30 nov 2012
Mustafa Ahmad Hijazi 25
Hamas' military wing said one of its fighters was killed early Friday when remnants of Israeli weaponry from the latest Gaza assault exploded in the northern Gaza Strip.
Mustafa Ahmad Hijazi, 25, was killed in the explosion at a military site in Jabalia camp, the Al-Qassam Brigades said.
Eight other were wounded in the blast, including two in a serious condition, the group said.
On Thursday, an Al-Qassam fighter died of his wounds from the eight-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip. More than 170 Palestinians were killed in the assault which ended last Wednesday.
Hamas' military wing said one of its fighters was killed early Friday when remnants of Israeli weaponry from the latest Gaza assault exploded in the northern Gaza Strip.
Mustafa Ahmad Hijazi, 25, was killed in the explosion at a military site in Jabalia camp, the Al-Qassam Brigades said.
Eight other were wounded in the blast, including two in a serious condition, the group said.
On Thursday, an Al-Qassam fighter died of his wounds from the eight-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip. More than 170 Palestinians were killed in the assault which ended last Wednesday.
29 nov 2012
Hosam al-Hams
A member of Hamas' military wing died Thursday from wounds sustained during Israel's latest assault on the Gaza Strip, the group said.
The al-Qassam Brigades announced the death of Hosam al-Hums, from Rafah, and said he was being treated in Egypt for serious injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike.
Several people have died from their injuries since a ceasefire agreement was signed last Wednesday to end the bombardment of Gaza.
Mahmoud Sami Shaat, 21, died Wednesday, also during treatment in Egypt, after he was seriously wounded by shrapnel in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah.
A member of Hamas' military wing died Thursday from wounds sustained during Israel's latest assault on the Gaza Strip, the group said.
The al-Qassam Brigades announced the death of Hosam al-Hums, from Rafah, and said he was being treated in Egypt for serious injuries sustained in an Israeli airstrike.
Several people have died from their injuries since a ceasefire agreement was signed last Wednesday to end the bombardment of Gaza.
Mahmoud Sami Shaat, 21, died Wednesday, also during treatment in Egypt, after he was seriously wounded by shrapnel in an Israeli airstrike on Rafah.
Israeli forces opened fire and injured a Palestinian man east of Jabaliya on Thursday, medics said.
Wahid al-Fasis, 20, was shot in the Tal Abu Safayeh area and transferred to Awdeh hospital, medics said.
An Israeli army spokesman did not immediately return calls.
Earlier Israeli military vehicles crossed near the al-Qarara town northeast of Khan Younis on Thursday in a new breach of the Gaza ceasefire, a Ma’an reporter said.
Two military bulldozers crossed 200 meters inside agriculture lands but did not open fire.
An army spokesman confirmed "routine IDF activity" in the area.
On Wednesday Israeli forces shot and injured seven Palestinians near the border in the central Gaza Strip, medics said.
Seven people were shot at east of al-Maghazi and al-Bureij refugee camps and transferred to the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. One man sustained serious injuries, medical officials told Ma'an.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said "rioters" damaged the border fence and tried to enter Israel. She said soldiers acted to distance them "according to the rules of engagement" which can include opening fire.
Earlier, 27-year-old Hassan Ahmad Nseir was shot by Israeli forces near Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip while collecting iron and gravel, medics told Ma'an.
Israel had barred Palestinians from coming within hundreds of meters of the border, but agreed to ease curbs on Gaza in a ceasefire reached Nov. 21 to end its eight-day war on the enclave.
Wahid al-Fasis, 20, was shot in the Tal Abu Safayeh area and transferred to Awdeh hospital, medics said.
An Israeli army spokesman did not immediately return calls.
Earlier Israeli military vehicles crossed near the al-Qarara town northeast of Khan Younis on Thursday in a new breach of the Gaza ceasefire, a Ma’an reporter said.
Two military bulldozers crossed 200 meters inside agriculture lands but did not open fire.
An army spokesman confirmed "routine IDF activity" in the area.
On Wednesday Israeli forces shot and injured seven Palestinians near the border in the central Gaza Strip, medics said.
Seven people were shot at east of al-Maghazi and al-Bureij refugee camps and transferred to the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. One man sustained serious injuries, medical officials told Ma'an.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said "rioters" damaged the border fence and tried to enter Israel. She said soldiers acted to distance them "according to the rules of engagement" which can include opening fire.
