31 july 2016
On Sunday evening, Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, fired several rounds of live ammunition targeting Palestinian farmers in their own lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many live rounds into Palestinian lands close to the border fence, before a number of vehicles invaded them.
They added that the soldiers also opened fire at several homes close to the invaded area, causing property damage.
Eyewitnesses said the soldiers fired many live rounds into Palestinian lands close to the border fence, before a number of vehicles invaded them.
They added that the soldiers also opened fire at several homes close to the invaded area, causing property damage.
30 july 2016
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that four Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city, and east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The soldiers, stationed across the border fence, attacked many Palestinian protesters, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, and fired many rounds of live ammunition at them, wounding three.
The three Palestinians were shot in their legs, before local medics rushed them to the Shifa hospital, west of Gaza city, suffering moderate wounds.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, the army also attacked protesters east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, wounding a young man with a live round, and causing others to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
The soldiers, stationed across the border fence, attacked many Palestinian protesters, east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, and fired many rounds of live ammunition at them, wounding three.
The three Palestinians were shot in their legs, before local medics rushed them to the Shifa hospital, west of Gaza city, suffering moderate wounds.
The soldiers also fired many gas bombs causing several Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, the army also attacked protesters east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, wounding a young man with a live round, and causing others to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
28 july 2016
Muatasim Omran shows a picture of his brother Noor
Palestinian police in Gaza Wednesday afternoon found a decomposed body in al-Shujaiya neighborhood to the east of Gaza City.
It probably belongs to some of the martyrs who were killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza in summer 2014, policemen opined.
The police spokesman Ayman al-Batniji told Quds Press that the corpse is just a skeleton and thus the ID was not identified.
It was transferred to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza in order to be checked by a medical examiner so that it can be recognized.
Gaza Strip was exposed to an Israeli aggression that started on July 07, 2014 and lasted for 51 days. 2,323 Palestinians were killed and thousands were wounded whereas a score of others were recorded as missing. Thousands of Palestinians’ homes were damaged as well.
Skeleton found under Gaza rubble painful reminder for families of Palestinians missing since 2014
Remains of a human skeleton were found on Sunday under the rubble of a house in the Gaza City’s eastern neighborhood of Shujayya, which was devastated by an Israeli ground incursion during the most recent Israeli military offensive in the summer of 2014.
The discovery of the two-year-old remains has brought back to the surface difficult memories for the families of Palestinians who were declared missing during the war, which left more than 2,000 Palestinians dead, including at least 1,462 civilians according to the UN.
Human rights groups reported that numerous Palestinians went missing during the 51-day military offensive. Some were later found, either alive or dead, although the fate of many others remains unknown.
Among those still missing two years later is Noor Omran, who disappeared after Israeli ground troops invaded the town of al-Qarara in the Khan Yunis district in the southern Gaza Strip.
On the night of July 23, 2014, then 16-year-old Noor got on his motorcycle to go to the family’s poultry farm, unaware that Israeli troops had just invaded and taken over that area, his brother Muatasim recalls.
Noor did not come back that night, and his family hasn’t heard from him since.
His family searched the farm he was supposed to visit over and over, with the hopes of finding a body or remains, but every search left the grieving family empty-handed. All that remained was his motorcycle, untouched, with no signs of gunshots or blood.
“He seems to have left the motorcycle and taken the keys with him. This motorcycle remains a witness to the last place he was before he disappeared,” Muatasim says.
According to Muatasim, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has tried to help the family find Noor, by taking DNA samples from the family and submitting them to Israeli authorities to see if they were holding him prisoner or withholding his body -- to no avail.
“It’s likely that the issue of missing persons, including my brother, is tied to the issue of Israeli soldiers held in Gaza,” Muatasim says, referring to the Israeli soldiers who disappeared during the 2014 war, and have been held as a bargaining chip between Hamas and the Israeli government.
The two Israeli soldiers at the center of prisoner negotiations, Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, were pronounced dead during the 2014 war, as Hamas later claimed to be holding their bodies.
