4 july 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly threatened the Hamas movement of paying an intolerable price if it does not settle for Israeli peace terms.
The Israeli occupation government held an official ceremony marking four years since its offensive against Gaza in 2014.
Jpost quoted Netanyahu as saying that he advises Gaza leaders to choose truce, or to pay an intolerable price, according to Al Ray.
He added that Israel saves no efforts in order to return their soldiers from Gaza, noting that its better to work in secret.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on 20 July, 2014, the arrest of an Israeli soldier named Shaul Arun, during an operation east of the Shuja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, during the ground offensive; however, the Israeli army announced his death.
Earlier, in August of the same year, the Israeli army announced the loss of connection with soldier Hadar Golden, in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, whereas Qassam Brigades announced that it had lost contact with the group that captured him.
Hamas demanded the release of ex-detainees who were re-detained after being released, as a part of the Shalit deal.
Israeli occupation forces re-detained more than 50 people who were released in 2011, in a deal which saw the freedom of thousand prisoners carrying high sentences, in return for the release of soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured on the border of the Gaza Strip, in the summer of 2006, and remained in the custody of the resistance movement for five years.
On Tuesday, the family of soldier Hamar Goldin skipped the official memorial service for soldiers killed in Operation Protective Edge, in 2014.
The Israeli occupation government held an official ceremony marking four years since its offensive against Gaza in 2014.
Jpost quoted Netanyahu as saying that he advises Gaza leaders to choose truce, or to pay an intolerable price, according to Al Ray.
He added that Israel saves no efforts in order to return their soldiers from Gaza, noting that its better to work in secret.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on 20 July, 2014, the arrest of an Israeli soldier named Shaul Arun, during an operation east of the Shuja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, during the ground offensive; however, the Israeli army announced his death.
Earlier, in August of the same year, the Israeli army announced the loss of connection with soldier Hadar Golden, in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, whereas Qassam Brigades announced that it had lost contact with the group that captured him.
Hamas demanded the release of ex-detainees who were re-detained after being released, as a part of the Shalit deal.
Israeli occupation forces re-detained more than 50 people who were released in 2011, in a deal which saw the freedom of thousand prisoners carrying high sentences, in return for the release of soldier Gilad Shalit, who was captured on the border of the Gaza Strip, in the summer of 2006, and remained in the custody of the resistance movement for five years.
On Tuesday, the family of soldier Hamar Goldin skipped the official memorial service for soldiers killed in Operation Protective Edge, in 2014.
Israeli military bulldozers on Wednesday morning moved dozens of meters into the eastern corners of the Bureij refugee camp, in the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Five Israeli bulldozers stationed at military sites along Gaza’s border crept into the eastern zone of the Bureij camp, discharging barrages of gunfire all the way through.
The bulldozers leveled Palestinian lands and repaired barbed wire.
Israeli military incursions near the border fence separating Gaza from territories occupied in 1948 have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas.
The practice, often carried out under the security pretext, has destroyed much of the agricultural harvest of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Five Israeli bulldozers stationed at military sites along Gaza’s border crept into the eastern zone of the Bureij camp, discharging barrages of gunfire all the way through.
The bulldozers leveled Palestinian lands and repaired barbed wire.
Israeli military incursions near the border fence separating Gaza from territories occupied in 1948 have long been a near-daily occurrence.
The Israeli army also regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas.
The practice, often carried out under the security pretext, has destroyed much of the agricultural harvest of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Israeli soldiers shot, on Tuesday evening, three Palestinian women, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, during an all-women protest on Palestinian lands near the Israeli fence, east of Gaza city.
The soldiers, stationed in their sniper posts hundreds of meters away, fired live rounds and dozens of high-velocity gas bombs at the protesters, wounding three women with live fire, and causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Medics provided the injured women with the urgently-need medical aid and moved the three women, who were shot with live fire, to the Shifa Medical Center, west of Gaza city.
