18 july 2014
Hundreds of Palestinians in southern Gaza fled their homes Friday as Israeli forces launched ground operations in the besieged enclave.
UNRWA spokesperson, Chris Gunness, said that the UN agency is still trying to confirm numbers but said the area of eastern Khan Younis is particularly affected.
The UN agency will provide shelter for those fleeing the violence in the south, with over 22,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza currently staying in UNRWA facilities around Gaza City and northern areas.
"UNRWA again appeals to all sides to exercise maximum restraint and to respect obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians. We also call on the parties to respect the inviolability of UN premises and property," Gunness added.
UNRWA spokesperson, Chris Gunness, said that the UN agency is still trying to confirm numbers but said the area of eastern Khan Younis is particularly affected.
The UN agency will provide shelter for those fleeing the violence in the south, with over 22,000 Palestinians in northern Gaza currently staying in UNRWA facilities around Gaza City and northern areas.
"UNRWA again appeals to all sides to exercise maximum restraint and to respect obligations under international humanitarian law to protect civilians. We also call on the parties to respect the inviolability of UN premises and property," Gunness added.
Al-Qassam Brigades claim bomb attack on Israeli military vehicle
Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades on Friday claimed responsibility for an explosion which damaged an Israeli military vehicle in northern Gaza.
The group said it set an explosive device which targeted Israeli special forces invading the northern coastal territory.
Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades on Friday claimed responsibility for an explosion which damaged an Israeli military vehicle in northern Gaza.
The group said it set an explosive device which targeted Israeli special forces invading the northern coastal territory.
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International journalists are gathered outside an hotel following Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on July 17, 2014
At least one journalist was injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted Palestinian media buildings in the Gaza Strip early Friday. Israeli Apache helicopters targeted the al-Jawhara tower in Gaza City at 4 a.m., causing damage to at least 10 apartments in the building, which holds several media offices. Photojournalist Muhammad Shabab was injured and taken to al-Shifa hospital for treatment. Two municipality workers at street level were injured as rocks and debris covered the area. |
Israeli forces also targeted the Daoud Tower in the al-Rimal neighborhood, cutting off the broadcast of a local radio station and injuring several employees.
The Israeli army has been regularly accused of targeting Palestinian journalists by international watchdogs, and attacks on news and radio stations in Gaza have generally been more frequent during times of bombardment. Video
The Israeli army has been regularly accused of targeting Palestinian journalists by international watchdogs, and attacks on news and radio stations in Gaza have generally been more frequent during times of bombardment. Video
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that a young Palestinian man was killed after the Israeli army bombarded homes in Juhr ed-Deek area, southeast of Gaza City, while several Palestinians have been injured.
The sources said Husam Musallam Abu Issa, 26, was killed under the rubble of his home, and died of his injuries almost instantly.
Medics and rescue teams rushed to the scene, removed the rubble, and located the body of the slain Palestinian.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said its medics and ambulances are facing numerous obstacles, and have been repeatedly targeted by the invading Israeli soldiers, and by air.
It added that a woman and a child from the al-Khadry family, have been injured after the army fired a shell at their home in Gaza City, and were moved to the Shifa Medical Center.
Five Palestinians, including two children, have also been injured in an earlier strike, and were moved to the Gaza-European Hospital.
On Friday morning, the army bombarded two homes in northern Gaza, causing several injuries.
Many homes have also been targeted, and destroyed, in different parts of the Gaza Strip, including Beit Hanoun, Gaza City, Jabalia, and Rafah.
Earlier Friday, soldiers fired several artillery shells into Khan Younis, killing more than ten Palestinians and wounding dozens.
24 Have been killed since Israel initiated its ground offensive against the Gaza Strip, Thursday.
Many residential towers have also been bombarded, in addition to various facilities in the coastal region.
Local sources said several military vehicles advanced approximately 1 kilometer into Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, and used loud speakers ordering the residents to leave their homes, and the entire area, and to head to southern Gaza.
Undercover forces of the Israeli military also occupied several high buildings, including residential towers, and used their rooftops as firing posts.
The sources said Husam Musallam Abu Issa, 26, was killed under the rubble of his home, and died of his injuries almost instantly.
Medics and rescue teams rushed to the scene, removed the rubble, and located the body of the slain Palestinian.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said its medics and ambulances are facing numerous obstacles, and have been repeatedly targeted by the invading Israeli soldiers, and by air.
