24 aug 2014
Thaer, the only child who survived the airstrike that killed his mother and 4 siblings
On Sunday afternoon, the Juda’ family became the latest casualties of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza. They are the 89th Palestinian family since July 8th to have been murdered in their home by an Israeli airstrike which killed the whole family, except for one son who was critically wounded.
The family members killed in the airstrike were identified as:
Tasneem Essam Juda’, the mother of the family, and her children:
Rawiya Juda’
Raghad Juda’
Osama Juda’
Mohammad Juda’
The ages of the children have not yet been made public, but there are several children among them – one of whom whose head was torn in half by the blast, and others whose bodies were badly mutilated and torn in several pieces.
The only family member who survived the massacre is Thaer Juda’, a young boy, who remains in critical condition at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
The Juda’ family home was located in Tal al-Zatar neighborhood, east of Jabalia. The Israeli airstrike hit the family home with the family inside. No warning was given before the attack.
This latest family massacre has brought the death toll to 2,120, with 10,854 wounded since Israel began its assault on Gaza on July 8th. Of those killed, an estimated 75% are civilians, according to the United Nations. 68 Israelis have been killed in that time, 4 of whom are civilians.
On Sunday afternoon, the Juda’ family became the latest casualties of the ongoing Israeli assault on Gaza. They are the 89th Palestinian family since July 8th to have been murdered in their home by an Israeli airstrike which killed the whole family, except for one son who was critically wounded.
The family members killed in the airstrike were identified as:
Tasneem Essam Juda’, the mother of the family, and her children:
Rawiya Juda’
Raghad Juda’
Osama Juda’
Mohammad Juda’
The ages of the children have not yet been made public, but there are several children among them – one of whom whose head was torn in half by the blast, and others whose bodies were badly mutilated and torn in several pieces.
The only family member who survived the massacre is Thaer Juda’, a young boy, who remains in critical condition at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.
The Juda’ family home was located in Tal al-Zatar neighborhood, east of Jabalia. The Israeli airstrike hit the family home with the family inside. No warning was given before the attack.
This latest family massacre has brought the death toll to 2,120, with 10,854 wounded since Israel began its assault on Gaza on July 8th. Of those killed, an estimated 75% are civilians, according to the United Nations. 68 Israelis have been killed in that time, 4 of whom are civilians.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel's Gaza offensive would continue as long as necessary, a day after an Egyptian call for a ceasefire and new truce talks.
Israeli air strikes killed 13 Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave on Sunday and injured dozens more, bringing the total death toll to 2,111. The United Nations says 70 percent of the Palestinian victims were civilians, and that among the dead have been 478 children.
"Operation Protective Edge will continue until its aims are achieved ... it may take time," Netanyahu said of the offensive launched on July 8.
As of Sunday afternoon, Israel had carried out 27 strikes while 50 rockets were fired from Gaza, 47 of which hit Israel, an army spokeswoman said.
Five Palestinians were killed Sunday afternoon including three children when an Israeli airstrike hit a house in the Tal al-Zaatar neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll since midnight to 13.
Witnesses told Ma'an reporter that an Israeli missile hit a house without any warning, killing five members of the family.
The new bloodshed came after Israel pounded Gaza with at least 60 strikes on Saturday, killing 10 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and bringing down a 12-story apartment block.
There was still no sign of either side adopting the ceasefire Egypt appealed for on Saturday to allow negotiators to return to Cairo to thrash out the details of a durable truce.
Since a previous round of frantic Egyptian diplomacy collapsed on Tuesday, shattering nine days of calm, 88 Palestinians and a four-year-old Israeli boy have been killed in the violence.
At a special cabinet session at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu repeated his warning of harsh retribution for the death of the Israeli child on Friday in a rocket strike on a kibbutz near the Gaza border.
PM warns Lebanon, Syria
"Hamas is paying, and will continue to pay, a heavy price for the crimes it carries out," he said.
"I call on residents of Gaza to immediately leave any structure from which Hamas carries out terror activity against us. All such sites are a target for us."
Netanyahu also added a veiled warning to neighboring Lebanon and Syria after overnight rocket fire into Israel.
"There is not and will not be any immunity for anyone who fires at Israeli citizens, and that is true for every sector and every border," he said.
Earlier on Sunday, five rockets fired from Syrian-controlled territory slammed into the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights but caused no casualties, the Israeli army said.
Late Saturday, a rocket fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel, causing damage but no casualties.
