31 oct 2012
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shelled areas to the north east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday morning, local sources said.
They said that Israeli artillery fired two shells at a deserted land lot to the east of Qarara town, north of Khan Younis, with no casualties reported.
The sources pointed out that the IOF troops also opened machinegun fire at Palestinian houses to the east of Rafah and Khan Younis.
Other attacks today
Israel to build '180 housing units' in East Jerusalem
IOA plans building two new settlement outposts in WB
Jewish settlers throw rocks on Palestinian cars
Israeli group: 2 new outposts established in West Bank
IOA serves 10 demolition notices in Silwan
Israeli forces 'arrest, beat' man in south Hebron hills
Israeli forces arrest 24 across the West Bank
IOF carry out night raids on homes in W. Bank, kidnap citizens
IOF assaults prisoners in Raymond prison
Occupation devises new ways to punish the Palestinian MPs
The Masada breaks into prisoners' rooms in Raymond jail
IOF soldiers delay passage of thousands of citizens at Container barrier
They said that Israeli artillery fired two shells at a deserted land lot to the east of Qarara town, north of Khan Younis, with no casualties reported.
The sources pointed out that the IOF troops also opened machinegun fire at Palestinian houses to the east of Rafah and Khan Younis.
Other attacks today
Israel to build '180 housing units' in East Jerusalem
IOA plans building two new settlement outposts in WB
Jewish settlers throw rocks on Palestinian cars
Israeli group: 2 new outposts established in West Bank
IOA serves 10 demolition notices in Silwan
Israeli forces 'arrest, beat' man in south Hebron hills
Israeli forces arrest 24 across the West Bank
IOF carry out night raids on homes in W. Bank, kidnap citizens
IOF assaults prisoners in Raymond prison
Occupation devises new ways to punish the Palestinian MPs
The Masada breaks into prisoners' rooms in Raymond jail
IOF soldiers delay passage of thousands of citizens at Container barrier
30 oct 2012
Israeli tanks on Monday evening pounded the norhtern Gaza Strip without any reported casualties.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that the Israeli artillery bombed an empty area of land to the east of Izbat Abed Rabbo in Jabalya district, but the ambulances that arrived at the scene found no casualties.
On Sunday, the Israeli regime violated the renewed Egypt-brokered calm by killing a young resistance fighter from Hamas in Khan Younis and waging a spate of air raids until Monday.
The Palestinian resistance responded to this Israeli violation and launched rocket counterattacks on Israeli targets.
Other attacks today:
Israeli forces 'destroy crops' east of Hebron
Israeli forces partially demolished the home of Wahid Abu Maria, 45, before arresting him
IOF arrests 7 Palestinians including a woman and 3 children
The occupation arrests 30 Hamas members in Ramallah
Al-Khalil: IOA re-arrests human rights activist Osama Shaheen
Occupation refuses repairing a power line that supplies Gaza
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that the Israeli artillery bombed an empty area of land to the east of Izbat Abed Rabbo in Jabalya district, but the ambulances that arrived at the scene found no casualties.
On Sunday, the Israeli regime violated the renewed Egypt-brokered calm by killing a young resistance fighter from Hamas in Khan Younis and waging a spate of air raids until Monday.
The Palestinian resistance responded to this Israeli violation and launched rocket counterattacks on Israeli targets.
Other attacks today:
Israeli forces 'destroy crops' east of Hebron
Israeli forces partially demolished the home of Wahid Abu Maria, 45, before arresting him
IOF arrests 7 Palestinians including a woman and 3 children
The occupation arrests 30 Hamas members in Ramallah
Al-Khalil: IOA re-arrests human rights activist Osama Shaheen
Occupation refuses repairing a power line that supplies Gaza
Israeli army choppers opened machinegun fire at Palestinian residential quarters to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the choppers targeted Palestinian houses and fields in Abbasan Al-Kabira to the east of Khan Younis.
They said that no casualties were reported so far, adding that Israeli armored vehicles were seen moving in big numbers near the area beyond the security fence.
Israeli occupation forces launched raids and bombarded the Gaza Strip over the past week killing nine Palestinians and wounding 14 others.
Night clashes reported in Shufat
Israeli occupation forces arrested a number of young men and wounded a man in his car during violent clashes in Shufat refugee camp to the north of occupied Jerusalem on Monday night.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the Israeli soldiers stormed the refugee camp and fired gas bombs and stun grenades on young Jerusalemites who threw stones at the soldiers and their armored vehicles.
They said that undercover agents arrested a number of young men while a man was injured in his car after the soldiers fired a gas bomb that directly hit his car. They said that the car was completely burnt and the man was injured in his back and taken to hospital.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the choppers targeted Palestinian houses and fields in Abbasan Al-Kabira to the east of Khan Younis.
They said that no casualties were reported so far, adding that Israeli armored vehicles were seen moving in big numbers near the area beyond the security fence.
Israeli occupation forces launched raids and bombarded the Gaza Strip over the past week killing nine Palestinians and wounding 14 others.
Night clashes reported in Shufat
Israeli occupation forces arrested a number of young men and wounded a man in his car during violent clashes in Shufat refugee camp to the north of occupied Jerusalem on Monday night.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the Israeli soldiers stormed the refugee camp and fired gas bombs and stun grenades on young Jerusalemites who threw stones at the soldiers and their armored vehicles.
They said that undercover agents arrested a number of young men while a man was injured in his car after the soldiers fired a gas bomb that directly hit his car. They said that the car was completely burnt and the man was injured in his back and taken to hospital.
29 oct 2012
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Israeli warplanes have carried out new airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, as the wave of Israeli aggression against the besieged territory continues unabated, Press TV reports.
The Israeli aircraft fired missiles at targets in the central and southern parts of Gaza during the early hours of Monday. There were no immediate reports of casualties. On Sunday, a Palestinian was killed and another injured when a remote-controlled Israeli assassination drone struck the town of Rafah. |
The Israeli military frequently carries out airstrikes and other attacks on 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.
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.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Israel carries out new airstrikes on Gaza Strip again
Israeli warplanes have carried out new airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, as the wave of Israeli aggression against the besieged territory continues unabated.
Israeli airstrikes pound besieged Gaza Strip
Israeli warplanes have carried out airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip in the latest wave of attacks on the coastal enclave.
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed Sunday’s attacks, saying that Israeli jets struck different targets in Gaza, including a rocket launching site in the northern Gaza Strip and a training center in southern Gaza.
Palestinian sources have not reported casualties or damage to buildings or property so far.
The Israeli military frequently carries out airstrikes and other attacks on 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.
Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Bardawil: Resistance to respond to any Israeli aggression
Dr. Salah Bardawil, a Hamas leader in Gaza, stated that the Israeli aggression on Gaza confirmed the Israeli lack of commitment to the truce, pointing out that the resistance had decided to respond to any aggression on the Palestinian people.
Bardawil told Quds Press on Monday that the Israeli occupation only believes in one-sided truce to impose submission and capitulation on the Palestinian people and the Arab and Islamic nations.
He pointed out that the recent Israeli aggression on Gaza was carried out to test the Palestinian resistance, pointing out that the Israeli forces targeted a group of fighters of the al-Qassam Brigades after the resistance's response and if resistance did not retaliate the Israeli army would have escalated its aggression.
Today, they also began testing the resistance through bombing some sites in Gaza, and the resistance responded, he said.
Not responding to Israeli aggression would encourage the occupation to commit more crimes against our people, he stressed, noting that the Israeli aggression is a political and media war in preparation for the Israeli elections.
We will not allow exploiting Gaza in the Israeli election campaigns, he added.
Bardawil praised the Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi’s recent rejection to the aggression on the Gaza Strip, saying that it will strengthen the Palestinian position before the Israeli occupation.
He condemned PA president Mahmoud Abbas' position towards the people of Gaza's suffering, saying that he neglects his responsibilities toward the Gaza Strip.
Other attacks today:
Thousands of settlers storm a mosque in Bethlehem
Thousands of Jewish settlers stormed Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, known by Jews as "Rachel's Tomb" on Sunday night, and performed Talmudic rituals on the anniversary of "Rachel's death". The settlers believe that the mother of prophet Yussuf, Rachel, is buried in that site.
Some 70,000 settlers are expected to visit the site over the next few days, Yediot Aharonot Hebrew newspaper revealed.
For the first time in 17 years the anniversary falls on a Saturday, which is why the pilgrimage has been spread across several days, the newspaper added.
Large forces of the occupation army were deployed in the mosque’s vicinity to provide protection for the settlers to visit the site that is isolated from the city of Bethlehem through fences and Israeli military towers.
According to historians, "Rachel's Tomb" is a Mamluk building and an Islamic site, dome-shaped next to the Islamic cemetery in Bethlehem. The Muslims built Bilal bin Rabah Mosque on the site before being controlled by the Israeli occupation.
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.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Israel carries out new airstrikes on Gaza Strip again
Israeli warplanes have carried out new airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, as the wave of Israeli aggression against the besieged territory continues unabated.
Israeli airstrikes pound besieged Gaza Strip
Israeli warplanes have carried out airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip in the latest wave of attacks on the coastal enclave.
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed Sunday’s attacks, saying that Israeli jets struck different targets in Gaza, including a rocket launching site in the northern Gaza Strip and a training center in southern Gaza.
Palestinian sources have not reported casualties or damage to buildings or property so far.
The Israeli military frequently carries out airstrikes and other attacks on 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.
Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Bardawil: Resistance to respond to any Israeli aggression
Dr. Salah Bardawil, a Hamas leader in Gaza, stated that the Israeli aggression on Gaza confirmed the Israeli lack of commitment to the truce, pointing out that the resistance had decided to respond to any aggression on the Palestinian people.
Bardawil told Quds Press on Monday that the Israeli occupation only believes in one-sided truce to impose submission and capitulation on the Palestinian people and the Arab and Islamic nations.
He pointed out that the recent Israeli aggression on Gaza was carried out to test the Palestinian resistance, pointing out that the Israeli forces targeted a group of fighters of the al-Qassam Brigades after the resistance's response and if resistance did not retaliate the Israeli army would have escalated its aggression.
Today, they also began testing the resistance through bombing some sites in Gaza, and the resistance responded, he said.
Not responding to Israeli aggression would encourage the occupation to commit more crimes against our people, he stressed, noting that the Israeli aggression is a political and media war in preparation for the Israeli elections.
We will not allow exploiting Gaza in the Israeli election campaigns, he added.
Bardawil praised the Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi’s recent rejection to the aggression on the Gaza Strip, saying that it will strengthen the Palestinian position before the Israeli occupation.
He condemned PA president Mahmoud Abbas' position towards the people of Gaza's suffering, saying that he neglects his responsibilities toward the Gaza Strip.
Other attacks today:
Thousands of settlers storm a mosque in Bethlehem
Thousands of Jewish settlers stormed Bilal bin Rabah Mosque, known by Jews as "Rachel's Tomb" on Sunday night, and performed Talmudic rituals on the anniversary of "Rachel's death". The settlers believe that the mother of prophet Yussuf, Rachel, is buried in that site.
Some 70,000 settlers are expected to visit the site over the next few days, Yediot Aharonot Hebrew newspaper revealed.
