9 - 10 mar 2012
Israel Attacks On Gaza Target Head Injuries - Interview With Dr Ayman Al-Sahbani
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Where
in August they used prohibited weapons to target lower and upper
limbs, leaving surviving victims severely disabled from amputations,
this time round they are targeting the head. There are no survivors
from these attacks.
As Dr Ayman Al-Sahbani, of Al Shifa Hospital Emergency Department told me today, most of the dead had had their heads blown off -- there was just nothing there. (Interview excerpts on attached video 'Gaza') As for the 'collateral damage' -- the twenty-something injured (including women, children, and the elderly) because they happened to be walking in the street where Israel decided to take out a car, a motorbike - what sort of treatment can they receive when an already overcrowded, under-resourced and under-staff emergency department with only 3-4 doctors already coping with 150 patients in two hours is inundated with by victims of Israeli attacks? When the hospital is suffering electricity cuts because there is no diesel to run the power plant, when it is suffering medicine and medical supply shortages of 185 essential medicines and over 200 essential medical supplies such as gloves, alcohol, sutures? When there are no more beds left to admit them? How can Gazans survive? Death toll climbs after Israeli raids on Gaza At least 15 Palestinians have been killed and a dozen others wounded, including children, in a series of Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources have said. |
A Palestinian
riding a motorcycle was killed and two others were wounded in an
Israeli air raid close to the southern town of Rafah near the border
with Egypt on Saturday afternoon.
Two men also on a motorbike were killed earlier the same day in another raid on the town of Khan Yunis, medics said
In a statement on Saturday, the Israeli army said: "The targeting is in direct response to the rocket fire at Israeli communities in southern Israel.
"Over the past 24 hours, over 45 rockets have hit communities in southern Israel- injuring four people, one severely, one moderately and two lightly.
An airstrike late on Friday struck down three Palestinians after an Apache helicopter fired rockets that hit a house and a car, medics told Al Jazeera.
An earlier strike targeted the leader of Popular Resistance Committees, Zuhair Al-Qaissi, and his military escort Mahmoud Al-Hannani, a Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli jails five years ago.Witnesses said Israeli drones were seen hovering above just moments before al-Qaissi's vehicle burst into flames.
The intensity of the blast was so fierce that al-Qaissi's head detached as a result, they said.
Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan, reporting from Jerusalem, said: "The Israeli army is saying these two people it targeted with its clinical airstrike on Friday night were senior militants who were plotting an attack.
"The Israeli army says that last year's attack on the road that runs alongside the Egyptian border, where eight people were killed and 25 Israeli soldiers were wounded, was masterminded by the two men they targeted.
"Zuhair Al-Qaissi and Mahmoud Al-Hannani were said to have been behind these attacks, and the Israeli army said that these two men were planning a similar attack and that is why they launched their aerial clinical attack."
Islamic Jihad said that the three of those killed belonged to its military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, looking to end Israel's occupation of annexed Palestinian lands.
The Al-Quds Brigades, part of the Islamic Jihad group, said that strikes on the east side of the city had killed its members Obeid al-Gharabli, Mohammed Harara, Hazem Qoureqa and Shadi Seqali.
It said that another two of its members, Fayeq Saad and Moatasem Hajaj, were also killed in other strikes.
In addition to the high profile strike, Israeli war jets carried out series of attacks at empty military training camps all over the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli attacks came after Palestinians fired dozens of rockets and mortar rounds into southern Israel, wounding four people, one seriously, Israeli military sources claimed.
Abbas Contacts Leaders to Stop Military Escalation in Gaza
President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday called on leaders in Egypt, the European Union and the Quartet to bring a stop to Israeli military escalation in the Gaza Strip.
He also gave instructions to contact the Israeli side to put a stop to the attacks on Gaza.
Fifteen Palestinians were killed and many more injured in two days of Israeli airstrikes throughout the Gaza Strip. In retaliation, armed Palestinians fired dozens of makeshift and grad missiles on Israeli towns in southern Israel forcing a state of full alert in these areas.
Abbas contacted as well Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and the head of the Islamic Jihad, Ramadan Shallah.
