23 jan 2020
The municipality of Khan Yunis City in southern Gaza has accused the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) of intentionally releasing collected rainwater from dams in the east and swamping many areas of the city, especially the Salahuddin Street.
Mohamed al-Asttal, head of the municipality’s emergency committee, said on Wednesday that enormous amounts of water gushed out from dams in the east of Khan Yunis flooding agricultural areas near the border and penetrating the Salahuddin Street and other roads.
Asttal added the massive quantities exceeded the capacity of the drainage system in the street and swamped large parts of the road, prompting municipal emergency teams to move immediately to address the situation and prevent the closure of the street, which he described as a vital route for people coming from northern Gaza to the south and vice versa.
Recently, large swathes of cultivated land and farmlands were also flooded on different occasions when the IOA released collected rainwater into Gaza, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to agricultural areas in Gaza.
With no prior notice or regard for the local residents and their property, the IOA deliberately opens the floodgates of its dams and canals in the direction of the Gaza Strip in order to discharge water that accumulates due to heavy rains in the region.
Mohamed al-Asttal, head of the municipality’s emergency committee, said on Wednesday that enormous amounts of water gushed out from dams in the east of Khan Yunis flooding agricultural areas near the border and penetrating the Salahuddin Street and other roads.
Asttal added the massive quantities exceeded the capacity of the drainage system in the street and swamped large parts of the road, prompting municipal emergency teams to move immediately to address the situation and prevent the closure of the street, which he described as a vital route for people coming from northern Gaza to the south and vice versa.
Recently, large swathes of cultivated land and farmlands were also flooded on different occasions when the IOA released collected rainwater into Gaza, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to agricultural areas in Gaza.
With no prior notice or regard for the local residents and their property, the IOA deliberately opens the floodgates of its dams and canals in the direction of the Gaza Strip in order to discharge water that accumulates due to heavy rains in the region.
A previous infiltration attempt on Gaza border
An Israeli military helicopter on Wednesday night fired two missiles towards a border area near the security fence in northern Gaza, amid flares lighting the sky and intensive gunfire.
According to local sources, explosions rocked northern Gaza after aerial attacks by a helicopter somewhere in the area between the border fence in Gaza and Zikim settlement.
The Hebrew media talked about Gazan young men who infiltrated into an Israeli border area in the north of the Negev, without providing further details.
An Israeli military helicopter on Wednesday night fired two missiles towards a border area near the security fence in northern Gaza, amid flares lighting the sky and intensive gunfire.
According to local sources, explosions rocked northern Gaza after aerial attacks by a helicopter somewhere in the area between the border fence in Gaza and Zikim settlement.
The Hebrew media talked about Gazan young men who infiltrated into an Israeli border area in the north of the Negev, without providing further details.
22 jan 2020
Israeli planes have reportedly sprayed toxic chemical substances and dangerous pesticides on farmlands near the Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its acts of aggression against the besieged Palestinian coastal enclave.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Wednesday that the Israeli army sprayed the area in close proximity to the fence separating the Gaza Strip from the Israeli-occupied territories for three days last week.
The report added that the Israeli ministry of military affairs has defended the aerial spraying after having refrained from it throughout last year, claiming that it was necessary to destroy “vegetation that obscures soldiers’ view of the area.”
According to the Palestinian Agriculture Ministry, Israeli pesticides damaged 14,000 dunams (3,459 acres) of agricultural land in Gaza from 2014 through 2018, destroying all the crops that had been sown there.
Palestinian farmers told Haaretz that 2019 was an excellent year for them as there was no spraying.
Three human rights organizations, namely Gisha, Adalah and al-Mezan, immediately urged Israeli authorities to cease spraying after the practice resumed last week, saying there were “serious fears” that it had already harmed farmers in the area.
Anwar Jamali, a Gazan farmer, said he and his fellow farmers were given no advance notice of the spraying.
“In previous years, there was major damage. Sometimes dozens of dunams of wheat, barley and parsley were completely lost,” he said.
Jamali added that the stench of the pesticides causes people to leave the area if they can, “but barley can’t get up and leave.”