The Israeli attack took place after thousands of women nonviolently marched on Palestinian lands, near the fence, carrying Palestinian flags, and chanting against Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” which strips the Palestinian of their basic rights, including the Right of Return to all refugees, libertarian and independence.
The “deal” also completely removed occupied Jerusalem from any future “peace agreement,” after the U.S. President officially recognized the city as the “unified capital of Israel,” in direct violation of International Law, and numerous United Nations and Security Council resolutions. video
134 injured in IOF quelling of women march in eastern Gaza
About 134 Palestinians were injured Tuesday by live ammunition and teargas when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked a women march organized by the Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege east of Gaza.
According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, most of the injured were women marching peacefully near the eastern border fence.
Thousands of Palestinian women and girls marched Tuesday afternoon near the border east of Gaza city for the Palestinian refugees' right of return.
The IOF soldiers stationed at the border fence heavily fired live ammunition and teargas canisters at the protesters injuring dozens of them.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF deliberately targeted journalists who were covering the protests. The Palestinian journalist Thaer Abu Rayyash was hit with a teargas canister in the head while his fellow Zaki Awadallah was hit with another one in the neck.
For her part, mother of medic Razan al-Najjar said in a speech that the Israeli crimes and attempts to blur the truth by killing journalists, paramedics and peaceful protesters will not intimidate the Palestinian people who will never stop fighting for their usurped rights.
A spokeswoman for Hamas's women movement affirmed that the right of return is non-negotiable, and called on human rights organizations to intervene to put an end to the Israeli crimes and unjust blockade on Gaza.
Women committee of the Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege had invited all women organizations, student groups and unions in Gaza to take part in the march scheduled for Tuesday.
The committee said that the march is aimed at sending a clear message that Palestinian women, "the symbol of sacrifice", have their own role in the Great March of Return against all conspiracies targeting the Palestinian central issues, particularly the right of return.
The soldiers, stationed in their sniper posts hundreds of meters away, fired live rounds and dozens of high-velocity gas bombs at the protesters, wounding three women with live fire, and causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Medics provided the injured women with the urgently-need medical aid and moved the three women, who were shot with live fire, to the Shifa Medical Center, west of Gaza city.
The Israeli attack took place after thousands of women nonviolently marched on Palestinian lands, near the fence, carrying Palestinian flags, and chanting against Trump’s “Deal of the Century,” which strips the Palestinian of their basic rights, including the Right of Return to all refugees, libertarian and independence.
The “deal” also completely removed occupied Jerusalem from any future “peace agreement,” after the U.S. President officially recognized the city as the “unified capital of Israel,” in direct violation of International Law, and numerous United Nations and Security Council resolutions. video
134 injured in IOF quelling of women march in eastern Gaza
About 134 Palestinians were injured Tuesday by live ammunition and teargas when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attacked a women march organized by the Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege east of Gaza.
According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, most of the injured were women marching peacefully near the eastern border fence.
Thousands of Palestinian women and girls marched Tuesday afternoon near the border east of Gaza city for the Palestinian refugees' right of return.
The IOF soldiers stationed at the border fence heavily fired live ammunition and teargas canisters at the protesters injuring dozens of them.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF deliberately targeted journalists who were covering the protests. The Palestinian journalist Thaer Abu Rayyash was hit with a teargas canister in the head while his fellow Zaki Awadallah was hit with another one in the neck.
For her part, mother of medic Razan al-Najjar said in a speech that the Israeli crimes and attempts to blur the truth by killing journalists, paramedics and peaceful protesters will not intimidate the Palestinian people who will never stop fighting for their usurped rights.
A spokeswoman for Hamas's women movement affirmed that the right of return is non-negotiable, and called on human rights organizations to intervene to put an end to the Israeli crimes and unjust blockade on Gaza.
Women committee of the Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege had invited all women organizations, student groups and unions in Gaza to take part in the march scheduled for Tuesday.
