8 jan 2017
Israeli troops opened live fire at Palestinian agricultural land in two separate incidents in the Gaza Strip Sunday morning, local sources told Ma'an, with no injuries reported.
Witnesses told Ma’an in Gaza City that Israeli soldiers stationed at military posts across the border fence opened fire at Palestinian farmland in the eastern outskirts of Gaza City.
A similar shooting incident was reported by locals in the village of Khuzaa east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
No injuries were reported in both incidents. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into the reports.
The day prior, Israeli troops fired intermittently at agricultural lands of Khuzaa.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone," which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
Palestinians who work near the unilaterally declared “buffer zone” between the Palestinian enclave and Israel often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone. The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
On Wednesday night, a Palestinian fisherman went missing after an encounter with Israeli forces near Israel’s sea-side buffer zone , and has yet to be found by Palestinian or Israeli authorities. Locals told Ma’an at the time that Israeli forces had purposely attacked and sunk al-Hassi’s boat, and the fisherman's family has since declared him dead.
The incident has sparked anger in the besieged coastal enclave. A sit-in protest was organized on Thursday condemning the “Israeli crime” and demanding an international intervention to protect Gaza fishermen and prosecute Israel for its crimes.
Despite the ceasefire agreement that ended the deadly war, the Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas.
Witnesses told Ma’an in Gaza City that Israeli soldiers stationed at military posts across the border fence opened fire at Palestinian farmland in the eastern outskirts of Gaza City.
A similar shooting incident was reported by locals in the village of Khuzaa east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
No injuries were reported in both incidents. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into the reports.
The day prior, Israeli troops fired intermittently at agricultural lands of Khuzaa.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone," which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
Palestinians who work near the unilaterally declared “buffer zone” between the Palestinian enclave and Israel often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone. The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
On Wednesday night, a Palestinian fisherman went missing after an encounter with Israeli forces near Israel’s sea-side buffer zone , and has yet to be found by Palestinian or Israeli authorities. Locals told Ma’an at the time that Israeli forces had purposely attacked and sunk al-Hassi’s boat, and the fisherman's family has since declared him dead.
The incident has sparked anger in the besieged coastal enclave. A sit-in protest was organized on Thursday condemning the “Israeli crime” and demanding an international intervention to protect Gaza fishermen and prosecute Israel for its crimes.
Despite the ceasefire agreement that ended the deadly war, the Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas.
7 jan 2017
Muhammad Ahmad al-Hassi
The family of the fisherman Muhammad Ahmad al-Hassi whose boat was attacked by Israeli war boats off Beit Lahiya shores officially declared Saturday his death in absentia after 48 hours of his disappearance.
The family held Israel responsible for their son’s death after Israeli naval forces deliberately sank his fishing boat late Wednesday.
The family also called on international human rights institutions to seriously intervene to put an end to Israeli daily assaults against Gaza fishermen.
An Israeli gunboat last Wednesday deliberately rammed into a Palestinian fishing boat off the coast of al-Sudaniya area, north of Gaza. This led to the loss of one fisherman and the sinking of the fishing boat.
Around 4,000 fishermen work in Gaza, half of whom live below the poverty line due to the Israeli unfair blockade imposed on the Strip since June 2007.
The blockade has caused a decline in the standards of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
The family of the fisherman Muhammad Ahmad al-Hassi whose boat was attacked by Israeli war boats off Beit Lahiya shores officially declared Saturday his death in absentia after 48 hours of his disappearance.
The family held Israel responsible for their son’s death after Israeli naval forces deliberately sank his fishing boat late Wednesday.
The family also called on international human rights institutions to seriously intervene to put an end to Israeli daily assaults against Gaza fishermen.
An Israeli gunboat last Wednesday deliberately rammed into a Palestinian fishing boat off the coast of al-Sudaniya area, north of Gaza. This led to the loss of one fisherman and the sinking of the fishing boat.