It added that a woman and a child from the al-Khadry family, have been injured after the army fired a shell at their home in Gaza City, and were moved to the Shifa Medical Center.
Five Palestinians, including two children, have also been injured in an earlier strike, and were moved to the Gaza-European Hospital.
On Friday morning, the army bombarded two homes in northern Gaza, causing several injuries.
Many homes have also been targeted, and destroyed, in different parts of the Gaza Strip, including Beit Hanoun, Gaza City, Jabalia, and Rafah.
Earlier Friday, soldiers fired several artillery shells into Khan Younis, killing more than ten Palestinians and wounding dozens.
24 Have been killed since Israel initiated its ground offensive against the Gaza Strip, Thursday.
Many residential towers have also been bombarded, in addition to various facilities in the coastal region.
Local sources said several military vehicles advanced approximately 1 kilometer into Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, and used loud speakers ordering the residents to leave their homes, and the entire area, and to head to southern Gaza.
Undercover forces of the Israeli military also occupied several high buildings, including residential towers, and used their rooftops as firing posts.
Israeli Settlers watching Gaza getting bombed tonight and cheer every time innocent people die
At least 260 Palestinians have been killed in the unrelenting Israeli airstrikes.
Tens of Palestinians, including children, suffered temporary asphyxiation late Thursday after inhaling "poisonous gases" released by Israeli troops during incursions into the Gaza Strip, according to a Palestinian health official.
"The victims, who had been taken to hospitals in northern and southern Gaza Strip, had reported inhaling white poisonous gas emanating from shells fired by the Israeli artillery on northern and southern Gaza Strip," Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra said in a statement.
He called on Gazans to use nylon coats to protect their bodies and also firmly seal their doors and windows with wet pieces of clothing.
The Israeli military had staged incursions into northern and southern Gaza Strip.
A spokesman of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced earlier the start of a ground operation against the blockaded coastal enclave.
Since July 7, Israeli warplanes have pounded the Strip with the ostensible aim of halting rocket fire from the Palestinian territory.
At least 260 Palestinians have been killed in the unrelenting Israeli airstrikes.
Gaza-based resistance factions, for their part, have continued to fire rockets at Israel – some of which have reached Tel Aviv.
Israel's military operation, dubbed "Operation Protective Edge," is the self-proclaimed Jewish state's third major offensive against the embattled Gaza Strip – home to some 1.8 million Palestinians – in the last six years.
At least 260 Palestinians have been killed in the unrelenting Israeli airstrikes.
Tens of Palestinians, including children, suffered temporary asphyxiation late Thursday after inhaling "poisonous gases" released by Israeli troops during incursions into the Gaza Strip, according to a Palestinian health official.
"The victims, who had been taken to hospitals in northern and southern Gaza Strip, had reported inhaling white poisonous gas emanating from shells fired by the Israeli artillery on northern and southern Gaza Strip," Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qodra said in a statement.
He called on Gazans to use nylon coats to protect their bodies and also firmly seal their doors and windows with wet pieces of clothing.
The Israeli military had staged incursions into northern and southern Gaza Strip.
A spokesman of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced earlier the start of a ground operation against the blockaded coastal enclave.
Since July 7, Israeli warplanes have pounded the Strip with the ostensible aim of halting rocket fire from the Palestinian territory.
At least 260 Palestinians have been killed in the unrelenting Israeli airstrikes.
Gaza-based resistance factions, for their part, have continued to fire rockets at Israel – some of which have reached Tel Aviv.
Israel's military operation, dubbed "Operation Protective Edge," is the self-proclaimed Jewish state's third major offensive against the embattled Gaza Strip – home to some 1.8 million Palestinians – in the last six years.
A wounded baby receives treatment at al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, on July 18, 2014
At least twenty-one Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by airstrikes and artillery fire since Israel launched a ground operation late Thursday, medics said.
Ambulance crews said nine people were killed in the shelling of a home east of Khan Younis. Their bodies were found under the rubble of a residential building.
Among those identified were Hammad Abdulkarim Hammad Abu Lihyeh, 23, Muhammad Abdulfattah Rashad Fayyad, 26, and Mahmoud Muhammad Fayyad, 25, from Khan Younis.
Relatives Bilal Mahmoud Radwan, 23, Munthir Radwan, 22, Ahmad Fawzi Radwan, 23, and Mahmoud Fawzi Radwan, 24, were also killed.
