14 nov 2011

Muhammad Kilani
One police officer was killed and four others injured early Monday morning when Israeli warplanes targeted a naval police building in Gaza City.
Medical sources in Gaza identified the victim as Muhammad Kilani. His body was found amid the rubble.
Four other officers were evacuated to Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Two sustained serious injuries while two were lightly injured, medics said.
Bulldozers removed rubble amid fears that other victims might be trapped under the debris, but there were no further reports of bodies found.
The Israeli army confirmed they had hit a target in the northern Gaza Strip.
The airstrike came hours after a homemade projectile was fired from Gaza, landing in the Shaar Hanegev area. No injuries were reported.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=436500
Haniyeh: Israel targeted police in airstrike
Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh on Monday accused Israel of deliberately targeting a police compound in an airstrike which killed a coastal police officer.
Speaking at the funeral of Muhammad Kilani, Haniyeh called the strike "a treacherous crime that can't be justified."
Hundreds gathered in the northern Gaza Strip to mourn Kilani, killed when Israeli warplanes flattened the naval police base in Gaza City early Monday.
The Israeli army said the strike "hit a terror activity center." It came hours after a projectile fired from Gaza landed in Israel's south, without causing injuries.
Haniyeh said Israel had visualized the area before bombing and knew there were police working at the site.
"This is a crime that illustrated the policy of the Israeli occupation that’s based on treachery and killing of our people," the prime minister said.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=436688
One police officer was killed and four others injured early Monday morning when Israeli warplanes targeted a naval police building in Gaza City.
Medical sources in Gaza identified the victim as Muhammad Kilani. His body was found amid the rubble.
Four other officers were evacuated to Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. Two sustained serious injuries while two were lightly injured, medics said.
Bulldozers removed rubble amid fears that other victims might be trapped under the debris, but there were no further reports of bodies found.
The Israeli army confirmed they had hit a target in the northern Gaza Strip.
The airstrike came hours after a homemade projectile was fired from Gaza, landing in the Shaar Hanegev area. No injuries were reported.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=436500
Haniyeh: Israel targeted police in airstrike
Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh on Monday accused Israel of deliberately targeting a police compound in an airstrike which killed a coastal police officer.
Speaking at the funeral of Muhammad Kilani, Haniyeh called the strike "a treacherous crime that can't be justified."
Hundreds gathered in the northern Gaza Strip to mourn Kilani, killed when Israeli warplanes flattened the naval police base in Gaza City early Monday.
The Israeli army said the strike "hit a terror activity center." It came hours after a projectile fired from Gaza landed in Israel's south, without causing injuries.
Haniyeh said Israel had visualized the area before bombing and knew there were police working at the site.
"This is a crime that illustrated the policy of the Israeli occupation that’s based on treachery and killing of our people," the prime minister said.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=436688
11 nov 2011
Large numbers participate in the funeral of man killed by settler
Palestinian residents from the district of Salfit and the village of Deir Estia participated in large numbers in the funeral of a Palestinian farmer who was run-over on Tuesday by a Jewish settler driving her car to Rafafa settlement near the village.
Eyewitnesses said that Abdul-Muttalib Hakim, 45 years, from the village of Deir Estia died instantly after being hit by the vehicle while he was walking home from his fields where he was picking olives.
The governor of Salfit district and other official and popular figures participated in the funeral.
Speeches were made at the funeral in which the high rate of such incidents was condemned, especially that it is believed that many of these incidents are deliberate.
Israeli killed, three wounded in 'accidental' IDF West Bank shooting
Incident occurs after Israeli vehicle does not stop at makeshift checkpoint near southern Hebron; IDF forces open fire on vehicle, killing 60-year-old Israeli, IDF soldier also wounded.
Israel Defense Forces shot and killed an Israeli early Friday in the southern Hebron region of the West Bank, when the man driving a vehicle did not notice a checkpoint and passed through without stopping. The soldiers involved in the incident said the shooting was accidental.
