10 june 2018
Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, Monday, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, and bulldozed sections near the border fence while firing live rounds.
Media sources said the invasion was carried out by four tanks and three D9 armored military bulldozers.
They added that the vehicles advanced approximately 150 meters into the agricultural lands, east of the refugee camp.
The soldiers bulldozed large sections of the invaded lands, and installed sand hills and barbed-wire fences, before firing live rounds at random while military drones flew overhead.
Media sources said the invasion was carried out by four tanks and three D9 armored military bulldozers.
They added that the vehicles advanced approximately 150 meters into the agricultural lands, east of the refugee camp.
The soldiers bulldozed large sections of the invaded lands, and installed sand hills and barbed-wire fences, before firing live rounds at random while military drones flew overhead.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Sunday rounded up five Palestinian youths near Nahal Oz settlement east of Gaza city and in Asqalan, according to Hebrew sources.
Israeli Hayom newspaper said that IOF soldiers apprehended the five Palestinians disregard the fact that they were unarmed civilians.
0404 Hebrew website stated that IOF soldiers opened fire at three other youths who attempted to sneak into 1948 Occupied Palestine from Gaza near Karni crossing. However, the youths managed to escape after trying to torch the site, the website added.
Israeli Hayom newspaper said that IOF soldiers apprehended the five Palestinians disregard the fact that they were unarmed civilians.
0404 Hebrew website stated that IOF soldiers opened fire at three other youths who attempted to sneak into 1948 Occupied Palestine from Gaza near Karni crossing. However, the youths managed to escape after trying to torch the site, the website added.
9 june 2018
A group of Palestinian youths survived an Israeli airstrike in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip, on Saturday afternoon.
Local sources reported that an Israeli drone fired one missile at a group of Palestinian youths without resulting in any casualties.
A spokesman for the Israeli occupation army claimed that an Israeli drone carried out a warning shot against a group of Palestinian youths in northern Gaza who were preparing to launch flaming kites and balloons toward neighboring Israeli settlements.
He continued to say that the Israeli army will act to prevent the use of flaming kites in all possible ways.
The Israeli army has failed to stop the use of flaming kites launched by peaceful protesters in Gaza on almost a daily basis in response to the Israeli crimes.
In another context, Hebrew media sources reported that the Israeli army on Saturday arrested a Palestinian who broke through the eastern border fence into Nahal Oz area in the 1948 occupied territories and found a slingshot in his possession.
Local sources reported that an Israeli drone fired one missile at a group of Palestinian youths without resulting in any casualties.
A spokesman for the Israeli occupation army claimed that an Israeli drone carried out a warning shot against a group of Palestinian youths in northern Gaza who were preparing to launch flaming kites and balloons toward neighboring Israeli settlements.
He continued to say that the Israeli army will act to prevent the use of flaming kites in all possible ways.
The Israeli army has failed to stop the use of flaming kites launched by peaceful protesters in Gaza on almost a daily basis in response to the Israeli crimes.
In another context, Hebrew media sources reported that the Israeli army on Saturday arrested a Palestinian who broke through the eastern border fence into Nahal Oz area in the 1948 occupied territories and found a slingshot in his possession.
Israeli Navy Forces opened their machinegun fire Saturday morning towards Palestinian fishing boats off Sudaniya shore to the west of Gaza city.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli war boats have fired at Palestinian fishing boats while sailing within the six-nautical-mile allowed zone for fishing.
Only material damage was cause, after Palestinian fishermen were forced to leave their boats for fear of a new attack.
Israeli Naval forces continued to carry out attacks on Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip in flagrant violation to the ceasefire agreement concluded between Israel and Palestinian resistance under Egyptian auspices on 26 August 2014.
This agreement includes allowing Palestinian fishermen to sail within 6 nautical miles in the Gaza Sea.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli war boats have fired at Palestinian fishing boats while sailing within the six-nautical-mile allowed zone for fishing.
Only material damage was cause, after Palestinian fishermen were forced to leave their boats for fear of a new attack.
Israeli Naval forces continued to carry out attacks on Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip in flagrant violation to the ceasefire agreement concluded between Israel and Palestinian resistance under Egyptian auspices on 26 August 2014.
