Abed carries a picture of his brother Ali al-Shwaf 6
Relatives are mourning a six-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed by an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip. Israel confirmed the strikes, which also wounded 20 other people, but denies any involvement in the child’s death.
On Saturday Israel launched air raids on Palestinian territory following rocket fire from Gaza that wounded an Israeli man.
Gaza health officials confirmed that at least four people had been killed and over 20 more wounded, including civilians. Israel confirmed its aircraft had struck two militant targets in Gaza overnight, saying it was a retaliatory raid.
Relatives are mourning a six-year-old Palestinian boy who was killed by an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip. Israel confirmed the strikes, which also wounded 20 other people, but denies any involvement in the child’s death.
On Saturday Israel launched air raids on Palestinian territory following rocket fire from Gaza that wounded an Israeli man.
Gaza health officials confirmed that at least four people had been killed and over 20 more wounded, including civilians. Israel confirmed its aircraft had struck two militant targets in Gaza overnight, saying it was a retaliatory raid.
|
|
In the wake of the attacks, Hamas has threatened to call off an Egypt-brokered truce and escalate attacks on Israel.
A third separate Israeli attack killed a six-year-old boy at a soccer field near the town of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip, Hamas medical officials claimed. The boy’s father was wounded in the shelling. Palestinian relatives of six-year-old Ali al-Shwaf mourned his death later on Sunday. An Israeli military spokeswoman, however, denied Israel was responsible for the latter attack, saying that “an initial examination shows the military was not involved in this incident." Israel claims Gaza militants have fired more than 130 rockets into its territory over the last week. |
The country’s authorities have urged the one million Israelis who live in the south to stay indoors for their safety. The Israeli military’s chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, has gathered senior officers to discuss the latest flare-up in violence.
The strikes follow Monday’s skirmish between Israeli forces and three alleged militants who attacked workers on the border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
Two militants were killed, while one managed to escape.
Palestinian toddler killed by Israeli tank
A four-year-old boy was killed while six other Palestinians were wounded as Israeli tanks carried out an assault on Gaza on Saturday, medical officials said.
The Jewish state also launched fresh airstrikes in the besieged area, injuring 20 people, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Four-year-old Muatazz al-Sawwaf was killed and three others injured, one seriously, by Israeli tank fire in the Abasan neighborhood east of Khan Younis, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Three people were wounded in a separate tank attack in Beit Lahiya, north Gaza, when Israeli forces opened fire at farmers tending their land, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency said.
Israel said the overnight airstrikes targeted two camps of the armed wing of Hamas in central and northern Gaza, but provided no evidence for the claims.
At least 20 people were injured in the bombings, which follow similar attacks on Friday that killed two Palestinians and left four wounded.
A first Israeli air strike on Friday afternoon targeted the east of Al-Bureij in the central part of the Gaza Strip, killing Basel Ahmad, 29, local medical sources said.
Two other Palestinians were wounded in the strike, one of them seriously, the sources added.
A second Israel air strike killed another Palestinian in the north of Gaza.
Hammam Abou Qadous, 20, died of his wounds after being hit as he traveled on his motorbike in the northern part of the Gaza Strip Friday evening, Palestinian medical sources said.
Two other Palestinians were slightly injured in the same attack, they added.
The attacks represent a flagrant violation of the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that went into force on Friday.
Hamas, in a rare show of force, responded with rocket fire, but only inflicted minimal material damage on Israeli properties.
Hamas has previously refrained from responding to unprovoked Israeli attacks on Gaza in a bid to avoid being drawn into a new war with the Jewish state.
Israel has maintained a crippling siege on the Gaza Strip since 2007, effectively destroying the local economy and plunging the 1.5 million Palestinians into poverty.
Palestinian boy killed as Israel, militants trade fire
The strikes follow Monday’s skirmish between Israeli forces and three alleged militants who attacked workers on the border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.
Two militants were killed, while one managed to escape.
Palestinian toddler killed by Israeli tank
A four-year-old boy was killed while six other Palestinians were wounded as Israeli tanks carried out an assault on Gaza on Saturday, medical officials said.
The Jewish state also launched fresh airstrikes in the besieged area, injuring 20 people, the Palestinian health ministry said.
Four-year-old Muatazz al-Sawwaf was killed and three others injured, one seriously, by Israeli tank fire in the Abasan neighborhood east of Khan Younis, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Three people were wounded in a separate tank attack in Beit Lahiya, north Gaza, when Israeli forces opened fire at farmers tending their land, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency said.
Israel said the overnight airstrikes targeted two camps of the armed wing of Hamas in central and northern Gaza, but provided no evidence for the claims.
At least 20 people were injured in the bombings, which follow similar attacks on Friday that killed two Palestinians and left four wounded.
A first Israeli air strike on Friday afternoon targeted the east of Al-Bureij in the central part of the Gaza Strip, killing Basel Ahmad, 29, local medical sources said.
Two other Palestinians were wounded in the strike, one of them seriously, the sources added.
