22 feb 2008
Two Al-Quds Brigades members killed in Israeli airstrike
Two members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike, during clashes east of Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip at dawn on Friday.
The Al-Quds Brigades reported that Ayman Sa'id and Bassam Al-Hazin, both 20-years-old, were killed after the aircraft fired at least one missile towards them during their confrontation with an Israeli Special Forces unit.
Medical sources said that the dead and injured were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. The condition of wo of the injured is reported to be serious.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed an air assault had been carried out.
Meanwhile, Israeli gunboats fired more than 15 shells at open areas in the north of the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.
According to Agence France Presse, Friday's attack brings to 6,151 the number of people killed since the start of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, the vast majority of them Palestinians.
The Al-Quds Brigades reported that Ayman Sa'id and Bassam Al-Hazin, both 20-years-old, were killed after the aircraft fired at least one missile towards them during their confrontation with an Israeli Special Forces unit.
Medical sources said that the dead and injured were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. The condition of wo of the injured is reported to be serious.
An Israeli army spokeswoman confirmed an air assault had been carried out.
Meanwhile, Israeli gunboats fired more than 15 shells at open areas in the north of the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.
According to Agence France Presse, Friday's attack brings to 6,151 the number of people killed since the start of the second Palestinian uprising in 2000, the vast majority of them Palestinians.
More than 70 injured in non-violent demonstration near Bethlehem
At least 70 people were injured, including a number of children, during a non-violent demonstration against the Israeli separation wall in the village of Al-Khader, south of Bethlehem on Friday.
43 people, 13 of them women and children, were admitted to hospital suffering from tear gas inhalation, the demonstration organizer Samir Jaber told Ma'an.
18 people were hit by rubber bullets and were taken to Al-Yamameh Hopspital. Three people, including two children suffered severe bruising, after they were beaten by Israeli soldiers trying to disperse the crowd.
Organizers said that more than 1,500 local villagers and Israeli and international peace activists attended this week's demonstration against the Separation Wall and confiscation of village land.
The protest began after Friday prayers at the southern entrance to the village. Israeli soldiers sprayed the demonstrators with tear gas canisters and rubber bullets.
Dr. Mohamed Odeh from the Palestinian Medical Relief and two other ambulance staff were also injured as they tried to evacuate the injured from the scene.
Medical Relief condemned the Israeli soldiers' attack on their staff, saying that it is not the first time that members of their medical crews have come under Israeli attack, which is "a flagrant violation of international law, that guarantees medical crews neutrality."
43 people, 13 of them women and children, were admitted to hospital suffering from tear gas inhalation, the demonstration organizer Samir Jaber told Ma'an.
18 people were hit by rubber bullets and were taken to Al-Yamameh Hopspital. Three people, including two children suffered severe bruising, after they were beaten by Israeli soldiers trying to disperse the crowd.
Organizers said that more than 1,500 local villagers and Israeli and international peace activists attended this week's demonstration against the Separation Wall and confiscation of village land.
The protest began after Friday prayers at the southern entrance to the village. Israeli soldiers sprayed the demonstrators with tear gas canisters and rubber bullets.
Dr. Mohamed Odeh from the Palestinian Medical Relief and two other ambulance staff were also injured as they tried to evacuate the injured from the scene.
Medical Relief condemned the Israeli soldiers' attack on their staff, saying that it is not the first time that members of their medical crews have come under Israeli attack, which is "a flagrant violation of international law, that guarantees medical crews neutrality."
4 citizens injured, including two children in anti separation wall march
Four Palestinians were injured, including two six-year-old children, during a march against the Israeli separation wall in the village of Ma'sara south of Bethlehem on Friday.
Israeli soldiers attacked demonstrators, beating them with batons, eyewitnesses said.
Dozens of citizens participated in the march, condemning the confiscation of villager's land for the construction of the wall, according to Mohamed Briggieh the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall. He said that Israeli soldiers prevented them from accessing the land, issuing threats and assaulting them with batons.
Four Palestinians were injured, including two six-year-old children, during a march against the Israeli separation wall in the village of Ma'sara south of Bethlehem on Friday.
Israeli soldiers attacked demonstrators, beating them with batons, eyewitnesses said.