The two soldiers’ families in November demonstrated to pressure the Israeli government to halt the return of all Palestinian bodies -- including those of Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank killed since October -- until Hamas turned over the soldiers’ bodies.
The Omran family says it has been suffering since Noor's disappearance, and that it would be "a thousand times easier" to have learned that the teenager had died a “martyr” than to remain in the dark about his fate for two years.
“It’s a disaster," Muatasim says. "Our family is swinging between having hope and losing hope."
In April 2015, the Israeli government announced that it held the bodies of 19 Palestinians killed during the 2014 war, but neither Israeli nor Palestinian authorities gave the names of the slain Palestinians, according to Muatasim.
Prisoners affairs expert Abd al-Nasser Farawaneh tells Ma’an that the case of missing Palestinians remained unaddressed because of both Israeli and Palestinian leadership.
Farawaneh says many families of the missing have not reached out to the ICRC or other human rights organizations for help, out of fear that Israel might retaliate against them for their missing relative's participation in resistance against Israeli forces.
Lawyer Yahya Muharib of the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights says that the Israeli military prosecution has never cooperated in the cases they brought forward, hindering any progress for the distressed families.
Despite the overall difficulty of the process, Muharib says that the al-Mezan Center managed to obtain information from Israeli sources about some of the Palestinians who went missing during the 2014 war, and were able to declare them as being alive and in Israeli custody.
However, after six cases were dealt with in coordination with Israeli military prosecution, Muharib claims Israeli authorities stopped cooperating, even after al-Mezan submitted requested ‘power of attorney’ documents..
Such was the fate of Noor Omran's case.
Echoing Muatasim’s suspicions, Farawneh says that Israel does not want to give the names of dead Palestinian bodies it holds in order to use them as bargaining chips in the eventuality of a deal to exchange them with the bodies of Israeli soldiers held in Gaza.
“Israel hasn’t announced the names or details in attempt to put pressure on Hamas and to use it as a bargaining chip for negotiations,” the lawyer affirms
On the Palestinian side, things have also been left ambiguous by Hamas leadership, which has not released numbers or details regarding missing Gazans.
Farawaneh attributes the lack of clarity from Palestinian leadership to “security reasons,” saying Hamas can’t announce the names of missing people since it remains unaware of who is among the 19 bodies held by Israel, and whose bodies possibly remain trapped under rubble two years on.
The missing people, he says, “could be alive and held in Israeli prisons, but the Palestinian side doesn’t want to reveal their identities,” to avoid misleading their families into thinking they are dead.
While both Israel and Hamas continue to use the bodies in their possession as bargaining chips, the families of the missing Palestinians, like Noor Omran’s relatives, remain “swinging” between hope and the torturous wait for a resolution.
Palestinian police in Gaza Wednesday afternoon found a decomposed body in al-Shujaiya neighborhood to the east of Gaza City.
It probably belongs to some of the martyrs who were killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza in summer 2014, policemen opined.
The police spokesman Ayman al-Batniji told Quds Press that the corpse is just a skeleton and thus the ID was not identified.
It was transferred to al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza in order to be checked by a medical examiner so that it can be recognized.
Gaza Strip was exposed to an Israeli aggression that started on July 07, 2014 and lasted for 51 days. 2,323 Palestinians were killed and thousands were wounded whereas a score of others were recorded as missing. Thousands of Palestinians’ homes were damaged as well.
Skeleton found under Gaza rubble painful reminder for families of Palestinians missing since 2014
Remains of a human skeleton were found on Sunday under the rubble of a house in the Gaza City’s eastern neighborhood of Shujayya, which was devastated by an Israeli ground incursion during the most recent Israeli military offensive in the summer of 2014.
The discovery of the two-year-old remains has brought back to the surface difficult memories for the families of Palestinians who were declared missing during the war, which left more than 2,000 Palestinians dead, including at least 1,462 civilians according to the UN.
Human rights groups reported that numerous Palestinians went missing during the 51-day military offensive. Some were later found, either alive or dead, although the fate of many others remains unknown.