A second Israel air strike killed another Palestinian in the north of Gaza.
Hammam Abou Qadous, 20, died of his wounds after being hit as he traveled on his motorbike in the northern part of the Gaza Strip Friday evening, Palestinian medical sources said.
Two other Palestinians were slightly injured in the same attack, they added.
The attacks represent a flagrant violation of the Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that went into force on Friday.
Hamas, in a rare show of force, responded with rocket fire, but only inflicted minimal material damage on Israeli properties.
Hamas has previously refrained from responding to unprovoked Israeli attacks on Gaza in a bid to avoid being drawn into a new war with the Jewish state.
Israel has maintained a crippling siege on the Gaza Strip since 2007, effectively destroying the local economy and plunging the 1.5 million Palestinians into poverty.
Palestinian boy killed as Israel, militants trade fire
|
|
A 4-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in Gaza on Saturday as Israel and Palestinian militants continue to trade fire in an upsurge of unrest at the tense Israeli-Gaza border.
Palestinian medical officials said Israeli artillery fire from a tank at the Israeli-Gaza border killed the boy and badly injured two other civilians. Israel Defense Forces spokeswoman Lt. Col. Avital Leibovich sent out a Twitter message saying the explosion causing the child's death was from an "ordnance belonging to one of the terrorist groups." Reports indicating that a Palestinian child was killed by IDF activity are false, Leibovich said. Israel has been pounding targets in Gaza because of sustained rocket fire into the country from militants in the Palestinian territory. Militants have been firing rockets to retaliate for the airstrikes. |
The latest incident occurred east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Palestinian medical officials reported other incidents. An airstrike by an Israeli drone killed one man when it hit a militant group east of Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, according to medical sources in Gaza.
An Israeli drone fired a missile at a car in the Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City, injuring three people. At least 12 others were injured in three Israeli airstrikes overnight, medical officials said. Also, a tank shell struck a parking lot in downtown Gaza City but did not explode.
The IDF said more than 15 rockets had been fired into Israel on Saturday morning alone. The IDF also said some rockets have been intercepted by the country's Iron Dome missile system.
Senior IDF officers held an urgent meeting to determine the military's "course of action."
The IDF said its airstrikes have targeted sites in response to the week's "continuous rocket fire toward southern Israel. During the past week over 135 rockets hit Israel."
Near the city of Sderot, in Israel, a 50-year-old man was seriously injured when he was hit in the neck with shrapnel from a rocket that exploded at a factory.
Alon Shuster, head of the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council in Israel, said citizens would not be forced out by the attacks.
"The residents of this region who have tolerated this situation over the past 12 years will continue to stay here. It is the government's responsibility to ensure our safety, whether by a political or military action and not allow these fictitious truces any longer," he said.
Child Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Gaza
A 5-year-old child was killed Saturday when Israeli jets fired a missile at a playground near Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, according to initial reports.
It said Mutaz Shawaf was playing with other children when a missile hit the playground in the town of Abassan, near Khan Younis, killing Shawaf and injuring others.
With the death of Shawaf, Palestinian medical sources said a total of 14 Palestinians have been killed since Israel started its airstrikes on Gaza on Monday, including three children, and injured 67 people, including seven critical, 17 children and five women.
Ministry: 4-year-old boy killed by Israeli tank fire
A four-year-old boy was killed and seven others wounded as Israeli tanks fired at areas in southern and northern Gaza on Saturday, medical officials said.
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Muatazz al-Sawwaf, 4, was killed and three others injured, one seriously, by Israeli tank fire in the Abasan neighborhood east of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, three people were wounded in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, when Israeli forces opened fire at farmers tending their land, witnesses said.
Explosions were also reported in Gaza City and Rafah, witnesses said. At least one person was injured in Rafah.
Earlier Saturday, Israel launched air strikes against three Hamas security targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least 17 people, Hamas medical officials said.
An Israeli man was injured in Sderot early Saturday after a rocket hit the town as he was trying to enter a concrete shelter, Israeli officials said.
The rocket was one of 18 fired into Israel, the military said. Six other rockets were intercepted by an Israeli missile defense system.
The PFLP's military wing, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, claimed responsibility for two rockets fired at southern Israel on Saturday.
Airstrikes on Friday, which Israel's army said were in response to rocket fire from militants, brought the Gaza death toll to 10 people since hostilities began.
Israel killed eight Palestinians over three days of heavy shelling that ended Wednesday night as Hamas' military wing signed up to a truce mediated by Egypt.
Hamas militants had conditionally pledged to adhere to a truce brokered by Egypt on Wednesday, if Israel also withheld fire. Israel never formally commented on the deal but its officials have vowed to respond to any rocket fire from Gaza.
Israel said Gaza militants had also fired more than 130 rockets at Israel since Monday, causing no casualties, but disrupting life in an area where a million Israelis live and where civilians have been urged to remain near shelters.
