11 july 2012
Israeli forces shot a Palestinian man in the northern West Bank on Saturday and then a group of Israeli settlers repeatedly stabbed him, a Palestinian official told Ma’an news.
The incident happened in Yanun village, south of Nablus. Jawdat Bani Jabir, 43, was shot by soldiers in the face and the foot. Then a group of Israeli settlers entered the village and began stabbing him repeatedly. His current condition could not be confirmed.
Governorate official Ghassan Daghlas also added that in addition to stabbing Jabir, they also fatally stabbed five cattle. He noted that the people of the village earn their livelihood through agriculture and livestock.
An Israeli army spokesman said he was looking into the incident. He also added that the villagers came out to defend their homes.
The village of Yanun is surrounded by Israeli settlements which have been deemed illegal by both international and Israeli law.
The incident happened in Yanun village, south of Nablus. Jawdat Bani Jabir, 43, was shot by soldiers in the face and the foot. Then a group of Israeli settlers entered the village and began stabbing him repeatedly. His current condition could not be confirmed.
Governorate official Ghassan Daghlas also added that in addition to stabbing Jabir, they also fatally stabbed five cattle. He noted that the people of the village earn their livelihood through agriculture and livestock.
An Israeli army spokesman said he was looking into the incident. He also added that the villagers came out to defend their homes.
The village of Yanun is surrounded by Israeli settlements which have been deemed illegal by both international and Israeli law.
Israeli troops and illegal settlers in Hebron
A French citizen was hit in the shoulder as the Israeli army fired tear gas canisters and sound grenades in the old city of Hebron on Tuesday.
During a disturbance between between Israeli forces and Palestinians, Israeli soldiers opened fire in the al-Laban market. Witnesses said a French Woman was hit in the shoulder by a tear gas canister. As a result of the incident, Israeli forces closed the entrances to the old city.
Hebron, in the West Bank is home to 30,000 Palestinians. Parts of the old city of Hebron are under Israeli control and the Israel military presence is due in large part to the 800 illegal Israeli settlers who live there.
International activists are often targeted by the Israeli military. Salah Khawaja, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements reported yesterday that many international activists have informed him that they will charge Israel in international courts if Israeli authorities continue to target the international protesters and Palestinians during peaceful marches.
A French citizen was hit in the shoulder as the Israeli army fired tear gas canisters and sound grenades in the old city of Hebron on Tuesday.
During a disturbance between between Israeli forces and Palestinians, Israeli soldiers opened fire in the al-Laban market. Witnesses said a French Woman was hit in the shoulder by a tear gas canister. As a result of the incident, Israeli forces closed the entrances to the old city.
Hebron, in the West Bank is home to 30,000 Palestinians. Parts of the old city of Hebron are under Israeli control and the Israel military presence is due in large part to the 800 illegal Israeli settlers who live there.
International activists are often targeted by the Israeli military. Salah Khawaja, coordinator of the Popular Committee Against the Wall and Settlements reported yesterday that many international activists have informed him that they will charge Israel in international courts if Israeli authorities continue to target the international protesters and Palestinians during peaceful marches.
10 july 2012
A Palestinian militant inspects the damage inside a militant camp after an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, July 10, 2012
Israeli warplanes have launched airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, but there are no immediate reports of casualties.
The Israeli airstrikes were carried out overnight Tuesday as part of the regime’s offensive measures against the Palestinians in the impoverished region.
The Israeli air force targeted two bases of Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military forces said in a statement on Tuesday.
Over a dozen Palestinians were killed in airstrikes carried out by the Israeli regime on the besieged Palestinian territory during the six-day period of June 18-23.
The Israeli military frequently attacks the Gaza Strip, saying the actions are being conducted for defensive purposes. However, disproportionate force is always used, in violation of international law, and civilians are often killed or injured.
In addition to airstrikes and ground attacks, the Tel Aviv regime also denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, including the freedom of movement and the right to decent living, work, health and education.
Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
Nader Elkhuzundar BREAKING: israel F16s can be heard in the skies
Israeli jets strike south Gaza, no injuries
Israeli fighter jets on Tuesday morning bombarded several sites in the southern Gaza Strip, without causing injuries.
Three missiles landed in a militant base of the Al-Ansar Brigades, the military wing of Al-Ahrar movement, in Khan Younis, witnesses said. The airstrike caused material damage, but no injuries were reported.
Another unidentified site was bombed in Rafah.
An Israeli military statement said the forces targeted "two Hamas terror activity sites," confirming direct hits.
It said the airstrikes were in response to gunfire from Gaza on Monday into an Israeli residential kibbutz, Yad Mordechai, near the border.
The overnight fire comes two weeks after an Egyptian-brokered truce halted deadly fighting on the border.
Gaza militant groups fired dozens of rockets into Gaza in June, as Israeli airstrikes pounded the coastal enclave, killing at least 12 Palestinians during a week of cross border violence.
Israeli warplanes have launched airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip, but there are no immediate reports of casualties.
The Israeli airstrikes were carried out overnight Tuesday as part of the regime’s offensive measures against the Palestinians in the impoverished region.
The Israeli air force targeted two bases of Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas in the southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli military forces said in a statement on Tuesday.
Over a dozen Palestinians were killed in airstrikes carried out by the Israeli regime on the besieged Palestinian territory during the six-day period of June 18-23.
The Israeli military frequently attacks the Gaza Strip, saying the actions are being conducted for defensive purposes. However, disproportionate force is always used, in violation of international law, and civilians are often killed or injured.
In addition to airstrikes and ground attacks, the Tel Aviv regime also denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, including the freedom of movement and the right to decent living, work, health and education.
Gaza has been blockaded since 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
Nader Elkhuzundar BREAKING: israel F16s can be heard in the skies
Israeli jets strike south Gaza, no injuries
Israeli fighter jets on Tuesday morning bombarded several sites in the southern Gaza Strip, without causing injuries.
Three missiles landed in a militant base of the Al-Ansar Brigades, the military wing of Al-Ahrar movement, in Khan Younis, witnesses said. The airstrike caused material damage, but no injuries were reported.
Another unidentified site was bombed in Rafah.
An Israeli military statement said the forces targeted "two Hamas terror activity sites," confirming direct hits.
It said the airstrikes were in response to gunfire from Gaza on Monday into an Israeli residential kibbutz, Yad Mordechai, near the border.
The overnight fire comes two weeks after an Egyptian-brokered truce halted deadly fighting on the border.
Gaza militant groups fired dozens of rockets into Gaza in June, as Israeli airstrikes pounded the coastal enclave, killing at least 12 Palestinians during a week of cross border violence.
Israeli military vehicles entered the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, firing gunshots, locals said.
No injuries were reported.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an ten vehicles escorted bulldozers to level Palestinian land near the village of Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis. Gunshots were fired in several directions, they said.
Separately, witnesses said Israeli troops stationed east of Gaza City’s al-Shujaiyya neighborhood opened fire toward Palestinian homes early Tuesday, without causing injuries.
An Israeli military spokesman said he was looking into the incidents.
Overnight, Israeli fighter jets bombarded sites in Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, without causing injuries.
An Israeli military statement said the forces targeted "two Hamas terror activity sites," confirming direct hits.
It said the airstrikes were in response to gunfire from Gaza on Monday into an Israeli residential kibbutz, Yad Mordechai, near the border.