Around 4,000 fishermen work in Gaza, half of whom live below the poverty line due to the Israeli unfair blockade imposed on the Strip since June 2007.
The blockade has caused a decline in the standards of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens performed the Friday prayer at the Gaza Port Mosque, west of Gaza City, in solidarity with the Palestinian fishermen.
The citizens flocked to the port at the invitation of the National Anti-Siege and Reconstruction Commission.
In his khutba (sermon), senior Hamas official and lawmaker Marwan Abu Ras highlighted the recent Israeli attack on a fishing boat and the resultant loss of a fisherman, expressing his Movement’s solidarity with the fishermen and their suffering.
“The Israeli enemy deprives the Gaza Strip population of their right to live and commits crimes against fishermen at sea,” Abu Ras said.
The Hamas official urged the Arab and Islamic countries to respond to the recent incident in Gaza waters by severing their relations with Israel and closing their embassies in Tel Aviv.
“We tell them (the Arab and Islamic countries) that Israel is fighting your morals, economy, tourism and politics. It is a common enemy to all of us,” he said.
An Israeli gunboat last Wednesday deliberately rammed into a Palestinian fishing boat off the coast of al-Sudaniya area, north of Gaza. This led to the loss of one fisherman and the sinking of the fishing boat.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza. Over the past 18 years, however, Israel has reduced the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
But fishermen and human rights groups say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army regularly enforces a limit even closer to the shore.
The citizens flocked to the port at the invitation of the National Anti-Siege and Reconstruction Commission.
In his khutba (sermon), senior Hamas official and lawmaker Marwan Abu Ras highlighted the recent Israeli attack on a fishing boat and the resultant loss of a fisherman, expressing his Movement’s solidarity with the fishermen and their suffering.
“The Israeli enemy deprives the Gaza Strip population of their right to live and commits crimes against fishermen at sea,” Abu Ras said.
The Hamas official urged the Arab and Islamic countries to respond to the recent incident in Gaza waters by severing their relations with Israel and closing their embassies in Tel Aviv.
“We tell them (the Arab and Islamic countries) that Israel is fighting your morals, economy, tourism and politics. It is a common enemy to all of us,” he said.
An Israeli gunboat last Wednesday deliberately rammed into a Palestinian fishing boat off the coast of al-Sudaniya area, north of Gaza. This led to the loss of one fisherman and the sinking of the fishing boat.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza. Over the past 18 years, however, Israel has reduced the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
But fishermen and human rights groups say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army regularly enforces a limit even closer to the shore.
Israeli soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, opened fire on Saturday morning targeting a number of homes and lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said the attacks did not lead to physical injuries, but caused anxiety attacks among several Palestinians, especially children.
The attack came from several military towers, in army bases across the border fence, the WAFA Palestinian News Agencies has reported.
Medical sources said the attacks did not lead to physical injuries, but caused anxiety attacks among several Palestinians, especially children.
The attack came from several military towers, in army bases across the border fence, the WAFA Palestinian News Agencies has reported.
6 jan 2017
Searching works for the Gazan missing fisherman, Mohammad Al-Hissi, who was missed on Wednesday after Israeli occupation navy drowned a Palestinian-fishing boat off Gaza shores, are being continued for the third day.
Fishermen syndicate captain, Nizar Ayyash, denied the news about finding his body in the northern Gaza sea after the Israeli navy hit the fishing boat deliberately. Ayyash also underlined that the family of the Palestinian victim denied the news as well.
The attacks triggered a wave of anger amid Palestinians in Gaza whereas many parties condemned such Israeli repeated attacks against Gazan fishermen off Gaza shores.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad Movements charged the Israeli authorities with responsibility in full for the continuation of Israeli violations and perceived the attack as a systematic crime that needs a serious standing from international human rights institutions.
After attack on fishing boat, Gaza fishermen strike for two days
Chief of the Gaza fishermen Nizar Ayyash announced that all fishing activities in Gaza waters would be suspended on Thursday and Friday in protest at the sinking of a fishing boat and the loss of a fisherman aboard it following a deliberate ramming attack by an Israeli gunboat.