An Israeli drone fired a missile at a car in the Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City, injuring three people. At least 12 others were injured in three Israeli airstrikes overnight, medical officials said. Also, a tank shell struck a parking lot in downtown Gaza City but did not explode.
The IDF said more than 15 rockets had been fired into Israel on Saturday morning alone. The IDF also said some rockets have been intercepted by the country's Iron Dome missile system.
Senior IDF officers held an urgent meeting to determine the military's "course of action."
The IDF said its airstrikes have targeted sites in response to the week's "continuous rocket fire toward southern Israel. During the past week over 135 rockets hit Israel."
Near the city of Sderot, in Israel, a 50-year-old man was seriously injured when he was hit in the neck with shrapnel from a rocket that exploded at a factory.
Alon Shuster, head of the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council in Israel, said citizens would not be forced out by the attacks.
"The residents of this region who have tolerated this situation over the past 12 years will continue to stay here. It is the government's responsibility to ensure our safety, whether by a political or military action and not allow these fictitious truces any longer," he said.
Child Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Gaza
A 5-year-old child was killed Saturday when Israeli jets fired a missile at a playground near Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, according to initial reports.
It said Mutaz Shawaf was playing with other children when a missile hit the playground in the town of Abassan, near Khan Younis, killing Shawaf and injuring others.
With the death of Shawaf, Palestinian medical sources said a total of 14 Palestinians have been killed since Israel started its airstrikes on Gaza on Monday, including three children, and injured 67 people, including seven critical, 17 children and five women.
Ministry: 4-year-old boy killed by Israeli tank fire
A four-year-old boy was killed and seven others wounded as Israeli tanks fired at areas in southern and northern Gaza on Saturday, medical officials said.
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said Muatazz al-Sawwaf, 4, was killed and three others injured, one seriously, by Israeli tank fire in the Abasan neighborhood east of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, three people were wounded in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, when Israeli forces opened fire at farmers tending their land, witnesses said.
Explosions were also reported in Gaza City and Rafah, witnesses said. At least one person was injured in Rafah.
Earlier Saturday, Israel launched air strikes against three Hamas security targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least 17 people, Hamas medical officials said.
An Israeli man was injured in Sderot early Saturday after a rocket hit the town as he was trying to enter a concrete shelter, Israeli officials said.
The rocket was one of 18 fired into Israel, the military said. Six other rockets were intercepted by an Israeli missile defense system.
The PFLP's military wing, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, claimed responsibility for two rockets fired at southern Israel on Saturday.
Airstrikes on Friday, which Israel's army said were in response to rocket fire from militants, brought the Gaza death toll to 10 people since hostilities began.
Israel killed eight Palestinians over three days of heavy shelling that ended Wednesday night as Hamas' military wing signed up to a truce mediated by Egypt.
Hamas militants had conditionally pledged to adhere to a truce brokered by Egypt on Wednesday, if Israel also withheld fire. Israel never formally commented on the deal but its officials have vowed to respond to any rocket fire from Gaza.
Israel said Gaza militants had also fired more than 130 rockets at Israel since Monday, causing no casualties, but disrupting life in an area where a million Israelis live and where civilians have been urged to remain near shelters.
Humam Jamal Abu Qadoos 20
Two people were killed and 21 injured as Israeli airstrikes continued to target the Gaza Strip overnight Friday and early Saturday, medics said.
Humam Jamal Abu Qadoos, 20, was killed late Friday in the second Israeli airstrike that day, medical sources in Gaza said.
Earlier, Qassem Abdullah Ahmed, 24, was killed when Israeli warplanes bombed an area east of al-Bureij camp, signaling an end to an Egyptian-brokered truce reached Wednesday.
Israel launched air strikes early on Saturday against three Hamas security targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least 17 people, Hamas medical officials said.
Israel had no immediate comment on the strikes, which occurred as Gaza militants fired rockets at Israel, causing no casualties.
The officials in Gaza said Israel attacked security targets in Gaza City and also in northern and southern parts of the crowded coastal territory.
Israel killed eight Palestinians over three days of heavy shelling that ended Wednesday night as Hamas' military wing signed up to a truce mediated by Egypt.
Airstrikes on Friday, which Israel's army said was in response to rocket fire from militants, brought the Gaza death toll to 10 people since hostilities began.
Hamas militants had conditionally pledged to adhere to a truce brokered by Egypt on Wednesday, if Israel also withheld fire. Israel never formally commented on the deal but its officials have vowed to respond to any rocket fire from Gaza.
Israel said Gaza militants had also fired more than 130 rockets at Israel since Monday, causing no casualties, but disrupting life in an area where a million Israelis live and where civilians have been urged to remain near shelters.
Two people were killed and 21 injured as Israeli airstrikes continued to target the Gaza Strip overnight Friday and early Saturday, medics said.
Humam Jamal Abu Qadoos, 20, was killed late Friday in the second Israeli airstrike that day, medical sources in Gaza said.
Earlier, Qassem Abdullah Ahmed, 24, was killed when Israeli warplanes bombed an area east of al-Bureij camp, signaling an end to an Egyptian-brokered truce reached Wednesday.