Dozens of citizens participated in the march, condemning the confiscation of villager's land for the construction of the wall, according to Mohamed Briggieh the coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall. He said that Israeli soldiers prevented them from accessing the land, issuing threats and assaulting them with batons.
Minister criticizes Palestinian revenge attacks
Al-Aqsa brigades launch projectile at Sderot
National Resistance target Israeli military base
National Resistance brigades attack Israeli military jeep
Al-Aqsa brigades launch projectile at Sderot
National Resistance target Israeli military base
National Resistance brigades attack Israeli military jeep
21 feb 2008
Limited incursion in Rafah; Israeli forces open fire on school
Several Israeli military vehicles conducted a limited incursion in the Ash-Shuka area in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip amidst heavy gunfire and artillery shelling on Thursday. No casualties have been reported.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an that Palestinian resistance groups confronted the invading forces, firing several mortar shells.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces stationed near the Yasser Arafat International airport in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip opened fire on the nearby Ash-Shuka school on Thursday morning.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that all students and faculty were detained in the school yard.
Separately, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the National resistance Brigades, and Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for launching two rocket-propelled grenades at two Israeli military jeeps in Al-Maghazi refuge camp in the central Gaza Strip.
They said the shelling came in retaliation for the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an that Palestinian resistance groups confronted the invading forces, firing several mortar shells.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces stationed near the Yasser Arafat International airport in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip opened fire on the nearby Ash-Shuka school on Thursday morning.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an's reporter that all students and faculty were detained in the school yard.
Separately, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), the National resistance Brigades, and Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for launching two rocket-propelled grenades at two Israeli military jeeps in Al-Maghazi refuge camp in the central Gaza Strip.
They said the shelling came in retaliation for the ongoing Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people.
Israeli forces seize 23 Palestinians; clashes near Nablus
Israeli forces on Thursday morning apprehended 23 Palestinians from different West Bank districts, claiming they were 'wanted activists.'
Ma'an's correspondent in Nablus said that Israeli forces raided the northern West bank town of Beita south of Nablus, imposing a curfew and ransacking several homes before arresting 18 Palestinians.
Fierce clashes erupted between Palestinian citizens and the invading Israeli forces who fired gunshots, sonic bombs and tear gas canisters injuring 17-year-old Hussain Sabri. He was shot in the shoulder and was taken to hospital.
Israeli media sources said the army arrested 23 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight.
Two days ago, gunmen opened fire on an Israeli bus at the main crossroads near Beita. Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
Ma'an's correspondent in Nablus said that Israeli forces raided the northern West bank town of Beita south of Nablus, imposing a curfew and ransacking several homes before arresting 18 Palestinians.
Fierce clashes erupted between Palestinian citizens and the invading Israeli forces who fired gunshots, sonic bombs and tear gas canisters injuring 17-year-old Hussain Sabri. He was shot in the shoulder and was taken to hospital.
Israeli media sources said the army arrested 23 Palestinians in the West Bank overnight.
Two days ago, gunmen opened fire on an Israeli bus at the main crossroads near Beita. Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.
20 feb 2008
Palestinian man hospitalized for tenth day after attacked by wild boars released by Israeli settlers
Wild boars released by Israeli settlers have attacked and seriously wounded a Palestinian man in the northern West Bank, Palestinian security sources said.
53-year-old Hikmat Abdul Mu'ti from the town of Beit Rima was hospitalized ten days ago after the animals attacked him while he was walking to his fields. According medical sources at Yasser Arafat Hospital in the city of Salfit, the man sustained a 'deep wound,' and is still in the hospital.
The security sources said that settlers from the Ariel settlement deliberately release wild boars, especially in Kana valley fields which belong to the West Bank village of Deir Istiya. In the past these boars have been known to damage crops in that valley and frequently attack farmers.
The Palestinian police reported about another similar attack by a boar against a woman and her child from the village of Sarta near Salfit.
Palestinian farmers appealed to the governor of Salfit and the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture as well as humanitarian organizations to visit the area and see first hand the suffering and the material losses caused by the boars.
53-year-old Hikmat Abdul Mu'ti from the town of Beit Rima was hospitalized ten days ago after the animals attacked him while he was walking to his fields. According medical sources at Yasser Arafat Hospital in the city of Salfit, the man sustained a 'deep wound,' and is still in the hospital.