Both leaders said they do not want to see the situation escalate and that they were committed to the calm so that not to give Israel a pretext to continue with its military operations against the people of the Gaza Strip and to spare them death and destruction.
Abbas had condemned the Israeli air attacks on Gaza.
He held the Israeli government responsible for what he described as “the dangerous deterioration as a result of its aggression against our people that include assassinations, incursions and destruction of infrastructure.”
Abbas warned that Israel may use the situation to avoid international efforts to revive the peace process.
Palestinian gov't holds Israel fully responsible for its Friday attacks
The Palestinian government in the besieged Gaza Strip held the Israeli occupation regime fully responsible for the consequences of its aerial attacks on the Strip which claimed the lives of 11 Palestinians on Friday including the secretary-general of the resistance committees Zuhair Al-Qaisi.
"This is a serious crime and the Palestinian government strongly condemns it and holds the Zionist occupation fully responsible for this heinous atrocity," spokesman for the government Taher Al-Nunu told the Palestinian information center (PIC).
Spokesman Nunu added that Israel's assassination of Qaisi and its crimes yesterday signaled its plan to blow up the situation in Gaza once again.
The spokesman noted that Mahmoud Hanani, who was deported to Gaza after his release in the West Bank a few years ago, was also assassinated during the airstrikes on Friday.
For its part, the Palestinian ministry of foreign affairs strongly denounced the criminal attacks and demanded the Arab foreign ministers to table the Israeli military escalation against Gaza on agenda of their meeting on Saturday.
The Palestinian ministry urged in a press release the Arab foreign ministers to file a complaint against the Israeli occupation with the UN Security Council for its crimes against the Palestinians and take action to end the blockade imposed on Gaza.
Medics: 2 people killed in second airstrike
Two people were killed as Israel launched a second airstrike on the Gaza Strip, bringing Friday's death toll to four people, medics said.
Obeid al-Ghirbali and Muhammad Harara were named as those killed, medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiyeh said.
Both men were members of the Al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad. Their bodies were taken to Dar al-Shifa hospital.
Israel's army said in a statement that it had "thwarted two terrorist squads from firing rockets at Israel from the northern and the central Gaza Strip."
Earlier, an Israeli strike targeting a car in western Gaza killed the head of the Popular Resistance Committees and a former prisoner released by Israel four years ago, medical officials said.
Israel accused PRC secretary-general Zuhair Qaisi, one of the men killed, of helping to plan attacks along its border with Egypt that killed seven Israelis last year.
The PRC has denied involvement in that cross-border attack.
The Israeli military said militants fired eight rockets in all on Friday.
The national resistance brigades, the DFLP's armed wing, the Al-Aqsa brigades, and the armed wing of the PRC, the An-Nasser Salah Ad-Din brigades, have all claimed responsibility for rocket fire.
Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned the earlier Israeli airstrike, saying it will lead to an escalating cycle of violence in the region.
Hamas' foreign ministry called on the international community to intervene to stop Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, a statement said.
The An-Nasser Salah Ad-Din Brigades, the PRC's armed wing, had promised a "seismic response" to the earlier assassination.
Two men also on a motorbike were killed earlier the same day in another raid on the town of Khan Yunis, medics said
In a statement on Saturday, the Israeli army said: "The targeting is in direct response to the rocket fire at Israeli communities in southern Israel.
"Over the past 24 hours, over 45 rockets have hit communities in southern Israel- injuring four people, one severely, one moderately and two lightly.
An airstrike late on Friday struck down three Palestinians after an Apache helicopter fired rockets that hit a house and a car, medics told Al Jazeera.
An earlier strike targeted the leader of Popular Resistance Committees, Zuhair Al-Qaissi, and his military escort Mahmoud Al-Hannani, a Palestinian prisoner released from Israeli jails five years ago.Witnesses said Israeli drones were seen hovering above just moments before al-Qaissi's vehicle burst into flames.
The intensity of the blast was so fierce that al-Qaissi's head detached as a result, they said.
Al Jazeera's Paul Brennan, reporting from Jerusalem, said: "The Israeli army is saying these two people it targeted with its clinical airstrike on Friday night were senior militants who were plotting an attack.