Initial reports suggest that the incident, which took place just after 5 am, occurred after IDF soldiers erected a makeshift checkpoint between Yatta and Hebron, after receiving reports of a suspicious truck leaving one of the settlements in the area.
IDF forces attempted to flag down and stop the vehicle. When the vehicle showed no signs of slowing down, IDF forces opened fire, killing 55-year-old Dan Mertzbach, a resident of Otniel, and wounding two other passengers.
Moments later, a Palestinian truck struck one of the IDF soldiers who was standing by the side of the road near the scene of the shooting.
The passengers were evacuated to Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem in Jerusalem.
GOC Central Command Avi Mizrachi said that an investigation would be opened into the incident.
A Central Command representative told reporters, “at 5.30 A.M. an IDF observation post in Beit Hagai spotted a suspicious vehicle. IDF forces came out of the observation tower, but did not manage to set up a checkpoint in time, and so they signaled to the vehicle to stop. The vehicle did not stop and an IDF soldier fired eight shots at it.
The vehicle got stuck on the side of the road. The soldier who fired the shots ran towards the vehicle and was run over by a Palestinian truck. The incident is currently under investigation, we will investigate why the soldiers opened fire, because according to instructions on opening fire, soldiers are not supposed to shoot at a moving vehicle.”
Large numbers participate in the funeral of man killed by settler
Palestinian residents from the district of Salfit and the village of Deir Estia participated in large numbers in the funeral of a Palestinian farmer who was run-over on Tuesday by a Jewish settler driving her car to Rafafa settlement near the village.
Eyewitnesses said that Abdul-Muttalib Hakim, 45 years, from the village of Deir Estia died instantly after being hit by the vehicle while he was walking home from his fields where he was picking olives.
The governor of Salfit district and other official and popular figures participated in the funeral.
Speeches were made at the funeral in which the high rate of such incidents was condemned, especially that it is believed that many of these incidents are deliberate.
Israeli killed, three wounded in 'accidental' IDF West Bank shooting
Incident occurs after Israeli vehicle does not stop at makeshift checkpoint near southern Hebron; IDF forces open fire on vehicle, killing 60-year-old Israeli, IDF soldier also wounded.
Israel Defense Forces shot and killed an Israeli early Friday in the southern Hebron region of the West Bank, when the man driving a vehicle did not notice a checkpoint and passed through without stopping. The soldiers involved in the incident said the shooting was accidental.
Initial reports suggest that the incident, which took place just after 5 am, occurred after IDF soldiers erected a makeshift checkpoint between Yatta and Hebron, after receiving reports of a suspicious truck leaving one of the settlements in the area.
IDF forces attempted to flag down and stop the vehicle. When the vehicle showed no signs of slowing down, IDF forces opened fire, killing 55-year-old Dan Mertzbach, a resident of Otniel, and wounding two other passengers.
Moments later, a Palestinian truck struck one of the IDF soldiers who was standing by the side of the road near the scene of the shooting.
The passengers were evacuated to Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Karem in Jerusalem.
GOC Central Command Avi Mizrachi said that an investigation would be opened into the incident.
A Central Command representative told reporters, “at 5.30 A.M. an IDF observation post in Beit Hagai spotted a suspicious vehicle. IDF forces came out of the observation tower, but did not manage to set up a checkpoint in time, and so they signaled to the vehicle to stop. The vehicle did not stop and an IDF soldier fired eight shots at it.
The vehicle got stuck on the side of the road. The soldier who fired the shots ran towards the vehicle and was run over by a Palestinian truck. The incident is currently under investigation, we will investigate why the soldiers opened fire, because according to instructions on opening fire, soldiers are not supposed to shoot at a moving vehicle.”
9 nov 2011
A settler runs over a farmer in Salfit killing him
Abdul-Muttalib Hakim, 45
A Palestinian man was killed Wednesday evening in the village of Deir-Estia in the northern West Bank after he was run over by a settler on a road used by settlers near the entrance to the Rafafa settlement to the west of the village.