No injuries were reported.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an ten vehicles escorted bulldozers to level Palestinian land near the village of Al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis. Gunshots were fired in several directions, they said.
Separately, witnesses said Israeli troops stationed east of Gaza City’s al-Shujaiyya neighborhood opened fire toward Palestinian homes early Tuesday, without causing injuries.
An Israeli military spokesman said he was looking into the incidents.
Overnight, Israeli fighter jets bombarded sites in Rafah and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, without causing injuries.
An Israeli military statement said the forces targeted "two Hamas terror activity sites," confirming direct hits.
It said the airstrikes were in response to gunfire from Gaza on Monday into an Israeli residential kibbutz, Yad Mordechai, near the border.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the house of lawyer Shireen Al-Aisawi in Aisawiye village in occupied Jerusalem at dawn Tuesday.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers and intelligence agents broke into the home of Aisawi and confiscated her personal computer and mobile phones.
The Israeli occupation authority has been systematically persecuting Aisawi, who has been practicing her profession as a lawyer for ten years.
She was detained and her family members were bullied and her five brothers were arrested on separate occasions.
Aisawi is one of the activists in defense of Palestinian prisoners and is a lawyer with the Palestine branch of the international movement for the defense of children. She also follows up the cases of detained Palestinian leaders and Jordanian prisoners.
Local sources said that Israeli soldiers and intelligence agents broke into the home of Aisawi and confiscated her personal computer and mobile phones.
The Israeli occupation authority has been systematically persecuting Aisawi, who has been practicing her profession as a lawyer for ten years.
She was detained and her family members were bullied and her five brothers were arrested on separate occasions.
Aisawi is one of the activists in defense of Palestinian prisoners and is a lawyer with the Palestine branch of the international movement for the defense of children. She also follows up the cases of detained Palestinian leaders and Jordanian prisoners.
9 july 2012
A Palestinian man was shot and injured at the hands of the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Qarara town to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Monday.
Medical sources said that a 30-year-old man was hit with a bullet in his foot when IOF soldiers fired at him from a military watchtower.
In another development, eyewitnesses said that resistance fighters fired a projectile at an Israeli army tank to the east of Khan Younis, but did not mention any further details.
Medics: Palestinian injured near Khan Younis
A young Palestinian man was moderately injured by Israeli fire on the borders east of al-Qarara village in Khan Younis, a medical official said Wednesday.
Ashraf Al-Qidra, the spokesman of the ministry of health in Gaza, told Ma’an that the young man, who was not identified, was taken to the Nasser hospital.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said forces opened fire after Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip fired a rocket into southern Israel but did not record a hit.
"Palestinian claims that a man was injured are being checked," she said.
Witnesses said Israeli forces opened fire toward a residential area east of al-Qarara.
Medical sources said that a 30-year-old man was hit with a bullet in his foot when IOF soldiers fired at him from a military watchtower.
In another development, eyewitnesses said that resistance fighters fired a projectile at an Israeli army tank to the east of Khan Younis, but did not mention any further details.
Medics: Palestinian injured near Khan Younis
A young Palestinian man was moderately injured by Israeli fire on the borders east of al-Qarara village in Khan Younis, a medical official said Wednesday.
Ashraf Al-Qidra, the spokesman of the ministry of health in Gaza, told Ma’an that the young man, who was not identified, was taken to the Nasser hospital.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said forces opened fire after Palestinians in the central Gaza Strip fired a rocket into southern Israel but did not record a hit.
"Palestinian claims that a man was injured are being checked," she said.
Witnesses said Israeli forces opened fire toward a residential area east of al-Qarara.
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Analysts believe that for decades, Israel and the united states have been working to reshape the Middle East in an effort to control its natural resources, believing that changing governments and installing pro western puppet regimes will ultimately help the Zionists to achieve its goal of secure borders.
The people of the Golan believe that Israel that is supported by the United States will not stop its expansion plans, even if this means opening the occupied Golan front for a new war with Syria. People here say Israel efforts to start a new war are part of the western plot against Syria. In the Golan, people’s fear of war on the Israeli Syrian ceasefire line is |
growing rapidly. They stated, however, that their concern is not for themselves, but for their homeland Syria and its citizens. They believe that war in the region will bring a great amount of destruction and loss of life.
8 july 2012
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On Saturday 7 July, 2012, the village of Yanoun, located 12km southeast of Nablus, was attacked by illegal settlers from the illegal Itamar settlement.
Five Palestinians were injured in the attack and large sections of agricultural land were set ablaze. The attack began at roughly 2pm. The illegal settlers descended on the village and began setting fire to sections of land and firing on sheep while they were grazing. In the course of the attack on Yanoun, 5 resident of Aqraba, (the neighbouring village) were injured to varying degrees. Two men, Ibrahim Hamid Ibrahim, and Adwan Rajih bini Naber were beaten by settlers, and another, Joudat Hamid Ibrahim was stabbed in the shoulder after being beaten as well. |
When the Israeli Forces arrived, they joined in the attacks, injuring two more.
Hakimun Ahmed Yusuf Bini Jaber, 42, was shot in the arm with live ammunition by an Israeli soldier and Ashraf Adel Hamid Ibrahim, 29, was shot in the back with a tear gas canister when the soldiers attempted to scatter villagers who were to aid the injured.
The villagers who were aiding the injured attempted to carry the injured men to ambulances, but Israeli soldiers blocked the roads and refused to let them through. The Israeli military and illegal settlers also stopped residents from putting out the fires.
The first ambulance to leave was reportedly stopped at Huwwara checkpoint en route to a hospital in Nablus. Two of the injured men were taken from the ambulance and held in Israeli custody for an undetermined period of time. The second and third ambulance were not allowed to depart with those wounded for two hours.
After the attacks had stopped, Israeli soldiers still held Adwan Rajih Bini Jaber captive, refusing to allow the ambulance carrying him to depart. Illegal settlers stood by heavily armed, protecting the fires that they had set to Palestinian land.
Nearing 6pm, illegal settlers and Israeli soldiers once again advanced on the Palestinians, as internationals gathered to show solidarity, which ending in the firing of tear gas canisters and live ammunition into the air.
Yanoun and its residents have been subject to attacks by illegal settlers from Itamar for many years. On October 19, 2002, there was a temporary mass exodus due to the harassment, drawing parallels with the refugees created in 1948.
The villagers returned little by little in the weeks following, with the help of peace activists from Ta’ayush & other groups but the village still suffers from violent attacks regardless.
Hakimun Ahmed Yusuf Bini Jaber, 42, was shot in the arm with live ammunition by an Israeli soldier and Ashraf Adel Hamid Ibrahim, 29, was shot in the back with a tear gas canister when the soldiers attempted to scatter villagers who were to aid the injured.
The villagers who were aiding the injured attempted to carry the injured men to ambulances, but Israeli soldiers blocked the roads and refused to let them through. The Israeli military and illegal settlers also stopped residents from putting out the fires.
The first ambulance to leave was reportedly stopped at Huwwara checkpoint en route to a hospital in Nablus. Two of the injured men were taken from the ambulance and held in Israeli custody for an undetermined period of time. The second and third ambulance were not allowed to depart with those wounded for two hours.