The security sources said that settlers from the Ariel settlement deliberately release wild boars, especially in Kana valley fields which belong to the West Bank village of Deir Istiya. In the past these boars have been known to damage crops in that valley and frequently attack farmers.
The Palestinian police reported about another similar attack by a boar against a woman and her child from the village of Sarta near Salfit.
Palestinian farmers appealed to the governor of Salfit and the Palestinian Ministry of Agriculture as well as humanitarian organizations to visit the area and see first hand the suffering and the material losses caused by the boars.
An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades clash with Israeli troops
The An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), said that their fighters clashed with an undercover Israeli force near the Israeli military site of Kisufim for 15 minutes on Tuesday evening.
They claimed in a statement that Israeli soldiers were injured in the confrontation. They also reaffirmed that the Palestinian resistance will continue fighting invading Israeli troops, saying that they have prepared surprises for them.
The An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), said that their fighters clashed with an undercover Israeli force near the Israeli military site of Kisufim for 15 minutes on Tuesday evening.
They claimed in a statement that Israeli soldiers were injured in the confrontation. They also reaffirmed that the Palestinian resistance will continue fighting invading Israeli troops, saying that they have prepared surprises for them.
Israel hands over corpses of Dimona bombers
The body of Palestinian bomber Shadi Zghayyar
Israeli authorities handed over the corpses of the Dimona bombers Muhammad Al-Hirbawi and Shadi Zghayyar to their families at the Tarqumia crossing west of Hebron in the southern West Bank on Wednesday.
The funeral processions are planned to take place later on Wednesday.
The bombing, which took place in a crowded shopping center, left one attacker and an Israeli woman dead. The second attacker was shot dead by an Israeli security officer.
Hamas' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades had claimed responsibility for the Dimona bombing earlier this month. The Hamas announcement came slightly late allegedly in an attempt to confuse the Israeli government.
Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades, and the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades had claimed responsibility for the same operation days before Hamas claimed responsibility and released a videotape of the bombers reading their will.
The handover of the bodies also dispels any speculation that the Palestinian bombers had entered Israel from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, after leaving the Gaza Strip through the breached Rafah border wall.
Israeli authorities handed over the corpses of the Dimona bombers Muhammad Al-Hirbawi and Shadi Zghayyar to their families at the Tarqumia crossing west of Hebron in the southern West Bank on Wednesday.
The funeral processions are planned to take place later on Wednesday.
The bombing, which took place in a crowded shopping center, left one attacker and an Israeli woman dead. The second attacker was shot dead by an Israeli security officer.
Hamas' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades had claimed responsibility for the Dimona bombing earlier this month. The Hamas announcement came slightly late allegedly in an attempt to confuse the Israeli government.
Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades, and the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades had claimed responsibility for the same operation days before Hamas claimed responsibility and released a videotape of the bombers reading their will.
The handover of the bodies also dispels any speculation that the Palestinian bombers had entered Israel from the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt, after leaving the Gaza Strip through the breached Rafah border wall.
UN humanitarian chief: conditions in Gaza "grim and miserable"
An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades claim attacks on Sderot
An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades claim attacks on Sderot
19 feb 2008
Palestinian child killed by Israeli fire in Gaza Strip
A Palestinian child named Tamir Abu Sha'ar was killed after being hit by a stray gunshot from Israeli soldiers in east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
Muawiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the child was seriously injured and was hospitalized in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir Al-Balah.
Separately, two other Palestinians have been injured after Israeli forces began a limited incursion in Abasan, near the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. They were hospitalized in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Hassanain said.
Muawiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the child was seriously injured and was hospitalized in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir Al-Balah.
Separately, two other Palestinians have been injured after Israeli forces began a limited incursion in Abasan, near the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. They were hospitalized in Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Hassanain said.
Resistance fighter killed in clashes with Israeli forces in Gaza Strip
A 25-year-old resistance fighter was shot dead during clashes with Israeli forces, east of Dir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources said.
Mu'awiyya Hassanein, head of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian ministry of health told our correspondent that fighter Ismail Jadallah was taken to Al-Aqsa Martyr's Hospital in Dir Al-Balah.