Eyewitnesses said that Abdul-Muttalib Hakim, 45 years, from the village of Deir Estia died instantly after being hit by a vehicle driven by a settler while he was walking home from his fields where he was picking olives.
Settler by-pass roads in the West Bank, witness many such incidents, a lot of them are deliberate.
A settler runs over a farmer in Salfit killing him
Abdul-Muttalib Hakim, 45
A Palestinian man was killed Wednesday evening in the village of Deir-Estia in the northern West Bank after he was run over by a settler on a road used by settlers near the entrance to the Rafafa settlement to the west of the village.
Eyewitnesses said that Abdul-Muttalib Hakim, 45 years, from the village of Deir Estia died instantly after being hit by a vehicle driven by a settler while he was walking home from his fields where he was picking olives.
Settler by-pass roads in the West Bank, witness many such incidents, a lot of them are deliberate.
7 nov 2011
Nasr Ibrahim Alean was murdered by Israel Thursday
Nasr Ibrahim Alean was murdered by Israel Thursday

Nasr Ibrahim Alean 23
by Nathan Stuckey
Nasr Ibrahim Alean was a 23 year old farmer from Beit Lahia. He was murdered on November 3, 2011. He was picking strawberries in his field when he was shot in the leg by the Israeli army. He called his friend Muhammad Abu Helmeyyah, 22 years old, to help him. Muhammed tried to take him to safety, but they were both killed by a missile from an Apache helicopter. Nasr was not the first farmer in Gaza murdered by the IDF, and he will probably not be the last.
When Nasr was killed he was working in a field 500 meters from the border. Outside of the Israeli imposed “buffer zone” which is in reality a 300 meter zone of death that surrounds Gaza. This isn’t uncommon; the high risk area around the border extends as far as one or two kilometers according to the UN. Nasr knew that he risked his life when he went to work, but he had no choice. He needed money to get married, and working on the land was the only work that he could find. Gaza is under siege, and unemployment is rife. Not only are many imports banned, but most exports are banned as well.
We set in the mourning tent talking with Nasr’s family, hearing their stories, seeing their pictures of Nasser. A cousin showed us a video of them picking up the body. There was a giant hole in his head. They tell us that Israel did not allow the Red Cross to pick up the body immediately; it sat for several hours, until finally the ambulances came.
Too late, Nasr was already dead. Muhammad was already dead. They told us worse stories, of bodies that no one was allowed to pick up for ups, bodies that the IDF left to rot, everyone forbidden to claim them.
Nasr’s brother was getting married in two days. One of his aunt’s heard the story as she had her eyebrows done in preparation for the wedding. She says of him, “He wasn’t in the resistance, he was just trying to work,” and continues “They don’t even want us to work. If it wasn’t for the United Nations, I don’t know what we would do.” His uncle tells us about how he used to work in Israel. He worked as a driver.
One day a woman got in with her young child. She abused him in front of the child. He asks, “How can people who abuse you in front of their children teach their children about peace?” He doesn’t seem to have much hope. They talk of going to human rights organizations to complain about Nasr’s murder, but they do not really believe that they will help. Nasr hadn’t given up though, he went to pick strawberries on Thursday because he wanted to live, because he wanted to get married and have children and a house of his own.
by Nathan Stuckey
Nasr Ibrahim Alean was a 23 year old farmer from Beit Lahia. He was murdered on November 3, 2011. He was picking strawberries in his field when he was shot in the leg by the Israeli army. He called his friend Muhammad Abu Helmeyyah, 22 years old, to help him. Muhammed tried to take him to safety, but they were both killed by a missile from an Apache helicopter. Nasr was not the first farmer in Gaza murdered by the IDF, and he will probably not be the last.
When Nasr was killed he was working in a field 500 meters from the border. Outside of the Israeli imposed “buffer zone” which is in reality a 300 meter zone of death that surrounds Gaza. This isn’t uncommon; the high risk area around the border extends as far as one or two kilometers according to the UN. Nasr knew that he risked his life when he went to work, but he had no choice. He needed money to get married, and working on the land was the only work that he could find. Gaza is under siege, and unemployment is rife. Not only are many imports banned, but most exports are banned as well.
