Bank, under full Israeli military and civilian control.
The IOF, for its part, is refusing to install lighting around the olive grove to protect it from future vandalism, arguing that a complaint for damages has already been filed. The grove, which belongs to the Amour family, lies adjacent to highway 317 in the southern Hebron hills, across from A-Tawani village, the illegal settlement of Maon and the outpost Havat Maon. This case can well serve as a litmus test for the seriousness of declarations made by civilian and military authorities, according to which they will take action against price tag vigilantes.
In 2006, unknown persons cut down all 120 trees in the grove. In 2011, part of a surrounding fence was destroyed and a tree was felled. On the night of May 9 of this year, half of the trees belonging to the Amour family were chopped down, and the act was accompanied by a message sprayed in Hebrew letters, saying that “price tag is fed up with thieves – mutual responsibility” and “regards from Eviatar”. The perpetrators used hand saws to achieve their mission.
After each of the incidents, the Amour family filed a complaint with the police, asking for protection against future vandalism.
Ten days after the third incident, attorney Itai Mack, representing the family, appealed to occupation Brig. Gen. Moti Almoz, who was then head of the Civil Administration in the territories, asking him to specify what actions he would undertake to prevent further acts of vandalism. Mack was relying on a 2006 decision by the Israeli High Court of Justice which ruled that the authorities must “devote manpower for the protection of Palestinian property, must open an immediate inquiry when reports of harassment are received, and send out patrols by security forces to locate such activities.”
Almoz’s bureau responded by saying that the person to handle such matters was Lt. Ronnie Rivlin, the officer in charge of public complaints at the IOF’s Central Command. However, two letters to Lt. Rivlin, sent on May 23 and June 5 by attorney Mack, went unanswered.
On June 13 Mack filed a comlaint for damages against the occupation state, amounting to 65,840 shekels ($18,709) since, according to him, “the state’s incompetence, negligence and lack of serious attention to the complaints only encouraged extremist Israelis to continue their actions, giving them a sense of immunity vis-à-vis law enforcement authorities.” Mack mentioned in his petition that the state routinely safeguards the property of colonial settlers and funds security measures for them, such as fences and surveillance cameras.
The occupation state’s response to the petition was brought on October 20 by attorney Moshe Vilinger. It says that “the state’s contention is that the bulk of the blame lies with the plaintiff, who at the very least was a main contributor to the damage. The state claims that the plaintiff did not take sufficient measures to prevent the incident. For example, the plaintiff claims that had the defendant had set up lighting, the incident would have been avoided. However, he decided to wait it out, relying on security forces and the authorities to undertake an action which he could have resorted to himself.” The attorney also argued that the vandals were not emissaries of the state, which did not sanction or approve their actions.
In the meantime, the officer in charge of public complaints responded to Mack on October 3, and upon her suggestion, on October 28 representatives of the occupied West Bank illegal colonial settlements counsel and officers of the occupation Civil Administration toured the grove in order to investigate methods of protecting it. A month later, unknown persons vandalized an adjacent grove belonging to another family.
In response to a query from Haaretz regarding the setting up of lighting around the grove, the occupation military spokesman said this week that “the family’s request was carefully addressed, including tours to the area. The family chose to turn to the courts before a decision was reached by the IOF. The issue is now being handled by the legal system, and the family will be notified in the customary manner when a decision is reached.”
The Israeli occupation is claiming that Palestinians who were the recent target of a “price tag” attack are to blame for their misfortune - because they failed to adequately protect their plot of land.
This position arises from the occupation’s response to a damages filed by the owners of an olive grove situated in Area C in the occupied West Bank, under full Israeli military and civilian control.
The IOF, for its part, is refusing to install lighting around the olive grove to protect it from future vandalism, arguing that a complaint for damages has already been filed. The grove, which belongs to the Amour family, lies adjacent to highway 317 in the southern Hebron hills, across from A-Tawani village, the illegal settlement of Maon and the outpost Havat Maon. This case can well serve as a litmus test for the seriousness of declarations made by civilian and military authorities, according to which they will take action against price tag vigilantes.
In 2006, unknown persons cut down all 120 trees in the grove. In 2011, part of a surrounding fence was destroyed and a tree was felled. On the night of May 9 of this year, half of the trees belonging to the Amour family were chopped down, and the act was accompanied by a message sprayed in Hebrew letters, saying that “price tag is fed up with thieves – mutual responsibility” and “regards from Eviatar”. The perpetrators used hand saws to achieve their mission.
After each of the incidents, the Amour family filed a complaint with the police, asking for protection against future vandalism.
Ten days after the third incident, attorney Itai Mack, representing the family, appealed to occupation Brig. Gen. Moti Almoz, who was then head of the Civil Administration in the territories, asking him to specify what actions he would undertake to prevent further acts of vandalism. Mack was relying on a 2006 decision by the Israeli High Court of Justice which ruled that the authorities must “devote manpower for the protection of Palestinian property, must open an immediate inquiry when reports of harassment are received, and send out patrols by security forces to locate such activities.”
Almoz’s bureau responded by saying that the person to handle such matters was Lt. Ronnie Rivlin, the officer in charge of public complaints at the IOF’s Central Command. However, two letters to Lt. Rivlin, sent on May 23 and June 5 by attorney Mack, went unanswered.
On June 13 Mack filed a comlaint for damages against the occupation state, amounting to 65,840 shekels ($18,709) since, according to him, “the state’s incompetence, negligence and lack of serious attention to the complaints only encouraged extremist Israelis to continue their actions, giving them a sense of immunity vis-à-vis law enforcement authorities.” Mack mentioned in his petition that the state routinely safeguards the property of colonial settlers and funds security measures for them, such as fences and surveillance cameras.
The occupation state’s response to the petition was brought on October 20 by attorney Moshe Vilinger. It says that “the state’s contention is that the bulk of the blame lies with the plaintiff, who at the very least was a main contributor to the damage. The state claims that the plaintiff did not take sufficient measures to prevent the incident. For example, the plaintiff claims that had the defendant had set up lighting, the incident would have been avoided. However, he decided to wait it out, relying on security forces and the authorities to undertake an action which he could have resorted to himself.” The attorney also argued that the vandals were not emissaries of the state, which did not sanction or approve their actions.