Israel launched air strikes early on Saturday against three Hamas security targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least 17 people, Hamas medical officials said.
Israel had no immediate comment on the strikes, which occurred as Gaza militants fired rockets at Israel, causing no casualties.
The officials in Gaza said Israel attacked security targets in Gaza City and also in northern and southern parts of the crowded coastal territory.
Israel killed eight Palestinians over three days of heavy shelling that ended Wednesday night as Hamas' military wing signed up to a truce mediated by Egypt.
Airstrikes on Friday, which Israel's army said was in response to rocket fire from militants, brought the Gaza death toll to 10 people since hostilities began.
Hamas militants had conditionally pledged to adhere to a truce brokered by Egypt on Wednesday, if Israel also withheld fire. Israel never formally commented on the deal but its officials have vowed to respond to any rocket fire from Gaza.
Israel said Gaza militants had also fired more than 130 rockets at Israel since Monday, causing no casualties, but disrupting life in an area where a million Israelis live and where civilians have been urged to remain near shelters.
Osama Mahmoud Ali
One Palestinian was killed, and ten others wounded on Saturday afternoon as Israel continued airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, medical officials said.
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said an airstrike on a motorcycle west of Gaza City killed one person, and ten others were brought to Shifa hospital with injuries.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an that the wall of a nearby apartment block had collapsed onto a crowd after the strike.
An Israeli military statement said aircraft "targeted a terrorist squad in the northern Gaza Strip, during final preparations to fire a rocket at Israel. A hit was confirmed."
Israeli airstrikes killed eight Palestinians over three days of heavy shelling that ended Wednesday night, as Hamas' military wing signed up to a truce mediated by Egypt.
However, rockets continued to fly into Israel, wounding one Israeli man on Saturday morning, amongst 21 that landed in southern Israel, the army said. Israel killed two young men in airstrikes on Friday, and another on Saturday. Medical officials said a 4-year-old boy was also killed in a Saturday airstrike but Israel's military denied involvement.
Meanwhile, Israel's military chiefs scheduled urgent consultations to weigh a "course of action", a military spokeswoman said. Israeli authorities also urged the roughly 1 million Israelis who live in the south to stay indoors or close to fortified shelters.
"Israel cannot be silent in the face of the recent days' events," Civil Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said in remarks released by his office.
"We regard Hamas as fully responsible for everything that is happening in the Gaza area. Israel is acting, and will continue to act, with a strong hand against those terrorists who want to escalate the situation in the area," Vilnai said.
Hamas's military wing, which had not claimed responsibility for any of the rocket fire in the past few days, said it was "ready to smash the Israeli arrogance in response to its aggression."
Hamas militants had conditionally pledged to adhere to a truce brokered by Egypt on Wednesday, if Israel also withheld fire. Israel never formally commented on the deal but its officials have vowed to respond to any rocket fire from Gaza.
Two Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Two Palestinians were killed and five others, including three resistance fighters, were wounded in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Friday evening.
A medical source told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a civilian named Basem Abdullah was killed and two others were seriously wounded during an Israeli aerial attack on a gathering of citizens east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Later on the same day, a 20-year-old young man from Sheikh Radwan neighborhood named Hammam Abu Qadush died in Shifa hospital of serious wounds he sustained in an earlier Israeli air raid on northwest of Gaza city.
Three resistance fighters were also wounded during this raid; one of them is in a very bad shape.
One Palestinian was killed, and ten others wounded on Saturday afternoon as Israel continued airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, medical officials said.
Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said an airstrike on a motorcycle west of Gaza City killed one person, and ten others were brought to Shifa hospital with injuries.
Eyewitnesses told Ma'an that the wall of a nearby apartment block had collapsed onto a crowd after the strike.
An Israeli military statement said aircraft "targeted a terrorist squad in the northern Gaza Strip, during final preparations to fire a rocket at Israel. A hit was confirmed."
Israeli airstrikes killed eight Palestinians over three days of heavy shelling that ended Wednesday night, as Hamas' military wing signed up to a truce mediated by Egypt.
However, rockets continued to fly into Israel, wounding one Israeli man on Saturday morning, amongst 21 that landed in southern Israel, the army said. Israel killed two young men in airstrikes on Friday, and another on Saturday. Medical officials said a 4-year-old boy was also killed in a Saturday airstrike but Israel's military denied involvement.
Meanwhile, Israel's military chiefs scheduled urgent consultations to weigh a "course of action", a military spokeswoman said. Israeli authorities also urged the roughly 1 million Israelis who live in the south to stay indoors or close to fortified shelters.
"Israel cannot be silent in the face of the recent days' events," Civil Defense Minister Matan Vilnai said in remarks released by his office.
"We regard Hamas as fully responsible for everything that is happening in the Gaza area. Israel is acting, and will continue to act, with a strong hand against those terrorists who want to escalate the situation in the area," Vilnai said.
