1 apr 2017
Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian lands in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday morning, according to locals.
Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency that soldiers deployed behind the border fence, in eastern Rafah city, opened fire at Palestinian agricultural lands in the area.
No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson said she would look into reports on the incident.
Israeli army incursions inside the Palestinian territory have long been a near-daily occurrence, as the Israeli army regularly opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas if they approach Israel’s unilaterally declared “buffer zone,” which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Witnesses told Ma’an News Agency that soldiers deployed behind the border fence, in eastern Rafah city, opened fire at Palestinian agricultural lands in the area.
No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson said she would look into reports on the incident.
Israeli army incursions inside the Palestinian territory have long been a near-daily occurrence, as the Israeli army regularly opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas if they approach Israel’s unilaterally declared “buffer zone,” which lies on both the land and sea sides of Gaza.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sector of the blockaded coastal enclave.
The airspace of the Gaza Strip has seen recently intensive Israeli drone overflights, raising fears among the population about Israeli intents to commit new crimes.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli occupation army’s drones were continuously overflying Gaza during the past two days after a five-day hiatus.
Those Israeli drone overflights have happened concurrently with the recent tight security campaign which has been launched by the interior ministry in Gaza following the assassination of Mazen al-Fuqaha, a senior commander of al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas.
Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the Israeli occupation army’s drones were continuously overflying Gaza during the past two days after a five-day hiatus.
Those Israeli drone overflights have happened concurrently with the recent tight security campaign which has been launched by the interior ministry in Gaza following the assassination of Mazen al-Fuqaha, a senior commander of al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas.
28 mar 2017
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, in the southern part of the Gaza strip, opened fire, on Tuesday mornings, at farmers in their own lands, east of Khan Younis, and Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal region.
The soldiers fired many live rounds at the farmers, while working on their lands, close to the border fence, east of Khan Younis, forcing them to leave in fear of additional escalation.
A similar attack was carried out against farmers near Sofa area, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while the soldiers also fired flares.
Such attacks are part of daily Israeli violations against Palestinian farmers and workers, in areas close to the border fence, in addition to frequent attacks against fishermen and their boats, in Palestinian territorial waters, in the besieged and impoverished Gaza strip.
The soldiers fired many live rounds at the farmers, while working on their lands, close to the border fence, east of Khan Younis, forcing them to leave in fear of additional escalation.
A similar attack was carried out against farmers near Sofa area, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while the soldiers also fired flares.
Such attacks are part of daily Israeli violations against Palestinian farmers and workers, in areas close to the border fence, in addition to frequent attacks against fishermen and their boats, in Palestinian territorial waters, in the besieged and impoverished Gaza strip.
25 mar 2017
Mazen Fuqaha
Thousands of people have attended on Saturday afternoon the funeral ceremony of the al-Qassam commander Mazen Fuqaha who was assassinated Friday evening.
Dozens of al-Qassam’s freedom fighters also attended the funeral which started from Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City and headed to al-Umari Grand Mosque before ending at Sheikh Radwan cemetery.
During the funeral ceremony, member of Hamas’s political bureau Khalil al-Hayya held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the assassination of Mazen Fuqaha.
Al-Qassam Brigades would retaliate "at the suitable time and in the proper way," he said.
Israel would well realize that its assassination policy is stupid and crazy and would never succeed to liquidate the Palestinian cause, he added.
"Our confrontation with the Israeli occupation will continue regardless of the sacrifices," according to his statements, hailing the great sacrifices made by Fuqaha’s family.
"We will continue our resistance path till the release of all Palestinian prisoners and lands," he vowed.
He concluded by stressing that Fuqaha’s blood is "the fuel for victory and liberation."
Unknown gunmen assassinate al-Qassam commander in Gaza
Unknown gunmen on Friday evening assassinated al-Qassam Brigades commander and ex-detainee Mazen al-Fuqaha in Tel al-Hawa area in southern Gaza City.
The spokesman of the Interior Ministry in Gaza, Iyad al-Bezem, told the PIC reporter that policemen found the body of Fuqaha with four bullets in his head. An inquiry has been opened into the incident, he pointed out.
Mazen Fuqaha, from Tubas city in the West Bank, is a member of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas Movement. He is an ex-detainee who was released in Wafaa al-Ahrar swap deal in 2011 between Hamas and Israel on condition he would be deported to Gaza.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Fuqaha over his responsibility for the Safad anti-occupation attack which led to the death of nine Israelis. It was carried out in revenge for the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader in Gaza Sheikh Salah Shehadeh.
Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Resheq described the assassination on his Twitter account as "cowardly".
Masri: Israel crossed all red lines
The leader in Hamas Movement Mushir al-Masri on Saturday afternoon described al-Qassam commander Mazen Fuqaha’s assassination as “playing with fire that crossed all red lines.”