In the meantime, the officer in charge of public complaints responded to Mack on October 3, and upon her suggestion, on October 28 representatives of the occupied West Bank illegal colonial settlements counsel and officers of the occupation Civil Administration toured the grove in order to investigate methods of protecting it. A month later, unknown persons vandalized an adjacent grove belonging to another family.
In response to a query from Haaretz regarding the setting up of lighting around the grove, the occupation military spokesman said this week that “the family’s request was carefully addressed, including tours to the area. The family chose to turn to the courts before a decision was reached by the IOF. The issue is now being handled by the legal system, and the family will be notified in the customary manner when a decision is reached.”
25 dec 2013
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to summon the diplomatic-security cabinet for a meeting Wednesday morning to discuss the escalation along borders with the Gaza Strip in the past two days, The Jerusalem Post reported.
According to Israeli outlets, the meeting was held in light of the political escalation in the Palestinian territories in recent days against Israeli entities as they claim.
Spokesperson of Hamas Movement, Salah al-Bardawel, said that Israel didn't respect the ceasefire agreement and that Hamas will response to any attacks Israeli Army carry against Palestinians.
According to Israeli outlets, the meeting was held in light of the political escalation in the Palestinian territories in recent days against Israeli entities as they claim.
Spokesperson of Hamas Movement, Salah al-Bardawel, said that Israel didn't respect the ceasefire agreement and that Hamas will response to any attacks Israeli Army carry against Palestinians.
Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) was to blame for the escalation in violence due to what he calls "incitement to kill Israelis.", The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday.
Bennett told Israel Radio that the PA has encouraged a culture of incitement by naming town squares in Ramallah after what he described as "suicide bombers" and by their enthusiastic welcoming of the released prisoners.
Israeli Likud MK Tzachi Hanegbi, according to the JPost, commented on Bennett's statements by saying the minister "exaggerated to a great extent."
Henegbi added, Hamas has no interest in escalating tensions with Israel at this time.
For his part, Israeli MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said that peace talks with the Palestinians are "an Israeli strategic interest."
UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon on Wednesday called on Israel and Hamas to exercise restraint to defuse the escalation in the Gaza Strip.
"The Secretary-General rejects all actions targeting civilians and calls on all concerned to exert maximum restraint to prevent another cycle of bloodshed," said his spokesperson.
Bennett told Israel Radio that the PA has encouraged a culture of incitement by naming town squares in Ramallah after what he described as "suicide bombers" and by their enthusiastic welcoming of the released prisoners.
Israeli Likud MK Tzachi Hanegbi, according to the JPost, commented on Bennett's statements by saying the minister "exaggerated to a great extent."
Henegbi added, Hamas has no interest in escalating tensions with Israel at this time.
For his part, Israeli MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said that peace talks with the Palestinians are "an Israeli strategic interest."
UN Secretary-General Ban ki-Moon on Wednesday called on Israel and Hamas to exercise restraint to defuse the escalation in the Gaza Strip.
"The Secretary-General rejects all actions targeting civilians and calls on all concerned to exert maximum restraint to prevent another cycle of bloodshed," said his spokesperson.
Qatar condemned on Wednesday the Israeli airstrikes that targeted various areas in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening. A responsible Qatari source said in a statement that his country strongly denounces the unceasing hostilities waged by Israel.
The Israeli aerial raids killed a three-year-old baby girl and wounded six citizens including the mother of the baby and her two brothers.
The Israeli aerial raids killed a three-year-old baby girl and wounded six citizens including the mother of the baby and her two brothers.
Three Palestinians including a child and a cameraman were injured in clashes between Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and young men in Tulkarem city afternoon Wednesday. Local sources said that the confrontations started after IOF soldiers raided the city and fired metal bullets and teargas and sound bombs at citizens.
They said that 13-year-old child Mohammed Haddad was injured with shrapnel of a sound bomb in his head and hand while the cameraman Bara’a Omar was injured in his foot.
The sources pointed out that the third young men was hit a bullet in his foot and was then arrested by the soldiers.
They said that 15 citizens were treated for gas inhalation, adding that the soldiers withdrew to the outskirts of the city.
Israeli forces injure 13-year-old Palestinian in Tulkarem clashes
A Palestinian teenager was injured and a man was detained after clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the northern West Bank Wednesday, locals told Ma'an.
Witnesses said Muhammad Ali Hassan Haddad, 13, was injured after being hit in the head by shrapnel from a stun grenade that Israeli troops fired at Palestinians in a neighborhood in western Tulkarem.
Additionally, Israeli forces detained 22-year-old Samir Riyad Tamim during the clashes, locals said.
Several youths suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation as Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that a Palestinian was "lightly injured" and another was detained, saying that Israeli forces dispersed a "riot" in the area.
The spokeswoman said several Palestinians were hurling rocks at Israeli "security personnel."
At one point, she said, a Palestinian approached an Israeli soldier with a brick to the point where the soldier felt "threatened." The soldier "followed the rules of engagement," and shot live bullets at the Palestinian's lower extremities.
However, the soldier "did not identify a hit."
The spokeswoman said that the Palestinian who was detained has since been released.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
They said that 13-year-old child Mohammed Haddad was injured with shrapnel of a sound bomb in his head and hand while the cameraman Bara’a Omar was injured in his foot.
The sources pointed out that the third young men was hit a bullet in his foot and was then arrested by the soldiers.
They said that 15 citizens were treated for gas inhalation, adding that the soldiers withdrew to the outskirts of the city.
Israeli forces injure 13-year-old Palestinian in Tulkarem clashes
A Palestinian teenager was injured and a man was detained after clashes broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the northern West Bank Wednesday, locals told Ma'an.
Witnesses said Muhammad Ali Hassan Haddad, 13, was injured after being hit in the head by shrapnel from a stun grenade that Israeli troops fired at Palestinians in a neighborhood in western Tulkarem.
Additionally, Israeli forces detained 22-year-old Samir Riyad Tamim during the clashes, locals said.
Several youths suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation as Israeli soldiers fired tear gas grenades.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed that a Palestinian was "lightly injured" and another was detained, saying that Israeli forces dispersed a "riot" in the area.
The spokeswoman said several Palestinians were hurling rocks at Israeli "security personnel."