Among those still missing two years later is Noor Omran, who disappeared after Israeli ground troops invaded the town of al-Qarara in the Khan Yunis district in the southern Gaza Strip.
On the night of July 23, 2014, then 16-year-old Noor got on his motorcycle to go to the family’s poultry farm, unaware that Israeli troops had just invaded and taken over that area, his brother Muatasim recalls.
Noor did not come back that night, and his family hasn’t heard from him since.
His family searched the farm he was supposed to visit over and over, with the hopes of finding a body or remains, but every search left the grieving family empty-handed. All that remained was his motorcycle, untouched, with no signs of gunshots or blood.
“He seems to have left the motorcycle and taken the keys with him. This motorcycle remains a witness to the last place he was before he disappeared,” Muatasim says.
According to Muatasim, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has tried to help the family find Noor, by taking DNA samples from the family and submitting them to Israeli authorities to see if they were holding him prisoner or withholding his body -- to no avail.
“It’s likely that the issue of missing persons, including my brother, is tied to the issue of Israeli soldiers held in Gaza,” Muatasim says, referring to the Israeli soldiers who disappeared during the 2014 war, and have been held as a bargaining chip between Hamas and the Israeli government.
The two Israeli soldiers at the center of prisoner negotiations, Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul, were pronounced dead during the 2014 war, as Hamas later claimed to be holding their bodies.
The two soldiers’ families in November demonstrated to pressure the Israeli government to halt the return of all Palestinian bodies -- including those of Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank killed since October -- until Hamas turned over the soldiers’ bodies.
The Omran family says it has been suffering since Noor's disappearance, and that it would be "a thousand times easier" to have learned that the teenager had died a “martyr” than to remain in the dark about his fate for two years.
“It’s a disaster," Muatasim says. "Our family is swinging between having hope and losing hope."
In April 2015, the Israeli government announced that it held the bodies of 19 Palestinians killed during the 2014 war, but neither Israeli nor Palestinian authorities gave the names of the slain Palestinians, according to Muatasim.
Prisoners affairs expert Abd al-Nasser Farawaneh tells Ma’an that the case of missing Palestinians remained unaddressed because of both Israeli and Palestinian leadership.
Farawaneh says many families of the missing have not reached out to the ICRC or other human rights organizations for help, out of fear that Israel might retaliate against them for their missing relative's participation in resistance against Israeli forces.
Lawyer Yahya Muharib of the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights says that the Israeli military prosecution has never cooperated in the cases they brought forward, hindering any progress for the distressed families.
Despite the overall difficulty of the process, Muharib says that the al-Mezan Center managed to obtain information from Israeli sources about some of the Palestinians who went missing during the 2014 war, and were able to declare them as being alive and in Israeli custody.
However, after six cases were dealt with in coordination with Israeli military prosecution, Muharib claims Israeli authorities stopped cooperating, even after al-Mezan submitted requested ‘power of attorney’ documents..
Such was the fate of Noor Omran's case.
Echoing Muatasim’s suspicions, Farawneh says that Israel does not want to give the names of dead Palestinian bodies it holds in order to use them as bargaining chips in the eventuality of a deal to exchange them with the bodies of Israeli soldiers held in Gaza.
“Israel hasn’t announced the names or details in attempt to put pressure on Hamas and to use it as a bargaining chip for negotiations,” the lawyer affirms
On the Palestinian side, things have also been left ambiguous by Hamas leadership, which has not released numbers or details regarding missing Gazans.
Farawaneh attributes the lack of clarity from Palestinian leadership to “security reasons,” saying Hamas can’t announce the names of missing people since it remains unaware of who is among the 19 bodies held by Israel, and whose bodies possibly remain trapped under rubble two years on.
The missing people, he says, “could be alive and held in Israeli prisons, but the Palestinian side doesn’t want to reveal their identities,” to avoid misleading their families into thinking they are dead.