The committee said that the march is aimed at sending a clear message that Palestinian women, "the symbol of sacrifice", have their own role in the Great March of Return against all conspiracies targeting the Palestinian central issues, particularly the right of return.
3 july 2018
Several Israeli military vehicles raided into eastern Gaza City in the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday.
A Ma’an reporter said that four Israeli bulldozers escorted by troops raided Gaza City, razed and leveled lands and repaired the border fence in the southeastern area.
Meanwhile, Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats as they were working off the coast of the central and northern Gaza Strip.
No injuries were reported.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire at unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem recently concluded that Israel’s Gaza closure and “harassment of fishermen” have been “destroying Gaza’s fishing sector,” with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
The Palestinian Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) issued an annual report for 2017 detailing Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip, highlighting that “these attacks deny fishermen from practicing their fishing work and accessing their livelihood resources.”
A Ma’an reporter said that four Israeli bulldozers escorted by troops raided Gaza City, razed and leveled lands and repaired the border fence in the southeastern area.
Meanwhile, Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats as they were working off the coast of the central and northern Gaza Strip.
No injuries were reported.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire at unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds, and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B’Tselem recently concluded that Israel’s Gaza closure and “harassment of fishermen” have been “destroying Gaza’s fishing sector,” with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
The Palestinian Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) issued an annual report for 2017 detailing Israeli attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip, highlighting that “these attacks deny fishermen from practicing their fishing work and accessing their livelihood resources.”
2 july 2018
Khalid Samir Shehdah Abdul ‘Aal 18
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday announced that they killed a Palestinian, detained his body, and arrested two others near the border fence east of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip.
A spokesman for the Israeli occupation army said in a statement that a group of Palestinian youths crossed the border fence east of Rafah, armed with Molotov cocktails, and attempted to burn an abandoned Israeli military post.
The IOF tracked the youths and opened fire at them, according to the spokesman. One was killed and two others were arrested, one of whom was seriously injured.
A local source told the PIC reporter that the IOF stationed at the border fence opened fire at a group of Palestinian youths whose fate remained unknown.
The source added that the IOF soldiers advanced into eastern Rafah and kidnapped the injured youths.
Gaza's Ministry of Health announced that ambulance crews were able to save a 16-year-old Palestinian shot in the shoulder and transfer him to Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah city.
Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian, Injures Three, Then Abducts Two Of Them
Israeli soldiers killed, on Monday evening, at least one Palestinian, and injured three others, including two who were then abducted by the soldiers after being injured, and one teenager who was rushed to a Palestinian hospital in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli news agency Haaretz reports that the four young men were trying to cross the border into Israel when the Israeli army spotted them and began shooting.
But video footage of the incident published by Quds News shows that the soldiers had invaded the Gaza Strip and were well within Palestinian territory when they grabbed the young men and dragged them across to their military base.
The disturbing footage shows the soldiers pulling one young man who is lying motionless on the ground, picking him up by arms and legs and dropping him repeatedly as they drag him across the stony ground. It is unclear whether the young man was alive or dead at the time.
Although the Israeli military claimed that the young men were “armed with fireworks”, no evidence was presented to back this claim.
The army also alleged that the soldiers “heard shots being fired at them,” but there has been no confirmation for his claim.
Only one of the wounded Palestinians, a 16 year old child, managed to escape the army’s attempt to abduct him, and was rushed to Abu Yousef Najjar Hospital, in Rafah, suffering a gunshot wound to his shoulder.
The three other Palestinians were taken by the soldiers who invaded the Palestinian lands, near the border fence, and took them away.
A Palestinian medic said the Palestinians (as confirmed by the video footage) did not cross the fence, and that he and his colleagues were only twenty meters away from the wounded Palestinians.
“We tried to provide aid to the wounded Palestinians; we were just twenty meters away from them,” the medic said, “but the soldiers threatened to shoot us, and forced us away.”
It is worth mentioning that some media outlets have reported that two of the young Palestinians were killed, while others report that one was killed.