"The Israeli army says that last year's attack on the road that runs alongside the Egyptian border, where eight people were killed and 25 Israeli soldiers were wounded, was masterminded by the two men they targeted.
"Zuhair Al-Qaissi and Mahmoud Al-Hannani were said to have been behind these attacks, and the Israeli army said that these two men were planning a similar attack and that is why they launched their aerial clinical attack."
Islamic Jihad said that the three of those killed belonged to its military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, looking to end Israel's occupation of annexed Palestinian lands.
The Al-Quds Brigades, part of the Islamic Jihad group, said that strikes on the east side of the city had killed its members Obeid al-Gharabli, Mohammed Harara, Hazem Qoureqa and Shadi Seqali.
It said that another two of its members, Fayeq Saad and Moatasem Hajaj, were also killed in other strikes.
In addition to the high profile strike, Israeli war jets carried out series of attacks at empty military training camps all over the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli attacks came after Palestinians fired dozens of rockets and mortar rounds into southern Israel, wounding four people, one seriously, Israeli military sources claimed.
Abbas Contacts Leaders to Stop Military Escalation in Gaza
President Mahmoud Abbas Saturday called on leaders in Egypt, the European Union and the Quartet to bring a stop to Israeli military escalation in the Gaza Strip.
He also gave instructions to contact the Israeli side to put a stop to the attacks on Gaza.
Fifteen Palestinians were killed and many more injured in two days of Israeli airstrikes throughout the Gaza Strip. In retaliation, armed Palestinians fired dozens of makeshift and grad missiles on Israeli towns in southern Israel forcing a state of full alert in these areas.
Abbas contacted as well Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and the head of the Islamic Jihad, Ramadan Shallah.
Both leaders said they do not want to see the situation escalate and that they were committed to the calm so that not to give Israel a pretext to continue with its military operations against the people of the Gaza Strip and to spare them death and destruction.
Abbas had condemned the Israeli air attacks on Gaza.
He held the Israeli government responsible for what he described as “the dangerous deterioration as a result of its aggression against our people that include assassinations, incursions and destruction of infrastructure.”
Abbas warned that Israel may use the situation to avoid international efforts to revive the peace process.
Palestinian gov't holds Israel fully responsible for its Friday attacks
The Palestinian government in the besieged Gaza Strip held the Israeli occupation regime fully responsible for the consequences of its aerial attacks on the Strip which claimed the lives of 11 Palestinians on Friday including the secretary-general of the resistance committees Zuhair Al-Qaisi.
"This is a serious crime and the Palestinian government strongly condemns it and holds the Zionist occupation fully responsible for this heinous atrocity," spokesman for the government Taher Al-Nunu told the Palestinian information center (PIC).
Spokesman Nunu added that Israel's assassination of Qaisi and its crimes yesterday signaled its plan to blow up the situation in Gaza once again.
The spokesman noted that Mahmoud Hanani, who was deported to Gaza after his release in the West Bank a few years ago, was also assassinated during the airstrikes on Friday.
For its part, the Palestinian ministry of foreign affairs strongly denounced the criminal attacks and demanded the Arab foreign ministers to table the Israeli military escalation against Gaza on agenda of their meeting on Saturday.
The Palestinian ministry urged in a press release the Arab foreign ministers to file a complaint against the Israeli occupation with the UN Security Council for its crimes against the Palestinians and take action to end the blockade imposed on Gaza.
Medics: 2 people killed in second airstrike
Two people were killed as Israel launched a second airstrike on the Gaza Strip, bringing Friday's death toll to four people, medics said.
Obeid al-Ghirbali and Muhammad Harara were named as those killed, medical spokesman Adham Abu Salmiyeh said.
Both men were members of the Al-Quds Brigade, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad. Their bodies were taken to Dar al-Shifa hospital.
Israel's army said in a statement that it had "thwarted two terrorist squads from firing rockets at Israel from the northern and the central Gaza Strip."
Earlier, an Israeli strike targeting a car in western Gaza killed the head of the Popular Resistance Committees and a former prisoner released by Israel four years ago, medical officials said.
Israel accused PRC secretary-general Zuhair Qaisi, one of the men killed, of helping to plan attacks along its border with Egypt that killed seven Israelis last year.
