12 july 2014
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At least 15 Palestinians were killed in new Israeli strikes on Gaza City late on Saturday, medics in the coastal enclave said.
"At least 15 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City that hit a house and a mosque," emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said. Another 35 were wounded in the same strike, and one more person was killed in southern Gaza's Rafah that also injured five people, Qidra said. The strikes came after Hamas launched a barrage of long-range rockets at Israeli cities including Tel Aviv, after issuing a warning that it would strike. |
The new deaths brought the toll in the fifth day of the conflict to 151, with more than 1,000 people wounded.
On Friday, the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said a majority of those killed in Gaza so far -- 77 percent -- were civilians.
Israel's aerial campaign -- the largest and deadliest since 2012 -- saw strikes start early on Saturday, including one that hit a center for the handicapped, and another that killed two nephews of Gaza's former Hamas premier, Ismail Haniyeh.
On Friday, the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said a majority of those killed in Gaza so far -- 77 percent -- were civilians.
Israel's aerial campaign -- the largest and deadliest since 2012 -- saw strikes start early on Saturday, including one that hit a center for the handicapped, and another that killed two nephews of Gaza's former Hamas premier, Ismail Haniyeh.
The Israeli army warned Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip to "leave their homes for their own safety," the military said in a statement on Saturday night.
"Tonight we will send messages to northern Gaza residents urging them to leave their homes for their own safety. It's unsafe to be near Hamas," the statement said.
Update:
The Israeli army is warning Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip to "leave their homes for their own safety," the military said in a statement on Saturday night.
"Tonight we will send messages to northern Gaza residents urging them to leave their homes for their own safety. It's unsafe to be near Hamas," the statement said.
The warning is not the first time that Israel has urged Palestinians to leave their homes, but it comes as Israel intensified air strikes in the wake of a barrage of rockets fired at Tel Aviv.
At least 16 people were killed in the strikes late Saturday, including 15 in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, medics said.
The new deaths brought the toll in the fifth day of the conflict to 151, with more than 1,000 people wounded.
On Friday, the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said a majority of those killed in Gaza so far -- 77 percent -- were civilians.
"Tonight we will send messages to northern Gaza residents urging them to leave their homes for their own safety. It's unsafe to be near Hamas," the statement said.
Update:
The Israeli army is warning Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip to "leave their homes for their own safety," the military said in a statement on Saturday night.
"Tonight we will send messages to northern Gaza residents urging them to leave their homes for their own safety. It's unsafe to be near Hamas," the statement said.
The warning is not the first time that Israel has urged Palestinians to leave their homes, but it comes as Israel intensified air strikes in the wake of a barrage of rockets fired at Tel Aviv.
At least 16 people were killed in the strikes late Saturday, including 15 in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City, medics said.
The new deaths brought the toll in the fifth day of the conflict to 151, with more than 1,000 people wounded.
On Friday, the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said a majority of those killed in Gaza so far -- 77 percent -- were civilians.
Euro-Mid Observer: airstrikes on Gaza every 3 minutes
Egyptian authorities at Rafah border crossing, on Saturday, refused entry into Gaza to a European medical team. The Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights has affirmed that Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip are escalating, with an aerial strike occurring every three minutes.
Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency has reported that Abedeen Fayez, coordinator of the Palestinian doctors' committee in Europe, said that the team included specialists in anesthesiology, surgery and disaster medicines.
He accused the authorities of deliberately tightening the siege on the Gaza Strip and called on them to facilitate entry for the team, pointing out that many medical teams and activists were waiting to provide support to the Palestinian people.
Egypt opened the crossing for a day, recently, that those with Egyptian nationality might leave Gaza. A few others who were injured during the ongoing Israeli offensive were also allowed to leave.
Related: Egypt Closes Rafah Crossing After One Day
Al Ray further reports that the Geneva-based Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights has affirmed, via a statement published on Friday, that Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip are escalating, with an aerial strike occurring every three minutes.
