20 july 2018
As night fell on Friday evening, after Israeli airstrikes killed Palestinian fighters that afternoon, and one Israeli soldier stationed at the border was reportedly killed, reports began coming in on Twitter from different parts of Gaza showing Israeli fighter jets dropping bombs. video
The Israeli army said one of its soldier was seriously injured by Hamas fighters near the southern part of the Gaza Strip, during what it called a military activity near the border fence, in southern Gaza, and later died from his wounds.
The name is of soldier has not been released at the time of this report.
The extent of the damage is unknown as of yet, and the airstrikes appear to be ongoing. As the loudspeakers sounded the call to evening prayer from mosques across the Occupied Territory, the sound of Israeli fighter jets filled the sky, and bombs began to fall.
The Israeli army said it targeted and destroyed 25 sites, run by armed resistance groups in Gaza, including monitoring and training centers.
The bombing came just hours after Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated that he was planning to launch a large-scale war in Gaza similar to the one in 2014, in which 2200 people were killed. In his statement, he said the ‘Palestinian people will pay the price’ for the continued non-violent protests at the border, which have been going on for 100 days.
One woman in Khan Younis filmed a bombing on her phone, and posted it on Twitter with the caption, “I have heard twenty bombs in the last 30 minutes”. Several people live streamed on Facebook from different parts of Gaza, as the bombs began to drop.
The Israeli strikes were carried out in several parts of the Gaza Strip, including sites run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed of Hamas, in Rafah and Khan Younis, in addition to missiles fired into the Zeitoun neighborhoods, east of Gaza city, causing several injuries.
The soldiers also fired at least eleven missiles into two sites, west of Khan Younis, causing serious damage.
The Israeli army claims it “was retaliating to shells fired against its soldiers near Gaza’s eastern border area, while Hamas said it was retaliating to the killing of four Palestinians by army missiles, Friday.
It said that Palestinian fighters fired shells into areas in Shaar HaNegev and Sdot Negev Regional Councils of Settlements, and added that the Iron Dome missile defense system managed to intercept two.
It stated that one shells landed and detonated in an open area in Shaar HaNegev. The reported shells did not lead to any casualties.
The sirens were heard amid an escalation along the Gaza border with Israel.
Fawzi Barhoum, the spokesperson of Hamas in Gaza, said that Israel has chosen the path of war and offensive on Gaza and its people, by murdering unarmed protesters, and added that these killings have raised the bar of retaliation.
“Israel will be held accountable for its crimes; our resistance has the moral and legal duties to protect its people, despite the dire consequences of its retaliation,” Barhoum said, “Shelling will be met my shelling – the resistance is ready, and capable of retaliation and of fighting for the liberation of its people, for breaking the siege and continuing the struggle for independence.”
Furthermore, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats, near Gaza city, wounding one fisherman, and causing damage to several boats. The soldiers also sprayed many boats with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
The Israeli army said one of its soldier was seriously injured by Hamas fighters near the southern part of the Gaza Strip, during what it called a military activity near the border fence, in southern Gaza, and later died from his wounds.
The name is of soldier has not been released at the time of this report.
The extent of the damage is unknown as of yet, and the airstrikes appear to be ongoing. As the loudspeakers sounded the call to evening prayer from mosques across the Occupied Territory, the sound of Israeli fighter jets filled the sky, and bombs began to fall.
The Israeli army said it targeted and destroyed 25 sites, run by armed resistance groups in Gaza, including monitoring and training centers.
The bombing came just hours after Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated that he was planning to launch a large-scale war in Gaza similar to the one in 2014, in which 2200 people were killed. In his statement, he said the ‘Palestinian people will pay the price’ for the continued non-violent protests at the border, which have been going on for 100 days.
One woman in Khan Younis filmed a bombing on her phone, and posted it on Twitter with the caption, “I have heard twenty bombs in the last 30 minutes”. Several people live streamed on Facebook from different parts of Gaza, as the bombs began to drop.
The Israeli strikes were carried out in several parts of the Gaza Strip, including sites run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed of Hamas, in Rafah and Khan Younis, in addition to missiles fired into the Zeitoun neighborhoods, east of Gaza city, causing several injuries.
The soldiers also fired at least eleven missiles into two sites, west of Khan Younis, causing serious damage.
The Israeli army claims it “was retaliating to shells fired against its soldiers near Gaza’s eastern border area, while Hamas said it was retaliating to the killing of four Palestinians by army missiles, Friday.