This agreement includes allowing Palestinian fishermen to sail within 6 nautical miles in the Gaza Sea.
7 june 2018
The Israeli occupation army has announced the formation of a special unit to deal with dozens of incendiary kites that are launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli border areas.
The Hebrew media said that a small team has been assigned to intercept such kites in Gaza airspace immediately after they are launched.
After spotting the kite in the air, the team will fly a drone to drop it within 40 seconds before it enters Israeli airspace to cause damage, Israeli news reports stated.
According to the Israeli army, the kites, which have firebombs attached to them, have caused extensive damage to forests and fields near the border since the March of Return rallies kicked off on March 30.
Some 200 kites caused 198 fires, in which 9,000 dunums of cultivated land were burned, Israeli military statistics said.
The Hebrew media said that a small team has been assigned to intercept such kites in Gaza airspace immediately after they are launched.
After spotting the kite in the air, the team will fly a drone to drop it within 40 seconds before it enters Israeli airspace to cause damage, Israeli news reports stated.
According to the Israeli army, the kites, which have firebombs attached to them, have caused extensive damage to forests and fields near the border since the March of Return rallies kicked off on March 30.
Some 200 kites caused 198 fires, in which 9,000 dunums of cultivated land were burned, Israeli military statistics said.
Israeli forces on Thursday morning launched a limited incursion into Palestinian lands east of Khan Younis province, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Reporting from besieged Gaza, a PIC news correspondent said Israeli bulldozers escorted by a military vehicle moved several meters into the eastern area of Khuza’a town and leveled Palestinian lands near the border fence.
An Israeli patrol showed up on the borderland and set up barbed wire so as to prevent participants in the Great March of Return rallies from coming within the reach of the border area.
The Israeli army has recently stepped up its incursions into the eastern areas of the blockaded Gaza Strip and cordoned off Palestinian lands near the border fence with barbered wire in an attempt to rein in the geographical scale of the Palestinian Great March of Return.
Reporting from besieged Gaza, a PIC news correspondent said Israeli bulldozers escorted by a military vehicle moved several meters into the eastern area of Khuza’a town and leveled Palestinian lands near the border fence.
An Israeli patrol showed up on the borderland and set up barbed wire so as to prevent participants in the Great March of Return rallies from coming within the reach of the border area.
The Israeli army has recently stepped up its incursions into the eastern areas of the blockaded Gaza Strip and cordoned off Palestinian lands near the border fence with barbered wire in an attempt to rein in the geographical scale of the Palestinian Great March of Return.
6 june 2018
Two employees for Rafah Municipality in southern Gaza were injured on Wednesday after the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at them near the eastern border fence.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers stationed at the border fence east of Rafah heavily opened fire at the municipality crews while they were carrying out some repairs in the Great Return March camps.
Two employees were injured, one of whom seriously, and they were both transferred to the European Hospital for treatment.
Chairman of Rafah Municipality Subhi Abu Ridwan said that the IOF attacked the municipality's clearly marked vehicle injuring the two employees.
Abu Ridwan explained that the municipality team were about to leave the Return March camps after their work ended when the IOF snipers targeted their vehicle.
Abed Rabbo al-Arja was hit with a live bullet to the abdomen while Talaat Abu Eyada suffered minor injuries by shrapnel in the foot.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF soldiers stationed at the border fence east of Rafah heavily opened fire at the municipality crews while they were carrying out some repairs in the Great Return March camps.
Two employees were injured, one of whom seriously, and they were both transferred to the European Hospital for treatment.
Chairman of Rafah Municipality Subhi Abu Ridwan said that the IOF attacked the municipality's clearly marked vehicle injuring the two employees.
Abu Ridwan explained that the municipality team were about to leave the Return March camps after their work ended when the IOF snipers targeted their vehicle.
Abed Rabbo al-Arja was hit with a live bullet to the abdomen while Talaat Abu Eyada suffered minor injuries by shrapnel in the foot.