Because the Israeli military is holding three of them, the extent of their wounds is unknown, and it is unclear whether one or two of them are dead.
The Israeli army claimed that the Palestinians were carrying cutters and flammable materials, and “were attempting to set fire to a vacant Israeli military sniper post along the border fence.
The Israeli army issued a statement holding the Hamas movement in Gaza fully responsible for “all attempts to cross the border fence and attack military installations.”
So far, the names of the Palestinians, including the deceased, remain unknown as they, except the wounded teen who was rushed to a Palestinian hospital, have been captured by the army.
Update
According to PCHR’s investigation, at approximately 15:30 on the same day, Israeli forces stationed behind the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel adjacent to the Return camp, east of al-Shawkah village, east of Rafah, and fired live bullets at 4 civilians, including a child, who crossed the border fence and set fire to snipers’ site used by the Israeli soldiers to open fire at the protestors.
As a result, the child was hit with a live bullet to the upper limbs, but he was able to flee back to the Gaza Strip territories. An Israeli force detained 3 young men and announced later the death of one of them and the injury of another. The Israeli soldiers crossed the border fence and moved about 300 meters into the Gaza Strip lands and pulled the 3 young men into Israel.
The Israeli forces’ spokesperson Avijaa Adraei announced through his Twitter page that a military force opened fire at 4 saboteurs from the Gaza Strip who crossed the security fence into Israel while carrying Incendiary materials and Scissors for wires as they attempted to set fire into an empty site for Israeli snipers in the southern Gaza Strip.
The shooting and chase of the young men by the Israeli forces resulted in the death of one of them and the injury of another who was arrested along with the third young man. The killed was identified as Khalid Samir Shehdah Abdul ‘Aal (18) and the wounded civilian is Mohammed Ehsan ‘Oudah al-Natour (21), who was wounded to the abdomen and the lower limbs. Mohammed’s health condition is stable and he is under arrest along with Wasim Omer Mousa Abu Jazar (18), all of them from Rafah.
These 3 young men’s families received these information from the Palestinian Ministry of Civil Affairs (Palestinian Civil Liaison) on Tuesday afternoon, 03 July 2018, without explaining the fate of the young man’s dead body.
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday announced that they killed a Palestinian, detained his body, and arrested two others near the border fence east of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip.
A spokesman for the Israeli occupation army said in a statement that a group of Palestinian youths crossed the border fence east of Rafah, armed with Molotov cocktails, and attempted to burn an abandoned Israeli military post.
The IOF tracked the youths and opened fire at them, according to the spokesman. One was killed and two others were arrested, one of whom was seriously injured.
A local source told the PIC reporter that the IOF stationed at the border fence opened fire at a group of Palestinian youths whose fate remained unknown.
The source added that the IOF soldiers advanced into eastern Rafah and kidnapped the injured youths.
Gaza's Ministry of Health announced that ambulance crews were able to save a 16-year-old Palestinian shot in the shoulder and transfer him to Yousef al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah city.
Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian, Injures Three, Then Abducts Two Of Them
Israeli soldiers killed, on Monday evening, at least one Palestinian, and injured three others, including two who were then abducted by the soldiers after being injured, and one teenager who was rushed to a Palestinian hospital in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli news agency Haaretz reports that the four young men were trying to cross the border into Israel when the Israeli army spotted them and began shooting.
But video footage of the incident published by Quds News shows that the soldiers had invaded the Gaza Strip and were well within Palestinian territory when they grabbed the young men and dragged them across to their military base.
The disturbing footage shows the soldiers pulling one young man who is lying motionless on the ground, picking him up by arms and legs and dropping him repeatedly as they drag him across the stony ground. It is unclear whether the young man was alive or dead at the time.
Although the Israeli military claimed that the young men were “armed with fireworks”, no evidence was presented to back this claim.
The army also alleged that the soldiers “heard shots being fired at them,” but there has been no confirmation for his claim.
