1 july 2018
Hebrew media sources reported that massive fires broke out on Sunday in farmlands of Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that flaming kites and balloons sent from the Gaza Strip set alight farmlands in 45 different locations in Israeli settlements neighboring the coastal enclave.
Since the start of the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip, dozens of kites made by Palestinian youths with flaming rags attached to their tails have been launched toward settler farmlands near the border fence causing heavy losses.
Gaza kite attacks came in response to Israeli aggressions against the peaceful protesters taking part in the Great March of Return.
Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that flaming kites and balloons sent from the Gaza Strip set alight farmlands in 45 different locations in Israeli settlements neighboring the coastal enclave.
Since the start of the Great March of Return in the Gaza Strip, dozens of kites made by Palestinian youths with flaming rags attached to their tails have been launched toward settler farmlands near the border fence causing heavy losses.
Gaza kite attacks came in response to Israeli aggressions against the peaceful protesters taking part in the Great March of Return.
An Israeli drone on Sunday evening launched an airstrike on a group of Palestinian youths east of Gaza city.
According to local sources, the Israeli drone fired at least one missile at the youths without resulting in any casualties.
The Israeli occupation army did not issue any statement or comment on the attack although similar attacks were witnessed over the past days which the Israeli army announced that they targeted fire-kite flyers.
Since the start of the Great March of Return along Gaza's eastern border on 30th March, dozens of flaming kites and balloons have been launched by Palestinian youths toward Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip in response to the Israeli crimes.
According to local sources, the Israeli drone fired at least one missile at the youths without resulting in any casualties.
The Israeli occupation army did not issue any statement or comment on the attack although similar attacks were witnessed over the past days which the Israeli army announced that they targeted fire-kite flyers.
Since the start of the Great March of Return along Gaza's eastern border on 30th March, dozens of flaming kites and balloons have been launched by Palestinian youths toward Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip in response to the Israeli crimes.
For the first time since the start of the Great March of Return along Gaza's eastern border, his hands are silent and his feet are unable to walk among the protesters so that he can sell the "return keys" he makes.
Ali Banat, 30, a few days ago was deliberately hit by Israeli soldiers with a teargas canister that caused him several problems in the bones and tissues of his left knee. According to doctors, he is supposed to undergo a surgery and a physical therapy program.
When the Great March of Return protests started, Banat, who works as a blacksmith, decided to make replicas for old keys to distribute them among the children participating in the peaceful protests to demand the Palestinian refugees' right of return to their occupied homes.
Closed workshop
Ali Banat, 30, a few days ago was deliberately hit by Israeli soldiers with a teargas canister that caused him several problems in the bones and tissues of his left knee. According to doctors, he is supposed to undergo a surgery and a physical therapy program.
When the Great March of Return protests started, Banat, who works as a blacksmith, decided to make replicas for old keys to distribute them among the children participating in the peaceful protests to demand the Palestinian refugees' right of return to their occupied homes.
Closed workshop
"When I went to visit him, I found his workshop closed, while he was lying in bed in a small apartment in the second floor," the PIC reporter said.
In 2005, Israeli soldiers shot Banat in the knee, and about two weeks ago, a teargas canister was fired at the same knee, aggravating his old injury and forcing him to give up work.
Banat, whose grandparents were expelled from Jaffa in 1948, said, "I first made 100 keys and distributed them to the children in the Great March of Return camps east of al-Bureij. These keys are symbols of our right to return."
He continued to say that when his idea won the admiration of everyone in the Great March of Return camps, he decided to make another 100 keys and distribute them among the protesters.
Banat used to close his workshop and spend hours there cutting and welding iron to make "return keys" before giving them life by painting them in black.
"Now my workshop is closed. I am the sole breadwinner of a seven-member family including a girl with some health issues. I ask those concerned to help me complete my treatment program and return to work," he added.
Last participation
"When I saw him for the first time in the Great March of Return he was accompanied by his children, each carrying a "return key" and walking among the protesters," the PIC reporter said.
