21 july 2014
British activists with sign 'Stop Arming Israel'
Sixty-four public figures, including seven Nobel Peace Prize winners, published a letter in the British Guardian newspaper calling for an international arms embargo on Israel for its "war crimes and possible crimes against humanity" in Gaza.
The letter reads as follows:
"Israel has once again unleashed the full force of its military against the captive Palestinian population, particularly in the besieged Gaza Strip, in an inhumane and illegal act of military aggression. Israel's ability to launch such devastating attacks with impunity largely stems from the vast international military cooperation and trade that it maintains with complicit governments across the world," read the statement.
“Israel's military technology is marketed as "field-tested" and exported across the world. Military trade and joint military-related research relations with Israel embolden Israeli impunity in committing grave violations of international law and facilitate the entrenchment of Israel's system of occupation, colonisation and systematic denial of Palestinian rights.”
"We call on the UN and governments across the world to take immediate steps to implement a comprehensive and legally binding military embargo on Israel, similar to that imposed on South Africa during apartheid," the letter concluded.
Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa was one of the signatories. He was a major opponent of apartheid practices in South Africa, and has compared Israeli policies toward Palestinians with those of the South African government under the racist apartheid system.
The other Nobel laureates who signed the letter were Betty Williams, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Jody Williams, Adolfo Peres Esquivel, Mairead Maguire and Rigoberto Menchu.
Two Israeli academics, Ilan Pappe and Nurit Peled, joined international colleagues in calling for an arms embargo against Israel.
Full list of signatories:
Adolfo Peres Esquivel Nobel Peace Laureate, Argentina,
Ahdaf Soueif author, Egypt/UK,
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki film director, Finland,
Alice Walker writer, US,
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Laureate, South Africa,
Betty Williams Nobel Peace Laureate, Ireland,
Boots Riley rapper, poet, arts producer, US,
Brian Eno musician, UK,
Caryl Churchill playwright, UK,
Chris Hedges journalist, Pullitzer Prize 2002, US,
Cynthia McKinney politician, activist, US,
David Palumbo-Liu academic, US,
Etienne Balibar philosopher, France,
Federico Mayor Zaragoza former Unesco director general, Spain,
Felim Egan painter, Ireland,
Frei Betto liberation theologian, Brazil,
Gillian Slovo writer, UK/South Africa,
Githa Hariharan writer, India,
Giulio Marcon MP (SEL), Italy,
Hilary Rose academic, UK,
Ilan Pappe historian, Israel,
Ismail Coovadia former South African ambassador to Israel,
James Kelman writer, Scotland,
Janne Teller writer, Denmark,
Jeremy Corbyn MP (Labour), UK,
Joanna Rajkowska artist, Poland,
Jody Williams Nobel Peace Laureate, US,
John Berger artist, UK,
John Dugard former ICJ judge, South Africa,
John McDonnell MP (Labour), UK,
John Pilger journalist and filmmaker, Australia,
Judith Butler philosopher, US,
Juliane House academic, Germany,
Karma Nabulsi Oxford University, UK/Palestine,
Ken Loach filmmaker, UK,
Kool AD (Victor Vazquez) musician, US,
Liz Lochhead national poet for Scotland, UK,
Luisa Morgantini former vice president of the European Parliament, Italy,
Mairead Maguire Nobel Peace Laureate, Ireland,
Michael Mansfield barrister, UK,
Michael Ondaatje author, Canada/Sri Lanka,
Mike Leigh writer and director, UK,
Naomi Wallace playwright, screenwriter, poet, US,
Noam Chomsky academic, author, US,
Nurit Peled academic, Israel,
Prabhat Patnaik economist, India,
Przemyslaw Wielgosz chief editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, Polish edition, Poland,
Raja Shehadeh author and Lawyer, Palestine,
Rashid Khalidi academic, author, Palestine/US,
Richard Falk former UN special rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territories, US,
Rigoberta Menchú Nobel Peace Laureate, Guatemala,
Roger Waters musician, UK,
Ronnie Kasrils former government minister, South Africa,
Rose Fenton director, Free Word Centre, UK,
Sabrina Mahfouz author, UK,
Saleh Bakri actor, Palestine,
Sir Geoffrey Bindman lawyer, UK,
Slavoj Zizek author, Slovenia,
Steven Rose academic, UK,
Tom Leonard writer, Scotland,
Tunde Adebimpe musician, US,
Victoria Brittain journalist, UK,
Willie van Peer academic, Germany,
Zwelinzima Vavi secretary general of Cosatu, South Africa
Sixty-four public figures, including seven Nobel Peace Prize winners, published a letter in the British Guardian newspaper calling for an international arms embargo on Israel for its "war crimes and possible crimes against humanity" in Gaza.