According to Palestinian farmers, while spraying is done on the Israeli-occupied territories, “the wind then carries the pesticides into Gaza.”
A Forensic Architecture report from 2019 confirmed Palestinian claims that the pesticides spread into Gaza, reaching a distance of more than 300 meters from the Gaza-occupied territories fence.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007.
Since 2008, Israel has waged three wars against Gaza, where about two million Palestinians live under a 12-year Israeli blockade. Thousands of Gazans have been killed in each of these deadly wars.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported on Wednesday that the Israeli army sprayed the area in close proximity to the fence separating the Gaza Strip from the Israeli-occupied territories for three days last week.
The report added that the Israeli ministry of military affairs has defended the aerial spraying after having refrained from it throughout last year, claiming that it was necessary to destroy “vegetation that obscures soldiers’ view of the area.”
According to the Palestinian Agriculture Ministry, Israeli pesticides damaged 14,000 dunams (3,459 acres) of agricultural land in Gaza from 2014 through 2018, destroying all the crops that had been sown there.
Palestinian farmers told Haaretz that 2019 was an excellent year for them as there was no spraying.
Three human rights organizations, namely Gisha, Adalah and al-Mezan, immediately urged Israeli authorities to cease spraying after the practice resumed last week, saying there were “serious fears” that it had already harmed farmers in the area.
Anwar Jamali, a Gazan farmer, said he and his fellow farmers were given no advance notice of the spraying.
“In previous years, there was major damage. Sometimes dozens of dunams of wheat, barley and parsley were completely lost,” he said.
Jamali added that the stench of the pesticides causes people to leave the area if they can, “but barley can’t get up and leave.”
According to Palestinian farmers, while spraying is done on the Israeli-occupied territories, “the wind then carries the pesticides into Gaza.”
A Forensic Architecture report from 2019 confirmed Palestinian claims that the pesticides spread into Gaza, reaching a distance of more than 300 meters from the Gaza-occupied territories fence.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007.
Since 2008, Israel has waged three wars against Gaza, where about two million Palestinians live under a 12-year Israeli blockade. Thousands of Gazans have been killed in each of these deadly wars.
21 jan 2020
Mohammad Hani Abu Mandeel, 18
Salem Zuweid an-Na’ami, 18
Mahmoud Khaled Sa’id, 18
Israeli soldiers killed, on Tuesday evening, three young Palestinian men near the perimeter fence, in central Gaza, after the army alleged they breached the fence and hurled grenades.
The army claimed that the three managed to breach the fence and advanced approximately 400 meters, before they hurled a grenade, or an explosive, at a military post.
According to the army, the soldiers fired many live rounds, and shells, at the three Palestinians, leading to their death.
Palestinians in Gaza said the soldiers executed the three Palestinians, and were not in any danger, especially since they ordered them to remove their clothes before killing them, the Maan News Agency has reported.
The three slain Palestinians have been identified as Mohammad Hani Abu Mandeel, 18, Salem Zuweid an-Na’ami, 18, and Mahmoud Khaled Sa’id, 18.
The three were from al-Maghazi Central Gaza.
The corpses of the three Palestinians remain held by the army.
Israeli forces kill three Palestinians after crossing from Gaza
Three Palestinians have been shot and killed by the Israeli army after crossing into the occupied territories.
The army said on Tuesday that the Palestinians were killed after they had crossed the separation fence in the Gaza Strip and launched an explosive device at IDF soldiers. IDF video
No further detail was immediately available about the victims.
The Israeli army regularly guns down Palestinians in Gaza, accusing them of attempting to enter the occupied territories or carrying out attacks on its forces.
About 310 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since the anti-occupation protests began in Gaza. More than 18,000 other Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, 2018, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, which has caused a decline in living standards.
Israel has also launched three major wars against the enclave since 2008, killing thousands of Gazans each time and shattering the impoverished territory’s already poor infrastructure.
Salem Zuweid an-Na’ami, 18
Mahmoud Khaled Sa’id, 18
Israeli soldiers killed, on Tuesday evening, three young Palestinian men near the perimeter fence, in central Gaza, after the army alleged they breached the fence and hurled grenades.