Ali Banat's family, who captured the attention of media and photographers in the protests, took part in the border march since the first day until 8th June, the day he was injured.
Banat said, about the day he was injured, "I was standing casually watching the protests from a long distance, and suddenly I felt pain in my knee and fell to the ground. I saw three other young men shot with live ammunition. One of them was my cousin."
Banat visited the Moroccan field hospital, which was sent by the King of Morocco to help the people of the besieged Gaza Strip, and doctors there decided that he should undergo a knee surgery for the damages caused in his bones and tissues in addition to a long-term physical therapy program.
Israeli soldiers during the Great March of Return, instead of using teargas canisters to disperse protesters, fired them directly at the bodies of protesters causing dozens of serious injuries.
In 2005, Israeli soldiers shot Banat in the knee, and about two weeks ago, a teargas canister was fired at the same knee, aggravating his old injury and forcing him to give up work.
Banat, whose grandparents were expelled from Jaffa in 1948, said, "I first made 100 keys and distributed them to the children in the Great March of Return camps east of al-Bureij. These keys are symbols of our right to return."
He continued to say that when his idea won the admiration of everyone in the Great March of Return camps, he decided to make another 100 keys and distribute them among the protesters.
Banat used to close his workshop and spend hours there cutting and welding iron to make "return keys" before giving them life by painting them in black.
"Now my workshop is closed. I am the sole breadwinner of a seven-member family including a girl with some health issues. I ask those concerned to help me complete my treatment program and return to work," he added.
Last participation
"When I saw him for the first time in the Great March of Return he was accompanied by his children, each carrying a "return key" and walking among the protesters," the PIC reporter said.
Ali Banat's family, who captured the attention of media and photographers in the protests, took part in the border march since the first day until 8th June, the day he was injured.
Banat said, about the day he was injured, "I was standing casually watching the protests from a long distance, and suddenly I felt pain in my knee and fell to the ground. I saw three other young men shot with live ammunition. One of them was my cousin."
Banat visited the Moroccan field hospital, which was sent by the King of Morocco to help the people of the besieged Gaza Strip, and doctors there decided that he should undergo a knee surgery for the damages caused in his bones and tissues in addition to a long-term physical therapy program.
Israeli soldiers during the Great March of Return, instead of using teargas canisters to disperse protesters, fired them directly at the bodies of protesters causing dozens of serious injuries.
30 june 2018
A statistical report issued by the Ministry of Health showed that 134 Palestinians have been killed and 15,000 others have been injured since March 30, due to Israeli quelling of the Great March of Return ongoing protests.
In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said that among the martyrs were 16 children, 1 woman, 2 journalists, 2 medics and 3 disabled.
The report did not mention another 8 martyrs whose bodies are still detained by Israeli occupation authorities, which brings the number of martyrs to 142.
Among the wounded were 370 serious injuries including 2536 children, 1160 women, 231 paramedics and 175 pressmen in addition to the damage that partially affected over 40 ambulances.
In a statement on Saturday, the ministry said that among the martyrs were 16 children, 1 woman, 2 journalists, 2 medics and 3 disabled.
The report did not mention another 8 martyrs whose bodies are still detained by Israeli occupation authorities, which brings the number of martyrs to 142.
Among the wounded were 370 serious injuries including 2536 children, 1160 women, 231 paramedics and 175 pressmen in addition to the damage that partially affected over 40 ambulances.
New Israeli regulations stipulate that condoms will not be allowed to enter the Gaza Strip, as they might be used in violent actions.
The Times of Israel published, last week, a report with the title “Condoms, kites and birthday balloons: ‘Silly’ Gaza weapons could lead to real war”.
The report states, according to Days of Palestine, that Palestinians in Gaza are relentlessly flying a variety of airborne devices attached to flammable materials to be launched, into Israel, near the Israeli-Gaza border, causing hundreds of fires and millions of shekels in damage.