It said that Palestinian fighters fired shells into areas in Shaar HaNegev and Sdot Negev Regional Councils of Settlements, and added that the Iron Dome missile defense system managed to intercept two.
It stated that one shells landed and detonated in an open area in Shaar HaNegev. The reported shells did not lead to any casualties.
The sirens were heard amid an escalation along the Gaza border with Israel.
Fawzi Barhoum, the spokesperson of Hamas in Gaza, said that Israel has chosen the path of war and offensive on Gaza and its people, by murdering unarmed protesters, and added that these killings have raised the bar of retaliation.
“Israel will be held accountable for its crimes; our resistance has the moral and legal duties to protect its people, despite the dire consequences of its retaliation,” Barhoum said, “Shelling will be met my shelling – the resistance is ready, and capable of retaliation and of fighting for the liberation of its people, for breaking the siege and continuing the struggle for independence.”
Furthermore, Israeli navy ships fired many live rounds at Palestinian fishing boats, near Gaza city, wounding one fisherman, and causing damage to several boats. The soldiers also sprayed many boats with waste-water mixed with chemicals.
After Palestinians open fire at IDF troops on Gaza border, killing one soldier, Israeli tanks and aircraft retaliate with strikes on terror targets across the strip; political and security brass hold emergency situation evaluation in Kirya Headquarters in Tel Aviv; 3 rockets fired from Gaza, Iron Dome intercepts 2.
An IDF soldier was killed near Kissufim by sniper fire from the Gaza Strip on Friday afternoon, leading for a retaliatory strike by the IDF that killed at least four Hamas fighters.
The IDF attacked terror targets across the Gaza Strip with both tank and aircraft fire. So far, 15 targets were bombed at the Hamas Zaytun battalion headquarters. The headquarters were destroyed, while arms depots, training facilities, observation posts, the battalion situation room, the battalion commander's office and other infrastructures were hit.
At least four Palestinians from Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade, were reportedly killed in the IDF retaliatory action. At least 120 Palestinians were reported wounded.
At around 8:30pm, a Code Red rocket alert siren was sounded in Shaar HaNegev Regional Council and Sdot Negev Regional Council. Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, with two of them intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and the third fell in open area.
Several explosive devices were thrown at IDF force from the Gaza Strip following the fire exchange. None of the soldiers were hurt.
An IDF official described the fire exchange as the gravest incident since the 2014 Operation Protective Edge, putting the blame squarely on Hamas.
"Hamas will be held accountable for this incident as well as the series of the terror activities it has been executing over the past months," the IDF said in a statement. "Hamas has chosen to escalate the security situation and will bear the responsibility for its actions."
In the wake of the incident, the political and security brass, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, convened in the Kirya Headquarters in Tel Aviv for a situation assessment on Friday evening.
The IDF's Home Front Command instructed Israelis living in communities near the Gaza border to remain within a 15 second distance from a bomb shelter or a safe room as well as to avoid mass gatherings. The army also closed the Zikim beach for the weekend as a precaution.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived to the area shortly before the incident.
Hamas said that "The mass participation in the 'March of Return' campaign and the lifting of the Gaza siege, alongside the steadfast persistence of the Palestinian public despite the attacks, terror and the occupation's escalation, is the proof that the Palestinian people are not breaking and are insisting on their rights and on lifting the siege, no matter what the death toll may be."
Khalil al-Hayya, a top Hamas leader, said "the protests will remain, flaming and existing, and its tools will multiply and diversify, including kites, until our goals are achieved."
For the first time, an incendiary balloon of the kind used in Gaza was found in the garden of southeast Jerusalem home close to the Palestinian town of Beit Jala. Police sappers dealt with the device.
The weekly protests led by Gaza's Hamas rulers against Israel are meant in part to draw attention to the Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed after the terror organization assumed control of Gaza in 2007.
Lieberman: Hamas leaving us no choice but to launch wide offensive
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned Friday morning that the Hamas terror group is leaving Israel with no choice but to launch a “wide scale and painful military campaign,” as incendiary kites and balloons continue to fall from Gaza on Israeli border communities.
“We are making efforts to weigh matters and be responsible, but the heads of Hamas are forcefully leading us to a situation in which we have no choice, to a situation in which we will have to embark on a wide scale and painful military operation that is not intended for show—a wide scale and painful military operation,” he emphatically repeat
Lieberman’s comments come against a backdrop of American efforts to kick-start international aid initiatives to alleviate the economic paralysis gripping the Gaza Strip on condition that Hamas renounce terror.