At one point, she said, a Palestinian approached an Israeli soldier with a brick to the point where the soldier felt "threatened." The soldier "followed the rules of engagement," and shot live bullets at the Palestinian's lower extremities.
However, the soldier "did not identify a hit."
The spokeswoman said that the Palestinian who was detained has since been released.
The internationally recognized Palestinian territories of which the West Bank and East Jerusalem form a part have been occupied by the Israeli military since 1967.
The Ministry of Education in Gaza said that a number of schools in the central governorate were severely damaged as a result of the Israeli shelling of the neighboring areas in Deir al-Balah. The ministry said in a statement on Wednesday that a number of classrooms and training rooms in the school of Deir al-Balah were seriously damaged due to the bombing.
Engineer Medhat Dessouki, a ministry official, explained, during a field visit to the school, that despite the damages the final examinations for the first semester were not interrupted, and that the students were moved to alternative classrooms.
Engineer Medhat Dessouki, a ministry official, explained, during a field visit to the school, that despite the damages the final examinations for the first semester were not interrupted, and that the students were moved to alternative classrooms.
Reports that a Palestinian man was killed west of Beit Lahiya during an upheaval of violence in the Gaza Strip have been denied by Palestinian and Israeli sources.
Palestinian medical sources originally said Tuesday that Israeli forces had shot and killed a Palestinian on the beach in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli forces told the International Red Cross that they had shot and killed a man on the beach, and that Israel allowed Palestinian ambulances to access the area near the border in order to collect his body.
Medical sources told Ma'an that no body was found, but that Red Crescent teams found a dead sea creature with bullet holes in it, speculating that Israeli forces shot it by mistake.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an she was unfamiliar with any military communication with the International Red Cross regarding a dead Palestinian west of Beit Lahiya.
But she said that a Palestinian on Tuesday approached the border fence near Beit Lahiya and attempted to lay and explosive device, and that after warning him to stop, Israeli soldiers fired at his lower extremities, identifying hit.
Palestinian sources also confirmed that a Palestinian was injured near the border in the same area.
Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip Tuesday, killing a 3-year-old Palestinian child and injuring her mother and brother, after an Israeli Civil Defense worker was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper at the border in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon.
Palestinian medical sources originally said Tuesday that Israeli forces had shot and killed a Palestinian on the beach in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said Israeli forces told the International Red Cross that they had shot and killed a man on the beach, and that Israel allowed Palestinian ambulances to access the area near the border in order to collect his body.
Medical sources told Ma'an that no body was found, but that Red Crescent teams found a dead sea creature with bullet holes in it, speculating that Israeli forces shot it by mistake.
An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an she was unfamiliar with any military communication with the International Red Cross regarding a dead Palestinian west of Beit Lahiya.
But she said that a Palestinian on Tuesday approached the border fence near Beit Lahiya and attempted to lay and explosive device, and that after warning him to stop, Israeli soldiers fired at his lower extremities, identifying hit.
Palestinian sources also confirmed that a Palestinian was injured near the border in the same area.
Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip Tuesday, killing a 3-year-old Palestinian child and injuring her mother and brother, after an Israeli Civil Defense worker was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper at the border in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon.
A senior Palestinian official on Tuesday condemned Israel's recent airstrikes on Gaza, calling the incident a "war crime," a PLO statement said.
"We condemn in the strongest terms this new Israeli war crime against the Palestinian civilians in Gaza Strip which aims to initiate a bloody escalation," Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat said in a statement.
Israel's "criminal" attack on the Gaza Strip was a "Christmas gift to our isolated civilians," Erekat said.
Erekat said Israel was responsible for the death of 3-year-old Hala Abu Sbeikha and injuries sustained by her mother and brother as a result of the airstrikes.
"We hold the Israeli government fully responsible for the consequences of this new act of aggression against our occupied civilian population."
Erakat called on the United States, European Union, Russia, United Nations, and Arab countries to pressure Israel to stop its "aggression" toward Gaza.
"Today the Israeli government proved to the entire world that they have an agenda of war, not for peace and are only interested in committing crimes against our defenseless civilians."
Israeli air forces launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip Tuesday, killing a 3-year-old Palestinian child and injuring her mother and brother, after an Israeli Civil Defense worker was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper at the border in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon.
"We condemn in the strongest terms this new Israeli war crime against the Palestinian civilians in Gaza Strip which aims to initiate a bloody escalation," Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat said in a statement.
Israel's "criminal" attack on the Gaza Strip was a "Christmas gift to our isolated civilians," Erekat said.
Erekat said Israel was responsible for the death of 3-year-old Hala Abu Sbeikha and injuries sustained by her mother and brother as a result of the airstrikes.
"We hold the Israeli government fully responsible for the consequences of this new act of aggression against our occupied civilian population."
Erakat called on the United States, European Union, Russia, United Nations, and Arab countries to pressure Israel to stop its "aggression" toward Gaza.
"Today the Israeli government proved to the entire world that they have an agenda of war, not for peace and are only interested in committing crimes against our defenseless civilians."
Israeli air forces launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip Tuesday, killing a 3-year-old Palestinian child and injuring her mother and brother, after an Israeli Civil Defense worker was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper at the border in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon.
Moshei Ya'aloun, the Israeli war minister, stated Tuesday that rules of dealing with the besieged Gaza strip have changed. "Israel will use the economy card now as the Gaza people have no outlets except Karm Abu Salem crossing, which Israel controls," he said.
Analysts said that the Israeli threats are so dangerous as some 1.7 million Palestinians rely on Karm Abu Salem crossing to survive.
A prominent Israeli army official said Tuesday "We will use the economic situation now so as to pressure Gaza; we will see, how can Gaza live for a day without cooking gas.''
He added that Palestinians in Gaza are now under mercy of Israel and they should understand that they would pay for everything they do to Israel.
The Israeli president , Shemon Peres , stated Tuesday that Israel will let aids into the Gaza Strip.
''Gazans cannot live even for one day without foreign aids. So, we can address the situation well nowadays'' Peres said.
Analysts said that the Israeli threats are so dangerous as some 1.7 million Palestinians rely on Karm Abu Salem crossing to survive.
A prominent Israeli army official said Tuesday "We will use the economic situation now so as to pressure Gaza; we will see, how can Gaza live for a day without cooking gas.''
He added that Palestinians in Gaza are now under mercy of Israel and they should understand that they would pay for everything they do to Israel.