The National Resistance Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front, confirmed that Jadallah was one of their members and he was killed during armed clashes with Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, the National Resistance Brigades and the Abu Rish Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, claimed they clashed with an Israeli special force east of the Kisufim Israeli military base. They said they attacked the force, firing bullets and homemade bombs on Tuesday at dawn.
The Brigades said in a statement that the Israeli forces acknowledged they had come under rocket attack and that clashes had taken place, resulting in the death of a member of the National Resistance Brigades.
Separately, the An-Nasser Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility for attacking the Israeli military base of Nahal 'Oz, east of Gaza City, with four homemade projectiles on Monday evening.
Mu'awiyya Hassanein, head of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian ministry of health told our correspondent that fighter Ismail Jadallah was taken to Al-Aqsa Martyr's Hospital in Dir Al-Balah.
The National Resistance Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front, confirmed that Jadallah was one of their members and he was killed during armed clashes with Israeli forces.
Meanwhile, the National Resistance Brigades and the Abu Rish Brigades, the military wing of Fatah, claimed they clashed with an Israeli special force east of the Kisufim Israeli military base. They said they attacked the force, firing bullets and homemade bombs on Tuesday at dawn.
The Brigades said in a statement that the Israeli forces acknowledged they had come under rocket attack and that clashes had taken place, resulting in the death of a member of the National Resistance Brigades.
Separately, the An-Nasser Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility for attacking the Israeli military base of Nahal 'Oz, east of Gaza City, with four homemade projectiles on Monday evening.
Al-Aqsa Brigades claim responsibility for shooting at a settler bus near Nablus
House demolitions cause Palestinians to leave village
Al-Quds Brigades 'launch two projectiles at Sderot'
Israel has cut off the northern West Bank, Israeli human rights organization says
House demolitions cause Palestinians to leave village
Al-Quds Brigades 'launch two projectiles at Sderot'
Israel has cut off the northern West Bank, Israeli human rights organization says
18 feb 2008
Death toll of Sunday's incursion in Rafah rises to five as Palestinian man dies of his wounds today
A 42-year-old Palestinian civilian named Awni Abu Taha on Monday succumbed to his wounds which he sustained on Sunday during Israeli incursion in the Shuka area in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Muawiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry said the man was found after the Israeli forces withdrew, adding and that Abu Taha had been shot in the head.
He was evacuated to the Gaza European Hospital where he died his on Monday. This brings Sunday's death toll to five after four activists affiliated with Hamas' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades and the Popular Resistance Committees' armed wing the An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades were pronounced dead on Sunday.
Muawiya Hassanain, the director of ambulance and emergency services in the Palestinian Health Ministry said the man was found after the Israeli forces withdrew, adding and that Abu Taha had been shot in the head.
He was evacuated to the Gaza European Hospital where he died his on Monday. This brings Sunday's death toll to five after four activists affiliated with Hamas' armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades and the Popular Resistance Committees' armed wing the An-Nasser Salah Addin Brigades were pronounced dead on Sunday.
Israeli forces raid Huwwara and Beita near Nablus
Israeli soldiers invaded the northern West Bank towns of Huwwara and Beita, south of Nablus, and raided the headquarters of the Ministry of Waqf and Religious Affairs in Huwwara on Sunday morning.
Ma'an's reporter in Nablus said that the invading forces imposed a curfew on the towns and fired flash and sonic bombs.
The head of Huwwara's Municipal Council, Samir Mur'ib, said that Israeli forces forcefully entered and ransacked several homes, breaking the doors.
Ma'an's reporter in Nablus said that the invading forces imposed a curfew on the towns and fired flash and sonic bombs.
The head of Huwwara's Municipal Council, Samir Mur'ib, said that Israeli forces forcefully entered and ransacked several homes, breaking the doors.