The PRC has denied involvement in that cross-border attack.
The Israeli military said militants fired eight rockets in all on Friday.
The national resistance brigades, the DFLP's armed wing, the Al-Aqsa brigades, and the armed wing of the PRC, the An-Nasser Salah Ad-Din brigades, have all claimed responsibility for rocket fire.
Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh condemned the earlier Israeli airstrike, saying it will lead to an escalating cycle of violence in the region.
Hamas' foreign ministry called on the international community to intervene to stop Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people, a statement said.
The An-Nasser Salah Ad-Din Brigades, the PRC's armed wing, had promised a "seismic response" to the earlier assassination.
9 mar 2012
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A total Five Palestinian men were reported killed on Friday by Israeli jetfighters conducted a number of attacks targeting the Gaza Strip. Sources in Gaza say Israeli tanks are still shelling parts of Gaza city.
The latest air raid was on Friday night targeting eastern Gaza Strip left Hazim Quraqee dead. Quraqee is a fighter with the Islamic jihad as well. The attacks started on Friday afternoon as Israeli jetfighters targeted a Palestinian car east of Gaza City. The attack left Mohamed Hanni and Zuhier Al Qayissi dead. Al Qayissi is the general secretary of the Popular Resistance Committees based in Gaza. Later on Friday evening, Aobed al Ghribawi and Mohamed Harrara were killed during Israeli |
bombing targeting the eastern part of the Gaza Strip. Both are fighters with the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza.
In response Palestinian groups fired home-made rockets at Israeli towns near the Gaza borders. Israeli sources reported no injuries but the army advised residents go to shelters.
Abu Mojahid, from the Popular Resistance Committees in Gaza, said that his group will avenge the killing of Al Qayissi and his comrades. Abu Mojahid considered the calm agreement is over.
Palestinian groups in Gaza agreed on a “calm period” after the 18 days long military attack on Gaza in 2009.
Gaza based Journalist, Rami Al Meghari, contributed to this article
In response Palestinian groups fired home-made rockets at Israeli towns near the Gaza borders. Israeli sources reported no injuries but the army advised residents go to shelters.
Abu Mojahid, from the Popular Resistance Committees in Gaza, said that his group will avenge the killing of Al Qayissi and his comrades. Abu Mojahid considered the calm agreement is over.
Palestinian groups in Gaza agreed on a “calm period” after the 18 days long military attack on Gaza in 2009.
Gaza based Journalist, Rami Al Meghari, contributed to this article
8 mar 2012
Zakariya Abu Eram 16
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian and wounded another in a village near the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).
Zakariya Abu Eram, 16, was shot dead on Thursday in clashes that erupted when Israeli troops attempted to arrest the teenager’s uncle in the occupied West Bank village of Yata.
Zakariya’s uncle, Khaled Makhamreh, also sustained injuries in the clashes.
Makhamreh was released last year as part of a major prisoner swap, which saw the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian inmates in return for captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The Thursday’s killing was the latest violent incident in the occupied Palestinian territory.
On February 24, a protester died after sustaining a bullet wound during clashes with Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Palestinian Shot Dead Fighting Arrest of Released Prisoner
Israeli soldiers Thursday shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian in the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and injured another during an arrest campaign, according to witnesses and medical sources.
They said Zakaria Abu Arram was killed when soldiers opened fire at Palestinians who confronted them to prevent the arrest of Khaled Makhamra, who was released in the October prisoners swap.
Witnesses said residents confronted the soldiers and a fist fight broke out between them as they tried to free Makhamra from the soldiers.
When they succeeded in doing that, the soldiers opened fire killing Abu Arram and injuring Muhammad Houshieh, 21, who was shot in the foot and stomach.
Soldiers arrested Houshieh and another Palestinian, while they prevented Palestinian ambulances from evacuating Abu Arram’s body.
The Israeli army said Abu Arram was shot dead when he stabbed and wounded one of the soldiers.
Tens of thousands participate in funeral of Abu Arram
Tens of thousands of Palestinians on Friday participated in the funeral of the Palestinian boy who was killed Thursday evening by the IOF in Yatta to the south of al-Khalil. They held the Friday prayers on a football pitch then carried the martyr to his final resting place.