For the first time in 17 years the anniversary falls on a Saturday, which is why the pilgrimage has been spread across several days, the newspaper added.
Large forces of the occupation army were deployed in the mosque’s vicinity to provide protection for the settlers to visit the site that is isolated from the city of Bethlehem through fences and Israeli military towers.
According to historians, "Rachel's Tomb" is a Mamluk building and an Islamic site, dome-shaped next to the Islamic cemetery in Bethlehem. The Muslims built Bilal bin Rabah Mosque on the site before being controlled by the Israeli occupation.
The Israeli regime carried out four aerial attacks on different areas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening causing considerable damage with no reported casualties.
A reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC) said the air raids started with an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to Al-Beheiri family northeast of Al-Bureij refugee camp, which led to its destruction.
The Israeli warplanes also bombed an empty yard near the car market in Zeitoun neighborhood east of Gaza city.
The bombing caused strong tremors in the area.
The attacks were followed by similar ones in Ma'an area in Khan Younis and Beit Hanoun leading to the destruction of structures belonging to Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.
Earlier, a young resistance fighter from Al-Qassam Brigades was killed and another was wounded by an Israeli warplane as they were trying to fend off infiltrating troops east of Khan Younis at dawn Sunday.
The Israeli military escalation which started lately rendered nine Palestinians dead and wounded 14 others.
In retaliation to Israel's military aggression, Hamas's armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades declared its responsibility on Sunday for launching rocket attacks on Israeli army targets near Gaza areas.
The Brigades affirmed in a communiqué that its counterattacks took place in response to Israel's persistent crimes in Gaza.
The Israeli army, for its part, claimed that eight rocket projectiles landed in the complex of settlement outposts known as Eshkol south of the occupied Palestinian lands.
It added that the attacks did not cause any casualties or material damage to Israeli structures.
In a related context, mayor of Sderot settlement David Pascal went on hunger strike in protest at the Israeli government's disregard for the security situation of his settlement, which is located in the range of resistance rocket attacks.
It was reported that the health status of Pascal, who started his hunger strike about six days ago, has deteriorated.
He is trying to pressure the Israeli government to fulfill his demand for strengthening the security side of his settlement.
In this regard, the Israeli army submitted a plan to their government about strengthening the fortification of 26 settlements surrounding Gaza.
A reporter for the Palestinian information center (PIC) said the air raids started with an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to Al-Beheiri family northeast of Al-Bureij refugee camp, which led to its destruction.
The Israeli warplanes also bombed an empty yard near the car market in Zeitoun neighborhood east of Gaza city.
The bombing caused strong tremors in the area.
The attacks were followed by similar ones in Ma'an area in Khan Younis and Beit Hanoun leading to the destruction of structures belonging to Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.
Earlier, a young resistance fighter from Al-Qassam Brigades was killed and another was wounded by an Israeli warplane as they were trying to fend off infiltrating troops east of Khan Younis at dawn Sunday.
The Israeli military escalation which started lately rendered nine Palestinians dead and wounded 14 others.
In retaliation to Israel's military aggression, Hamas's armed wing Al-Qassam Brigades declared its responsibility on Sunday for launching rocket attacks on Israeli army targets near Gaza areas.
The Brigades affirmed in a communiqué that its counterattacks took place in response to Israel's persistent crimes in Gaza.
The Israeli army, for its part, claimed that eight rocket projectiles landed in the complex of settlement outposts known as Eshkol south of the occupied Palestinian lands.
It added that the attacks did not cause any casualties or material damage to Israeli structures.
In a related context, mayor of Sderot settlement David Pascal went on hunger strike in protest at the Israeli government's disregard for the security situation of his settlement, which is located in the range of resistance rocket attacks.
It was reported that the health status of Pascal, who started his hunger strike about six days ago, has deteriorated.
He is trying to pressure the Israeli government to fulfill his demand for strengthening the security side of his settlement.
In this regard, the Israeli army submitted a plan to their government about strengthening the fortification of 26 settlements surrounding Gaza.
Palestinians inspect the damage to the construction site of a house after an Israeli air strike in Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Oct. 29, 2012.
Israeli warplanes struck several sites in the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday, causing substantial damage but with no reports of injuries.
Gaza brigades also fired 18 rockets into southern Israel overnight, without causing injuries or damage, Israeli news site Ynet reported.
Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for firing at several Israeli military sites "in response to the continued Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip."
An Al-Qassam site was hit in an overnight airstrike east of Khan Younis in south Gaza, causing damage to the site and surrounding area.
Another Al-Qassam building was bombed in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. Witnesses said the site suffered significant damage, and surrounding buildings, including Beit Hanoun municipality building, were also affected.
Residents also reported that a building site was flattened east of Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, and another Israeli strike hit an empty area south of Gaza City.
No injuries have been reported.
The Israeli army said it "targeted a rocket launching site and a terror activity site in the northern Gaza Strip as well as a terror activity site in the southern Gaza Strip."
It said the strike were "in response to the incessant rocket fire at southern Israel," noting that direct hits were confirmed.
Overnight Saturday, an Israeli airstrike killed a Hamas militant and wounded another in Khan Younis.
The incidents followed a three-day lull since an upsurge in violence last week in which Israel killed at least seven Palestinians, and dozens of rockets were fired at Israeli towns, damaging some homes and wounding several agricultural workers.
Egypt brokered an unofficial truce between Israel and Hamas late Wednesday, after three days of airstrikes on the coastal enclave.
Israeli warplanes struck several sites in the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday, causing substantial damage but with no reports of injuries.
Gaza brigades also fired 18 rockets into southern Israel overnight, without causing injuries or damage, Israeli news site Ynet reported.
Hamas' military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for firing at several Israeli military sites "in response to the continued Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip."
An Al-Qassam site was hit in an overnight airstrike east of Khan Younis in south Gaza, causing damage to the site and surrounding area.
Another Al-Qassam building was bombed in the northern Gaza town of Beit Hanoun. Witnesses said the site suffered significant damage, and surrounding buildings, including Beit Hanoun municipality building, were also affected.
Residents also reported that a building site was flattened east of Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, and another Israeli strike hit an empty area south of Gaza City.
No injuries have been reported.
The Israeli army said it "targeted a rocket launching site and a terror activity site in the northern Gaza Strip as well as a terror activity site in the southern Gaza Strip."
It said the strike were "in response to the incessant rocket fire at southern Israel," noting that direct hits were confirmed.
Overnight Saturday, an Israeli airstrike killed a Hamas militant and wounded another in Khan Younis.
The incidents followed a three-day lull since an upsurge in violence last week in which Israel killed at least seven Palestinians, and dozens of rockets were fired at Israeli towns, damaging some homes and wounding several agricultural workers.
Egypt brokered an unofficial truce between Israel and Hamas late Wednesday, after three days of airstrikes on the coastal enclave.
Onlookers gather to looks at a huge fire that engulf the Yarmouk ammunition factory in Khartoum 24 October 2012
Eight Israeli warplanes flew south along the Red Sea and crossed into Sudan from the east before striking the Yarmouk factory on the outskirts of Khartoum last week, according to an article published Sunday in the UK Sunday Times.
The article quoted several unnamed security sources who provided a play-by-play of last Wednesday’s attack in Sudan that killed two people and destroyed a factory allegedly used by Iran to store and transfer arms to Gaza.
Israel has neither denied nor confirmed the attack, which was widely interpreted as a warning to Iran over its nuclear program.
"This was a show of force but it was only a fraction of our capability – and of what the Iranians can expect in the countdown to the spring," the paper quoted an Israeli defense source as saying, referring to recent threats to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iran reveals photographs taken over Israel
Details of the attack emerge as Iran on Monday revealed photographs of what it said were Israeli military bases and other restricted areas captured by a drone earlier this month.
The Ayoub drone was shot down by Israeli jets after originally bypassing the country’s radar and air defense system on October 7. Hezbollah said it launched the drone.
"These aircraft transmit their pictures online, and right now we possess pictures of restricted areas," Esmail Kowsari, chair of the Iranian parliament's defense committee, told Iran’s state news agency.
Tensions are building up between Iran and Israel with the latter threatening to use force to disable the Islamic state’s nuclear program. Iran blames Israel for sabotaging one of its facilities earlier this year, and for a string of assassinations targeting Iranian nuclear scientists.
Israel and the west accuse Iran of seeking to build nuclear weapons. Iran, with the support of Russia, insist the program is being developed for peaceful purposes.
Last week’s attack on Sudan, which is roughly the same size and distance from Israel as Iran, demonstrates Israel’s far reaching capabilities to strike.
Play-by-play
According to the Sunday Times account, the eight Israeli jets – four carrying one-ton bombs, and four escorts – took off from an airbase in southern Israel Tuesday night around 10pm.
They flew along the Red Sea to bypass Egypt’s air defense system. After flying south for 90 minutes, the jets were refuelled by a Boeing 707 tanker outside Sudanese airspace.
With their tanks full, the jets then raced towards the Yarmouk factory in Khartoum.
“At this stage a Gulfstream G550 filled with electronic warfare equipment began to jam the Sudanese air defense system and the radar at Khartoum airport,” the report said.
Sudanese fighter jets remained grounded throughout the attack.
The newspaper’s sources said the attack began being planned over two years ago when Mossad agents discovered a copy of a 2008 defense agreement between Iran and Sudan.
The agreement, found in a briefcase of a Hamas arms purchaser after the agents smothered him to death in his Dubai hotel room, allegedly stipulated that Iran would build arms in Sudan.
Eight Israeli warplanes flew south along the Red Sea and crossed into Sudan from the east before striking the Yarmouk factory on the outskirts of Khartoum last week, according to an article published Sunday in the UK Sunday Times.
The article quoted several unnamed security sources who provided a play-by-play of last Wednesday’s attack in Sudan that killed two people and destroyed a factory allegedly used by Iran to store and transfer arms to Gaza.
Israel has neither denied nor confirmed the attack, which was widely interpreted as a warning to Iran over its nuclear program.
"This was a show of force but it was only a fraction of our capability – and of what the Iranians can expect in the countdown to the spring," the paper quoted an Israeli defense source as saying, referring to recent threats to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iran reveals photographs taken over Israel
Details of the attack emerge as Iran on Monday revealed photographs of what it said were Israeli military bases and other restricted areas captured by a drone earlier this month.
The Ayoub drone was shot down by Israeli jets after originally bypassing the country’s radar and air defense system on October 7. Hezbollah said it launched the drone.
"These aircraft transmit their pictures online, and right now we possess pictures of restricted areas," Esmail Kowsari, chair of the Iranian parliament's defense committee, told Iran’s state news agency.
Tensions are building up between Iran and Israel with the latter threatening to use force to disable the Islamic state’s nuclear program. Iran blames Israel for sabotaging one of its facilities earlier this year, and for a string of assassinations targeting Iranian nuclear scientists.
Israel and the west accuse Iran of seeking to build nuclear weapons. Iran, with the support of Russia, insist the program is being developed for peaceful purposes.
Last week’s attack on Sudan, which is roughly the same size and distance from Israel as Iran, demonstrates Israel’s far reaching capabilities to strike.
Play-by-play
According to the Sunday Times account, the eight Israeli jets – four carrying one-ton bombs, and four escorts – took off from an airbase in southern Israel Tuesday night around 10pm.
