9 july 2014
The death toll on Wednesday rose to four as Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza killed three people, among them an elderly woman, a health ministry spokesman said.
Ashraf al-Qidra said 60-year-old Abd al-Nasser Abu Kweik and his 31-year-old son Khaled were killed in a strike on Nuseirat refugee camp.
Additionally, an airstrike hit al-Mughraqa village in central Gaza, killing 80-year-old Nayfa Farajallah.
The lethal strikes brought the death toll for Israel's latest air offensive on Gaza up to 28, most of them civilians.
Earlier, a Palestinian man was killed and another was injured by an Israeli airstrike on a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip.
Al-Qidra said 30-year-old Rafiq al-Kafarna was killed as Israeli warplanes targeted his motorcycle in Beit Lahiya.
Another man sustained critical injuries and was taken to Kamal Udwan Hospital, al-Qidra said.
An Israeli army statement said earlier that the air force carried out strikes on some 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight.
Israeli airstrikes killed 24 Palestinians, most of them civilians, on Tuesday in Gaza. The strikes have also injured over 100.
Israel has dubbed its air campaign on Gaza "Operation Protective Edge," saying the offensive comes in response to heavy rocket fire from Gaza's militant groups.
Ashraf al-Qidra said 60-year-old Abd al-Nasser Abu Kweik and his 31-year-old son Khaled were killed in a strike on Nuseirat refugee camp.
Additionally, an airstrike hit al-Mughraqa village in central Gaza, killing 80-year-old Nayfa Farajallah.
The lethal strikes brought the death toll for Israel's latest air offensive on Gaza up to 28, most of them civilians.
Earlier, a Palestinian man was killed and another was injured by an Israeli airstrike on a motorcycle in the northern Gaza Strip.
Al-Qidra said 30-year-old Rafiq al-Kafarna was killed as Israeli warplanes targeted his motorcycle in Beit Lahiya.
Another man sustained critical injuries and was taken to Kamal Udwan Hospital, al-Qidra said.
An Israeli army statement said earlier that the air force carried out strikes on some 160 targets in the Gaza Strip overnight.
Israeli airstrikes killed 24 Palestinians, most of them civilians, on Tuesday in Gaza. The strikes have also injured over 100.
Israel has dubbed its air campaign on Gaza "Operation Protective Edge," saying the offensive comes in response to heavy rocket fire from Gaza's militant groups.
Israeli aircraft and warships fired in the early hours of Wednesday nearly 60 missiles at different targets across the Gaza Strip, according to eyewitnesses. It was not immediately clear if the bombing had left any causality.
Seven Palestinians, including six from the same family, were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip late Tuesday.
The latest fatalities brought to at least 24 the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave since Monday, according to medical sources.
The death toll does not include four Palestinians killed by Israeli troops during a daring attack on the Israeli Zakim naval base late on Tuesday.
Israel has announced the launch of a military offensive – dubbed "Operation Protective Edge" – with the stated aim of staunching rocket fire from Gaza.
The Israeli army said Tuesday that its air and naval forces had struck scores of sites across the Gaza Strip overnight, while ground troops were being amassed on the strip's borders in advance of a possible ground incursion.
Gaza-based resistance factions, for their part, continued to fire rockets into Israel in response to ongoing Israeli airstrikes.
The latest escalations come amid heightened tension over the killing of three teenage Jewish settlers in the West Bank last month and the subsequent murder of a 16-year-old Palestinian boy by Jewish settlers.
Seven Palestinians, including six from the same family, were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip late Tuesday.
The latest fatalities brought to at least 24 the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on the coastal enclave since Monday, according to medical sources.
The death toll does not include four Palestinians killed by Israeli troops during a daring attack on the Israeli Zakim naval base late on Tuesday.
Israel has announced the launch of a military offensive – dubbed "Operation Protective Edge" – with the stated aim of staunching rocket fire from Gaza.
The Israeli army said Tuesday that its air and naval forces had struck scores of sites across the Gaza Strip overnight, while ground troops were being amassed on the strip's borders in advance of a possible ground incursion.
Gaza-based resistance factions, for their part, continued to fire rockets into Israel in response to ongoing Israeli airstrikes.
The latest escalations come amid heightened tension over the killing of three teenage Jewish settlers in the West Bank last month and the subsequent murder of a 16-year-old Palestinian boy by Jewish settlers.
