3 feb 2015
Adnan Abu Hasna, the Gaza-based media adviser of UNRWA, confirmed that Saudi Arabia donated 13.5 million U.S. dollars to UNRWA to be used for repairing the houses, which were damaged during the last Israeli aggression on Gaza.
Adnan Abu Hasna said, in a statement on Tuesday, that the mentioned sum was allocated by Saudi Arabia’s development fund for Gaza reconstruction.
He pointed out that the Saudi donations are to be distributed on Tuesday and Wednesday to 10,000 families to repair their partially damaged houses all over Gaza, noting that the donations have already been transferred to bank accounts in the Strip.
The UNRWA media adviser valued the role of Saudi Arabia in supporting the Palestinian refugees as well as the UNRWA in all of its work locations, noting that the Saudi role has been significant and pioneering in terms of supporting the refugees.
“Saudi Arabia supported UNRWA before and after the Israeli war on the coastal enclave”, he said
“Both of the UNRWA and Palestinian refugees who constitute most of the population in Gaza appreciated the major role of the Saudi Arabia King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz for alleviating the suffering of refugees in Gaza, especially the owners of the damaged houses”, Abu Hasna said.
Adnan Abu Hasna said, in a statement on Tuesday, that the mentioned sum was allocated by Saudi Arabia’s development fund for Gaza reconstruction.
He pointed out that the Saudi donations are to be distributed on Tuesday and Wednesday to 10,000 families to repair their partially damaged houses all over Gaza, noting that the donations have already been transferred to bank accounts in the Strip.
The UNRWA media adviser valued the role of Saudi Arabia in supporting the Palestinian refugees as well as the UNRWA in all of its work locations, noting that the Saudi role has been significant and pioneering in terms of supporting the refugees.
“Saudi Arabia supported UNRWA before and after the Israeli war on the coastal enclave”, he said
“Both of the UNRWA and Palestinian refugees who constitute most of the population in Gaza appreciated the major role of the Saudi Arabia King Salman Bin Abdul Aziz for alleviating the suffering of refugees in Gaza, especially the owners of the damaged houses”, Abu Hasna said.
Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian
farmers and houses in central Gaza on Tuesday with no causalities
reported.
A field observer told Quds Press the IOF soldiers, stationed at military locations to the east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, opened machinegun fire at houses of Palestinians near the border area.
The shooting coincided with unusual movements inside the border line, he said, noting that Israeli drones were flying over the area at the same time.
The incident is the latest in a series of IOF violations of the truce agreement signed between Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation with Egyptian mediation on August 26, 2014.
A field observer told Quds Press the IOF soldiers, stationed at military locations to the east of al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, opened machinegun fire at houses of Palestinians near the border area.
The shooting coincided with unusual movements inside the border line, he said, noting that Israeli drones were flying over the area at the same time.
The incident is the latest in a series of IOF violations of the truce agreement signed between Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation with Egyptian mediation on August 26, 2014.
An Iranian charity distributes food among poor and homeless Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip, Press TV reports.
The Iranian charity organization, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, distributed thousands of packages of foodstuff among impoverished and homeless Palestinian families in the besieged Gaza Strip.
“Imam Khomeini Relief foundation has provided generous support for the people of Gaza, especially those who lost their homes” in the latest Israeli onslaught on the blockaded territory, Wasim Wadeya from the charity organization said.
“This is a very important project when we provide warm meals for displaced families who have been living on canned or dried foods,” he added.
According to the report, the food distribution project will last for three months to provide the Gazans with necessary food items.
“We thank the Islamic Republic of Iran for all its support,” he further noted, adding, “They Iranians have always stood by us especially during the 50-day war,” said an internally displaced Gazan said.
Nearly 2,200 Palestinians, including 577 children, were killed in the Israeli onslaught on Gaza that started in early July 2014 and ended in late August that year. Over 11,100 others, including 3,374 children, 2,088 women and 410 elderly people, were also injured.
Some 100,000 people are still homeless in the besieged coastal sliver with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East cautioning that cutting subsidies to the displaced people, who are now renting alternative accommodation, could force large numbers back to UN schools and centers, which are already home to 12,000 people.
The Iranian charity organization, Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, distributed thousands of packages of foodstuff among impoverished and homeless Palestinian families in the besieged Gaza Strip.
“Imam Khomeini Relief foundation has provided generous support for the people of Gaza, especially those who lost their homes” in the latest Israeli onslaught on the blockaded territory, Wasim Wadeya from the charity organization said.