After the attacks had stopped, Israeli soldiers still held Adwan Rajih Bini Jaber captive, refusing to allow the ambulance carrying him to depart. Illegal settlers stood by heavily armed, protecting the fires that they had set to Palestinian land.
Nearing 6pm, illegal settlers and Israeli soldiers once again advanced on the Palestinians, as internationals gathered to show solidarity, which ending in the firing of tear gas canisters and live ammunition into the air.
Yanoun and its residents have been subject to attacks by illegal settlers from Itamar for many years. On October 19, 2002, there was a temporary mass exodus due to the harassment, drawing parallels with the refugees created in 1948.
The villagers returned little by little in the weeks following, with the help of peace activists from Ta’ayush & other groups but the village still suffers from violent attacks regardless.
Two Palestinian workers were transferred to the hospital, suffering wounds, after being attacked by Zionist soldiers on al-Dhahiriya crossing, south of al-Khalil city (southern West Bank).
Quds Press news agency quoted sources saying that the worker Ahmed Abu Salim from Balata refugee camp in Nablus suffered broken foot bones and several bruises, while the worker Raafat Abu Raiya from the town of Tarqumiya in al-Khalil suffered different injuries across his body.
The two wounded workers were transferred to the government hospital in al-Khalil after being severely attacked by the Zionist occupation soldiers near al-Dhahiriya crossing which leads to the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 as they were trying to enter the region for work.
Meanwhile, the occupation army soldiers were deployed last night in many towns of Al-Khali, and set up makeshift roadblocks and checkpoints at the entrances of al-Arroub, Beit Ummar and Sanger in Dora, to check identities of passers-by and search vehicles.
IOF troops storm Al-Khalil town in 17 vehicles
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in 17 military vehicles stormed Ein Sinjer hamlet on the road between the town of Dura and Al-Khalil city on Sunday.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that dozens of IOF soldiers mounting 14 jeeps and three personnel carriers broke into the hamlet then continued their advance into Dura.
They said that the soldiers in Ein Sinjer were carrying maps that raised fears among the hamlet’s population that they were planning for a new settlement outpost on its land.
Quds Press news agency quoted sources saying that the worker Ahmed Abu Salim from Balata refugee camp in Nablus suffered broken foot bones and several bruises, while the worker Raafat Abu Raiya from the town of Tarqumiya in al-Khalil suffered different injuries across his body.
The two wounded workers were transferred to the government hospital in al-Khalil after being severely attacked by the Zionist occupation soldiers near al-Dhahiriya crossing which leads to the Palestinian territories occupied in 1948 as they were trying to enter the region for work.
Meanwhile, the occupation army soldiers were deployed last night in many towns of Al-Khali, and set up makeshift roadblocks and checkpoints at the entrances of al-Arroub, Beit Ummar and Sanger in Dora, to check identities of passers-by and search vehicles.
IOF troops storm Al-Khalil town in 17 vehicles
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in 17 military vehicles stormed Ein Sinjer hamlet on the road between the town of Dura and Al-Khalil city on Sunday.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that dozens of IOF soldiers mounting 14 jeeps and three personnel carriers broke into the hamlet then continued their advance into Dura.
They said that the soldiers in Ein Sinjer were carrying maps that raised fears among the hamlet’s population that they were planning for a new settlement outpost on its land.
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Six Palestinians were killed in series of Israeli strikes on Gaza, all carried out just hours after a deadly ambush along Israel's southern border with Egypt.
The latest strike which killed two 17-year-old youths took place shortly after midnight near Deir al-Balah, but their bodies were only recovered after dawn when an ambulance could get to the scene. The Israeli military also fired on civilians near to Khan Younis, in the South of the Gaza Strip. Cairo has brokered Gaza truces in the past and an Egyptian official said renewed mediation had secured agreement by Israel and Palestinian factions on Tuesday night. While the Minister for the Middle East Alistair Burt urged all parties to exercise restraint and prevent civilian casualties and loss of life. |
Alistair Burt said: "I am deeply concerned about this week's escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel. I condemn this indiscriminate rocket fire into southern Israel, as I do all acts of terrorism. The UK urges all parties to exercise restraint and prevent civilian casualties and loss of life."
7 july 2012
Four Palestinian children of one family were wounded on Saturday morning when an army ordnance exploded near their home in Wadi Al-Salaqa east of Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said that the four children of Abu Muharib family, the youngest being a seven-year-old girl, arrived in the hospital with shrapnel covering their bodies especially the upper parts, adding that their injuries were light to moderate.
They said that the explosion occurred one kilometer away from the border area, charging that the ordnance was most probably left over by the Israeli occupation forces in one of their repeated incursions into the area.
Medical sources said that the four children of Abu Muharib family, the youngest being a seven-year-old girl, arrived in the hospital with shrapnel covering their bodies especially the upper parts, adding that their injuries were light to moderate.
They said that the explosion occurred one kilometer away from the border area, charging that the ordnance was most probably left over by the Israeli occupation forces in one of their repeated incursions into the area.
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A Palestinian man was shot by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank on Saturday, after which a group of Israeli settlers stabbed him repeatedly, a Palestinian official said.
Jawdat Bani Jabir, 43, was shot in the face and the foot by soldiers in Yanun village, south of Nablus, governorate official Ghassan Daghlas told Ma'an.
A group of Israeli settlers who had descended into the village proceeded to stab him in several places, Daghlas added. Jabir's condition could not be immediately confirmed.
An Israeli army spokesman said he was looking into the incident.
Daghlas said the settlers had entered Yanun village, and fatally stabbed five cattle. He pointed out that the village depends on agriculture and livestock.
Villagers came out to defend their homes, the official added.
Yanun is surrounded by Israeli settler outposts, illegal under both international and Israeli law.
A Palestinian man was shot by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank on Saturday, after which a group of Israeli settlers stabbed him repeatedly, a Palestinian official said.
Jawdat Bani Jabir, 43, was shot in the face and the foot by soldiers in Yanun village, south of Nablus, governorate official Ghassan Daghlas told Ma'an.
A group of Israeli settlers who had descended into the village proceeded to stab him in several places, Daghlas added. Jabir's condition could not be immediately confirmed.
An Israeli army spokesman said he was looking into the incident.
Daghlas said the settlers had entered Yanun village, and fatally stabbed five cattle. He pointed out that the village depends on agriculture and livestock.
Villagers came out to defend their homes, the official added.
Yanun is surrounded by Israeli settler outposts, illegal under both international and Israeli law.
The Israeli army started on Friday extensive military exercises on the northern border of 1948 occupied Palestine near the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
Eyewitnesses said that they heard the sound of explosions in the region after the Israeli army reinforced the presence of its troops and military vehicles along the northern borders.
The Hebrew media quoted the army spokesman as saying that this exercise comes within the framework of a series of measures taken by the Israeli forces on the borders with Syria to check their readiness to face any future possible scenario including armed operations that might occur in the Golan Heights.
Brig. Gen. Tamir Heyman, commander of the 36th armored division stationed near the northern borders, had recently stated that the Israeli army's leadership is preparing itself for possible operations in the region, amid the absence of prior intelligence information.
Eyewitnesses said that they heard the sound of explosions in the region after the Israeli army reinforced the presence of its troops and military vehicles along the northern borders.
The Hebrew media quoted the army spokesman as saying that this exercise comes within the framework of a series of measures taken by the Israeli forces on the borders with Syria to check their readiness to face any future possible scenario including armed operations that might occur in the Golan Heights.