We set in the mourning tent talking with Nasr’s family, hearing their stories, seeing their pictures of Nasser. A cousin showed us a video of them picking up the body. There was a giant hole in his head. They tell us that Israel did not allow the Red Cross to pick up the body immediately; it sat for several hours, until finally the ambulances came.
Too late, Nasr was already dead. Muhammad was already dead. They told us worse stories, of bodies that no one was allowed to pick up for ups, bodies that the IDF left to rot, everyone forbidden to claim them.
Nasr’s brother was getting married in two days. One of his aunt’s heard the story as she had her eyebrows done in preparation for the wedding. She says of him, “He wasn’t in the resistance, he was just trying to work,” and continues “They don’t even want us to work. If it wasn’t for the United Nations, I don’t know what we would do.” His uncle tells us about how he used to work in Israel. He worked as a driver.
One day a woman got in with her young child. She abused him in front of the child. He asks, “How can people who abuse you in front of their children teach their children about peace?” He doesn’t seem to have much hope. They talk of going to human rights organizations to complain about Nasr’s murder, but they do not really believe that they will help. Nasr hadn’t given up though, he went to pick strawberries on Thursday because he wanted to live, because he wanted to get married and have children and a house of his own.
5 nov 2011
Medics: 1 dead after Israel strikes Gaza

Abdullah Muhana, 26
Israeli forces fired on the southern Gaza Strip late Saturday, killing one Palestinian man and injuring three others, medical and security officials said.
The shelling attack near Khan Younis in southern Gaza killed a 26-year-old Palestinian man and seriously injured three others, medical official Adham Abu Salmiya said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the attack but offered no additional details.
Earlier, Israeli forces fired on a group of people east of Gaza City, moderately injuring one man. Muhammad Ibrahim Hamad, 23, was injured in the leg, a Ma'an reporter said.
Witnesses said they were surprised by the gunfire, which came as farmers were tending their land near Gaza City's juice factory, towards the Karni crossing into Israel.
An Israeli army spokesman said forces "recognized a group suspects coming near the security fence," before firing in the air to move the group away.
When one person "refused (to move back) they fired at his lower body mass," he said, adding that the area near Gaza's border is frequently used to launch attacks against Israelis.
Rights groups say workers tending land and collecting stones and other construction materials along Israel's buffer zone in north and eastern Gaza have been targeted by Israeli soldiers.
On Friday, Israel's army said a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck open territory in the Hof Ashkelon regional council. There were no reports of injury or damage.
Israeli forces fired on the southern Gaza Strip late Saturday, killing one Palestinian man and injuring three others, medical and security officials said.
The shelling attack near Khan Younis in southern Gaza killed a 26-year-old Palestinian man and seriously injured three others, medical official Adham Abu Salmiya said.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the attack but offered no additional details.
Earlier, Israeli forces fired on a group of people east of Gaza City, moderately injuring one man. Muhammad Ibrahim Hamad, 23, was injured in the leg, a Ma'an reporter said.
Witnesses said they were surprised by the gunfire, which came as farmers were tending their land near Gaza City's juice factory, towards the Karni crossing into Israel.
An Israeli army spokesman said forces "recognized a group suspects coming near the security fence," before firing in the air to move the group away.
When one person "refused (to move back) they fired at his lower body mass," he said, adding that the area near Gaza's border is frequently used to launch attacks against Israelis.
Rights groups say workers tending land and collecting stones and other construction materials along Israel's buffer zone in north and eastern Gaza have been targeted by Israeli soldiers.
On Friday, Israel's army said a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck open territory in the Hof Ashkelon regional council. There were no reports of injury or damage.
3 nov 2011
Two Palestinians Killed In Northern Gaza

Mahmoud Abu Hilmiyya 22
Nasr Oleyyan 23 (picture)
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Thursday afternoon, that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting an area in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Adham Abu Salmiyya, spokesperson of the Medical and Emergency Services in Gaza, reported that the two are farmers who were working in their lands when the army fired missiles at them. They were identified as Mahmoud Abu Hilmiyya, 22, and Nasr Oleyyan, 23; their bodies were severely mutilated, and their remains were moved to Kamal Odwan Hospital in the city.