Ayyash told a news conference on Thursday in Gaza Port that a search operation was launched to find the missing fisherman, accusing the Israeli navy of deliberately sinking the boat.
He strongly denounced the Israeli navy’s daily aggressive practices against the fishermen, who struggle to make ends meet, and appealed to the international community and its concerned organizations to work on protecting Gaza fishermen against Israeli violations.
Dozens of fishermen, citizens and relatives of the missing fisherman rallied yesterday morning to protest the Israeli navy’s wanton attack on the fishing boat.
An Israeli gunboat on Thursday morning rammed into a Palestinian fishing boat off the coast of al-Sudaniya area in northern Gaza, causing it to capsize and one fisherman aboard it to drown. The victim was identified as Ahmed al-Hissi.
The Palestinian ministry of transportation issued a statement denouncing the Israeli navy for its persistence in attacking Gaza fishermen, accusing it of deliberately tipping over the fishing boat.
For its part, the Hamas Movement held Israeli government fully responsible for the repercussions of its ongoing arbitrary practices and violations against the Palestinian fishermen.
Its spokesman Abdul-Latif al-Qanua on Thursday condemned the attack on the fishing boat that led to the drowning of one fisherman, calling it a “heinous crime and part of Israel’s systematic violations against the Palestinian fishermen.”
Qanua urged international human rights groups to state their positions on this crime and work on curbing Israel’s daily violations against the fishermen in Gaza.
The Islamic Jihad Movement also slammed what happened to the fishing boat and described it as another blatant violation of the truce agreement in Gaza.
In a press release, Islamic Jihad stressed that the Palestinian resistance in Gaza has the right to retaliate to Israel’s aggression against its own people.
“If Israel’s aggression and unjust blockade do not end, we have the right to defend ourselves and our people,” the Movement said.
Fishermen syndicate captain, Nizar Ayyash, denied the news about finding his body in the northern Gaza sea after the Israeli navy hit the fishing boat deliberately. Ayyash also underlined that the family of the Palestinian victim denied the news as well.
The attacks triggered a wave of anger amid Palestinians in Gaza whereas many parties condemned such Israeli repeated attacks against Gazan fishermen off Gaza shores.
Hamas and Islamic Jihad Movements charged the Israeli authorities with responsibility in full for the continuation of Israeli violations and perceived the attack as a systematic crime that needs a serious standing from international human rights institutions.
After attack on fishing boat, Gaza fishermen strike for two days
Chief of the Gaza fishermen Nizar Ayyash announced that all fishing activities in Gaza waters would be suspended on Thursday and Friday in protest at the sinking of a fishing boat and the loss of a fisherman aboard it following a deliberate ramming attack by an Israeli gunboat.
Ayyash told a news conference on Thursday in Gaza Port that a search operation was launched to find the missing fisherman, accusing the Israeli navy of deliberately sinking the boat.
He strongly denounced the Israeli navy’s daily aggressive practices against the fishermen, who struggle to make ends meet, and appealed to the international community and its concerned organizations to work on protecting Gaza fishermen against Israeli violations.
Dozens of fishermen, citizens and relatives of the missing fisherman rallied yesterday morning to protest the Israeli navy’s wanton attack on the fishing boat.
An Israeli gunboat on Thursday morning rammed into a Palestinian fishing boat off the coast of al-Sudaniya area in northern Gaza, causing it to capsize and one fisherman aboard it to drown. The victim was identified as Ahmed al-Hissi.
The Palestinian ministry of transportation issued a statement denouncing the Israeli navy for its persistence in attacking Gaza fishermen, accusing it of deliberately tipping over the fishing boat.
For its part, the Hamas Movement held Israeli government fully responsible for the repercussions of its ongoing arbitrary practices and violations against the Palestinian fishermen.