The Israeli president , Shemon Peres , stated Tuesday that Israel will let aids into the Gaza Strip.
''Gazans cannot live even for one day without foreign aids. So, we can address the situation well nowadays'' Peres said.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian homes to the east of Gaza and Rafah cities on Wednesday morning.
A field observer told Quds Press that IOF soldiers stationed in military watchtowers and army vehicles east of Gaza city opened indiscriminate fire at citizens’ homes.
He said that soldiers in military watchtowers to the east of Rafah, south of Gaza, also opened machinegun fire at houses east of the city.
The shooting coincided with over flights of Israeli warplanes and movement of armored vehicles along the border fence.
Israeli warplanes launched a series of air raids on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening killing a 3-year-old child and wounding seven citizens after a Palestinian sniper shot dead an Israeli soldier near the border fence.
A field observer told Quds Press that IOF soldiers stationed in military watchtowers and army vehicles east of Gaza city opened indiscriminate fire at citizens’ homes.
He said that soldiers in military watchtowers to the east of Rafah, south of Gaza, also opened machinegun fire at houses east of the city.
The shooting coincided with over flights of Israeli warplanes and movement of armored vehicles along the border fence.
Israeli warplanes launched a series of air raids on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening killing a 3-year-old child and wounding seven citizens after a Palestinian sniper shot dead an Israeli soldier near the border fence.
Palestinian government in Gaza Strip has made contacts with Egypt about the latest Israeli escalation on besieged enclave. “We made contacts with our brothers in Egypt to brief them about the latest Israeli escalation”, the government's spokesman Ihab al-Ghussain said in a brief statement, pointing to the government's internal efforts to control the situation.
Egypt has brokered last year a ceasefire agreement between Palestinian resistance and Israeli occupation authorities to end the Israeli aggression on Gaza that lasted for eight days and to halt resistance attacks.
For his part, Gaza government media advisor Taher al-Nunu called on Israeli occupation to end immediately its aggression and not to test Palestinian resistance's patience, stressing that the resistance knows well how to deal with such situations.
The Israeli latest escalation was an attempt to restore Israel's image before its soldiers and people after it collapsed, he added.
He affirmed that Israeli aggression will not succeed in breaking the Palestinian people's steadfastness.
Israeli warplanes launched on Tuesday afternoon several air raids on different areas in the Gaza Strip killing a baby girl and wounding several others.
Egypt has brokered last year a ceasefire agreement between Palestinian resistance and Israeli occupation authorities to end the Israeli aggression on Gaza that lasted for eight days and to halt resistance attacks.
For his part, Gaza government media advisor Taher al-Nunu called on Israeli occupation to end immediately its aggression and not to test Palestinian resistance's patience, stressing that the resistance knows well how to deal with such situations.
The Israeli latest escalation was an attempt to restore Israel's image before its soldiers and people after it collapsed, he added.
He affirmed that Israeli aggression will not succeed in breaking the Palestinian people's steadfastness.
Israeli warplanes launched on Tuesday afternoon several air raids on different areas in the Gaza Strip killing a baby girl and wounding several others.
24 dec 2013
Israel has violated a November ceasefire over 1,400 times since December 2012, a spokesman for the military wing of Islamic Jihad said Wednesday.
Al-Quds Brigades spokesman Abu Ahmad told Ma’an that the killing of a child on Tuesday marked the biggest violation of a truce since Egypt brokered an agreement to end a week-long assault on Gaza last year.
Abu Ahmad said that the militant group did not want to end the ceasefire because "it benefits our people" under present regional circumstances "but we will not keep it forever."
He added that the ceasefire must be reciprocal and mutual but he accused Israel of wanting to end it.
"Every drop of blood that have falls must be countered, but the nature of the field determines how," he added.
Al-Quds Brigades spokesman Abu Ahmad told Ma’an that the killing of a child on Tuesday marked the biggest violation of a truce since Egypt brokered an agreement to end a week-long assault on Gaza last year.
Abu Ahmad said that the militant group did not want to end the ceasefire because "it benefits our people" under present regional circumstances "but we will not keep it forever."
He added that the ceasefire must be reciprocal and mutual but he accused Israel of wanting to end it.
"Every drop of blood that have falls must be countered, but the nature of the field determines how," he added.
The Secretary-General is concerned about escalating violence in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. He condemns the killing of an Israeli civilian today as a result of cross border fire from Gaza, and the bus bombing near Tel Aviv on Sunday. He also deplores the death of a young child in Gaza from Israeli retaliatory raids today as well as a number of Palestinian civilian casualties since Friday. He extends his deepest condolences to the families of the victims.
The Secretary-General rejects all actions targeting civilians and calls on all concerned to exert maximum restraint to prevent another cycle of bloodshed. It is also essential to preserve the ceasefire understanding of November 2012 and restore calm.
The Secretary-General continues to emphasize the need for the Israeli and Palestinian sides to remain steadfast in their commitment to achieving the two-state solution in order to end the violence permanently.
Hamas, PA condemn Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Spokesmen for Hamas and the Palestinian Authority governments on Tuesday condemned Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip which killed a young girl.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri called the airstrikes that killed 3-year-old Hala Abu Sbeikh in central Gaza a "cowardly crime."
Abu Zuhri said Israel was targeting Palestinian families, and that Israeli threats and raids would not deter Palestinian resistance fighters from "doing their duty."
Separately, PA spokesman Ehab Bessaiso also condemned Israel's attacks on the Gaza strip, calling for international intervention to stop them.
Bessaiso said in a statement that the Palestinian government had contacted international sides to intervene and force Israel to stop its "escalation" of violence in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.
Earlier, a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli fire west of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said.
The attack follows an incident where a Palestinian sniper shot and killed an Israeli Defense Ministry employee working on the border fence in northern Gaza Strip a few hours earlier.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said the man was killed while doing "maintenance" work on the border fence.
The Palestinian militant group Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the shooting, Israeli media reported.
The man was identified as 22-year-old Salah Abu Latif, according to the Haaretz newspaper.
Abu Zuhri: Israeli raids criminal, cowardly
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas movement's spokesman, has described the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip that led to the killing of a three-year-old baby girl and injuring her mother and two brothers as criminal and cowardly. Abu Zuhri told the PIC that the Israeli threats and airstrikes will not succeed in deterring Palestinian resistance or preventing it from assuming its role.