Call for investigation into explosion at Al-Bureij Refugee Camp
Al-Quds Brigades claims responsibility for the launch of two projectiles
Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades fire two projectiles at israeli military base
Sixteen Palestinians seized in West Bank
First homemade Palestinian projectile fired at Netivot
Al-Quds Brigades claim two military actions
Al-Quds Brigades claims responsibility for the launch of two projectiles
Fatah's Al-Aqsa Brigades fire two projectiles at israeli military base
Sixteen Palestinians seized in West Bank
First homemade Palestinian projectile fired at Netivot
Al-Quds Brigades claim two military actions
17 feb 2008
Four Palestinians killed, 13 injured as Israeli forces invade Rafah
Israeli forces killed four Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, and a two others died of wounds sustained in previous incursions. At least 13 people were injured in the attack.
Ma'an's reporter said that medical crews found three corpses of Palestinian activists after the Israeli forces withdrew from Shuka area near the airport.
Medical sources named the victims as Abdul-Kareem Al-Ghalban, Nasser Abu Shabab and Salam Abu Susain.
22-year-old Ibrahim Salih, an activist with the armed wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, was pronounced dead earlier.
Witnesses said that Israeli tanks invaded the area near the abandoned Yasser Arafat International Airport, near the city of Rafah, and fought with Palestinian activists after midnight. Warplanes also flew over Rafah to cover the invasion, firing several missiles.
Separately, On Saturday evening, Palestinian medical sources announced the death of a Palestinian man after he succumbed to wounds sustained on Friday in clashes with an undercover Israeli force in Al-Qarara in the southern Gaza Strip. Medical sources in Nasser hospital in Khan Younis identified the victim as Hani Shahin, who was involved in clashes with an undercover Israeli force that entered in the area.
Later on Sunday morning, Palestinian medical sources announced that 21-year-old 'Ala' Abu Haddaf has died of wounds he sustained in the same confrontation with undercover Israeli forces in Al-Qarara. Security sources said he was also affiliated with Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades.
Ma'an's reporter said that medical crews found three corpses of Palestinian activists after the Israeli forces withdrew from Shuka area near the airport.
Medical sources named the victims as Abdul-Kareem Al-Ghalban, Nasser Abu Shabab and Salam Abu Susain.
22-year-old Ibrahim Salih, an activist with the armed wing of Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades, was pronounced dead earlier.
Witnesses said that Israeli tanks invaded the area near the abandoned Yasser Arafat International Airport, near the city of Rafah, and fought with Palestinian activists after midnight. Warplanes also flew over Rafah to cover the invasion, firing several missiles.
Separately, On Saturday evening, Palestinian medical sources announced the death of a Palestinian man after he succumbed to wounds sustained on Friday in clashes with an undercover Israeli force in Al-Qarara in the southern Gaza Strip. Medical sources in Nasser hospital in Khan Younis identified the victim as Hani Shahin, who was involved in clashes with an undercover Israeli force that entered in the area.
Later on Sunday morning, Palestinian medical sources announced that 21-year-old 'Ala' Abu Haddaf has died of wounds he sustained in the same confrontation with undercover Israeli forces in Al-Qarara. Security sources said he was also affiliated with Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades.
38 Palestinians killed since the beginning of February, says Nafha society
The Nafha Society for the defence of Palestinian prisoners' and human rights announced on Sunday that the Israeli military forces have killed 38 Palestinians including 6 children and one woman since the beginning of February.
The society's information department explained that 28 of the victims have been killed in targeted assassinations. Twenty nine of the victims were from the Gaza Strip and 9 from the West Bank. The society attributed the rise in the death toll in the Gaza Strip to escalating Israeli attacks on resistance fighters.
According to Nafha, 87 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip and 9 in the West Bank last January including 11 women and 11 children.
The Nafha Society for the defence of Palestinian prisoners' and human rights announced on Sunday that the Israeli military forces have killed 38 Palestinians including 6 children and one woman since the beginning of February.
The society's information department explained that 28 of the victims have been killed in targeted assassinations. Twenty nine of the victims were from the Gaza Strip and 9 from the West Bank. The society attributed the rise in the death toll in the Gaza Strip to escalating Israeli attacks on resistance fighters.
According to Nafha, 87 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip and 9 in the West Bank last January including 11 women and 11 children.
16 feb 2008
Islamic Jihad leader and family killed in Israeli air strike; 80 wounded
Eight Palestinians, including a senior Islamic Jihad leader and his wife and three of his children were killed in an Israeli air stirke on a house in the Al-Bureij refugee camp, near Gaza City in the central Gaza Strip on Friday night.