Earlier, 27-year-old Hassan Ahmad Nseir was shot by Israeli forces near Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip while collecting iron and gravel, medics told Ma'an.
Israel had barred Palestinians from coming within hundreds of meters of the border, but agreed to ease curbs on Gaza in a ceasefire reached Nov. 21 to end its eight-day war on the enclave.
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) warned against embroiling the Gaza Strip in "a new spiral of violence", after repeated violations committed by the Israeli occupation army of the truce concluded with the Palestinian resistance, mediated by Egypt, eight days ago.
EMHRN stated in a report on Thursday that it is worried about the Israeli breaches of the truce, which has been signed between the two sides under Egyptian mediation eight days after the aggression on Gaza.
The report documented seven Israeli violations of the truce, which was concluded under Egyptian auspices, resulting in the martyrdom of one Palestinian, and the wounding of 38 others. This is in addition to the arrest of 6 fishermen in the Gaza Sea.
EMHRN, based in Geneva, called on the occupation authorities "to respect the truce and to avoid dragging the region into a new spiral of violence."
The Human rights network stressed on the importance of the international community and UN's role to work for respecting the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, and also stressed on the need to prosecute the Israeli occupation for violating the truce.
EMHRN stated in a report on Thursday that it is worried about the Israeli breaches of the truce, which has been signed between the two sides under Egyptian mediation eight days after the aggression on Gaza.
The report documented seven Israeli violations of the truce, which was concluded under Egyptian auspices, resulting in the martyrdom of one Palestinian, and the wounding of 38 others. This is in addition to the arrest of 6 fishermen in the Gaza Sea.
EMHRN, based in Geneva, called on the occupation authorities "to respect the truce and to avoid dragging the region into a new spiral of violence."
The Human rights network stressed on the importance of the international community and UN's role to work for respecting the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, and also stressed on the need to prosecute the Israeli occupation for violating the truce.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced into eastern Qarara town to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Thursday morning.
Security sources told the PIC reporter that the soldiers in armored vehicles and tanks escorted bulldozers into eastern Qarara and bulldozed land along the security fence.
The soldiers then went southwards to Farahin suburb in Abasan Al-Kabira village before turning back through the security fence.
The sources said that the soldiers infiltrated 100 meters deep into southern Gaza territory.
The incursion is the first of its kind since the calm agreement was signed last Wednesday between Israel and the resistance factions in Gaza under Egyptian patronage after eight days of Israeli aggression that left 176 citizens killed and around1400 others wounded.
In earlier violations of the calm agreement, Israel killed a citizen and wounded more than 30 others in shooting at the buffer zone that was supposedly annulled in the agreement. The Israeli navy also kidnapped six Palestinian fishermen at sea.
Security sources told the PIC reporter that the soldiers in armored vehicles and tanks escorted bulldozers into eastern Qarara and bulldozed land along the security fence.
The soldiers then went southwards to Farahin suburb in Abasan Al-Kabira village before turning back through the security fence.
The sources said that the soldiers infiltrated 100 meters deep into southern Gaza territory.
The incursion is the first of its kind since the calm agreement was signed last Wednesday between Israel and the resistance factions in Gaza under Egyptian patronage after eight days of Israeli aggression that left 176 citizens killed and around1400 others wounded.
In earlier violations of the calm agreement, Israel killed a citizen and wounded more than 30 others in shooting at the buffer zone that was supposedly annulled in the agreement. The Israeli navy also kidnapped six Palestinian fishermen at sea.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns Israel's violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, which continue in spite of the Israeli authorities' announcement of allowing the fishermen to fish up to 6 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. PCHR calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 on the protection of civilians in times of war, to intervene to immediately stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza sea.
PCHR has been following up the progress at the Gaza sea, since the Israeli forces stopped its offensive on the Gaza Strip, from 14 to 21 November 2012, under terms of the truce deal between the Palestinian armed groups and Israel under Egyptian and international auspices. Since Thursday, 22 November 2012, the Palestinian fishermen have been able to fish within 6 nautical miles, under intense surveillance by the Israeli gunboats which were deployed near the Palestinian fishing boats. A number of fishermen have sailed up to 6 nautical miles during the past few days. They were very cautious because of the presence of the Israeli gunboats nearby, bearing in mind that the Israeli authorities did not officially announce the new fishing distance allowed for the Palestinian fishermen to access.