Sheikh Jamal Abu Arram eulogised the martyr and said that the martyr fell when locals tried to stop IOF troops from re-arresting a liberated captive who was freed in the Shalit exchange deal, stressing that Zionists cannot be trusted to keep agreements.
Participants in the funeral called on Palestinian resistance factions to retaliate to this heinous crime.
Heads of clans in the town of Yatta and the governor of al-Khalil district, Hamid Kameel, participated in the funeral of the boy who was killed on Thursday evening.
Kameel said in his speech that it was time for Palestinians to unite in the face of the occupation, our common enemy.
Father of the boy told PIC: "Stopping the security coordination [between the Israeli occupation and the PA security] is what is going to stop occupation form singling out our youth and children," and called for expediting the national reconciliation to save the Palestinian people.
Residents of Yatta observed a general strike on Friday to protest the killing of the boy.
The boy was killed yesterday by the IOF troops which encircled his uncle’s home to arrest him. Locals tried to stop the IOF troops from arresting the man who was freed in a prisoner exchange deal, and the troops opened fire killing the boy and seriously wounding a young man.
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian and wounded another in a village near the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron).
Zakariya Abu Eram, 16, was shot dead on Thursday in clashes that erupted when Israeli troops attempted to arrest the teenager’s uncle in the occupied West Bank village of Yata.
Zakariya’s uncle, Khaled Makhamreh, also sustained injuries in the clashes.
Makhamreh was released last year as part of a major prisoner swap, which saw the release of more than 1,000 Palestinian inmates in return for captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
The Thursday’s killing was the latest violent incident in the occupied Palestinian territory.
On February 24, a protester died after sustaining a bullet wound during clashes with Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Palestinian Shot Dead Fighting Arrest of Released Prisoner
Israeli soldiers Thursday shot and killed a 16-year-old Palestinian in the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and injured another during an arrest campaign, according to witnesses and medical sources.
They said Zakaria Abu Arram was killed when soldiers opened fire at Palestinians who confronted them to prevent the arrest of Khaled Makhamra, who was released in the October prisoners swap.
Witnesses said residents confronted the soldiers and a fist fight broke out between them as they tried to free Makhamra from the soldiers.
When they succeeded in doing that, the soldiers opened fire killing Abu Arram and injuring Muhammad Houshieh, 21, who was shot in the foot and stomach.
Soldiers arrested Houshieh and another Palestinian, while they prevented Palestinian ambulances from evacuating Abu Arram’s body.
The Israeli army said Abu Arram was shot dead when he stabbed and wounded one of the soldiers.
Tens of thousands participate in funeral of Abu Arram
Tens of thousands of Palestinians on Friday participated in the funeral of the Palestinian boy who was killed Thursday evening by the IOF in Yatta to the south of al-Khalil. They held the Friday prayers on a football pitch then carried the martyr to his final resting place.
Sheikh Jamal Abu Arram eulogised the martyr and said that the martyr fell when locals tried to stop IOF troops from re-arresting a liberated captive who was freed in the Shalit exchange deal, stressing that Zionists cannot be trusted to keep agreements.
Participants in the funeral called on Palestinian resistance factions to retaliate to this heinous crime.
Heads of clans in the town of Yatta and the governor of al-Khalil district, Hamid Kameel, participated in the funeral of the boy who was killed on Thursday evening.
Kameel said in his speech that it was time for Palestinians to unite in the face of the occupation, our common enemy.
Father of the boy told PIC: "Stopping the security coordination [between the Israeli occupation and the PA security] is what is going to stop occupation form singling out our youth and children," and called for expediting the national reconciliation to save the Palestinian people.
Residents of Yatta observed a general strike on Friday to protest the killing of the boy.
The boy was killed yesterday by the IOF troops which encircled his uncle’s home to arrest him. Locals tried to stop the IOF troops from arresting the man who was freed in a prisoner exchange deal, and the troops opened fire killing the boy and seriously wounding a young man.
7 mar 2012
Hamza Zayed Jaradat and Zayed Juma Jaradat both 12 years old
Two children were killed Tuesday and four other people were injured, all from the same family, when an explosion ripped through a metal scrap shop in the Hebron area town of Sair, a police statement said.