The Israeli war planes bombed more than 40 houses across the Gaza Strip, three ,mosques and several farmlands since the beginning of its aggression against the besieged Strip . AlRAY correspondent reported that the Israeli war planes targeted two houses on Wednesday morning, One belongs to Suliamn family in Tal al-Zater in Jabliah , north of Gaza citynand the other is for Barhom family in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip.
They also bombed the house of Baroud family in Nusirate and the houses of Qedra and Abu Taha families in the center of Khan Younis city, the southern Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday evening the Israeli war planes committed a real massacre when it bombed the house of Hamad family in Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza city. Six Palestinians were killed in addition to a number of injuries .
During the last 48 hours, the Israeli war planes bombed the houses of Al-adadla, Abu Daqa, Abu Shabat(hit twice), Alhashash(hit twice), Za'bot, Kawari (hit twice),Hamdan, Al-Ghalban, Abu Taleb, Abu Jrad, Al-Agha, Joudah, Mousa, Abu Tir, Al-Astal, Abu Ajinah, Abu Hasnah, Rajab, Zourb, Najim, Alra'I, Mansour, Abed Rabou, Hamad, Damo, Al-Odini, Al-dalou, Abu Taha, Al-Qedra, Brim, Dahdouh, Mamlouk.
They also bombed the house of Baroud family in Nusirate and the houses of Qedra and Abu Taha families in the center of Khan Younis city, the southern Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday evening the Israeli war planes committed a real massacre when it bombed the house of Hamad family in Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza city. Six Palestinians were killed in addition to a number of injuries .
During the last 48 hours, the Israeli war planes bombed the houses of Al-adadla, Abu Daqa, Abu Shabat(hit twice), Alhashash(hit twice), Za'bot, Kawari (hit twice),Hamdan, Al-Ghalban, Abu Taleb, Abu Jrad, Al-Agha, Joudah, Mousa, Abu Tir, Al-Astal, Abu Ajinah, Abu Hasnah, Rajab, Zourb, Najim, Alra'I, Mansour, Abed Rabou, Hamad, Damo, Al-Odini, Al-dalou, Abu Taha, Al-Qedra, Brim, Dahdouh, Mamlouk.
The interior ministry spokesman in Gaza, Iyad al-Bazam, has urged the Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt immediately. Bazam, in a statement on his Facebook page at dawn Wednesday, said that the Egyptian authorities have been closing the Rafah border terminal for 174 days since the start of 2014.
He said that the crossing should be opened immediately in light of the ongoing Israeli “savage aggression” on the besieged enclave.
The spokesman said that hundreds of Palestinians were wounded and were in need of urgent treatment, adding that medicines were running out of stock in Gaza.
The crossing has been mostly closed since July 2013.
He said that the crossing should be opened immediately in light of the ongoing Israeli “savage aggression” on the besieged enclave.
The spokesman said that hundreds of Palestinians were wounded and were in need of urgent treatment, adding that medicines were running out of stock in Gaza.
The crossing has been mostly closed since July 2013.
An unspeakable massacre struck the Gaza Strip overnight Wednesday as 6 Gazan civilians, all members of the same family, were killed in an Israeli air strike launched on their home, among many other Palestinian homes, in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip. Spokesman for the Health Ministry Ashraf al-Qudra said a lady and a child were among the massacred casualties.
Al-Qudra identified the martyrs on his Facebook page as follows: Doniya Mahdi Hamad, 16; Hafedh Muhammad Hamad, 30; Ibrahim Muhammad Hamad, 26; Mahdi Muhammad Hamad, 46; and Fawziya Khalil Hamad, 62. Ambulance crews are still searching for the 6th body.
23 Palestinian civilians have been killed so far in Israeli overnight raids while some 122, at least, have been left severely injured in less than 2 days running.
Al-Qudra identified the martyrs on his Facebook page as follows: Doniya Mahdi Hamad, 16; Hafedh Muhammad Hamad, 30; Ibrahim Muhammad Hamad, 26; Mahdi Muhammad Hamad, 46; and Fawziya Khalil Hamad, 62. Ambulance crews are still searching for the 6th body.
23 Palestinian civilians have been killed so far in Israeli overnight raids while some 122, at least, have been left severely injured in less than 2 days running.
Israeli warplanes pounded targets in the Gaza Strip Wednesday as a major campaign against volleys of Palestinian rocket fire entered its second day, leaving at least 28 people dead and more than 100 wounded.
A strike on a home in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, claimed the lives of a commander of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, his parents, a woman, and two children, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
Another strike early Wednesday on the southern city of Rafah killed a young man.