Euro-Mid confirmed, additionally, that the Israeli forces have increased bombing on civilian facilities and stepped up the targeting of civilians, women and children in particular. The bombing of houses continues exponentially.
On Friday July 11, 2014, at dawn, the home of an entire family was bombed without prrior warning.
Five members of the Ghannam family in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, were killed in the attack, including a 7 year-old-child. Charred bodies and body parts arrived at the hospital, to include 15 injured family members and neighbors. Some, including 3 children, were reported to be in critical condition.
Palestinian rescue teams have searched for hours to find survivors or casualties under the rubble of the house, Al Ray further reports.
The statement added: "Euro-Mid noted a significant increase in the targeting of civilian institutions by the Israeli army on the fourth day of the attack. The Israeli forces have targeted the Salah school in Deir al-Balah, a water pipeline that supplies more than 20,000 Gazans in the Zaytoun area and a wastewater treatment plant. Furthermore the Israeli forces targeted a car belonging to the municipality of Bureij refugee camp, killing two and wounding several. Israeli has also targeted power lines in Gaza city, Rafah and northern Gaza, leading to a power loss of 45 MW."
See Al Ray's report for Euro-Mid statistics.
Egyptian authorities at Rafah border crossing, on Saturday, refused entry into Gaza to a European medical team. The Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights has affirmed that Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip are escalating, with an aerial strike occurring every three minutes.
Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency has reported that Abedeen Fayez, coordinator of the Palestinian doctors' committee in Europe, said that the team included specialists in anesthesiology, surgery and disaster medicines.
He accused the authorities of deliberately tightening the siege on the Gaza Strip and called on them to facilitate entry for the team, pointing out that many medical teams and activists were waiting to provide support to the Palestinian people.
Egypt opened the crossing for a day, recently, that those with Egyptian nationality might leave Gaza. A few others who were injured during the ongoing Israeli offensive were also allowed to leave.
Related: Egypt Closes Rafah Crossing After One Day
Al Ray further reports that the Geneva-based Euro-Mid Observer for Human Rights has affirmed, via a statement published on Friday, that Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip are escalating, with an aerial strike occurring every three minutes.
Euro-Mid confirmed, additionally, that the Israeli forces have increased bombing on civilian facilities and stepped up the targeting of civilians, women and children in particular. The bombing of houses continues exponentially.
On Friday July 11, 2014, at dawn, the home of an entire family was bombed without prrior warning.
Five members of the Ghannam family in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, were killed in the attack, including a 7 year-old-child. Charred bodies and body parts arrived at the hospital, to include 15 injured family members and neighbors. Some, including 3 children, were reported to be in critical condition.
Palestinian rescue teams have searched for hours to find survivors or casualties under the rubble of the house, Al Ray further reports.
The statement added: "Euro-Mid noted a significant increase in the targeting of civilian institutions by the Israeli army on the fourth day of the attack. The Israeli forces have targeted the Salah school in Deir al-Balah, a water pipeline that supplies more than 20,000 Gazans in the Zaytoun area and a wastewater treatment plant. Furthermore the Israeli forces targeted a car belonging to the municipality of Bureij refugee camp, killing two and wounding several. Israeli has also targeted power lines in Gaza city, Rafah and northern Gaza, leading to a power loss of 45 MW."
See Al Ray's report for Euro-Mid statistics.
Clashes across West Bank
Over 20 Palestinians have been killed since midnight, during the ongoing Israeli airstrikes over the Gaza Strip, raising the total deaths to more than 130, according to media and medical sources. Major clashes have broken out, all across the West Bank, between protesting Palestinian youth and Israeli soldiers.
The latest airstrike is reported to have killed:
1. Khawla al-Hawajri, 24, Nuseirat refugee camp.
Another killed:
2. Ghazi Arif, eastern Gaza City.
Three others were reported injured.
According to Ma'an News Agency, six Palestinians before this were killed and several others were injured in an airstrike over the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in northern Gaza City, a Ministry of Health spokesman said.