While both Israel and Hamas continue to use the bodies in their possession as bargaining chips, the families of the missing Palestinians, like Noor Omran’s relatives, remain “swinging” between hope and the torturous wait for a resolution.
Jamal Al-Khodari, Head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, has condemned an Israeli decision to prevent nine footballers from Gaza to cross into the West Bank to participate in a football competition.
“The Israeli occupation insisted to continue its siege against the Gaza Strip and its people. It targeted all life streams from Gazans including sport,” said Al-Khodari, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.
The players were expected to participate in the final game in Palestine Championship against the Hebron team.
Al-Khodari called on the FIFA to protect the Palestinian sport form, the continuous violations by Israelis, and to allow them to maintain their rights in having a normal life, as other peoples around the world.
The Israeli occupation targeted a number of playgrounds and sport facilities in the Gaza Strip, during the 2014 offensive.
“The Israeli occupation insisted to continue its siege against the Gaza Strip and its people. It targeted all life streams from Gazans including sport,” said Al-Khodari, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.
The players were expected to participate in the final game in Palestine Championship against the Hebron team.
Al-Khodari called on the FIFA to protect the Palestinian sport form, the continuous violations by Israelis, and to allow them to maintain their rights in having a normal life, as other peoples around the world.
The Israeli occupation targeted a number of playgrounds and sport facilities in the Gaza Strip, during the 2014 offensive.
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Thursday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza city, kidnapped seven fishers and confiscated their boats.
The WAFA News Agency quoted a fisher stating that the navy boats attacked them from several directions, and fired many rounds of live ammunition, causing damage, kidnapped seven fishers and confiscated their boats.
The kidnapped fishers have been identified as Mohammad Bakr, Nihad al-Hassi, Khamis Zaghra, Mohammad Zaghra, Mustafa Bakr, Salim Abu Sadeq and Mohammad al-Louh.
The navy illegally confiscated the boats before moving them to the Ashdod Port.
On Wednesday, the Israeli navy attacked Palestinian fishing boats, close to the Gaza shore, and kidnapped two fishers. Some of the boats were hit with live rounds, before the soldiers assaulted them.
The WAFA News Agency quoted a fisher stating that the navy boats attacked them from several directions, and fired many rounds of live ammunition, causing damage, kidnapped seven fishers and confiscated their boats.
The kidnapped fishers have been identified as Mohammad Bakr, Nihad al-Hassi, Khamis Zaghra, Mohammad Zaghra, Mustafa Bakr, Salim Abu Sadeq and Mohammad al-Louh.
The navy illegally confiscated the boats before moving them to the Ashdod Port.
On Wednesday, the Israeli navy attacked Palestinian fishing boats, close to the Gaza shore, and kidnapped two fishers. Some of the boats were hit with live rounds, before the soldiers assaulted them.
27 july 2016
Two Palestinian fishermen were kidnapped by the Israeli navy on Wednesday morning off Gaza’s coast.
Head of Gaza’s fishermen union Nizar Ayyash said Israeli gunboats chased down two Palestinian fishermen on board their fishing boat off Beit Lahia shores, to the north of Gaza, and kidnapped them shortly before they steered the vessel to the Israeli Ashdod airport.
The abduction was reportedly carried out within the allowed six-nautical-mile fishing zone.
Head of Gaza’s fishermen union Nizar Ayyash said Israeli gunboats chased down two Palestinian fishermen on board their fishing boat off Beit Lahia shores, to the north of Gaza, and kidnapped them shortly before they steered the vessel to the Israeli Ashdod airport.
The abduction was reportedly carried out within the allowed six-nautical-mile fishing zone.
25 july 2016
Medical staff of Martyr Mohammed al-Dura hospital for children in Gaza staged a sit-in at hospital and asked the international community to protect health care rights of Palestinian children.
The Director of the hospital Dr. Jamil Salman delivered a speech during the sit-in which was conducted in order to mark the second anniversary of the Israeli attack on the hospital.
He said the children of Gaza were not spared in the Israeli aggression even while in the laps of their mothers, at school, play yards or even at hospital.