"Overnight, the IDF (army) hit about 160 targets in the Gaza Strip. Over the last two days we attacked a total of about 430 targets," General Moti Almoz told Israeli military radio.
The targets included about 120 concealed rocket launchers, 10 Hamas command and control centers, among them two homes, and many tunnels, he said.
The deaths brought to 28 the number of fatalities since the launch of "Operation Protective Edge" early on Tuesday, with Israel not ruling out a ground operation to stop the rocket attacks.
Israeli airstrikes took the lives of 24 people while four Hamas militants were killed staging a beachfront assault on an army base just north of the besieged Strip.
During the day Israel staged multiple air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which also left more than 100 wounded, and militants from the Islamist movement Hamas hit back with rocket fire on Israel's major population centers in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in the most serious flare-up over Gaza since November 2012.
As sirens wailed across the Holy City, three loud explosions were heard and a series of flashes lit the sky to the southwest.
Police said one rocket fell in the vicinity of Ramat Raziel, some 10 kilometers (six miles) from the city's southwestern flank and two more fell in outlying areas, without elaborating.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said there were no reports of injuries anywhere in the Jerusalem area.
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said it had fired four M75 rockets at Jerusalem, which lies 65 kilometers from the Palestinian enclave.
It also claimed to have launched a rocket at Haifa, 165 kilometers away.
There was no report of anything hitting the northern port city but the army said a rocket did fall on Hadera, 100 kilometres north of Gaza.
Hamas militants also said Tuesday they fired four rockets at Tel Aviv, 60 kilometers north of Gaza, setting sirens off across the city. Earlier, another rocket aimed at Israel's commercial capital was shot down by the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.
Israeli authorities said that public bomb shelters in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem had been readied for use.
Abbas calls for international support
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has demanded Israel "immediately stop" its air campaign and called on the international community to pressure Israel.
"The Palestinian Authority will go to all international organisations to seek protection for the Palestinian people," he said in a televised statement.
In Tuesday's worst strike, a missile slammed into a house in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis killing eight people and wounding 25, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
Witnesses said an Israeli drone fired a warning flare, prompting relatives and neighbors to gather at the house as a human shield. But an F-16 warplane fired a missile at the building, leveling it.
Hamas denounced the attack as "a horrendous war crime" and vowed retaliation against "all Israelis."
In addition, Israeli troops killed four Hamas militants who reached the Israeli coastline by sea and tried to attack an army base near Zikim.
"A number of terrorists came out of the ocean and attacked ... with Kalashnikov rifles and hand grenades," said Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, who said they were all killed.
The attack was claimed by the al-Qassam Brigades.
40,000 reservists mobilized
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would "not tolerate the firing of rockets on our cities and towns."
"We have therefore significantly expanded our operations against Hamas and the other terrorist organisations in Gaza," he said in a statement.
His remarks came after the security cabinet approved the call-up of some 40,000 reservists, as a senior official told AFP the military was preparing all options to stamp out the rocket fire, "including an invasion or a ground operation."
"We have been instructed by the political echelon to hit Hamas hard," military spokesman General Moti Almoz said in an interview with army radio. Two brigades were already stationed around Gaza, with more to join them in coming days.
Since June 12, when the current round of tit-for-tat violence began, the army says hundreds of rockets have hit southern Israel, with another 40 intercepted.
The vast majority of the rockets landed in open areas without causing damages.
So far, no Israelis have been injured or killed. Washington condemned the rocket fire as the "deliberate targeting of civilians" by militants and the European Union also denounced the "indiscriminate" fire from Gaza and the "growing number of civilian casualties ... caused by Israeli retaliatory fire" and demanded an immediate ceasefire.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged Hamas to halt its attacks, while Turkey called for an immediate end to the Israel assault.
The Arab League, meanwhile, called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the crisis.
A strike on a home in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, claimed the lives of a commander of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, his parents, a woman, and two children, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
Another strike early Wednesday on the southern city of Rafah killed a young man.
"Overnight, the IDF (army) hit about 160 targets in the Gaza Strip. Over the last two days we attacked a total of about 430 targets," General Moti Almoz told Israeli military radio.
The targets included about 120 concealed rocket launchers, 10 Hamas command and control centers, among them two homes, and many tunnels, he said.
The deaths brought to 28 the number of fatalities since the launch of "Operation Protective Edge" early on Tuesday, with Israel not ruling out a ground operation to stop the rocket attacks.
Israeli airstrikes took the lives of 24 people while four Hamas militants were killed staging a beachfront assault on an army base just north of the besieged Strip.