Palestinians rely on the gentle Mediterranean coastal breeze to push their new weapons across the border.
The report ignored the fact that the Israeli occupation army had killed 138 Palestinians and injured 14,700, including women, children, medics and journalists in Gaza, since the beginning of the Great Return March, in March of 2018.
Given their limited resources, Palestinians rely on such an innovative way to retaliate. No Israeli casualties were reported during the same time period.
Palestinians reportedly launched 600 kites from Gaza during the Great Return March, with Israel claiming it had intercepted 400. There was an unconfirmed report that these kites have brought down 10 Israeli drone aircraft.
06/23/18 Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites (pt 1/2)
The Times of Israel published, last week, a report with the title “Condoms, kites and birthday balloons: ‘Silly’ Gaza weapons could lead to real war”.
The report states, according to Days of Palestine, that Palestinians in Gaza are relentlessly flying a variety of airborne devices attached to flammable materials to be launched, into Israel, near the Israeli-Gaza border, causing hundreds of fires and millions of shekels in damage.
Palestinians rely on the gentle Mediterranean coastal breeze to push their new weapons across the border.
The report ignored the fact that the Israeli occupation army had killed 138 Palestinians and injured 14,700, including women, children, medics and journalists in Gaza, since the beginning of the Great Return March, in March of 2018.
Given their limited resources, Palestinians rely on such an innovative way to retaliate. No Israeli casualties were reported during the same time period.
Palestinians reportedly launched 600 kites from Gaza during the Great Return March, with Israel claiming it had intercepted 400. There was an unconfirmed report that these kites have brought down 10 Israeli drone aircraft.
06/23/18 Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites (pt 1/2)
29 june 2018
Mohammad al-Hamayda 24
Two Palestinians were killed and dozens of others were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) gunfire and tear gas grenades during their participation in a protest along the eastern Gaza border on Friday.
The Palestinian health Ministry announced the martyrdom of the 24-year-old Mohammad al-Hamayda, who died of his wounds after being shot by IOF soldiers in his abdomen and leg east of Rafah, and a 13-year-old boy, Yasser Abu al-Naja, who was shot in the head.
The Ministry also announced that 415 various injuries were reported due to Israeli quelling of protesters, and revealed that IOF soldiers targeted ambulance cars east of Gaza resulting in the injury of 3 paramedics.
The PIC correspondent said that thousands of Palestinians have been flocking to al-Awda camps along the eastern border of Gaza since noon time to participate in the 14th Friday of the Great Return March protests.
Two Palestinians were killed and dozens of others were injured by Israeli occupation forces’ (IOF) gunfire and tear gas grenades during their participation in a protest along the eastern Gaza border on Friday.
The Palestinian health Ministry announced the martyrdom of the 24-year-old Mohammad al-Hamayda, who died of his wounds after being shot by IOF soldiers in his abdomen and leg east of Rafah, and a 13-year-old boy, Yasser Abu al-Naja, who was shot in the head.
The Ministry also announced that 415 various injuries were reported due to Israeli quelling of protesters, and revealed that IOF soldiers targeted ambulance cars east of Gaza resulting in the injury of 3 paramedics.
The PIC correspondent said that thousands of Palestinians have been flocking to al-Awda camps along the eastern border of Gaza since noon time to participate in the 14th Friday of the Great Return March protests.
Yasser Abu Al-Naja, 13
A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was killed on Friday after being shot by Israeli forces during the "Great March of Return" in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed that the 13-year-old boy succumbed on Friday evening to wounds he sustained in the head earlier during protests, pointing out that he was not yet identified.
More than three hundred other Palestinians were injured or suffered tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces targeted protesters at the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip on the 14th Friday of the "Great March of Return."
Spokesperson of the Ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra, said that 310 Palestinians were injured were injured or suffered tear-gas inhalation. video
Al-Qidra added that three of the injures were reported to be critical.