"We really are conducting ourselves responsibly and with restraint, even though the real problem with that is the erosion of deterrence, a change in the equation and, of course, the feeling of security which is no less important than security itself and having to come to terms with a reality in which at the end of last week the residents in the Gaza region were forced to run 20 times to bomb shelters," Lieberman explained.
Last week an IDF major was moderately wounded from a grenade thrown at him by Palestinian rioters on the Gaza border on Friday, while a Palestinian teen was killed by IDF fire east of Gaza City.
In response, the force opened fire towards the terrorists who threw the grenade in northern Gaza—in the area between Gaza City's Saja’iyya neighborhood and the old Karni crossing near Kibbutz Nahal Oz—and a hit was identified.
An IDF soldier was killed near Kissufim by sniper fire from the Gaza Strip on Friday afternoon, leading for a retaliatory strike by the IDF that killed at least four Hamas fighters.
The IDF attacked terror targets across the Gaza Strip with both tank and aircraft fire. So far, 15 targets were bombed at the Hamas Zaytun battalion headquarters. The headquarters were destroyed, while arms depots, training facilities, observation posts, the battalion situation room, the battalion commander's office and other infrastructures were hit.
At least four Palestinians from Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade, were reportedly killed in the IDF retaliatory action. At least 120 Palestinians were reported wounded.
At around 8:30pm, a Code Red rocket alert siren was sounded in Shaar HaNegev Regional Council and Sdot Negev Regional Council. Three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, with two of them intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system and the third fell in open area.
Several explosive devices were thrown at IDF force from the Gaza Strip following the fire exchange. None of the soldiers were hurt.
An IDF official described the fire exchange as the gravest incident since the 2014 Operation Protective Edge, putting the blame squarely on Hamas.
"Hamas will be held accountable for this incident as well as the series of the terror activities it has been executing over the past months," the IDF said in a statement. "Hamas has chosen to escalate the security situation and will bear the responsibility for its actions."
In the wake of the incident, the political and security brass, headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, convened in the Kirya Headquarters in Tel Aviv for a situation assessment on Friday evening.
The IDF's Home Front Command instructed Israelis living in communities near the Gaza border to remain within a 15 second distance from a bomb shelter or a safe room as well as to avoid mass gatherings. The army also closed the Zikim beach for the weekend as a precaution.
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh arrived to the area shortly before the incident.
Hamas said that "The mass participation in the 'March of Return' campaign and the lifting of the Gaza siege, alongside the steadfast persistence of the Palestinian public despite the attacks, terror and the occupation's escalation, is the proof that the Palestinian people are not breaking and are insisting on their rights and on lifting the siege, no matter what the death toll may be."
Khalil al-Hayya, a top Hamas leader, said "the protests will remain, flaming and existing, and its tools will multiply and diversify, including kites, until our goals are achieved."
For the first time, an incendiary balloon of the kind used in Gaza was found in the garden of southeast Jerusalem home close to the Palestinian town of Beit Jala. Police sappers dealt with the device.
The weekly protests led by Gaza's Hamas rulers against Israel are meant in part to draw attention to the Israeli-Egyptian blockade imposed after the terror organization assumed control of Gaza in 2007.
Lieberman: Hamas leaving us no choice but to launch wide offensive
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman warned Friday morning that the Hamas terror group is leaving Israel with no choice but to launch a “wide scale and painful military campaign,” as incendiary kites and balloons continue to fall from Gaza on Israeli border communities.
“We are making efforts to weigh matters and be responsible, but the heads of Hamas are forcefully leading us to a situation in which we have no choice, to a situation in which we will have to embark on a wide scale and painful military operation that is not intended for show—a wide scale and painful military operation,” he emphatically repeat
Lieberman’s comments come against a backdrop of American efforts to kick-start international aid initiatives to alleviate the economic paralysis gripping the Gaza Strip on condition that Hamas renounce terror.
"We really are conducting ourselves responsibly and with restraint, even though the real problem with that is the erosion of deterrence, a change in the equation and, of course, the feeling of security which is no less important than security itself and having to come to terms with a reality in which at the end of last week the residents in the Gaza region were forced to run 20 times to bomb shelters," Lieberman explained.