The Israeli occupation has stepped up its aggression on Gaza Tuesday evening, killing a baby girl and wounding seven others including the girl’s mother and two brothers.
The Israeli attacks came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's threats to respond to the death of an Israeli soldier who was shot by a Palestinian sniper near the border area east of Gaza.
Gaza Gov't: Israel's aggression on Gaza proves its confusion
Palestinian government in Gaza Strip said that the Israeli occupation's airstrikes on the enclave Tuesday evening prove its weakness and confusion, holding the occupation full responsibility for consequences of its aggression. In a brief statement, the government's spokesman Ihab al-Ghussain held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) fully responsible for its continued crimes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, calling on the international community to bridle the IOA and to prosecute it for its crimes and aggressions against the unarmed Palestinian people.
The Palestinian government stressed the Palestinian resistance's readiness to defend the people of Gaza in face of any aggression, and praised the media’s role in covering the events.
Israeli warplanes launched on Tuesday afternoon several air raids on different areas in the Gaza Strip killing a baby girl and wounding several others.
The Secretary-General rejects all actions targeting civilians and calls on all concerned to exert maximum restraint to prevent another cycle of bloodshed. It is also essential to preserve the ceasefire understanding of November 2012 and restore calm.
The Secretary-General continues to emphasize the need for the Israeli and Palestinian sides to remain steadfast in their commitment to achieving the two-state solution in order to end the violence permanently.
Hamas, PA condemn Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Spokesmen for Hamas and the Palestinian Authority governments on Tuesday condemned Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip which killed a young girl.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri called the airstrikes that killed 3-year-old Hala Abu Sbeikh in central Gaza a "cowardly crime."
Abu Zuhri said Israel was targeting Palestinian families, and that Israeli threats and raids would not deter Palestinian resistance fighters from "doing their duty."
Separately, PA spokesman Ehab Bessaiso also condemned Israel's attacks on the Gaza strip, calling for international intervention to stop them.
Bessaiso said in a statement that the Palestinian government had contacted international sides to intervene and force Israel to stop its "escalation" of violence in Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem.
Earlier, a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli fire west of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said.
The attack follows an incident where a Palestinian sniper shot and killed an Israeli Defense Ministry employee working on the border fence in northern Gaza Strip a few hours earlier.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said the man was killed while doing "maintenance" work on the border fence.
The Palestinian militant group Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the shooting, Israeli media reported.
The man was identified as 22-year-old Salah Abu Latif, according to the Haaretz newspaper.
Abu Zuhri: Israeli raids criminal, cowardly
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas movement's spokesman, has described the Israeli aggression on Gaza Strip that led to the killing of a three-year-old baby girl and injuring her mother and two brothers as criminal and cowardly. Abu Zuhri told the PIC that the Israeli threats and airstrikes will not succeed in deterring Palestinian resistance or preventing it from assuming its role.
The Israeli occupation has stepped up its aggression on Gaza Tuesday evening, killing a baby girl and wounding seven others including the girl’s mother and two brothers.
The Israeli attacks came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's threats to respond to the death of an Israeli soldier who was shot by a Palestinian sniper near the border area east of Gaza.
Gaza Gov't: Israel's aggression on Gaza proves its confusion
Palestinian government in Gaza Strip said that the Israeli occupation's airstrikes on the enclave Tuesday evening prove its weakness and confusion, holding the occupation full responsibility for consequences of its aggression. In a brief statement, the government's spokesman Ihab al-Ghussain held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) fully responsible for its continued crimes in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, calling on the international community to bridle the IOA and to prosecute it for its crimes and aggressions against the unarmed Palestinian people.
The Palestinian government stressed the Palestinian resistance's readiness to defend the people of Gaza in face of any aggression, and praised the media’s role in covering the events.
Israeli warplanes launched on Tuesday afternoon several air raids on different areas in the Gaza Strip killing a baby girl and wounding several others.
Israeli police forces assaulted Monday night one of Al-Aqsa Mosque guards in Jerusalem as part of their brutal assaults and attacks against Jerusalemites. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Israeli police have provoked al-Aqsa Mosque guard Murad Hamad, who was on his duty at the Mosque, before attacking and beating him severely.
They added, however, that his colleagues intervened and managed to prevent the police from arresting him.
Following the attack, large numbers of worshipers gathered inside and outside al-Aqsa Mosque.
They added, however, that his colleagues intervened and managed to prevent the police from arresting him.
Following the attack, large numbers of worshipers gathered inside and outside al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Israeli air forces launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, killing a 3-year-old Palestinian child and injuring her mother and brother, after an Israeli and a Palestinian were shot dead at the border in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon.
Spokesman for the Gaza ministry of health Ashraf al-Qidra said that Hala Abu Sbeikha, 3, was killed and her mother and brother injured in an airstrike in al-Maghazi refugee camp. Later, three Palestinians were injured in an Israeli artillery bombing east of Gaza City. Israeli forces also launched three airstrikes on a military site belonging to al-Quds Brigades, the militant wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, between Khan Younis refugee camp and the city of |
Deir al-Balah and in the al-Atatra area of the northern Gaza Strip. It remains unclear if there were any casualties resulting from these strikes.
A statement from the Israeli army said that tanks and air forces struck a "weapons manufacturing facility" in the southern Gaza Strip and a "concealed rocket launcher" in northern Gaza, in addition to various "terror sites."
Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli fire west of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said.
The attack follows an incident where a Palestinian sniper shot and killed an Israeli Defense Ministry employee working on the border fence in northern Gaza Strip a few hours earlier.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said the man was killed while doing "maintenance" work on the border fence.
The Palestinian militant group Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the shooting, Israeli media reported.
The man was identified as 22-year-old Salah Abu Latif, according to Haaretz.
Abu Latif was a Bedouin from the city of Rafat in southern Israel, a police spokesman told AFP.
"One of our snipers hit an Israeli officer, who is in the Engineering Forces of the Israeli army, and seriously wounded him, near the borders between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel," Haaretz quoted the PRC as saying.
Israeli news site Ynet reported that the Israeli man had been working on the border fence when he was shot, and was taken to Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba.
He died of his wounds shortly after.