Hamas's military wing, which had not claimed responsibility for any of the rocket fire in the past few days, said it was "ready to smash the Israeli arrogance in response to its aggression."
Hamas militants had conditionally pledged to adhere to a truce brokered by Egypt on Wednesday, if Israel also withheld fire. Israel never formally commented on the deal but its officials have vowed to respond to any rocket fire from Gaza.
Two Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
Two Palestinians were killed and five others, including three resistance fighters, were wounded in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Friday evening.
A medical source told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that a civilian named Basem Abdullah was killed and two others were seriously wounded during an Israeli aerial attack on a gathering of citizens east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Later on the same day, a 20-year-old young man from Sheikh Radwan neighborhood named Hammam Abu Qadush died in Shifa hospital of serious wounds he sustained in an earlier Israeli air raid on northwest of Gaza city.
Three resistance fighters were also wounded during this raid; one of them is in a very bad shape.
Muhammad Buri 25
A Palestinian was killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of Palestinians east of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, said sources.
They said that 25-year-old Muhammad Buri was killed when an Israeli warplane fired a missile at him near Sheikh Zayed towers.
Medical sources reported that a total of 15 Palestinians were killed since the beginning of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday.
Israeli airstrike kills another Palestinian in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike afternoon Saturday killed a Palestinian man in Nasr suburb to the west of Gaza city, medical sources said.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry spokesman, said that Israeli warplanes bombed a motorcyclist killing him instantly and wounding ten other citizens.
The PIC reporter said that the collapse of a fence of one of the nearby housing towers as a result of the bombing caused the big number of casualties, adding that the motorcyclist was a member of the Nasser Salahuddin Brigades, the armed wing of the popular resistance committees.
For his part, Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for the higher committee for ambulance and emergency, said that 16 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air raids and artillery bombing on Gaza that started last Monday.
He said in a statement on Saturday that four children were among the victims, adding that 63 Palestinians, including women and children, were wounded.
Abu Salmiya noted that the Israeli raids and bombings targeted residential quarters, playgrounds, metal workshops, motorbikes, and other civilian areas.
Israeli regime attacks Gaza again, kills one Palestinian
The Israeli regime has carried out a new airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, killing a 25-year-old Palestinian.
Medical sources in Gaza said Mohammed al-Burai was killed in northern Gaza on Saturday.
The attack was conducted by an assassination drone.
A six-year-old Palestinian boy was also killed and two others injured in an attack by an Israeli warplane near the southern city of Khan Yunis earlier on Saturday.
However, the military officials of the Tel Aviv regime denied responsibility for the airstrike on Khan Yunis.
Witnesses said on Saturday at least six airstrikes were carried out by the Israeli regime on Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas issued a statement after the latest airstrike on Saturday, saying the attacks by the “Zionist enemy are new crimes.”
“We will not stay silent in the face of the crimes,” the Hamas statement added.
The Tel Aviv regime has increased its airstrikes on Gaza over the past few days.
Nearly a dozen Palestinians have been killed in the attacks since June 18.
The Israeli regime conducts airstrikes and ground attacks against the besieged Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip on an almost regular basis.
Reports of Israeli aggression against Gaza come several days after the United States awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Israeli President Shimon Peres, the man who has overseen the killing of Palestinian women and children by Israeli forces in Palestine for decades.
US President Barack Obama awarded the 88-year-old criminal the highest civilian honor in the United States during a dinner ceremony in the White House on June 13.
A Palestinian was killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of Palestinians east of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, said sources.
They said that 25-year-old Muhammad Buri was killed when an Israeli warplane fired a missile at him near Sheikh Zayed towers.
Medical sources reported that a total of 15 Palestinians were killed since the beginning of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip on Monday.
Israeli airstrike kills another Palestinian in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike afternoon Saturday killed a Palestinian man in Nasr suburb to the west of Gaza city, medical sources said.
Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry spokesman, said that Israeli warplanes bombed a motorcyclist killing him instantly and wounding ten other citizens.
The PIC reporter said that the collapse of a fence of one of the nearby housing towers as a result of the bombing caused the big number of casualties, adding that the motorcyclist was a member of the Nasser Salahuddin Brigades, the armed wing of the popular resistance committees.
For his part, Adham Abu Salmiya, the spokesman for the higher committee for ambulance and emergency, said that 16 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli air raids and artillery bombing on Gaza that started last Monday.
He said in a statement on Saturday that four children were among the victims, adding that 63 Palestinians, including women and children, were wounded.
Abu Salmiya noted that the Israeli raids and bombings targeted residential quarters, playgrounds, metal workshops, motorbikes, and other civilian areas.
Israeli regime attacks Gaza again, kills one Palestinian
The Israeli regime has carried out a new airstrike on the besieged Gaza Strip, killing a 25-year-old Palestinian.
Medical sources in Gaza said Mohammed al-Burai was killed in northern Gaza on Saturday.
The attack was conducted by an assassination drone.