Brig. Gen. Tamir Heyman, commander of the 36th armored division stationed near the northern borders, had recently stated that the Israeli army's leadership is preparing itself for possible operations in the region, amid the absence of prior intelligence information.
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It’s been six years since the devastating 2006 Israeli war on Lebanon, and Israel says it is prepared for what it calls “the third Lebanon war.” Israeli daily Haaretz has reported that the commander of the Galilee Division, Brigadier-General Hertzi Halevy says the next war will be different and they will carry out a very strong attack against Lebanon and the damage will be enormous.
Lebanese officials have considered these statements as direct threats against Lebanon. Senior Israeli officers have also threatened that Lebanese governmental institutions will be a target for Israeli warplanes in a future war. Behind me is the governmental palace in Western Beirut. This area housed hundreds of thousands of displaced Lebanese during the 2006 war. |
The next war could be quite different. Hezbollah has warned that if any building is targeted in Beirut and its suburbs, Hezbollah’s rockets would strike targets in Tel Aviv and beyond.
Halevi also declared that anything like an attack on Iran or Syria raises the likelihood of violence on the border region hinting to a possible regional war.
One Hezbollah official told Press TV that these statements are not new, and show Israeli intentions to inflict more destruction on Lebanon and commit more massacres.
Retired Lebanese Army general says the Lebanese Army’s doctrine is to fight the Israeli Army in any attack against Lebanon, however he said its weak artillery cannot be a real deterrent against Israel.
He also said Israel’s true dilemma is the arms of the Resistance.
Hezbollah’s secretary general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned that Israel could find itself in need to launch what it sees as an existential war, and has declared that Hezbollah has more than doubled its strength and willingness to deter a ground attack by Israeli forces and perhaps even take control of areas in the Galilee.
Halevi also declared that anything like an attack on Iran or Syria raises the likelihood of violence on the border region hinting to a possible regional war.
One Hezbollah official told Press TV that these statements are not new, and show Israeli intentions to inflict more destruction on Lebanon and commit more massacres.
Retired Lebanese Army general says the Lebanese Army’s doctrine is to fight the Israeli Army in any attack against Lebanon, however he said its weak artillery cannot be a real deterrent against Israel.
He also said Israel’s true dilemma is the arms of the Resistance.
Hezbollah’s secretary general Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned that Israel could find itself in need to launch what it sees as an existential war, and has declared that Hezbollah has more than doubled its strength and willingness to deter a ground attack by Israeli forces and perhaps even take control of areas in the Galilee.
5 july 2012
A Palestinian young man was wounded at noon Thursday when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at him to the north east of Beit Hanun town, north of the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said that the 23-year-old youth was hit with a bullet in his foot, describing his condition as moderate.
Dozens of Palestinians were hit with IOF bullets on the eastern and northern borders of the besieged enclave during incursions and in random shooting at residential quarters and fields.
Man injured after soldiers open fire at Gaza border
A Palestinian was injured Thursday by Israeli forces near Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, and was transferred to hospital, a reporter said.
Mohammed Akharc, 20, was shot in his right leg and his wounds were described as moderate.
The victim was collecting iron scrap when soldiers opened fire, medics said.
Medical sources said that the 23-year-old youth was hit with a bullet in his foot, describing his condition as moderate.
Dozens of Palestinians were hit with IOF bullets on the eastern and northern borders of the besieged enclave during incursions and in random shooting at residential quarters and fields.
Man injured after soldiers open fire at Gaza border
A Palestinian was injured Thursday by Israeli forces near Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, and was transferred to hospital, a reporter said.
Mohammed Akharc, 20, was shot in his right leg and his wounds were described as moderate.
The victim was collecting iron scrap when soldiers opened fire, medics said.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed Doheisha refugee camp in Bethlehem at dawn Thursday and served summonses to a number of young men before engaging in violent confrontations with its inhabitants.
Eyewitnesses said that young men threw stones and empty bottles at the invading troops who responded firing stun grenades and teargas canisters.
They said that the soldiers broke into many houses in the camp including that of Emad Assaf, who was liberated in the second stage of Wafa Al-Ahrar prisoners’ exchange deal, and handed him a summons.
Eyewitnesses said that young men threw stones and empty bottles at the invading troops who responded firing stun grenades and teargas canisters.
They said that the soldiers broke into many houses in the camp including that of Emad Assaf, who was liberated in the second stage of Wafa Al-Ahrar prisoners’ exchange deal, and handed him a summons.
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On 17 June 2012, at around 11:30 pm, Israel’s forces launched 2 missiles from helicopters, targeting a civilian owned private metal workshop in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. As a result, Rami Shawqi Mansour (25), his wife Amani Ismail (25) and their 5 month old daughter Layan, civilians that were walking in the area, sustained serious injuries: “We had just come from visiting my brother-in-law in Kherbat al-Adas village.
We were looking for a taxi along the street when we suddenly heard the bombing behind us.” This attack occurred amidst a series of increased airstrikes launched by Israeli forces in June. Some of these attacks targeted civilian objects in violation of international law, including houses, cars, farms, factories and a school. A number of civilians were injured during these attacks, including the young Mansour family: “I was carrying my daughter in my arms when the workshop was hit by the missiles. I pulled her closer to my chest and looked behind to ask my wife to hurry up, but I saw her bleeding on the ground. I tried to help her stand up, but I could not. That is when I noticed that I was also wounded and bleeding from my left leg.” A few minutes after the missile struck the metal workshop, help arrived at the scene: “I could not even help my wife. I was just shouting for people to come and help us. People came and carried her into the taxi, but an ambulance arrived as we were leaving and we were all moved into the ambulance.” The family received first aid from the paramedics as they were rushed to Abu Youssef al Najjar Hospital: “My wife was bleeding heavily from her left side and they |
were trying to stop the bleeding. I also noticed that my daughter had an injury on her arm.”
At the hospital, Rami found out that shrapnel from the missile had penetrated his left leg from one side and exited on the other side. His wife, however, was in critical condition: “They provided first aid in al Najjar Hospital and then transferred her to Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis. Shrapnel had penetrated her back and damaged her lungs.
They even had to remove her spleen, because it was seriously damaged in the attack.”
Rami’s wife was subsequently transferred to Mar Yousef Hospital in East Jerusalem, where she is currently stabilizing: “Doctors say that she might never walk again. We got married only one and a half years ago. Our lives were just beginning and now she is paralyzed. She is only 25. They have destroyed her life.”
The psychological effects and trauma have not been easy for Rami to bear. He is in pain, and he struggles to stand or move, even with a walking stick: “I feel completely destroyed. I cannot even sleep anymore. I no longer eat or drink normally. I feel unsafe, but I have to protect my family. I am really trying my best to support my wife and help her accept her new situation.”
This attack will also have a huge financial impact for the Mansour family in the coming months: “I am a civil servant and I do not earn very much. I am still paying debts ensuing from the dowry I paid for my marriage. I pay the rent and I also provide for my father who is currently not working. My financial situation was already bad and now it is even worse, because I will have to start paying hospital bills.” There is no support available for this young family in Gaza.