“This is a very important project when we provide warm meals for displaced families who have been living on canned or dried foods,” he added.
According to the report, the food distribution project will last for three months to provide the Gazans with necessary food items.
“We thank the Islamic Republic of Iran for all its support,” he further noted, adding, “They Iranians have always stood by us especially during the 50-day war,” said an internally displaced Gazan said.
Nearly 2,200 Palestinians, including 577 children, were killed in the Israeli onslaught on Gaza that started in early July 2014 and ended in late August that year. Over 11,100 others, including 3,374 children, 2,088 women and 410 elderly people, were also injured.
Some 100,000 people are still homeless in the besieged coastal sliver with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East cautioning that cutting subsidies to the displaced people, who are now renting alternative accommodation, could force large numbers back to UN schools and centers, which are already home to 12,000 people.
Israeli Navy ships opened fire, on Tuesday at dawn, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal region.
The Palestinian Safa News Agency said the navy fired heavy rounds of live ammunition towards the boats, forcing the fishers to sail much closer to the shore, fearing for their lives.
It added that the navy also fired bursts of live rounds, close to the shore, before medics and rescue teams rushed to the scene to aid the fishers; no injuries were reported.
Palestinian fishers and their boats are subject to daily Israeli assaults in Gaza waters, close the shore and even while docked on the shore.
On Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition into Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza; no injuries were reported.
Local sources said soldiers, stationed on military towers, and military vehicles, across the border fence, opened fire on the farmers and their lands in an attempt to prevent them from entering their property, close to the fence.
Around 2137 Palestinians, including 578 children, 264 women, and 103 elderly, have been killed, while more than 11100, including 3374 children, 2088 women and 410 elderly, have been injured as a result of Israel’s war on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip; dozens died of their wounds later on, while many still face life-threatening condition.
The Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement includes allowing the Palestinian fishers to sail within six nautical miles in the Gaza Sea, with an incremental expansion in the allotted area.
Under the Olso accords, the Palestinians are allowed to fish, and sail within 20 nautical miles, but Israeli kept attacking them, and repeatedly unilaterally reduced the miles to three, then to six.
The Palestinian Safa News Agency said the navy fired heavy rounds of live ammunition towards the boats, forcing the fishers to sail much closer to the shore, fearing for their lives.
It added that the navy also fired bursts of live rounds, close to the shore, before medics and rescue teams rushed to the scene to aid the fishers; no injuries were reported.
Palestinian fishers and their boats are subject to daily Israeli assaults in Gaza waters, close the shore and even while docked on the shore.
On Tuesday morning, Israeli soldiers fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition into Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza; no injuries were reported.
Local sources said soldiers, stationed on military towers, and military vehicles, across the border fence, opened fire on the farmers and their lands in an attempt to prevent them from entering their property, close to the fence.
Around 2137 Palestinians, including 578 children, 264 women, and 103 elderly, have been killed, while more than 11100, including 3374 children, 2088 women and 410 elderly, have been injured as a result of Israel’s war on the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip; dozens died of their wounds later on, while many still face life-threatening condition.
The Egyptian-mediated ceasefire agreement includes allowing the Palestinian fishers to sail within six nautical miles in the Gaza Sea, with an incremental expansion in the allotted area.
Under the Olso accords, the Palestinians are allowed to fish, and sail within 20 nautical miles, but Israeli kept attacking them, and repeatedly unilaterally reduced the miles to three, then to six.
A delegation of Spanish pediatric orthopedic surgeons arrived in the Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza to conduct check-ups and surgeries for a number of patients.
The delegation, headed by Dr. Philippe Noya and coordinator for the World’s emergency Doctors project Dr. Verunka Lazzara, was received by the Director General of the Shifa medical center, Nasr al-Tatar.
Tatar hailed the efforts made by the Spanish doctors in favor of Gaza’s patients and injured children, most of whom left wounded from last summer’s Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave.
The envoy is set to carry out medical checks and surgeries for a number of patients in coordination with the panel of orthopedic practitioners at the Shifa hospital.
Head of the surgery unit at the Shifa center, Marwa Abu Saada, meanwhile, said a report is set to be dispatched to the Spanish branch of Doctors of the World so as to update the organization on Gaza’s estimated needs in pediatric orthopedics.
The delegation, headed by Dr. Philippe Noya and coordinator for the World’s emergency Doctors project Dr. Verunka Lazzara, was received by the Director General of the Shifa medical center, Nasr al-Tatar.