A six-year-old Palestinian boy was also killed and two others injured in an attack by an Israeli warplane near the southern city of Khan Yunis earlier on Saturday.
However, the military officials of the Tel Aviv regime denied responsibility for the airstrike on Khan Yunis.
Witnesses said on Saturday at least six airstrikes were carried out by the Israeli regime on Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas issued a statement after the latest airstrike on Saturday, saying the attacks by the “Zionist enemy are new crimes.”
“We will not stay silent in the face of the crimes,” the Hamas statement added.
The Tel Aviv regime has increased its airstrikes on Gaza over the past few days.
Nearly a dozen Palestinians have been killed in the attacks since June 18.
The Israeli regime conducts airstrikes and ground attacks against the besieged Palestinian territory of the Gaza Strip on an almost regular basis.
Reports of Israeli aggression against Gaza come several days after the United States awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Israeli President Shimon Peres, the man who has overseen the killing of Palestinian women and children by Israeli forces in Palestine for decades.
US President Barack Obama awarded the 88-year-old criminal the highest civilian honor in the United States during a dinner ceremony in the White House on June 13.
22 june 2012
Qassem ( Basel) Abdullah Ahmad 24
An Israeli airstrike on Friday killed one man in the central Gaza Strip, medics said.
Israel warplanes bombed an area east of al-Bureij camp, signaling an end to an Egyptian-brokered truce reached Wednesday.
Qassem Abdullah Ahmad, 24, was killed and two people were injured in the strike, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it hit "a terrorist squad during preparations to fire a rocket at Israel from the central Gaza Strip."
Earlier Friday, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said it fired four rockets at Israeli targets.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said two rockets landed in southern Israel, causing no injuries.
Israel killed eight Palestinians over three days of heavy shelling that ended Wednesday night as Hamas' military wing signed up to a truce mediated by Egypt.
The Al-Qassam Brigades said it fired 120 rockets at Israeli military targets on Tuesday and Wednesday.
An Israeli airstrike on Friday killed one man in the central Gaza Strip, medics said.
Israel warplanes bombed an area east of al-Bureij camp, signaling an end to an Egyptian-brokered truce reached Wednesday.
Qassem Abdullah Ahmad, 24, was killed and two people were injured in the strike, Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it hit "a terrorist squad during preparations to fire a rocket at Israel from the central Gaza Strip."
Earlier Friday, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said it fired four rockets at Israeli targets.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said two rockets landed in southern Israel, causing no injuries.
Israel killed eight Palestinians over three days of heavy shelling that ended Wednesday night as Hamas' military wing signed up to a truce mediated by Egypt.
The Al-Qassam Brigades said it fired 120 rockets at Israeli military targets on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mohammed Lubbad
An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two men in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Israel and Hamas medical officials said, two days after an Egyptian-brokered truce had calmed an outbreak of cross-border violence.
The strike in central Gaza followed the firing of two rockets at Israel earlier in the day. There were no reported casualties in those incidents.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed there was an air strike after a Hamas medical official in Gaza said a militant had been killed and two other people were wounded in an Israeli strike at al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israel said its jets had targeted militants preparing to fire rockets at Israel. In Gaza, the Popular Resistance Committees, militants often involved in shooting rockets, said the man killed in the attack belonged to their group.
An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian militant and wounded two men in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Israel and Hamas medical officials said, two days after an Egyptian-brokered truce had calmed an outbreak of cross-border violence.
The strike in central Gaza followed the firing of two rockets at Israel earlier in the day. There were no reported casualties in those incidents.
An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed there was an air strike after a Hamas medical official in Gaza said a militant had been killed and two other people were wounded in an Israeli strike at al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israel said its jets had targeted militants preparing to fire rockets at Israel. In Gaza, the Popular Resistance Committees, militants often involved in shooting rockets, said the man killed in the attack belonged to their group.
|
|
The violence broke a two-day lull in cross-border attacks when Hamas militants in Gaza said they would abide by an Egyptian-brokered deal to withhold fire as long as Israel also stopped shooting.
Egypt feared the fighting near its borders could spark wider violence at a time when Cairo was confronting fresh popular protests over the uncertain outcome of a presidential vote. Hamas's involvement in the fighting had added to Egypt's and Israel's concerns, as the Islamist group which governs Gaza had largely avoided direct involvement in confrontations with Israel since a devastating 2009 Israeli offensive. The militant killed on Friday was the ninth person in Gaza killed by Israeli air strikes since Monday, including a 14-year-old boy. Israel launched |
these attacks after an attack from Egyptian Sinai that killed an Israeli man.
Israel responded on Monday by killing two of the attackers, then targeted militants in Gaza including some it blamed for the Egyptian border incident and others it said fired rockets.
The Israeli military said more than 130 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza have struck Israeli towns since Monday, some of them launched after the truce was called.
Israel responded on Monday by killing two of the attackers, then targeted militants in Gaza including some it blamed for the Egyptian border incident and others it said fired rockets.