80 others were wounded in the densely populated residential neighbourhood.
Eyewitnesses said that an Israeli F-16 aircraft fired at least one missile that hit the home of Al-Quds Brigades commander 42-year-old Ayman Fayed, also known as Abu Abdallah. The three-story building was completely destroyed.
Muawiyya Hassanain, director of ambulance and emergency services at the Palestinian health ministry said Fayed, his wife Marwa Azzam, his 13-year-old daughter Basma and his two sons 5-year-old Ayub and 18-year-old Ali. Others who were killed were named as Talal Salah Abu 'Oun, Attallah Ismael As-Samiri and Zakaria Nabil Al-Kafafi.
The dead and wounded were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah and several other hospitals. Seven people, described as being in a serious condition, were taken to Ash- Shifaa Hospital.
The only witness to the massacre was 11-year old Muhammad, who was injured in his legs. " I heard my father asking my mother to hurry to the basement. They were afraid of the planes flying over the house when suddenly I heard the explosion and found myself in hospital," he said.
"They told me that all my family members died and I still can't believe what happened, I heard that my 15-year-old brother Adam is still alive but he's seriously injured," he added.
The assassinated leader's mother 60-year-old Rasmeyeh told Ma'an "They assassinated my son and his family leaving me all alone. I ask God for endurance, this is God's will."
His wife, Marwa's mother said, "They killed my daughter and her family. I know they kill in cold blood and they don't differentiate between a child and a mother."
A military spokeswoman in Tel Aviv denied that Israeli forces had any involvement in the incident, according to the Al-Jazeera news website.
Brigades promise revenge
Spokesman for the Al-Quds brigades Abu Ahmad said that the Israeli occupation has lost his way by starting the fight against locals, women and children.
He added that Israel should expect a "strong response" for the killings.
Al-Quds Brigades leader Abu Abir said "the Israeli crime is an indication of further assassinations against our people."
He vowed to avenge Fayed's death.
For its part, the Islamic Jihad said that the Israel "will pay for their crimes, especially the last attack against a residential neighborhood that resulted in the martyrdom of 8 people."
Hamas spokesman, Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press conference that "this crime has opened the door of the struggle and we won't stay silent in the face of these crimes."
Appeals to international community
Fatah also condemned Friday's massacre in Gaza.
Fatah spokesman Fahmi Az-Za'arir said that Friday's assassination showed that Israel and its leaders have adopted a policy of organized crime and the international community must force them to stop such policies.
He added that the United States and the International Quartet must assume their responsibilities and stop the Israeli aggression.
Az-Za'arir concluded by saying that all attempts by Israel to impose its terms of surrender on our people and their leadership, or to try and deter us from our aspirations and our national rights, will not succeed and we will continue our path towards freedom and independence at all costs.
Said Abu Mujahid, spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees in Palestine, said that Israeli forces had crossed the line by persisting in carrying out atrocities and targeting homes in Al-Bureij refugee camp.
Abu Mujahid called on the resistance factions to respond.
In turn, the National Resistance Brigades denounced the Israeli massacre in the camp, saying they will continue to attack Israeli positions.
80 others were wounded in the densely populated residential neighbourhood.
Eyewitnesses said that an Israeli F-16 aircraft fired at least one missile that hit the home of Al-Quds Brigades commander 42-year-old Ayman Fayed, also known as Abu Abdallah. The three-story building was completely destroyed.
Muawiyya Hassanain, director of ambulance and emergency services at the Palestinian health ministry said Fayed, his wife Marwa Azzam, his 13-year-old daughter Basma and his two sons 5-year-old Ayub and 18-year-old Ali. Others who were killed were named as Talal Salah Abu 'Oun, Attallah Ismael As-Samiri and Zakaria Nabil Al-Kafafi.
The dead and wounded were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah and several other hospitals. Seven people, described as being in a serious condition, were taken to Ash- Shifaa Hospital.
The only witness to the massacre was 11-year old Muhammad, who was injured in his legs. " I heard my father asking my mother to hurry to the basement. They were afraid of the planes flying over the house when suddenly I heard the explosion and found myself in hospital," he said.