PCHR documented Israeli violations committed against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza sea between Thursday, 22 November 2012, (the first day of the enforcement of the truce deal) and Thursday, 29 November 2012. These violations were as follows:
· On Monday, 26 November 2012, Israeli gunboats intercepted a fishing boat while it sailed at 8 nautical miles out of the Gaza city shore. According to fisherman Amjad Ismail Ahmed al-Sherafi (38) from Gaza, at approximately 09:30, he and his brother Mohammad (34) sailed their in the Gaza waters when an Israeli gunboat intercepted him and forced him to stop at gunpoint and sail back without pulling his fishing nets out of the sea.
· At approximately 10:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli forces chased a fishing boat belonging to Murad Rajab al-Hessi, from Gaza, at nearly 6 nautical miles off the shore from Deir al-Balah. Mohammad Murad al-Hessi (39), Ahmed Murad al-Hessi (32), Murad Mohammad al-Hessi (18) and Rajab Rashad al-Hessi (36) were on board of the boat. 4 Israeli gunboats opened intensive fire at the boat, which caused damage to the boat. The Israeli soldiers then ordered the fishermen to jump into the water and swim towards the
· gunboat. They were all arrested and interrogated at gunpoint. 3 hours later, 4 of them were released. However, Mohammad Murad al-Hessi remains in detention. In addition, the boat still remains confiscated.
· At approximately 08:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened intense and direct fire at a Palestinian fishing boat, belonging to Khader Jamal Baker (20), from Gaza, while he sailed at 3.5 nautical miles. As a result, the fishing boat was destroyed. Baker was arrested by Israeli soldiers who interrogated with him at gunpoint for 3 hours before releasing him.
· At approximately 11:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened intense fire at a Palestinian fishing boat with 3 fishermen on board, belonging to Wafdi Suheil Baker (24), from Gaza, while sailing at 5 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. As a result of the shooting, the engine of the boat was damaged. The soldiers subsequently arrested the three fishermen, who were identified as: Wafdi Suheil Baker (24), Khaled Suheil Baker (20) and Mohammad Suheil Baker (18), all from Gaza.
· At approximately 12:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened fire directly and intensively at two Palestinian fishing boats belonging to Mohammad Najib Baker (60) and Tal'at Kamel Baker (22), both from Gaza, while they sailed at 3 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. As a result of the shooting, both boats were damaged.
· At approximately 10:15 on Thursday, 29 November 2012, Israeli naval forces stationed off the Beit Lahia shore intercepted a fishing boat with 6 fishermen on board, belonging to Fahed Ziad Baker (38), from Gaza, while sailing at approximately 5 nautical miles off the Beit Lahia shore, in the northern Gaza Strip. The soldiers arrested the fishermen and investigated with them aboard the Israeli gunboat at gunpoint. Until now the fishermen remain in detention. The arrested fishermen were identified as:
Fahed Ziad Baker (38),
Ihab Jawad Baker (36),
Mohammad Ziad Baker (32),
Nai'm Fahed Baker (16),
Ziad Faged Baker (18) and
Ali Alaa Baker (18).
In light of the above, PCHR:
1. Condemns the continued Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza sea, and calls upon Israel to immediately stop its policy of chasing and arresting Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely;
2. Believes that the violations committed against the Palestinian fishermen within the 6 nautical miles limit proves false the Israeli claims of permitting the fishermen to fish at 6 nautical miles freely;
3. Calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 on the protection of civilians in times of war, to intervene to immediately stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza sea.
PCHR has been following up the progress at the Gaza sea, since the Israeli forces stopped its offensive on the Gaza Strip, from 14 to 21 November 2012, under terms of the truce deal between the Palestinian armed groups and Israel under Egyptian and international auspices. Since Thursday, 22 November 2012, the Palestinian fishermen have been able to fish within 6 nautical miles, under intense surveillance by the Israeli gunboats which were deployed near the Palestinian fishing boats. A number of fishermen have sailed up to 6 nautical miles during the past few days. They were very cautious because of the presence of the Israeli gunboats nearby, bearing in mind that the Israeli authorities did not officially announce the new fishing distance allowed for the Palestinian fishermen to access.