The children, Hamza Zayed Jaradat, 12, and Zayed Muhammad Jaradat, 12, were killed in the explosion, while the others, varying in age between 13 years and 30, were injured and taken to hospital in Hebron, said the statement.
The explosion was caused by an Israeli army leftover mortar shell that was among metal scrap the shop owners have collected.
Sappers sealed off the area in fear of the presence of other explosives.
2 Palestinian boys killed handling old ordnance
Two children were killed Tuesday and four other people were injured, all from the same family, when an explosion ripped through a metal scrap shop in the Hebron area town of Sair, a police statement said.
The children, Hamza Zayed Jaradat, 12, and Zayed Muhammad Jaradat, 12, were killed in the explosion, while the others, varying in age between 13 years and 30, were injured and taken to hospital in Hebron, said the statement.
The explosion was caused by an Israeli army leftover mortar shell that was among metal scrap the shop owners have collected.
Sappers sealed off the area in fear of the presence of other explosives.
2 Palestinian boys killed handling old ordnance
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A Palestinian medic says two cousins, both 12 years old, have been killed when munitions they took from an Israeli army firing range exploded Paramedic Eid Abu Munshar from the Palestinian Red Crescent said the boys belong to a family that collects spent munitions and shells from the West Bank firing range and sells them for scrap metal.
It's not clear what type of munitions the boys were handling, he said Tuesday. The Israeli military said an investigation was under way, and initial findings showed that one of the boys set fire to an unexploded shell. The Palestinian medic said the boys, Hamza and Zayed Jaradat, were killed near their home in the southern West Bank. He said three other teens were wounded in the explosion. |
29 feb 2012
Sheikh Fahmi Asaad Jaradat 55 (second from left)
The chief justice of the Palestinian high religious court died Tuesday of a heart attack two days after soldiers raided his home, the Fatah movement said.
Sheikh Fahmi Asaad Jaradat died after soldiers occupied his home in the northern West Bank village of Zabuba, near Jenin, and took up positions on his roof, the movement said.
Fatah said it held Israel responsible for the justice's death. The funeral, according to a statement from the movement, will be on Wednesday after midday prayer.
Jaradat was born in 1956 and joined Fatah in 1978. He completed undergraduate studies at the University of Jordan.
The chief justice of the Palestinian high religious court died Tuesday of a heart attack two days after soldiers raided his home, the Fatah movement said.
Sheikh Fahmi Asaad Jaradat died after soldiers occupied his home in the northern West Bank village of Zabuba, near Jenin, and took up positions on his roof, the movement said.
Fatah said it held Israel responsible for the justice's death. The funeral, according to a statement from the movement, will be on Wednesday after midday prayer.
Jaradat was born in 1956 and joined Fatah in 1978. He completed undergraduate studies at the University of Jordan.
28 feb 2012
Israeli forces kill man along Egypt border
Israeli forces shot and killed a man overnight Monday along the Egypt-Israel border, Israel's army said.
Israeli soldiers patrolling the border with Egypt identified a group of suspects who had reportedly entered the country illegally. After failing to comply with orders to stop, soldiers and the group exchanged gunfire, Israel's army said.
One man was killed and the rest of the group fled back to Egypt.
It is unclear why the group crossed into Israel from Egypt.
The Israeli army said that it had found explosive devices along its border with Egypt the previous Thursday and Monday.
Israeli forces kill man along Egypt border
Israeli forces shot and killed a man overnight Monday along the Egypt-Israel border, Israel's army said.
Israeli soldiers patrolling the border with Egypt identified a group of suspects who had reportedly entered the country illegally. After failing to comply with orders to stop, soldiers and the group exchanged gunfire, Israel's army said.
One man was killed and the rest of the group fled back to Egypt.
It is unclear why the group crossed into Israel from Egypt.
The Israeli army said that it had found explosive devices along its border with Egypt the previous Thursday and Monday.
25 feb 2012
Twelve Palestinians were injured Saturday in clashes in al-Ram, northern Jerusalem, following the funeral of a Palestinian killed Friday by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank.