Israeli forces bombed the hospital in the aggression of 2014 leading to the martyrdom of child Ibrahim al-Sheikh Omar while he was receiving treatment in the hospital's intensive care unit, he said, adding that many of the hospital’s sections were damaged as well.
The Director of the hospital Dr. Jamil Salman delivered a speech during the sit-in which was conducted in order to mark the second anniversary of the Israeli attack on the hospital.
He said the children of Gaza were not spared in the Israeli aggression even while in the laps of their mothers, at school, play yards or even at hospital.
Israeli forces bombed the hospital in the aggression of 2014 leading to the martyrdom of child Ibrahim al-Sheikh Omar while he was receiving treatment in the hospital's intensive care unit, he said, adding that many of the hospital’s sections were damaged as well.
21 july 2016
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) carried out Thursday morning a limited incursion south of Rafah city to the south of Gaza Strip.
Local sources told a PIC reporter that four Israeli military bulldozers moved some 100 meters into southern Rafah city.
The bulldozers carried out razing operations in the border area under the protection of Israeli forces amid heavy flight of reconnaissance aircraft.
The incident came as part of Israeli nearly-daily violations of the ceasefire agreement reached in August, 2014 which ended Israel’s bloody aggression on Gaza.
Local sources told a PIC reporter that four Israeli military bulldozers moved some 100 meters into southern Rafah city.
The bulldozers carried out razing operations in the border area under the protection of Israeli forces amid heavy flight of reconnaissance aircraft.
The incident came as part of Israeli nearly-daily violations of the ceasefire agreement reached in August, 2014 which ended Israel’s bloody aggression on Gaza.
Israeli naval forces Wednesday morning arrested four Palestinian fishermen at Gaza sea off Beit Lahiya’s shores.
The forces confiscated the fishing boats and steered them to Ashdod Israeli port.
Nizar Ayyash, head of the Palestinian fishermen syndicate, told Quds Press that arresting the Gazan fishermen and confiscating their boats took place within the allowed fishing zone of 6 nautical miles.
The forces confiscated the fishing boats and steered them to Ashdod Israeli port.
Nizar Ayyash, head of the Palestinian fishermen syndicate, told Quds Press that arresting the Gazan fishermen and confiscating their boats took place within the allowed fishing zone of 6 nautical miles.
20 july 2016
Israeli soldiers fired, on Wednesday morning, several live rounds targeting Palestinian agricultural lands and farmers, east of Deir al-Balah city, in Central Gaza, wounding one.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, moderately injuring one of them.
Local medics rushed to the site of the Israeli attacks, and moved the wounded man to the al-Aqsa hospital, in Deir al-Balah.
The Israeli attack forced the farmers to leave their lands in fear of additional military escalation and violations.
It comes as part of repeated violations and assaults targeting the Palestinians in the besieged and improvised coastal region. Such attacks also include opening fire on Palestinian fishers and their boats in Gaza territorial waters.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, fired many live rounds at Palestinian farmers, moderately injuring one of them.
Local medics rushed to the site of the Israeli attacks, and moved the wounded man to the al-Aqsa hospital, in Deir al-Balah.
The Israeli attack forced the farmers to leave their lands in fear of additional military escalation and violations.
It comes as part of repeated violations and assaults targeting the Palestinians in the besieged and improvised coastal region. Such attacks also include opening fire on Palestinian fishers and their boats in Gaza territorial waters.
19 july 2016
Israeli navy and army forces, on Tuesday, opened heavy machine gun fire at Palestinian fishermen, injuring at least one, as they infiltrated Gaza’s borders.
WAFA correspondence said that Israeli naval boats opened fire towards fishermen, despite sailing within the six-nautical mile fishing zone offshore of Gaza’s al-Sudaniya area.
One of the fishermen was shot in the hand, causing him moderate injuries and necessitating his transfer to a hospital, for treatment.
One of the boats was also damaged. The fishermen were forced to return back to shore for fear of being detained, injured, or killed.