PCHR documented Israeli violations committed against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza sea between Thursday, 22 November 2012, (the first day of the enforcement of the truce deal) and Thursday, 29 November 2012. These violations were as follows:
· On Monday, 26 November 2012, Israeli gunboats intercepted a fishing boat while it sailed at 8 nautical miles out of the Gaza city shore. According to fisherman Amjad Ismail Ahmed al-Sherafi (38) from Gaza, at approximately 09:30, he and his brother Mohammad (34) sailed their in the Gaza waters when an Israeli gunboat intercepted him and forced him to stop at gunpoint and sail back without pulling his fishing nets out of the sea.
· At approximately 10:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli forces chased a fishing boat belonging to Murad Rajab al-Hessi, from Gaza, at nearly 6 nautical miles off the shore from Deir al-Balah. Mohammad Murad al-Hessi (39), Ahmed Murad al-Hessi (32), Murad Mohammad al-Hessi (18) and Rajab Rashad al-Hessi (36) were on board of the boat. 4 Israeli gunboats opened intensive fire at the boat, which caused damage to the boat. The Israeli soldiers then ordered the fishermen to jump into the water and swim towards the
· gunboat. They were all arrested and interrogated at gunpoint. 3 hours later, 4 of them were released. However, Mohammad Murad al-Hessi remains in detention. In addition, the boat still remains confiscated.
· At approximately 08:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened intense and direct fire at a Palestinian fishing boat, belonging to Khader Jamal Baker (20), from Gaza, while he sailed at 3.5 nautical miles. As a result, the fishing boat was destroyed. Baker was arrested by Israeli soldiers who interrogated with him at gunpoint for 3 hours before releasing him.
· At approximately 11:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened intense fire at a Palestinian fishing boat with 3 fishermen on board, belonging to Wafdi Suheil Baker (24), from Gaza, while sailing at 5 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. As a result of the shooting, the engine of the boat was damaged. The soldiers subsequently arrested the three fishermen, who were identified as: Wafdi Suheil Baker (24), Khaled Suheil Baker (20) and Mohammad Suheil Baker (18), all from Gaza.
· At approximately 12:00 on Wednesday, 28 November 2012, Israeli gunboats opened fire directly and intensively at two Palestinian fishing boats belonging to Mohammad Najib Baker (60) and Tal'at Kamel Baker (22), both from Gaza, while they sailed at 3 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. As a result of the shooting, both boats were damaged.
· At approximately 10:15 on Thursday, 29 November 2012, Israeli naval forces stationed off the Beit Lahia shore intercepted a fishing boat with 6 fishermen on board, belonging to Fahed Ziad Baker (38), from Gaza, while sailing at approximately 5 nautical miles off the Beit Lahia shore, in the northern Gaza Strip. The soldiers arrested the fishermen and investigated with them aboard the Israeli gunboat at gunpoint. Until now the fishermen remain in detention. The arrested fishermen were identified as:
Fahed Ziad Baker (38),
Ihab Jawad Baker (36),
Mohammad Ziad Baker (32),
Nai'm Fahed Baker (16),
Ziad Faged Baker (18) and
Ali Alaa Baker (18).
In light of the above, PCHR:
1. Condemns the continued Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza sea, and calls upon Israel to immediately stop its policy of chasing and arresting Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely;
2. Believes that the violations committed against the Palestinian fishermen within the 6 nautical miles limit proves false the Israeli claims of permitting the fishermen to fish at 6 nautical miles freely;
3. Calls upon the international community, including the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949 on the protection of civilians in times of war, to intervene to immediately stop the Israeli violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and to allow them to sail and fish freely in the Gaza sea.
28 nov 2012
Palestinian medical sources reported, Tuesday evening, that a young Palestinian man was shot by a live round in the chest after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at him east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The sources said that Ashraf Zaqqout, 20, was moved to Abu Yousef An-Najjar Hospital, in Rafah, suffering moderate injuries. Two more Palestinians were injured earlier after being targeted by Israeli fire east of Rafah.
Last Friday, and only one day after the truce was declared, Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian, and injured 19 others, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Also on Friday, two Palestinians died of wounds suffered during the latest Israeli war on the coastal region.