In spite of all these challenges, Rami is hopeful that his family will have a better future: “They have left me with nothing. Why would anyone want to destroy an innocent person’s life? I am not in the military. I was just a man walking down the street with my family and we were hit by shrapnel. We did nothing to deserve this. My wife did not deserve it. All they want to do is destroy our lives and take control of everything. But I have strong will and patience. What else can I hope for? I believe my wife will get well. Someday, we will be free and our lives will be better.”
The direct targeting of a civilian object constitutes a war crime, as codified in Article 8(2) (b) (ii) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Similarly, under Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the destruction of private property is prohibited unless rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.
At the hospital, Rami found out that shrapnel from the missile had penetrated his left leg from one side and exited on the other side. His wife, however, was in critical condition: “They provided first aid in al Najjar Hospital and then transferred her to Gaza European Hospital in Khan Yunis. Shrapnel had penetrated her back and damaged her lungs.
They even had to remove her spleen, because it was seriously damaged in the attack.”
Rami’s wife was subsequently transferred to Mar Yousef Hospital in East Jerusalem, where she is currently stabilizing: “Doctors say that she might never walk again. We got married only one and a half years ago. Our lives were just beginning and now she is paralyzed. She is only 25. They have destroyed her life.”
The psychological effects and trauma have not been easy for Rami to bear. He is in pain, and he struggles to stand or move, even with a walking stick: “I feel completely destroyed. I cannot even sleep anymore. I no longer eat or drink normally. I feel unsafe, but I have to protect my family. I am really trying my best to support my wife and help her accept her new situation.”
This attack will also have a huge financial impact for the Mansour family in the coming months: “I am a civil servant and I do not earn very much. I am still paying debts ensuing from the dowry I paid for my marriage. I pay the rent and I also provide for my father who is currently not working. My financial situation was already bad and now it is even worse, because I will have to start paying hospital bills.” There is no support available for this young family in Gaza.
In spite of all these challenges, Rami is hopeful that his family will have a better future: “They have left me with nothing. Why would anyone want to destroy an innocent person’s life? I am not in the military. I was just a man walking down the street with my family and we were hit by shrapnel. We did nothing to deserve this. My wife did not deserve it. All they want to do is destroy our lives and take control of everything. But I have strong will and patience. What else can I hope for? I believe my wife will get well. Someday, we will be free and our lives will be better.”
The direct targeting of a civilian object constitutes a war crime, as codified in Article 8(2) (b) (ii) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Similarly, under Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, the destruction of private property is prohibited unless rendered absolutely necessary by military operations.
3 july 2012
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There is a viral video from B'Tselem of an Israeli border policeman kicking a Palestinian boy in Hebron (about 1:20 in in the video). It was aired by Israeli Channel 2. In the ensuing conversation at Facebook, Hadass Hacohen, who I am told is an Israeli English teacher, offers this colloquial comment in Hebrew (thanks to Ofer for translation):
"That all, just a kick? This cannot be compared to what happened in 1933!! The Germans (may they be cursed) did this for no wrong on our part, just out of hatred and jealousy of Jews!!! If we were a smart enough country, we would already kick all those scumbags/terrorists far far away from here!!!!" Ali Abunimah has been on the story, picking up similar comments: |
Eden Oreus (Gedera Regional High School): "Channel 2, you are the garbage of the state, all respect to the Border Police officer and it’s a shame he didn’t put a bullet in the head of the son of a bitch videographerwho documented it."
This posting from a high schooler was one of hundreds by Israeli Facebook users reacting with pride and joy, and incitement to violence and murder, on seeing a video of Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron kicking a young Palestinian boy as he screams in pain.
The video, shot by a Palestinian videographer and released by B’Tselem, was widely reported in the Israeli media, and shows Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron, occupied West Bank, violently assaulting a child whom B’Tselem identified as Abd al-Rahman Burqan, aged 9.
Israeli soldiers caught on video beating Palestinian child
The Israeli organization for human rights B’Tselem published on Monday video footage in which two Israeli border guards capture and beat a nine-year-old Palestinian child in Al-Khalil.
The videos show Abdulrahman Barqan, 9, captured by one of the soldiers, who beat the child throwing him on the ground, then another soldier mercilessly kicking him with his foot. The child was screaming and crying.
The footage was taken by a B’Tselem volunteer on Friday 28 June
‘It’s a shame they didn’t kill him’: Israelis react to video of soldiers kicking Palestinian child
Eden Oreus (Gedera Regional High School): Channel 2, you are the garbage of the state, all respect to the Border Police officer and it’s a shame he didn’t put a bullet in the head of the son of a bitch videographer who documented it.
This posting from a high schooler was one of hundreds by Israeli Facebook users reacting with pride and joy, and incitement to violence and murder, on seeing a video of Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron kicking a young Palestinian boy as he screams in pain.
The video, shot by a Palestinian videographer and released by B’Tselem, was widely reported in the Israeli media, and shows Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron, occupied West Bank, violently assaulting a child whom B’Tselem identified as Abd al-Rahman Burqan, aged 9.
B’Tselem described the incident captured on film as follows:
The video shows a Border Police officer ambushing a child from around the corner. As the child walks past, the officer grabs him by the arm and says: “why are you making trouble?” The officer then drags the child, who is screaming, on the ground for a few seconds. A second Border Police officer then appears and kicks the boy. The officer then lets the child go. He runs away, and the two Border Police officers leave the scene as well.
Jessica Montell, the director of B’Tselem, said Israeli occupation authorities had opened an investigation into the incident, however in practice such investigations almost never lead to accountability and punishment of routine violence against Palestinians.
Embedded rich on Twitter J Montell, B'Tselem @JessicaMontell Though rare to catch on film, Border Police violence against Palestinians is unfortunately not a rare occurrence: btselem.org/annual_report_…
On Facebook: Calls for the child to be shot On the Facebook Page of Israel’s Channel 2, dozens of Israeli Facebook users posted comments congratulating the soldiers and calling for more violence against children.
avishynappe.jpg Avishy Nappe, for example, wrote that he would have put “five bullets through the head” of the boy.
eliran_zarbiv_facebook.jpg Many Facebook users justified the violence against the child, claiming – without any evidence whatsoever – that he must have thrown rocks and therefore deserved the kicking.
Eliran Zarbiv wrote:
This boy threw stones a few minutes before the two soldiers, and wounded one of them in the head (the soldier who kicked) then the other soldier just managed to catch him, I have a friend in the [army] unit there – all honor to the IDF you are doing a great job Keep at it! If it were me, I would have smashed a [concrete] block on his head! Not just a kick!
Racist comments pervasive It is important to emphasize that these kinds of racist and violent comments are not exceptional, but are pervasive and common. There are hundreds of them – far too numerous to translate and on Channel 2’s Facebook page they appear to far outnumber opposing sentiments.
Of course some Israelis expressed “shame” at the violent and racist comments, and on many occasions were denounced as “lefists” or worse for doing so. On the Facebook page of “100,000 Protestors Against the Occupation,” which drew attention to the racist comments on Channel 2’s page, for example, there were comments by a handful of Israeli Facebook users strongly condemning and lamenting the racism and calls for violence.
These are a few of the earliest comments posted in response to the Channel 2 item on the video:
This posting from a high schooler was one of hundreds by Israeli Facebook users reacting with pride and joy, and incitement to violence and murder, on seeing a video of Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron kicking a young Palestinian boy as he screams in pain.