Last week an IDF major was moderately wounded from a grenade thrown at him by Palestinian rioters on the Gaza border on Friday, while a Palestinian teen was killed by IDF fire east of Gaza City.
In response, the force opened fire towards the terrorists who threw the grenade in northern Gaza—in the area between Gaza City's Saja’iyya neighborhood and the old Karni crossing near Kibbutz Nahal Oz—and a hit was identified.
Journalist Zaki Awadallah video
Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a fourth Palestinian, in the Gaza Strip, after it killed three others earlier.
The Health Ministry stated that an Israeli army sharpshooter shot Mohammad Sharif Badwan, 27, with a live round in the chest, east of Gaza City.
Badwan is a member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas; he was killed while unarmed and participating in the Great Return March procession, east of Gaza city, when the soldiers attacked the protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, high-velocity gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers also injured 120 Palestinians, including 50 who were rushed to hospitals in the coastal region.
One of the wounded Palestinians in a journalist, identified as Zaki Awadallah, who was shot by the army east of Gaza city.
Also on Friday, the soldiers killed three Palestinian fighters, and injured many residents, after the army fired missiles into two sites run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip. video
The Al-Qassam Brigades issued a statement mourning Sha’ban Rajab Abu Khater, and Mohammad Riyad Abu Farhana, from Khan Younis, in addition to Mahmoud Khalil Qishta, from Rafah.
It said that the fighters were killed when the army fired missiles at observation posts in Rafah and Khan Younis, and vowed fierce retaliation to the serious Israel escalation.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister and former nightclub bouncer Avigdor Lieberman stated on Friday that he is directing the Israeli military to prepare for an all-out assault on the besieged Gaza Strip, which he said will be “broad” and “painful.”
Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a fourth Palestinian, in the Gaza Strip, after it killed three others earlier.
The Health Ministry stated that an Israeli army sharpshooter shot Mohammad Sharif Badwan, 27, with a live round in the chest, east of Gaza City.
Badwan is a member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas; he was killed while unarmed and participating in the Great Return March procession, east of Gaza city, when the soldiers attacked the protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, high-velocity gas bombs and concussion grenades.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers also injured 120 Palestinians, including 50 who were rushed to hospitals in the coastal region.
One of the wounded Palestinians in a journalist, identified as Zaki Awadallah, who was shot by the army east of Gaza city.
Also on Friday, the soldiers killed three Palestinian fighters, and injured many residents, after the army fired missiles into two sites run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip. video
The Al-Qassam Brigades issued a statement mourning Sha’ban Rajab Abu Khater, and Mohammad Riyad Abu Farhana, from Khan Younis, in addition to Mahmoud Khalil Qishta, from Rafah.
It said that the fighters were killed when the army fired missiles at observation posts in Rafah and Khan Younis, and vowed fierce retaliation to the serious Israel escalation.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister and former nightclub bouncer Avigdor Lieberman stated on Friday that he is directing the Israeli military to prepare for an all-out assault on the besieged Gaza Strip, which he said will be “broad” and “painful.”
Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, three Palestinian fighters, and injured many residents, after the army fired missiles into two sites run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip.
The Al-Qassam Brigades issued a statement mourning Sha’ban Rajab Abu Khater, and Mohammad Riyad Abu Farhana, from Khan Younis, in addition to Mahmoud Khalil Qishta, from Rafah.
It said that the fighters were killed when the army fired missiles at observation posts in Rafah and Khan Younis.
The Brigades vowed fierce retaliation to the serious Israeli escalation, and said the “Israeli crimes are foolish acts, will cause Israel to pay dearly.”
The bodies of the three Palestinians were severely mutilated by the Israeli missiles, and their remains were moved to the filed clinic, east of Khan Younis.
Following the attack, Palestinian fighters exchanged fire with Israeli soldiers along the border areas, while the army fired more live rounds, in addition to several shells into northern Gaza.
Furthermore, the soldiers shot a child, 14 years of age, with a live round in the head, east of Khan Younis, during the Great March Procession, and fired many live rounds at homes, east of Abasan, east of Khan Younis.
The soldiers also injured at least five Palestinians, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, along the eastern border areas, in the Gaza Strip.
On Thursday afternoon, the al-Qassam Brigades issued a statement saying that the Israeli missiles were fired at an observation post, east of Rafah, killing Abdul-Karim Ismael Radwan, 22, and wounding three others.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel is planning an assault on Gaza, bigger than the Israeli war on the coastal region in 2014, in which 2100 Palestinians, including entire families, were killed, and thousands were injured.