Amal Khader Ibrahim Dabbur, 40, Ismail Youssif Taha Qassem, 59, Nassim Mahmoud Nassir and Karam Mahmoud Nassir were killed in Beit Hanoun and at least 25 injured in heavy shelling.
In Rafah three people were killed and 11 others wounded by Israeli forces, who fired foul-smelling gas during the operation.
In the Gaza City neighborhood of Shujaiyeh, Rani Abu Tawileh was killed and 12 members of his family injured in heavy bombings.
On the ground, witnesses reported gun battles breaking out east of the southern city of Khan Younis, with military sources confirming it was one of the areas in which the troops were operating.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told AFP ground and air forces had attacked at least 36 targets in Gaza since the incursion was launched.
Over 260 Palestinians have now been killed in Gaza since Israel began it's military assault on the coastal territory last week.
One Israeli soldier was reported killed early Friday and five others injured.
"What the occupier Israel failed to achieve through its air and sea raids, it will not be able to achieve with a ground offensive. It is bound to fail," Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal said from his exile in Doha.
A Hamas spokesman in Gaza earlier said "Israel will pay a high price" for launching the ground operation and that his movement "is ready for the confrontation".
President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel must stop its ground operation, warning it would lead to "more bloodshed" and complicate efforts to end the conflict in the enclave.
Israel approved the call-up of another 18,000 reservists, taking the total number approved to 65,000 for an operation aimed at protecting Israeli lives and striking "a significant blow to Hamas's terror infrastructure," the army said.
"I regret that despite my repeated urgings, and those of many regional and world leaders together, an already dangerous conflict has now escalated even further," UN chief Ban Ki-moon said, urging Israel to "do far more" to spare Palestinian non-combatants.
The majority of those killed in Gaza are civilians, according to local and international rights groups.
At least twenty-one Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by airstrikes and artillery fire since Israel launched a ground operation late Thursday, medics said.
Ambulance crews said nine people were killed in the shelling of a home east of Khan Younis. Their bodies were found under the rubble of a residential building.
Among those identified were Hammad Abdulkarim Hammad Abu Lihyeh, 23, Muhammad Abdulfattah Rashad Fayyad, 26, and Mahmoud Muhammad Fayyad, 25, from Khan Younis.
Relatives Bilal Mahmoud Radwan, 23, Munthir Radwan, 22, Ahmad Fawzi Radwan, 23, and Mahmoud Fawzi Radwan, 24, were also killed.
Amal Khader Ibrahim Dabbur, 40, Ismail Youssif Taha Qassem, 59, Nassim Mahmoud Nassir and Karam Mahmoud Nassir were killed in Beit Hanoun and at least 25 injured in heavy shelling.
In Rafah three people were killed and 11 others wounded by Israeli forces, who fired foul-smelling gas during the operation.
In the Gaza City neighborhood of Shujaiyeh, Rani Abu Tawileh was killed and 12 members of his family injured in heavy bombings.
On the ground, witnesses reported gun battles breaking out east of the southern city of Khan Younis, with military sources confirming it was one of the areas in which the troops were operating.
An Israeli military spokeswoman told AFP ground and air forces had attacked at least 36 targets in Gaza since the incursion was launched.
Over 260 Palestinians have now been killed in Gaza since Israel began it's military assault on the coastal territory last week.
One Israeli soldier was reported killed early Friday and five others injured.
"What the occupier Israel failed to achieve through its air and sea raids, it will not be able to achieve with a ground offensive. It is bound to fail," Hamas chief Khaled Mashaal said from his exile in Doha.
A Hamas spokesman in Gaza earlier said "Israel will pay a high price" for launching the ground operation and that his movement "is ready for the confrontation".
President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel must stop its ground operation, warning it would lead to "more bloodshed" and complicate efforts to end the conflict in the enclave.
Israel approved the call-up of another 18,000 reservists, taking the total number approved to 65,000 for an operation aimed at protecting Israeli lives and striking "a significant blow to Hamas's terror infrastructure," the army said.
"I regret that despite my repeated urgings, and those of many regional and world leaders together, an already dangerous conflict has now escalated even further," UN chief Ban Ki-moon said, urging Israel to "do far more" to spare Palestinian non-combatants.
The majority of those killed in Gaza are civilians, according to local and international rights groups.
Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip killed an Israeli soldier and injured two others early Friday, the Israeli military announced.