Israel will pay heavy price over this cowardly assassination, he warned.
In televised statements, Masri held Israel fully responsible for the assassination of Mazen Fuqaha.
“Israel’s Mossad is clearly behind the al-Qassam Brigades leader’s assassination,” he added.
Al-Qassam Brigades will turn everything on the head of the Israelis and attack them unexpectedly," according to his statements.
Masri stressed that the response to the crime will not be like any other.
Hamas holds Israel fully responsible for assassination of Mazen Fuqaha
The Hamas Movement and its armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, in the Gaza Strip have held the Israeli occupation state and its collaborators fully responsible for the assassination of Mazen Fuqaha, one of its military commanders.
In a press release on Friday evening, Hamas mourned the death of Fuqaha, describing him one of the heroes of al-Qassam Brigades in the West Bank and one of the Palestinian prisoners who were released as part of the 2011 swap deal.
Hamas noted that martyr Fuqaha was killed on Friday evening by unknown assassins outside his home in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
“The occupation knows that the blood of resistance fighters does not go in vain, and the Hamas Movement knows how to respond to such crimes,” its statement said.
Earlier, a spokesman for the interior ministry in Gaza told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the police had found the body of Fuqaha with four bullets in his head and launched an investigation into the incident.
For its part, al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas mourned Fuqaha on its website, and held Israel responsible for his assassination.
Fuqaha was originally from Tubas in the West Bank, northeast of Nablus.
Fuqaha was serving 6 life sentences in Israeli prison for his involvement in a 2002 attack in Safad in northern 1948 Occupied Palestine that killed six Israelis in response to the assassination of Sheikh Salah Shehada, a founding leader of Hamas's armed wing. He was deported to Gaza following his release in the prisoner exchange deal in 2011.
Qassam Brigades vows to respond to Israel’s murder of Fuqaha
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has accused the Israeli occupation state of assassinating Mazen Fuqaha, one of its senior commanders, vowing to respond proportionately to the Israeli crime.
“We say it clearly, the crime was plotted and committed by the Zionist enemy, and it is responsible for its consequences,” the Brigades stated in a press release on Saturday.
It vowed that the Israeli occupation would pay dearly for its crime. “It is an oath we take before God first and then before our nation and people that the enemy will pay a price for its crime proportionally to the size of its assassination of our martyr and commander Abu Mohamed (Fuqaha).”
“Those who play with fire will burn themselves,” the Brigades warned.
“His martyrdom has come after a long journey of struggle, arrest and giving, during which he tired the enemy and dealt deadly blows to it in the heart of occupied Palestine,” it said, mourning his death.
PFLP calls for national dialogue over Fuqaha’s assassination
The leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Zulfiqar Sawirjo called Saturday morning on Palestinian resistance factions to start a national dialogue over the assassination of al-Qassam commander Mazen Fuqaha.
Speaking to the PIC reporter, Sawirjo said that the current situation in Gaza Strip needs a firm position, calling for responding rationally to the crime.
He also stressed the Palestinian resistance’s right to respond to Israeli crimes inside or outside Gaza Strip.
Fuqaha’s assassination was an attempt by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to evade his responsibility in Israel’s Gaza war failure, he added.
Only Palestinian resistance has the right to choose the appropriate time and place of its response, Sawirjo concluded.
Earlier Friday, unknown gunmen assassinated al-Qassam Brigades commander and ex-detainee Mazen Fuqaha in Tel al-Hawa area in southern Gaza City.
The Hamas Movement and its armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, in the Gaza Strip have held the Israeli occupation state and its collaborators fully responsible for his assassination.
Thousands of people have attended on Saturday afternoon the funeral ceremony of the al-Qassam commander Mazen Fuqaha who was assassinated Friday evening.
Dozens of al-Qassam’s freedom fighters also attended the funeral which started from Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City and headed to al-Umari Grand Mosque before ending at Sheikh Radwan cemetery.
During the funeral ceremony, member of Hamas’s political bureau Khalil al-Hayya held the Israeli occupation fully responsible for the assassination of Mazen Fuqaha.
Al-Qassam Brigades would retaliate "at the suitable time and in the proper way," he said.
Israel would well realize that its assassination policy is stupid and crazy and would never succeed to liquidate the Palestinian cause, he added.
"Our confrontation with the Israeli occupation will continue regardless of the sacrifices," according to his statements, hailing the great sacrifices made by Fuqaha’s family.
"We will continue our resistance path till the release of all Palestinian prisoners and lands," he vowed.
He concluded by stressing that Fuqaha’s blood is "the fuel for victory and liberation."