Three Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at them in Al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
On Monday evening, four Palestinians have been injured after the army opened fire at them near the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli aggression during the eight day war that was ended after the ceasefire was implemented last Thursday led to the death of 163 Palestinians, including 42 children, 11 women, and 18 elderly; medical sources reported that 1222 Palestinians have been injured during the war, this includes 431 children, 207 women, and 88 elderly.
Palestinian citizen wounded in IOF shooting near Rafah border fence
A Palestinian citizen was wounded on Tuesday night near the southern Gaza Strip border fence at the hands of Israeli occupation forces.
Medical sources told the PIC reporter that 20-year-old Ashraf Zakut was hit with a bullet to the east of Rafah.
They said that IOF soldiers opened fire at citizens inspecting their land near the border fence.
A Palestinian man was killed and 25 others wounded in IOF shooting at farmers inspecting their land to the east of Khan Younis last Thursday and Friday.
The land was formerly off bounds for the farmers after Israel imposed a buffer zone but the last calm agreement between Israel and the resistance factions cancelled it.
The sources said that Ashraf Zaqqout, 20, was moved to Abu Yousef An-Najjar Hospital, in Rafah, suffering moderate injuries. Two more Palestinians were injured earlier after being targeted by Israeli fire east of Rafah.
Last Friday, and only one day after the truce was declared, Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian, and injured 19 others, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Also on Friday, two Palestinians died of wounds suffered during the latest Israeli war on the coastal region.
Three Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at them in Al-Faraheen area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
On Monday evening, four Palestinians have been injured after the army opened fire at them near the eastern border of the Gaza Strip.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli aggression during the eight day war that was ended after the ceasefire was implemented last Thursday led to the death of 163 Palestinians, including 42 children, 11 women, and 18 elderly; medical sources reported that 1222 Palestinians have been injured during the war, this includes 431 children, 207 women, and 88 elderly.
Palestinian citizen wounded in IOF shooting near Rafah border fence
A Palestinian citizen was wounded on Tuesday night near the southern Gaza Strip border fence at the hands of Israeli occupation forces.
Medical sources told the PIC reporter that 20-year-old Ashraf Zakut was hit with a bullet to the east of Rafah.
They said that IOF soldiers opened fire at citizens inspecting their land near the border fence.
A Palestinian man was killed and 25 others wounded in IOF shooting at farmers inspecting their land to the east of Khan Younis last Thursday and Friday.
The land was formerly off bounds for the farmers after Israel imposed a buffer zone but the last calm agreement between Israel and the resistance factions cancelled it.
Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at Palestinian citizens who went to check out on their land to the east of Maghazi and Breij refugee camps in central Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening.
Medical sources told the PIC reporter that dozens of Palestinians were inspecting their land in the buffer zone that was annulled in the last calm agreement between Israel and the resistance factions.
They said that the IOF shooting at them wounded seven persons who were evacuated to hospital where their conditions were described as moderate.
Meanwhile, an eighth Palestinian was moderately wounded at the hands of IOF soldiers stationed at the Soufa military position.
A Palestinian man was killed and more than 30 others injured in similar incidents since last Thursday.
Medical sources told the PIC reporter that dozens of Palestinians were inspecting their land in the buffer zone that was annulled in the last calm agreement between Israel and the resistance factions.
They said that the IOF shooting at them wounded seven persons who were evacuated to hospital where their conditions were described as moderate.
Meanwhile, an eighth Palestinian was moderately wounded at the hands of IOF soldiers stationed at the Soufa military position.
A Palestinian man was killed and more than 30 others injured in similar incidents since last Thursday.
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Mahmoud Sami Shaat 21
On Wednesday 28th November, a young Palestinian died from injuries sustained during Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Sami Shaat, 21, was seriously wounded by shrapnel in an Israeli airstrike targeting a car in Rafah during last week's war on the coastal enclave. Shaath's death raises the death toll in Gaza to 176 martyrs. |
Israeli navy kidnapped six Palestinian fishermen and blasted a fishing boat off the Gaza coast afternoon Wednesday in a new breach of the calm agreement reached between Israel and Palestinian resistance factions.
Nizar Ayesh, the chairman of the Palestinian fishermen syndicate in Gaza, told the PIC reporter that the Israeli piracy took place in the six nautical miles range agreed upon in the calm agreement.