The video, shot by a Palestinian videographer and released by B’Tselem, was widely reported in the Israeli media, and shows Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron, occupied West Bank, violently assaulting a child whom B’Tselem identified as Abd al-Rahman Burqan, aged 9.
Israeli soldiers caught on video beating Palestinian child
The Israeli organization for human rights B’Tselem published on Monday video footage in which two Israeli border guards capture and beat a nine-year-old Palestinian child in Al-Khalil.
The videos show Abdulrahman Barqan, 9, captured by one of the soldiers, who beat the child throwing him on the ground, then another soldier mercilessly kicking him with his foot. The child was screaming and crying.
The footage was taken by a B’Tselem volunteer on Friday 28 June
‘It’s a shame they didn’t kill him’: Israelis react to video of soldiers kicking Palestinian child
Eden Oreus (Gedera Regional High School): Channel 2, you are the garbage of the state, all respect to the Border Police officer and it’s a shame he didn’t put a bullet in the head of the son of a bitch videographer who documented it.
This posting from a high schooler was one of hundreds by Israeli Facebook users reacting with pride and joy, and incitement to violence and murder, on seeing a video of Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron kicking a young Palestinian boy as he screams in pain.
The video, shot by a Palestinian videographer and released by B’Tselem, was widely reported in the Israeli media, and shows Israeli occupation soldiers in Hebron, occupied West Bank, violently assaulting a child whom B’Tselem identified as Abd al-Rahman Burqan, aged 9.
B’Tselem described the incident captured on film as follows:
The video shows a Border Police officer ambushing a child from around the corner. As the child walks past, the officer grabs him by the arm and says: “why are you making trouble?” The officer then drags the child, who is screaming, on the ground for a few seconds. A second Border Police officer then appears and kicks the boy. The officer then lets the child go. He runs away, and the two Border Police officers leave the scene as well.
Jessica Montell, the director of B’Tselem, said Israeli occupation authorities had opened an investigation into the incident, however in practice such investigations almost never lead to accountability and punishment of routine violence against Palestinians.
Embedded rich on Twitter J Montell, B'Tselem @JessicaMontell Though rare to catch on film, Border Police violence against Palestinians is unfortunately not a rare occurrence: btselem.org/annual_report_…
On Facebook: Calls for the child to be shot On the Facebook Page of Israel’s Channel 2, dozens of Israeli Facebook users posted comments congratulating the soldiers and calling for more violence against children.
avishynappe.jpg Avishy Nappe, for example, wrote that he would have put “five bullets through the head” of the boy.
eliran_zarbiv_facebook.jpg Many Facebook users justified the violence against the child, claiming – without any evidence whatsoever – that he must have thrown rocks and therefore deserved the kicking.
Eliran Zarbiv wrote:
This boy threw stones a few minutes before the two soldiers, and wounded one of them in the head (the soldier who kicked) then the other soldier just managed to catch him, I have a friend in the [army] unit there – all honor to the IDF you are doing a great job Keep at it! If it were me, I would have smashed a [concrete] block on his head! Not just a kick!
Racist comments pervasive It is important to emphasize that these kinds of racist and violent comments are not exceptional, but are pervasive and common. There are hundreds of them – far too numerous to translate and on Channel 2’s Facebook page they appear to far outnumber opposing sentiments.
Of course some Israelis expressed “shame” at the violent and racist comments, and on many occasions were denounced as “lefists” or worse for doing so. On the Facebook page of “100,000 Protestors Against the Occupation,” which drew attention to the racist comments on Channel 2’s page, for example, there were comments by a handful of Israeli Facebook users strongly condemning and lamenting the racism and calls for violence.
These are a few of the earliest comments posted in response to the Channel 2 item on the video:
Daniel Deri: It’s a shame he didn’t smash his face, the son of a bitch threw stones before. I wish each and every member of B’Tselem would die, those human scum.
Dan Malka: This should be done to all those children
Tal Avraham: Look at what you are writing … racists. Do you understand that what you are writing here is inhumane… You are disgusting and inhumane, sorry, but that’s the truth.
Kfir Levi: This time the little terrorist got off lightly.
Ariel Davidpur: The Border Police are the hero! It’s a shame he didn’t kill him with the kick.
Shira Oktan: Why all respect? It’s a child
Aviran Ezer: Since he’ll grow up to be a terrorist, it’s a shame he wasn’t killed.
firstcomments.jpg The racism and incitement widely expressed online following this video echoes an incident earlier this year when many Israelis on Facebook expressed joy over the deaths of Palestinian children in a road accident.
Dan Malka: This should be done to all those children
Tal Avraham: Look at what you are writing … racists. Do you understand that what you are writing here is inhumane… You are disgusting and inhumane, sorry, but that’s the truth.
Kfir Levi: This time the little terrorist got off lightly.
Ariel Davidpur: The Border Police are the hero! It’s a shame he didn’t kill him with the kick.
Shira Oktan: Why all respect? It’s a child
Aviran Ezer: Since he’ll grow up to be a terrorist, it’s a shame he wasn’t killed.
firstcomments.jpg The racism and incitement widely expressed online following this video echoes an incident earlier this year when many Israelis on Facebook expressed joy over the deaths of Palestinian children in a road accident.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided an area to the east of Rafah, south of Gaza Strip, on Tuesday morning, local sources told the PIC reporter.
They said that a number of armored vehicles escorted bulldozers that started leveling land east of Rafah.
They pointed out that the IOF soldiers were opening random fire at Palestinian neighborhoods to the west of the targeted area.
IDF holds drill in Palestinian village
Residents of al-Aqabah complain military held urban warfare drill in their village sans notice. IDF: Area is designated training zone, any construction is illegal.
The IDF held an urban warfare drill in the Palestinian village of al-Aqabah in the northeastern West Bank, Ynet learned Tuesday.
The drill was held according to the military's training protocol. The IDF has recently resumed training in designated live-fire zones in the Jordan Rift Valley – even those riddled with some Palestinian and Bedouin villages.
The IDF informs residents of upcoming drills, and asks that they leave the area for a few hours, for their own safety.
However, Palestinian sources said that last week, IDF forces entered al-Aqabah without warning and launched an exercise, which including gunfire and flares; all while the residents found themselves under an impromptu curfew.
Hadj Sami, one of the residents, told Ynet that the drill began at 10 pm and lasted several hours. "When we asked the soldiers what was going on they said it was a drill," he added.
The village leadership, he continued, called the Coordination and Liaison Authority, but was told that the drill was taking place outside the village, not inside it.
An IDF Spokesperson statement said that, "This is a designated fire zone which is a restricted military area. The Palestinian village was erected illegally and in any case, no live rounds were used during the exercise."
They said that a number of armored vehicles escorted bulldozers that started leveling land east of Rafah.
They pointed out that the IOF soldiers were opening random fire at Palestinian neighborhoods to the west of the targeted area.
IDF holds drill in Palestinian village
Residents of al-Aqabah complain military held urban warfare drill in their village sans notice. IDF: Area is designated training zone, any construction is illegal.
The IDF held an urban warfare drill in the Palestinian village of al-Aqabah in the northeastern West Bank, Ynet learned Tuesday.
The drill was held according to the military's training protocol. The IDF has recently resumed training in designated live-fire zones in the Jordan Rift Valley – even those riddled with some Palestinian and Bedouin villages.