Talat Ramia, 25, died in surgery late Friday after Israeli soldiers shot him in the chest with live fire at a protest. Israel’s army says the protester had fired fireworks at the soldiers.
The clashes following Ramia’s funeral were near the eastern entrance to al-Ram. Heavily armed soldiers had arrived some two hours before the procession arrived, a Ma’an reporter said.
The soldiers fired tear gas canisters heavily at the protesters as well as rubber-coated bullets at young men who threw stones from a distance far from the rest of the crowd, the reporter said.
In a note addressed to the mourners on her Twitter account, Israeli army spokeswoman Avital Leibovich said: “Dear rioters … it’s a gorgeous day. Why not make the most of it rather than hurl rocks and try to injure (Israeli) security?
Talat Ramia, 25, died in surgery late Friday after Israeli soldiers shot him in the chest with live fire at a protest. Israel’s army says the protester had fired fireworks at the soldiers.
The clashes following Ramia’s funeral were near the eastern entrance to al-Ram. Heavily armed soldiers had arrived some two hours before the procession arrived, a Ma’an reporter said.
The soldiers fired tear gas canisters heavily at the protesters as well as rubber-coated bullets at young men who threw stones from a distance far from the rest of the crowd, the reporter said.
In a note addressed to the mourners on her Twitter account, Israeli army spokeswoman Avital Leibovich said: “Dear rioters … it’s a gorgeous day. Why not make the most of it rather than hurl rocks and try to injure (Israeli) security?
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The prime minister in Ramallah, meanwhile, denounced Israel’s “resort to force” against non-violent protests in the West Bank, saying he held the Israeli government “completely responsible” for the incident.
“We have already warned all components of the international community, especially the international Quartet, on several occasions of the dangers of maintaining silence while Israel’s violence continues against non-violent protests our people carry out,” he said. “While the international community and the Quartet issues statements only, the killing of Palestinians, settlement expansion, land confiscation, house demolitions and settler terrorism among other violations of international law seem to continue.” |
24 feb 2012
Tala't Ramia, (Ramieh) 25
Watch the videos below to see what happened at Al Aqsa mosque today
Violent clashes took place Friday between Palestinian worshippers, Jewish settlers and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) troops who stormed the ancient al Aqsa Mosque plazas just after the noon prayers.
The ongoing threat by extremist Jewish groups to "take" the al Aqsa Mosque has caused a reverberation around the globe.
The mosque in question has been in place for over a thousand years, and there is no explanation for the lack of reverence by those looking for an unnecessary fight.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF troops fired teargas canisters and stun grenades, and Palestinian worshippers responded with stones.
Hebrew radio quoted police sources that the IOF arrested more than 40 Palestinians from Jerusalem and 1948- occupied Palestinian areas, allegedly for throwing stones at IOF troops at the Maghareba gate, one of the main gates of the Aqsa Mosque.
The IOF had restricted entry to the Aqsa Mosque barring young Palestinians from attending the prayers.
The first life claimed in this ongoing dispute was a 25-year old Palestinian man, Tala’t Ramieh, from the village of Ram. He was killed by the Israeli occupation forces at the Qalandia roadblock.
Eyewitnesses said he was shot with a live bullet in the chest. Palestinian medical sources said that Ramieh arrived at the hospital in critical condition and he underwent a number of surgeries, but doctors failed to save him and he died on Friday evening.
The IOF troops also wounded six others, including a photojournalist and two children; the injury to one of the children is serious. Dozens suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling teargas.
The funeral for Tala’t Ramieh will be held Saturday at 10:00 am from the Palestinian Medical Center to Al Raam city, and he will be buried after the afternoon prayer at 12:30.
Watch the videos below to see what happened at Al Aqsa mosque today
Violent clashes took place Friday between Palestinian worshippers, Jewish settlers and Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) troops who stormed the ancient al Aqsa Mosque plazas just after the noon prayers.
The ongoing threat by extremist Jewish groups to "take" the al Aqsa Mosque has caused a reverberation around the globe.
The mosque in question has been in place for over a thousand years, and there is no explanation for the lack of reverence by those looking for an unnecessary fight.