Israel Launches Airstrike on Gaza
This Tuesday Israel launched a series of airstrikes in the Gaza strip that killed a 3 year old girl and wounded nine other people.
A series of explosions could be heard in Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon. Health Ministry official Ashraf al Kidra said one airstrike killed a young girl and wounded three of her relatives Al-Jazeera reports.
The 3-year-old was identified as Hala Abu Sbeikha and both her mother and brother were also injured in the strike, in the al Maghazi refugee camp.
It also said a person was wounded in a tank shelling near the Karni crossing in northern Gaza and that there were two other air strikes in northern Gaza, where there no casualties were reported.
The Airstrike was meant as retaliation for the shooting of an Israeli at the Gaza apartheid wall.
In a statement through a representative, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern over the escalation in violence and condemned the killing of the Israeli. The statement said the Secretary General "deplores the death of a young child in Gaza from Israeli retaliatory raids today as well as a number of Palestinian civilian casualties since Friday."
Two, including 3-year-old girl, killed, four injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza
Israeli occupation army launched on Tuesday afternoon raids on different areas of the Gaza Strip. ALRAY reporter said three-year-old girl has been killed and three others injured in an Israeli bombing east of Maghazi in central Gaza Strip.
One Palestinian has been reported seriously wounded in an Israeli gunfire coming from the north of Beit Lahia town in northern Gaza Strip.
Israeli fighter jets raided on two training sites for Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis and al-Bureij district in central Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation artillery shelled on citizens' land in eastern Gaza City neighborhood of al-Shejaiyah.
And did not report until the moment casualties were strikes and shelling by the Israeli comes just hours after the death of an Israeli was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper near the border east of Gaza.
The airstrikes comes not long after an Israeli citizen was reported shot dead by a Palestinain sniper near the east border of Gaza city.
A statement from the Israeli army said that tanks and air forces struck a "weapons manufacturing facility" in the southern Gaza Strip and a "concealed rocket launcher" in northern Gaza, in addition to various "terror sites."
Earlier on Tuesday afternoon, a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli fire west of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said.
The attack follows an incident where a Palestinian sniper shot and killed an Israeli Defense Ministry employee working on the border fence in northern Gaza Strip a few hours earlier.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said the man was killed while doing "maintenance" work on the border fence.
The Palestinian militant group Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the shooting, Israeli media reported.
The man was identified as 22-year-old Salah Abu Latif, according to Haaretz.
Abu Latif was a Bedouin from the city of Rafat in southern Israel, a police spokesman told AFP.
"One of our snipers hit an Israeli officer, who is in the Engineering Forces of the Israeli army, and seriously wounded him, near the borders between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel," Haaretz quoted the PRC as saying.
Israeli news site Ynet reported that the Israeli man had been working on the border fence when he was shot, and was taken to Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba.
He died of his wounds shortly after.
Israel Launches Airstrike on Gaza
This Tuesday Israel launched a series of airstrikes in the Gaza strip that killed a 3 year old girl and wounded nine other people.
A series of explosions could be heard in Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon. Health Ministry official Ashraf al Kidra said one airstrike killed a young girl and wounded three of her relatives Al-Jazeera reports.
The 3-year-old was identified as Hala Abu Sbeikha and both her mother and brother were also injured in the strike, in the al Maghazi refugee camp.
It also said a person was wounded in a tank shelling near the Karni crossing in northern Gaza and that there were two other air strikes in northern Gaza, where there no casualties were reported.
The Airstrike was meant as retaliation for the shooting of an Israeli at the Gaza apartheid wall.
In a statement through a representative, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern over the escalation in violence and condemned the killing of the Israeli. The statement said the Secretary General "deplores the death of a young child in Gaza from Israeli retaliatory raids today as well as a number of Palestinian civilian casualties since Friday."
Two, including 3-year-old girl, killed, four injured in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza
Israeli occupation army launched on Tuesday afternoon raids on different areas of the Gaza Strip. ALRAY reporter said three-year-old girl has been killed and three others injured in an Israeli bombing east of Maghazi in central Gaza Strip.
One Palestinian has been reported seriously wounded in an Israeli gunfire coming from the north of Beit Lahia town in northern Gaza Strip.
Israeli fighter jets raided on two training sites for Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis and al-Bureij district in central Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation artillery shelled on citizens' land in eastern Gaza City neighborhood of al-Shejaiyah.
And did not report until the moment casualties were strikes and shelling by the Israeli comes just hours after the death of an Israeli was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper near the border east of Gaza.
The airstrikes comes not long after an Israeli citizen was reported shot dead by a Palestinain sniper near the east border of Gaza city.
At least one Palestinian has been killed after Israeli warplanes launched a strike on the besieged Gaza Strip.
More to come....
IAF launches airstrikes in Gaza Strip
In retaliation for shooting, killing of Israeli civilian near Gaza border fence, IDF attacks Gaza Strip targets affiliated with Hamas
The Israeli Air Force launched a strike on a Gaza Strip target on Tuesday, in retaliation for the shooting and killing of an Israeli civilian by sniper fire near the Gaza border fence in southern Israel. Gaza sources reported that the IAF bombed several targets in the strip. One of the IAF strikes had reportedly hit an Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades base west of Khan Younis. According to the reports, no Palestinians sustained any injuries.
Following the shooting that claimed the life of an Israeli citizen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "This is an extremely serious incident, and we will not stand idly by. Our policy up until now has been to thwart and retaliate with force, which is exactly what we intend to do in this case."
More to come....
IAF launches airstrikes in Gaza Strip
In retaliation for shooting, killing of Israeli civilian near Gaza border fence, IDF attacks Gaza Strip targets affiliated with Hamas
The Israeli Air Force launched a strike on a Gaza Strip target on Tuesday, in retaliation for the shooting and killing of an Israeli civilian by sniper fire near the Gaza border fence in southern Israel. Gaza sources reported that the IAF bombed several targets in the strip. One of the IAF strikes had reportedly hit an Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades base west of Khan Younis. According to the reports, no Palestinians sustained any injuries.
Following the shooting that claimed the life of an Israeli citizen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "This is an extremely serious incident, and we will not stand idly by. Our policy up until now has been to thwart and retaliate with force, which is exactly what we intend to do in this case."