They flew along the Red Sea to bypass Egypt’s air defense system. After flying south for 90 minutes, the jets were refuelled by a Boeing 707 tanker outside Sudanese airspace.
With their tanks full, the jets then raced towards the Yarmouk factory in Khartoum.
“At this stage a Gulfstream G550 filled with electronic warfare equipment began to jam the Sudanese air defense system and the radar at Khartoum airport,” the report said.
Sudanese fighter jets remained grounded throughout the attack.
The newspaper’s sources said the attack began being planned over two years ago when Mossad agents discovered a copy of a 2008 defense agreement between Iran and Sudan.
The agreement, found in a briefcase of a Hamas arms purchaser after the agents smothered him to death in his Dubai hotel room, allegedly stipulated that Iran would build arms in Sudan.
28 oct 2012
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At least one Palestinian has been killed and another injured in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip, as the wave of aggression on the besieged territory continues unabated, Press TV reports.
At least one Palestinian has been killed and another injured in an Israeli airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip, as the wave of aggression on the besieged territory continues unabated, Press TV reports.
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In the early hours of Sunday morning, a remote-controlled Israeli assassination drone fired missiles at targets in the town of Rafah, killing one person and injuring another.
The Israeli military frequently carries out airstrikes and other attacks on 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. 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. The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education. |
26 oct 2012
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Looking at this really human right violation in the occupied Palestinian territories and the Gaza strip, Israeli forces conducted 40 incursions into Palestinian communities and the occupied West Bank and 4 incursions in the Gaza strip for the period between October 18 and October 24th.
In this edition of News Analysis we will look closely to the Israeli violation of human rights in Occupied Palestine and Gaza strip. An activist says recurrent Israeli attacks have disrupted life in the Gaza Strip amid growing fears of another full-scale war on the Palestinian territory, Press TV reports. |
“This is a heightening period of concern for people here in Gaza,” Gaza-based human rights activist Adie Mormech said in an exclusive interview with Press TV on Thursday.
“Many people are talking about taking cover, some people are talking about sending their children out of the [Gaza] Strip and even NGOs have been called out of the
Gaza Strip as we speak because there is a concern that this might develop into another horrific Cast Lead,” he added.
He was referring to Israel’s December 2008-January 2009 offensive, which killed more than 1400 Palestinians, mostly children, and left thousands more injured.
The activist also condemned Israel’s use of unconventional arms, such as internationally banned white phosphorus and flechette bombs, against the Palestinians in the populated coastal enclave, saying Israeli chemical bombs have destroyed all kinds of the crops in the region, “not to mention the rising cancers amongst children and men and women here in Gaza since the [22-day] war.”
“All sorts of weapons have been used on the people here in Gaza. Remember that the majority of the population is children, 1.7 million people here, and the people are very, very apprehensive right now in the light of the recent attacks,” Mormech stated.
He said it appears that Tel Aviv is looking for a pretext to “commit some of the most brutal atrocities” against Gazans.
“This is what happens when the international community does not do enough to rein in the continuous attacks from Israel,” he regretted, noting that the failure by the international organizations to take end Israeli violations would embolden Israel and give Tel Aviv "the green light again to commit mass terror to the Gaza Strip."
Hamas condemns Israeli aggression on Sudan
The Hamas Movement strongly condemned the Israeli aggression on the Yarmouk arms factory in the south of Khartoum in Sudan, and expressed its solidarity with the Sudan.
The Islamic resistance movement said in a statement on Thursday: "We strongly condemn this Zionist crime and dastardly attack carried out by the enemy's army against the Yarmouk arms factory in the Sudan."
The statement said the aggression was "flagrant" and proved that Israel is continuing to violate international laws and norms, not only against Palestinian people, land and sanctities, but also against the Arab and Islamic states and peoples."
Hamas also stressed on its solidarity with and support for Sudan’s leadership, government and people, and hailed their positions supporting the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights.
Other attacks today:
Israeli University plans to implement excavations in Jerusalem
“Many people are talking about taking cover, some people are talking about sending their children out of the [Gaza] Strip and even NGOs have been called out of the
Gaza Strip as we speak because there is a concern that this might develop into another horrific Cast Lead,” he added.
He was referring to Israel’s December 2008-January 2009 offensive, which killed more than 1400 Palestinians, mostly children, and left thousands more injured.
The activist also condemned Israel’s use of unconventional arms, such as internationally banned white phosphorus and flechette bombs, against the Palestinians in the populated coastal enclave, saying Israeli chemical bombs have destroyed all kinds of the crops in the region, “not to mention the rising cancers amongst children and men and women here in Gaza since the [22-day] war.”
“All sorts of weapons have been used on the people here in Gaza. Remember that the majority of the population is children, 1.7 million people here, and the people are very, very apprehensive right now in the light of the recent attacks,” Mormech stated.
He said it appears that Tel Aviv is looking for a pretext to “commit some of the most brutal atrocities” against Gazans.
“This is what happens when the international community does not do enough to rein in the continuous attacks from Israel,” he regretted, noting that the failure by the international organizations to take end Israeli violations would embolden Israel and give Tel Aviv "the green light again to commit mass terror to the Gaza Strip."
Hamas condemns Israeli aggression on Sudan
The Hamas Movement strongly condemned the Israeli aggression on the Yarmouk arms factory in the south of Khartoum in Sudan, and expressed its solidarity with the Sudan.
The Islamic resistance movement said in a statement on Thursday: "We strongly condemn this Zionist crime and dastardly attack carried out by the enemy's army against the Yarmouk arms factory in the Sudan."
The statement said the aggression was "flagrant" and proved that Israel is continuing to violate international laws and norms, not only against Palestinian people, land and sanctities, but also against the Arab and Islamic states and peoples."
Hamas also stressed on its solidarity with and support for Sudan’s leadership, government and people, and hailed their positions supporting the Palestinian people and their legitimate rights.
Other attacks today:
Israeli University plans to implement excavations in Jerusalem
25 oct 2012
Palestinian fighters held fire overnight Thursday and Israel refrained from airstrikes as an informal truce brokered by Egypt appeared to take hold following two days of violence along the Israel-Gaza border.
Palestinians had launched dozens of rockets into Israel over the preceding two days and Israel conducted a number of air raids on the coastal enclave, raising fears of a prolonged, bloody confrontation between the two sides.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the last known rocket was fired from Gaza on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.
An Israeli official said no formal agreement had been reached with Hamas, although Egyptian officials had been instrumental in restoring calm.
"The Egyptians have a very impressive ability to articulate to (Hamas) that its primary interest is not to attack and use terror against Israel or other targets," Israeli official Amos Gilad told Army Radio.
But he added that there was no direct agreement with the Islamist faction which refuses to recognize Israel and calls for its destruction.
"It can be said categorically that there is no agreement with Hamas, there has never been and there will never be. ... The only thing that has been set and said is that there will be calm. We are not interested in an escalation," Gilad added.
On Wednesday, Israel killed a Hamas militant in an airstrike which it said was intended to stop rocket launches. On Tuesday, Israel killed three Hamas men, saying they had either launched attacks or were about to do so.
In southern Israel, three agricultural workers were wounded when a Palestinian rocket exploded near them Wednesday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said 86 projectiles had been fired at Israel between Tuesday and Wednesday and that the Iron Dome system had intercepted eight of them. Several homes had been damaged by Palestinian rockets.
Egypt Mediates Truce Between Israel And Hamas
Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth reported that a truce agreement, mediated by Egypt, was reached between Israel and the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.
The paper said that the truce came into effect starting Wednesday night at midnight.
A Palestinian official confirmed that Egypt is mediating to avoid further tension in the region, the Maan News Agency reported.
The official added that Cairo received a verbal commitment from Hamas to maintain a truce with Israel.
Meanwhile, an Israeli military official stated that ceasefire is a decision that is made by the political leadership in Tel Aviv, and added that the army is always ready for any escalation.
Maan stated that it contacted Ofir Gendelman, Arab Media spokesperson to the Arab media at the office of Israel Prime Minister's Office, but he refused to comment on the issue.
On his part, spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committee, Abu Mujahid, told Maan on Wednesday evening, that the Committees were not informed of any truce with Israel.
Abu Mujahid added that any Israeli military escalation will be met with an immediate and fierce retaliation.
It is worth mentioning that four Palestinians were assassinated by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, while dozens of residents were wounded. Six Palestinians were killed since Monday.
In related news, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that thirteen Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army since the beginning of the month, and more than 33 were injured.
Dr. Erekat: “Israel Responsible For Gaza Escalation”
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that Israel is responsible for the latest escalation against the Gaza Strip due to its ongoing illegal measures.
Dr. Erekat said that Israel is still occupying the Gaza Strip by its ongoing siege and embargoes, therefore, it should be held accountable for “any harm to the Palestinian people”, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.
He added that the International Community must intervene and “stop Israel’s ongoing massacres against the Palestinian people”, especially in the Gaza Strip.
The official added that the International Committee must prevent these crimes and should act on stopping Israel’s siege and ongoing escalation that affects that lives of the entire population in the Gaza Strip.
Other attacks today:
IOF demolish water well, installations
Israeli soldiers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in their military uniforms
Closure of Beit Hanoun Crossing Threatens the Lives of Hundreds of Patients in the Gaza Strip
Palestinians had launched dozens of rockets into Israel over the preceding two days and Israel conducted a number of air raids on the coastal enclave, raising fears of a prolonged, bloody confrontation between the two sides.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said the last known rocket was fired from Gaza on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.
An Israeli official said no formal agreement had been reached with Hamas, although Egyptian officials had been instrumental in restoring calm.
"The Egyptians have a very impressive ability to articulate to (Hamas) that its primary interest is not to attack and use terror against Israel or other targets," Israeli official Amos Gilad told Army Radio.
But he added that there was no direct agreement with the Islamist faction which refuses to recognize Israel and calls for its destruction.
"It can be said categorically that there is no agreement with Hamas, there has never been and there will never be. ... The only thing that has been set and said is that there will be calm. We are not interested in an escalation," Gilad added.
On Wednesday, Israel killed a Hamas militant in an airstrike which it said was intended to stop rocket launches. On Tuesday, Israel killed three Hamas men, saying they had either launched attacks or were about to do so.
In southern Israel, three agricultural workers were wounded when a Palestinian rocket exploded near them Wednesday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said 86 projectiles had been fired at Israel between Tuesday and Wednesday and that the Iron Dome system had intercepted eight of them. Several homes had been damaged by Palestinian rockets.
Egypt Mediates Truce Between Israel And Hamas
Israeli Yedioth Aharonoth reported that a truce agreement, mediated by Egypt, was reached between Israel and the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip.
The paper said that the truce came into effect starting Wednesday night at midnight.
A Palestinian official confirmed that Egypt is mediating to avoid further tension in the region, the Maan News Agency reported.
The official added that Cairo received a verbal commitment from Hamas to maintain a truce with Israel.
Meanwhile, an Israeli military official stated that ceasefire is a decision that is made by the political leadership in Tel Aviv, and added that the army is always ready for any escalation.
Maan stated that it contacted Ofir Gendelman, Arab Media spokesperson to the Arab media at the office of Israel Prime Minister's Office, but he refused to comment on the issue.