Firebrand Arab MK talks about the suffering in Gaza and calls for boycott of Knesset members, while proposing a bill to benefit female MKs; 'responsibility for the suffering of the women in the Gaza Strip lies solely with Israel,' she charges.
Joint List MK Hanin Zoabi was forcefully removed of a Knessent plenary discussion Wednesday after she condemned IDF soldiers and called them "murderers."
Zoabi was presenting a bill proposal to provide additional funding to political parties with a high number of female members.
“After Monday's meeting at the Committee on the Status of Women (about the situation of women in Gaza—ed.), I wondered why this proposal was necessary, since it would bring us more female MKs who are just as insensitive to injustice and oppression as their male counterparts," she said at the outset of her remarks.
“MKs from the Left are actually those who wish to privatize the suffering and disconnect the cause from the effect ... The responsibility for the suffering of the women in the Gaza Strip lies solely with Israel. After Israel destroyed the infrastructure and the agriculture in Gaza, it dictates to the people there how and where to eat,” she added in rage.
Zoabi went on with her charge. “You all should be boycotted. The people in Gaza are refugees, their land is in Israel. Those murdered by the soldiers are not being accounted for. Democracy is a nightmare in the Knesset,” she accused.
Zoabi refused to step down from the podium after her time to speak has passed, ignoring three calls for her to do so, and was consequently ushered out.
Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin, slammed Zoabi for her remarks. “We witnessed here another speech full of hate and incitement that would not have been allowed in a parliament anywhere in the world," he asserted.
"The only reason she’s here is because the High Court has cancelled the Central Elections Committee's decision to ban her in order to avoid this disgrace from happening in the Knesset again," Levin claimed. “This has opened the gates for all traitors and supporters of terrorism."
"I suggest that rather than yelling at MK Zoabi, we should finally fix the real issue since because of that, all of this is happening here—in the judicial system," he added.
“Her proposal is the height of hypocrisy. How many female MKs are there in the Joint List Party? How many women are in the United Arab List and in the Islamic Movement? A bunch of hypocrites. So as long as you’re getting paid for it, having women is good? A woman is simply a currency,” he concluded.
Under Zoabi’s proposal, a faction that has at least one woman for every three people on its Knesset elections list would be eligible for a 15 percent increase in funding.
During the vote, 44 MKs supported the proposal, while two opposed and 33 abstained.
Joint List MK Hanin Zoabi was forcefully removed of a Knessent plenary discussion Wednesday after she condemned IDF soldiers and called them "murderers."
Zoabi was presenting a bill proposal to provide additional funding to political parties with a high number of female members.
“After Monday's meeting at the Committee on the Status of Women (about the situation of women in Gaza—ed.), I wondered why this proposal was necessary, since it would bring us more female MKs who are just as insensitive to injustice and oppression as their male counterparts," she said at the outset of her remarks.
“MKs from the Left are actually those who wish to privatize the suffering and disconnect the cause from the effect ... The responsibility for the suffering of the women in the Gaza Strip lies solely with Israel. After Israel destroyed the infrastructure and the agriculture in Gaza, it dictates to the people there how and where to eat,” she added in rage.
Zoabi went on with her charge. “You all should be boycotted. The people in Gaza are refugees, their land is in Israel. Those murdered by the soldiers are not being accounted for. Democracy is a nightmare in the Knesset,” she accused.
Zoabi refused to step down from the podium after her time to speak has passed, ignoring three calls for her to do so, and was consequently ushered out.
Minister of Tourism Yariv Levin, slammed Zoabi for her remarks. “We witnessed here another speech full of hate and incitement that would not have been allowed in a parliament anywhere in the world," he asserted.
"The only reason she’s here is because the High Court has cancelled the Central Elections Committee's decision to ban her in order to avoid this disgrace from happening in the Knesset again," Levin claimed. “This has opened the gates for all traitors and supporters of terrorism."
"I suggest that rather than yelling at MK Zoabi, we should finally fix the real issue since because of that, all of this is happening here—in the judicial system," he added.
“Her proposal is the height of hypocrisy. How many female MKs are there in the Joint List Party? How many women are in the United Arab List and in the Islamic Movement? A bunch of hypocrites. So as long as you’re getting paid for it, having women is good? A woman is simply a currency,” he concluded.