Unknown gunmen assassinate al-Qassam commander in Gaza
Unknown gunmen on Friday evening assassinated al-Qassam Brigades commander and ex-detainee Mazen al-Fuqaha in Tel al-Hawa area in southern Gaza City.
The spokesman of the Interior Ministry in Gaza, Iyad al-Bezem, told the PIC reporter that policemen found the body of Fuqaha with four bullets in his head. An inquiry has been opened into the incident, he pointed out.
Mazen Fuqaha, from Tubas city in the West Bank, is a member of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas Movement. He is an ex-detainee who was released in Wafaa al-Ahrar swap deal in 2011 between Hamas and Israel on condition he would be deported to Gaza.
Israeli occupation forces arrested Fuqaha over his responsibility for the Safad anti-occupation attack which led to the death of nine Israelis. It was carried out in revenge for the Israeli assassination of Hamas leader in Gaza Sheikh Salah Shehadeh.
Political bureau member of Hamas Ezzet Resheq described the assassination on his Twitter account as "cowardly".
Masri: Israel crossed all red lines
The leader in Hamas Movement Mushir al-Masri on Saturday afternoon described al-Qassam commander Mazen Fuqaha’s assassination as “playing with fire that crossed all red lines.”
Israel will pay heavy price over this cowardly assassination, he warned.
In televised statements, Masri held Israel fully responsible for the assassination of Mazen Fuqaha.
“Israel’s Mossad is clearly behind the al-Qassam Brigades leader’s assassination,” he added.
Al-Qassam Brigades will turn everything on the head of the Israelis and attack them unexpectedly," according to his statements.
Masri stressed that the response to the crime will not be like any other.
Hamas holds Israel fully responsible for assassination of Mazen Fuqaha
The Hamas Movement and its armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, in the Gaza Strip have held the Israeli occupation state and its collaborators fully responsible for the assassination of Mazen Fuqaha, one of its military commanders.
In a press release on Friday evening, Hamas mourned the death of Fuqaha, describing him one of the heroes of al-Qassam Brigades in the West Bank and one of the Palestinian prisoners who were released as part of the 2011 swap deal.
Hamas noted that martyr Fuqaha was killed on Friday evening by unknown assassins outside his home in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
“The occupation knows that the blood of resistance fighters does not go in vain, and the Hamas Movement knows how to respond to such crimes,” its statement said.
Earlier, a spokesman for the interior ministry in Gaza told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that the police had found the body of Fuqaha with four bullets in his head and launched an investigation into the incident.
For its part, al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas mourned Fuqaha on its website, and held Israel responsible for his assassination.
Fuqaha was originally from Tubas in the West Bank, northeast of Nablus.
Fuqaha was serving 6 life sentences in Israeli prison for his involvement in a 2002 attack in Safad in northern 1948 Occupied Palestine that killed six Israelis in response to the assassination of Sheikh Salah Shehada, a founding leader of Hamas's armed wing. He was deported to Gaza following his release in the prisoner exchange deal in 2011.
Qassam Brigades vows to respond to Israel’s murder of Fuqaha
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has accused the Israeli occupation state of assassinating Mazen Fuqaha, one of its senior commanders, vowing to respond proportionately to the Israeli crime.
“We say it clearly, the crime was plotted and committed by the Zionist enemy, and it is responsible for its consequences,” the Brigades stated in a press release on Saturday.
It vowed that the Israeli occupation would pay dearly for its crime. “It is an oath we take before God first and then before our nation and people that the enemy will pay a price for its crime proportionally to the size of its assassination of our martyr and commander Abu Mohamed (Fuqaha).”
“Those who play with fire will burn themselves,” the Brigades warned.
“His martyrdom has come after a long journey of struggle, arrest and giving, during which he tired the enemy and dealt deadly blows to it in the heart of occupied Palestine,” it said, mourning his death.
PFLP calls for national dialogue over Fuqaha’s assassination
The leader in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) Zulfiqar Sawirjo called Saturday morning on Palestinian resistance factions to start a national dialogue over the assassination of al-Qassam commander Mazen Fuqaha.
Speaking to the PIC reporter, Sawirjo said that the current situation in Gaza Strip needs a firm position, calling for responding rationally to the crime.
He also stressed the Palestinian resistance’s right to respond to Israeli crimes inside or outside Gaza Strip.
Fuqaha’s assassination was an attempt by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to evade his responsibility in Israel’s Gaza war failure, he added.
Only Palestinian resistance has the right to choose the appropriate time and place of its response, Sawirjo concluded.
Earlier Friday, unknown gunmen assassinated al-Qassam Brigades commander and ex-detainee Mazen Fuqaha in Tel al-Hawa area in southern Gaza City.
The Hamas Movement and its armed wing, al-Qassam Brigades, in the Gaza Strip have held the Israeli occupation state and its collaborators fully responsible for his assassination.
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