It said the family of the soldier was notified of his death.
killed by friendly fire
It said the family of the soldier was notified of his death.
killed by friendly fire
UN chief: Israel must 'do far more' to spare civilians
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel to "do far more" to spare Palestinian civilians after it launched a ground offensive in Gaza on Thursday.
"I regret that despite my repeated urgings, and those of many regional and world leaders together, an already dangerous conflict has now escalated even further," Ban told reporters.
The UN chief described as "appalling" the death of four boys killed by Israeli strikes Wednesday on a Gaza City beach.
"I urge Israel to do far more to stop civilian casualties. There can be no military solution to this conflict," he said.
Israel began a ground operation in Gaza on Thursday, on the 10th day of an offensive to stamp out rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave that has had a heavy toll on Palestinian lives.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Israel to "do far more" to spare Palestinian civilians after it launched a ground offensive in Gaza on Thursday.
"I regret that despite my repeated urgings, and those of many regional and world leaders together, an already dangerous conflict has now escalated even further," Ban told reporters.
The UN chief described as "appalling" the death of four boys killed by Israeli strikes Wednesday on a Gaza City beach.
"I urge Israel to do far more to stop civilian casualties. There can be no military solution to this conflict," he said.
Israel began a ground operation in Gaza on Thursday, on the 10th day of an offensive to stamp out rocket fire from the Hamas-run enclave that has had a heavy toll on Palestinian lives.
Wounded Children
Reports continue to come in of repeated airstrikes, naval artillery strikes and tank fire in every part of the Gaza Strip Friday morning.
In Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, the Israeli military bombarded homes, killing two and wounding around twenty five others, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The two killed were identified by medical sources as:
1. Amal Khader Ibrahim Dabbour, 40, Beit Hanoun
2. Ismail Yousef Taha Qassim, 59, Beit Hanoun.
In Khan Younis, the bombardment continued as well. Four Palestinians were killed, all members of the same family. They were identified as:
3. Ahmed Radwan
4. His brother Mahmoud Radwan
5. Bilal Radwan and
6. Monther Radwan
Five Palestinians were wounded in the attack on the Radwan family home.
These six casualties are in addition to the ten listed below, who were also killed on Friday.
Hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed with patients wounded in the ongoing Israeli assault, and many are lacking in even basic medical supplies due to the siege on Gaza by Israel and Egypt which has been ongoing since 2006.
updated from
7 Killed in Gaza Ground Assault
Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:07:38
by Chris Carlson
At least seven Palestinians have been killed, five by Israeli tank fire, early Friday, Gaza time, including a five-month-old baby, according to medics.
One five-month-old baby and one as of yet unidentified 22-year-old were killed in separate incidents of tank shelling in southern Rafah, Ma'an News Agency has reported.
Two men were additionally killed in tank shelling in northern Beit Hanun; another death was reported to occur in Rafah, according to emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra.
On Thursday, 3 children were killed while playing with their cousin on the roof of their Gaza apartment.
250 dead have been named as a result of Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza, at the time of this report.
Killed Friday 18 july
1. Majdi Suleiman Jabara, 22, Rafah.
2. Faris Juma’ al-Mahmoum, 5 months, Rafah.
3. Omar ‘Eid al-Mahmoum, 18, Rafah.
4. Nassim Mahmoud Nassier, 22. Beit Hanoun.
5. Karam Mahmoud Nassier, 20, Beit Hanoun.
6. Salmiyya Suleiman Ghayyadh, 70, Rafah.
7. Rami Saqer Abu Tawila, Gaza City.
8. Abdul-Karim Hammad Abu Lehya, 26, Khan Younis.
9. Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Rasha Fayyad, 26, Khan Younis.
10. Mahmoud Mohammad Fayyad, 25, Khan Younis.
Just one Israeli has been killed by resistance rocket fire from Gaza since the Israeli assault on Gaza began in earnest on July 8th.
Reports continue to come in of repeated airstrikes, naval artillery strikes and tank fire in every part of the Gaza Strip Friday morning.
In Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, the Israeli military bombarded homes, killing two and wounding around twenty five others, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The two killed were identified by medical sources as:
1. Amal Khader Ibrahim Dabbour, 40, Beit Hanoun
2. Ismail Yousef Taha Qassim, 59, Beit Hanoun.
In Khan Younis, the bombardment continued as well. Four Palestinians were killed, all members of the same family. They were identified as:
3. Ahmed Radwan
4. His brother Mahmoud Radwan
5. Bilal Radwan and
6. Monther Radwan
Five Palestinians were wounded in the attack on the Radwan family home.