He identified them as:
3. Rateb Subhi al-Saifi, 22
4. Azmi Mahmoud Obeid, 51
5. Nidal Muhammad Abu al-Malsh, 22
6. Suleiman Said Obeid, 56
7. Mustafa Muhammad Inaya, 58
8. Ghassan Ahmad al-Masri, 25, al-Rimal
The Ministry of Health added that at least 127 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the offensive, and nearly 1,000 injured.
Also Saturday, another Palestinian died of wounds sustained in an earlier airstrike in the al-Saftawi area in northern Gaza:
9. Rifaat Youssef Amer
Earlier Saturday, in addition to Nabil Basal and Muhammad al-Halabi, another Palestinian fighter affiliated to al-Mujahidin Brigades was killed in western Gaza City. He has been identified as:
10. Rifat Siyouti
Earlier, Ma'an reports, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at another charitable organization near Kamal Udwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. In the southern Gaza Strip, planes bombed the main branch of the Islamic National Bank in Khan Younis, as well as a charitable society.
Additionally, a Palestinian house in the Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, was bombarded in the southern Gaza Strip injuring four members of the Timraz family.
Another air raid was reported in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, where a house belonging to the Zuweidi family was damaged.
Earlier Saturday, in Martyr Anwar Aziz Square, in the center of Jabaliya refugee camp, an Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinian men in the northern Gaza Strip. Medical sources identified the victims as:
Yousif Qandil, Muhammad al-Khatib, Muhammad Sweilim and Husam al-Razabnah.
In addition to the homes of the Ghannam family, those of the Natat family were reported destroyed in Rafah, as well as one belonging to senior Hamas leader Yahya al-Sinwar, in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Israeli warplanes also destroyed the al-Farouq Mosque in the camp, according to Ma'an.
In the West Bank, fierce clashes broke out late Friday and early Saturday, between Israeli troops and young Palestinian men who had been protesting the military offensive in Gaza.
In Ramallah, central West Bank, Palestinian protestors blocked, with rocks, the road to an Israeli military base near the northern town of Sinjel, Ma'an further reports. Protestors then clashed with Israeli troops who met them with teargas, rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades.
The young men, in turn, responded with stones, gas bombs and fireworks.
Dozens of young Palestinian men attacked an Israeli military post, Saturday, in the village of Kafr Malik, Tal al-Asour, north of Ramallah, where they threw Molotov cocktails and fireworks at the post, setting it on fire.
Soldiers responded with rubber-coated bullets and teargas canisters, as they tried to put out the fire.
On Friday evening, hundreds of young Palestinian men near Qalandiya checkpoint, between Ramallah and Jerusalem, demonstrated as well, hurling Molotov cocktails at a watchtower near the checkpoint, also setting it on fire.
A Ma’an reporter confirmed that many were hit by rubber-coated bullets and live gunshots.
In the southern West Bank, north of Hebron, four young Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated bullets during clashes with Israeli troops, after midnight, in al-Arrub refugee camp.
Witnesses reported that an Israeli ambulance evacuated an Israeli soldier from the area. The soldier appeared to have sustained burns following another burning incident at the watchtower.
Hundreds of protestors rallied in al-Fawwar refugee camp and in Hebron city.
In the camp, dozens of protesters attacked Israeli troops who were at the main entrance, throwing rocks and empty bottles. The soldiers responded with rubber-coated bullets and teargas.
In Hebron, following late evening prayers at the al-Hussein Mosque, worshipers demonstrated at the city center, condemning Arab countries and the international community for their continuing silence and calling for revenge over the Israeli assault on Gaza.
Fahmi Shahin, senior leader of the Palestinian People’s Party in Hebron told Ma’an News Agency that the rally had been organized by Palestinian political factions in the district.
Clashes also broke out in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the neighborhood of Asida, where soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and teargas canisters on protesters, hitting one young man with a rubber-coated bullet, while several others suffered teargas inhalation. Young Palestinians pelted Israeli troops with stones.