During the day Israel staged multiple air strikes on the Gaza Strip, which also left more than 100 wounded, and militants from the Islamist movement Hamas hit back with rocket fire on Israel's major population centers in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in the most serious flare-up over Gaza since November 2012.
As sirens wailed across the Holy City, three loud explosions were heard and a series of flashes lit the sky to the southwest.
Police said one rocket fell in the vicinity of Ramat Raziel, some 10 kilometers (six miles) from the city's southwestern flank and two more fell in outlying areas, without elaborating.
Police spokeswoman Luba Samri said there were no reports of injuries anywhere in the Jerusalem area.
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said it had fired four M75 rockets at Jerusalem, which lies 65 kilometers from the Palestinian enclave.
It also claimed to have launched a rocket at Haifa, 165 kilometers away.
There was no report of anything hitting the northern port city but the army said a rocket did fall on Hadera, 100 kilometres north of Gaza.
Hamas militants also said Tuesday they fired four rockets at Tel Aviv, 60 kilometers north of Gaza, setting sirens off across the city. Earlier, another rocket aimed at Israel's commercial capital was shot down by the Iron Dome anti-missile defense system.
Israeli authorities said that public bomb shelters in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem had been readied for use.
Abbas calls for international support
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has demanded Israel "immediately stop" its air campaign and called on the international community to pressure Israel.
"The Palestinian Authority will go to all international organisations to seek protection for the Palestinian people," he said in a televised statement.
In Tuesday's worst strike, a missile slammed into a house in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis killing eight people and wounding 25, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
Witnesses said an Israeli drone fired a warning flare, prompting relatives and neighbors to gather at the house as a human shield. But an F-16 warplane fired a missile at the building, leveling it.
Hamas denounced the attack as "a horrendous war crime" and vowed retaliation against "all Israelis."
In addition, Israeli troops killed four Hamas militants who reached the Israeli coastline by sea and tried to attack an army base near Zikim.
"A number of terrorists came out of the ocean and attacked ... with Kalashnikov rifles and hand grenades," said Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner, who said they were all killed.
The attack was claimed by the al-Qassam Brigades.
40,000 reservists mobilized
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would "not tolerate the firing of rockets on our cities and towns."
"We have therefore significantly expanded our operations against Hamas and the other terrorist organisations in Gaza," he said in a statement.
His remarks came after the security cabinet approved the call-up of some 40,000 reservists, as a senior official told AFP the military was preparing all options to stamp out the rocket fire, "including an invasion or a ground operation."
"We have been instructed by the political echelon to hit Hamas hard," military spokesman General Moti Almoz said in an interview with army radio. Two brigades were already stationed around Gaza, with more to join them in coming days.
Since June 12, when the current round of tit-for-tat violence began, the army says hundreds of rockets have hit southern Israel, with another 40 intercepted.
The vast majority of the rockets landed in open areas without causing damages.
So far, no Israelis have been injured or killed. Washington condemned the rocket fire as the "deliberate targeting of civilians" by militants and the European Union also denounced the "indiscriminate" fire from Gaza and the "growing number of civilian casualties ... caused by Israeli retaliatory fire" and demanded an immediate ceasefire.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague urged Hamas to halt its attacks, while Turkey called for an immediate end to the Israel assault.
The Arab League, meanwhile, called for an urgent UN Security Council meeting on the crisis.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was killed, on Wednesday morning, and another resident was injured, when the Israeli army fired a missile into Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Rafeeq al-Kafarna, 30, while the wounded Palestinian is fighting for his life at a local hospital. Medical sources said al-Kafarna is from the nearby town of Beit Hanoun.
Eyewitnesses said an Israeli war jet fired a missile into a motorcycle in the al-Manshiyya Street, in Beit Lahia, killing the al-Kafarna.
The army continued its shelling of different Palestinian communities in Rafah, in southern Gaza, Beit Lahia in the north, and several other areas in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Israeli missiles have hit dozens of homes and structures, especially since the army carried out ten strikes in less than two minutes.
Missiles also struck a Palestinian home in the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, while at least five air strikes targeted al-Fakhary area, in southern Gaza, hitting at least one home.
Farmlands have also been targeted in southern Gaza, especially in Khuza’a town, and al-Qarara area.
On Tuesday at night, the army carried out at least 160 strikes, including strikes against the home of a leader of the Islamic Jihad in Beit Hanoun, identified as Hafeth Hamad, leading to the death of six family members.
Israel also admitted to bombing the home of Raed al-‘Attar, a leader of the Hamas movement, accused by Israel of being connected to the abduction of Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit back in June 2006.