On his part, spokesperson of the Popular Resistance Committee, Abu Mujahid, told Maan on Wednesday evening, that the Committees were not informed of any truce with Israel.
Abu Mujahid added that any Israeli military escalation will be met with an immediate and fierce retaliation.
It is worth mentioning that four Palestinians were assassinated by the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, while dozens of residents were wounded. Six Palestinians were killed since Monday.
In related news, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that thirteen Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army since the beginning of the month, and more than 33 were injured.
Dr. Erekat: “Israel Responsible For Gaza Escalation”
Chief Palestinian Negotiator, head of the Negotiations Department at the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Saeb Erekat, stated that Israel is responsible for the latest escalation against the Gaza Strip due to its ongoing illegal measures.
Dr. Erekat said that Israel is still occupying the Gaza Strip by its ongoing siege and embargoes, therefore, it should be held accountable for “any harm to the Palestinian people”, the Palestine News Network (PNN) reported.
He added that the International Community must intervene and “stop Israel’s ongoing massacres against the Palestinian people”, especially in the Gaza Strip.
The official added that the International Committee must prevent these crimes and should act on stopping Israel’s siege and ongoing escalation that affects that lives of the entire population in the Gaza Strip.
Other attacks today:
IOF demolish water well, installations
Israeli soldiers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in their military uniforms
Closure of Beit Hanoun Crossing Threatens the Lives of Hundreds of Patients in the Gaza Strip
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Wednesday, launched a military surveillance zeppelin over the Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip, in order to detect a large area of the northern Gaza Strip.
Local sources told Quds Press that the occupation forces launched on Wednesday a military surveillance zeppelin in the skies of the town of Beit Hanoun, and in particular over the Beit Hanoun crossing (Erez) located east of the town.
Deployment of the military surveillance zeppelin came after one of the observation towers west of the crossing gate was targeted by the Palestinian resistance in the light of the Israeli military escalation over the past two days.
The Israeli zeppelin aimed to control the Palestinian resistance's acts or any movements of the citizens within the area covered by it.
The occupation forces had launched two similar airships three weeks ago east of Gaza City.
Local sources told Quds Press that the occupation forces launched on Wednesday a military surveillance zeppelin in the skies of the town of Beit Hanoun, and in particular over the Beit Hanoun crossing (Erez) located east of the town.
Deployment of the military surveillance zeppelin came after one of the observation towers west of the crossing gate was targeted by the Palestinian resistance in the light of the Israeli military escalation over the past two days.
The Israeli zeppelin aimed to control the Palestinian resistance's acts or any movements of the citizens within the area covered by it.
The occupation forces had launched two similar airships three weeks ago east of Gaza City.
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A prominent analyst says the brutal Israeli regime is “creating slow genocide” in the besieged Gaza strip, where they intend to “wipe out the Palestinians.”
“They are now not allowing desalination plants in and water purification plants in and without water you cannot live and the UN report stated that by 2016 that the water in Gaza will be undrinkable and by 2020 the aquifer will be beyond repair,” said Derek Graham a pro-Palestine Irish activist in a Wednesday interview with Press TV. The Israeli regime denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education. |
“The UN recently issued a report which was very alarming, probably you have all
that I have accounted and that was the fact that Gaza is going to be unlivable by the year 2020. It is very evidence that this five year old siege is crippling all Gazans and every aspect and facets of their lives especially when it comes to, for example, medicine and lack of it,” he added.
On October 20, Israeli forces intercepted Estelle and escorted the vessel to the port of Ashdod. The Tel Aviv regime forces also detained the peace activists. It was the latest of more than a dozen ships that had tried to break the blockade since 2010.
He also pointed out that the Israeli regime has tested illegal weapons on the coastal enclave, which “should not be used in civilian areas but yet the Israelis use them with impunity. It is unjust and they are allowed to do this and get away with it because they have the Americans backing of what they do.”
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.
that I have accounted and that was the fact that Gaza is going to be unlivable by the year 2020. It is very evidence that this five year old siege is crippling all Gazans and every aspect and facets of their lives especially when it comes to, for example, medicine and lack of it,” he added.
On October 20, Israeli forces intercepted Estelle and escorted the vessel to the port of Ashdod. The Tel Aviv regime forces also detained the peace activists. It was the latest of more than a dozen ships that had tried to break the blockade since 2010.
He also pointed out that the Israeli regime has tested illegal weapons on the coastal enclave, which “should not be used in civilian areas but yet the Israelis use them with impunity. It is unjust and they are allowed to do this and get away with it because they have the Americans backing of what they do.”
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.
Sudan's president, Omar al-Bashir,
1,000-mile air raid on Khartoum seen as signal to Iran of ability to attack nuclear facilities.
Sudan has complained to the UN security council that Israeli planes bombed a munitions plant in Khartoum, an attack that has been widely interpreted as a warning to Iran over its nuclear programme.
Israeli military commentators said that the Yarmouk facility in the Sudanese capital was owned by Iran and had been used to supply weapons to Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip. The "impressive" reach of the secret operation was said to have demonstrated an ability to hit Iran's nuclear facilities — a similar distance from Israel.
As reverberations continued from Tuesday's 1,000-mile attack, Israel would neither confirm nor deny it was involved. Ehud Barak, the defence minister, said : "There is nothing I can say about this subject." But one of his most senior officials praised the country's air force and called Sudan a "terrorist state".
Sudan's UN ambassador, Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, called on the security council to condemn the raid as "a blatant violation of the concept of peace and security". Iran also denounced Israel, as did Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia movement with close links to Tehran.
Sudan's culture and information minister, Ahmed Bilal Osman, had said earlier that four radar-evading aircraft carried out an attack around midnight on Tuesday. "We think Israel did the bombing," he said. "We reserve the right to react at a place and time we choose."
Sudan's state news agency said the planes used "hi-tech jamming devices" in the attack and a Sudanese reporter told Israel's Haaretz newspaper that there was a telecommunications blackout for about an hour before the explosions.
"There are two arms factories in this area of the strike: one is the Yarmouk factory, the other is the Sudan Technical Centre," a UN source told the Guardian. "We don't know for certain if they are making weapons or manufacturing ammunition. At the very minimum they are repackaging munitions produced elsewhere. Yarmouk is sponsored by Iran. The Sudan Technical Centre is definitely handling Chinese weapons."
Israel has long accused Khartoum of serving as a base for Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip. "Sudan is a dangerous terrorist state," Amos Gilad, an influential former general and senior defence ministry official, told Israel's Army Radio.
There was a strong sense that Israel was also sending a blunt message to Iran. Ron Ben-Yishai, a veteran military commentator, wrote in daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth: "There is no doubt that the explosion in Khartoum will be food for thought not only for the authorities in Sudan but also in Gaza – and especially in Tehran."
Ephraim Inbar, a strategic expert, said: "It is very plausible that Israel was behind the strike. We have operated in that region in response to a variety of intelligence reports in the past. We definitely have the capability [to launch such a strike]. It seems an easy operation, involving four jets. For us it would be a piece of cake."
The UN source said: "We know for sure that weapons are flowing from and through Sudan into the Egyptian Sinai, possibly to Gaza. The Egyptians have told us that the arms flowing into Sinai from Sudan are a big security problem. Northern Sinai is full of weapons.
"We have seen in the last few days intense clashes along this northern border, between Israel and Egypt, with armed, radicalised Bedouin groups with a vision of political Islam. There seem to be clear links between this and the strike in Khartoum. In the same days we've seen a dramatic increase in rockets fired into Israel from Gaza. The convergence of these elements points to Israel as the perpetrator."
In past there have been allegations that Sudan stored chemical weapons for Iraq at the Yarmouk facility. Government officials denied the charge. The attack destroyed part of the compound infrastructure, killed two people and injured another.
In April last year, Sudan said it had irrefutable evidence that Israeli attack helicopters had carried out a missile and machine-gun strike on a car south of Port Sudan. That attack mirrored a similar strike by foreign aircraft on a truck convoy reportedly laden with weapons in eastern Sudan in January 2009. That too is widely believed to have been carried out Israel.
Sudan blames Israeli air-strike for munitions factory fire
Israeli attack' on Sudanese arms factory offers glimpse of secret war
Bombing of factory in Khartoum is neither confirmed nor denied by Israel, but there are precedents for this sort of attack.
No one in Israel is admitting that its pilots carried out a long-range raid against a munitions factory in Sudan, said to be supplying weapons to the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
But no one is denying it either. Amos Gilad, a senior defence ministry official, ducked a direct question, praising the capabilities of Israel's air force and calling Sudan "a dangerous terrorist state".
This is one of those episodes where motive, capability and precedent all matter. Sudan's angry accusation that Israel bombed the Yarmouk factory in Khartoum is highly plausible. The attack appears to offer a rare glimpse of a secret war that has been going on for years.
Israel could mount a raid like this using F-16 fighters, flying south along the Red Sea coast, under Saudi and Egyptian radar and with aerial refuelling. It would take about two and a half hours each way. Experts say drones could also be used. The same long-range capability could allow it to strike nuclear facilities in Iran.
Another tantalising glimpse of this clandestine war came in January 2010, when suspected Mossad agents assassinated Mohammed Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel. Mabhouh was described as the link man between Hamas and Iran. The following year a mysterious missile strike on a car near Port Sudan airport killed his replacement. Hamas denied the story while Sudan called the attack a "desperate Israeli attempt" to smear the country's image and scupper its bid to be removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. Sudan has denied allowing weapons-smuggling through its territory.
Detailed evidence of Israel's efforts to block arms shipments to Hamas (and to Hezbollah in Lebanon) surfaced in WikiLeaks documents published by the Guardian. They demonstrated that Sudan was warned by the US in January 2009 not to allow the delivery of unspecified Iranian arms that were expected to be passed to Hamas in Gaza around the time of Israel's Cast Lead offensive, in which 1,400 Palestinians were killed.
Israeli media has reported that the Israeli air force carried out at least two secret operations in Sudan in January and February 2009. The first involved the bombing of a convoy carrying arms through Sudan to Gaza, in which 119 people were killed. And a ship at a Sudanese port was bombed from the air. Sudan accused the US of carrying out these attacks. In June that year Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, told US officials there was "a steady flow of Iranian weapons to Gaza through Sudan or Syria and then by sea".
Only rarely did the US cables show evidence of direct Israeli requests to the US to block arms deliveries. But in one meeting in 2009 a senior US state department official noted: "Most requests to third countries to deny arms transfer overflights are based on Israeli intelligence. Additional information/intelligence from the government of Israel would ensure greater co-operation."
Sudan threatens retaliation over alleged Israeli air strike
Minister warns that Khartoum 'reserves the right to strike back' after blaming Israel for attack on Yarmouk arms complex.
Sudan has warned that it has the right to retaliate after accusing Israel of carrying out an air strike on an arms factory, causing a huge explosion that killed two people.
Ahmed Belal Osman, the Sudanese information minister, said that bombs from four aircraft struck a complex and triggered a blast that rocked the capital, Khartoum, before dawn on Wednesday.
"Four planes coming from the east bombed the Yarmouk industrial complex," Belal told a press conference. "They used sophisticated technology … We believe that Israel is behind it."