In Bethlehem, a young Palestinian man was hit by live ammunition during clashes near Rachel's Tomb. Several demonstrators were treated for teargas inhalation.
Related: 9 Injured in Bethlehem Clashes
In the villages of Anata, Abu Dis and Shufat, in occupied East Jerusalem, young Palestinians threw stones, empty bottles and Molotov cocktails at Israeli soldiers, on Friday night. According to witnesses, the soldiers were unable exit their vehicles. In Abu Dis, a military transport vehicle was hit with several Molotov cocktails.
Palestinians suffered from teargas inhalation and some were hit by rubber-coated bullets.
In Shufat refugee camp, spokesman for the Fatah movement Thaer al-Fasfous said that clashes broke out near an Israeli military checkpoint at the main entrance of the camp.
Furhtermore, in the northern West Bank city of Qalqiliya, dozens of worshipers also rallied after late evening prayers, moving towards an Israeli checkpoint north of the city, where they clashed with Israeli troops who also fired on them with teargas and rubber-coated bullets.
Over 20 Palestinians have been killed since midnight, during the ongoing Israeli airstrikes over the Gaza Strip, raising the total deaths to more than 130, according to media and medical sources. Major clashes have broken out, all across the West Bank, between protesting Palestinian youth and Israeli soldiers.
The latest airstrike is reported to have killed:
1. Khawla al-Hawajri, 24, Nuseirat refugee camp.
Another killed:
2. Ghazi Arif, eastern Gaza City.
Three others were reported injured.
According to Ma'an News Agency, six Palestinians before this were killed and several others were injured in an airstrike over the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in northern Gaza City, a Ministry of Health spokesman said.
He identified them as:
3. Rateb Subhi al-Saifi, 22
4. Azmi Mahmoud Obeid, 51
5. Nidal Muhammad Abu al-Malsh, 22
6. Suleiman Said Obeid, 56
7. Mustafa Muhammad Inaya, 58
8. Ghassan Ahmad al-Masri, 25, al-Rimal
The Ministry of Health added that at least 127 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the offensive, and nearly 1,000 injured.
Also Saturday, another Palestinian died of wounds sustained in an earlier airstrike in the al-Saftawi area in northern Gaza:
9. Rifaat Youssef Amer
Earlier Saturday, in addition to Nabil Basal and Muhammad al-Halabi, another Palestinian fighter affiliated to al-Mujahidin Brigades was killed in western Gaza City. He has been identified as:
10. Rifat Siyouti
Earlier, Ma'an reports, Israeli warplanes fired a missile at another charitable organization near Kamal Udwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip. In the southern Gaza Strip, planes bombed the main branch of the Islamic National Bank in Khan Younis, as well as a charitable society.
Additionally, a Palestinian house in the Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, was bombarded in the southern Gaza Strip injuring four members of the Timraz family.
Another air raid was reported in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, where a house belonging to the Zuweidi family was damaged.
Earlier Saturday, in Martyr Anwar Aziz Square, in the center of Jabaliya refugee camp, an Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinian men in the northern Gaza Strip. Medical sources identified the victims as:
Yousif Qandil, Muhammad al-Khatib, Muhammad Sweilim and Husam al-Razabnah.
In addition to the homes of the Ghannam family, those of the Natat family were reported destroyed in Rafah, as well as one belonging to senior Hamas leader Yahya al-Sinwar, in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
Israeli warplanes also destroyed the al-Farouq Mosque in the camp, according to Ma'an.
In the West Bank, fierce clashes broke out late Friday and early Saturday, between Israeli troops and young Palestinian men who had been protesting the military offensive in Gaza.
In Ramallah, central West Bank, Palestinian protestors blocked, with rocks, the road to an Israeli military base near the northern town of Sinjel, Ma'an further reports. Protestors then clashed with Israeli troops who met them with teargas, rubber-coated bullets and stun grenades.
The young men, in turn, responded with stones, gas bombs and fireworks.