Only one of the wounded Palestinians, a 16 year old child, managed to escape the army’s attempt to abduct him, and was rushed to Abu Yousef Najjar Hospital, in Rafah, suffering a gunshot wound to his shoulder.
The three other Palestinians were taken by the soldiers who invaded the Palestinian lands, near the border fence, and took them away.
A Palestinian medic said the Palestinians (as confirmed by the video footage) did not cross the fence, and that he and his colleagues were only twenty meters away from the wounded Palestinians.
“We tried to provide aid to the wounded Palestinians; we were just twenty meters away from them,” the medic said, “but the soldiers threatened to shoot us, and forced us away.”
It is worth mentioning that some media outlets have reported that two of the young Palestinians were killed, while others report that one was killed.
Because the Israeli military is holding three of them, the extent of their wounds is unknown, and it is unclear whether one or two of them are dead.
The Israeli army claimed that the Palestinians were carrying cutters and flammable materials, and “were attempting to set fire to a vacant Israeli military sniper post along the border fence.
The Israeli army issued a statement holding the Hamas movement in Gaza fully responsible for “all attempts to cross the border fence and attack military installations.”
So far, the names of the Palestinians, including the deceased, remain unknown as they, except the wounded teen who was rushed to a Palestinian hospital, have been captured by the army.
Update
- In an excessive use of lethal force, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian and wounded 2 others, including a child, in the evening while they attempted to sneak into the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel in the southern Gaza Strip and return to the Gaza Strip. The Israeli forces could have used less deadly force and arrested the civilians as they were unarmed and did not pose any danger to the soldiers’ lives.
According to PCHR’s investigation, at approximately 15:30 on the same day, Israeli forces stationed behind the border fence between the Gaza Strip and Israel adjacent to the Return camp, east of al-Shawkah village, east of Rafah, and fired live bullets at 4 civilians, including a child, who crossed the border fence and set fire to snipers’ site used by the Israeli soldiers to open fire at the protestors.
As a result, the child was hit with a live bullet to the upper limbs, but he was able to flee back to the Gaza Strip territories. An Israeli force detained 3 young men and announced later the death of one of them and the injury of another. The Israeli soldiers crossed the border fence and moved about 300 meters into the Gaza Strip lands and pulled the 3 young men into Israel.
The Israeli forces’ spokesperson Avijaa Adraei announced through his Twitter page that a military force opened fire at 4 saboteurs from the Gaza Strip who crossed the security fence into Israel while carrying Incendiary materials and Scissors for wires as they attempted to set fire into an empty site for Israeli snipers in the southern Gaza Strip.
The shooting and chase of the young men by the Israeli forces resulted in the death of one of them and the injury of another who was arrested along with the third young man. The killed was identified as Khalid Samir Shehdah Abdul ‘Aal (18) and the wounded civilian is Mohammed Ehsan ‘Oudah al-Natour (21), who was wounded to the abdomen and the lower limbs. Mohammed’s health condition is stable and he is under arrest along with Wasim Omer Mousa Abu Jazar (18), all of them from Rafah.
These 3 young men’s families received these information from the Palestinian Ministry of Civil Affairs (Palestinian Civil Liaison) on Tuesday afternoon, 03 July 2018, without explaining the fate of the young man’s dead body.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands east of Abasan al-Kabeera town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The invasion was carried out by a few armored vehicles, and bulldozers, before the soldiers advanced approximately 50 meters into Palestinian lands in the Sanati area, east of Khan Younis.
The soldiers then bulldozed Palestinian lands, and installed sand hills in the area, before withdrawing.
In related news, Israeli navy ships fired several live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats, in northern Gaza, causing no damage or injuries, but forced the fishermen back to shore.
The invasion was carried out by a few armored vehicles, and bulldozers, before the soldiers advanced approximately 50 meters into Palestinian lands in the Sanati area, east of Khan Younis.
The soldiers then bulldozed Palestinian lands, and installed sand hills in the area, before withdrawing.