Israel has so far not responded to either attack.
In a statement on Saturday, the Egyptian foreign ministry urged "concerned parties" in the Gaza conflict to accept an open-ended truce and resume indirect negotiations in Cairo.
Previous ceasefires with fixed timeframes have failed to give Egyptian mediators shuttling between Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams enough time to broker a deal acceptable to both.
The Palestinian team has demanded consistently that any long-term truce include an end to an eight-year siege that has crippled Gaza's economy, in addition to the re-opening of a closed airport and seaport among other things.
The demands are consistent with the terms of the Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestinians in the 1990s, but which Israel has failed to abide by amid its refusal to consider direct negotiations of any kind with Hamas, which it considers a terrorist group.
Israeli authorities have said that they would be willing to extend the ceasefire indefinitely but previously stressed that a long-term agreement should include the demilitarization of the Strip.
The Palestinian team has scoffed at this demand, saying that it was Palestinian fighters who prevented the full-scale infiltration and re-occupation of Gaza by Israeli forces in recent weeks.
Egypt truce talks bid
The invitation to new truce talks by Egypt came after a meeting on Saturday between Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.
"What interests us now is putting a stop to the bloodshed," Abbas said.
"As soon as a ceasefire goes into effect, the two sides can sit down and discuss their demands," he said, adding that, as in previous rounds of talks, Hamas would be represented in the Palestinian delegation.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP that "any proposal offered to the movement will be discussed".
Abbas held two rounds of talks in Qatar on Thursday and Friday with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal before heading to Cairo.
At least 2,111 Palestinians and 68 people on the Israeli side, all but four of them soldiers, have been killed since July 8.
Around 460,000 people have fled their homes in Gaza -- more than a quarter of the enclave's 1.8 million population.
Israeli air strikes killed 13 Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave on Sunday and injured dozens more, bringing the total death toll to 2,111. The United Nations says 70 percent of the Palestinian victims were civilians, and that among the dead have been 478 children.
"Operation Protective Edge will continue until its aims are achieved ... it may take time," Netanyahu said of the offensive launched on July 8.
As of Sunday afternoon, Israel had carried out 27 strikes while 50 rockets were fired from Gaza, 47 of which hit Israel, an army spokeswoman said.
Five Palestinians were killed Sunday afternoon including three children when an Israeli airstrike hit a house in the Tal al-Zaatar neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll since midnight to 13.
Witnesses told Ma'an reporter that an Israeli missile hit a house without any warning, killing five members of the family.
The new bloodshed came after Israel pounded Gaza with at least 60 strikes on Saturday, killing 10 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and bringing down a 12-story apartment block.
There was still no sign of either side adopting the ceasefire Egypt appealed for on Saturday to allow negotiators to return to Cairo to thrash out the details of a durable truce.
Since a previous round of frantic Egyptian diplomacy collapsed on Tuesday, shattering nine days of calm, 88 Palestinians and a four-year-old Israeli boy have been killed in the violence.
At a special cabinet session at the defense ministry in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu repeated his warning of harsh retribution for the death of the Israeli child on Friday in a rocket strike on a kibbutz near the Gaza border.
PM warns Lebanon, Syria
"Hamas is paying, and will continue to pay, a heavy price for the crimes it carries out," he said.
"I call on residents of Gaza to immediately leave any structure from which Hamas carries out terror activity against us. All such sites are a target for us."
Netanyahu also added a veiled warning to neighboring Lebanon and Syria after overnight rocket fire into Israel.
"There is not and will not be any immunity for anyone who fires at Israeli citizens, and that is true for every sector and every border," he said.
Earlier on Sunday, five rockets fired from Syrian-controlled territory slammed into the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights but caused no casualties, the Israeli army said.
Late Saturday, a rocket fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel, causing damage but no casualties.
Israel has so far not responded to either attack.
In a statement on Saturday, the Egyptian foreign ministry urged "concerned parties" in the Gaza conflict to accept an open-ended truce and resume indirect negotiations in Cairo.
Previous ceasefires with fixed timeframes have failed to give Egyptian mediators shuttling between Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams enough time to broker a deal acceptable to both.
The Palestinian team has demanded consistently that any long-term truce include an end to an eight-year siege that has crippled Gaza's economy, in addition to the re-opening of a closed airport and seaport among other things.
The demands are consistent with the terms of the Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestinians in the 1990s, but which Israel has failed to abide by amid its refusal to consider direct negotiations of any kind with Hamas, which it considers a terrorist group.