These six casualties are in addition to the ten listed below, who were also killed on Friday.
Hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed with patients wounded in the ongoing Israeli assault, and many are lacking in even basic medical supplies due to the siege on Gaza by Israel and Egypt which has been ongoing since 2006.
updated from
7 Killed in Gaza Ground Assault
Fri, 18 Jul 2014 06:07:38
by Chris Carlson
At least seven Palestinians have been killed, five by Israeli tank fire, early Friday, Gaza time, including a five-month-old baby, according to medics.
One five-month-old baby and one as of yet unidentified 22-year-old were killed in separate incidents of tank shelling in southern Rafah, Ma'an News Agency has reported.
Two men were additionally killed in tank shelling in northern Beit Hanun; another death was reported to occur in Rafah, according to emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra.
On Thursday, 3 children were killed while playing with their cousin on the roof of their Gaza apartment.
250 dead have been named as a result of Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza, at the time of this report.
Killed Friday 18 july
1. Majdi Suleiman Jabara, 22, Rafah.
2. Faris Juma’ al-Mahmoum, 5 months, Rafah.
3. Omar ‘Eid al-Mahmoum, 18, Rafah.
4. Nassim Mahmoud Nassier, 22. Beit Hanoun.
5. Karam Mahmoud Nassier, 20, Beit Hanoun.
6. Salmiyya Suleiman Ghayyadh, 70, Rafah.
7. Rami Saqer Abu Tawila, Gaza City.
8. Abdul-Karim Hammad Abu Lehya, 26, Khan Younis.
9. Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Rasha Fayyad, 26, Khan Younis.
10. Mahmoud Mohammad Fayyad, 25, Khan Younis.
Just one Israeli has been killed by resistance rocket fire from Gaza since the Israeli assault on Gaza began in earnest on July 8th.
Israeli tank fire killed five people in the Gaza Strip, including a five-month-old baby, early on Friday, medics said.
Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra announced the deaths as Israel said it was launching a ground operation after 10 days of conflict with the Palestinian Hamas group.
The deaths included a five-month-old baby and a 22-year-old killed in separate incidents of tank shelling in southern Rafah.
Qudra also reported two men killed in tank shelling in northern Beit Hanun, and then an additional death in Rafah.
The five deaths were the first reported after Israel began its ground operation, and raised the overall toll in Gaza since July 8 to 246.
One Israeli has been killed in the violence by rocket fire from Gaza.
Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra announced the deaths as Israel said it was launching a ground operation after 10 days of conflict with the Palestinian Hamas group.
The deaths included a five-month-old baby and a 22-year-old killed in separate incidents of tank shelling in southern Rafah.
Qudra also reported two men killed in tank shelling in northern Beit Hanun, and then an additional death in Rafah.
The five deaths were the first reported after Israel began its ground operation, and raised the overall toll in Gaza since July 8 to 246.
One Israeli has been killed in the violence by rocket fire from Gaza.
By Sara Hussein
Brothers Jihad and Wissam were playing on the roof of their Gaza apartment with their cousin Fulla, when an Israeli strike came from the blue skies above and killed them.
Fulla, a nickname given to 10-year-old Afnan, was the eldest. All three were from the Shuheiber family, in Gaza City's Sabra district.
After being cooped up at home for days on end, neighbors said the children were taking advantage of the relative calm that followed a brief truce between Israel and Hamas.
"They were playing on the roof," said neighbor Raed al-Kurdi, 33, his white vest stained with blood.
"We were sitting on our roof next to our neighbor's one and we found all of a sudden a rocket coming from above and it hit their roof," he added.
"The people who were injured were from the Shuheiber family, there were children, two girls, two boys and two grown men.
"They were in serious condition, we carried them out in our arms."
Three of the children died en route to the Shifa hospital, where they were laid out on steel tables in the morgue as doctors in blue coats moved around them, cleaning them.
Each had coin-sized pieces of flesh gouged out from their limbs by shrapnel.
Next to them, their uncle Mohamed wept openly.
An employee at the hospital, he heard the call go out for ambulances after the strike that hit the Shuheiber home.
"They were children, just playing on the roof. And now they're dead, lying in front of us," he said, his voice anguished but also angry.