Under Zoabi’s proposal, a faction that has at least one woman for every three people on its Knesset elections list would be eligible for a 15 percent increase in funding.
During the vote, 44 MKs supported the proposal, while two opposed and 33 abstained.
5 june 2018
Public security minister says IDF snipers should shoot Palestinians in Gaza as they fly incendiary kites across the border into Israel; 'The IDF's targeted assassinations must also apply to these kite-flyers.'
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Tuesday that Israeli snipers should shoot Palestinians in Gaza who are spotted flying incendiary kites over the border into Israel.
Palestinians are sending kites dangling coal embers or burning rags across the Gaza border to set fire to farmland and forests, in a new tactic that an Israeli minister said should be countered with "targeted assassinations".
"I expect the IDF to handle these kite-flyers exactly as they would any terrorist, and the IDF's targeted assassinations must also apply to these kite-flyers," Erdan said.
Israel has drafted in civilian drone enthusiasts as army reservists, instructing them to fly their remote-controlled aircraft into the kites, an Israeli general said.
"If their drone ends up getting lost in the process, we compensate them," the general told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The army has also fitted larger surveillance drones with weighted fishing lines or blades that can snag or slash kite strings in mid-air, the general said.
But he acknowledged the limitations of such measures, saying: "We'll probably end up having to shoot kite-flyers too."
According to Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, 600 such kites have been sent from the strip so far, while 400 have been intercepted by Israeli security forces using technological means.
“Two-hundred succeeded in reaching our territory and they burned 9,000 dunams of crops and forests,” Lieberman said on Monday, adding that Israel would not accept the kites as a daily norm.
"It began spontaneously. We never thought we would achieve such good results," said Shadi, one of five Palestinian teenagers preparing kites with fabric dipped in diesel and lubricant oil in a Gaza field.
"The idea is simple: use the simplest tools to cause damage and losses on the Occupation (Israel)," said Shadi, 19, wearing a "V for Vendetta" mask favored by protesters in many parts of the world and who, like the others, declined to give his last name.
No one has been hurt by the fires, but some 2,250 acres (910 hectares) of fields and nature reserves, already parched after a dry winter, have been burned by flames stoked by Mediterranean winds, causing $2.5 million in damage, Israel's government said.
Daniel Ben-David, a forestry official for Israel's quasi-governmental Jewish National Fund, said some kites had been decorated with swastikas or the Palestinian national colours, but more recently were made of transparent nylon sheeting.
Some had leaflets attached. "Prepare for a scorching summer," read one, in Hebrew.
In Gaza, kite-maker Shadi said his group had never used swastikas on their kites. He confirmed that transparent plastic was the best material as it made the kites almost invisible against the sky.
Even if the protests wind down, he and others will continue to send the kites—some of which carry the photos of Palestinians killed in the demonstrations—he said.
"Each kite costs us 10 shekels ($2.80). We pay it for it out of our own pockets," Shadi said.
A senior White House envoy, Jason Greenblatt, described the kites as "not harmless playthings or metaphors for freedom (but) propaganda and indiscriminate weapons".
Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said Tuesday that Israeli snipers should shoot Palestinians in Gaza who are spotted flying incendiary kites over the border into Israel.
Palestinians are sending kites dangling coal embers or burning rags across the Gaza border to set fire to farmland and forests, in a new tactic that an Israeli minister said should be countered with "targeted assassinations".
"I expect the IDF to handle these kite-flyers exactly as they would any terrorist, and the IDF's targeted assassinations must also apply to these kite-flyers," Erdan said.
Israel has drafted in civilian drone enthusiasts as army reservists, instructing them to fly their remote-controlled aircraft into the kites, an Israeli general said.
"If their drone ends up getting lost in the process, we compensate them," the general told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The army has also fitted larger surveillance drones with weighted fishing lines or blades that can snag or slash kite strings in mid-air, the general said.
But he acknowledged the limitations of such measures, saying: "We'll probably end up having to shoot kite-flyers too."
According to Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, 600 such kites have been sent from the strip so far, while 400 have been intercepted by Israeli security forces using technological means.