Israeli authorities have said that they would be willing to extend the ceasefire indefinitely but previously stressed that a long-term agreement should include the demilitarization of the Strip.
The Palestinian team has scoffed at this demand, saying that it was Palestinian fighters who prevented the full-scale infiltration and re-occupation of Gaza by Israeli forces in recent weeks.
Egypt truce talks bid
The invitation to new truce talks by Egypt came after a meeting on Saturday between Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.
"What interests us now is putting a stop to the bloodshed," Abbas said.
"As soon as a ceasefire goes into effect, the two sides can sit down and discuss their demands," he said, adding that, as in previous rounds of talks, Hamas would be represented in the Palestinian delegation.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP that "any proposal offered to the movement will be discussed".
Abbas held two rounds of talks in Qatar on Thursday and Friday with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal before heading to Cairo.
At least 2,111 Palestinians and 68 people on the Israeli side, all but four of them soldiers, have been killed since July 8.
Around 460,000 people have fled their homes in Gaza -- more than a quarter of the enclave's 1.8 million population.
Hussein Ahmad 10
Palestinian medical sources have reported that seven Palestinians, including a toddler and a child, have been killed, and scores injured, as the Israeli military continued to bombard different areas of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Medical sources at the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir a-Balah, in Central Gaza, said that two Palestinians were killed and others injured after the army bombarded the city.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Adam Ahmad Khattab, 26, and Mahmoud Ahmad al-‘Attar, 30.
One Palestinian was killed after the army fired a missile into his car, close to the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City.
He has been identified as Mohammad Tal’at al-Ghoul, 30. At least five were injured, one seriously.
Another Palestinian was killed, and many others injured, in an Israeli air strike in al-‘Atatra Area, west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Mohammad Ibrahim al-Louqa, 21.
Two Palestinians, including a toddler, have been killed, and at least twelve injured, when the army fired a missile into the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.
They have been identified as Zeinab Bilal Abu Taqiyya, 18 months, and Mohammad Wa’el al-Khodary, 17.
A Palestinian child has also been killed, and at least eleven Palestinians injured, after the army fired a missile at a home in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The slain child has been identified as Mo’ayyad al-A’raj, 3.
Six Palestinians have been injured, including a woman who suffered a critical injury, and were transferred to the Shifa Medical center, while five more Palestinians have been injured in Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and were moved to the Kamal ‘Adwan Hospital.
Killed Sunday, August 24
1. Yahya Saber Abu al-‘Omarein, Gaza.
2. Bader Hashem Abu Mnei’, 18, Gaza.
3. Mohammad Tal’at al-Ghoul, 30, Gaza City.
4. Zeinab Bilal Abu Taqiyya, 18 months, Gaza City.
5. Mohammad Wa’el al-Khodary, 17, Gaza City.
6. Mohammad Ibrahim al-Louqa, Beit Lahia.
7. Mo’ayyad al-A’raj, 3, Khan Younis.
8. Adam Ahmad Khattab, 21, Deir al-Balah.
9. Mahmoud Ahmad al-‘Attar, 30, Deir Al-Balah.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that seven Palestinians, including a toddler and a child, have been killed, and scores injured, as the Israeli military continued to bombard different areas of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Medical sources at the al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir a-Balah, in Central Gaza, said that two Palestinians were killed and others injured after the army bombarded the city.
The slain Palestinians have been identified as Adam Ahmad Khattab, 26, and Mahmoud Ahmad al-‘Attar, 30.
One Palestinian was killed after the army fired a missile into his car, close to the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City.
He has been identified as Mohammad Tal’at al-Ghoul, 30. At least five were injured, one seriously.
Another Palestinian was killed, and many others injured, in an Israeli air strike in al-‘Atatra Area, west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Mohammad Ibrahim al-Louqa, 21.
Two Palestinians, including a toddler, have been killed, and at least twelve injured, when the army fired a missile into the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.
They have been identified as Zeinab Bilal Abu Taqiyya, 18 months, and Mohammad Wa’el al-Khodary, 17.
A Palestinian child has also been killed, and at least eleven Palestinians injured, after the army fired a missile at a home in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The slain child has been identified as Mo’ayyad al-A’raj, 3.
Six Palestinians have been injured, including a woman who suffered a critical injury, and were transferred to the Shifa Medical center, while five more Palestinians have been injured in Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and were moved to the Kamal ‘Adwan Hospital.