"They told me that all my family members died and I still can't believe what happened, I heard that my 15-year-old brother Adam is still alive but he's seriously injured," he added.
The assassinated leader's mother 60-year-old Rasmeyeh told Ma'an "They assassinated my son and his family leaving me all alone. I ask God for endurance, this is God's will."
His wife, Marwa's mother said, "They killed my daughter and her family. I know they kill in cold blood and they don't differentiate between a child and a mother."
A military spokeswoman in Tel Aviv denied that Israeli forces had any involvement in the incident, according to the Al-Jazeera news website.
Brigades promise revenge
Spokesman for the Al-Quds brigades Abu Ahmad said that the Israeli occupation has lost his way by starting the fight against locals, women and children.
He added that Israel should expect a "strong response" for the killings.
Al-Quds Brigades leader Abu Abir said "the Israeli crime is an indication of further assassinations against our people."
He vowed to avenge Fayed's death.
For its part, the Islamic Jihad said that the Israel "will pay for their crimes, especially the last attack against a residential neighborhood that resulted in the martyrdom of 8 people."
Hamas spokesman, Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press conference that "this crime has opened the door of the struggle and we won't stay silent in the face of these crimes."
Appeals to international community
Fatah also condemned Friday's massacre in Gaza.
Fatah spokesman Fahmi Az-Za'arir said that Friday's assassination showed that Israel and its leaders have adopted a policy of organized crime and the international community must force them to stop such policies.
He added that the United States and the International Quartet must assume their responsibilities and stop the Israeli aggression.
Az-Za'arir concluded by saying that all attempts by Israel to impose its terms of surrender on our people and their leadership, or to try and deter us from our aspirations and our national rights, will not succeed and we will continue our path towards freedom and independence at all costs.
Said Abu Mujahid, spokesman for the Popular Resistance Committees in Palestine, said that Israeli forces had crossed the line by persisting in carrying out atrocities and targeting homes in Al-Bureij refugee camp.
Abu Mujahid called on the resistance factions to respond.
In turn, the National Resistance Brigades denounced the Israeli massacre in the camp, saying they will continue to attack Israeli positions.
Al Qassam brigades display their achievements against Israeli sites during this week
Israeli closure of Tulkarem continues
Al-Umma army launch projectiles at Israeli military base
Israeli closure of Tulkarem continues
Al-Umma army launch projectiles at Israeli military base
15 feb 2008
Nasrallah: Hezbollah ready for "open war"
Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sheikh Hasan Nasrallah promised to wage an open war against Israel, saying that Israel chose war when it allegedly assassinated Hezbollah's military leader, Imad Mughniya.
Mughniya was killed in a car bombing in the Syrian capital, Damascus on Wednesday. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the attack.
Nasrallah was delivering a eulogy before the burial of Mughniya in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Lebanese capital. He said that Israel committed a "great folly" when they chose to assassinate Mughniya. He pointed out that the world historians have to start chronicling this date as the beginning of the collapse of the state of Israel.
Nasrallah said that Israel lost the war against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 considering that the war is still ongoing as no ceasefire has been announced.
With regards to Hezbollah's reaction to the assassination of Mughniya, Nasrallah quoted his own word during the war in 2006 when he addressed the Israelis saying, "If you Zionists choose to fight an open war, you will have an open war." He was hinting to the fact that Hezbollah during the last war started launching missiles at Israeli cities in the north after the Israeli army shelled civilian targets in Lebanon.
This quote may imply that Hezbollah will undertake military action against Israeli targets anywhere as he said, "I remind that you killed Mughniya outside the battle field, and if you Zionists have already chosen an open war, I repeat now, let it be an open war."
Nasrallah reiterated that assassination of resistance leaders such as Mughniya does not weaken resistance. He revealed that as soon as the 2006 war ended, Hezbollah fighters led by Mughniya and others began to prepare for another possible war. He said, "This time, there will not be one Imad Mughniya awaiting you, or thousands of fighters, because Mughniya has almost completed his mission and prepared dozens of well-trained fighters who will fight you, willing to die as martyrs."
Mughniya was killed in a car bombing in the Syrian capital, Damascus on Wednesday. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the attack.
