16 sept 2018
Israeli soldiers shot, on Sunday at night, five young Palestinian men on lands near the perimeter fence, east of Khuza’a town east of Khan Younis, and east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers, stationed behind sand hills, and in sniper posts across the border fence, shot four Palestinians, east of Khuza’a.
It added that the injured Palestinians were rushed to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, suffering moderate wounds.
In addition, sources at Abu Yousef Najjar hospital in Rafah, said the soldiers shot a young man in the leg, causing a moderate injury.
In related news, the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, and many flares, into areas east of Gaza city, and in Jabalia in northern Gaza, in addition to east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
Furthermore, an Israeli military drone fired a missile at Palestinians east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, but the missile did not explode.
Three Palestinians injured by IOF gunfire at Gaza border
At least three Palestinians sustained injuries at nightfall Sunday after they were hit with Israeli bullet fire east of Khan Younis and Rafah, to the south of Gaza Strip.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli patrols opened fire at a group of Palestinians maintaining peaceful vigil in al-Awda refugee camp near the border fence, injuring two of them.
A third was also injured in a similar attack east of Rafah.
The injured persons, including a journalist, were evacuated to the Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle east of Al-Boreij. No initial casualties were reported during the incident.
T he Great March of Return was launched on 30th March in five camps installed along Gaza's border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
The march mainly calls for lifting the 12-year-long blockade on Gaza, and for allowing Palestinian refugees to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948 as stipulated by UN resolutions, particularly Resolution 194 which provides for return or compensation.
Since Gaza border protests started, 184 Palestinians have been killed, 27 of whom are children, and over 19,000 injured by the Israeli army.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza said the soldiers, stationed behind sand hills, and in sniper posts across the border fence, shot four Palestinians, east of Khuza’a.
It added that the injured Palestinians were rushed to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, suffering moderate wounds.
In addition, sources at Abu Yousef Najjar hospital in Rafah, said the soldiers shot a young man in the leg, causing a moderate injury.
In related news, the soldiers fired dozens of live rounds, and many flares, into areas east of Gaza city, and in Jabalia in northern Gaza, in addition to east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
Furthermore, an Israeli military drone fired a missile at Palestinians east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, but the missile did not explode.
Three Palestinians injured by IOF gunfire at Gaza border
At least three Palestinians sustained injuries at nightfall Sunday after they were hit with Israeli bullet fire east of Khan Younis and Rafah, to the south of Gaza Strip.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli patrols opened fire at a group of Palestinians maintaining peaceful vigil in al-Awda refugee camp near the border fence, injuring two of them.
A third was also injured in a similar attack east of Rafah.
The injured persons, including a journalist, were evacuated to the Abu Youssef al-Najjar Hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, an Israeli drone targeted a motorcycle east of Al-Boreij. No initial casualties were reported during the incident.
T he Great March of Return was launched on 30th March in five camps installed along Gaza's border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
The march mainly calls for lifting the 12-year-long blockade on Gaza, and for allowing Palestinian refugees to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948 as stipulated by UN resolutions, particularly Resolution 194 which provides for return or compensation.
Since Gaza border protests started, 184 Palestinians have been killed, 27 of whom are children, and over 19,000 injured by the Israeli army.
Israel’s Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan called for assassinating Hamas leaders in the besieged Gaza Strip to quell anti-occupation protests at the eastern borders.
Israel’s Channel 7 quoted Erdan as stating that Israel might increase secret assassinations in case Hamas continues to fuel anti-occupation protests on borderlands with Gaza.
Erdan vowed that the Israeli army will step up aggressions against Hamas no matter the cost.
Sometime earlier, Israeli lawmaker Haim Jelin called for launching attacks against Hamas resistance fighters so as to force the group to yield in to a long-term ceasefire in response to an alleged incendiary balloon dropped at his home in Kibbutz settler community, near Gaza’s border area.
Israel’s Channel 7 quoted Erdan as stating that Israel might increase secret assassinations in case Hamas continues to fuel anti-occupation protests on borderlands with Gaza.
Erdan vowed that the Israeli army will step up aggressions against Hamas no matter the cost.