Killed Sunday, August 24
1. Yahya Saber Abu al-‘Omarein, Gaza.
2. Bader Hashem Abu Mnei’, 18, Gaza.
3. Mohammad Tal’at al-Ghoul, 30, Gaza City.
4. Zeinab Bilal Abu Taqiyya, 18 months, Gaza City.
5. Mohammad Wa’el al-Khodary, 17, Gaza City.
6. Mohammad Ibrahim al-Louqa, Beit Lahia.
7. Mo’ayyad al-A’raj, 3, Khan Younis.
8. Adam Ahmad Khattab, 21, Deir al-Balah.
9. Mahmoud Ahmad al-‘Attar, 30, Deir Al-Balah.
2 rockets hit Eshkol, injuring 1 Israeli
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld on Sunday said on Twitter that two rockets from Gaza hit the Israeli city of Eshkol, injuring one.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld on Sunday said on Twitter that two rockets from Gaza hit the Israeli city of Eshkol, injuring one.
Six Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Sunday and dozens more wounded as Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip continued for the 48th day, while rockets fired from Lebanon and Syria into Israel threatened to escalate the conflict.
The airstrikes early Sunday on Gaza brought the total death total in Israel's massive assault to 2,110 with more than 10,500 injured, as the United Nations said that more than 460,000 Palestinians were still displaced and living in shelters across the densely packed coastal enclave.
Three Palestinians were killed and dozens others were injured around noon as airstrikes continued to pound Gaza after two were killed overnight.
An Israeli airstrike killed a teenage boy and a baby girl and injured five others in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip.
Spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra confirmed that the bodies of 2-year-old Zeina Bilal Abu Taqiyya and 17-year-old Muhammad Wael al-Khudari were taken to al-Shifa hospital.
At least one man was killed and 10 injured after an airstrike hit the home of the Tallini family in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip around noon.
Medical sources said more bodies are believed to be buried under the wreckage of the house and rescue teams are still working in the area.
An Israeli airstrike on a car in the vicinity of the Palestine Stadium in central Gaza, meanwhile, left the driver dead. A Ma'an reporter in Gaza quoted eyewitnesses as saying that a fire broke out in the car after it was hit directly by an Israeli missile. The driver was killed instantly and a number of bystanders were injured.
Shortly before that, rescue teams recovered a dead body of a man from the rubble of Tallini family home in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Separately, an Israeli airstrike hit home of Nabhan family in the northern Gaza Strip injuring four.
Early Sunday, witnesses said that Israeli aircraft targeted a group of people near the Fayrouz Towers in northwestern Gaza City, killing two and injuring 10.
Palestinian Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra identified the two casualties as Badr Hashim Abu Mnih and Yahya Abu al-Omareen, both in their twenties. They were taken to al-Shifa Hospital.
Israeli aircraft also struck the largest commercial center in the southern city of Rafah, completely leveling a building with dozens of shops, two weeks after an office in the same building was hit.
In western Gaza City, an Israeli airstrike hit the home of the al-Ghulayni family. No injuries were reported in the first strike, but a second strike that occurred soon after left six injured after it struck a crowd that gathered to survey the damage.
An Israeli airstrike also targeted a house in the al-Barka neighborhood of Deir al-Balah without warning, leaving a number injured, in addition to a home in the al-Maghazi refugee camp which was also destroyed. Another Palestinian was injured after an Israeli airstrike hit the Beit Lahiya sports club.
Israeli aircraft also launched dozens of air strikes on agricultural lands and open areas in different regions of the Gaza Strip.
Early Sunday, meanwhile, the Israeli military said five rockets from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, causing no reported injuries.
The military said a few hours earlier that a rocket fired from Lebanon struck the Upper Galilee causing damage to a structure, with a security source telling AFP it hit a Druze village.
No group took responsibility for what appeared to be a show of support for Hamas, in an act similar to rocket launches from Lebanon last month.
There was no immediate Israeli response but a Lebanese security source said Israeli helicopters were seen over the border area.
The Israeli military said that around 100 rockets were also fired from Gaza into Israel Saturday, causing no reported injuries.
Abbas meets Sisi
The airstrikes early Sunday on Gaza brought the total death total in Israel's massive assault to 2,110 with more than 10,500 injured, as the United Nations said that more than 460,000 Palestinians were still displaced and living in shelters across the densely packed coastal enclave.