In related news, Israeli navy ships fired several live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats, in northern Gaza, causing no damage or injuries, but forced the fishermen back to shore.
1 july 2018
An Israeli drone on Sunday evening launched an airstrike on a group of Palestinian youths east of Gaza city.
According to local sources, the Israeli drone fired at least one missile at the youths without resulting in any casualties.
The Israeli occupation army did not issue any statement or comment on the attack although similar attacks were witnessed over the past days which the Israeli army announced that they targeted fire-kite flyers.
Since the start of the Great March of Return along Gaza's eastern border on 30th March, dozens of flaming kites and balloons have been launched by Palestinian youths toward Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip in response to the Israeli crimes.
According to local sources, the Israeli drone fired at least one missile at the youths without resulting in any casualties.
The Israeli occupation army did not issue any statement or comment on the attack although similar attacks were witnessed over the past days which the Israeli army announced that they targeted fire-kite flyers.
Since the start of the Great March of Return along Gaza's eastern border on 30th March, dozens of flaming kites and balloons have been launched by Palestinian youths toward Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip in response to the Israeli crimes.
30 june 2018
A statistical report issued by the Ministry of Health showed that 134 Palestinians have been killed and 15,000 others have been injured since March 30, due to Israeli quelling of the Great March of Return ongoing protests.
In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said that among the martyrs were 16 children, 1 woman, 2 journalists, 2 medics and 3 disabled.
The report did not mention another 8 martyrs whose bodies are still detained by Israeli occupation authorities, which brings the number of martyrs to 142.
Among the wounded were 370 serious injuries including 2536 children, 1160 women, 231 paramedics and 175 pressmen in addition to the damage that partially affected over 40 ambulances.
In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said that among the martyrs were 16 children, 1 woman, 2 journalists, 2 medics and 3 disabled.
The report did not mention another 8 martyrs whose bodies are still detained by Israeli occupation authorities, which brings the number of martyrs to 142.
Among the wounded were 370 serious injuries including 2536 children, 1160 women, 231 paramedics and 175 pressmen in addition to the damage that partially affected over 40 ambulances.
New Israeli regulations stipulate that condoms will not be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip, as they might be used in violent actions.
The Times of Israel published, last week, a report with the title “Condoms, kites and birthday balloons: ‘Silly’ Gaza weapons could lead to real war”.
The report states, according to Days of Palestine, that Palestinians in Gaza are relentlessly flying a variety of airborne devices attached to flammable materials to be launched, into Israel, near the Israeli-Gaza border, causing hundreds of fires and millions of shekels in damage.
Palestinians rely on the gentle Mediterranean coastal breeze to push their new weapons across the border.
The report ignored the fact that the Israeli occupation army had killed 138 Palestinians and injured 14,700, including women, children, medics and journalists in Gaza, since the beginning of the Great Return March, in March of 2018.
Given their limited resources, Palestinians rely on such an innovative way to retaliate. No Israeli casualties were reported during the same time period.
Palestinians reportedly launched 600 kites from Gaza during the Great Return March, with Israel claiming it had intercepted 400. There was an unconfirmed report that these kites have brought down 10 Israeli drone aircraft.
06/23/18 Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites (pt 1/2)
The Times of Israel published, last week, a report with the title “Condoms, kites and birthday balloons: ‘Silly’ Gaza weapons could lead to real war”.
The report states, according to Days of Palestine, that Palestinians in Gaza are relentlessly flying a variety of airborne devices attached to flammable materials to be launched, into Israel, near the Israeli-Gaza border, causing hundreds of fires and millions of shekels in damage.
Palestinians rely on the gentle Mediterranean coastal breeze to push their new weapons across the border.
The report ignored the fact that the Israeli occupation army had killed 138 Palestinians and injured 14,700, including women, children, medics and journalists in Gaza, since the beginning of the Great Return March, in March of 2018.