Dozens of young Palestinian men attacked an Israeli military post, Saturday, in the village of Kafr Malik, Tal al-Asour, north of Ramallah, where they threw Molotov cocktails and fireworks at the post, setting it on fire.
Soldiers responded with rubber-coated bullets and teargas canisters, as they tried to put out the fire.
On Friday evening, hundreds of young Palestinian men near Qalandiya checkpoint, between Ramallah and Jerusalem, demonstrated as well, hurling Molotov cocktails at a watchtower near the checkpoint, also setting it on fire.
A Ma’an reporter confirmed that many were hit by rubber-coated bullets and live gunshots.
In the southern West Bank, north of Hebron, four young Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated bullets during clashes with Israeli troops, after midnight, in al-Arrub refugee camp.
Witnesses reported that an Israeli ambulance evacuated an Israeli soldier from the area. The soldier appeared to have sustained burns following another burning incident at the watchtower.
Hundreds of protestors rallied in al-Fawwar refugee camp and in Hebron city.
In the camp, dozens of protesters attacked Israeli troops who were at the main entrance, throwing rocks and empty bottles. The soldiers responded with rubber-coated bullets and teargas.
In Hebron, following late evening prayers at the al-Hussein Mosque, worshipers demonstrated at the city center, condemning Arab countries and the international community for their continuing silence and calling for revenge over the Israeli assault on Gaza.
Fahmi Shahin, senior leader of the Palestinian People’s Party in Hebron told Ma’an News Agency that the rally had been organized by Palestinian political factions in the district.
Clashes also broke out in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the neighborhood of Asida, where soldiers fired rubber-coated bullets and teargas canisters on protesters, hitting one young man with a rubber-coated bullet, while several others suffered teargas inhalation. Young Palestinians pelted Israeli troops with stones.
In Bethlehem, a young Palestinian man was hit by live ammunition during clashes near Rachel's Tomb. Several demonstrators were treated for teargas inhalation.
Related: 9 Injured in Bethlehem Clashes
In the villages of Anata, Abu Dis and Shufat, in occupied East Jerusalem, young Palestinians threw stones, empty bottles and Molotov cocktails at Israeli soldiers, on Friday night. According to witnesses, the soldiers were unable exit their vehicles. In Abu Dis, a military transport vehicle was hit with several Molotov cocktails.
Palestinians suffered from teargas inhalation and some were hit by rubber-coated bullets.
In Shufat refugee camp, spokesman for the Fatah movement Thaer al-Fasfous said that clashes broke out near an Israeli military checkpoint at the main entrance of the camp.
Furhtermore, in the northern West Bank city of Qalqiliya, dozens of worshipers also rallied after late evening prayers, moving towards an Israeli checkpoint north of the city, where they clashed with Israeli troops who also fired on them with teargas and rubber-coated bullets.
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Twenty-year-old Palestinian Sally Saqr lies in a hospital bed in Gaza's Shifa hospital with burns that have turned her cheeks an angry pink beneath her ventilation tube.
She survived an Israeli strike in the early hours of Saturday morning that hit a care home for Palestinians with special needs. Two of her fellow residents were not so lucky. Thirty-year-old Ola Washahi and 47-year-old Suha Abu Saada were killed when the rocket slammed into the home, destroying it. The two women's body parts were still being pulled from the rubble hours later, causing initial confusion over whether another person had been killed. |
The facility's director, Jamila Alaywa, is unable to contain her fury as she describes the tragedy that has befallen the center she set up in 1994.
"Both Ola and Suha had severe mental and physical handicaps, and had been living at the center since it was founded," she told AFP.
The building in northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya housed 13 residents, including some who were on weekend visits at their family homes when the strike hit.
Five residents and a helper were inside, screaming in terror as the building collapsed around them.
"They didn't understand what was happening and they were so frightened," Alaywa said.
"They fired the rocket and it hit us without any warning. There was no warning strike with an empty rocket," she said.