Three Palestinians were killed and dozens others were injured around noon as airstrikes continued to pound Gaza after two were killed overnight.
An Israeli airstrike killed a teenage boy and a baby girl and injured five others in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip.
Spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra confirmed that the bodies of 2-year-old Zeina Bilal Abu Taqiyya and 17-year-old Muhammad Wael al-Khudari were taken to al-Shifa hospital.
At least one man was killed and 10 injured after an airstrike hit the home of the Tallini family in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip around noon.
Medical sources said more bodies are believed to be buried under the wreckage of the house and rescue teams are still working in the area.
An Israeli airstrike on a car in the vicinity of the Palestine Stadium in central Gaza, meanwhile, left the driver dead. A Ma'an reporter in Gaza quoted eyewitnesses as saying that a fire broke out in the car after it was hit directly by an Israeli missile. The driver was killed instantly and a number of bystanders were injured.
Shortly before that, rescue teams recovered a dead body of a man from the rubble of Tallini family home in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
Separately, an Israeli airstrike hit home of Nabhan family in the northern Gaza Strip injuring four.
Early Sunday, witnesses said that Israeli aircraft targeted a group of people near the Fayrouz Towers in northwestern Gaza City, killing two and injuring 10.
Palestinian Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra identified the two casualties as Badr Hashim Abu Mnih and Yahya Abu al-Omareen, both in their twenties. They were taken to al-Shifa Hospital.
Israeli aircraft also struck the largest commercial center in the southern city of Rafah, completely leveling a building with dozens of shops, two weeks after an office in the same building was hit.
In western Gaza City, an Israeli airstrike hit the home of the al-Ghulayni family. No injuries were reported in the first strike, but a second strike that occurred soon after left six injured after it struck a crowd that gathered to survey the damage.
An Israeli airstrike also targeted a house in the al-Barka neighborhood of Deir al-Balah without warning, leaving a number injured, in addition to a home in the al-Maghazi refugee camp which was also destroyed. Another Palestinian was injured after an Israeli airstrike hit the Beit Lahiya sports club.
Israeli aircraft also launched dozens of air strikes on agricultural lands and open areas in different regions of the Gaza Strip.
Early Sunday, meanwhile, the Israeli military said five rockets from Syria hit the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, causing no reported injuries.
The military said a few hours earlier that a rocket fired from Lebanon struck the Upper Galilee causing damage to a structure, with a security source telling AFP it hit a Druze village.
No group took responsibility for what appeared to be a show of support for Hamas, in an act similar to rocket launches from Lebanon last month.
There was no immediate Israeli response but a Lebanese security source said Israeli helicopters were seen over the border area.
The Israeli military said that around 100 rockets were also fired from Gaza into Israel Saturday, causing no reported injuries.
Abbas meets Sisi
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas continued meetings on Saturday in Cairo to push for a lasting truce with Israel.
"What interests us now is putting a stop to the bloodshed," he said after meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
"As soon as a ceasefire goes into effect, the two sides can sit down and discuss their demands."
Abbas's meeting with Sisi came after he held two rounds of talks in Qatar on Thursday and Friday with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, whose Islamist movement is the de facto ruler of Gaza.
Egypt's foreign ministry issued a statement calling on "concerned parties to accept a ceasefire of unlimited duration and to resume indirect negotiations in Cairo."
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP that "any proposal offered to the movement will be discussed."
Indirect ceasefire negotiations between Israel and a Palestinian delegation have failed to make any progress despite weeks of diplomacy.
The Palestinian team has demanded consistently that any long-term truce include an end to an eight-year siege that has crippled Gaza's economy, in addition to the re-opening of a closed airport and seaport among other things.
The demands are consistent with the terms of the Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestinians in the 1990s, but which Israel has failed to abide by amid its refusal to consider direct negotiations of any kind with Hamas, which it considers a terrorist group.
Israeli authorities have said that they would be willing to extend the ceasefire indefinitely but previously stressed that a long-term agreement should include the demilitarization of the Strip.
The Palestinian team has scoffed at this demand, saying that it was Palestinian fighters who prevented the full-scale infiltration and re-occupation of Gaza by Israeli forces in recent weeks.
"What interests us now is putting a stop to the bloodshed," he said after meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
"As soon as a ceasefire goes into effect, the two sides can sit down and discuss their demands."
Abbas's meeting with Sisi came after he held two rounds of talks in Qatar on Thursday and Friday with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, whose Islamist movement is the de facto ruler of Gaza.