Tatar hailed the efforts made by the Spanish doctors in favor of Gaza’s patients and injured children, most of whom left wounded from last summer’s Israeli offensive on the besieged coastal enclave.
The envoy is set to carry out medical checks and surgeries for a number of patients in coordination with the panel of orthopedic practitioners at the Shifa hospital.
Head of the surgery unit at the Shifa center, Marwa Abu Saada, meanwhile, said a report is set to be dispatched to the Spanish branch of Doctors of the World so as to update the organization on Gaza’s estimated needs in pediatric orthopedics.
The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry, met with the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Robert Serry, in Cairo Monday to discuss the latest crises rocking the occupied Palestinian territories and Gaza.
“The meeting tackled the Palestinian issue in light of latest updates including the new West Bank settlements,” said foreign ministry spokesperson Badr Abdelatty.
He added that both parties discussed potential ideas to resume the peace talks between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupation based on the mutually agreed upon international treaties and pledges to stop illegal settlement construction.
The conveners exchanged talks on the humanitarian crises rocking the Gaza Strip and possible ways to implement the recommendations previously discussed at the Gaza reconstruction conference.
The meeting further pointed out the role of the UN-run organizations, most notably the UNRWA, in ensuring that the pledged funds be dispatched to the blockaded Gaza Strip at the soonest time possible.
“The meeting tackled the Palestinian issue in light of latest updates including the new West Bank settlements,” said foreign ministry spokesperson Badr Abdelatty.
He added that both parties discussed potential ideas to resume the peace talks between the Palestinians and the Israeli occupation based on the mutually agreed upon international treaties and pledges to stop illegal settlement construction.
The conveners exchanged talks on the humanitarian crises rocking the Gaza Strip and possible ways to implement the recommendations previously discussed at the Gaza reconstruction conference.
The meeting further pointed out the role of the UN-run organizations, most notably the UNRWA, in ensuring that the pledged funds be dispatched to the blockaded Gaza Strip at the soonest time possible.
2 feb 2015
"The brutality Palestine is experiencing must end", main opposition SYRIZA party leader Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday, during a rally and march to Syntagma Square, held in protest of the Israeli army's military campaign in the Gaza Strip.
The event was organized by leftist and Palestinian groups and immigrant communities, PNN correspondence reports in conjunction with Greek media.
"Palestine is in perpetual war - this war must stop at some point; this brutality cannot be tolerated," Tsipras said. "When civilians and children are killed at beaches facing the same sea that borders the European continent, we cannot remain passive, because if this happens on the other side of the Mediterranean today, it can happen on our own side tomorrow. I want to note that the voices of solidarity movements are, for the first time, uniting under a strong movement within Israel," he added.
A peaceful solution will create a viable and democratic Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, as the United Nations resolutions also call for, he said.
The protesters gathered at Syntagma and, then, marched to the European Commission Representation offices in Greece and the US Embassy.
Tsipras led the anti-austerity SYRIZA party to victory in a snap general election on January 25th, taking 36% of the vote and 149 out of 300 seats in the Greek Parliament.
The victory has been met with alarm by Germany and other imperialist Western powers.
The event was organized by leftist and Palestinian groups and immigrant communities, PNN correspondence reports in conjunction with Greek media.
"Palestine is in perpetual war - this war must stop at some point; this brutality cannot be tolerated," Tsipras said. "When civilians and children are killed at beaches facing the same sea that borders the European continent, we cannot remain passive, because if this happens on the other side of the Mediterranean today, it can happen on our own side tomorrow. I want to note that the voices of solidarity movements are, for the first time, uniting under a strong movement within Israel," he added.
A peaceful solution will create a viable and democratic Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, as the United Nations resolutions also call for, he said.
The protesters gathered at Syntagma and, then, marched to the European Commission Representation offices in Greece and the US Embassy.
Tsipras led the anti-austerity SYRIZA party to victory in a snap general election on January 25th, taking 36% of the vote and 149 out of 300 seats in the Greek Parliament.
The victory has been met with alarm by Germany and other imperialist Western powers.
Israeli authorities opened Kerem Shalom trade crossing on Monday, to allow the entry of 560 truckloads of goods and fuel to the Gaza Strip.
Chairman of the Coordination Committee for the entry of goods, Raed Fattouh, said that the trucks are loaded with goods for trade, agricultural, transportation and aid sectors.
Fattouh stated, according to Al Ray, that "the occupation will allow the entry of 150 truckloads of gravels for the Qatar projects", noting that 99 trucks loaded with cement and gravel and iron for construction of international projects will also enter.