Meanwhile, four Israeli military tanks, accompanied by bulldozers, infiltrated the borders with Gaza and went almost 150 meters into Palestinian agricultural land to the east of al-Qarara area, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Forces razed the land and placed earth mounds in the area, while firing live ammunition and smoke bombs in all directions.
Israeli navy and troops routinely open fire on Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-miles zone and farmlands along the border, flagrantly violating the ceasefire deal that was reached in August 2014.
WAFA correspondence said that Israeli naval boats opened fire towards fishermen, despite sailing within the six-nautical mile fishing zone offshore of Gaza’s al-Sudaniya area.
One of the fishermen was shot in the hand, causing him moderate injuries and necessitating his transfer to a hospital, for treatment.
One of the boats was also damaged. The fishermen were forced to return back to shore for fear of being detained, injured, or killed.
Meanwhile, four Israeli military tanks, accompanied by bulldozers, infiltrated the borders with Gaza and went almost 150 meters into Palestinian agricultural land to the east of al-Qarara area, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Forces razed the land and placed earth mounds in the area, while firing live ammunition and smoke bombs in all directions.
Israeli navy and troops routinely open fire on Palestinian fishermen sailing within the six-nautical-miles zone and farmlands along the border, flagrantly violating the ceasefire deal that was reached in August 2014.
16 july 2016
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday evening, six Palestinians with live fire after the army opened fire on protesters, east of the Sheja’eyya area, east of Gaza city, and east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers, stationed in Nahal Oz military base, across the border fence, east of the Sheja’eyya, fired many live rounds on Palestinian protesters who marched towards the security fence.
Two Palestinians were shot with live rounds in their legs, before Red Crescent medics moved them to the Shifa Hospital, east of Gaza.
Their injuries have been described as moderate; several others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, four Palestinians were shot also by live army fire, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, and were moved to the Al-Aqsa Hospital, suffering moderate wounds.
The Israeli army repeatedly opens fire on Palestinians who approach the border area, even without getting very close to it, and frequently attacks farmers in their own lands.
In related news, a Palestinian woman was injured, on Friday at night, after a number of Israeli fanatics assaulted her in Wadi Qana area, near Salfit city, in the occupied West Bank.
The woman suffered cuts in her arms, while many cars sustained damage after the several Israeli consists hurled stones on them.
Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers, stationed in Nahal Oz military base, across the border fence, east of the Sheja’eyya, fired many live rounds on Palestinian protesters who marched towards the security fence.
Two Palestinians were shot with live rounds in their legs, before Red Crescent medics moved them to the Shifa Hospital, east of Gaza.
Their injuries have been described as moderate; several others suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.
In addition, four Palestinians were shot also by live army fire, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, and were moved to the Al-Aqsa Hospital, suffering moderate wounds.
The Israeli army repeatedly opens fire on Palestinians who approach the border area, even without getting very close to it, and frequently attacks farmers in their own lands.
In related news, a Palestinian woman was injured, on Friday at night, after a number of Israeli fanatics assaulted her in Wadi Qana area, near Salfit city, in the occupied West Bank.
The woman suffered cuts in her arms, while many cars sustained damage after the several Israeli consists hurled stones on them.
15 july 2016
The first order that Avigdor Liberman gave when he entered the Army Ministry in Tel Aviv, was to complete an operative plan to defeat Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israel Pulse news site reported.
Israel's new Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman asked Israeli senior officers to draft a military plan to topple Hamas rule in Gaza, commentator Ben Caspit wrote.
“Lieberman does believe that the Gaza Strip is ready to overthrow Hamas,” said Caspit. “The group’s standing among the general population is being challenged, and quite a few of the local clans and tribes are already seeking an alternative.”
“Lieberman believes that Hamas is the ultimate evil. As such, its regime must be brought down, and its growing stock of rockets, within touching distance of the southern city of Ashkelon, must be eliminated,” the article further read.
According to the same source, the army minister believes that if Israel doesn’t do that now, within just a few years it will have another Hezbollah on its hands.