Furthermore, Palestinian fighters exchanged fire with an Israeli battalion invading an area in northern Gaza. The army fired three artillery shells towards the fighters.
Local sources reported that the soldiers were trying to invade Hamdouna area, north of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The sources added that the fighters destroyed an Israeli military jeep while soldiers of the Israeli Engineering Corps were scouting the area.
The Israeli Army claimed that Palestinian fighters opened fire at soldiers near the Gaza border, and that the army retaliated and killed the two fighters, Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported.
Haaretz added that the soldiers were conducting “routine work” near the Kibbutz of Zikim when the fighters opened fire at them causing damage to one military vehicle.
Furthermore, the army fired at least two missiles into an open area in northern Gaza, while the Israeli choppers and drones were flying over different parts of the coastal region.
The army said that Palestinian fighters fired at least 30 shells towards Israel last week killing one Israeli and wounding four others.
The death of the two Palestinians brings the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army since Sunday to 14; most of them are fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad.
Israeli air forces kill 2 in north Gaza
Israeli air forces killed two people in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, after clashes broke out between forces and unknown gunmen near the border with Israel, medics and witnesses said.
Earlier, Israeli artillery fired on fighters near Beit Hanoun after gunfire from militants towards the northern border, witnesses told Ma'an. Israeli forces entered the Gaza Strip and were joined by the Israeli air force, they said.
Medical officials in the Gaza Strip said Muhammad Abu Halmiya, 22, and Nasser al-Layyan, 23, were killed by an Israeli helicopter after the clashes broke out. A Ma'an reporter said the two were farmers.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said "fire was directed at soldiers near the border fence," damaging a military vehicle.
Forces "returned fire to sources of the fire," she said.
An Israeli army statement added: "soldiers targeted the terrorist squad aided by IAF aircraft. A direct hit was confirmed."
The fighting came less an week after Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed 12 Palestinians, amid a volley of rocket fire into Israel which killed one Israeli, before an Egyptian-brokered truce on Sunday.
Israel raid kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians in an attack on the northern part of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/208183.html
Nasr Oleyyan 23 (picture)
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Thursday afternoon, that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting an area in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Adham Abu Salmiyya, spokesperson of the Medical and Emergency Services in Gaza, reported that the two are farmers who were working in their lands when the army fired missiles at them. They were identified as Mahmoud Abu Hilmiyya, 22, and Nasr Oleyyan, 23; their bodies were severely mutilated, and their remains were moved to Kamal Odwan Hospital in the city.
Furthermore, Palestinian fighters exchanged fire with an Israeli battalion invading an area in northern Gaza. The army fired three artillery shells towards the fighters.
Local sources reported that the soldiers were trying to invade Hamdouna area, north of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The sources added that the fighters destroyed an Israeli military jeep while soldiers of the Israeli Engineering Corps were scouting the area.
The Israeli Army claimed that Palestinian fighters opened fire at soldiers near the Gaza border, and that the army retaliated and killed the two fighters, Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported.
Haaretz added that the soldiers were conducting “routine work” near the Kibbutz of Zikim when the fighters opened fire at them causing damage to one military vehicle.
Furthermore, the army fired at least two missiles into an open area in northern Gaza, while the Israeli choppers and drones were flying over different parts of the coastal region.
The army said that Palestinian fighters fired at least 30 shells towards Israel last week killing one Israeli and wounding four others.
The death of the two Palestinians brings the number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army since Sunday to 14; most of them are fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad.
Israeli air forces kill 2 in north Gaza
Israeli air forces killed two people in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, after clashes broke out between forces and unknown gunmen near the border with Israel, medics and witnesses said.
Earlier, Israeli artillery fired on fighters near Beit Hanoun after gunfire from militants towards the northern border, witnesses told Ma'an. Israeli forces entered the Gaza Strip and were joined by the Israeli air force, they said.