The army claimed that the three managed to breach the fence and advanced approximately 400 meters, before they hurled a grenade, or an explosive, at a military post.
According to the army, the soldiers fired many live rounds, and shells, at the three Palestinians, leading to their death.
Palestinians in Gaza said the soldiers executed the three Palestinians, and were not in any danger, especially since they ordered them to remove their clothes before killing them, the Maan News Agency has reported.
The three slain Palestinians have been identified as Mohammad Hani Abu Mandeel, 18, Salem Zuweid an-Na’ami, 18, and Mahmoud Khaled Sa’id, 18.
The three were from al-Maghazi Central Gaza.
The corpses of the three Palestinians remain held by the army.
Israeli forces kill three Palestinians after crossing from Gaza
Three Palestinians have been shot and killed by the Israeli army after crossing into the occupied territories.
The army said on Tuesday that the Palestinians were killed after they had crossed the separation fence in the Gaza Strip and launched an explosive device at IDF soldiers. IDF video
No further detail was immediately available about the victims.
The Israeli army regularly guns down Palestinians in Gaza, accusing them of attempting to enter the occupied territories or carrying out attacks on its forces.
About 310 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since the anti-occupation protests began in Gaza. More than 18,000 other Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, 2018, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, which has caused a decline in living standards.
Israel has also launched three major wars against the enclave since 2008, killing thousands of Gazans each time and shattering the impoverished territory’s already poor infrastructure.
20 jan 2020
Amer Manar Hajjar, 30
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a young Palestinian man died, on Sunday evening, from serious wounds he suffered, on March 30th, 2018, after Israeli soldiers shot him with live fire.
The Health Ministry said the Palestinian has been identified as Amer Manar Hajjar, 30, from the Saftawi area, north of Gaza city.
Hajjar was participating in the Great Return March processions in the besieged coastal region when the soldiers shot and seriously injured him.
On the day of his injury, the soldiers killed seventeen Palestinians, and wounded more than 1416 Palestinians, including 758 who were shot by live ammunition, and 148 by rubber-coated steel bullets.
At least twenty of the wounded Palestinians suffered life-threatening injuries, especially since the soldiers used exploding bullets.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a young Palestinian man died, on Sunday evening, from serious wounds he suffered, on March 30th, 2018, after Israeli soldiers shot him with live fire.
The Health Ministry said the Palestinian has been identified as Amer Manar Hajjar, 30, from the Saftawi area, north of Gaza city.
Hajjar was participating in the Great Return March processions in the besieged coastal region when the soldiers shot and seriously injured him.
On the day of his injury, the soldiers killed seventeen Palestinians, and wounded more than 1416 Palestinians, including 758 who were shot by live ammunition, and 148 by rubber-coated steel bullets.
At least twenty of the wounded Palestinians suffered life-threatening injuries, especially since the soldiers used exploding bullets.
19 jan 2020
Mahdi Armilat 36
Unexploded ordnance from previous Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip blew up on Saturday, killing one Palestinian citizen and seriously wounding another.
According to the health ministry, 36-year-old Mahdi Armilat died and one suffered serious injuries when suspicious objects, believed to be Israeli bombs, detonated at them in two separate incidents in Rafah area, south of Gaza.
The Gaza Strip is currently littered with a large number of unexploded Israeli projectiles left over from different Israeli aerial and artillery attacks on Gaza.
Although Gaza police explosives teams work across the coastal territory to destroy unexploded ordnance and prevent safety threats to locals, lack of proper equipment due to the Israeli siege make such efforts difficult.
Unexploded ordnance from previous Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip blew up on Saturday, killing one Palestinian citizen and seriously wounding another.
According to the health ministry, 36-year-old Mahdi Armilat died and one suffered serious injuries when suspicious objects, believed to be Israeli bombs, detonated at them in two separate incidents in Rafah area, south of Gaza.
The Gaza Strip is currently littered with a large number of unexploded Israeli projectiles left over from different Israeli aerial and artillery attacks on Gaza.
Although Gaza police explosives teams work across the coastal territory to destroy unexploded ordnance and prevent safety threats to locals, lack of proper equipment due to the Israeli siege make such efforts difficult.