Egypt's foreign ministry issued a statement calling on "concerned parties to accept a ceasefire of unlimited duration and to resume indirect negotiations in Cairo."
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP that "any proposal offered to the movement will be discussed."
Indirect ceasefire negotiations between Israel and a Palestinian delegation have failed to make any progress despite weeks of diplomacy.
The Palestinian team has demanded consistently that any long-term truce include an end to an eight-year siege that has crippled Gaza's economy, in addition to the re-opening of a closed airport and seaport among other things.
The demands are consistent with the terms of the Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestinians in the 1990s, but which Israel has failed to abide by amid its refusal to consider direct negotiations of any kind with Hamas, which it considers a terrorist group.
Israeli authorities have said that they would be willing to extend the ceasefire indefinitely but previously stressed that a long-term agreement should include the demilitarization of the Strip.
The Palestinian team has scoffed at this demand, saying that it was Palestinian fighters who prevented the full-scale infiltration and re-occupation of Gaza by Israeli forces in recent weeks.
Tacoma port blockade action
Following a four-day long port blockade action in Oakland, California, in which activists delayed and blocked an Israeli ship from unloading its goods, Palestine supporters in Tacoma, Washington and Los Angeles, California have continued the action on Friday and Saturday by blocking two ships from the Israeli Zim line.
The activists are following a call from hundreds of Palestinian civil society groups to boycott Israeli goods, as part of a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions aimed at pressuring Israel through economic means to comply with its obligations under international law, and end its attacks and discrimination against the Palestinian people.
Protesters coordinated their actions with the start and stop times of the shifts of dockworkers, most of whom are unionized with the ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse workers Union). They hoped that, by forming a picket line in front of the port entrances, they would be able to create a situation in which the unionized workers would be able to say that crossing the picket could endanger their safety. If that condition exists, the union workers are permitted to go home without carrying out the work of unloading the ship.
This happened on a number of the shifts during the four-day long blockade in Oakland and, apparently, occurred for several of the shifts at the port of Los Angeles and the Port of Tacoma as well. The ships only have a few days in which they can remain in port in order to keep their schedule, so, there is a good possibility that, because of the delays and ‘health and safety’ issues, many of the goods on the ships were not unloaded at all.
Among those participating in the port blockade in Tacoma, Washington are the parents of the late Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003, at the age of 23, while standing in front of a Palestinian doctor’s home to try to stop the Israeli military from demolishing it.
Zim Integrated Shipping Services is an Israeli firm specializing in shipping Israeli products to ports around the world. It is the largest Israeli international shipping company. The company was founded in 1945 by the Jewish Agency and the Histadrut (General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel). When Israel was created in 1948, the government of Israel held a controlling share in the firm until 2008, when the controlling share was sold to the Israel Corporation.
The Israel Corporation was originally founded by the government of Israel, and was exempted from taxes for decades – it is now controlled by the Ofer Brothers.
One of the Oakland action organizers, Reem Assil, said, “It’s not just about the military offensive in Gaza. That sparked an international outrage, but we know this is nothing new. The ceasefire is still up in the air, and we want to make sure to use this point in our history to make sure this never happens again. Part of doing that is to isolate Israel.”
She said that activists in Oakland worked closely with union members to try to build support for their action, adding, “This is the kick-off of what we hope to be many. We hope this is the beginning of a continued coordinated strategy of working with local rank and file and educating union members.”
The exact products on board the Zim ships are unknown, but they are likely to include Sodastream, a do-it-yourself soda-making device which is manufactured in an Israeli settlement on illegally-seized Palestinian land; Ahava dead sea salts, which are seized from Palestinian land in violation of the Dead Sea Agreement, and Osem brand food products, some of which are manufactured and packaged in Israeli settlements on illegally-seized Palestinian land, in the West Bank.
Following the successful actions in Oakland, Tacoma and Los Angeles, Palestine supporters in other cities say they are preparing for potential blockades of Israeli ships from the Zim line in Seattle, Washington, Dublin, Ireland (August 29th), and Valencia, Spain (August 24th).
Following a four-day long port blockade action in Oakland, California, in which activists delayed and blocked an Israeli ship from unloading its goods, Palestine supporters in Tacoma, Washington and Los Angeles, California have continued the action on Friday and Saturday by blocking two ships from the Israeli Zim line.