Fattouh says that the occupation will also soon allow quantities of fuel to be pumped.
Kerem Shalom is the only commercial crossing through which goods and fuel enter the Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities close it every Friday and Saturday. On other days, it works to less than half capacity.
Chairman of the Coordination Committee for the entry of goods, Raed Fattouh, said that the trucks are loaded with goods for trade, agricultural, transportation and aid sectors.
Fattouh stated, according to Al Ray, that "the occupation will allow the entry of 150 truckloads of gravels for the Qatar projects", noting that 99 trucks loaded with cement and gravel and iron for construction of international projects will also enter.
Fattouh says that the occupation will also soon allow quantities of fuel to be pumped.
Kerem Shalom is the only commercial crossing through which goods and fuel enter the Gaza Strip. Israeli authorities close it every Friday and Saturday. On other days, it works to less than half capacity.
Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative, said settlements in the West Bank and Jerusalem on one hand and the siege on Gaza on the other are two facets of the Israeli aggression on the Palestinian people.
Barghouthi said, in a statement on Monday, Israel is planning and actually constructing 14,523 new settlement units in occupied Jerusalem and all over the West Bank.
At the same time, it keeps on the crippling siege on Gaza and hinders the reconstruction of the enclave, he said, adding that thousands of displaced Gazans have been suffering from miserable health and environmental conditions.
Dr. Barghouthi said that the conference on Gaza reconstruction was a “big deception” just like the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. It aims to cover the crimes of the Israeli occupation as well as the expansion of settlements and the attempt to liquidate the Palestinian question, according to Barghouthi.
He opined that the real deterrent to Israeli crimes requires speeding up the unification of the Palestinian people under a unified leadership, to hold Israel accountable before international courts, and to escalate the popular resistance and boycott of Israel.
Barghouthi said, in a statement on Monday, Israel is planning and actually constructing 14,523 new settlement units in occupied Jerusalem and all over the West Bank.
At the same time, it keeps on the crippling siege on Gaza and hinders the reconstruction of the enclave, he said, adding that thousands of displaced Gazans have been suffering from miserable health and environmental conditions.
Dr. Barghouthi said that the conference on Gaza reconstruction was a “big deception” just like the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. It aims to cover the crimes of the Israeli occupation as well as the expansion of settlements and the attempt to liquidate the Palestinian question, according to Barghouthi.
He opined that the real deterrent to Israeli crimes requires speeding up the unification of the Palestinian people under a unified leadership, to hold Israel accountable before international courts, and to escalate the popular resistance and boycott of Israel.
Israeli navy arrested last month three Palestinian fishermen and confiscated 70 fishing boats (6-7 meter long) along with their equipment off Gaza coast. The Palestinian Center for Studies demanded immediate release of the fishermen and return of the boats.
Rafat Hamdonah, director of the Center, called on the international human rights organizations to intervene to pressure the Israeli occupation to release the three fishermen and to return the seventy fishing boats along with their equipment.
In the same context, the Israeli navy had confiscated five months ago a tugboat belonging to a Palestinian from Gaza. The value of the tugboat was estimated at 150,000 USD.
Rafat Hamdonah, director of the Center, called on the international human rights organizations to intervene to pressure the Israeli occupation to release the three fishermen and to return the seventy fishing boats along with their equipment.
In the same context, the Israeli navy had confiscated five months ago a tugboat belonging to a Palestinian from Gaza. The value of the tugboat was estimated at 150,000 USD.
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Monday at dawn, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats near the Sudaniyya shore, northwest of Gaza city.
Eyewitnesses said one of the navy ships chased the fishing boats while firing rounds of live ammunition, forcing the fishers back to the shore.
The boats were within the six nautical miles allotted for the Palestinians for fishing.
On Thursday morning, navy ships attacked a number of Palestinian fishing boats, also in the Sudaniyya Sea, opened fire on them and forced them back to the shore.
On Wednesday morning, soldiers stationed across the border fence with the Gaza Strip opened fire at Palestinian fields east of Khan Younis.
Last Monday evening, the navy opened fire on a fishing boat, in Palestinian waters west of Gaza city, causing it to sink, and kidnapped four fishermen.
The Israeli navy targets Palestinian fishing boats on almost a daily basis, in clear breach of the Egyptian-brokered truce agreement reached on August 26 of last year.