Civilian was working on border fence between Israel and Gaza when attack occurred. Victim flown to Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, died of wounds shortly after
An Israeli civilian was shot and killed by sniper fire on Tuesday, in a shooting attack near the Gaza border fence in southern Israel.
The attack occurred as the man was working on the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip. He was taken by helicopter to Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba. IDF troops launched a search of the area in the wake of the attack. The IDF said in response to the attack that it "maintains the right to protect Israeli civilians and its soldiers."
At the same time, and apparently regardless of incident, an IDF force spotted a Palestinian approaching the border fence and entering a forbidden zone. IDF claim the Palestinian did not respond to warning calls by the soldiers and thus the forces opened fire towards the suspect's feet. The Palestinians reported the person injured is an 18-year-old who was moderately injured and was evacuated to a hospital in northern Gaza.
Moments before the incident, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the security situation in southern Israel. "Since the end of Operation Pillar of Defense, the south has been the quietest it has been for years. We will continue to keep the south quiet with a strong hand and determination," Netanyahu said.
Regarding the recent spate of attacks, the prime minister added: "We have recently witnessed an increase in terror attacks. Are we facing a new intifada? We will act with a fierce offensive policy, so that whoever considers attacking us would have to think twice."
The shooting is the latest a string of attacks targeting Israelis in recent days. On Sunday, the quick thinking of a passenger and bus driver prevented what could have been a major attack when they spotted a bomb on a bus in Bat Yam. A police sapper was lightly hurt when the bomb detonated as he was dismantling it.
A little after midnight Sunday, a rocket fired from Gaza struck a residential area in Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, in southern Israel. There were no injuries reported, but light damage was sustained.
Hours later, an Israeli police officer was stabbed in the back in an apparent terror attack near the settlement of Adam. The man suffered moderate injuries.
An Israeli civilian was shot and killed by sniper fire on Tuesday, in a shooting attack near the Gaza border fence in southern Israel.
The attack occurred as the man was working on the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip. He was taken by helicopter to Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba. IDF troops launched a search of the area in the wake of the attack. The IDF said in response to the attack that it "maintains the right to protect Israeli civilians and its soldiers."
At the same time, and apparently regardless of incident, an IDF force spotted a Palestinian approaching the border fence and entering a forbidden zone. IDF claim the Palestinian did not respond to warning calls by the soldiers and thus the forces opened fire towards the suspect's feet. The Palestinians reported the person injured is an 18-year-old who was moderately injured and was evacuated to a hospital in northern Gaza.
Moments before the incident, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the security situation in southern Israel. "Since the end of Operation Pillar of Defense, the south has been the quietest it has been for years. We will continue to keep the south quiet with a strong hand and determination," Netanyahu said.
Regarding the recent spate of attacks, the prime minister added: "We have recently witnessed an increase in terror attacks. Are we facing a new intifada? We will act with a fierce offensive policy, so that whoever considers attacking us would have to think twice."
The shooting is the latest a string of attacks targeting Israelis in recent days. On Sunday, the quick thinking of a passenger and bus driver prevented what could have been a major attack when they spotted a bomb on a bus in Bat Yam. A police sapper was lightly hurt when the bomb detonated as he was dismantling it.
A little after midnight Sunday, a rocket fired from Gaza struck a residential area in Hof Ashkelon Regional Council, in southern Israel. There were no injuries reported, but light damage was sustained.
Hours later, an Israeli police officer was stabbed in the back in an apparent terror attack near the settlement of Adam. The man suffered moderate injuries.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and kidnapped five Palestinians. Soldiers also invaded Bethlehem, confiscate bulldozer, hand a military order illegally confiscating Palestinian lands.
The Maan News Agency has reported that more than fifteen Israeli military vehicles invaded the city from different directions, and advanced into several neighborhoods, especially the Old City, the Dahiya area and the Ta’awon Street.
The soldiers violently searched several homes causing excessive property damage, and kidnapped Imad Ed-Deen Halawa, 20, Raed Sami Hamdan, 20, Bashir Raji Taqtouq, 21, Wajdy Qanadeelo and Rami Kilbany.
On Monday evening, soldiers invaded Khallit An-Nahla area, south of Bethlehem, and confiscated a bulldozer that belong to a resident.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bethlehem, Hasan Breijiyya, stated that some residents were opening an agricultural road in their lands before dozens of soldiers and members of the Civil Administration Office, run by the army, invaded the area, confiscated the bulldozer and handed the residents a military order “confiscating the land for military purposes”.
He said that the lands are located in Area C, under Israeli military and security control, and called on the residents to tend to their lands, plant them, and to use legal venues to resist the Israeli violations against them and their lands.
The Maan News Agency has reported that more than fifteen Israeli military vehicles invaded the city from different directions, and advanced into several neighborhoods, especially the Old City, the Dahiya area and the Ta’awon Street.
The soldiers violently searched several homes causing excessive property damage, and kidnapped Imad Ed-Deen Halawa, 20, Raed Sami Hamdan, 20, Bashir Raji Taqtouq, 21, Wajdy Qanadeelo and Rami Kilbany.
On Monday evening, soldiers invaded Khallit An-Nahla area, south of Bethlehem, and confiscated a bulldozer that belong to a resident.
Coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall in Bethlehem, Hasan Breijiyya, stated that some residents were opening an agricultural road in their lands before dozens of soldiers and members of the Civil Administration Office, run by the army, invaded the area, confiscated the bulldozer and handed the residents a military order “confiscating the land for military purposes”.
He said that the lands are located in Area C, under Israeli military and security control, and called on the residents to tend to their lands, plant them, and to use legal venues to resist the Israeli violations against them and their lands.
[Monday Evening December 23 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian man was severely wounded by Israeli army fire in northern Gaza. An Israeli soldier stabbed in West Bank. The sources said that the young man, in his twenties, was shot in the stomach and leg, as he was walking in a field northwest of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
He was moved to the Kamal Adwan Hospital suffering serious injuries, and was then moved to the Shifa Medical Center.
The Israeli army claimed that the Palestinian “attempted to plant an explosive charge” along the border fence”.
On Friday, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded his brother while working near the borderline with Israel, north of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.
Four more Palestinians, including a child, were also injured in northern Gaza in two Separate Israeli military attacks.