The activists are following a call from hundreds of Palestinian civil society groups to boycott Israeli goods, as part of a campaign of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions aimed at pressuring Israel through economic means to comply with its obligations under international law, and end its attacks and discrimination against the Palestinian people.
Protesters coordinated their actions with the start and stop times of the shifts of dockworkers, most of whom are unionized with the ILWU (International Longshore and Warehouse workers Union). They hoped that, by forming a picket line in front of the port entrances, they would be able to create a situation in which the unionized workers would be able to say that crossing the picket could endanger their safety. If that condition exists, the union workers are permitted to go home without carrying out the work of unloading the ship.
This happened on a number of the shifts during the four-day long blockade in Oakland and, apparently, occurred for several of the shifts at the port of Los Angeles and the Port of Tacoma as well. The ships only have a few days in which they can remain in port in order to keep their schedule, so, there is a good possibility that, because of the delays and ‘health and safety’ issues, many of the goods on the ships were not unloaded at all.
Among those participating in the port blockade in Tacoma, Washington are the parents of the late Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer in 2003, at the age of 23, while standing in front of a Palestinian doctor’s home to try to stop the Israeli military from demolishing it.
Zim Integrated Shipping Services is an Israeli firm specializing in shipping Israeli products to ports around the world. It is the largest Israeli international shipping company. The company was founded in 1945 by the Jewish Agency and the Histadrut (General Federation of Laborers in the Land of Israel). When Israel was created in 1948, the government of Israel held a controlling share in the firm until 2008, when the controlling share was sold to the Israel Corporation.
The Israel Corporation was originally founded by the government of Israel, and was exempted from taxes for decades – it is now controlled by the Ofer Brothers.
One of the Oakland action organizers, Reem Assil, said, “It’s not just about the military offensive in Gaza. That sparked an international outrage, but we know this is nothing new. The ceasefire is still up in the air, and we want to make sure to use this point in our history to make sure this never happens again. Part of doing that is to isolate Israel.”
She said that activists in Oakland worked closely with union members to try to build support for their action, adding, “This is the kick-off of what we hope to be many. We hope this is the beginning of a continued coordinated strategy of working with local rank and file and educating union members.”
The exact products on board the Zim ships are unknown, but they are likely to include Sodastream, a do-it-yourself soda-making device which is manufactured in an Israeli settlement on illegally-seized Palestinian land; Ahava dead sea salts, which are seized from Palestinian land in violation of the Dead Sea Agreement, and Osem brand food products, some of which are manufactured and packaged in Israeli settlements on illegally-seized Palestinian land, in the West Bank.
Following the successful actions in Oakland, Tacoma and Los Angeles, Palestine supporters in other cities say they are preparing for potential blockades of Israeli ships from the Zim line in Seattle, Washington, Dublin, Ireland (August 29th), and Valencia, Spain (August 24th).
Israeli soldiers bombarded, Sunday, another residential tower in Gaza City, killing two Palestinians and wounding several others. Many Palestinians have also been injured in separate Israeli air strikes in the besieged coastal region.
Medical sources said that one Palestinian died at the Shifa Medical Center of serious injuries suffered at dawn, when the army fired missiles into the al-Fairouz residential tower, northwest of Gaza city.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Yahia Saber Abu al-‘Omarein.
When the army fired missiles into the residential tower, one Palestinian was killed and at least six others were injured. Medical sources identified the slain Palestinian as Bader Hashem Abu Mnei’, 18.
In addition, at least six Palestinians have been injured when the army fired missiles into an apartment building in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Six were moved to the Abu Yousef an-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, the Ministry of Health said.
Medical sources said Israeli missiles and shells have killed 2105 Palestinians, including 563 children, since Israel initiated its latest offensive on Gaza on July 8.
Medical sources said that one Palestinian died at the Shifa Medical Center of serious injuries suffered at dawn, when the army fired missiles into the al-Fairouz residential tower, northwest of Gaza city.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Yahia Saber Abu al-‘Omarein.
When the army fired missiles into the residential tower, one Palestinian was killed and at least six others were injured. Medical sources identified the slain Palestinian as Bader Hashem Abu Mnei’, 18.
In addition, at least six Palestinians have been injured when the army fired missiles into an apartment building in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Six were moved to the Abu Yousef an-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, the Ministry of Health said.
Medical sources said Israeli missiles and shells have killed 2105 Palestinians, including 563 children, since Israel initiated its latest offensive on Gaza on July 8.