The air strikes and bombardments also targeted dozens of homes and structures in Gaza city, the Nusseirat refugee camp, Rafah, Khan Younis, Beit Hanoun, and many other areas, causing excessive property damage.
Twenty-four Palestinians, including at least six children, have been killed Tuesday; while close to 200 have been injured, in the ongoing Israeli military escalation. At least 270 air strikes targeted Gaza, Tuesday.
The slain Palestinian has been identified as Rafeeq al-Kafarna, 30, while the wounded Palestinian is fighting for his life at a local hospital. Medical sources said al-Kafarna is from the nearby town of Beit Hanoun.
Eyewitnesses said an Israeli war jet fired a missile into a motorcycle in the al-Manshiyya Street, in Beit Lahia, killing the al-Kafarna.
The army continued its shelling of different Palestinian communities in Rafah, in southern Gaza, Beit Lahia in the north, and several other areas in the besieged Gaza Strip.
Israeli missiles have hit dozens of homes and structures, especially since the army carried out ten strikes in less than two minutes.
Missiles also struck a Palestinian home in the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, while at least five air strikes targeted al-Fakhary area, in southern Gaza, hitting at least one home.
Farmlands have also been targeted in southern Gaza, especially in Khuza’a town, and al-Qarara area.
On Tuesday at night, the army carried out at least 160 strikes, including strikes against the home of a leader of the Islamic Jihad in Beit Hanoun, identified as Hafeth Hamad, leading to the death of six family members.
Israel also admitted to bombing the home of Raed al-‘Attar, a leader of the Hamas movement, accused by Israel of being connected to the abduction of Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit back in June 2006.
The air strikes and bombardments also targeted dozens of homes and structures in Gaza city, the Nusseirat refugee camp, Rafah, Khan Younis, Beit Hanoun, and many other areas, causing excessive property damage.
Twenty-four Palestinians, including at least six children, have been killed Tuesday; while close to 200 have been injured, in the ongoing Israeli military escalation. At least 270 air strikes targeted Gaza, Tuesday.
Israel launches massive offensive
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Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip has reported that 24 Palestinians, including children and family members, have been killed Tuesday in the ongoing Israeli war on the Palestinian people in the besieged coastal region.
More than 200 Palestinians, including children, women and elderly, have been injured in the Israeli assaults, many suffered life-threatening injuries.
The sources said that the army bombarded a home, in Beit Hanoun, belonging to Hafeth Hamad, a leader of the al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad, killing him and five members of his family.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qodra, spokesperson of the Minister of Health in Gaza said the slain Palestinians have been identified as Hafeth Mohammad Hamad, 30, Ibrahim Mohammad Hamad, 26, Mahdi Mohammad Hamad, 46, Fawziyya Khalil Hamad, 62, Donia Mahdi Hamad, 16, and Suha Hamad, 25.
More than 200 Palestinians, including children, women and elderly, have been injured in the Israeli assaults, many suffered life-threatening injuries.
The sources said that the army bombarded a home, in Beit Hanoun, belonging to Hafeth Hamad, a leader of the al-Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad, killing him and five members of his family.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qodra, spokesperson of the Minister of Health in Gaza said the slain Palestinians have been identified as Hafeth Mohammad Hamad, 30, Ibrahim Mohammad Hamad, 26, Mahdi Mohammad Hamad, 46, Fawziyya Khalil Hamad, 62, Donia Mahdi Hamad, 16, and Suha Hamad, 25.
Kinan Hamad 6, the sole survivor of his family
Earlier in the day, resident Abdul-Hadi Soufi, 24, was killed by a missile fired by the Israeli air force in Shweika area, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. One Palestinian has been seriously injured.
Missiles also struck near the Gaza-European Hospital, causing dozens of injuries and damage to the hospital.
A home belonging of a leader of the al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, and a security center, have also been struck by Israeli missiles in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
A home belonging to the Abu Mansour family was struck by an Israeli missile in Rafah, and as-Sinwar family in Khan Younis.
Another home, belonging to Raed al-‘Attar was also struck by a missile in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
The army also bombarded a post for the Palestinian Naval Police near the Gaza Port, causing significant property damage but no injuries.
Two Palestinians have been injured, one seriously, when an Israeli missile struck a home belonging to the ‘Aqel family, in the Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The Israeli aggression and war on Gaza’s people have led to the death of 24 Palestinians, while more than 152 Palestinians have been injured in 24 hours.
Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza vowed fierce retaliation and fired dozens of shells into different Israeli areas.
Earlier in the day, resident Abdul-Hadi Soufi, 24, was killed by a missile fired by the Israeli air force in Shweika area, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. One Palestinian has been seriously injured.
Missiles also struck near the Gaza-European Hospital, causing dozens of injuries and damage to the hospital.
A home belonging of a leader of the al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas, and a security center, have also been struck by Israeli missiles in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
A home belonging to the Abu Mansour family was struck by an Israeli missile in Rafah, and as-Sinwar family in Khan Younis.
Another home, belonging to Raed al-‘Attar was also struck by a missile in Rafah, in southern Gaza.
The army also bombarded a post for the Palestinian Naval Police near the Gaza Port, causing significant property damage but no injuries.
Two Palestinians have been injured, one seriously, when an Israeli missile struck a home belonging to the ‘Aqel family, in the Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The Israeli aggression and war on Gaza’s people have led to the death of 24 Palestinians, while more than 152 Palestinians have been injured in 24 hours.
Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza vowed fierce retaliation and fired dozens of shells into different Israeli areas.
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List of the slain Palestinians, Tuesday:
1. Mohammad Sha’ban, 24, Gaza. 2. Amjad Sha’ban, 30, Gaza. 3. Khader al-Basheeleqety, 45, Gaza. 4. Rashad Yassin, 27, Nusseirat. 5. Mohammad Ayman ‘Ashour, 15, Khan Younis. 6. Riyadh Mohammad Kaware’, 50, Khan Younis. 7. Bakr Mohammad Joudeh, 50, Khan Younis. 8. Ammar Mohammad Joudeh, 26, Khan Younis. 9. Hussein Yousef Kaware’, 13, Khan Younis. 10. Bassem Salem Kaware’, 10, Khan Younis. 11. Mohammad Ibrahim Kaware’, 50, Khan Younis. 12. Mohammad Habib, 22, Gaza. |
13. Mousa Habib, 16, Gaza.
14. Saqr ‘Aayesh al-‘Ajjoury, 22, Jabalia.
15. Ahmad Nael Mahdi, 16, Gaza.
16. Hafeth Mohammad Hamad, 26, Beit Hanoun.
17. Ibrahim Mohammad Hamad, 26, Beit Hanoun.
18. Mahdi Mohammad Hamad, 46, Beit Hanoun.
19. Fawziyya Khalil Hamad, 62, Beit Hanoun.
20. Donia Mahdi Hamad, 16, Beit Hanoun.
21. Soha Hamad, 25, Beit Hanoun.
22. Suleiman Salam Abu Sawaween, 22, Khan Younis.
23. Siraj Eyad Abdul-‘Aal, 8, Khan Younis.
24. Abdul-Hadi Soufi, 24, Rafah.
Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza have killed six
Death Toll now 17 as Israel Targets Gaza
5 killed seaside, sirens sound in Jerusalem
Chris Carlson - Wed, 09 Jul 2014 01:13:19
Palestinians, this evening, now bringing the total deaths to 17, throughout Israel's latest string of assaults on the Strip. Sirens have been reported to sound in Jerusalem, following 3 explosions.
Ahmad Moussa Habib, 48, and Ahmad Ahed Habib, 19, were killed in the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City, Ma'an reports:
In the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of the city, a child was killed and two others were wounded in an early evening airstrike.
Suleiman Salman Abu al-Sawaween, 30, was killed and another indivdual was critically injured in a strike on al-Qarara, to the north of Khan Younis.
One Fakhri Saleh Ajjouri was also reported dead following a strike near Abraj al-Sheikh Zayed in the northern Gaza Strip.
Earlier, 7 Palestinians were killed and 25 were severely injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the southern Gaza Strip.
An eight-year-old child named Siraj Iyad al-Abdel later died from injuries sustained in the attack.
"The Khan Younis massacre... of children is a horrendous war crime, and all Israelis have now become legitimate targets for the resistance," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri reportedly said via Facebook.
Since midnight, resistance fighters in Gaza have fired more than 100 rockets, according to an Israeli army spokeswoman. Only around 33 of them have actually hit Israeli territory.
Israeli authorities, today, declared its military ready to deploy 40,000 reserve soldiers for a possible assault on Gaza.
Forces have killed a number of armed resistance fighters who came from Gaza by sea, as well, according to Israeli security. Israel has fired on 150 targets inside Gaza, mostly civilian, during Tuesday airstrikes.
Three loud explosions were heard in Jerusalem, shortly after air raid sirens wailed across the city Tuesday night, AFP correspondents said.