Sometime earlier, Israeli lawmaker Haim Jelin called for launching attacks against Hamas resistance fighters so as to force the group to yield in to a long-term ceasefire in response to an alleged incendiary balloon dropped at his home in Kibbutz settler community, near Gaza’s border area.
A number of Palestinian youths were injured when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire at Palestinians demonstrating late on Saturday at Gaza border.
Head of ambulance department at al-Shifa Hospital Ayman al-Sahbani said that two Palestinian youths were wounded by live ammunition while another suffered breathing difficulty as a result of inhaling teargas.
The PIC reporter said that dozens of Palestinian youths carried out a night demonstration along Gaza's border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
The demonstrators set car tires on fire and launched fire balloons and fireworks as a way of protest, he added.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF showered the protesting youths with live ammunition and teargas canisters injuring some of them.
Head of ambulance department at al-Shifa Hospital Ayman al-Sahbani said that two Palestinian youths were wounded by live ammunition while another suffered breathing difficulty as a result of inhaling teargas.
The PIC reporter said that dozens of Palestinian youths carried out a night demonstration along Gaza's border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
The demonstrators set car tires on fire and launched fire balloons and fireworks as a way of protest, he added.
The PIC reporter said that the IOF showered the protesting youths with live ammunition and teargas canisters injuring some of them.
Soheib Abdul-Salam Abu Kashef, 16
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a child died, Saturday, from serious wounds he suffered of August 3rd after Israeli soldiers shot him in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
The Health Ministry said the child, Soheib Abdul-Salam Abu Kashef, 16, was shot with live Israeli army fire, and remained in a serious condition until he succumbed to his wounds at the Gaza European Hospital.
On the day of his serious injury, the Health Ministry said the soldiers engaged in the excessive use of force against the nonviolent “Great Return March” in Gaza, on its nineteenth consecutive week, killing a young man, identified as Ahmad Yahia Atallah Yaghi, 25, and wounding 220 Palestinians, including 90 who were shot with live fire.
On Friday, September 14, 2018, the Israeli army Killed three civilians, including a child, and Injures 148, Including 19 children, five Women and five paramedics, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has reported.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers attacked, Saturday, Palestinian protesters in several areas in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at protesters near the fence in Abu Safiyya area, east on Jabalia, in northern Gaza, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The army also fired flares and live rounds, on Saturday at night, in Malaka area, east of Gaza city, wounding two Palestinians.
Furthermore, the army fired live rounds and gas bombs at protesters in Umm Hosniyya area, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
In addition, the army claimed that a number of protesters hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in several areas near the perimeter fence, and launched what the military called “incendiary balloons” into Keryat Gat colony.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that a child died, Saturday, from serious wounds he suffered of August 3rd after Israeli soldiers shot him in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.
The Health Ministry said the child, Soheib Abdul-Salam Abu Kashef, 16, was shot with live Israeli army fire, and remained in a serious condition until he succumbed to his wounds at the Gaza European Hospital.
On the day of his serious injury, the Health Ministry said the soldiers engaged in the excessive use of force against the nonviolent “Great Return March” in Gaza, on its nineteenth consecutive week, killing a young man, identified as Ahmad Yahia Atallah Yaghi, 25, and wounding 220 Palestinians, including 90 who were shot with live fire.
On Friday, September 14, 2018, the Israeli army Killed three civilians, including a child, and Injures 148, Including 19 children, five Women and five paramedics, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has reported.
It is worth mentioning that the soldiers attacked, Saturday, Palestinian protesters in several areas in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip.
The soldiers fired many live rounds and gas bombs at protesters near the fence in Abu Safiyya area, east on Jabalia, in northern Gaza, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
The army also fired flares and live rounds, on Saturday at night, in Malaka area, east of Gaza city, wounding two Palestinians.
Furthermore, the army fired live rounds and gas bombs at protesters in Umm Hosniyya area, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
In addition, the army claimed that a number of protesters hurled stones and Molotov cocktails in several areas near the perimeter fence, and launched what the military called “incendiary balloons” into Keryat Gat colony.