The Israeli military said more than 130 rockets and mortars fired from Gaza have struck Israeli towns since Monday, some of them launched after the truce was called.
Mamoun, who was killed on Wednesday from an Israeli airstrike.
“I can never forget his image with blood all over his little body and both his legs badly injured,” Umm Mamoun Hassouna told The Electronic Intifada as she sat at a relative’s house in Gaza City. “I am a preacher [for women] at a local mosque and used to preach against harming innocent Israeli children, women or the elderly, and even cutting down a tree,” she said.
“After I have seen my son killed by an Israeli warplane in front of my eyes, I wonder what my only son did against Israel [for them to] kill him,” Umm Mamoun added.
Thirteen-year-old Mamoun Zuhdi al-Dam was killed on Wednesday, 20 June, during an Israeli attack on Gaza amid exchange of fire between the Israeli army and Palestinian resistance factions that left eight Palestinians dead.
At approximately 3pm, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at members of a Palestinian family who were having a picnic behind the campus of the University College of Applied Sciences in the southern Gaza City neighborhood of Tal al-Hawa. As a result, Mamoun al-Dam was killed.
His blind father, Muhammad Zuhdi al-Dam, 67, was wounded by shrapnel to the head and the neck. Three other children who were in a nearby field were also wounded, according to the weekly report from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.
He made tea for his parents
“One month ago, I inherited a small piece of land — about 220 square meters — from my family, and we were all so happy to own that land as my husband is an elderly retired man,” Umm Mamoun said. “Since we inherited that land, Mamoun used to go to it often to enjoy some time outdoors.”
On the day he was killed, his mother said, Mamoun went to the piece of land in the Zaytoun neighborhood, just near the Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque, at about 9am. “I received a phone call from him later on to inform me that the situation was tense and that Israeli warplanes were buzzing overhead,” she said. “His father and I were scared for him and we went to join him.”
Mamoun, his mother said, used to read the Quran, and he led noon prayers that day on the family’s plot of land. The boy also prepared some tea for his parents, and then laid down to listen to news on his mobile phone.
“As he was listening to the newscast that moment, he told us that an Israeli warplane had fired a missile somewhere else,” she added.
Killed as he played football
“Then, Mamoun went to play with a football just close to us on the same land,” his mother recalled, surrounded by mourners. “Suddenly, we heard a loud explosion and pillars of smoke covered the place. I heard Mamoun screaming and saw him stained with blood, and his legs were badly injured. By then my relatives, who are our neighbors, came over to help us as his father was slightly injured too.”
“Mamoun was everything for me — a son, a brother, a sister and everything in my life,” his grief-stricken mother said, “I am the second wife of his father, and God had given me Mamoun to fill in my life.”
In tears, Umm Mamoun spoke of how her son would tell her, “I love you so much, mom. You are my dearest, I love you, I love you.”
“He used to fill my moments with joy”
Muhammad, Mamoun’s father and a retired trader, sat at a condolence ceremony in the Asqoula neighborhood of Gaza City, with his left hand bandaged due to his injuries from the same missile strike that killed his son.
As relatives and friends came to offer condolences, al-Dam lamented, “I do not know what to say, except may God take revenge on those who killed my son Mamoun.”
Al-Dam explained that his son used to look after him due to his lack of sight. “Mamoun, may he rest in peace, used to be very reliable, though he was only a child. He used to take me to the mosque for prayer, he used to bring whatever I need from nearby grocery stores, he used to fill my moments with joy.”
No resistance, no shooting
Al-Dam told The Electronic Intifada that the moment his son Mamoun was hit by the Israeli missile, there was no sign of Palestinian shooting or rocket fire in the area.
“The area where our new piece of land is located is far away from the Israeli border line and it is populated as well,” he said.
Mamoun’s maternal aunts on his mother’s side, Umm Mahmoud and Umm Ahmad Hassouna, recalled how cheerful, humorous and polite Mamoun was.
“One day I was very sad and visited my sister Umm Mamoun to feel better. Mamoun came over to me and said, aunty, I will tell you 15 jokes so that you will smile,” Umm Ahmad said as a little smile broke the grief on her face.
Mamoun’s niece, seven-year-old Abeer Zuhdi al-Dam, wanted to share her feelings too.
“We used to play together often. Sometimes he used to show me some pictures on his own computer, and we used to play many games including hide and seek. We hate Israel for killing him, we hate Israel for killing him,” she said.
“Like my son”
Mamoun’s elder brother, Zuhdi al-Dam, 42, received condolences alongside his father. “This is something that our faith obliges us to tolerate and take for granted, but the question is, why does Israel target such little children? Why?” Zuhdi al-Dam said. “Mamoun was like my son as the age difference between us is thirty years.”
“Why do those alleged world leaders assemble at the so-called United Nations Security Council? Rather, it is the No-Security Council,” Mamoun’s father remarked.
“When an Israeli is hurt, those alleged leaders rush to condemn or call for action, while our own children are being killed and no one even moves.”