Eyewitnesses said that the IOF troops fired teargas canisters and stun grenades, and Palestinian worshippers responded with stones.
Hebrew radio quoted police sources that the IOF arrested more than 40 Palestinians from Jerusalem and 1948- occupied Palestinian areas, allegedly for throwing stones at IOF troops at the Maghareba gate, one of the main gates of the Aqsa Mosque.
The IOF had restricted entry to the Aqsa Mosque barring young Palestinians from attending the prayers.
The first life claimed in this ongoing dispute was a 25-year old Palestinian man, Tala’t Ramieh, from the village of Ram. He was killed by the Israeli occupation forces at the Qalandia roadblock.
Eyewitnesses said he was shot with a live bullet in the chest. Palestinian medical sources said that Ramieh arrived at the hospital in critical condition and he underwent a number of surgeries, but doctors failed to save him and he died on Friday evening.
The IOF troops also wounded six others, including a photojournalist and two children; the injury to one of the children is serious. Dozens suffered breathing difficulties as a result of inhaling teargas.
The funeral for Tala’t Ramieh will be held Saturday at 10:00 am from the Palestinian Medical Center to Al Raam city, and he will be buried after the afternoon prayer at 12:30.
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There were fifteen more demonstrators injured Friday afternoon by IOF troops in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil. They were marking the 18th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre.
Those commemorating the tragic event also demanded the re-opening of Shuhada Road. Shuhada Road is a major thoroughfare through the city linking east to west, and has been closed to Palestinians since the massacre in 1994. On 25 February 1994, Baruch Goldstein, an American Jew who immigrated to Palestine and chose to live in Keryat Arba', a Jewish settlement built on land confiscated from Palestinians, walked into the Ibrahimi Mosque during dawn prayers and threw grenades and opened fire at worshippers killing 29 and wounding 125. By closing the road to Palestinians, they effectively punished the victims, and have for nearly twenty years. Meanwhile in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, an enormous statement was made when tens of thousands of Palestinians participated in the demonstration which Hamas called for in support of the Aqsa Mosque. People poured in from six mosques in the city towards the Grand mosque at the centre of Khan Younis where they merged with worshippers from the Grand Mosque. Then they marched the streets of the city chanting support for the Aqsa Mosque and called on Palestinians to prepare to make sacrifices in defence of the first Muslim Qibla (direction of prayer) and the third holiest Shrine in Islam in the face of Zionist aggression against the many Muslim and Christian holy places in the holy city. Jerusalem, the city of peace. |
Parade participants raised green and Palestinian flags. The Ahrar movement and other Palestinian factions took part in the demonstration to stress Palestinian unity in face of aggression against their holy places.
Dr. Slah al-Bardaweel, speaking on behalf of Hamas, told participants that Palestinians should be preparing to sacrifice everything precious for Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque which are facing "vicious Judaization schemes with Zionists trying to impose facts on the ground which Palestinians and Muslims the world over cannot accept".
Representatives from many other religions around the world join their quest to keep the holy places in tact, and protected, and peaceful.
Injured protester 'dies in surgery'
Dr. Slah al-Bardaweel, speaking on behalf of Hamas, told participants that Palestinians should be preparing to sacrifice everything precious for Jerusalem and the Aqsa Mosque which are facing "vicious Judaization schemes with Zionists trying to impose facts on the ground which Palestinians and Muslims the world over cannot accept".
Representatives from many other religions around the world join their quest to keep the holy places in tact, and protected, and peaceful.
Injured protester 'dies in surgery'
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Medics say a Palestinian protester died Friday during surgery after being shot during clashes with the Israeli army near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.
Talat Ramia, 25, suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and five others were injured, medics at the Palestine Medical Complex said. Ramia died during emergency surgery, they said. Israeli forces were seen firing tear gas and both live and rubber bullets at the protesters gathering near the Qalandia checkpoint after hearing rumors of a raid on a holy site in Jerusalem. An Israeli army spokesman said the incident was under investigation. The official said that initial indications suggested one of the protesters had |
"fired fireworks at IDF soldiers from several meters away, putting the soldiers' lives in danger". The soldiers "responded by firing, injuring the Palestinian in his shoulder."