15 sept 2018
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Israeli tanks on Friday evening fired artillery shells at an UNRWA school east of Abasan town in the southern Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that school was cancelled for Saturday after Israeli tanks attacked Abu Tuaima school causing partial damages in some rooms. Israeli occupation army announced that two Hamas posts were bombed on Friday after grenades were thrown at its forces near the border fence. The army claimed that an Israeli officer was slightly wounded by shrapnel from an explosive device thrown by Palestinians. |
Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire during the Great March of Return protests on Friday, according to Gaza Ministry of Health.
The martyrs were identified as Mohammed Shaqoura, 21, Shadi Abdulal, 12, and Hani Afana, 21.
The Ministry said that 80 Palestinians were injured by live ammunition, including 18 children.
The martyrs were identified as Mohammed Shaqoura, 21, Shadi Abdulal, 12, and Hani Afana, 21.
The Ministry said that 80 Palestinians were injured by live ammunition, including 18 children.
14 sept 2018
Shadi Abdul Aziz Mahmoud Abdulal 12
Muhammad Shaqora, 21
Hani Ramzi Afana, 21
Israeli forces have shot dead three Palestinians during clashes with anti-occupation protesters at the fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied territories.
The Gaza Health Ministry said Shadi Abdul Aziz Mahmoud Abdulal, a 12-year-old boy, was killed after Israeli forces shot him in the head east of the city of Jabalia in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday.
Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesman for the ministry, added that Israeli troops shot dead Muhammad Shaqora, 21, east of al-Bureij refugee camp.
The third victim was identified as Hani Ramzi Afana, 21, from Rafah.
Many injuries were also reported during the Friday's clashes. Children were among the casualties.
Tensions have been running high near the fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed “The Great March of Return.”
Palestinian protesters demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.
The clashes in Gaza reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington's relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.
Israeli fire has taken the lives of nearly 175 Palestinians since March 30. More than 19,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, causing a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented unemployment and poverty.
Israel has also launched several wars on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014 and ended in late August the same year. The Israeli military aggression killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians and injured over 11,100 others.
Child among 3 Palestinians killed at Gaza border
Muhammad Shaqora, 21
Hani Ramzi Afana, 21
Israeli forces have shot dead three Palestinians during clashes with anti-occupation protesters at the fence separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied territories.
The Gaza Health Ministry said Shadi Abdul Aziz Mahmoud Abdulal, a 12-year-old boy, was killed after Israeli forces shot him in the head east of the city of Jabalia in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday.
Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesman for the ministry, added that Israeli troops shot dead Muhammad Shaqora, 21, east of al-Bureij refugee camp.
The third victim was identified as Hani Ramzi Afana, 21, from Rafah.
Many injuries were also reported during the Friday's clashes. Children were among the casualties.
Tensions have been running high near the fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed “The Great March of Return.”
Palestinian protesters demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.
The clashes in Gaza reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington's relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.
Israeli fire has taken the lives of nearly 175 Palestinians since March 30. More than 19,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.
On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, causing a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented unemployment and poverty.
Israel has also launched several wars on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014 and ended in late August the same year. The Israeli military aggression killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians and injured over 11,100 others.
Child among 3 Palestinians killed at Gaza border
Three Palestinians, including a child, were killed on Friday when the Israeli occupation forces attacked Gaza border protests with live ammunition and teargas canisters.
According to Gaza Ministry of Health, the martyrs were identified as Shadi Abdulal, 12, Hani Afana, 21, and Mohammed Shaqoura, 21.
About 250 Palestinians, including 18 children and two medics, suffered different injuries, the Ministry said.
Thousands of Palestinians on Friday afternoon took part in the protests of the 25th Friday of the Great March of Return under the slogan "resistance is our choice".
The PIC reporter said that the protesters burned dozens of car tires in an effort to block the view of Israeli snipers.
Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege said that this Friday's protests were organized under the slogan "resistance is our choice" to confirm the Palestinian people's rejection of the Oslo Accords and the US-backed Deal of the Century.
The Great March of Return was launched on 30th March in five camps installed along Gaza's border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
The march mainly calls for lifting the 12-year-long blockade on Gaza, and for allowing Palestinian refugees to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948 as stipulated by UN resolutions, particularly Resolution 194 which provides for return or compensation.
Since Gaza border protests started, 184 Palestinians have been killed, 27 of whom are children, and over 19,000 injured by the Israeli army.