The letter reads as follows:
"Israel has once again unleashed the full force of its military against the captive Palestinian population, particularly in the besieged Gaza Strip, in an inhumane and illegal act of military aggression. Israel's ability to launch such devastating attacks with impunity largely stems from the vast international military cooperation and trade that it maintains with complicit governments across the world," read the statement.
“Israel's military technology is marketed as "field-tested" and exported across the world. Military trade and joint military-related research relations with Israel embolden Israeli impunity in committing grave violations of international law and facilitate the entrenchment of Israel's system of occupation, colonisation and systematic denial of Palestinian rights.”
"We call on the UN and governments across the world to take immediate steps to implement a comprehensive and legally binding military embargo on Israel, similar to that imposed on South Africa during apartheid," the letter concluded.
Nobel peace laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu from South Africa was one of the signatories. He was a major opponent of apartheid practices in South Africa, and has compared Israeli policies toward Palestinians with those of the South African government under the racist apartheid system.
The other Nobel laureates who signed the letter were Betty Williams, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, Jody Williams, Adolfo Peres Esquivel, Mairead Maguire and Rigoberto Menchu.
Two Israeli academics, Ilan Pappe and Nurit Peled, joined international colleagues in calling for an arms embargo against Israel.
Full list of signatories:
Adolfo Peres Esquivel Nobel Peace Laureate, Argentina,
Ahdaf Soueif author, Egypt/UK,
Aki Olavi Kaurismäki film director, Finland,
Alice Walker writer, US,
Archbishop Desmond Tutu Nobel Peace Laureate, South Africa,
Betty Williams Nobel Peace Laureate, Ireland,
Boots Riley rapper, poet, arts producer, US,
Brian Eno musician, UK,
Caryl Churchill playwright, UK,
Chris Hedges journalist, Pullitzer Prize 2002, US,
Cynthia McKinney politician, activist, US,
David Palumbo-Liu academic, US,
Etienne Balibar philosopher, France,
Federico Mayor Zaragoza former Unesco director general, Spain,
Felim Egan painter, Ireland,
Frei Betto liberation theologian, Brazil,
Gillian Slovo writer, UK/South Africa,
Githa Hariharan writer, India,
Giulio Marcon MP (SEL), Italy,
Hilary Rose academic, UK,
Ilan Pappe historian, Israel,
Ismail Coovadia former South African ambassador to Israel,
James Kelman writer, Scotland,
Janne Teller writer, Denmark,
Jeremy Corbyn MP (Labour), UK,
Joanna Rajkowska artist, Poland,
Jody Williams Nobel Peace Laureate, US,
John Berger artist, UK,
John Dugard former ICJ judge, South Africa,
John McDonnell MP (Labour), UK,
John Pilger journalist and filmmaker, Australia,
Judith Butler philosopher, US,
Juliane House academic, Germany,
Karma Nabulsi Oxford University, UK/Palestine,
Ken Loach filmmaker, UK,
Kool AD (Victor Vazquez) musician, US,
Liz Lochhead national poet for Scotland, UK,
Luisa Morgantini former vice president of the European Parliament, Italy,
Mairead Maguire Nobel Peace Laureate, Ireland,
Michael Mansfield barrister, UK,
Michael Ondaatje author, Canada/Sri Lanka,
Mike Leigh writer and director, UK,
Naomi Wallace playwright, screenwriter, poet, US,
Noam Chomsky academic, author, US,
Nurit Peled academic, Israel,
Prabhat Patnaik economist, India,
Przemyslaw Wielgosz chief editor of Le Monde Diplomatique, Polish edition, Poland,
Raja Shehadeh author and Lawyer, Palestine,
Rashid Khalidi academic, author, Palestine/US,
Richard Falk former UN special rapporteur on Occupied Palestinian Territories, US,
Rigoberta Menchú Nobel Peace Laureate, Guatemala,
Roger Waters musician, UK,
Ronnie Kasrils former government minister, South Africa,
Rose Fenton director, Free Word Centre, UK,
Sabrina Mahfouz author, UK,
Saleh Bakri actor, Palestine,
Sir Geoffrey Bindman lawyer, UK,
Slavoj Zizek author, Slovenia,
Steven Rose academic, UK,
Tom Leonard writer, Scotland,
Tunde Adebimpe musician, US,
Victoria Brittain journalist, UK,
Willie van Peer academic, Germany,
Zwelinzima Vavi secretary general of Cosatu, South Africa
Hamas' military wing said Monday that a group of its' fighters infiltrated southern Israel from a tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip.
The operation was in retaliation for the "massacre" in the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City on Sunday, Hamas said, adding that the fighters destroyed an Israeli military jeep.
Israeli media reported that 10 Hamas fighters from one of two groups who entered Israel were killed.
Residents in Kissufim and nearby areas in southern Israel were told to stay in their homes and a main highway to Ashkelon was closed.
Israeli casualties were reported in the media although an Israeli military spokeswoman said she couldn't confirm the reports.