Given their limited resources, Palestinians rely on such an innovative way to retaliate. No Israeli casualties were reported during the same time period.
Palestinians reportedly launched 600 kites from Gaza during the Great Return March, with Israel claiming it had intercepted 400. There was an unconfirmed report that these kites have brought down 10 Israeli drone aircraft.
06/23/18 Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites (pt 1/2)
29 june 2018
Mohammad al-Hamayda 24
Two Palestinians were killed and dozens of others were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) gunfire and tear gas grenades during their participation in a protest along the eastern Gaza border on Friday.
The Palestinian health Ministry announced the martyrdom of the 24-year-old Mohammad al-Hamayda, who died of his wounds after being shot by IOF soldiers in his abdomen and leg east of Rafah, and a 13-year-old boy, Yasser Abu al-Naja, who was shot in the head.
The Ministry also announced that 415 various injuries were reported due to Israeli quelling of protesters, and revealed that IOF soldiers targeted ambulance cars east of Gaza resulting in the injury of 3 paramedics.
The PIC correspondent said that thousands of Palestinians have been flocking to al-Awda camps along the eastern border of Gaza since noon time to participate in the 14th Friday of the Great Return March protests.
Two Palestinians were killed and dozens of others were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) gunfire and tear gas grenades during their participation in a protest along the eastern Gaza border on Friday.
The Palestinian health Ministry announced the martyrdom of the 24-year-old Mohammad al-Hamayda, who died of his wounds after being shot by IOF soldiers in his abdomen and leg east of Rafah, and a 13-year-old boy, Yasser Abu al-Naja, who was shot in the head.
The Ministry also announced that 415 various injuries were reported due to Israeli quelling of protesters, and revealed that IOF soldiers targeted ambulance cars east of Gaza resulting in the injury of 3 paramedics.
The PIC correspondent said that thousands of Palestinians have been flocking to al-Awda camps along the eastern border of Gaza since noon time to participate in the 14th Friday of the Great Return March protests.
Yasser Abu Al-Naja, 13
A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was killed on Friday after being shot by Israeli forces during the "Great March of Return" in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed that the 13-year-old boy succumbed on Friday evening to wounds he sustained in the head earlier during protests, pointing out that he was not yet identified.
More than three hundred other Palestinians were injured or suffered tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces targeted protesters at the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip on the 14th Friday of the "Great March of Return."
Spokesperson of the Ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra, said that 310 Palestinians were injured were injured or suffered tear-gas inhalation. video
Al-Qidra added that three of the injures were reported to be critical.
Protesters gathered in "return camps" at the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip and set fire to tires. However, witnesses said that Israeli forces opened live ammunition at protesters in the Khuzaa town in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
A Ma'an reporter said that several youths were able to pull away parts of the Israeli security fence in eastern Khan Younis.
The "Great March of Return" protests were launched by thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza -- which has suffered from a decade-long Israeli siege -- who took to the borders to demand their right of return as refugees to their orignial homelands, now in present-day Israel.
A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was killed on Friday after being shot by Israeli forces during the "Great March of Return" in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed that the 13-year-old boy succumbed on Friday evening to wounds he sustained in the head earlier during protests, pointing out that he was not yet identified.
More than three hundred other Palestinians were injured or suffered tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces targeted protesters at the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip on the 14th Friday of the "Great March of Return."
Spokesperson of the Ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra, said that 310 Palestinians were injured were injured or suffered tear-gas inhalation. video
Al-Qidra added that three of the injures were reported to be critical.
Protesters gathered in "return camps" at the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip and set fire to tires. However, witnesses said that Israeli forces opened live ammunition at protesters in the Khuzaa town in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
A Ma'an reporter said that several youths were able to pull away parts of the Israeli security fence in eastern Khan Younis.
The "Great March of Return" protests were launched by thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza -- which has suffered from a decade-long Israeli siege -- who took to the borders to demand their right of return as refugees to their orignial homelands, now in present-day Israel.
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