The agreement includes allowing Palestinian fishermen to sail within 6 nautical miles in the Gaza Sea, with an incremental expansion in the allotted area. Under the Olso accords, the Palestinians are allowed to fish and sail within 20 nautical miles, but Israeli kept attacking them, and repeatedly unilaterally reduced the miles to 3, then to six.
Eyewitnesses said one of the navy ships chased the fishing boats while firing rounds of live ammunition, forcing the fishers back to the shore.
The boats were within the six nautical miles allotted for the Palestinians for fishing.
On Thursday morning, navy ships attacked a number of Palestinian fishing boats, also in the Sudaniyya Sea, opened fire on them and forced them back to the shore.
On Wednesday morning, soldiers stationed across the border fence with the Gaza Strip opened fire at Palestinian fields east of Khan Younis.
Last Monday evening, the navy opened fire on a fishing boat, in Palestinian waters west of Gaza city, causing it to sink, and kidnapped four fishermen.
The Israeli navy targets Palestinian fishing boats on almost a daily basis, in clear breach of the Egyptian-brokered truce agreement reached on August 26 of last year.
The agreement includes allowing Palestinian fishermen to sail within 6 nautical miles in the Gaza Sea, with an incremental expansion in the allotted area. Under the Olso accords, the Palestinians are allowed to fish and sail within 20 nautical miles, but Israeli kept attacking them, and repeatedly unilaterally reduced the miles to 3, then to six.
A Palestinian human rights center condemned on Sunday Israel’s tightening of the noose on Gaza Strip since 2006, citing arresting people travelling via Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing as the latest development in such a policy.
Insan Human Rights Center said in a statement that the Israeli repressive policy against Gaza Strip restricts people’s movement via Beit Hanoun border crossing.
The statement pointed out that a Palestinian merchant was recently arrested on the border crossing while on his way to receive goods despite obtaining a permit from Israeli economy ministry.
The Palestinian businessman, Abdulhakim Shubair, is expected to be brought before court Tuesday on the charge of importing banned electric wires.
The center called on human rights institutions to intervene urgently, to stop Israeli violations of the international laws and conventions, and to facilitate people’s movement via Beit Hanoun crossing.
The human rights center also called for an end to the deliberate targeting of Palestinian economy by restricting Palestinian traders’ movement, and to protect the people living in the besieged strip of Gaza.
Insan Human Rights Center said in a statement that the Israeli repressive policy against Gaza Strip restricts people’s movement via Beit Hanoun border crossing.
The statement pointed out that a Palestinian merchant was recently arrested on the border crossing while on his way to receive goods despite obtaining a permit from Israeli economy ministry.
The Palestinian businessman, Abdulhakim Shubair, is expected to be brought before court Tuesday on the charge of importing banned electric wires.
The center called on human rights institutions to intervene urgently, to stop Israeli violations of the international laws and conventions, and to facilitate people’s movement via Beit Hanoun crossing.
The human rights center also called for an end to the deliberate targeting of Palestinian economy by restricting Palestinian traders’ movement, and to protect the people living in the besieged strip of Gaza.
1 feb 2015
The popular committees for refugees denounced the UNRWA's decision to suspend its financial aid for the Palestinians whose homes were destroyed during Israel's last war on the Gaza Strip.
The popular committees for refugees, which are affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), warned that the UNRWA's decision would have serious impacts on the lives of citizens.
They called for necessarily executing what had been agreed upon at Cairo conference on Gaza and transferring funds to the competent authorities and international organizations to initiate the reconstruction of homes and alleviate the suffering of the affected citizens.
This came during the meeting with the political adviser to Robert Serry that was held on Saturday in Gaza by director of the refugee camps Mazen Abu Zayd in the presence of heads of the popular committees in Gaza refugee camps.
The popular committees for refugees, which are affiliated with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), warned that the UNRWA's decision would have serious impacts on the lives of citizens.
They called for necessarily executing what had been agreed upon at Cairo conference on Gaza and transferring funds to the competent authorities and international organizations to initiate the reconstruction of homes and alleviate the suffering of the affected citizens.
This came during the meeting with the political adviser to Robert Serry that was held on Saturday in Gaza by director of the refugee camps Mazen Abu Zayd in the presence of heads of the popular committees in Gaza refugee camps.
Israel’s foreign minister has described as "inevitable" a third war with Lebanon and a fourth aggression in the besieged Gaza Strip in the wake of a recent retaliatory attack by Hezbollah.
“A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable,” Avigdor Lieberman said in an interview with Israel’s Ynet on Sunday.