The operation was in retaliation for the "massacre" in the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City on Sunday, Hamas said, adding that the fighters destroyed an Israeli military jeep.
Israeli media reported that 10 Hamas fighters from one of two groups who entered Israel were killed.
Residents in Kissufim and nearby areas in southern Israel were told to stay in their homes and a main highway to Ashkelon was closed.
Israeli casualties were reported in the media although an Israeli military spokeswoman said she couldn't confirm the reports.
Israeli forces continued airstrikes and artillery attacks on the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday for the 14th day, killing two extended families in military attacks as the death toll tops 500.
Witnesses told Ma'an that an Israeli airstrike leveled a house belonging to the Siyam family in Rafah. Emergency services pulled the bodies of 11 family members from the rubble, including an eight-month-old baby.
Nine of the the victims were identified as Sumud Nasser Siyam, 26, Muhammad Mahrous Salam Siyam, 25, Badir Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 25, Ahmad Ayman Mahrous Siyam, 17, Mustafa Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 12, Ghayda Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 8, Sherin Muhammad Salam Siyam, 32, Dalal Nabil Mahrous Siym, 8 months, and Kamal Mahrous Salamah Siyam, 27.
Civil defense forces are still working to find survivors under the wreckage.
In Khan Younis, 16 members of the Abu Jami family were killed by Israeli shelling.
Medics managed to pull 13 bodies from the rubble and identified the victims as Jawdat Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jami, 24, Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jami, 5, Hayfa Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jami, 9, Yasmin Ahmad Salamah Abu Jami, 25, Suheila Bassam Abu Jami, Shahinaz Walid Muhammad Abu Jami, one-year-old, Rayan Abu Jami, 9, an elderly woman Fatima Abu Jami, Rozan Abu Jami, 14, and Ahmad Salhoub, 34, a next door neighbor.
The bodies of two children and a woman could not be identified.
In al-Nuseirat refugee camp, an airstrike killed a man traveling on a motorcycle at 7:30 a.m., while medics announced the death of two people south of Gaza City.
A fisherman, Raed Bardawil, was also killed in Rafah.
Diplomatic push
Gaza's emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said many of the more than 150 Palestinians killed on Sunday -- the bloodiest day of fighting in Gaza in years -- were women and children.
The Security Council held urgent talks on the conflict, expressing "serious concern about the growing numbers of casualties."
"The members of the Security Council call for an immediate cessation of hostilities," said Rwandan ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, whose country chairs the 15-member council.
Late Sunday, the armed wing of Hamas claimed it had kidnapped an Israeli soldier, prompting celebrations in the streets of Gaza City and West Bank towns.
"The Israeli soldier Shaul Aaron is in the hands of the Qassam Brigades," a spokesman using the nom de guerre Abu Obeida said in a televised address.
Israel's UN ambassador Ron Prosor denied a soldier had been kidnapped, saying: "Those rumors are untrue."
However a spokeswoman for the Israeli military said they were investigating the claim.
During the Security Council talks, Palestinian envoy Ryad Mansour called for decisive steps to end the violence, and voiced frustration with what he termed the world body's failure to take a strong stand.
"The Council failed again and again to shoulder its responsibility," Mansour told reporters.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon was also in Doha where he urged Israel to "exercise maximum restraint".
"Too many innocent people are dying...(and) living in constant fear," he told a news conference in Doha.
So far, ceasefire proposals have been rejected by Hamas which has pressed on with its own attacks.
The Doctors Without Borders charity urged Israel to "stop bombing civilians trapped in the Gaza Strip", noting the majority of the injured arriving in the al-Shifa hospital were women and children.
Witnesses told Ma'an that an Israeli airstrike leveled a house belonging to the Siyam family in Rafah. Emergency services pulled the bodies of 11 family members from the rubble, including an eight-month-old baby.
Nine of the the victims were identified as Sumud Nasser Siyam, 26, Muhammad Mahrous Salam Siyam, 25, Badir Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 25, Ahmad Ayman Mahrous Siyam, 17, Mustafa Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 12, Ghayda Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 8, Sherin Muhammad Salam Siyam, 32, Dalal Nabil Mahrous Siym, 8 months, and Kamal Mahrous Salamah Siyam, 27.
Civil defense forces are still working to find survivors under the wreckage.
In Khan Younis, 16 members of the Abu Jami family were killed by Israeli shelling.
Medics managed to pull 13 bodies from the rubble and identified the victims as Jawdat Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jami, 24, Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jami, 5, Hayfa Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jami, 9, Yasmin Ahmad Salamah Abu Jami, 25, Suheila Bassam Abu Jami, Shahinaz Walid Muhammad Abu Jami, one-year-old, Rayan Abu Jami, 9, an elderly woman Fatima Abu Jami, Rozan Abu Jami, 14, and Ahmad Salhoub, 34, a next door neighbor.