Belal recalled a 2009 attack on an arms convoy in the Red Sea province in eastern Sudan, resulting in scores of deaths, which his government also blamed on Israel.
"We are now certain that this flagrant attack was authorised by the same state of Israel," he added. "The main purpose is to frustrate our military capabilities and stop any development there, and ultimately weaken our national sovereignty.
"Sudan reserves the right to strike back at Israel."
Officials showed journalists a video in which a huge crater could be seen next to two destroyed buildings and what appeared to be a rocket lying on the ground. Belal said an analysis of rocket debris and other material on the ground had shown that Israel was behind the attack.
Sudan may take the issue to the UN security council, he added.
The Israeli Defence Forces and foreign ministry both declined to comment on the Sudanese claim. Israel has a track record of carrying out operations against hostile states, but rarely acknowledges such actions. It has no diplomatic relationship with Sudan, and believes the country to have a role in arms trafficking to militant groups in Gaza.
"It has been widely acknowledged that shipments of weapons are crossing Sudan on their way to Gaza," said an Israeli government source. The weapons were not thought to originate in Sudan but Khartoum was allowing trafficking to happen, he said.
Khartoum has blamed Israel for previous attacks over recent years. In April 2011, two people were killed when a car was struck by a missile near Port Sudan."This is not the first time things have been attributed to us," said the Israeli government source.
The powerful blast at the Yarmouk complex, which was built in 1996, sent exploding ammunition flying through the air. Local resident Abdelgadir Mohammed, 31, said a loud roar of what they believed was a plane prompted him and his brother to step outside their house at around midnight.
"At first we thought it was more than one plane," he told the Associated Press. "Then we thought it was a plane crashing because of how sharp the sound was. Then we saw a flash of light, and after it came a really loud sound. It was an explosion."
Mohammed said the explosion caused panic among the residents of the heavily populated low-income neighbourhood. Many fled to open spaces, fearing their homes were collapsing. He said ammunition was flying out of the factory into the air and falling inside homes.
"It was a double whammy, the explosion at the factory and then the ammunition flying into the neighborhood. The ground shook. Some homes were badly damaged. The walls of our home cracked, so we left our house to sleep elsewhere. When we came back this morning, our beds and furniture were covered in ashes."
Thick smoke blackened the sky over the complex, and firefighters needed more than two hours to extinguish the fire.
Sudanese army spokesman Sawarmy Khaled said two people were killed and another was seriously injured. Others suffered from smoke inhalation.
The US imposed economic, trade and financial sanctions against Sudan in 1997, citing the government's support for terrorism, including its sheltering of Osama bin Laden in Khartoum the mid-1990s
1,000-mile air raid on Khartoum seen as signal to Iran of ability to attack nuclear facilities.
Sudan has complained to the UN security council that Israeli planes bombed a munitions plant in Khartoum, an attack that has been widely interpreted as a warning to Iran over its nuclear programme.
Israeli military commentators said that the Yarmouk facility in the Sudanese capital was owned by Iran and had been used to supply weapons to Hamas fighters in the Gaza Strip. The "impressive" reach of the secret operation was said to have demonstrated an ability to hit Iran's nuclear facilities — a similar distance from Israel.
As reverberations continued from Tuesday's 1,000-mile attack, Israel would neither confirm nor deny it was involved. Ehud Barak, the defence minister, said : "There is nothing I can say about this subject." But one of his most senior officials praised the country's air force and called Sudan a "terrorist state".
Sudan's UN ambassador, Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, called on the security council to condemn the raid as "a blatant violation of the concept of peace and security". Iran also denounced Israel, as did Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia movement with close links to Tehran.
Sudan's culture and information minister, Ahmed Bilal Osman, had said earlier that four radar-evading aircraft carried out an attack around midnight on Tuesday. "We think Israel did the bombing," he said. "We reserve the right to react at a place and time we choose."
Sudan's state news agency said the planes used "hi-tech jamming devices" in the attack and a Sudanese reporter told Israel's Haaretz newspaper that there was a telecommunications blackout for about an hour before the explosions.
"There are two arms factories in this area of the strike: one is the Yarmouk factory, the other is the Sudan Technical Centre," a UN source told the Guardian. "We don't know for certain if they are making weapons or manufacturing ammunition. At the very minimum they are repackaging munitions produced elsewhere. Yarmouk is sponsored by Iran. The Sudan Technical Centre is definitely handling Chinese weapons."
Israel has long accused Khartoum of serving as a base for Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip. "Sudan is a dangerous terrorist state," Amos Gilad, an influential former general and senior defence ministry official, told Israel's Army Radio.
There was a strong sense that Israel was also sending a blunt message to Iran. Ron Ben-Yishai, a veteran military commentator, wrote in daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth: "There is no doubt that the explosion in Khartoum will be food for thought not only for the authorities in Sudan but also in Gaza – and especially in Tehran."
Ephraim Inbar, a strategic expert, said: "It is very plausible that Israel was behind the strike. We have operated in that region in response to a variety of intelligence reports in the past. We definitely have the capability [to launch such a strike]. It seems an easy operation, involving four jets. For us it would be a piece of cake."
The UN source said: "We know for sure that weapons are flowing from and through Sudan into the Egyptian Sinai, possibly to Gaza. The Egyptians have told us that the arms flowing into Sinai from Sudan are a big security problem. Northern Sinai is full of weapons.
"We have seen in the last few days intense clashes along this northern border, between Israel and Egypt, with armed, radicalised Bedouin groups with a vision of political Islam. There seem to be clear links between this and the strike in Khartoum. In the same days we've seen a dramatic increase in rockets fired into Israel from Gaza. The convergence of these elements points to Israel as the perpetrator."
In past there have been allegations that Sudan stored chemical weapons for Iraq at the Yarmouk facility. Government officials denied the charge. The attack destroyed part of the compound infrastructure, killed two people and injured another.
In April last year, Sudan said it had irrefutable evidence that Israeli attack helicopters had carried out a missile and machine-gun strike on a car south of Port Sudan. That attack mirrored a similar strike by foreign aircraft on a truck convoy reportedly laden with weapons in eastern Sudan in January 2009. That too is widely believed to have been carried out Israel.
Sudan blames Israeli air-strike for munitions factory fire
Israeli attack' on Sudanese arms factory offers glimpse of secret war
Bombing of factory in Khartoum is neither confirmed nor denied by Israel, but there are precedents for this sort of attack.
No one in Israel is admitting that its pilots carried out a long-range raid against a munitions factory in Sudan, said to be supplying weapons to the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
But no one is denying it either. Amos Gilad, a senior defence ministry official, ducked a direct question, praising the capabilities of Israel's air force and calling Sudan "a dangerous terrorist state".
This is one of those episodes where motive, capability and precedent all matter. Sudan's angry accusation that Israel bombed the Yarmouk factory in Khartoum is highly plausible. The attack appears to offer a rare glimpse of a secret war that has been going on for years.
Israel could mount a raid like this using F-16 fighters, flying south along the Red Sea coast, under Saudi and Egyptian radar and with aerial refuelling. It would take about two and a half hours each way. Experts say drones could also be used. The same long-range capability could allow it to strike nuclear facilities in Iran.
Another tantalising glimpse of this clandestine war came in January 2010, when suspected Mossad agents assassinated Mohammed Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel. Mabhouh was described as the link man between Hamas and Iran. The following year a mysterious missile strike on a car near Port Sudan airport killed his replacement. Hamas denied the story while Sudan called the attack a "desperate Israeli attempt" to smear the country's image and scupper its bid to be removed from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism. Sudan has denied allowing weapons-smuggling through its territory.
Detailed evidence of Israel's efforts to block arms shipments to Hamas (and to Hezbollah in Lebanon) surfaced in WikiLeaks documents published by the Guardian. They demonstrated that Sudan was warned by the US in January 2009 not to allow the delivery of unspecified Iranian arms that were expected to be passed to Hamas in Gaza around the time of Israel's Cast Lead offensive, in which 1,400 Palestinians were killed.
Israeli media has reported that the Israeli air force carried out at least two secret operations in Sudan in January and February 2009. The first involved the bombing of a convoy carrying arms through Sudan to Gaza, in which 119 people were killed. And a ship at a Sudanese port was bombed from the air. Sudan accused the US of carrying out these attacks. In June that year Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, told US officials there was "a steady flow of Iranian weapons to Gaza through Sudan or Syria and then by sea".
Only rarely did the US cables show evidence of direct Israeli requests to the US to block arms deliveries. But in one meeting in 2009 a senior US state department official noted: "Most requests to third countries to deny arms transfer overflights are based on Israeli intelligence. Additional information/intelligence from the government of Israel would ensure greater co-operation."
Sudan threatens retaliation over alleged Israeli air strike
Minister warns that Khartoum 'reserves the right to strike back' after blaming Israel for attack on Yarmouk arms complex.
Sudan has warned that it has the right to retaliate after accusing Israel of carrying out an air strike on an arms factory, causing a huge explosion that killed two people.
Ahmed Belal Osman, the Sudanese information minister, said that bombs from four aircraft struck a complex and triggered a blast that rocked the capital, Khartoum, before dawn on Wednesday.
"Four planes coming from the east bombed the Yarmouk industrial complex," Belal told a press conference. "They used sophisticated technology … We believe that Israel is behind it."
Belal recalled a 2009 attack on an arms convoy in the Red Sea province in eastern Sudan, resulting in scores of deaths, which his government also blamed on Israel.
"We are now certain that this flagrant attack was authorised by the same state of Israel," he added. "The main purpose is to frustrate our military capabilities and stop any development there, and ultimately weaken our national sovereignty.
"Sudan reserves the right to strike back at Israel."
Officials showed journalists a video in which a huge crater could be seen next to two destroyed buildings and what appeared to be a rocket lying on the ground. Belal said an analysis of rocket debris and other material on the ground had shown that Israel was behind the attack.
Sudan may take the issue to the UN security council, he added.
The Israeli Defence Forces and foreign ministry both declined to comment on the Sudanese claim. Israel has a track record of carrying out operations against hostile states, but rarely acknowledges such actions. It has no diplomatic relationship with Sudan, and believes the country to have a role in arms trafficking to militant groups in Gaza.
"It has been widely acknowledged that shipments of weapons are crossing Sudan on their way to Gaza," said an Israeli government source. The weapons were not thought to originate in Sudan but Khartoum was allowing trafficking to happen, he said.
Khartoum has blamed Israel for previous attacks over recent years. In April 2011, two people were killed when a car was struck by a missile near Port Sudan."This is not the first time things have been attributed to us," said the Israeli government source.
The powerful blast at the Yarmouk complex, which was built in 1996, sent exploding ammunition flying through the air. Local resident Abdelgadir Mohammed, 31, said a loud roar of what they believed was a plane prompted him and his brother to step outside their house at around midnight.
"At first we thought it was more than one plane," he told the Associated Press. "Then we thought it was a plane crashing because of how sharp the sound was. Then we saw a flash of light, and after it came a really loud sound. It was an explosion."
Mohammed said the explosion caused panic among the residents of the heavily populated low-income neighbourhood. Many fled to open spaces, fearing their homes were collapsing. He said ammunition was flying out of the factory into the air and falling inside homes.