Medical officials in the Gaza Strip said Muhammad Abu Halmiya, 22, and Nasser al-Layyan, 23, were killed by an Israeli helicopter after the clashes broke out. A Ma'an reporter said the two were farmers.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said "fire was directed at soldiers near the border fence," damaging a military vehicle.
Forces "returned fire to sources of the fire," she said.
An Israeli army statement added: "soldiers targeted the terrorist squad aided by IAF aircraft. A direct hit was confirmed."
The fighting came less an week after Israeli airstrikes on Gaza killed 12 Palestinians, amid a volley of rocket fire into Israel which killed one Israeli, before an Egyptian-brokered truce on Sunday.
Israel raid kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza
Israeli forces have killed two Palestinians in an attack on the northern part of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/208183.html
1 nov 2011
'Israel's killing policy reflects terrorism'
A political scientist says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement of “kill or be killed” is a typical example of Tel Aviv's terrorist mentality, Press TV reports.
“That is definitely terrorism and this is what terrorism is all about… They think they cannot exist without killing all the babies and all people,” Nada Hashwi said on Monday from Beirut during a telephone interview with Press TV.
Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel's defense policy was based on two principles: “Kill or be killed” and “he who harms you should bear the blood on his head.”
Hashwi says it is shocking that such outrageous Israeli announcements have not ruffled any feathers in the West; the EU and the UN have practically turned a blind eye towards Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people.
She adds, “Israel has been using killings as their only weapon. This is their self-defense.”
The Beirut-based political scientist said the extremist regime in Tel Aviv thinks it cannot survive without a policy of relentless killing of innocent people.
Israel has been committing crimes freely and this is the reason that now they “go in public and say we want to kill,”as if the Palestinians are not human beings anymore.
Hashwi stated, “I cannot believe they can get away with things like that.”
Israel is going down the hill and the killing policy cannot save it now, the activist noted.
In addition, she emphasized Israel should know that times have changed and now the resistance fighters will retaliate if Israel persists with its murderous policy.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/207742.html
'Israel's killing policy reflects terrorism'
A political scientist says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement of “kill or be killed” is a typical example of Tel Aviv's terrorist mentality, Press TV reports.
“That is definitely terrorism and this is what terrorism is all about… They think they cannot exist without killing all the babies and all people,” Nada Hashwi said on Monday from Beirut during a telephone interview with Press TV.
Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel's defense policy was based on two principles: “Kill or be killed” and “he who harms you should bear the blood on his head.”
Hashwi says it is shocking that such outrageous Israeli announcements have not ruffled any feathers in the West; the EU and the UN have practically turned a blind eye towards Israel's crimes against the Palestinian people.
She adds, “Israel has been using killings as their only weapon. This is their self-defense.”
The Beirut-based political scientist said the extremist regime in Tel Aviv thinks it cannot survive without a policy of relentless killing of innocent people.
Israel has been committing crimes freely and this is the reason that now they “go in public and say we want to kill,”as if the Palestinians are not human beings anymore.
Hashwi stated, “I cannot believe they can get away with things like that.”
Israel is going down the hill and the killing policy cannot save it now, the activist noted.
In addition, she emphasized Israel should know that times have changed and now the resistance fighters will retaliate if Israel persists with its murderous policy.
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/207742.html
31 oct 2011
EU’s Ashton holds Islamic Jihad Responsible for Violence
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held the Islamic Jihad responsible for the violence that broke out in the past two days at the Gaza borders with Israel, according to a statement published on Sunday.
“I am very concerned at the renewed exchange of fire in the Gaza Strip and the south of Israel following the firing of rockets by Islamic Jihad from Gaza into Israel,” she said.
“I wholeheartedly condemn the indiscriminate targeting of civilians wherever they are,” she added, calling “on all sides to respect the ceasefire brokered by Egypt.”
An Israeli air strike on Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Saturday killed five members of the Islamic Jihad organization and ended more than two months of calm, when it provoked a barrage of rocket firing from Gaza at towns in southern Israel.