The bodies of two children and a woman could not be identified.
In al-Nuseirat refugee camp, an airstrike killed a man traveling on a motorcycle at 7:30 a.m., while medics announced the death of two people south of Gaza City.
A fisherman, Raed Bardawil, was also killed in Rafah.
Diplomatic push
Gaza's emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said many of the more than 150 Palestinians killed on Sunday -- the bloodiest day of fighting in Gaza in years -- were women and children.
The Security Council held urgent talks on the conflict, expressing "serious concern about the growing numbers of casualties."
"The members of the Security Council call for an immediate cessation of hostilities," said Rwandan ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, whose country chairs the 15-member council.
Late Sunday, the armed wing of Hamas claimed it had kidnapped an Israeli soldier, prompting celebrations in the streets of Gaza City and West Bank towns.
"The Israeli soldier Shaul Aaron is in the hands of the Qassam Brigades," a spokesman using the nom de guerre Abu Obeida said in a televised address.
Israel's UN ambassador Ron Prosor denied a soldier had been kidnapped, saying: "Those rumors are untrue."
However a spokeswoman for the Israeli military said they were investigating the claim.
During the Security Council talks, Palestinian envoy Ryad Mansour called for decisive steps to end the violence, and voiced frustration with what he termed the world body's failure to take a strong stand.
"The Council failed again and again to shoulder its responsibility," Mansour told reporters.
UN chief Ban Ki-moon was also in Doha where he urged Israel to "exercise maximum restraint".
"Too many innocent people are dying...(and) living in constant fear," he told a news conference in Doha.
So far, ceasefire proposals have been rejected by Hamas which has pressed on with its own attacks.
The Doctors Without Borders charity urged Israel to "stop bombing civilians trapped in the Gaza Strip", noting the majority of the injured arriving in the al-Shifa hospital were women and children.
Child Killed
Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least 25 Palestinians have been killed, and dozens injured, in ongoing Israeli bombardment targeting different areas of the Gaza Strip, while medics also located the bodies of several children and elderly under the rubble of homes in Gaza’s Shuja’eyya neighborhood.
Resident Kamal Talal Hasan al-Masri, 22, was killed after the army fired missiles into homes in beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
A Palestinian Child, identified as Husam Abu Qeinas, 5, was killed by Israeli shell striking his family home in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
Medical sources in Gaza stated that at least nine family members, including four children, have been killed, and more than twenty have been injured, some seriously, after the army bombarded their home in the city.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health stated that the remains of the slain Palestinians, and the wounded have been moved to the Gaza European Hospital, adding that many children suffered critical injuries.
They have been identified as Somoud Nasser Siyam, 26, Mohammad Mahrous Salaam Siyam¸ 25, Bader Nabil Siyam, 25, Ahmad Ayman Mahrous Siyam, 17, Mustafa Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 12, Ghaida’ Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 8, Shireen Mohammad Salaam Siyam, 32, Dalal Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 8 months, Kamal Mahrous Salama Siyam, 27.
In Khan Younis, several family members, including children, have been killed after an Israeli missile struck their home, mutilating their bodies and burying them under the rubble. They have been identified as:
Jawdat Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’, 24, Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’, 5, Haifa’ Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’, 9, Yasmin Ahmad Salama Abu Jame’, 25, Soheila Bassam Abu Jame’, Shahinaz Walid Mohammad Abu Hamed, only one year old, Roseanne Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’, 14, and Husam Abu Qneiss, 5.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Suleiman Abu Saoud, 34, was also located under the rubble of Abu Jame’ family home.
In addition, the Ministry of Health said a Palestinian woman was killed when the army fired missiles into her home in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. She has been identified as Manwa Abdul-Baset as-Sabe’, 37.
The Ministry of Health said another Palestinian, identified as Bilal Jaber Mohammad al-Ashhab, 22, was killed in al-Mighraba, north of Gaza City.
It also stated that one Palestinian was killed by an Israeli missile, fired at him while driving his motorcycle at the entrance of the Nusseirat refugee camp, in Central Gaza.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Abdullah Matroud Abu Hjeir, 16; one resident was injured in the attack.
In Rafah, in southern Gaza, one Palestinian was killed, and two others were moderately wounded, when an Israeli missile struck their home.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Raed Ismael al-Bardawil, 26.
Also in Rafah, a young Palestinian man, identified as Younis Ahmad Mousa al-‘Eid, 23, was killed and two others were injured by an Israeli missile fired at them.
Two Palestinians have been injured by Israeli shells, in the Nafaq Street, in Gaza City, while 10 Palestinians, including five children, have been injured after the army bombarded a home in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
The Ministry of Health said, Monday, at least 501 Palestinians have been killed; more than 3135 have been injured, including nearly a 1000 children and 530 women, since the Israeli war on Gaza started on July 8, 2014.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least 25 Palestinians have been killed, and dozens injured, in ongoing Israeli bombardment targeting different areas of the Gaza Strip, while medics also located the bodies of several children and elderly under the rubble of homes in Gaza’s Shuja’eyya neighborhood.