Its spokesman Abdul-Latif al-Qanua on Thursday condemned the attack on the fishing boat that led to the drowning of one fisherman, calling it a “heinous crime and part of Israel’s systematic violations against the Palestinian fishermen.”
Qanua urged international human rights groups to state their positions on this crime and work on curbing Israel’s daily violations against the fishermen in Gaza.
The Islamic Jihad Movement also slammed what happened to the fishing boat and described it as another blatant violation of the truce agreement in Gaza.
In a press release, Islamic Jihad stressed that the Palestinian resistance in Gaza has the right to retaliate to Israel’s aggression against its own people.
“If Israel’s aggression and unjust blockade do not end, we have the right to defend ourselves and our people,” the Movement said.
5 jan 2017
The Palestinian ministry of agriculture in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation authorities have started to spray pesticides by planes along the Gaza border.
Adham Bassiouni, an official at the Ministry of Agriculture, considered this measure as "a kind of extra siege" practiced by the IOA against the Palestinian farmers.
"This Israeli repeated procedure in recent years aims to destroy the agricultural land and to cut off the livelihood of their owners," he added.
He noted that the Israeli pesticides have a negative effect on Palestinian crops. This sometimes causes huge losses for Palestinian farmers in the besieged territory. Last year, he explained, most of the crops in over 4000 dunums near the border were damaged.
Bassiouni highlighted that the ministry asked the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip to coordinate with the IOA in order to know the dates of spraying pesticides but the latter replied that it was going to be sprayed between December 25 and January 15 which was not enough to take preventive measures by the ministry.
Adham Bassiouni, an official at the Ministry of Agriculture, considered this measure as "a kind of extra siege" practiced by the IOA against the Palestinian farmers.
"This Israeli repeated procedure in recent years aims to destroy the agricultural land and to cut off the livelihood of their owners," he added.
He noted that the Israeli pesticides have a negative effect on Palestinian crops. This sometimes causes huge losses for Palestinian farmers in the besieged territory. Last year, he explained, most of the crops in over 4000 dunums near the border were damaged.
Bassiouni highlighted that the ministry asked the office of the International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip to coordinate with the IOA in order to know the dates of spraying pesticides but the latter replied that it was going to be sprayed between December 25 and January 15 which was not enough to take preventive measures by the ministry.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday opened machinegun fire at the eastern border areas of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources pointed out that the IOF soldiers positioned along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip opened random fire at the border areas.
Farmers and bird hunters fled the area, the sources said, adding that no injuries were reported in the incident.
Local sources pointed out that the IOF soldiers positioned along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip opened random fire at the border areas.
Farmers and bird hunters fled the area, the sources said, adding that no injuries were reported in the incident.
The Israeli navy on Wednesday evening ferociously attacked Palestinian fishermen and their boats off the northern shores of the Gaza Strip.
According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), a fishing boat sank during the attack and the fisherman who was aboard disappeared from sight.
The incident happened when an Israeli gunboat swamped the boat using a water cannon. There is still no information about what happened to the fisherman.
As this boat was sinking, Israeli naval troops attacked other fishermen and their boats by firing flares and live ammunition at them off the shores of al-Sudaniya and al-Waha areas and forced them to return ashore.
Local sources affirmed that the fishermen were working within the permitted fishing zone, describing the attack as unjustified.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza. Over the past 18 years, however, Israel has reduced the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
But fishermen and human rights groups say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army regularly enforces a limit even closer to the shore.
According to the Palestinian Information Center (PIC), a fishing boat sank during the attack and the fisherman who was aboard disappeared from sight.
The incident happened when an Israeli gunboat swamped the boat using a water cannon. There is still no information about what happened to the fisherman.
As this boat was sinking, Israeli naval troops attacked other fishermen and their boats by firing flares and live ammunition at them off the shores of al-Sudaniya and al-Waha areas and forced them to return ashore.