"How can this be, how can this be?"
The morgue chief asked the distraught family members if they want to allow media waiting outside into the room.
"It is up to you, but if you want to show the world what happened here, we will let them in," he told Mohamed and other relatives inside, who assented tearfully.
The three children were lined up beside each other, along with a fourth child brought in from an earlier strike in Gaza City.
Fulla was laid in the middle and her cousins one on either side.
Her curly hair framed her face, specked with blood.
Her T-shirt might once have been white, but now it was completely red, soaked through with her blood.
To her right was 8-year-old Jihad, his turquoise T-shirt and trousers torn through by shrapnel.
To her left was Wissam, seven years old, his eyes still open as through he was staring into the middle distance.
His trousers had been removed, revealing his blue and yellow superhero underwear.
Brothers Jihad and Wissam were playing on the roof of their Gaza apartment with their cousin Fulla, when an Israeli strike came from the blue skies above and killed them.
Fulla, a nickname given to 10-year-old Afnan, was the eldest. All three were from the Shuheiber family, in Gaza City's Sabra district.
After being cooped up at home for days on end, neighbors said the children were taking advantage of the relative calm that followed a brief truce between Israel and Hamas.
"They were playing on the roof," said neighbor Raed al-Kurdi, 33, his white vest stained with blood.
"We were sitting on our roof next to our neighbor's one and we found all of a sudden a rocket coming from above and it hit their roof," he added.
"The people who were injured were from the Shuheiber family, there were children, two girls, two boys and two grown men.
"They were in serious condition, we carried them out in our arms."
Three of the children died en route to the Shifa hospital, where they were laid out on steel tables in the morgue as doctors in blue coats moved around them, cleaning them.
Each had coin-sized pieces of flesh gouged out from their limbs by shrapnel.
Next to them, their uncle Mohamed wept openly.
An employee at the hospital, he heard the call go out for ambulances after the strike that hit the Shuheiber home.
"They were children, just playing on the roof. And now they're dead, lying in front of us," he said, his voice anguished but also angry.
"How can this be, how can this be?"
The morgue chief asked the distraught family members if they want to allow media waiting outside into the room.
"It is up to you, but if you want to show the world what happened here, we will let them in," he told Mohamed and other relatives inside, who assented tearfully.
The three children were lined up beside each other, along with a fourth child brought in from an earlier strike in Gaza City.
Fulla was laid in the middle and her cousins one on either side.
Her curly hair framed her face, specked with blood.
Her T-shirt might once have been white, but now it was completely red, soaked through with her blood.
To her right was 8-year-old Jihad, his turquoise T-shirt and trousers torn through by shrapnel.
To her left was Wissam, seven years old, his eyes still open as through he was staring into the middle distance.
His trousers had been removed, revealing his blue and yellow superhero underwear.
Faris Juma’ al-Mahmoum 5 months
Reports coming in from all parts of the Gaza Strip indicate a rapid increase in airstrikes and artillery fire in the early morning hours of Friday. Five month old Faris Juma’ al-Mahmoum has become the latest casualty in the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza.
Fares was killed while in his mother’s arms near their home in Rafah, as his mother and other family members prepared for the morning prayers on the third Friday of Ramadan. His mother was severely wounded, along with eighteen others, as Israeli artillery shells rained down on the early morning worshipers.
In addition to Faris, Omar ‘Eid al-Mahmoum, 18, was also killed in the shelling.
On Friday at dawn, the Ministry Of Health in Gaza reported that an elderly women died as the army continued to pound Rafah, causing dozens of injuries.
The woman has been identified as Salmiyya Suleiman Ghayyadh, 70. She was killed in a neighborhood east of Rafah.
Independent journalist Mohammed Omer, based in Rafah, reported on Twitter, “This is the most terrifying night! Really intense bombing. I hear children crying, ambulance sirens and smell of death.”
Omer also reports that doctors in Najjar Hospital are reporting burn wounds from white phosphorus, which is a banned weapon, and do not know how to treat these burn wounds.
The death of five month old Faris follows the deaths of four four year olds late Thursday night in Israeli bombs in different parts of Gaza. On Wednesday, four children between the ages of nine and eleven were killed by Israeli naval artillery shells on a beach in Gaza City.
Reporters for the Electronic Intifada, who are on the ground in Gaza, report, “There is a massacre every day now”, with children and women making up the majority of the casualties of Israel’s assault on Gaza.