Resident Kamal Talal Hasan al-Masri, 22, was killed after the army fired missiles into homes in beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
A Palestinian Child, identified as Husam Abu Qeinas, 5, was killed by Israeli shell striking his family home in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
Medical sources in Gaza stated that at least nine family members, including four children, have been killed, and more than twenty have been injured, some seriously, after the army bombarded their home in the city.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health stated that the remains of the slain Palestinians, and the wounded have been moved to the Gaza European Hospital, adding that many children suffered critical injuries.
They have been identified as Somoud Nasser Siyam, 26, Mohammad Mahrous Salaam Siyam¸ 25, Bader Nabil Siyam, 25, Ahmad Ayman Mahrous Siyam, 17, Mustafa Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 12, Ghaida’ Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 8, Shireen Mohammad Salaam Siyam, 32, Dalal Nabil Mahrous Siyam, 8 months, Kamal Mahrous Salama Siyam, 27.
In Khan Younis, several family members, including children, have been killed after an Israeli missile struck their home, mutilating their bodies and burying them under the rubble. They have been identified as:
Jawdat Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’, 24, Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’, 5, Haifa’ Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’, 9, Yasmin Ahmad Salama Abu Jame’, 25, Soheila Bassam Abu Jame’, Shahinaz Walid Mohammad Abu Hamed, only one year old, Roseanne Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’, 14, and Husam Abu Qneiss, 5.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Suleiman Abu Saoud, 34, was also located under the rubble of Abu Jame’ family home.
In addition, the Ministry of Health said a Palestinian woman was killed when the army fired missiles into her home in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. She has been identified as Manwa Abdul-Baset as-Sabe’, 37.
The Ministry of Health said another Palestinian, identified as Bilal Jaber Mohammad al-Ashhab, 22, was killed in al-Mighraba, north of Gaza City.
It also stated that one Palestinian was killed by an Israeli missile, fired at him while driving his motorcycle at the entrance of the Nusseirat refugee camp, in Central Gaza.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Abdullah Matroud Abu Hjeir, 16; one resident was injured in the attack.
In Rafah, in southern Gaza, one Palestinian was killed, and two others were moderately wounded, when an Israeli missile struck their home.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Raed Ismael al-Bardawil, 26.
Also in Rafah, a young Palestinian man, identified as Younis Ahmad Mousa al-‘Eid, 23, was killed and two others were injured by an Israeli missile fired at them.
Two Palestinians have been injured by Israeli shells, in the Nafaq Street, in Gaza City, while 10 Palestinians, including five children, have been injured after the army bombarded a home in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
The Ministry of Health said, Monday, at least 501 Palestinians have been killed; more than 3135 have been injured, including nearly a 1000 children and 530 women, since the Israeli war on Gaza started on July 8, 2014.
Following is a list of all names and ages of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles and shells, in the Shuja’eyya neighborhood of Gaza City, during the early Sunday pre-dawn Israeli bombardment and shelling of the densely populated areas.
Medical sources said at least 400 Palestinians were injured in the attack; many of them suffered life-threatening injuries, some died shortly after.
Hospitals have no space in their morgues, and had to line the remains and bodies of slain Palestinians next to each other after stacking bodies over each other in morgue freezers.
More than 450 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, and more than 3130 have been injured since the Israeli onslaught started on Gaza on June 8, 2014.
Medical sources said at least 400 Palestinians were injured in the attack; many of them suffered life-threatening injuries, some died shortly after.
Hospitals have no space in their morgues, and had to line the remains and bodies of slain Palestinians next to each other after stacking bodies over each other in morgue freezers.
More than 450 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, and more than 3130 have been injured since the Israeli onslaught started on Gaza on June 8, 2014.
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1. Ibrahim Khalil Abed Ammar, 13, Shuja’eyya - Gaza.
2. Ibrahim Salem Jom’a as-Sahbani, 20, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 3. ‘Aref Ibrahim al-Ghalyeeni, 26, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 4. Osama Khalil Ismael al-Hayya, 30, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 5. Rebhi Shehta ‘Ayyad, 31, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 6. Yasser Ateyya Hamdiyya, 28, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 7. Esra’ Ateyya Hamdiyya, 28, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 8. Akram Mohammad Shkafy, 63, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 9. Eman Khalil Abed ‘Ammar, 9, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 10. Eman Mohammad Ibrahim Hamada, 40, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 11. Ahmad Ishaq Yousef Ramlawy, 33, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 12. Ahmad Sami Diab ‘Ayyad, 27, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 13. Fida’ Rafiq Diab ‘Ayyad, 24, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 14. Narmin Rafiw Diab Ayyad, 20, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 15. Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad Abu Za’nouna, 28. 16. Umama Osama Khalil al-Hayya, 9, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 17. Tala Akram Ahmad al-‘Atawy, 7, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 18. Tawfiq Barawi Salem Marshoud, 52, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 19. Hatem Ziad Ali Za’bout, 24, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 20. Khaled Riyadh Mohammad Hamad, 25, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 21. Khadija Ali Mousa Shihada, 62, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 22. Khalil Osama Khalil al-Hayya, 7, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 23. Khalil Salem Ibrahim Mosbeh, 53, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 24. ‘Adel Abdullah Eslayyem, 2, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. |