Update 17 sept 2018 Ynet news Palestinian ministry retracts claim Gaza boy was killed by IDF troops
Medical source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says that an 11-year-old boy, whose death during last week's Gaza protest was attributed to Israeli gunfire, 'died of a head injury'; evidence points to boy being killed by stone thrown during violent riots.
A medical source in the Palestinian Health Ministry backed away on Monday from an assertion that an 11-year-old boy killed at a protest on Friday at the border with Israel had been shot by Israeli soldiers.
"The boy died of a head injury," said the source, who asked not be identified, declining to give specifics and stopping short of attributing the death to Israeli gunfire.
The boy was originally reported to be 14 years old.
On Friday, Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the youth, Shadi Abdel-Al, had been shot dead by Israeli troops.
Two other Palestinians were killed during the weekly protest by Israeli live fire, local medics said on Friday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman, asked on Monday about the circumstances of the boy's death and media reports that he had been killed by a stone thrown during the protest, referred Reuters to comments tweeted by the military's Arabic-language spokesman.
The spokesman tweeted that there were "increasing indicators from Gaza that question the credibility" of the Palestinian Health Ministry's original statement about the boy's death.
"According to the indicators and testimonies, the boy was killed as a result of an injury from stones thrown during the violent riots," the spokesman wrote.
Since March 30, Palestinians pressing claims against Israel have mounted stone-throwing protests that have included attempts to breach the Israeli border fence with Gaza, run by the Islamist terror Hamas.
In Friday's violent protests, the IDF said it used force necessary to prevent border breaches by some 13,000 Palestinians who massed at several points near the fence, some of them hurling rocks and fire bombs at troops under cover of smoke from burning tires.
According to Gaza Ministry of Health, the martyrs were identified as Shadi Abdulal, 12, Hani Afana, 21, and Mohammed Shaqoura, 21.
About 250 Palestinians, including 18 children and two medics, suffered different injuries, the Ministry said.
Thousands of Palestinians on Friday afternoon took part in the protests of the 25th Friday of the Great March of Return under the slogan "resistance is our choice".
The PIC reporter said that the protesters burned dozens of car tires in an effort to block the view of Israeli snipers.
Higher National Committee for the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege said that this Friday's protests were organized under the slogan "resistance is our choice" to confirm the Palestinian people's rejection of the Oslo Accords and the US-backed Deal of the Century.
The Great March of Return was launched on 30th March in five camps installed along Gaza's border with the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories.
The march mainly calls for lifting the 12-year-long blockade on Gaza, and for allowing Palestinian refugees to return to their lands from which they were expelled in 1948 as stipulated by UN resolutions, particularly Resolution 194 which provides for return or compensation.
Since Gaza border protests started, 184 Palestinians have been killed, 27 of whom are children, and over 19,000 injured by the Israeli army.
Update 17 sept 2018 Ynet news Palestinian ministry retracts claim Gaza boy was killed by IDF troops
Medical source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, says that an 11-year-old boy, whose death during last week's Gaza protest was attributed to Israeli gunfire, 'died of a head injury'; evidence points to boy being killed by stone thrown during violent riots.
A medical source in the Palestinian Health Ministry backed away on Monday from an assertion that an 11-year-old boy killed at a protest on Friday at the border with Israel had been shot by Israeli soldiers.
"The boy died of a head injury," said the source, who asked not be identified, declining to give specifics and stopping short of attributing the death to Israeli gunfire.
The boy was originally reported to be 14 years old.
On Friday, Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the youth, Shadi Abdel-Al, had been shot dead by Israeli troops.
Two other Palestinians were killed during the weekly protest by Israeli live fire, local medics said on Friday.
An Israeli military spokeswoman, asked on Monday about the circumstances of the boy's death and media reports that he had been killed by a stone thrown during the protest, referred Reuters to comments tweeted by the military's Arabic-language spokesman.
The spokesman tweeted that there were "increasing indicators from Gaza that question the credibility" of the Palestinian Health Ministry's original statement about the boy's death.
"According to the indicators and testimonies, the boy was killed as a result of an injury from stones thrown during the violent riots," the spokesman wrote.
Since March 30, Palestinians pressing claims against Israel have mounted stone-throwing protests that have included attempts to breach the Israeli border fence with Gaza, run by the Islamist terror Hamas.