No warning strike
Israel has said it tries to minimize civilian casualties by firing a small missile at a target first, to give non-combatants a chance to leave.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strike on the care home.
"Ola and Suha's bodies were torn into pieces," Alaywa said.
"We never imagined that something like this could happen. There is no one in the residence or anyone around us that belongs to the resistance."
The two women are among more than 125 people killed since Tuesday, when Israel launched Operation Protective Edge aimed at halting rocket fire from militants in the Gaza Strip.
The aerial campaign has also wounded more than 940 people, and Hamas and other militant groups have fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, where there have been no fatalities.
For now, the wounded residents of Alaywa's facility remain in hospital.
Sally and 28-year-old Ahmed al-Awar are in intensive care, being treated for serious burns.
Alaywa has made arrangements for the residents who were away to remain with their families for now, and is hoping to find places at another charity for her wounded charges when they recover.
But she pleaded on Saturday for help to ensure the home would be rebuilt.
"I hope that the world will help me. I want to rebuild my association and to be able once again to take care of these people -- they are my children.
"Both Ola and Suha had severe mental and physical handicaps, and had been living at the center since it was founded," she told AFP.
The building in northern Gaza's Beit Lahiya housed 13 residents, including some who were on weekend visits at their family homes when the strike hit.
Five residents and a helper were inside, screaming in terror as the building collapsed around them.
"They didn't understand what was happening and they were so frightened," Alaywa said.
"They fired the rocket and it hit us without any warning. There was no warning strike with an empty rocket," she said.
No warning strike
Israel has said it tries to minimize civilian casualties by firing a small missile at a target first, to give non-combatants a chance to leave.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strike on the care home.
"Ola and Suha's bodies were torn into pieces," Alaywa said.
"We never imagined that something like this could happen. There is no one in the residence or anyone around us that belongs to the resistance."
The two women are among more than 125 people killed since Tuesday, when Israel launched Operation Protective Edge aimed at halting rocket fire from militants in the Gaza Strip.
The aerial campaign has also wounded more than 940 people, and Hamas and other militant groups have fired hundreds of rockets into Israel, where there have been no fatalities.
For now, the wounded residents of Alaywa's facility remain in hospital.
Sally and 28-year-old Ahmed al-Awar are in intensive care, being treated for serious burns.
Alaywa has made arrangements for the residents who were away to remain with their families for now, and is hoping to find places at another charity for her wounded charges when they recover.
But she pleaded on Saturday for help to ensure the home would be rebuilt.
"I hope that the world will help me. I want to rebuild my association and to be able once again to take care of these people -- they are my children.
When their next-door neighbors received a "warning call" from Israel to evacuate a home in Jabaliya refugee camp, Yousef Qandil and his son Anas fled their property, fearing that they could be killed or injured by shrapnel.
Both men took refuge under a tree near the site, awaiting the imminent airstrike which they expected to hit the house, or neighboring properties.
Yousef had already sent his wife and younger children to their parents' house to protect them from harm.
Moments later, both Yousef and Anas were killed in an airstrike that targeted a group of Gazans sheltering under a tree for protection.
Neither their neighbors' home, nor theirs, was hit.
"Anas was a high school student and Yousef was a tailor. What threat or danger were they to Israel sitting under a tree?" Yousef's brother told Ma'an.
Anas was expecting to collect his exam results on Saturday.
Israel's military has been using a "knock on the roof" procedure while targeting sites in Gaza, usually involving firing a small missile at the house it aims to hit, or calling the family and instructing them to leave the house.
On July 8, eight members of the al-Kaware family were killed after forming a human shield to protect their home.
Witnesses said an Israeli drone fired a warning flare, prompting relatives and neighbors to gather at the house as a human shield and that, shortly afterwards, an F-16 warplane fired a missile that leveled the building.
Six children were killed in the attack.
On Friday, the UN's human rights office said Israel could be violating the laws of war by bombing Palestinian homes in Gaza.