Al-Risheq condemns Israeli comparisons with ISIS
Friday afternoon, Isreali PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office tweeted an image of masked Hamas soldiers about to execute informants to Israel, along with another of ISIS extremist militia alongside Iraqi soldiers.
The office then deleted the original tweet, following direct "contacts" in regard to the validity of the message being presented, as well as additional criticism via social media.
Izzat Al-Risheq, member of the Hamas political bureau, issued the following statement:
"The attempt by Netanyahu and his spokesman Ofir Gendelman to link Hamas and compare us with other groups is a deception and disinformation campaign that will not fool anyone.
We strongly condemn and reject how Netanyahu, Gendelman and the Israeli media exploit the picture of the slain American journalist James Foley who was executed in a brutal manner.
We condemn the low and the cheap use of this image without any respect for the sanctity of the dead.
We emphasize that Hamas is a national liberation movement. Hamas' members are freedom fighters who are seeking the liberation of the Palestinian people and their civil rights.
Hamas is confronting Israeli terrorism against our children and the innocent civilians of the Palestinian people.
We are fighting for freedom and independence, and our main objective is to end the Israeli occupation and the Israeli terrorism in our land."
Additionally on Saturday, Israel retracted false claims made regarding a rocket fired into Sderot Negev which killed a 4-year-old Israeli child. Hamas claimed responsibility for the missile; however, Israeli news reports that the rocket was launched from an UNRWA school were false.
Over 500 children are now reported to have been killed in the Gaza Strip -- over 500 out of over 2,000 people total, most of whom were civilians, to include women, elderly and disabled.
Prominent figure within Hamas' political bureau Mussa Abu Marzouq, in commenting on recent suspensions in Cairo-mediated peace negotiations, accused Israeli PM Netanyahu of lying twice -- once when he accused Hamas of violating the recent ceasefire and again in regard to Hamas' alleged abduction of an Israeli soldier.
Hamas was democratically elected in 2006, and is the ruling political party in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Israeli government never recognized Hamas' authority and succeeded in further imposing the ongoing blockade of the region with Egypt's backing, the following year. Israel and the U.S. continue to insist that Hamas is a terrorist organization, with no distinction made between the party's political and military wings.
Friday afternoon, Isreali PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office tweeted an image of masked Hamas soldiers about to execute informants to Israel, along with another of ISIS extremist militia alongside Iraqi soldiers.
The office then deleted the original tweet, following direct "contacts" in regard to the validity of the message being presented, as well as additional criticism via social media.
Izzat Al-Risheq, member of the Hamas political bureau, issued the following statement:
"The attempt by Netanyahu and his spokesman Ofir Gendelman to link Hamas and compare us with other groups is a deception and disinformation campaign that will not fool anyone.
We strongly condemn and reject how Netanyahu, Gendelman and the Israeli media exploit the picture of the slain American journalist James Foley who was executed in a brutal manner.
We condemn the low and the cheap use of this image without any respect for the sanctity of the dead.
We emphasize that Hamas is a national liberation movement. Hamas' members are freedom fighters who are seeking the liberation of the Palestinian people and their civil rights.
Hamas is confronting Israeli terrorism against our children and the innocent civilians of the Palestinian people.
We are fighting for freedom and independence, and our main objective is to end the Israeli occupation and the Israeli terrorism in our land."
Additionally on Saturday, Israel retracted false claims made regarding a rocket fired into Sderot Negev which killed a 4-year-old Israeli child. Hamas claimed responsibility for the missile; however, Israeli news reports that the rocket was launched from an UNRWA school were false.
Over 500 children are now reported to have been killed in the Gaza Strip -- over 500 out of over 2,000 people total, most of whom were civilians, to include women, elderly and disabled.
Prominent figure within Hamas' political bureau Mussa Abu Marzouq, in commenting on recent suspensions in Cairo-mediated peace negotiations, accused Israeli PM Netanyahu of lying twice -- once when he accused Hamas of violating the recent ceasefire and again in regard to Hamas' alleged abduction of an Israeli soldier.
Hamas was democratically elected in 2006, and is the ruling political party in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Israeli government never recognized Hamas' authority and succeeded in further imposing the ongoing blockade of the region with Egypt's backing, the following year. Israel and the U.S. continue to insist that Hamas is a terrorist organization, with no distinction made between the party's political and military wings.
You find the photo's/video's disturbing? Remember, this is what Palestinian children see almost every day
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