Palestine has no armed air force, navy or ground crew to speak of. Israeli officials have claimed that around seventy homemade shells were fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel, so far.
These are crude shells that are little more than tubes with dynamite placed inside, which are fired blindly, without any possibility of aiming them. No injuries or damage have been reported from the shells, so far.
14. Saqr ‘Aayesh al-‘Ajjoury, 22, Jabalia.
15. Ahmad Nael Mahdi, 16, Gaza.
16. Hafeth Mohammad Hamad, 26, Beit Hanoun.
17. Ibrahim Mohammad Hamad, 26, Beit Hanoun.
18. Mahdi Mohammad Hamad, 46, Beit Hanoun.
19. Fawziyya Khalil Hamad, 62, Beit Hanoun.
20. Donia Mahdi Hamad, 16, Beit Hanoun.
21. Soha Hamad, 25, Beit Hanoun.
22. Suleiman Salam Abu Sawaween, 22, Khan Younis.
23. Siraj Eyad Abdul-‘Aal, 8, Khan Younis.
24. Abdul-Hadi Soufi, 24, Rafah.
Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza have killed six
Death Toll now 17 as Israel Targets Gaza
5 killed seaside, sirens sound in Jerusalem
Chris Carlson - Wed, 09 Jul 2014 01:13:19
Palestinians, this evening, now bringing the total deaths to 17, throughout Israel's latest string of assaults on the Strip. Sirens have been reported to sound in Jerusalem, following 3 explosions.
Ahmad Moussa Habib, 48, and Ahmad Ahed Habib, 19, were killed in the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood of Gaza City, Ma'an reports:
In the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of the city, a child was killed and two others were wounded in an early evening airstrike.
Suleiman Salman Abu al-Sawaween, 30, was killed and another indivdual was critically injured in a strike on al-Qarara, to the north of Khan Younis.
One Fakhri Saleh Ajjouri was also reported dead following a strike near Abraj al-Sheikh Zayed in the northern Gaza Strip.
Earlier, 7 Palestinians were killed and 25 were severely injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the southern Gaza Strip.
An eight-year-old child named Siraj Iyad al-Abdel later died from injuries sustained in the attack.
"The Khan Younis massacre... of children is a horrendous war crime, and all Israelis have now become legitimate targets for the resistance," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri reportedly said via Facebook.
Since midnight, resistance fighters in Gaza have fired more than 100 rockets, according to an Israeli army spokeswoman. Only around 33 of them have actually hit Israeli territory.
Israeli authorities, today, declared its military ready to deploy 40,000 reserve soldiers for a possible assault on Gaza.
Forces have killed a number of armed resistance fighters who came from Gaza by sea, as well, according to Israeli security. Israel has fired on 150 targets inside Gaza, mostly civilian, during Tuesday airstrikes.
Three loud explosions were heard in Jerusalem, shortly after air raid sirens wailed across the city Tuesday night, AFP correspondents said.
Palestine has no armed air force, navy or ground crew to speak of. Israeli officials have claimed that around seventy homemade shells were fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel, so far.
These are crude shells that are little more than tubes with dynamite placed inside, which are fired blindly, without any possibility of aiming them. No injuries or damage have been reported from the shells, so far.
Israeli warplanes bombed the home of a senior Islamic Jihad militant early Tuesday, killing him and five members of his family in an attack on the family's home, medics said.
A Gaza health ministry spokesman said the attack killed Hafiz Hamad and five members of his family.
Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, confirmed the deaths of six relatives in the attack on the Hamad family home in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
He identified them as Hafiz Mohammed Hamad, 30, Ibrahim Mamedhmed, 26, Mahdi Mohammed Hamad, 46, Fawzia Khalil Hamad, 62, Mehdi Hamad, 16, and Suha Hamad 25.
Israel's military did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment early Tuesday.
Also early Tuesday, an airstrike killed a 24-year-old Palestinians and wounded one other person, al-Qidra said.
That attack and the airstrike targeting the Hamad family home would bring the total number of Palestinians killed since Monday in Gaza to 24.
Israeli airstrikes on the northern Gaza Strip killed six Palestinians on Tuesday evening.
A child was killed and two others wounded in an airstrike on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City in the early evening.
Suleiman Salman Abu al-Sawaween, 30, was killed and another critically injured in an airstrike on al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis.
Ahmad Moussa Habib, 48, and Ahmad Ahed Habib, 19, were killed after an airstrike targeted a tuk-tuk vehicle in the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood in Gaza City, medics said.