Updated From: Three Palestinians Killed in Israeli Bombing Raid on Gaza – Jul 20, 2018 @ 19:25
Three Palestinians were killed and several injured, by Israeli forces, during the “Great March of Return” protests along the Israel-Gaza border, on Friday.
Two were killed after Israeli artillery shelling targeted a “monitoring point” in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip, on Friday afternoon.
A third was killed in in eastern Rafah city during the protest, according to Maan News Agency.
According to local sources, hundreds of Gaza residents raced to the return camps along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, to participate in a protest, where they demonstrated against UNWRA’s lack of assistance for refugees.
Sources added that protesters set car tires on fire, in attempt to blur the vision of Israeli snipers with smoke and flames, while they proceed with the march.
Israeli forces began firing at the protesters near the return camps located east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and injured two Palestinians.
The identities of the two injured remain unknown.
The Al-Qassam Brigades issued a statement mourning Sha’ban Rajab Abu Khater, and Mohammad Riyad Abu Farhana, from Khan Younis, in addition to Mahmoud Khalil Qishta, from Rafah.
It said that the fighters were killed when the army fired missiles at observation posts in Rafah and Khan Younis.
The Brigades vowed fierce retaliation to the serious Israeli escalation, and said the “Israeli crimes are foolish acts, will cause Israel to pay dearly.”
The bodies of the three Palestinians were severely mutilated by the Israeli missiles, and their remains were moved to the filed clinic, east of Khan Younis.
Following the attack, Palestinian fighters exchanged fire with Israeli soldiers along the border areas, while the army fired more live rounds, in addition to several shells into northern Gaza.
Furthermore, the soldiers shot a child, 14 years of age, with a live round in the head, east of Khan Younis, during the Great March Procession, and fired many live rounds at homes, east of Abasan, east of Khan Younis.
The soldiers also injured at least five Palestinians, and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, along the eastern border areas, in the Gaza Strip.
On Thursday afternoon, the al-Qassam Brigades issued a statement saying that the Israeli missiles were fired at an observation post, east of Rafah, killing Abdul-Karim Ismael Radwan, 22, and wounding three others.
Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that Israel is planning an assault on Gaza, bigger than the Israeli war on the coastal region in 2014, in which 2100 Palestinians, including entire families, were killed, and thousands were injured.
Updated From: Three Palestinians Killed in Israeli Bombing Raid on Gaza – Jul 20, 2018 @ 19:25
Three Palestinians were killed and several injured, by Israeli forces, during the “Great March of Return” protests along the Israel-Gaza border, on Friday.
Two were killed after Israeli artillery shelling targeted a “monitoring point” in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip, on Friday afternoon.
A third was killed in in eastern Rafah city during the protest, according to Maan News Agency.
According to local sources, hundreds of Gaza residents raced to the return camps along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, to participate in a protest, where they demonstrated against UNWRA’s lack of assistance for refugees.
Sources added that protesters set car tires on fire, in attempt to blur the vision of Israeli snipers with smoke and flames, while they proceed with the march.
Israeli forces began firing at the protesters near the return camps located east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, and injured two Palestinians.
The identities of the two injured remain unknown.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the Great Return March processions, along the eastern border areas of the besieged Gaza Strip, wounding at least five Palestinians, and causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds and high-velocity gas bombs at the protesters.
Medical sources at the Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza city, said the soldiers shot two young men with live rounds in their legs, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of the city.
They added that the two Palestinians suffered moderate wounds, while dozens were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also attacked dozens of Palestinians east of Khuza’a town, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, wounding two with live fire, and causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers also shot a young man with live fire in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza, before he was rushed to the Indonesian Hospital in nearby Beit Lahia, suffering moderate wounds.
It added that dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, and east of Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal region.
It is worth mentioning that many protesters burnt tires and flew balloons carrying the colors of the Palestinian flag.
Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds and high-velocity gas bombs at the protesters.
Medical sources at the Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza city, said the soldiers shot two young men with live rounds in their legs, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of the city.
They added that the two Palestinians suffered moderate wounds, while dozens were treated for the effects of teargas inhalation.