“Two-hundred succeeded in reaching our territory and they burned 9,000 dunams of crops and forests,” Lieberman said on Monday, adding that Israel would not accept the kites as a daily norm.
"It began spontaneously. We never thought we would achieve such good results," said Shadi, one of five Palestinian teenagers preparing kites with fabric dipped in diesel and lubricant oil in a Gaza field.
"The idea is simple: use the simplest tools to cause damage and losses on the Occupation (Israel)," said Shadi, 19, wearing a "V for Vendetta" mask favored by protesters in many parts of the world and who, like the others, declined to give his last name.
No one has been hurt by the fires, but some 2,250 acres (910 hectares) of fields and nature reserves, already parched after a dry winter, have been burned by flames stoked by Mediterranean winds, causing $2.5 million in damage, Israel's government said.
Daniel Ben-David, a forestry official for Israel's quasi-governmental Jewish National Fund, said some kites had been decorated with swastikas or the Palestinian national colours, but more recently were made of transparent nylon sheeting.
Some had leaflets attached. "Prepare for a scorching summer," read one, in Hebrew.
In Gaza, kite-maker Shadi said his group had never used swastikas on their kites. He confirmed that transparent plastic was the best material as it made the kites almost invisible against the sky.
Even if the protests wind down, he and others will continue to send the kites—some of which carry the photos of Palestinians killed in the demonstrations—he said.
"Each kite costs us 10 shekels ($2.80). We pay it for it out of our own pockets," Shadi said.
A senior White House envoy, Jason Greenblatt, described the kites as "not harmless playthings or metaphors for freedom (but) propaganda and indiscriminate weapons".
The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday arrested a Palestinian youth after he breached the border fence east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said that the Palestinian young man managed to enter the Israeli-controlled territory after a group of youths were able to cut part of the border fence east of Khuza'a town in Khan Younis.
The Palestinian youth was chased by the IOF, arrested and transferred to an unknown destination.
Palestinians in Gaza have repeatedly tried to remove parts of the border fence east of Gaza and infiltrate the border area in view of the ongoing Israeli attacks on the peaceful protesters taking part in the Great Return March.
Meanwhile, the IOF heavily fired live ammunition and teargas canisters at a group of Palestinian citizens who were gathering near the Return March camps to attend a memorial ceremony for medic Razan al-Najjar.
The PIC reporter said that the Palestinian young man managed to enter the Israeli-controlled territory after a group of youths were able to cut part of the border fence east of Khuza'a town in Khan Younis.
The Palestinian youth was chased by the IOF, arrested and transferred to an unknown destination.
Palestinians in Gaza have repeatedly tried to remove parts of the border fence east of Gaza and infiltrate the border area in view of the ongoing Israeli attacks on the peaceful protesters taking part in the Great Return March.
Meanwhile, the IOF heavily fired live ammunition and teargas canisters at a group of Palestinian citizens who were gathering near the Return March camps to attend a memorial ceremony for medic Razan al-Najjar.
4 june 2018
Ramzi Al-Najjar
A Palestinian young man was killed Monday afternoon near Gaza's eastern border fence after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces.
According to Hebrew sources, the Israeli army announced the death of a Palestinian youth who was shot and arrested while trying to breach the border fence east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been protesting since 30th March along the border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories to demand the right of return for refugees and call for lifting the blockade on the coastal enclave.
Over 120 Palestinian civilians have been killed by the Israeli army and about 13,000 injured since the protests started.
Benjamin Netanyahu said those who were shot dead by Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border "died accidentally"
A Palestinian young man was killed Monday afternoon near Gaza's eastern border fence after being shot by the Israeli occupation forces.
According to Hebrew sources, the Israeli army announced the death of a Palestinian youth who was shot and arrested while trying to breach the border fence east of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been protesting since 30th March along the border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories to demand the right of return for refugees and call for lifting the blockade on the coastal enclave.
Over 120 Palestinian civilians have been killed by the Israeli army and about 13,000 injured since the protests started.
Benjamin Netanyahu said those who were shot dead by Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border "died accidentally"
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