Local sources affirmed that the fishermen were working within the permitted fishing zone, describing the attack as unjustified.
Israeli gunboats are around Gaza fishermen every day, harassing them, shooting at them, damaging their boats, and making arrests. Sometimes fishermen are injured or killed during gunfire attacks.
Under the 1993 Oslo accords, Palestinian fishermen are permitted to fish up to 20 nautical miles off the coast of Gaza. Over the past 18 years, however, Israel has reduced the fishing area gradually to a limit of three nautical miles as part of its blockade on Gaza.
But fishermen and human rights groups say that, since the 2008-09 war in Gaza, the Israeli army regularly enforces a limit even closer to the shore.
4 jan 2017
Israeli Army declared that one of its officers died Tuesday of wounds he sustained during Israel’s 2014 aggression on Gaza.
Israeli second channel identified the officer as Maj. Hagai Ben Ari, 33, who was slated to command an elite Paratroopers company.
He was critically wounded on July 21, 2014 by a Palestinian sniper fire and never regained consciousness since then. He died last night after 30 months in a coma.
On July 7, 2014, Israel launched a deadly aggression on Gaza Strip that lasted for 51 days. 2200 Palestinians were killed during the attack while 11,000 others were injured, mostly children and women.
Israeli second channel identified the officer as Maj. Hagai Ben Ari, 33, who was slated to command an elite Paratroopers company.
He was critically wounded on July 21, 2014 by a Palestinian sniper fire and never regained consciousness since then. He died last night after 30 months in a coma.
On July 7, 2014, Israel launched a deadly aggression on Gaza Strip that lasted for 51 days. 2200 Palestinians were killed during the attack while 11,000 others were injured, mostly children and women.
The Israeli army on Tuesday night carried out a limited incursion into a border area southeast of the Gaza Strip, amid random gunfire.
Local sources reported that flares lit up the sky over the eastern outskirts of Rafah as Israeli soldiers with dogs infiltrated into and combed the area, amid intensive shooting.
The Palestinian authorities in Gaza accuse the Israeli army of persisting in violating its Egyptian-brokered truce deal in 2014 with the resistance by carrying out shooting attacks and incursions in border areas.
Local sources reported that flares lit up the sky over the eastern outskirts of Rafah as Israeli soldiers with dogs infiltrated into and combed the area, amid intensive shooting.
The Palestinian authorities in Gaza accuse the Israeli army of persisting in violating its Egyptian-brokered truce deal in 2014 with the resistance by carrying out shooting attacks and incursions in border areas.
3 jan 2017
Israeli forces Tuesday evening opened live fire on Palestinian lands in eastern Rafah in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli forces deployed at eastern Rafah opened fire at Palestinian agricultural lands. No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports on the incident.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone," which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
Palestinians who work near the unilaterally declared “buffer zone” between the Palestinian enclave and Israel often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli forces deployed at eastern Rafah opened fire at Palestinian agricultural lands. No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports on the incident.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone," which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
Palestinians who work near the unilaterally declared “buffer zone” between the Palestinian enclave and Israel often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Israeli navy ships opened fire towards Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, local sources told Ma’an.
Fishermen said that that Israeli forces fired warning shots at them while they were fishing off the coast of al-Waha, northwest of Gaza City.
No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone" which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
Palestinians who work near the “buffer zone” often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sectors of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Fishermen said that that Israeli forces fired warning shots at them while they were fishing off the coast of al-Waha, northwest of Gaza City.
No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone" which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
Palestinians who work near the “buffer zone” often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sectors of the blockaded coastal enclave.
1 jan 2017
Israeli army gunboats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip Sunday morning, with no injuries reported, local sources in Gaza said.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone" which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports.
Palestinians who work near the “buffer zone” often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sectors of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone" which lies on both land and sea sides of Gaza, have long been a near-daily occurrence.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an they were looking into reports.
Palestinians who work near the “buffer zone” often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sectors of the blockaded coastal enclave.
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