Israel responded with more air strikes, the latest of which was at midnight Sunday, two hours after an Egyptian brokered ceasefire, accepted by the Palestinian factions, was supposed to go into effect.
Medical sources in Gaza said the latest strike killed Yousef Abu Abdo and Ali Aqqad, both in their 20s, whose bodies were found Monday morning in Khan Younis when the civil defense was able to comb the area looking for people killed or wounded in the air strike.
The two were said to be members of al-Ansar Brigades, the military wing of al-Ahrar movement.
The killing of two Khan Younis residents brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli air raids to 12. The rockets fired from Gaza into Israel killed one Israeli and caused damage to buildings.
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17906
Minister Ghoul calls for prosecuting Israel's war criminals
Palestinian minister of justice Mohamed Al-Ghoul appealed to local and foreign human rights organizations, and pro-Palestinian groups to necessarily document Israel's crimes and file lawsuits against its war criminals with international courts.
In a press release on Sunday, minister Ghoul stated that the Israeli occupation forces carried out wanton barbaric air raids on Gaza during the past two days killing 10 Palestinians and wounding many others.
He noted that Israel's heinous crimes would never dissuade the occupied Palestinian people from continuing their struggle and resistance to defend themselves, end the occupation and restore their freedom.
The minister also called on the Islamic and Arab countries, and the international community to pressure Israel to stop its aggression and terrorism against the defenseless people of Gaza.
For his part, Dr. Ahmed Bahr, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, stated in a press release yesterday that the Palestinian resistance factions are able to defend their people in Gaza and create a balance of deterrence against the Israeli occupation.
Bahr underscored that the remarks made by the Israeli premier and his army officers in which they threatened to continue their aggression against Gaza would not terrorize the Palestinians and their resistance, but such threats would raise their determination and fortitude to confront Israel's terrorism and break down its arrogance.
He pointed out that the Palestinian resistance in Gaza would teach the Israeli government and its occupation forces a new unforgettable lesson in the context of the Palestinian people's existential struggle against the occupation.
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton held the Islamic Jihad responsible for the violence that broke out in the past two days at the Gaza borders with Israel, according to a statement published on Sunday.
“I am very concerned at the renewed exchange of fire in the Gaza Strip and the south of Israel following the firing of rockets by Islamic Jihad from Gaza into Israel,” she said.
“I wholeheartedly condemn the indiscriminate targeting of civilians wherever they are,” she added, calling “on all sides to respect the ceasefire brokered by Egypt.”
An Israeli air strike on Rafah, in southern Gaza, on Saturday killed five members of the Islamic Jihad organization and ended more than two months of calm, when it provoked a barrage of rocket firing from Gaza at towns in southern Israel.
Israel responded with more air strikes, the latest of which was at midnight Sunday, two hours after an Egyptian brokered ceasefire, accepted by the Palestinian factions, was supposed to go into effect.
Medical sources in Gaza said the latest strike killed Yousef Abu Abdo and Ali Aqqad, both in their 20s, whose bodies were found Monday morning in Khan Younis when the civil defense was able to comb the area looking for people killed or wounded in the air strike.
The two were said to be members of al-Ansar Brigades, the military wing of al-Ahrar movement.
The killing of two Khan Younis residents brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli air raids to 12. The rockets fired from Gaza into Israel killed one Israeli and caused damage to buildings.
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=17906
Minister Ghoul calls for prosecuting Israel's war criminals
Palestinian minister of justice Mohamed Al-Ghoul appealed to local and foreign human rights organizations, and pro-Palestinian groups to necessarily document Israel's crimes and file lawsuits against its war criminals with international courts.
In a press release on Sunday, minister Ghoul stated that the Israeli occupation forces carried out wanton barbaric air raids on Gaza during the past two days killing 10 Palestinians and wounding many others.
He noted that Israel's heinous crimes would never dissuade the occupied Palestinian people from continuing their struggle and resistance to defend themselves, end the occupation and restore their freedom.