“There’s no doubt the rules of the game have been changed, what Hezbollah forced upon us. We don’t respond, but rather decide to contain this incident,” Lieberman said, adding that the Lebanese resistance movement is “more determined.”
The Israeli official also said that another war on the Gaza Strip was on the horizon, adding that Hamas was already rebuilding its military capacities.
“We saw 10 rockets being fired at the sea last week. We see every week how they’re rebuilding [their arsenal],” he said, referring to the Palestinian resistance movement.
Hezbollah killed two Israeli soldiers and destroyed at least nine Israeli military vehicles in a retaliatory attack on a military convoy in northern occupied territories on January 28. Tel Aviv said a 20-year-old sergeant and a 25-year-old captain were killed.
Following the attack, Hezbollah said the move was in retaliation for Israel’s January 18 attack on the Syrian section of Golan Heights, where six Hezbollah members and an Iranian commander lost their lives.
Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of martyred Hezbollah top commander, Imad Mughniyeh, was among those killed in the attack.
“A fourth operation in the Gaza Strip is inevitable, just as a third Lebanon war is inevitable,” Avigdor Lieberman said in an interview with Israel’s Ynet on Sunday.
“There’s no doubt the rules of the game have been changed, what Hezbollah forced upon us. We don’t respond, but rather decide to contain this incident,” Lieberman said, adding that the Lebanese resistance movement is “more determined.”
The Israeli official also said that another war on the Gaza Strip was on the horizon, adding that Hamas was already rebuilding its military capacities.
“We saw 10 rockets being fired at the sea last week. We see every week how they’re rebuilding [their arsenal],” he said, referring to the Palestinian resistance movement.
Hezbollah killed two Israeli soldiers and destroyed at least nine Israeli military vehicles in a retaliatory attack on a military convoy in northern occupied territories on January 28. Tel Aviv said a 20-year-old sergeant and a 25-year-old captain were killed.
Following the attack, Hezbollah said the move was in retaliation for Israel’s January 18 attack on the Syrian section of Golan Heights, where six Hezbollah members and an Iranian commander lost their lives.
Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of martyred Hezbollah top commander, Imad Mughniyeh, was among those killed in the attack.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday afternoon opened machinegun fire at a Palestinian rally in a Gaza border area protesting Israel's blockade on the Strip and calling for its reconstruction.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that scores of citizens and activists participated in the march, which was called for by the national movement committee for breaking the siege and reconstruction.
He added that hundreds of young men rallied near the border fence east of Khan Younis, torched several tires and chanted slogans calling for ending Gaza siege and reconstructing the homes destroyed in the last Israeli war.
He also said that Israeli border soldiers opened fire intensively at the protesters as they were approaching the security fence east of Khan Younis and luckily, no one was injured.
For his part, spokesman for the national movement committee Adham Abu Salmiya said that the burning of tires along the eastern border area from Karam Abu Salem crossing to Beit Hanoun crossing was aimed at sending a warning message to the Israeli occupation against the growing anger of the population in Gaza.
"This protest marks the start of a series of special events aimed at the Zionist occupation, which is responsible for destroying thousands of homes, displacing dozens of thousands of citizens, and all forms of suffering being endured by our people in Gaza," spokesman Abu Salmiya told the PIC reporter.
"Today, by burning tires, we are sending signals of anger to the occupation and telling it that this wrath is growing and may explode more largely in its face," he warned.
The Palestinian information center (PIC) reporter in Gaza said that scores of citizens and activists participated in the march, which was called for by the national movement committee for breaking the siege and reconstruction.
He added that hundreds of young men rallied near the border fence east of Khan Younis, torched several tires and chanted slogans calling for ending Gaza siege and reconstructing the homes destroyed in the last Israeli war.
He also said that Israeli border soldiers opened fire intensively at the protesters as they were approaching the security fence east of Khan Younis and luckily, no one was injured.
For his part, spokesman for the national movement committee Adham Abu Salmiya said that the burning of tires along the eastern border area from Karam Abu Salem crossing to Beit Hanoun crossing was aimed at sending a warning message to the Israeli occupation against the growing anger of the population in Gaza.
"This protest marks the start of a series of special events aimed at the Zionist occupation, which is responsible for destroying thousands of homes, displacing dozens of thousands of citizens, and all forms of suffering being endured by our people in Gaza," spokesman Abu Salmiya told the PIC reporter.
"Today, by burning tires, we are sending signals of anger to the occupation and telling it that this wrath is growing and may explode more largely in its face," he warned.
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