25. Dina Roshdi Abdullah Eslayyem, 2, Shuja’eyya - Gaza.
26. Rahaf Akram Ismael Abu Jom’a, 4, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 27. Saje Hasan Akram al-Hallaq, 4, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 28. Mohammad Hani Mohammad al-Hallaq, 2, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 29. Su’ad Mohammad Abdul-Razeq al-Hallaq, 62, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 30. Samar Osama Khalil al-Hallaq, 29, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 31. Hani Mohammad Ahmad al-Hallaq, 29, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 32. Hala Akram Hasan al-Hallaq, 27, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 33. Shadi Ziad Hasan Eslayyem, 15, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 34. Ala Ziad Hasan Eslayyem, 11, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 35. Sherin Fathi Othman Ayyad, 18, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 36. ‘Adel Abdullah Salem Eslayyem, 29, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 37. Fadi Ziad Hasan Eslayyem, 10, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 38. ‘Asem Khalil Abed Ammar, 4, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 39. ‘Ahed Sa’ad Mousa Sarsak, 30, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 40. Aisha Ali Mahmoud Zayed, 54, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 41. Abdul-Rahman Akram Sheikh Khalil, 24, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 42. Mona Suleiman Ahmad Sheikh Khalil, 49. 43. Heba Hamed Mohammad Sheikh Khalil, 13, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 44. Abdullah Mansour Radwan ‘Amara, 23, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 45. Abed-Rabbo Ahmad Zayed, 58, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 46. Issam Atiyya Sa’id Skafy, 26, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 47. Ali Mohammad Hasan Skafy, 27, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 48. Mohammad Hasan Skafy, 53, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. |
49. ‘Ala Jamal ed-Deen Barda’, 35, Shuja’eyya - Gaza.
50. Omar Jamil Sobhi Hammouda, 10, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 51. Ghada Jamil Sobhi Hammouda, 10, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 52. Ghada Sobhi Sa’adi Ayyad, 9, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 53. Ghada Ibrahim Suleiman ‘Adwan, 39, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 54. Fatima Abdul-Rahim Abu Ammouna, 55, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 55. Fahmi Abdul-Aziz Abu Sa’id, 29, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 56. Kenan Hasan Akram al-Halaq, 6, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 57. Maisa Abdul-Rahman Sarsawy, 37, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 58. Mohammad Ashraf Rafiq Ayyad, 6, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 59. Mohammad Ra’ed Ehsan Ayyad, 6, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 60. Mohammad Rami Fathi ‘Ayyad, 2, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 61. Mohammad Ra’ed Ehsan ‘Akeela, 19, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 62. Mohammad Ziad Ali Za’bout, 23, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 63. Mohammad Ali Mohared Jundiyya, 38, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 64. Marah Shaker Ahmad al-Jammal, 2, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 65. Marwan Monir Saleh Qonfid, 23, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 66. Marwa Salman Ahmad Sarsawy, 13, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 67. Mos’ab el-Kheir Salah ed-Din Skafi, 27, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 68. Mona Abdul-Rahman Ayyad, 42, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 69. Halla Sobhi Sa’dy Ayyad, 25, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 70. Hallah Saqer Hasan al-Hayya, 29, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 71. Younis Ahmad Younis Mustafa, 62, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. 72. Yousef Salem Hatmo Habib, 62, Shuja’eyya - Gaza. |
13 Israeli Soldiers Killed Sunday, 1 Captured; Total of 23 Soldiers Killed by Palestinian Resistance
Photo of soldier allegedly captured by Palestinian resistance
As the Palestinian death toll hits 450, after 12 days of the Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials have acknowledged the deaths of 23 Israeli soldiers killed by the Palestinian resistance. 13 of the soldiers were killed early Sunday morning, during the Israeli ground invasion into Shuja’eyya neighborhood that left over seventy Palestinians, including whole families, dead, and led to a mass exodus of over 35,000 Palestinian civilians.
The ground assault on this neighborhood filled with civilians has been condemned by international human rights observers, and Palestinians are calling it a massacre. Sherine Tadros of Sky News reported that the Palestinians who fled the neighborhood “are not carrying bags packed with clothes, they are not carrying anything. They are literally running for their lives.