The IDF informs residents of upcoming drills, and asks that they leave the area for a few hours, for their own safety.
However, Palestinian sources said that last week, IDF forces entered al-Aqabah without warning and launched an exercise, which including gunfire and flares; all while the residents found themselves under an impromptu curfew.
Hadj Sami, one of the residents, told Ynet that the drill began at 10 pm and lasted several hours. "When we asked the soldiers what was going on they said it was a drill," he added.
The village leadership, he continued, called the Coordination and Liaison Authority, but was told that the drill was taking place outside the village, not inside it.
An IDF Spokesperson statement said that, "This is a designated fire zone which is a restricted military area. The Palestinian village was erected illegally and in any case, no live rounds were used during the exercise."
2 july 2012
At least two Palestinians were injured on Monday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a number of people in an area southwest of Gaza City, according to witnesses.
They said that an Israeli gunship fired three missiles at the area, causing at least two injuries. Their injuries were described as minor.
Meanwhile, an Israeli gunship targeted an uninhabited area in Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Witnesses said Israeli warplanes flew at low altitudes in the skies of Gaza City, causing a state of fear among people, particularly children.
They said that an Israeli gunship fired three missiles at the area, causing at least two injuries. Their injuries were described as minor.
Meanwhile, an Israeli gunship targeted an uninhabited area in Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Witnesses said Israeli warplanes flew at low altitudes in the skies of Gaza City, causing a state of fear among people, particularly children.
Israeli warplanes fired on the central Gaza Strip at dawn on Monday, without causing injuries.
Israeli jets fired on a military site of Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, in the Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, a Ma'an reporter said.
Witnesses told Ma'an a group of Hamas militants were targeted but not hurt. Several minutes later the jets targeted the site again causing serious damage.
Later, Israeli jets fired a missile at an open area in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. No injuries have been reported.
An Israeli military statement said the air force "targeted a terrorist squad in the northern Gaza Strip that was preparing to fire rockets at southern Israel. A hit was confirmed."
The airstrikes come a week after an Egyptian-brokered truce halted deadly fighting on the border.
Gaza militant groups fired dozens of rockets into Gaza as Israeli airstrikes pounded the coastal enclave, killing at least 12 Palestinians during a week of cross border violence.
Israeli airstrike targets Gaza Strip, no casualties reported
The Israeli regime has carried out an airstrike on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Palestinian witnesses said the strike, which was conducted during the early hours of Monday, left no casualties.
The Israeli army claimed in a statement that the attack targeted a group of Palestinians “preparing to fire rockets against southern Israel.”
On June 17, Israeli tanks and bulldozers carried out an incursion into Deir al-Balah, located about 14 kilometers (8.5 miles) south of Gaza City, injuring a Palestinian during the attack.
The Tel Aviv regime conducts airstrikes and ground attacks against the Gaza Strip on an almost regular basis.
Over a dozen Palestinians were killed in airstrikes carried out by the Israeli regime on the besieged Palestinian territory during the six-day period of June 18-23.
In addition to airstrikes and ground attacks, the Tel Aviv regime also denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, including the freedom of movement and the right to decent living, work, health and education.
On June 13, US President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Israeli President Shimon Peres, the man who has overseen the killing of Palestinian women and children by Israeli forces in the occupied territories for decades.
Obama awarded the 88-year-old criminal the highest civilian honor in the United States during a dinner ceremony in the White House.
Israeli jets fired on a military site of Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, in the Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, a Ma'an reporter said.
Witnesses told Ma'an a group of Hamas militants were targeted but not hurt. Several minutes later the jets targeted the site again causing serious damage.
Later, Israeli jets fired a missile at an open area in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. No injuries have been reported.
An Israeli military statement said the air force "targeted a terrorist squad in the northern Gaza Strip that was preparing to fire rockets at southern Israel. A hit was confirmed."
The airstrikes come a week after an Egyptian-brokered truce halted deadly fighting on the border.
Gaza militant groups fired dozens of rockets into Gaza as Israeli airstrikes pounded the coastal enclave, killing at least 12 Palestinians during a week of cross border violence.
Israeli airstrike targets Gaza Strip, no casualties reported
The Israeli regime has carried out an airstrike on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Palestinian witnesses said the strike, which was conducted during the early hours of Monday, left no casualties.
The Israeli army claimed in a statement that the attack targeted a group of Palestinians “preparing to fire rockets against southern Israel.”
On June 17, Israeli tanks and bulldozers carried out an incursion into Deir al-Balah, located about 14 kilometers (8.5 miles) south of Gaza City, injuring a Palestinian during the attack.
The Tel Aviv regime conducts airstrikes and ground attacks against the Gaza Strip on an almost regular basis.
Over a dozen Palestinians were killed in airstrikes carried out by the Israeli regime on the besieged Palestinian territory during the six-day period of June 18-23.
In addition to airstrikes and ground attacks, the Tel Aviv regime also denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, including the freedom of movement and the right to decent living, work, health and education.
On June 13, US President Barack Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Israeli President Shimon Peres, the man who has overseen the killing of Palestinian women and children by Israeli forces in the occupied territories for decades.
Obama awarded the 88-year-old criminal the highest civilian honor in the United States during a dinner ceremony in the White House.
Two groups of Palestinian resistance fighters survived at dawn Monday three attempts on their lives by Israeli warplanes in Gaza city and in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a group of fighters in Abu Jarad, south of Zaitun suburb in Gaza city, but they escaped unharmed.
They added that the warplanes fired at them again but they also survived the bombing that caused material damage.
Israeli warplanes fired earlier Monday at a car in Deir Al-Balah. The car was damaged but the fighters inside it managed to escape unharmed.
Israeli occupation forces shelled various Gaza Strip areas at dawn Monday from the air, land, and sea but no casualties were reported.
Local sources said that Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a group of fighters in Abu Jarad, south of Zaitun suburb in Gaza city, but they escaped unharmed.
They added that the warplanes fired at them again but they also survived the bombing that caused material damage.
Israeli warplanes fired earlier Monday at a car in Deir Al-Balah. The car was damaged but the fighters inside it managed to escape unharmed.
Israeli occupation forces shelled various Gaza Strip areas at dawn Monday from the air, land, and sea but no casualties were reported.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched air, sea, and ground attacks on various areas in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, local sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that two loud explosions were heard near Zaitun suburb in Gaza city at dawn Monday that turned out to be an IOF air raid on a field that left no casualties.
Israeli gunboats on Monday morning fired at Palestinian fishing boats off the Khan Younis coast, in southern Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.
An IOF unit tried to infiltrate into central Gaza Strip near Breij refugee camp but was confronted by Palestinian resistance fighters on Sunday night.
The Israeli radio said that an IOF bulldozer was damaged in the shooting of the resistance combatants while working in central Gaza.
The IOF troops retaliated by shelling agricultural fields to the east of the refugee camp.
They told the PIC reporter that two loud explosions were heard near Zaitun suburb in Gaza city at dawn Monday that turned out to be an IOF air raid on a field that left no casualties.
Israeli gunboats on Monday morning fired at Palestinian fishing boats off the Khan Younis coast, in southern Gaza Strip, but no casualties were reported.
An IOF unit tried to infiltrate into central Gaza Strip near Breij refugee camp but was confronted by Palestinian resistance fighters on Sunday night.