"It was a double whammy, the explosion at the factory and then the ammunition flying into the neighborhood. The ground shook. Some homes were badly damaged. The walls of our home cracked, so we left our house to sleep elsewhere. When we came back this morning, our beds and furniture were covered in ashes."
Thick smoke blackened the sky over the complex, and firefighters needed more than two hours to extinguish the fire.
Sudanese army spokesman Sawarmy Khaled said two people were killed and another was seriously injured. Others suffered from smoke inhalation.
The US imposed economic, trade and financial sanctions against Sudan in 1997, citing the government's support for terrorism, including its sheltering of Osama bin Laden in Khartoum the mid-1990s
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A column of Israeli tanks take up position near the Gaza border.
Israel has threatened to escalate its deadly attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, which has been under Israeli siege for many years. Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Ehud Barak said on Wednesday that more Gazans are going to suffer because of the rockets fired from the territory into Israel. "Hamas will receive its punishment for what has happened here," said Barak, referring to the Palestinian resistance movement which governs Gaza. "If they cannot be calmed, and the rockets continue,” the Israeli military will respond, Barak said. |
Since Tuesday night, at least four Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in the Israeli attacks on Gaza.
Palestinian resistance groups have been firing the rockets in retaliation for Tel Aviv’s deadly raids on the coastal enclave.
He also said no “element responsible for causing damage in Israel or to Israelis will be spared."
Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Israel’s US-funded Iron Dome system has failed to intercept many of the projectiles fired from the Gaza Strip.
On July 27, US President Barack Obama signed a piece of legislation ratified by Congress that had Israel another $70 million in military assistance, on top of the $3 billion the United States had already pledged to provide to the Israeli military this year.
Obama signed the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012, which provides more US taxpayer dollars to help Israel expand its Iron Dome short-range missile system.
other attacks today
IOA bulldozers destroy land in Bethlehem village
Local official: Israel destroys 5 water wells in Jenin
“Al-Aqsa”: Occupation To Destroy Islamic Symbols In Al-wad Street In Jerusalem.
Palestinian resistance groups have been firing the rockets in retaliation for Tel Aviv’s deadly raids on the coastal enclave.
He also said no “element responsible for causing damage in Israel or to Israelis will be spared."
Gaza has been blockaded since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Israel’s US-funded Iron Dome system has failed to intercept many of the projectiles fired from the Gaza Strip.
On July 27, US President Barack Obama signed a piece of legislation ratified by Congress that had Israel another $70 million in military assistance, on top of the $3 billion the United States had already pledged to provide to the Israeli military this year.
Obama signed the United States-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act of 2012, which provides more US taxpayer dollars to help Israel expand its Iron Dome short-range missile system.
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A man reacts at the body of a militant
Multiple Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed four people and injured eight since late Tuesday, medics said.
Early Wednesday, Israeli warplanes struck a target in Rafah, killing Muhammad al-Sheikh, 32, a member of the PRC's military wing the Nasser Saladin Brigades. One other person was also injured.
Israel's army said it was targeting a launching squad which moments earlier had fired a rocket at southern Israel.
At midnight, an airstrike on Beit Lahiya in Gaza's north killed Ismail al-Tally, a member of Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, and injured three others, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma'an.
Another overnight strike in an area northwest of Beit Lahiya killed Loai Abed al-Hakeen Abu Jarad, 24, and Yousef Abu Jalhoum, al-Qidra said. One other person was seriously wounded.
Israel's army said it targeted a squad in the northern Gaza Strip "during its final preparations to fire rockets towards southern Israel."
Hamas officials also reported Israeli tanks firing into Gaza. A military spokesman confirmed that report.
Israeli fire killed a Palestinian man and injured three others late Tuesday after Israel's army said six rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed across the border, a medical official said.
The attack came hours after Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine fighters claimed responsibility for an attack that wounded an Israeli soldier on the Gaza border. The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said it was responsible for a bomb that went off beside an army patrol east of Khan Younis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said Israel would deliver a strong response to the attack. "We will fight and we will hit them very, very hard," Netanyahu said.
An Israeli army spokesman said that over 60 rockets have been fired at Israel since late Tuesday.
Israeli media reported that three foreign workers were injured in Israel's southern Eshkol region by rocket fire.
The airstrikes followed a historic visit by the Emir of Qatar, which broke the isolation of the Hamas leadership in Gaza.
Thousands lined the streets in Gaza to welcome the Qatari emir, who was the first head of state to visit the Hamas-run enclave since 1999.
Mosque damaged in violent Israeli pounding of southern Gaza
A mosque in Khuza’a town to the east of Khan Younis was partially damaged in Israeli violent artillery pounding on Wednesday, local sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that Israeli army tanks fired dozens of shells at the area to the east of Khan Younis, which is located south of the Gaza Strip.
The sources explained that at least one bomb hit the mosque’s minaret while two others hit a water tank also in Khuza’a while dozens slammed into cultivated land lots near to the border fence.
Multiple Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have killed four people and injured eight since late Tuesday, medics said.
Early Wednesday, Israeli warplanes struck a target in Rafah, killing Muhammad al-Sheikh, 32, a member of the PRC's military wing the Nasser Saladin Brigades. One other person was also injured.
Israel's army said it was targeting a launching squad which moments earlier had fired a rocket at southern Israel.
At midnight, an airstrike on Beit Lahiya in Gaza's north killed Ismail al-Tally, a member of Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, and injured three others, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra told Ma'an.
Another overnight strike in an area northwest of Beit Lahiya killed Loai Abed al-Hakeen Abu Jarad, 24, and Yousef Abu Jalhoum, al-Qidra said. One other person was seriously wounded.
Israel's army said it targeted a squad in the northern Gaza Strip "during its final preparations to fire rockets towards southern Israel."
Hamas officials also reported Israeli tanks firing into Gaza. A military spokesman confirmed that report.
Israeli fire killed a Palestinian man and injured three others late Tuesday after Israel's army said six rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed across the border, a medical official said.
The attack came hours after Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine fighters claimed responsibility for an attack that wounded an Israeli soldier on the Gaza border. The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades said it was responsible for a bomb that went off beside an army patrol east of Khan Younis.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said Israel would deliver a strong response to the attack. "We will fight and we will hit them very, very hard," Netanyahu said.
An Israeli army spokesman said that over 60 rockets have been fired at Israel since late Tuesday.
Israeli media reported that three foreign workers were injured in Israel's southern Eshkol region by rocket fire.
The airstrikes followed a historic visit by the Emir of Qatar, which broke the isolation of the Hamas leadership in Gaza.
Thousands lined the streets in Gaza to welcome the Qatari emir, who was the first head of state to visit the Hamas-run enclave since 1999.
Mosque damaged in violent Israeli pounding of southern Gaza
A mosque in Khuza’a town to the east of Khan Younis was partially damaged in Israeli violent artillery pounding on Wednesday, local sources said.
They told the PIC reporter that Israeli army tanks fired dozens of shells at the area to the east of Khan Younis, which is located south of the Gaza Strip.
The sources explained that at least one bomb hit the mosque’s minaret while two others hit a water tank also in Khuza’a while dozens slammed into cultivated land lots near to the border fence.
At least three Palestinians have been killed and six others injured in attacks on the Gaza Strip by Israeli aircraft and tanks, as the wave of aggression on the besieged territory continues unabated, Press TV reports.
Two Palestinians were killed and four others injured when Israeli tank fire struck the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening.
And one Palestinian was killed and two others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on the same day.
The attacks came hours after an Israeli army officer was wounded by a bomb on the Gaza Strip's northern border.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Hamas security officials said the bomb attack was carried out as Israeli troops were mounting an incursion into Gaza.
Four rockets were also fired from Gaza into southern Israel, but they caused no casualties or significant damage.
The Israeli military frequently carries out airstrikes and other attacks on 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.
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.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Two Palestinians were killed and four others injured when Israeli tank fire struck the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening.
And one Palestinian was killed and two others injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on the same day.
The attacks came hours after an Israeli army officer was wounded by a bomb on the Gaza Strip's northern border.
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestinian claimed responsibility for the bombing.
Hamas security officials said the bomb attack was carried out as Israeli troops were mounting an incursion into Gaza.
Four rockets were also fired from Gaza into southern Israel, but they caused no casualties or significant damage.
The Israeli military frequently carries out airstrikes and other attacks on 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.
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.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two Palestinian fighters were killed, earlier on Wednesday, and at least five residents were wounded, in Israeli attacks targeting the coastal region. Six Palestinians have been killed since Monday and at least 12 have been injured.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesperson the Ministry of Health, reported that Lu’ay Abdul-Hakim Abu Jarad, 25, was killed, and four Palestinians were wounded when an Israeli drone fired missiles into the Ash-Shaima’ area, in Beit Lahia Abu Jarad is a member of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.
On Wednesday morning, a Palestinian fighter was killed, and two others were injured, when the Israeli army bombarded an area east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Also, a Qassam fighter, identified as Ismail At-Tally, was killed and four Palestinians were wounded when the army bombarded As-Salateen area, northwest of the Gaza Strip. One of the wounded residents is in a serious condition, and two suffered moderate injuries.
The Palestinian Information Center reported that an Israeli drone fired a missile targeting fighters of the Salah Ed-Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, killing one fighter identified as Mohammad Ash-Sheikh, 22, and wounding two others.
One of the Israeli missiles targeted a power grid completely destroying it leading power outages in several areas.
Furthermore, several fighters survived an assassination attempt after the Israeli Air Force targeted them with a missile in the Az-Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
On Tuesday evening, the armed assassinated a Palestinian fighter of the Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Three fighters were injured.
The latest Israeli military escalation brings the total of Palestinians killed since Monday to six, while at least 12 Palestinians were wounded, some seriously.
Israel launches fresh airstrike against Gaza
Israeli warplanes have launched a new airstrike on the Tel Aviv-blockaded Gaza Strip, with reports of potential casualties yet to come in, Press TV reports.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesperson the Ministry of Health, reported that Lu’ay Abdul-Hakim Abu Jarad, 25, was killed, and four Palestinians were wounded when an Israeli drone fired missiles into the Ash-Shaima’ area, in Beit Lahia Abu Jarad is a member of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement.
On Wednesday morning, a Palestinian fighter was killed, and two others were injured, when the Israeli army bombarded an area east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Also, a Qassam fighter, identified as Ismail At-Tally, was killed and four Palestinians were wounded when the army bombarded As-Salateen area, northwest of the Gaza Strip. One of the wounded residents is in a serious condition, and two suffered moderate injuries.
The Palestinian Information Center reported that an Israeli drone fired a missile targeting fighters of the Salah Ed-Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, killing one fighter identified as Mohammad Ash-Sheikh, 22, and wounding two others.
One of the Israeli missiles targeted a power grid completely destroying it leading power outages in several areas.
Furthermore, several fighters survived an assassination attempt after the Israeli Air Force targeted them with a missile in the Az-Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
On Tuesday evening, the armed assassinated a Palestinian fighter of the Al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Three fighters were injured.
The latest Israeli military escalation brings the total of Palestinians killed since Monday to six, while at least 12 Palestinians were wounded, some seriously.