Nasrallah was delivering a eulogy before the burial of Mughniya in the southern suburbs of Beirut, the Lebanese capital. He said that Israel committed a "great folly" when they chose to assassinate Mughniya. He pointed out that the world historians have to start chronicling this date as the beginning of the collapse of the state of Israel.
Nasrallah said that Israel lost the war against Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 considering that the war is still ongoing as no ceasefire has been announced.
With regards to Hezbollah's reaction to the assassination of Mughniya, Nasrallah quoted his own word during the war in 2006 when he addressed the Israelis saying, "If you Zionists choose to fight an open war, you will have an open war." He was hinting to the fact that Hezbollah during the last war started launching missiles at Israeli cities in the north after the Israeli army shelled civilian targets in Lebanon.
This quote may imply that Hezbollah will undertake military action against Israeli targets anywhere as he said, "I remind that you killed Mughniya outside the battle field, and if you Zionists have already chosen an open war, I repeat now, let it be an open war."
Nasrallah reiterated that assassination of resistance leaders such as Mughniya does not weaken resistance. He revealed that as soon as the 2006 war ended, Hezbollah fighters led by Mughniya and others began to prepare for another possible war. He said, "This time, there will not be one Imad Mughniya awaiting you, or thousands of fighters, because Mughniya has almost completed his mission and prepared dozens of well-trained fighters who will fight you, willing to die as martyrs."
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14 feb 2008
Palestinian from Bethlehem seriously injured by grenade left behind by Israeli soldiers
Eighteen-year-old Ala Ubayat was seriously injured in the West Bank city of Bethlehem when a grenade left behind by Israeli soldiers exploded in his hands, sources in the Palestinian police told Ma'an on Thursday.
Bethlehem Police Chief Dawood Abu Ghaith said the man was seriously injured when he tried to split the grenade open using an electric cutting machine in his father's blacksmith workshop.
Ghaith added that police engineering unit rushed to the place and found another unexploded grenade, and defused it. Police have opened an investigation into the incident, he said.
He blamed the Israelis for the explosion and warned Palestinian citizens to be careful when they find unexploded Israeli ordinance, urging them to inform the Palestinian police immediately when they find any suspect devices.
Abu Ghaith said the Israeli soldiers deliberately leave behind such devices to tempt ordinary Palestinians to play with them and endanger their lives.
Bethlehem Police Chief Dawood Abu Ghaith said the man was seriously injured when he tried to split the grenade open using an electric cutting machine in his father's blacksmith workshop.
Ghaith added that police engineering unit rushed to the place and found another unexploded grenade, and defused it. Police have opened an investigation into the incident, he said.
He blamed the Israelis for the explosion and warned Palestinian citizens to be careful when they find unexploded Israeli ordinance, urging them to inform the Palestinian police immediately when they find any suspect devices.
Abu Ghaith said the Israeli soldiers deliberately leave behind such devices to tempt ordinary Palestinians to play with them and endanger their lives.
Palestinian civilian shot by Israeli soldiers dies
52-year-old Tayseer Nazzal from the town of Qabatiya, in the northern West Bank, on Thursday succumbed to his wounds sustained in an Israeli incursion on February 7th, Ma'an's reporter said.
Nazzal, who was mentally ill, was shot by Israeli soldiers while he was standing in front of his house. He was then evacuated to the government hospital in Jenin where he was pronounced dead today.
Nazzal, who was mentally ill, was shot by Israeli soldiers while he was standing in front of his house. He was then evacuated to the government hospital in Jenin where he was pronounced dead today.
Israeli forces raid Jenin, seize man in Qabatiya
The Israeli forces detained a young Palestinian man from Qabatiya, near Jenin in the northern West Bank after storming several houses on Thursday morning.
Local sources named the arrestee as 19-year-old Jasir Zakarna.
In a different regard, an Israeli force raided Jenin from the west and the south amidst heavy gunfire.
The Israeli forces detained a young Palestinian man from Qabatiya, near Jenin in the northern West Bank after storming several houses on Thursday morning.
Local sources named the arrestee as 19-year-old Jasir Zakarna.
In a different regard, an Israeli force raided Jenin from the west and the south amidst heavy gunfire.
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Identity of Palestinian who stabbed Israeli soldier last Tuesday revealed
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