The soldiers also attacked dozens of Palestinians east of Khuza’a town, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, wounding two with live fire, and causing dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers also shot a young man with live fire in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza, before he was rushed to the Indonesian Hospital in nearby Beit Lahia, suffering moderate wounds.
It added that dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, and east of Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal region.
It is worth mentioning that many protesters burnt tires and flew balloons carrying the colors of the Palestinian flag.
19 july 2018
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, issued a statement, Thursday, vowing retaliation for the death of one of its members, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Al-Qassam issued a statement saying that the Israeli missiles were fired at an observation post, east of Rafah, killing Abdul-Karim Ismael Radwan, 22, and wounding three others.
He was a member of the “Filed Observation Unit,” in the Gaza Strip, tasked with monitoring the border fence, and the Israeli invasions into the coastal region.
It denounced the assassination, and held Israel fully accountable for what it called “the cold-blooded crime, and foolish Israeli act that has serious consequences.”
“Israel will pay dearly for this crime,” Al-Qassam said in its statement, “Our exacted revenge will fit the crime.”
It is worth mentioning that Abdul-Karim’s brother, Ahmad Radwan, was killed by Israeli soldiers during a military offensive and invasion into Rafah, in 2002.
Al-Qassam issued a statement saying that the Israeli missiles were fired at an observation post, east of Rafah, killing Abdul-Karim Ismael Radwan, 22, and wounding three others.
He was a member of the “Filed Observation Unit,” in the Gaza Strip, tasked with monitoring the border fence, and the Israeli invasions into the coastal region.
It denounced the assassination, and held Israel fully accountable for what it called “the cold-blooded crime, and foolish Israeli act that has serious consequences.”
“Israel will pay dearly for this crime,” Al-Qassam said in its statement, “Our exacted revenge will fit the crime.”
It is worth mentioning that Abdul-Karim’s brother, Ahmad Radwan, was killed by Israeli soldiers during a military offensive and invasion into Rafah, in 2002.
Abdul Karim Redwan, 30
A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead and three others injured afternoon Thursday after the Israeli occupation army struck eastern Rafah, south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
An Israeli drone dropped two missiles targeting a group of Palestinians gathering east of Rafah city, injuring four Palestinians, including one critically. The latter was rushed to the European Hospital in Gaza, where he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
The Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidrah said medics did their best to rescue the injured youth. However, he succumbed to his wounds shortly.
A PIC news correspondent identified the casualty as Abdul Karim Redwan, aged 30.
The Israeli military spokesman claimed the raid came in response to incendiary balloons flown from Gaza.
A Palestinian young man was pronounced dead and three others injured afternoon Thursday after the Israeli occupation army struck eastern Rafah, south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
An Israeli drone dropped two missiles targeting a group of Palestinians gathering east of Rafah city, injuring four Palestinians, including one critically. The latter was rushed to the European Hospital in Gaza, where he was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
The Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidrah said medics did their best to rescue the injured youth. However, he succumbed to his wounds shortly.
A PIC news correspondent identified the casualty as Abdul Karim Redwan, aged 30.
The Israeli military spokesman claimed the raid came in response to incendiary balloons flown from Gaza.
Death toll in the Gaza Strip since March 30 has grown up to 142, Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.
The health ministry statement said that since the outbreak of the events, more than 16,400 Palestinians were injured; more than half of them were shot by live gunfire, adding that 68 of the wounded had their limps amputated.
18 children and two girls were among the victims, while 3126 children and 1362 women were among the injured persons.
The ministry pointed out that two medics were killed during the protests while 325 others were injured.
Since March 30, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been organizing peaceful rallies and protests along Gaza borders as part of The Great March of Return.
The health ministry statement said that since the outbreak of the events, more than 16,400 Palestinians were injured; more than half of them were shot by live gunfire, adding that 68 of the wounded had their limps amputated.
18 children and two girls were among the victims, while 3126 children and 1362 women were among the injured persons.
The ministry pointed out that two medics were killed during the protests while 325 others were injured.
Since March 30, the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been organizing peaceful rallies and protests along Gaza borders as part of The Great March of Return.
18 july 2018
Several incendiary balloons flown from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday caused fires in different locations in Israeli settlements near the border fence with the besieged Gaza Strip.
According to Maariv Hebrew newspaper, balloons and kites flown from Gaza have caused 23 fires in Israeli locations near the border since the morning.
The flaming kites have led to the destruction of trees, chickpeas fields and tens of apiaries in Israeli settlements near Gaza.