Israel launches fresh airstrike against Gaza
Israeli warplanes have launched a new airstrike on the Tel Aviv-blockaded Gaza Strip, with reports of potential casualties yet to come in, Press TV reports.
Two Palestinian women have been injured in an airstrike conducted by Israeli warplanes on the besieged Gaza Strip, Press TV reports.
The airstrike targeted a house in northern Gaza late on Wednesday, a Press TV correspondent reported from Gaza.
It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday's airstrike caused any fatalities in the coastal territory.
Earlier in the day, another Palestinian died, succumbing to his injuries sustained in recent airstrikes carried out by Israel on Gaza.
The victim was the fourth Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave since Tuesday night.
The Israeli military frequently bombs 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.
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.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Two casualties including old woman in IOF shelling
Two Palestinian citizens including a 72-year-old woman were wounded in the Israeli artillery shelling to the east of Khan Younis on Wednesday.
Local and medical sources told the PIC reporter that Hadiya Qudaih, 72, was injured in her back in the Israeli occupation forces’ shelling.
They said that Qudaih was in her land near Huda mosque in Khuza’a town to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, when the shelling took placed.
Medical sources told the PIC reporter that another woman, Huda Al-Sameiri, suffered shrapnel wounds in her face and limbs while inside her home in Qarara town also due to the IOF ongoing shelling.
Soldiers Invade Several Areas Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, several areas near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and conducted military training in a number of villages while military helicopters flew overhead, local sources reported.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and paratroopers were deployed in and around the villages of Al-Kafeer and Aqaaba, south of Jenin, and fired rounds of live ammunition while military helicopters fired flares as the army conducted its training.
It is worth mentioning that, a few days ago, an Israeli military helicopter had to conduct an emergency landing in the area due to a technical malfunction during training.
The areas in question witness repeated Israeli military invasions and attacks, while the army also frequently holds training, especially in mountain areas.
The airstrike targeted a house in northern Gaza late on Wednesday, a Press TV correspondent reported from Gaza.
It was not immediately clear whether Wednesday's airstrike caused any fatalities in the coastal territory.
Earlier in the day, another Palestinian died, succumbing to his injuries sustained in recent airstrikes carried out by Israel on Gaza.
The victim was the fourth Palestinian killed in Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave since Tuesday night.
The Israeli military frequently bombs 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.
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.
The apartheid regime of Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Two casualties including old woman in IOF shelling
Two Palestinian citizens including a 72-year-old woman were wounded in the Israeli artillery shelling to the east of Khan Younis on Wednesday.
Local and medical sources told the PIC reporter that Hadiya Qudaih, 72, was injured in her back in the Israeli occupation forces’ shelling.
They said that Qudaih was in her land near Huda mosque in Khuza’a town to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, when the shelling took placed.
Medical sources told the PIC reporter that another woman, Huda Al-Sameiri, suffered shrapnel wounds in her face and limbs while inside her home in Qarara town also due to the IOF ongoing shelling.
Soldiers Invade Several Areas Near Jenin
Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight, several areas near the northern West Bank city of Jenin, and conducted military training in a number of villages while military helicopters flew overhead, local sources reported.
Dozens of Israeli soldiers and paratroopers were deployed in and around the villages of Al-Kafeer and Aqaaba, south of Jenin, and fired rounds of live ammunition while military helicopters fired flares as the army conducted its training.
It is worth mentioning that, a few days ago, an Israeli military helicopter had to conduct an emergency landing in the area due to a technical malfunction during training.
The areas in question witness repeated Israeli military invasions and attacks, while the army also frequently holds training, especially in mountain areas.
23 oct 2012
Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his war threats against Gaza in conjunction with the visit of emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani to the besieged enclave.
In his meeting with Bulgarian president Rosen Plevneliev today in occupied Jerusalem, Netanyahu threatened that Israel would retaliate strongly to the injury of one of its officers, ignoring that his regime always starts its hostilities against Gaza.
Three Palestinians were killed on Monday evening in an Israeli military attack on Gaza, shortly before the Qatari emir arrived in the Strip.
A senior Israeli army officer was moderately wounded on Tuesday morning when a roadside bomb detonated during an incursion east of Khan Younis district to the south of Gaza.
No Palestinian resistance faction claimed responsibility for the explosion, and it could have been caused by Israeli unexploded ordnance.
The incident happened when the Israeli occupation forces invaded this morning, 23/10/2012, the eastern area of Khan Younis city under heavy fire from tanks and military vehicles, the fire targeted Palestinian houses in Qarara village.
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Settlers assault Palestinian at gas station
IOA to build 600 new housing units in Jerusalem
In his meeting with Bulgarian president Rosen Plevneliev today in occupied Jerusalem, Netanyahu threatened that Israel would retaliate strongly to the injury of one of its officers, ignoring that his regime always starts its hostilities against Gaza.
Three Palestinians were killed on Monday evening in an Israeli military attack on Gaza, shortly before the Qatari emir arrived in the Strip.
A senior Israeli army officer was moderately wounded on Tuesday morning when a roadside bomb detonated during an incursion east of Khan Younis district to the south of Gaza.
No Palestinian resistance faction claimed responsibility for the explosion, and it could have been caused by Israeli unexploded ordnance.
The incident happened when the Israeli occupation forces invaded this morning, 23/10/2012, the eastern area of Khan Younis city under heavy fire from tanks and military vehicles, the fire targeted Palestinian houses in Qarara village.
Other attacks today:
Settlers assault Palestinian at gas station
IOA to build 600 new housing units in Jerusalem
Three Palestinians Killed In Gaza Monday
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Palestinian medical sources reported that the number of residents killed, Monday, due to Israeli bombardment in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, arrived to three after the Israeli Air Force fired, on Monday evening, a missile at residents in As-Sikka Street in the city.
The slain resident was identified as Khalil Al-Kafarna, 29; he was seriously wounded in the attack and died of his wounds at the Beit Hanoun Hospital. Earlier on Monday, two Palestinians were killed and at least four were injured in a series of Israeli air strikes targeting different areas in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. At least one resident was injured. Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, reported that Yasser Jom’a At-Tarabeen, 26, from Beit Hanoun, and Abdul- |
Rahman Darweesh Abu Jalala, 25, from Beit Lahia, were killed when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a group of people in Abed Al Hameed Street, Beit Hannon; four Palestinians, including Abu Jalala, were seriously injured.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, said that Abu Jalala is one of its fighters, and that he was part of a group that clashed with Israeli soldiers invading
Beit Hanoun Monday. The Brigades vowed fierce retaliation, and said that “the enemy will pay the price for this crime”.
Also, the Salah Ed-Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committee, said that Yasser At-Tarebeen, who was killed in Beit Hanoun, is one of its fighters.
In related news, eyewitnesses reported that several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded areas in northern Beit Hanoun, and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition at random; the Israeli Air Force was also flying over the area.
Local sources said that three high schools in the area had to be shut down, and the students were sent home due to the Israeli escalation.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, said that Abu Jalala is one of its fighters, and that he was part of a group that clashed with Israeli soldiers invading
Beit Hanoun Monday. The Brigades vowed fierce retaliation, and said that “the enemy will pay the price for this crime”.
Also, the Salah Ed-Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committee, said that Yasser At-Tarebeen, who was killed in Beit Hanoun, is one of its fighters.
In related news, eyewitnesses reported that several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded areas in northern Beit Hanoun, and fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition at random; the Israeli Air Force was also flying over the area.
Local sources said that three high schools in the area had to be shut down, and the students were sent home due to the Israeli escalation.
22 oct 2012
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A Palestinian man was seriously wounded on Monday night in a fresh Israeli air raid on Beit Hanun to the north of Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said that Israeli warplanes targeted a group of citizens in Sikka street in Beit Hanun city wounding one of them. Israeli air raids on northern Gaza killed two Palestinian resistance fighters on Monday morning and injured five others. |
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Al-Khalil: Settlers burn Palestinian vehicle and threaten revenge
Jewish settlers attack Palestinian family, IOF arrests foreign activist
IOA plans new demolition campaign of Islamic landmarks in OJ
Al-Khalil: Settlers burn Palestinian vehicle and threaten revenge
Jewish settlers attack Palestinian family, IOF arrests foreign activist
IOA plans new demolition campaign of Islamic landmarks in OJ
Four Palestinian citizens were wounded on Monday in an Israeli air raid on Beit Lahia to the north of the Gaza Strip, medical sources said.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesman for the health ministry, said that Israeli warplanes targeted a position for the Qassam Brigades in northern Gaza injuring four citizens. He said that the casualties were taken to hospital.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) had advanced into the eastern area of Beit Hanun, to the north of Gaza Strip, on Monday morning in 14 armored vehicles.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the soldiers bulldozed a number of locations in the area as tanks and army choppers randomly fired projectiles to provide cover for the raiding troops.
Rizka: Israeli military escalation targets foiling Qatari Emir’s visit
The Israeli aggression on northern Gaza on Monday aimed at foiling the historic visit of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Al Thani to Gaza on Tuesday, Dr. Yousef Rizka, political advisor to Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya, said.
Rizka told Quds Press that the Israelis realize the importance of the Qatari Emir’s visit topped by breaking the siege on Gaza, thus they want to foil it.
He said that Sheikh Hamad would open a group of Qatari-financed projects to the tune of one quarter of a billion dollars.
The Israeli raids on northern Gaza killed two Palestinian resistance fighters and wounded five other citizens.
For its part, Hamas movement highly appreciated the Qatari visit, describing it as a “daring step” at a very sensitive stage.
It said that the visit by Sheikh Hamad, his wife, and a senior delegation, is of humanitarian nature aimed at extending support for a people under siege and oppression.
Hamas said that the visit of the first Arab leader to Gaza pointed to breaking the political siege imposed on it, recalling the positions of other countries such as Egypt and Turkey in alleviating the siege and calling on the Arab League to practically implement its decision on breaking the Gaza siege.
For its part, the Fatah faction of PA chief Mahmoud Abbas officially refused to participate in the reception of the Qatari Emir.
Reliable sources told Quds Press that Abbas was infuriated by the visit, on the grounds that it would mean recognizing the Hamas government and encouraging Hamas against completing the national reconciliation process.
The sources said that Abbas turned down a Qatari invitation to accompany the Emir on his visit to Gaza.
Qassam Brigades threaten to respond to Israeli Occupation crimes
Ezzeddeen Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas armed wing, confirmed its commitment to respond to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, where two Palestinians were killed and five others were injured on Monday morning.
Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades emphasized in a statement issued on Monday that this crime will not go without a response.
The Israeli Occupation Forces continue its crimes against our Palestinian people, keep killing civilians and initiating aggression, to blow up the situation and export its interior crises, the statement added.
Intensifying incursions, shelling and aggression as what has happened in north of Beit Hanoun city this morning, will not put pressure on us, the Brigades stated regarding the Israeli recent aggression.
Two Palestinian resistance fighters Abdulrahman Abu Jalala, Al-Qassam Brigades, and Yasser Al-Tarabin, Nasser Salahuddin Brigades, were killed on Monday in the Israeli aerial raid that targeted their position to the north of the Gaza Strip.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesman for the health ministry, said that Israeli warplanes targeted a position for the Qassam Brigades in northern Gaza injuring four citizens. He said that the casualties were taken to hospital.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) had advanced into the eastern area of Beit Hanun, to the north of Gaza Strip, on Monday morning in 14 armored vehicles.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the soldiers bulldozed a number of locations in the area as tanks and army choppers randomly fired projectiles to provide cover for the raiding troops.