As of this report, Israel has called up 40,000 reserve soldiers who are now marching into northern Gaza, along with hundreds of tanks. Power has been cut to the entire Gaza Strip.
247 Palestinians have been killed, an estimated 80% of whom are civilians, according to the United Nations, and over 1800 wounded, many of them severely.
One Israeli has been killed in the nine days of Israel’s assault on Gaza, a 38-year old man who was killed by a shell at the Erez military base just north of Gaza. Israeli authorities have not released his name, or whether he was a civilian or a soldier.
Reports coming in from all parts of the Gaza Strip indicate a rapid increase in airstrikes and artillery fire in the early morning hours of Friday. Five month old Faris Juma’ al-Mahmoum has become the latest casualty in the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza.
Fares was killed while in his mother’s arms near their home in Rafah, as his mother and other family members prepared for the morning prayers on the third Friday of Ramadan. His mother was severely wounded, along with eighteen others, as Israeli artillery shells rained down on the early morning worshipers.
In addition to Faris, Omar ‘Eid al-Mahmoum, 18, was also killed in the shelling.
On Friday at dawn, the Ministry Of Health in Gaza reported that an elderly women died as the army continued to pound Rafah, causing dozens of injuries.
The woman has been identified as Salmiyya Suleiman Ghayyadh, 70. She was killed in a neighborhood east of Rafah.
Independent journalist Mohammed Omer, based in Rafah, reported on Twitter, “This is the most terrifying night! Really intense bombing. I hear children crying, ambulance sirens and smell of death.”
Omer also reports that doctors in Najjar Hospital are reporting burn wounds from white phosphorus, which is a banned weapon, and do not know how to treat these burn wounds.
The death of five month old Faris follows the deaths of four four year olds late Thursday night in Israeli bombs in different parts of Gaza. On Wednesday, four children between the ages of nine and eleven were killed by Israeli naval artillery shells on a beach in Gaza City.
Reporters for the Electronic Intifada, who are on the ground in Gaza, report, “There is a massacre every day now”, with children and women making up the majority of the casualties of Israel’s assault on Gaza.
As of this report, Israel has called up 40,000 reserve soldiers who are now marching into northern Gaza, along with hundreds of tanks. Power has been cut to the entire Gaza Strip.
247 Palestinians have been killed, an estimated 80% of whom are civilians, according to the United Nations, and over 1800 wounded, many of them severely.
One Israeli has been killed in the nine days of Israel’s assault on Gaza, a 38-year old man who was killed by a shell at the Erez military base just north of Gaza. Israeli authorities have not released his name, or whether he was a civilian or a soldier.
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that several Palestinians have been killed, and dozens of residents wounded, many seriously, as the Israeli army intensified its strikes against the Gaza Strip, and initiated a massive ground invasion.
The sources said that resident Omar Eid al-Mahmoum, 18, was killed by an Israeli shell in the Shweika area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while a number of residents have been wounded.
The army fired dozens of shells into the Shweika area, hitting several homes at random, while the residents tried to seek shelter elsewhere, where they have also been targeted.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Health confirmed two brothers, identified as Nassim Mahmoud Nassier and Karam Mahmoud Nassier, were killed in extensive Israeli bombardment targeting Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry added that dozens of Palestinians have been hospitalized after suffering burns and respiratory issues due to toxic shells fired by the army in northern Gaza, and in Shweika area, in Rafah.
Israeli missiles in Rafah also wounded several Palestinians, while medics and rescue teams have been unable to reach any of the targeted areas due to extensive and continuous Israeli shelling.
The sources said that resident Omar Eid al-Mahmoum, 18, was killed by an Israeli shell in the Shweika area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while a number of residents have been wounded.
The army fired dozens of shells into the Shweika area, hitting several homes at random, while the residents tried to seek shelter elsewhere, where they have also been targeted.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Health confirmed two brothers, identified as Nassim Mahmoud Nassier and Karam Mahmoud Nassier, were killed in extensive Israeli bombardment targeting Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry added that dozens of Palestinians have been hospitalized after suffering burns and respiratory issues due to toxic shells fired by the army in northern Gaza, and in Shweika area, in Rafah.
Israeli missiles in Rafah also wounded several Palestinians, while medics and rescue teams have been unable to reach any of the targeted areas due to extensive and continuous Israeli shelling.
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