Incendiary kites and balloons have been launched into Israeli communities bordering the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the Great March of Return protests, launched on March 30 at the Gaza border to call for Palestinians’ right of return to their motherland.
According to Maariv Hebrew newspaper, balloons and kites flown from Gaza have caused 23 fires in Israeli locations near the border since the morning.
The flaming kites have led to the destruction of trees, chickpeas fields and tens of apiaries in Israeli settlements near Gaza.
Incendiary kites and balloons have been launched into Israeli communities bordering the Gaza Strip since the outbreak of the Great March of Return protests, launched on March 30 at the Gaza border to call for Palestinians’ right of return to their motherland.
17 july 2018
Palestinian medical sources have confirmed, Tuesday, that two young men were injured by a missile fired by an Israeli done in northern Gaza.
The Israeli army said it targeted Palestinians, reportedly flying burning kites from an area near the Eastern Graveyard, east of Jabalia in northern Gaza.
Israeli Ynet News said one of the “incendiary balloons, landed at a school,” in the Eshkol Regional Council of Settlements.
During an assessment meeting with the army’s Gaza Division, including Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman, and National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabat, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government is prepared for any scenario in the Gaza Strip, and that it will do whatever it can to resolve the situation along the border.
On Saturday evening, July 14th, the Israeli Airforce carried out, on Saturday evening, several airstrikes targeting Gaza, killing two children and wounding at least twenty-five Palestinians in Gaza city, when the missiles struck a building next to a public green park, filled with people.
On Tuesday morning, Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young man, died on Tuesday morning, from serious wounds he suffered on May 14, after an Israeli army sharpshooter shot him in the neck.
The sources said the Palestinian Sari Daoud Shobaki, 24, was shot during the Great Return March, when the soldiers and army snipers resorted to the excessive use of force against the nonviolent Palestinian protesters, killing sixty Palestinian on the day alone, and wounding more than 2700 others, including hundreds who suffered serious wounds; many of them later died from their wounds.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the Israeli missiles killed Amir an-Nimra, 15, and his friend Luay Kahil, 16, in addition to causing injuries to at least 25 other Palestinians.
The Israeli army said it targeted Palestinians, reportedly flying burning kites from an area near the Eastern Graveyard, east of Jabalia in northern Gaza.
Israeli Ynet News said one of the “incendiary balloons, landed at a school,” in the Eshkol Regional Council of Settlements.
During an assessment meeting with the army’s Gaza Division, including Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, Army Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, Shin Bet Director Nadav Argaman, and National Security Advisor Meir Ben Shabat, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government is prepared for any scenario in the Gaza Strip, and that it will do whatever it can to resolve the situation along the border.
On Saturday evening, July 14th, the Israeli Airforce carried out, on Saturday evening, several airstrikes targeting Gaza, killing two children and wounding at least twenty-five Palestinians in Gaza city, when the missiles struck a building next to a public green park, filled with people.
On Tuesday morning, Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young man, died on Tuesday morning, from serious wounds he suffered on May 14, after an Israeli army sharpshooter shot him in the neck.
The sources said the Palestinian Sari Daoud Shobaki, 24, was shot during the Great Return March, when the soldiers and army snipers resorted to the excessive use of force against the nonviolent Palestinian protesters, killing sixty Palestinian on the day alone, and wounding more than 2700 others, including hundreds who suffered serious wounds; many of them later died from their wounds.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said the Israeli missiles killed Amir an-Nimra, 15, and his friend Luay Kahil, 16, in addition to causing injuries to at least 25 other Palestinians.
The Israeli Authorities have decided, on Monday evening, to close Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, and to reduce the fishing zone allotted for the Palestinians in Gaza, from six to only three nautical miles.
Engineer Raed Fattouh, the chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, said the Israeli side has officially informed the Palestinians that it is closing Karem Abu Salem Crossing, which is used for the entry of goods into the coastal region, until further notice.
Fattouh added that Israel cited “security considerations” for shutting the crossing down, and said that only limited types of food supply, and medicine, will be allowed through.
The decision came only one week after Israel decided to significantly decrease the amount of goods, food and medicine entering the Gaza Strip, as one of the measures meant to pressure the Palestinians into halting the Great Return March processions.
The decision includes decreasing the fishing zone to the fishermen in Gaza from six to three nautical miles, also until further notice, and for the same “reasons.”