Fakhri Saleh Ajjouri was reported killed after an airstrike targeted a motorcycle near Abraj al-Sheikh Zayed in the northern Gaza Strip.
Earlier, seven Palestinians were killed and 25 were severely injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the southern Gaza Strip, a medical official said.
An eight-year-old child, Siraj Iyad al-Abdel, later died from injuries sustained in the airstrike.
A missile slammed into the house in Khan Younis after people had reportedly formed a human shield to protect it, killing seven people, including two children.
Witnesses said an Israeli drone fired a warning flare, prompting relatives and neighbors to gather at the house as a human shield and that, shortly afterwards, an F-16 warplane fired a missile that leveled the building.
The house belonged to the al-Kaware family.
Abduallah Kaware, Mohammad Ashour, 13, Riyadh Kaware, Mahmoud Judeh, Bakir Mahmoud Judeh, 22, Ammar Mohammad Judeh, 22, and Hussein Mohammad Kaware, 14, were killed.
"The Khan Younis massacre ... of children is a horrendous war crime, and all Israelis have now become legitimate targets for the resistance," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said on Facebook.
A Gaza health ministry spokesman said the attack killed Hafiz Hamad and five members of his family.
Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, confirmed the deaths of six relatives in the attack on the Hamad family home in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
He identified them as Hafiz Mohammed Hamad, 30, Ibrahim Mamedhmed, 26, Mahdi Mohammed Hamad, 46, Fawzia Khalil Hamad, 62, Mehdi Hamad, 16, and Suha Hamad 25.
Israel's military did not immediately respond to calls seeking comment early Tuesday.
Also early Tuesday, an airstrike killed a 24-year-old Palestinians and wounded one other person, al-Qidra said.
That attack and the airstrike targeting the Hamad family home would bring the total number of Palestinians killed since Monday in Gaza to 24.
Israeli airstrikes on the northern Gaza Strip killed six Palestinians on Tuesday evening.
A child was killed and two others wounded in an airstrike on the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City in the early evening.
Suleiman Salman Abu al-Sawaween, 30, was killed and another critically injured in an airstrike on al-Qarara, north of Khan Younis.
Ahmad Moussa Habib, 48, and Ahmad Ahed Habib, 19, were killed after an airstrike targeted a tuk-tuk vehicle in the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood in Gaza City, medics said.
Fakhri Saleh Ajjouri was reported killed after an airstrike targeted a motorcycle near Abraj al-Sheikh Zayed in the northern Gaza Strip.
Earlier, seven Palestinians were killed and 25 were severely injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the southern Gaza Strip, a medical official said.
An eight-year-old child, Siraj Iyad al-Abdel, later died from injuries sustained in the airstrike.
A missile slammed into the house in Khan Younis after people had reportedly formed a human shield to protect it, killing seven people, including two children.
Witnesses said an Israeli drone fired a warning flare, prompting relatives and neighbors to gather at the house as a human shield and that, shortly afterwards, an F-16 warplane fired a missile that leveled the building.
The house belonged to the al-Kaware family.
Abduallah Kaware, Mohammad Ashour, 13, Riyadh Kaware, Mahmoud Judeh, Bakir Mahmoud Judeh, 22, Ammar Mohammad Judeh, 22, and Hussein Mohammad Kaware, 14, were killed.
"The Khan Younis massacre ... of children is a horrendous war crime, and all Israelis have now become legitimate targets for the resistance," Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said on Facebook.
The military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, has presented five conditions in order to return to a ceasefire with Israel.
Spokesman Abu Obeida said Tuesday Israel must stop its offensive on Gaza Strip, cease all airstrikes and commit to the ceasefire agreement signed in 2012.
He added in a news conference that his group demanded the release of all freed prisoners in the Shalit exchange deal who were re-arrested, and to stop interfering in the new unity government.
Abu Obeida added that al-Qassam did not want to reach this stage of violence.
He threatened that if Israel continued to target homes, al-Qassam will “extend the circle of its targets.”
Spokesman Abu Obeida said Tuesday Israel must stop its offensive on Gaza Strip, cease all airstrikes and commit to the ceasefire agreement signed in 2012.
He added in a news conference that his group demanded the release of all freed prisoners in the Shalit exchange deal who were re-arrested, and to stop interfering in the new unity government.
Abu Obeida added that al-Qassam did not want to reach this stage of violence.
He threatened that if Israel continued to target homes, al-Qassam will “extend the circle of its targets.”