Protesters gathered in "return camps" at the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip and set fire to tires. However, witnesses said that Israeli forces opened live ammunition at protesters in the Khuzaa town in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
A Ma'an reporter said that several youths were able to pull away parts of the Israeli security fence in eastern Khan Younis.
The "Great March of Return" protests were launched by thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza -- which has suffered from a decade-long Israeli siege -- who took to the borders to demand their right of return as refugees to their orignial homelands, now in present-day Israel.
A 13-year-old Palestinian boy was killed on Friday after being shot by Israeli forces during the "Great March of Return" in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed that the 13-year-old boy succumbed on Friday evening to wounds he sustained in the head earlier during protests, pointing out that he was not yet identified.
More than three hundred other Palestinians were injured or suffered tear-gas inhalation as Israeli forces targeted protesters at the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip on the 14th Friday of the "Great March of Return."
Spokesperson of the Ministry, Ashraf al-Qidra, said that 310 Palestinians were injured were injured or suffered tear-gas inhalation. video
Al-Qidra added that three of the injures were reported to be critical.
Protesters gathered in "return camps" at the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip and set fire to tires. However, witnesses said that Israeli forces opened live ammunition at protesters in the Khuzaa town in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
A Ma'an reporter said that several youths were able to pull away parts of the Israeli security fence in eastern Khan Younis.
The "Great March of Return" protests were launched by thousands of Palestinian civilians in Gaza -- which has suffered from a decade-long Israeli siege -- who took to the borders to demand their right of return as refugees to their orignial homelands, now in present-day Israel.
28 june 2018
Israeli airstrikes on Thursday targeted a group of burning kites lunchers in al-Zaitoun neighborhood east of Gaza. No casualties have been reported.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have recently been targeting flaming balloons launchers using drones.
Every now and then clashes flare anew between Palestinian resistance and the IOF.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have recently been targeting flaming balloons launchers using drones.
Every now and then clashes flare anew between Palestinian resistance and the IOF.
Abdul Fatah Abu Azoum 17
A Palestinian boy succumbed to his wounds on Thursday after he was hit by Israeli tank shell fired toward eastern Rafah, to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Israeli army fired a tank shell at two Palestinians when they approached the border fence hitting the two, who were rushed to Abu Youssef al-Najar hospital. One of them was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the casualty as 17-year-old Abdul Fatah Abu Azoum.
Sometime earlier, medical sources said one youth was in critical condition and the other sustained moderate injuries.
Hours earlier, the Israeli army stationed at the Gaza border had opened fire at four Palestinians who approached the fence injuring one, said to be 15 years of age, who was left bleeding on the ground until he was arrested by Israeli soldiers and taken into Israeli-occupied territory.
A Palestinian boy succumbed to his wounds on Thursday after he was hit by Israeli tank shell fired toward eastern Rafah, to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Israeli army fired a tank shell at two Palestinians when they approached the border fence hitting the two, who were rushed to Abu Youssef al-Najar hospital. One of them was pronounced dead shortly afterwards.
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the casualty as 17-year-old Abdul Fatah Abu Azoum.
Sometime earlier, medical sources said one youth was in critical condition and the other sustained moderate injuries.
Hours earlier, the Israeli army stationed at the Gaza border had opened fire at four Palestinians who approached the fence injuring one, said to be 15 years of age, who was left bleeding on the ground until he was arrested by Israeli soldiers and taken into Israeli-occupied territory.
Israeli soldiers seriously injured, on Thursday at dawn, two young Palestinian men near the “Return Camp,” east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Media sources said the army fired an artillery shell at a group of Palestinians, seriously wounding two, before they were rushed to the European Hospital.
Two injured, one critical, by Israeli shell south of blockaded Gaza
Two Palestinians were injured at daybreak Thursday, one reported in critical condition, from an Israeli tank shell fired at them when they approached the border with Israel east of Rafah, to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Local sources said the Israeli army fired a tank shell at two Palestinians when they approached the border fence hitting the two, who were rushed to Abu Youssef al-Najar hospital.