In Friday's violent protests, the IDF said it used force necessary to prevent border breaches by some 13,000 Palestinians who massed at several points near the fence, some of them hurling rocks and fire bombs at troops under cover of smoke from burning tires.
13 sept 2018
The Israeli army claimed on Thursday morning that its forces dismantled an explosive device set up by Palestinian protesters at Gaza’s southern borders.
An Israeli military spokesman said in a Thursday statement that a grenade implanted near the border fence, separating the blockaded Gaza Strip from territories occupied in 1948, was neutralized.
The projected blast was intended to target Israeli soldiers deployed along the border area.
“Hamas is seeking to fuel tensions at flashpoints with Israeli soldiers,” the spokesman claimed. “The Israeli army is ready to respond to any anti-occupation act.”
Earlier in the morning, two Israeli bulldozers moved in the eastern corners of Rafah city, south of Gaza, sparking tension across the enclave’s border lands.
An Israeli military spokesman said in a Thursday statement that a grenade implanted near the border fence, separating the blockaded Gaza Strip from territories occupied in 1948, was neutralized.
The projected blast was intended to target Israeli soldiers deployed along the border area.
“Hamas is seeking to fuel tensions at flashpoints with Israeli soldiers,” the spokesman claimed. “The Israeli army is ready to respond to any anti-occupation act.”
Earlier in the morning, two Israeli bulldozers moved in the eastern corners of Rafah city, south of Gaza, sparking tension across the enclave’s border lands.
A Palestinian young man on Wednesday evening suffered a bullet injury when Israeli soldiers opened fire at citizens near Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing in northern Gaza.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a group of young men near the border fence between Gaza and the 1948 occupied lands, and wounded one of them.
The injured young man was transferred to Beit Hanoun hospital.
Earlier, the Hebrew media claimed a group of youths tried to breach the border fence in northern Gaza, prompting soldiers to shoot at them.
According to local sources, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a group of young men near the border fence between Gaza and the 1948 occupied lands, and wounded one of them.
The injured young man was transferred to Beit Hanoun hospital.
Earlier, the Hebrew media claimed a group of youths tried to breach the border fence in northern Gaza, prompting soldiers to shoot at them.
12 sept 2018
Israeli naval forces opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats off the northern coast of the besieged Gaza Strip, on Wednesday morning.
A Ma'an reporter said that Israeli naval boats opened fire at fishing boats in northern Gaza, forcing Palestinian fishermen to sail back to shore.
No injuries were reported from the incident.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem confirmed that Israel's Gaza closure and "harassment of fishermen" have been "destroying Gaza's fishing sector," with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinian youths near the return camps east of Gaza City. No injuries were reported.
A Ma'an reporter said that Israeli naval boats opened fire at fishing boats in northern Gaza, forcing Palestinian fishermen to sail back to shore.
No injuries were reported from the incident.
The Israeli army regularly detains and opens fire on unarmed Palestinian fishermen, shepherds and farmers along the border areas if they approach the unilaterally declared buffer zone.
Israeli human rights group B'Tselem confirmed that Israel's Gaza closure and "harassment of fishermen" have been "destroying Gaza's fishing sector," with 95 percent of fishermen living below the poverty line.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened fire at a group of Palestinian youths near the return camps east of Gaza City. No injuries were reported.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has reiterated the need for conducting an independent and transparent investigation into all recent incidents that led to the killing and injury of Palestinian citizens on the Gaza border.
In a statement on Wednesday, OHCHR said that Israeli soldiers may resort to lethal force in cases of extreme necessity, as a last resort in response to an imminent threat of death or risk of serious injury.
According to the statement, 25 children have been killed by Israeli forces during their participation in March of Return protests since March 30, with no regard for the continuous warnings and appeals launched by the UN and other international organizations and parties to put the protection of children first.
In a statement on Wednesday, OHCHR said that Israeli soldiers may resort to lethal force in cases of extreme necessity, as a last resort in response to an imminent threat of death or risk of serious injury.
According to the statement, 25 children have been killed by Israeli forces during their participation in March of Return protests since March 30, with no regard for the continuous warnings and appeals launched by the UN and other international organizations and parties to put the protection of children first.
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