The minister also called on the Islamic and Arab countries, and the international community to pressure Israel to stop its aggression and terrorism against the defenseless people of Gaza.
For his part, Dr. Ahmed Bahr, the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, stated in a press release yesterday that the Palestinian resistance factions are able to defend their people in Gaza and create a balance of deterrence against the Israeli occupation.
Bahr underscored that the remarks made by the Israeli premier and his army officers in which they threatened to continue their aggression against Gaza would not terrorize the Palestinians and their resistance, but such threats would raise their determination and fortitude to confront Israel's terrorism and break down its arrogance.
He pointed out that the Palestinian resistance in Gaza would teach the Israeli government and its occupation forces a new unforgettable lesson in the context of the Palestinian people's existential struggle against the occupation.

Palestinians mourn at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip after an Israeli air strike October 31, 2011
Two militants were killed overnight Sunday as Israeli forces targeted the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll in the coastal enclave to 12 since Saturday.
Palestinian medical sources identified the victims as Yousif Rawhi Mahmoud Abu Abdu and Ali Abdullah al-Aqad, both from Khan Younis, south Gaza.
Both victims were transferred to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis.
The al-Ansar brigades, a military wing of the al-Ahrar movement, said in a statement that the victims were fighters in the group. They vowed to retaliate for the deaths.
The Israeli army released a statement just after midnight on Sunday, confirming a direct hit on the Gaza Strip, reportedly to target a militant group who had fired projectiles at Israel.
There have been no new reports of violence since the overnight Israeli airstrike, with an Egyptian brokered truce seemingly holding.
A truce secured through Egyptian mediation early on Sunday failed to end cross border violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, as projectiles were fired from Gaza and Israeli launched an airstrike on the strip in the afternoon, killing a DFLP fighter.
The Islamic Jihad movement confirmed earlier on Sunday that it would abide by truce efforts.
"Islamic Jihad is committed to the truce as long as the occupation commits to it," an official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed nine fighters from Islamic Jihad's armed wing on Saturday, and Gaza militants fired a volley of rockets and mortars into southern Israel, killing one Israeli in Ashkelon.
The recent flareup in violence is the worst since August, when clashes in and around the Gaza Strip killed 27 Palestinians and an Israeli.
The confrontations erupted when Israel launched airstrikes on the coastal enclave after blaming a militant group for an attack in Israel which killed eight people.
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Two militants were killed overnight Sunday as Israeli forces targeted the Gaza Strip, bringing the death toll in the coastal enclave to 12 since Saturday.
Palestinian medical sources identified the victims as Yousif Rawhi Mahmoud Abu Abdu and Ali Abdullah al-Aqad, both from Khan Younis, south Gaza.
Both victims were transferred to Nasser hospital in Khan Younis.
The al-Ansar brigades, a military wing of the al-Ahrar movement, said in a statement that the victims were fighters in the group. They vowed to retaliate for the deaths.
The Israeli army released a statement just after midnight on Sunday, confirming a direct hit on the Gaza Strip, reportedly to target a militant group who had fired projectiles at Israel.
There have been no new reports of violence since the overnight Israeli airstrike, with an Egyptian brokered truce seemingly holding.
A truce secured through Egyptian mediation early on Sunday failed to end cross border violence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, as projectiles were fired from Gaza and Israeli launched an airstrike on the strip in the afternoon, killing a DFLP fighter.
The Islamic Jihad movement confirmed earlier on Sunday that it would abide by truce efforts.
"Islamic Jihad is committed to the truce as long as the occupation commits to it," an official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed nine fighters from Islamic Jihad's armed wing on Saturday, and Gaza militants fired a volley of rockets and mortars into southern Israel, killing one Israeli in Ashkelon.
The recent flareup in violence is the worst since August, when clashes in and around the Gaza Strip killed 27 Palestinians and an Israeli.
The confrontations erupted when Israel launched airstrikes on the coastal enclave after blaming a militant group for an attack in Israel which killed eight people.
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