Rizka: Israeli military escalation targets foiling Qatari Emir’s visit
The Israeli aggression on northern Gaza on Monday aimed at foiling the historic visit of Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad Al Thani to Gaza on Tuesday, Dr. Yousef Rizka, political advisor to Palestinian premier Ismail Haneyya, said.
Rizka told Quds Press that the Israelis realize the importance of the Qatari Emir’s visit topped by breaking the siege on Gaza, thus they want to foil it.
He said that Sheikh Hamad would open a group of Qatari-financed projects to the tune of one quarter of a billion dollars.
The Israeli raids on northern Gaza killed two Palestinian resistance fighters and wounded five other citizens.
For its part, Hamas movement highly appreciated the Qatari visit, describing it as a “daring step” at a very sensitive stage.
It said that the visit by Sheikh Hamad, his wife, and a senior delegation, is of humanitarian nature aimed at extending support for a people under siege and oppression.
Hamas said that the visit of the first Arab leader to Gaza pointed to breaking the political siege imposed on it, recalling the positions of other countries such as Egypt and Turkey in alleviating the siege and calling on the Arab League to practically implement its decision on breaking the Gaza siege.
For its part, the Fatah faction of PA chief Mahmoud Abbas officially refused to participate in the reception of the Qatari Emir.
Reliable sources told Quds Press that Abbas was infuriated by the visit, on the grounds that it would mean recognizing the Hamas government and encouraging Hamas against completing the national reconciliation process.
The sources said that Abbas turned down a Qatari invitation to accompany the Emir on his visit to Gaza.
Qassam Brigades threaten to respond to Israeli Occupation crimes
Ezzeddeen Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas armed wing, confirmed its commitment to respond to the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, where two Palestinians were killed and five others were injured on Monday morning.
Ezzedeen Al Qassam Brigades emphasized in a statement issued on Monday that this crime will not go without a response.
The Israeli Occupation Forces continue its crimes against our Palestinian people, keep killing civilians and initiating aggression, to blow up the situation and export its interior crises, the statement added.
Intensifying incursions, shelling and aggression as what has happened in north of Beit Hanoun city this morning, will not put pressure on us, the Brigades stated regarding the Israeli recent aggression.
Two Palestinian resistance fighters Abdulrahman Abu Jalala, Al-Qassam Brigades, and Yasser Al-Tarabin, Nasser Salahuddin Brigades, were killed on Monday in the Israeli aerial raid that targeted their position to the north of the Gaza Strip.
Two Palestinian civilians were killed another five injured by the continued Israeli bombardment which started on Monday at dawn.
On Monday midday local sources said that Israeli unmanned plane fired a missile at a group of people in Abed Al Hameed Street, in the town of Beit Hannon, northern Gaza Strip, killing two men and injuring a third.
Later in the day Israeli fighter jet fired a missile at residents’ homes in Beit Hannon injuring two civilians. Doctors said that one man was critically injured.
Local sources said that schools were evacuated in Beit Hannon fearing from the Israeli continued shelling targeting the town.
On Monday early in the morning three Palestinians were injured after the Israeli Air Force fired a missile into the Sheikh Zayed City, near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources said that the three wounded residents were moved to Kamal Odwan Hospital suffering moderate injuries.
Two Palestinian fighters killed in Israeli raid
Two Palestinian resistance fighters were killed on Monday in the Israeli aerial raid that targeted their position to the north of the Gaza Strip, medical and resistance sources said.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, a spokesman for the health ministry, said that Abdulrahman Abu Jalala and Yasser Al-Tarabin were killed in the raid.
Medical sources said that five other citizens were wounded in the raid that targeted a group of citizens near a school in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanun.
The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said that one of its Mujahideen was killed in the raid identifying him as Abdulrahman Abu Jalala.
The Nasser Salahuddin Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, said that one of its field commanders, Yasser Al-Tarabin, was killed in the same raid.
Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that a number of Palestinian rockets fell in the western Negev and near Askalan without causing any damage.
For its part, Quds Press said that the Palestinian resistance fired mortar shells at the Israeli occupation forces that advanced into eastern Beit Hanun.
IOF soldiers prevent farmers from harvesting their olive crops
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) prevented a group of Palestinian farmers from reaching their land in Orta village, south east of Nablus, to harvest their olive crops, local sources said.
Eyewitnesses said that the farmers had obtained permits to reach their fields near the segregation wall surrounding Etamar settlement, yet the soldiers blocked their way and beat them up.
The farmers were also blocked yesterday from entering their fields and were attacked by Jewish settlers.
The Nablus villages have been under constant attacks over the past few days at the hands of Jewish settlers to block farmers from reaping olives. The attacks included assaulting farmers, burning or damaging their olive trees, and robbing the crops.
On Monday midday local sources said that Israeli unmanned plane fired a missile at a group of people in Abed Al Hameed Street, in the town of Beit Hannon, northern Gaza Strip, killing two men and injuring a third.
Later in the day Israeli fighter jet fired a missile at residents’ homes in Beit Hannon injuring two civilians. Doctors said that one man was critically injured.
Local sources said that schools were evacuated in Beit Hannon fearing from the Israeli continued shelling targeting the town.
On Monday early in the morning three Palestinians were injured after the Israeli Air Force fired a missile into the Sheikh Zayed City, near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources said that the three wounded residents were moved to Kamal Odwan Hospital suffering moderate injuries.
Two Palestinian fighters killed in Israeli raid
Two Palestinian resistance fighters were killed on Monday in the Israeli aerial raid that targeted their position to the north of the Gaza Strip, medical and resistance sources said.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, a spokesman for the health ministry, said that Abdulrahman Abu Jalala and Yasser Al-Tarabin were killed in the raid.
Medical sources said that five other citizens were wounded in the raid that targeted a group of citizens near a school in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanun.
The Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said that one of its Mujahideen was killed in the raid identifying him as Abdulrahman Abu Jalala.
The Nasser Salahuddin Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, said that one of its field commanders, Yasser Al-Tarabin, was killed in the same raid.
Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that a number of Palestinian rockets fell in the western Negev and near Askalan without causing any damage.
For its part, Quds Press said that the Palestinian resistance fired mortar shells at the Israeli occupation forces that advanced into eastern Beit Hanun.
IOF soldiers prevent farmers from harvesting their olive crops
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) prevented a group of Palestinian farmers from reaching their land in Orta village, south east of Nablus, to harvest their olive crops, local sources said.
Eyewitnesses said that the farmers had obtained permits to reach their fields near the segregation wall surrounding Etamar settlement, yet the soldiers blocked their way and beat them up.
The farmers were also blocked yesterday from entering their fields and were attacked by Jewish settlers.
The Nablus villages have been under constant attacks over the past few days at the hands of Jewish settlers to block farmers from reaping olives. The attacks included assaulting farmers, burning or damaging their olive trees, and robbing the crops.
21 oct 2012
Other attacks today:
Israel to build illegal military academy in East al-Quds
Settlement expansion in the northern Jordan valley
Occupation prevents a Palestinian from traveling to Mecca for pilgrimage
Other attacks today:
Israel to build illegal military academy in East al-Quds
Settlement expansion in the northern Jordan valley
Occupation prevents a Palestinian from traveling to Mecca for pilgrimage
20 oct 2012
A Palestinian couple were moderately wounded on Friday morning after settlers assaulted them in an olive grove south of Nablus.
Muhammad Rashed Ghazal, 47, told Ma'an he and his wife Hanan Eghbareh, 43, headed to their lands in Ein Makhna, near the Huwwara checkpoint, after prior coordination with Israeli forces.
They found a group of settlers from neighboring Yitzhar harvesting their olives, Ghazal said.
The settlers threw stones and attacked the couple, he said.
Hanan suffered bruising in her head and shoulders, and both were transferred to Rafidia hospital in Nablus for treatment.
Farmers Attacked By Settlers And Soldiers In Nablus And Hebron
Dozens of Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked, Friday, Palestinian farmers working on their lands in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, several injuries were reported.
In Nablus, one woman suffered various cuts and bruises after a group of extremist settlers attacked her and her husband, and hurled stones at them.
Local sources reported that the settlers came from the Yitzhar illegal settlement, south of Nablus, and added that the settlers violently attacked Mohammad Rashed Ghazal, 47, and his wife, Hanan Eghbariyya, 43. Hanan was injured in the head and shoulders and was moved to a local hospital.
Rashid said that as he and his wife went to their orchard to pick their olive trees in Ein Mikhna area, close to the Huwwara military roadblock, they found out that the settlers were picking their olives; the settlers then attacked them while the army did not intervene.
In Ithna town, near Hebron, five Palestinians, including four family members, were injured after Israeli soldiers attacked them as they were picking olive trees in their orchard.
Medical sources reported that resident Mohammad Bashir Sleimiyya suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army at dozens of Palestinians picking olives in Wad Reesha area, at the western entrance of Ithna, west of Hebron.
Also, four members of the same family were injured after being violently beaten by Israeli soldiers in the same area.
It is worth mentioning that the army installed several roadblocks in the Hebron district, stopped and interrogated dozens of residents.
Muhammad Rashed Ghazal, 47, told Ma'an he and his wife Hanan Eghbareh, 43, headed to their lands in Ein Makhna, near the Huwwara checkpoint, after prior coordination with Israeli forces.
They found a group of settlers from neighboring Yitzhar harvesting their olives, Ghazal said.
The settlers threw stones and attacked the couple, he said.
Hanan suffered bruising in her head and shoulders, and both were transferred to Rafidia hospital in Nablus for treatment.
Farmers Attacked By Settlers And Soldiers In Nablus And Hebron
Dozens of Israeli settlers and soldiers attacked, Friday, Palestinian farmers working on their lands in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, and in Nablus, in the northern part of the West Bank, several injuries were reported.
In Nablus, one woman suffered various cuts and bruises after a group of extremist settlers attacked her and her husband, and hurled stones at them.
Local sources reported that the settlers came from the Yitzhar illegal settlement, south of Nablus, and added that the settlers violently attacked Mohammad Rashed Ghazal, 47, and his wife, Hanan Eghbariyya, 43. Hanan was injured in the head and shoulders and was moved to a local hospital.
Rashid said that as he and his wife went to their orchard to pick their olive trees in Ein Mikhna area, close to the Huwwara military roadblock, they found out that the settlers were picking their olives; the settlers then attacked them while the army did not intervene.
In Ithna town, near Hebron, five Palestinians, including four family members, were injured after Israeli soldiers attacked them as they were picking olive trees in their orchard.
Medical sources reported that resident Mohammad Bashir Sleimiyya suffocated after inhaling gas fired by the army at dozens of Palestinians picking olives in Wad Reesha area, at the western entrance of Ithna, west of Hebron.
Also, four members of the same family were injured after being violently beaten by Israeli soldiers in the same area.
It is worth mentioning that the army installed several roadblocks in the Hebron district, stopped and interrogated dozens of residents.
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