In related news, Israeli military sources has reported that an Israeli police officer was stabbed, on Monday evening, near the Adam Israeli settlement, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Following the attack, the army closed the Jaba’ roadblock, referred to by Israel as the Adam Settlement Junction, for more than two and a half hours, stopped and searched hundreds of Palestinian cars.
Soldiers also installed another roadblock north of Jericho city, blocking a main road leading to Ramallah, and also searched vehicles and inspected the ID cars of the passengers.
He was moved to the Kamal Adwan Hospital suffering serious injuries, and was then moved to the Shifa Medical Center.
The Israeli army claimed that the Palestinian “attempted to plant an explosive charge” along the border fence”.
On Friday, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian civilian and wounded his brother while working near the borderline with Israel, north of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.
Four more Palestinians, including a child, were also injured in northern Gaza in two Separate Israeli military attacks.
In related news, Israeli military sources has reported that an Israeli police officer was stabbed, on Monday evening, near the Adam Israeli settlement, north of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Following the attack, the army closed the Jaba’ roadblock, referred to by Israel as the Adam Settlement Junction, for more than two and a half hours, stopped and searched hundreds of Palestinian cars.
Soldiers also installed another roadblock north of Jericho city, blocking a main road leading to Ramallah, and also searched vehicles and inspected the ID cars of the passengers.
23 dec 2013
In an unprecedented move, Israeli forces on Sunday night put up posters in a refugee camp near Hebron featuring photos of locals Israeli forces claim are the fathers of those who commit "terrorist attacks."
The Arabic-language posters were put up at al-Arrub refugee camp and targeted the parents of "teenagers who attack Israeli vehicles."
Israeli intelligence posted pamphlets on walls at the entrance to the camp with photos and names of five residents of Al-Arrub refugee camp.
Ma'an obtained a copy of the posters, which warn the alleged fathers that their kids are involved in "terrorist attacks" against Israelis.
"We hereby notify you that your children are involved in terrorist attacks against citizens of the state of Israel. Practices by those young men endanger innocent citizens, and if they do not stop what they do, the IDF will have to take action to stop these practices."
It was unclear whether the poster refers to incidents of stone-throwing which target vehicles driven by Israeli settlers in the area, or if it referred to attacks on Israeli military vehicles.
The pamphlet is undersigned by Abu Salam from the IDF command. It includes names and photos of nine fathers of young men who allegedly carry out attacks against Israelis.
The names are Amjad Mousa Younis Titi, Ahmad Muhammad Hasan al-Hasaniyya, Khalid Salamah Muhammad al-Jundi, Zuhdi Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Aziz Mahthouth, Khalid Abdul-Fattah Abdul-Aziz Jawabrah, Musallam Muhammad Musallam Abu Sal, Zein Addin Atallah Hammad Jawabrah, Taysir Abdul-Rahman Muhammad Titi and Abdul-Rahman Hasan Ibrahim Abu Sal.
"Stop them before it's too late," the pamphlet concluded.
Al-Arrub refugee camp is located on the Hebron-Jerusalem road, immediately south of the Gush Etzion Israeli settlement block and beside an Israeli checkpoint.
There are 19 refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, within which live about a quarter of the 771,000 registered refugees in the territory.
More than 760,000 Palestinians -- estimated today to number 4.8 million with their descendants -- were pushed into exile or driven out of their homes in the conflict surrounding Israel's creation in 1948.
The Arabic-language posters were put up at al-Arrub refugee camp and targeted the parents of "teenagers who attack Israeli vehicles."
Israeli intelligence posted pamphlets on walls at the entrance to the camp with photos and names of five residents of Al-Arrub refugee camp.
Ma'an obtained a copy of the posters, which warn the alleged fathers that their kids are involved in "terrorist attacks" against Israelis.
"We hereby notify you that your children are involved in terrorist attacks against citizens of the state of Israel. Practices by those young men endanger innocent citizens, and if they do not stop what they do, the IDF will have to take action to stop these practices."
It was unclear whether the poster refers to incidents of stone-throwing which target vehicles driven by Israeli settlers in the area, or if it referred to attacks on Israeli military vehicles.
The pamphlet is undersigned by Abu Salam from the IDF command. It includes names and photos of nine fathers of young men who allegedly carry out attacks against Israelis.
The names are Amjad Mousa Younis Titi, Ahmad Muhammad Hasan al-Hasaniyya, Khalid Salamah Muhammad al-Jundi, Zuhdi Abdul-Rahman Abdul-Aziz Mahthouth, Khalid Abdul-Fattah Abdul-Aziz Jawabrah, Musallam Muhammad Musallam Abu Sal, Zein Addin Atallah Hammad Jawabrah, Taysir Abdul-Rahman Muhammad Titi and Abdul-Rahman Hasan Ibrahim Abu Sal.
"Stop them before it's too late," the pamphlet concluded.
Al-Arrub refugee camp is located on the Hebron-Jerusalem road, immediately south of the Gush Etzion Israeli settlement block and beside an Israeli checkpoint.
There are 19 refugee camps in the occupied West Bank, within which live about a quarter of the 771,000 registered refugees in the territory.
More than 760,000 Palestinians -- estimated today to number 4.8 million with their descendants -- were pushed into exile or driven out of their homes in the conflict surrounding Israel's creation in 1948.
A Palestinian citizen was seriously wounded at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) west of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, on Monday evening. Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry’s spokesman, said that the 27-year-old man was hit with a bullet in his abdomen, describing his condition as serious.
A Palestinian citizen was killed and seven others were wounded in IOF shooting incidents east of the Strip over the past few days.
A Palestinian citizen was killed and seven others were wounded in IOF shooting incidents east of the Strip over the past few days.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired teargas at Palestinian students while sitting to their final term exams at the Open Quds University in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday. Information coordinator at the university Mohammed Abu Zeit told the PIC that a number of students suffered breathing difficulty.
He added that car windows were shattered in the raid, but said that no serious injuries were reported among the students and employees.
IOF soldiers routinely attack the Quds University and its students even inside their campus and lecture rooms. Hundreds of students were treated for rubber bullet wounds and suffocation since the first term for the new academic year started.
He added that car windows were shattered in the raid, but said that no serious injuries were reported among the students and employees.
IOF soldiers routinely attack the Quds University and its students even inside their campus and lecture rooms. Hundreds of students were treated for rubber bullet wounds and suffocation since the first term for the new academic year started.