Both men took refuge under a tree near the site, awaiting the imminent airstrike which they expected to hit the house, or neighboring properties.
Yousef had already sent his wife and younger children to their parents' house to protect them from harm.
Moments later, both Yousef and Anas were killed in an airstrike that targeted a group of Gazans sheltering under a tree for protection.
Neither their neighbors' home, nor theirs, was hit.
"Anas was a high school student and Yousef was a tailor. What threat or danger were they to Israel sitting under a tree?" Yousef's brother told Ma'an.
Anas was expecting to collect his exam results on Saturday.
Israel's military has been using a "knock on the roof" procedure while targeting sites in Gaza, usually involving firing a small missile at the house it aims to hit, or calling the family and instructing them to leave the house.
On July 8, eight members of the al-Kaware family were killed after forming a human shield to protect their home.
Witnesses said an Israeli drone fired a warning flare, prompting relatives and neighbors to gather at the house as a human shield and that, shortly afterwards, an F-16 warplane fired a missile that leveled the building.
Six children were killed in the attack.
On Friday, the UN's human rights office said Israel could be violating the laws of war by bombing Palestinian homes in Gaza.
Rockets fired from Gaza landed in areas surrounding Bethlehem and Hebron on Saturday, witnesses said.
Locals said several rockets landed in an area near the illegal settlement of Efrat south of Bethlehem.
Israel's army said one rocket landed in an "urban area in Hebron," while two others struck the area of Bethlehem.
There were no reports of injuries or damage.
Shortly before the rockets hit, air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem, just a few miles north of Bethlehem, before at least two explosions were heard.
Palestinian security sources told AFP one rocket hit an inhabited area of Hebron, and another struck a house in the nearby village of Sair, to the south.
There were no immediate details on the third rocket.
Israeli air strikes Gaza have killed over 130 Palestinians since late Monday.
Rocket fire from Gaza has caused no Israeli deaths, but has seriously wounded two people.
Locals said several rockets landed in an area near the illegal settlement of Efrat south of Bethlehem.
Israel's army said one rocket landed in an "urban area in Hebron," while two others struck the area of Bethlehem.
There were no reports of injuries or damage.
Shortly before the rockets hit, air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem, just a few miles north of Bethlehem, before at least two explosions were heard.
Palestinian security sources told AFP one rocket hit an inhabited area of Hebron, and another struck a house in the nearby village of Sair, to the south.
There were no immediate details on the third rocket.
Israeli air strikes Gaza have killed over 130 Palestinians since late Monday.
Rocket fire from Gaza has caused no Israeli deaths, but has seriously wounded two people.
Egypt's army transferred six truckloads of aid to the Rafah crossing on Saturday to be taken into Gaza.
Over 2,500 boxes of medical supplies and 9,000 packages of nutritional supplements were among the aid.
Earlier, Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing with Gaza to allow the entry of injured Gaza citizens into Egypt for medical treatment and to allow holders of Egyptian and foreign passports to leave the coastal enclave.
Officials in the Palestinian border and crossing department said that thousands of special cases including students and patients were waiting in Egypt hoping the crossing would be open for them to return to Gaza.
Egypt has largely kept the Rafah crossing, the only border through which Palestinians can exit Gaza, closed during Israel's assault on the territory.
Over 2,500 boxes of medical supplies and 9,000 packages of nutritional supplements were among the aid.
Earlier, Egyptian authorities opened the Rafah crossing with Gaza to allow the entry of injured Gaza citizens into Egypt for medical treatment and to allow holders of Egyptian and foreign passports to leave the coastal enclave.
Officials in the Palestinian border and crossing department said that thousands of special cases including students and patients were waiting in Egypt hoping the crossing would be open for them to return to Gaza.
Egypt has largely kept the Rafah crossing, the only border through which Palestinians can exit Gaza, closed during Israel's assault on the territory.
At least one Israeli soldier has been killed and three others injured in the latest round of rocket attacks launched from the besieged Gaza Strip into Israel.