"They are leaving this area but of course there is nowhere safe here. You expect to see all these people flee across a border, but they can't cross a border. Gaza is completely locked off."
International solidarity volunteer Rina Andolini reported going into Shuja’eyya during two hours deemed by the U.N. to be a ‘humanitarian pause’ in fighting, on Sunday afternoon, and witnessed a Palestinian man searching for his family in the rubble shot by Israeli snipers four times, killing him. She wrote, “The Death Zone is unlike any destruction I have seen in my life - there is no place left without bombing, shelling or sniper shots. Total devastation.”
During the Israeli invasion of Shuja’eyya Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers were met with resistance from Palestinians with small arms fire, as well as a homemade shell that took out an Israeli Armored Personnel Carrier, killing the seven soldiers inside. Palestinian fighters have published a video of the incident, which shows the explosion of the armored personnel carrier. Three soldiers were killed in a separate ambush, including two officers, and three soldiers who were killed by Palestinian gunfire in Shuja’eyya.
Israeli media also reports an incident in which a Palestinian shell was fired at a Palestinian building that had been taken over by Israeli soldiers for use as a military post, which killed three. If confirmed, it would mean that 16 soldiers, not 13, were killed on Sunday.
The armed wing of the Hamas party, the al-Qassam Brigades, issued a statement on Sunday that they had captured an Israeli soldier from the Golani Brigades. He was identified as 21-year-old Shaul Aron.
The US-based news service Buzzfeed spoke with Samer Saioudi, a lawyer in Gaza City, who said, “Psychologically, Hamas has already given the Palestinian people a victory. People are celebrating because for over a week it was been nothing but misery in Gaza. They now feel like their side has accomplished something, and maybe this will make the war end.”
The last time an Israeli soldier was captured, in 2006, he was held for over five years by Palestinian resistance fighters in an undisclosed location. A massive Israeli military operation into Gaza in December 2008 – January 2009 failed to locate the captured soldier, but led to the deaths of over 1,400 Palestinans, at least 1,100 of whom were civilians. Palestinian resistance groups made repeated attempts to release the soldier in exchange for a release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel (many without charges), but Israeli authorities refused to negotiate. Eventually, in 2011, around 1,000 of the 6,000 Palestinians then being held in Israeli prisons were released in exchange for the release of the captured soldier, who was returned home unharmed.
Two of the soldiers killed Sunday were listed as U.S. citizens who had traveled to Israel to serve in the military. The names of the thirteen soldiers killed Sunday have not yet been released.
On Sunday, the Israeli military identified five soldiers who had been killed by Palestinian resistance fighters on Thursday, July 17th.
They were identified as:
1. Major Tsafrir Bar-Or,32,
2. Captain Zvika Kaplan, 28, a resident of an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank
3. Sergeant Oz Mendelovich, 21
4. Sergeant Nissim Sean Carmeli, 21
5. Sergeant Gilad Yaakobi, 21
Previously, the military had identified a soldier who was killed Friday, July 18th, while invading Gaza as:
6. First Sergeant Eitan Barak.
The Israeli military also released the names of four Israeli soldiers killed while invading the Gaza Strip on Saturday:
7. Major Amotz Greenberg, 45
8. Sergeant Adar Bersano, 20
9. Second Lieutenant Bar Rahav, 21
10. Sergeant Bnaya Rubel, 20
An unnamed Israeli soldier, age 38, was killed Tuesday, July 14th, by a Palestinian resistance shell fired at Erez military base, on the northern border of Gaza. Initially the soldier was listed as a civilian, but later accounts confirmed that he was a volunteer with the Israeli army.
One Israeli civilian has been killed by a shell fired from the Palestinian resistance on Saturday July 19th, a 32-year old Bedouin Palestinian man from a village unrecognized by Israel, who was living in a makeshift shanty with a tin roof. A shell aimed at Dimona fell short, and hit his house.
This is in contrast to the over 400 Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli military – over 85% of whom are civilians, according to human rights observers.
While Israeli officials claim that Palestinian resistance fighters place civilians, including women and children, near ‘rocket launchers’, photographic evidence of Israeli airstrikes show no such rocket launchers but, rather, civilian homes that have been hit repeatedly by airstrikes and tank fire.
In addition, there have been no recorded ‘secondary explosions’ after Israeli airstrikes on civilian areas, which would have taken place if explosive shells had been hidden in any of the targeted locations.
As the Palestinian death toll hits 450, after 12 days of the Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip, Israeli officials have acknowledged the deaths of 23 Israeli soldiers killed by the Palestinian resistance. 13 of the soldiers were killed early Sunday morning, during the Israeli ground invasion into Shuja’eyya neighborhood that left over seventy Palestinians, including whole families, dead, and led to a mass exodus of over 35,000 Palestinian civilians.