“That is why Lieberman has instructed the Israeli (occupation) forces to prepare an operational plan to defeat and overthrow Hamas in the next round of fighting,” Caspit further noted.
Israel's new Army Minister Avigdor Lieberman asked Israeli senior officers to draft a military plan to topple Hamas rule in Gaza, commentator Ben Caspit wrote.
“Lieberman does believe that the Gaza Strip is ready to overthrow Hamas,” said Caspit. “The group’s standing among the general population is being challenged, and quite a few of the local clans and tribes are already seeking an alternative.”
“Lieberman believes that Hamas is the ultimate evil. As such, its regime must be brought down, and its growing stock of rockets, within touching distance of the southern city of Ashkelon, must be eliminated,” the article further read.
According to the same source, the army minister believes that if Israel doesn’t do that now, within just a few years it will have another Hezbollah on its hands.
“That is why Lieberman has instructed the Israeli (occupation) forces to prepare an operational plan to defeat and overthrow Hamas in the next round of fighting,” Caspit further noted.
14 july 2016
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian farmland in southern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers opened intermittent fire at agricultural land lots east of Fukhari village to the east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The IOF soldiers systematically open fire at Palestinian lands on Gaza borders endangering lives of the residents and preventing them from accessing their land.
Local sources said that the IOF soldiers opened intermittent fire at agricultural land lots east of Fukhari village to the east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The IOF soldiers systematically open fire at Palestinian lands on Gaza borders endangering lives of the residents and preventing them from accessing their land.
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Wednesday evening, two air strikes targeting Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp in Central, and Johr ed-Deek area, southeast of Gaza City.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that an F16 Israeli fighter jet fired one missile into a farmland, east of al-Boreij, causing damage.
It added that the Air Force also fired two missiles into farmlands, owned by Abu Sa’id family, in Johr ed-Deek area, causing damage to a number of nearby homes.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that an F16 Israeli fighter jet fired one missile into a farmland, east of al-Boreij, causing damage.
It added that the Air Force also fired two missiles into farmlands, owned by Abu Sa’id family, in Johr ed-Deek area, causing damage to a number of nearby homes.
13 july 2016
Several Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and uprooted parts of them, close to the border fence.
Media sources in Beit Lahia said four armored bulldozers and several jeeps, stationed in the Zikim military base across the border fence, invaded the farmlands and bulldozed them.
The soldiers also used smoke bombs to cover their invasion, before advancing dozens of meters into the agricultural lands.
The invasion is part on ongoing violations and invasions into border areas in the coastal region, in addition to the frequent assaults against the fishers and their boats, in Gaza territorial waters.
Media sources in Beit Lahia said four armored bulldozers and several jeeps, stationed in the Zikim military base across the border fence, invaded the farmlands and bulldozed them.
The soldiers also used smoke bombs to cover their invasion, before advancing dozens of meters into the agricultural lands.
The invasion is part on ongoing violations and invasions into border areas in the coastal region, in addition to the frequent assaults against the fishers and their boats, in Gaza territorial waters.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened their machinegun fire Tuesday evening east of Beit Hanoun north of Gaza Strip.
A Palestinian young man was injured in the shooting.
Spokesman for Health Ministry Ashraf Qudra said in a brief statement that a 27-year-old Palestinian suffered moderate injuries in his hand after being shot by Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun.
The injured young man was immediately taken to hospital for treatment.
The attack came as part of Israeli almost daily violations of the ceasefire agreement reached in August 2014 that ended the Israeli 51-day war on Gaza.
A Palestinian young man was injured in the shooting.
Spokesman for Health Ministry Ashraf Qudra said in a brief statement that a 27-year-old Palestinian suffered moderate injuries in his hand after being shot by Israeli soldiers east of Beit Hanoun.
The injured young man was immediately taken to hospital for treatment.
The attack came as part of Israeli almost daily violations of the ceasefire agreement reached in August 2014 that ended the Israeli 51-day war on Gaza.
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