The Israeli radio said that an IOF bulldozer was damaged in the shooting of the resistance combatants while working in central Gaza.
The IOF troops retaliated by shelling agricultural fields to the east of the refugee camp.
The central commission for documentation and pursuit of Israeli war criminals-Tawtheeq said the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bombed the Gaza Strip in last June more than 58 times during which 19 Palestinians were killed.
Tawtheeq added in a press release on its website that the Israeli aerial and artillery attacks led to the injury of more than 77 others and caused severe material damage to property.
It also said the Israeli navy during that month attacked Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza seven times and kidnapped 16 of them, while the land troops carried out several limited incursions into different areas of Gaza and damaged agricultural lands and property.
The commission pointed out to some of the Israeli violations in the West Bank, saying that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) demolished nine homes and six wells in different West Bank villages, and issued dozens of demolition orders against other homes.
The IOA also approved a plan to build a settlement outpost on three dunums of land in Silwan district of occupied Jerusalem and started to build 180 settlement units in Talpiot settlement south of Jerusalem.
Israeli border police break into Palestinian shops in Jerusalem
Israeli border police broke into a number of Palestinian shops in Hazma village, east of occupied Jerusalem, on Sunday and threatened to raze them.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that the occupation police stormed the shops at the entrance to the village and said that they should be demolished because they had received demolition notices.
The occupation authorities had razed seven shops, vendor carts, and a carwash in the same area last month at the pretext of expanding the street and preserving settlers' security.
Meanwhile, Jerusalemite MP Ahmed Attoun, who was deported to Ramallah by the Israeli occupation authorities, lashed out at the IOA for destroying four shops in Bab Al-Amud in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem a couple of days ago.
He described the act as a new “crime” against the holy city and its inhabitants, adding that the IOA was racing against time to Judaize the Islamic suburbs in the holy city.
The MP urged the world community to check the IOA practices that targeted Jerusalemites with confiscation and/or destruction of property, imposing heavy taxes, isolating the city, allowing free settlement activity inside it, and exiling its national and Islamic figures.
Israeli raids and assaults in West Bank villages
Israeli occupation forces launched at dawn on Monday a search campaign and raids in the industrial area affecting a number of shops while interrogating citizens, also raided several towns in Jenin.
Eyewitnesses said that the occupation soldiers raided two car repair workshops belonging to Nasser Abu Daqa and Walid Hussein Abu Ghali, searching them and damaging their contents.
The occupation forces also raided Jenin refugee camp, stationed in the Hadaf area and stormed several houses in the morning, and entered the Burkin valley and spread among the olive groves.
Meanwhile, IOF assaulted, on Sunday evening, Palestinian shepherds near Taysir checkpoint northern the Jordan Valley, where they beat and took three of them to the military camp under the pretext that they shepherded their sheep in the slopes close to the Tayasir military camp.
Local sources said that the soldiers pursued the shepherds and their livestock in the slopes of the mountainous area, and fired in the air before arresting three of them.
Bedouins of that region continuously complained against the occupation forces' arrests at the checkpoint where they force them to sign pledges not to shepherd in that region after imposing excessive fines against them and torturing them.
Tawtheeq added in a press release on its website that the Israeli aerial and artillery attacks led to the injury of more than 77 others and caused severe material damage to property.
It also said the Israeli navy during that month attacked Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza seven times and kidnapped 16 of them, while the land troops carried out several limited incursions into different areas of Gaza and damaged agricultural lands and property.
The commission pointed out to some of the Israeli violations in the West Bank, saying that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) demolished nine homes and six wells in different West Bank villages, and issued dozens of demolition orders against other homes.
The IOA also approved a plan to build a settlement outpost on three dunums of land in Silwan district of occupied Jerusalem and started to build 180 settlement units in Talpiot settlement south of Jerusalem.
Israeli border police break into Palestinian shops in Jerusalem
Israeli border police broke into a number of Palestinian shops in Hazma village, east of occupied Jerusalem, on Sunday and threatened to raze them.
Eyewitnesses told the PIC that the occupation police stormed the shops at the entrance to the village and said that they should be demolished because they had received demolition notices.
The occupation authorities had razed seven shops, vendor carts, and a carwash in the same area last month at the pretext of expanding the street and preserving settlers' security.
Meanwhile, Jerusalemite MP Ahmed Attoun, who was deported to Ramallah by the Israeli occupation authorities, lashed out at the IOA for destroying four shops in Bab Al-Amud in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem a couple of days ago.
He described the act as a new “crime” against the holy city and its inhabitants, adding that the IOA was racing against time to Judaize the Islamic suburbs in the holy city.
The MP urged the world community to check the IOA practices that targeted Jerusalemites with confiscation and/or destruction of property, imposing heavy taxes, isolating the city, allowing free settlement activity inside it, and exiling its national and Islamic figures.
Israeli raids and assaults in West Bank villages
Israeli occupation forces launched at dawn on Monday a search campaign and raids in the industrial area affecting a number of shops while interrogating citizens, also raided several towns in Jenin.
Eyewitnesses said that the occupation soldiers raided two car repair workshops belonging to Nasser Abu Daqa and Walid Hussein Abu Ghali, searching them and damaging their contents.
The occupation forces also raided Jenin refugee camp, stationed in the Hadaf area and stormed several houses in the morning, and entered the Burkin valley and spread among the olive groves.
Meanwhile, IOF assaulted, on Sunday evening, Palestinian shepherds near Taysir checkpoint northern the Jordan Valley, where they beat and took three of them to the military camp under the pretext that they shepherded their sheep in the slopes close to the Tayasir military camp.
Local sources said that the soldiers pursued the shepherds and their livestock in the slopes of the mountainous area, and fired in the air before arresting three of them.
Bedouins of that region continuously complained against the occupation forces' arrests at the checkpoint where they force them to sign pledges not to shepherd in that region after imposing excessive fines against them and torturing them.
File photo shows Israeli spy devices near Lebanese capital which were concealed in fake rocks.
An Israeli warplane has fired missiles into southern Lebanon to destroy an espionage device Tel Aviv had planted in the area.
The move came after the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah discovered the spy system, apparently a listening device, in al-Zreiriyyeh area on Monday.
Some reports say the device was placed on Hezbollah telecommunications lines in the area.
The Lebanese army has discovered and dismantled several Israeli spy systems planted inside the country in recent years.
In December 2010, the Lebanese army said it had located two sophisticated, Israeli-made surveillance devices in mountains near the capital, Beirut.
An Israeli warplane has fired missiles into southern Lebanon to destroy an espionage device Tel Aviv had planted in the area.
The move came after the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah discovered the spy system, apparently a listening device, in al-Zreiriyyeh area on Monday.
Some reports say the device was placed on Hezbollah telecommunications lines in the area.
The Lebanese army has discovered and dismantled several Israeli spy systems planted inside the country in recent years.
In December 2010, the Lebanese army said it had located two sophisticated, Israeli-made surveillance devices in mountains near the capital, Beirut.
1 july 2012
Israeli forces raided Dar Salah village near Bethlehem on Sunday afternoon, witnesses said.
Locals told Ma'an five military vehicles surrounded the village and soldiers were searching the area with dogs. No arrests were reported.
Locals told Ma'an five military vehicles surrounded the village and soldiers were searching the area with dogs. No arrests were reported.
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