Rami Almeghari is a journalist and university lecturer based in the Gaza Strip.
“I can never forget his image with blood all over his little body and both his legs badly injured,” Umm Mamoun Hassouna told The Electronic Intifada as she sat at a relative’s house in Gaza City. “I am a preacher [for women] at a local mosque and used to preach against harming innocent Israeli children, women or the elderly, and even cutting down a tree,” she said.
“After I have seen my son killed by an Israeli warplane in front of my eyes, I wonder what my only son did against Israel [for them to] kill him,” Umm Mamoun added.
Thirteen-year-old Mamoun Zuhdi al-Dam was killed on Wednesday, 20 June, during an Israeli attack on Gaza amid exchange of fire between the Israeli army and Palestinian resistance factions that left eight Palestinians dead.
At approximately 3pm, an Israeli warplane fired a missile at members of a Palestinian family who were having a picnic behind the campus of the University College of Applied Sciences in the southern Gaza City neighborhood of Tal al-Hawa. As a result, Mamoun al-Dam was killed.
His blind father, Muhammad Zuhdi al-Dam, 67, was wounded by shrapnel to the head and the neck. Three other children who were in a nearby field were also wounded, according to the weekly report from the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights.
He made tea for his parents
“One month ago, I inherited a small piece of land — about 220 square meters — from my family, and we were all so happy to own that land as my husband is an elderly retired man,” Umm Mamoun said. “Since we inherited that land, Mamoun used to go to it often to enjoy some time outdoors.”
On the day he was killed, his mother said, Mamoun went to the piece of land in the Zaytoun neighborhood, just near the Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque, at about 9am. “I received a phone call from him later on to inform me that the situation was tense and that Israeli warplanes were buzzing overhead,” she said. “His father and I were scared for him and we went to join him.”
Mamoun, his mother said, used to read the Quran, and he led noon prayers that day on the family’s plot of land. The boy also prepared some tea for his parents, and then laid down to listen to news on his mobile phone.
“As he was listening to the newscast that moment, he told us that an Israeli warplane had fired a missile somewhere else,” she added.
Killed as he played football
“Then, Mamoun went to play with a football just close to us on the same land,” his mother recalled, surrounded by mourners. “Suddenly, we heard a loud explosion and pillars of smoke covered the place. I heard Mamoun screaming and saw him stained with blood, and his legs were badly injured. By then my relatives, who are our neighbors, came over to help us as his father was slightly injured too.”
“Mamoun was everything for me — a son, a brother, a sister and everything in my life,” his grief-stricken mother said, “I am the second wife of his father, and God had given me Mamoun to fill in my life.”
In tears, Umm Mamoun spoke of how her son would tell her, “I love you so much, mom. You are my dearest, I love you, I love you.”
“He used to fill my moments with joy”
Muhammad, Mamoun’s father and a retired trader, sat at a condolence ceremony in the Asqoula neighborhood of Gaza City, with his left hand bandaged due to his injuries from the same missile strike that killed his son.
As relatives and friends came to offer condolences, al-Dam lamented, “I do not know what to say, except may God take revenge on those who killed my son Mamoun.”
Al-Dam explained that his son used to look after him due to his lack of sight. “Mamoun, may he rest in peace, used to be very reliable, though he was only a child. He used to take me to the mosque for prayer, he used to bring whatever I need from nearby grocery stores, he used to fill my moments with joy.”
No resistance, no shooting
Al-Dam told The Electronic Intifada that the moment his son Mamoun was hit by the Israeli missile, there was no sign of Palestinian shooting or rocket fire in the area.
“The area where our new piece of land is located is far away from the Israeli border line and it is populated as well,” he said.
Mamoun’s maternal aunts on his mother’s side, Umm Mahmoud and Umm Ahmad Hassouna, recalled how cheerful, humorous and polite Mamoun was.
“One day I was very sad and visited my sister Umm Mamoun to feel better. Mamoun came over to me and said, aunty, I will tell you 15 jokes so that you will smile,” Umm Ahmad said as a little smile broke the grief on her face.
Mamoun’s niece, seven-year-old Abeer Zuhdi al-Dam, wanted to share her feelings too.
“We used to play together often. Sometimes he used to show me some pictures on his own computer, and we used to play many games including hide and seek. We hate Israel for killing him, we hate Israel for killing him,” she said.
“Like my son”
Mamoun’s elder brother, Zuhdi al-Dam, 42, received condolences alongside his father. “This is something that our faith obliges us to tolerate and take for granted, but the question is, why does Israel target such little children? Why?” Zuhdi al-Dam said. “Mamoun was like my son as the age difference between us is thirty years.”
“Why do those alleged world leaders assemble at the so-called United Nations Security Council? Rather, it is the No-Security Council,” Mamoun’s father remarked.
“When an Israeli is hurt, those alleged leaders rush to condemn or call for action, while our own children are being killed and no one even moves.”
Rami Almeghari is a journalist and university lecturer based in the Gaza Strip.