Israeli military sources say the soldiers were targeted in their vehicle north of Gaza on Saturday.
This comes as Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza have fired a barrage of retaliatory rockets deep into Israel as the regime’s warplanes conduct fatal aerial assaults on the besieged enclave.
Meanwhile, a series of rockets hit Ashkelon and Nahal Oz military base in southern Israel. Two rockets exploded near Dimona and three others hit the city, one of them directly targeting a gas station.
Three rockets landed in Be’er Sheva, critically injuring one person. Israeli sources say seven people are being treated for shocks after rockets hit Netivot city.
Sirens have been heard in Tel Aviv, Be'er Sheba and Eshkol Regional Council with Code Red alerts issued in Ashdod, Eshkol, Ashkelon, and Kiryat Gat in the south.
The developments come as Israel’s US-funded Iron Dome missile system has once again proved vulnerable after failing to intercept retaliatory rockets fired by Palestinians into the occupied territories. The failure of the highly-publicized missile system has sparked panic among Israelis.
More than 130 Palestinians have so far been killed since the Israeli regime began pounding targets in the Gaza Strip earlier this week. Palestinian sources say one third of the casualties are women and children.
The Israeli military has called up thousands of reservists for a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned that it is prepared to hit back at Israeli forces should the Tel Aviv regime launch a ground incursion into the coastal enclave.
Israeli military sources say the soldiers were targeted in their vehicle north of Gaza on Saturday.
This comes as Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza have fired a barrage of retaliatory rockets deep into Israel as the regime’s warplanes conduct fatal aerial assaults on the besieged enclave.
Meanwhile, a series of rockets hit Ashkelon and Nahal Oz military base in southern Israel. Two rockets exploded near Dimona and three others hit the city, one of them directly targeting a gas station.
Three rockets landed in Be’er Sheva, critically injuring one person. Israeli sources say seven people are being treated for shocks after rockets hit Netivot city.
Sirens have been heard in Tel Aviv, Be'er Sheba and Eshkol Regional Council with Code Red alerts issued in Ashdod, Eshkol, Ashkelon, and Kiryat Gat in the south.
The developments come as Israel’s US-funded Iron Dome missile system has once again proved vulnerable after failing to intercept retaliatory rockets fired by Palestinians into the occupied territories. The failure of the highly-publicized missile system has sparked panic among Israelis.
More than 130 Palestinians have so far been killed since the Israeli regime began pounding targets in the Gaza Strip earlier this week. Palestinian sources say one third of the casualties are women and children.
The Israeli military has called up thousands of reservists for a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned that it is prepared to hit back at Israeli forces should the Tel Aviv regime launch a ground incursion into the coastal enclave.
A Palestinian protester argues with an Israeli army soldier near the the West Bank city of Nablus.
Statement expresses 'serious concern regarding crisis related to Gaza and protection and welfare of civilians'
The UN Security Council has called for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict centered on Gaza.
A council statement approved on Saturday by all 15 members calls for de-escalation of the violence, restoration of calm and a resumption of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians aimed at achieving a comprehensive peace agreement based on a two-state solution.
The press statement expresses "serious concern regarding the crisis related to Gaza and the protection and welfare of civilians on both sides." It calls for respect for international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians.
The press statement, which is not legally binding but reflects international opinion, is the first response by the UN's most powerful body, which has been deeply divided on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Statement expresses 'serious concern regarding crisis related to Gaza and protection and welfare of civilians'
The UN Security Council has called for a ceasefire in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict centered on Gaza.
A council statement approved on Saturday by all 15 members calls for de-escalation of the violence, restoration of calm and a resumption of direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians aimed at achieving a comprehensive peace agreement based on a two-state solution.
The press statement expresses "serious concern regarding the crisis related to Gaza and the protection and welfare of civilians on both sides." It calls for respect for international humanitarian law, including the protection of civilians.
The press statement, which is not legally binding but reflects international opinion, is the first response by the UN's most powerful body, which has been deeply divided on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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