Medical sources said one was in critical condition and the other sustained moderate injuries.
Hours earlier, the Israeli army stationed at the Gaza border had opened fire at four Palestinians who approached the fence injuring one, said to be 15 years of age, who was left bleeding on the ground until he was arrested by Israeli soldiers and taken into Israeli-occupied territory.
Media sources said the army fired an artillery shell at a group of Palestinians, seriously wounding two, before they were rushed to the European Hospital.
Two injured, one critical, by Israeli shell south of blockaded Gaza
Two Palestinians were injured at daybreak Thursday, one reported in critical condition, from an Israeli tank shell fired at them when they approached the border with Israel east of Rafah, to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.
Local sources said the Israeli army fired a tank shell at two Palestinians when they approached the border fence hitting the two, who were rushed to Abu Youssef al-Najar hospital.
Medical sources said one was in critical condition and the other sustained moderate injuries.
Hours earlier, the Israeli army stationed at the Gaza border had opened fire at four Palestinians who approached the fence injuring one, said to be 15 years of age, who was left bleeding on the ground until he was arrested by Israeli soldiers and taken into Israeli-occupied territory.
27 june 2018
Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday evening, five Palestinians, including one child near Rafah and Jabalia, in the southern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip, and abducted the wounded child. One of the injured Palestinians suffered serious wounds. video
Medical sources said the soldiers fired live rounds at protesters on Palestinian lands near the ‘border fence’, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, wounding four of them.
They stated that the wounded Palestinians were rushed to Abu Yousef Najjar Hospital and added that one of them suffered life-threatening wounds.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a child, 15 years of age, after shooting him on Palestinian near close to the fence, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza.
Medical sources said the soldiers fired live rounds at protesters on Palestinian lands near the ‘border fence’, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, wounding four of them.
They stated that the wounded Palestinians were rushed to Abu Yousef Najjar Hospital and added that one of them suffered life-threatening wounds.
Furthermore, the soldiers abducted a child, 15 years of age, after shooting him on Palestinian near close to the fence, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza.
26 june 2018
Israeli unmanned aircrafts on Tuesday targeted different locations close to the borderline area between Gaza and 1948 Occupied Palestine with four airstrikes. No casualties reported.
The PIC reporter said that Israeli airstrikes fired three missiles towards a group of Palestinians east of al-Shujaiya neighborhood and a fourth rocket towards a jeep car east of al-Tufah neighborhood east of Gaza.
A third airstrike targeted Palestinians east of Gaza and a fourth one north of the besieged coastal enclave.
Israeli occupation forces claimed that the missiles targeted burning kites and balloons’ launchers who fly flaming kites and balloons from Gaza towards Israeli settlements.
The PIC reporter said that Israeli airstrikes fired three missiles towards a group of Palestinians east of al-Shujaiya neighborhood and a fourth rocket towards a jeep car east of al-Tufah neighborhood east of Gaza.
A third airstrike targeted Palestinians east of Gaza and a fourth one north of the besieged coastal enclave.
Israeli occupation forces claimed that the missiles targeted burning kites and balloons’ launchers who fly flaming kites and balloons from Gaza towards Israeli settlements.
A Palestinian youth was “moderately” wounded on Tuesday afternoon after Israeli forces fired at a group of young men in southern Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said that an Israeli army unit that advanced into eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip fired at a group of youths in the area.
The Israeli soldiers had earlier in the day bulldozed land in eastern Qarara to the east of Khan Younis and reinstalled barbed wire on the border fence in the vicinity of the Return Camp that was torn down by Palestinian demonstrators last Friday.
The PIC reporter said that an Israeli army unit that advanced into eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip fired at a group of youths in the area.
The Israeli soldiers had earlier in the day bulldozed land in eastern Qarara to the east of Khan Younis and reinstalled barbed wire on the border fence in the vicinity of the Return Camp that was torn down by Palestinian demonstrators last Friday.
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