The ground assault on this neighborhood filled with civilians has been condemned by international human rights observers, and Palestinians are calling it a massacre. Sherine Tadros of Sky News reported that the Palestinians who fled the neighborhood “are not carrying bags packed with clothes, they are not carrying anything. They are literally running for their lives.
"They are leaving this area but of course there is nowhere safe here. You expect to see all these people flee across a border, but they can't cross a border. Gaza is completely locked off."
International solidarity volunteer Rina Andolini reported going into Shuja’eyya during two hours deemed by the U.N. to be a ‘humanitarian pause’ in fighting, on Sunday afternoon, and witnessed a Palestinian man searching for his family in the rubble shot by Israeli snipers four times, killing him. She wrote, “The Death Zone is unlike any destruction I have seen in my life - there is no place left without bombing, shelling or sniper shots. Total devastation.”
During the Israeli invasion of Shuja’eyya Sunday morning, Israeli soldiers were met with resistance from Palestinians with small arms fire, as well as a homemade shell that took out an Israeli Armored Personnel Carrier, killing the seven soldiers inside. Palestinian fighters have published a video of the incident, which shows the explosion of the armored personnel carrier. Three soldiers were killed in a separate ambush, including two officers, and three soldiers who were killed by Palestinian gunfire in Shuja’eyya.
Israeli media also reports an incident in which a Palestinian shell was fired at a Palestinian building that had been taken over by Israeli soldiers for use as a military post, which killed three. If confirmed, it would mean that 16 soldiers, not 13, were killed on Sunday.
The armed wing of the Hamas party, the al-Qassam Brigades, issued a statement on Sunday that they had captured an Israeli soldier from the Golani Brigades. He was identified as 21-year-old Shaul Aron.
The US-based news service Buzzfeed spoke with Samer Saioudi, a lawyer in Gaza City, who said, “Psychologically, Hamas has already given the Palestinian people a victory. People are celebrating because for over a week it was been nothing but misery in Gaza. They now feel like their side has accomplished something, and maybe this will make the war end.”
The last time an Israeli soldier was captured, in 2006, he was held for over five years by Palestinian resistance fighters in an undisclosed location. A massive Israeli military operation into Gaza in December 2008 – January 2009 failed to locate the captured soldier, but led to the deaths of over 1,400 Palestinans, at least 1,100 of whom were civilians. Palestinian resistance groups made repeated attempts to release the soldier in exchange for a release of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel (many without charges), but Israeli authorities refused to negotiate. Eventually, in 2011, around 1,000 of the 6,000 Palestinians then being held in Israeli prisons were released in exchange for the release of the captured soldier, who was returned home unharmed.
Two of the soldiers killed Sunday were listed as U.S. citizens who had traveled to Israel to serve in the military. The names of the thirteen soldiers killed Sunday have not yet been released.
On Sunday, the Israeli military identified five soldiers who had been killed by Palestinian resistance fighters on Thursday, July 17th.
They were identified as:
1. Major Tsafrir Bar-Or,32,
2. Captain Zvika Kaplan, 28, a resident of an illegal Israeli settlement in the West Bank
3. Sergeant Oz Mendelovich, 21
4. Sergeant Nissim Sean Carmeli, 21
5. Sergeant Gilad Yaakobi, 21
Previously, the military had identified a soldier who was killed Friday, July 18th, while invading Gaza as:
6. First Sergeant Eitan Barak.
The Israeli military also released the names of four Israeli soldiers killed while invading the Gaza Strip on Saturday:
7. Major Amotz Greenberg, 45
8. Sergeant Adar Bersano, 20
9. Second Lieutenant Bar Rahav, 21
10. Sergeant Bnaya Rubel, 20
An unnamed Israeli soldier, age 38, was killed Tuesday, July 14th, by a Palestinian resistance shell fired at Erez military base, on the northern border of Gaza. Initially the soldier was listed as a civilian, but later accounts confirmed that he was a volunteer with the Israeli army.
One Israeli civilian has been killed by a shell fired from the Palestinian resistance on Saturday July 19th, a 32-year old Bedouin Palestinian man from a village unrecognized by Israel, who was living in a makeshift shanty with a tin roof. A shell aimed at Dimona fell short, and hit his house.
This is in contrast to the over 400 Palestinians who have been killed by the Israeli military – over 85% of whom are civilians, according to human rights observers.
While Israeli officials claim that Palestinian resistance fighters place civilians, including women and children, near ‘rocket launchers’, photographic evidence of Israeli airstrikes show no such rocket launchers but, rather, civilian homes that have been hit repeatedly by airstrikes and tank fire.
In addition, there have been no recorded ‘secondary explosions’ after Israeli airstrikes on civilian areas, which would have taken place if explosive shells had been hidden in any of the targeted locations.
You find the photo's/video's disturbing? Remember, this is what Palestinian children see almost every day
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