There are more than 4000 fishers and around 700 boats in the Gaza Strip providing livelihood to dozens of at least 70.000 Palestinians, while the Israeli military and navy keep attacking them, kidnapping them and confiscating their boats, in addition to the dozens of casualties, including fatalities, resulting from these violations.
It is worth mentioning that, under the Oslo Peace Agreement, signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993, the fishing zone was set at twenty nautical miles, where the Palestinians are supposed to be able to fish and sail, but Israel kept violating the agreement.
Engineer Raed Fattouh, the chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, said the Israeli side has officially informed the Palestinians that it is closing Karem Abu Salem Crossing, which is used for the entry of goods into the coastal region, until further notice.
Fattouh added that Israel cited “security considerations” for shutting the crossing down, and said that only limited types of food supply, and medicine, will be allowed through.
The decision came only one week after Israel decided to significantly decrease the amount of goods, food and medicine entering the Gaza Strip, as one of the measures meant to pressure the Palestinians into halting the Great Return March processions.
The decision includes decreasing the fishing zone to the fishermen in Gaza from six to three nautical miles, also until further notice, and for the same “reasons.”
There are more than 4000 fishers and around 700 boats in the Gaza Strip providing livelihood to dozens of at least 70.000 Palestinians, while the Israeli military and navy keep attacking them, kidnapping them and confiscating their boats, in addition to the dozens of casualties, including fatalities, resulting from these violations.
It is worth mentioning that, under the Oslo Peace Agreement, signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1993, the fishing zone was set at twenty nautical miles, where the Palestinians are supposed to be able to fish and sail, but Israel kept violating the agreement.
According to Days of Palestine, the Israeli occupation state is the first country to use the US-made F-35 fighter jet to kill people –two innocent Palestinian children in Gaza Strip.
While America and the rest of the world’s attention was focused on the Wold Cup, Wimbledon, Trump’s visit to England, and the Stormy Daniels story, Israel unleashed the heaviest air strikes since 2014, on the besieged Gaza Strip.
This makes Israel the first country in the world to use the new US-made F-35 fighter jets to kill people.
Last week, the Israeli air forces also used the F-35 fighter jets to fly over Beirut, Lebanon and bombard targets inside Syria.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israeli airstrikes, on Saturday, injured hundreds of civilians, killing two Palestinian boys Louay Khoheel, aged 16, and Amir al-Namara, also 16, who were at a public park next to an unfinished building.
A few hours later, Amir and Louay’s parents visited the morgue to claim their bodies.
Mahmoud el-Yousseph is a retired USAF veteran from Westerville, Ohio.
While America and the rest of the world’s attention was focused on the Wold Cup, Wimbledon, Trump’s visit to England, and the Stormy Daniels story, Israel unleashed the heaviest air strikes since 2014, on the besieged Gaza Strip.
This makes Israel the first country in the world to use the new US-made F-35 fighter jets to kill people.
Last week, the Israeli air forces also used the F-35 fighter jets to fly over Beirut, Lebanon and bombard targets inside Syria.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israeli airstrikes, on Saturday, injured hundreds of civilians, killing two Palestinian boys Louay Khoheel, aged 16, and Amir al-Namara, also 16, who were at a public park next to an unfinished building.
A few hours later, Amir and Louay’s parents visited the morgue to claim their bodies.
Mahmoud el-Yousseph is a retired USAF veteran from Westerville, Ohio.
Sari Dawood al-Shobaki, 28
A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds on Tuesday morning sustained from Israeli army gunfire during the Great March of Return protests on May 14 at the Gaza border with Israel.
Sari Dawood al-Shobaki, 28, died of his wounds in one of Jerusalem’s hospitals, where he had been moved for medical treatment, family sources said.
During the protests, Sari was hit by an exploding bullet in his neck, making him quadriplegic.
More than 140 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of the Great March Return protests on March 30. Over 16,000 others were injured, many remain in critical condition.
A Palestinian young man succumbed to his wounds on Tuesday morning sustained from Israeli army gunfire during the Great March of Return protests on May 14 at the Gaza border with Israel.
Sari Dawood al-Shobaki, 28, died of his wounds in one of Jerusalem’s hospitals, where he had been moved for medical treatment, family sources said.
During the protests, Sari was hit by an exploding bullet in his neck, making him quadriplegic.
More than 140 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since the start of the Great March Return protests on March 30. Over 16,000 others were injured, many remain in critical condition.
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