18 jan 2020
For the third time in one week, Israel opened today dams collecting rain water towards lands east of Gaza City, flooding hundreds of dunums of agricultural land, said witnesses.
WAFA correspondent reported, quoting witnesses, that Israel has intentionally opened the dams and drained the collected rainwater toward the Gaza Strip flooding and damaging hundreds of dunums of land planted with wheat, barley, peas, cabbage, and cauliflower. video
Losses to farmers were estimated in the thousands of dollars.
Last week, large tracts of agricultural land in the Gaza Strip were also flooded when Israeli authorities twice released the collected rainwater toward the coastal enclave.
Israeli drones were also seen spraying farmlands with poisonous pesticides, damaging large amounts of crops as a result.
WAFA correspondent reported, quoting witnesses, that Israel has intentionally opened the dams and drained the collected rainwater toward the Gaza Strip flooding and damaging hundreds of dunums of land planted with wheat, barley, peas, cabbage, and cauliflower. video
Losses to farmers were estimated in the thousands of dollars.
Last week, large tracts of agricultural land in the Gaza Strip were also flooded when Israeli authorities twice released the collected rainwater toward the coastal enclave.
Israeli drones were also seen spraying farmlands with poisonous pesticides, damaging large amounts of crops as a result.
17 jan 2020
Israeli military aircraft have carried out a fresh round of airstrikes against targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime continues with its acts of aggression against the besieged Palestinian coastal sliver.
The Israeli military said in a statement that a combat helicopter attacked infrastructure used for by the Hamas resistance movement late on Thursday. No immediate reports of casualties in the aerial assaults were available.
The statement added that the attack was conducted after two balloons with explosives were flown from the Gaza Strip into Israeli-occupied territories earlier in the day.
Video published by Israel’s Kan news network purported to show Hamas members leaving a post ahead of the strike.
Israeli police said at least two clusters of balloons carrying explosive devices were launched from the Strip into the southern sector of Israeli-occupied territories earlier in the day.
One of the clusters apparently landed in an open field and the other got tangled in a tree. Sappers were called to the scenes in the Sdot Negev region east of Gaza.
One of the devices purportedly went off as the sappers arrived at the scene. The explosion caused no injuries or damage.
Late on Wednesday, Israeli warplanes carried out several airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting a number of areas in the north and the northwest of the coastal enclave.
Palestinian media reported that one of the airstrikes targeted a Hamas position. The attack caused an explosion and material damage to nearby buildings.
Another attack targeted areas in Jabalia and Beit Lahia in Gaza’s north.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007.
Since 2008, Israel has waged three wars against Gaza, where nearly two million Palestinians live under a 12-year Israeli blockade. Thousands of Gazans have been killed in each of these deadly wars.
The Israeli military said in a statement that a combat helicopter attacked infrastructure used for by the Hamas resistance movement late on Thursday. No immediate reports of casualties in the aerial assaults were available.
The statement added that the attack was conducted after two balloons with explosives were flown from the Gaza Strip into Israeli-occupied territories earlier in the day.
Video published by Israel’s Kan news network purported to show Hamas members leaving a post ahead of the strike.
Israeli police said at least two clusters of balloons carrying explosive devices were launched from the Strip into the southern sector of Israeli-occupied territories earlier in the day.
One of the clusters apparently landed in an open field and the other got tangled in a tree. Sappers were called to the scenes in the Sdot Negev region east of Gaza.
One of the devices purportedly went off as the sappers arrived at the scene. The explosion caused no injuries or damage.
Late on Wednesday, Israeli warplanes carried out several airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting a number of areas in the north and the northwest of the coastal enclave.
Palestinian media reported that one of the airstrikes targeted a Hamas position. The attack caused an explosion and material damage to nearby buildings.
Another attack targeted areas in Jabalia and Beit Lahia in Gaza’s north.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007.
Since 2008, Israel has waged three wars against Gaza, where nearly two million Palestinians live under a 12-year Israeli blockade. Thousands of Gazans have been killed in each of these deadly wars.
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