He said that the navy gunboats controlled a fishing boat and took all five fishermen on board, adding that they were all of one family. He said that the navy then blasted another boat after arresting a fisherman who was on board.
Ayesh said that the fishing boat was steered to Ashdod port while the six fishermen were detained in an army outpost.
The calm agreement brokered by Egypt stipulated that Palestinian fishermen could fish in the range of six nautical miles instead of the previous three nautical miles.
Israel's navy arrests 9 fishermen off Gaza coast
Israeli forces detained nine fishermen off Gaza's north coast on Wednesday, a local official said.
The head of Gaza's fishing association, Mahfouth al-Kabriti, told Ma'an that Israel's navy opened fire at two Palestinian fishing boats six miles off the coast.
The navy then seized both boats and detained nine fishermen, al-Kabriti added. The boats belong to Murad al-Hassi and the Baker family.
An Israeli army spokesman said that two fishing boats deviated from the designated fishing area and after failing to respond to calls to stop, were apprehended by Israel's navy.
The passengers were taken for questioning in the Israeli city of Ashdod, he added.
As part of a ceasefire to end Israel's recent eight-day war on Gaza, Israel agreed to allow fishermen to sail six nautical miles off the coast of Gaza instead of three, which had been the limit under Israel's siege
In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza's coast but it has imposed a 3-mile limit for several years, opening fire at fishermen who strayed further.
Israel has controlled Gaza waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has kept several warships stationed off the coast since 2008.
Waed: Attacking fishermen at sea an act of piracy
The Waed society catering for prisoners charged that the Israeli navy abduction of eight Palestinian fishermen off the shore of Gaza on Wednesday afternoon constituted an act of piracy.
It said in a statement that the Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at two fishing boats until they capsized then took away the eight fishermen five of them of one family and the three others from another family, who were on board the boats.
The society said that the fishermen were working to earn their livelihood, and added that the Israeli act of piracy reflected the blind hatred of the Israeli occupation forces who were trying to vent their anger over their defeat in Gaza.
The society asked Egypt, in its capacity as the patron of the calm agreement between Israel and Palestinian resistance factions that allowed fishermen to fish in the range of six nautical miles off shore instead of three, to intervene and curb the Israeli violations of the agreement.
Nizar Ayesh, the chairman of the Palestinian fishermen syndicate in Gaza, told the PIC reporter that the Israeli piracy took place in the six nautical miles range agreed upon in the calm agreement.
He said that the navy gunboats controlled a fishing boat and took all five fishermen on board, adding that they were all of one family. He said that the navy then blasted another boat after arresting a fisherman who was on board.
Ayesh said that the fishing boat was steered to Ashdod port while the six fishermen were detained in an army outpost.
The calm agreement brokered by Egypt stipulated that Palestinian fishermen could fish in the range of six nautical miles instead of the previous three nautical miles.
Israel's navy arrests 9 fishermen off Gaza coast
Israeli forces detained nine fishermen off Gaza's north coast on Wednesday, a local official said.
The head of Gaza's fishing association, Mahfouth al-Kabriti, told Ma'an that Israel's navy opened fire at two Palestinian fishing boats six miles off the coast.
The navy then seized both boats and detained nine fishermen, al-Kabriti added. The boats belong to Murad al-Hassi and the Baker family.
An Israeli army spokesman said that two fishing boats deviated from the designated fishing area and after failing to respond to calls to stop, were apprehended by Israel's navy.
The passengers were taken for questioning in the Israeli city of Ashdod, he added.
As part of a ceasefire to end Israel's recent eight-day war on Gaza, Israel agreed to allow fishermen to sail six nautical miles off the coast of Gaza instead of three, which had been the limit under Israel's siege
In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza's coast but it has imposed a 3-mile limit for several years, opening fire at fishermen who strayed further.
Israel has controlled Gaza waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has kept several warships stationed off the coast since 2008.
Waed: Attacking fishermen at sea an act of piracy
The Waed society catering for prisoners charged that the Israeli navy abduction of eight Palestinian fishermen off the shore of Gaza on Wednesday afternoon constituted an act of piracy.
It said in a statement that the Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at two fishing boats until they capsized then took away the eight fishermen five of them of one family and the three others from another family, who were on board the boats.
The society said that the fishermen were working to earn their livelihood, and added that the Israeli act of piracy reflected the blind hatred of the Israeli occupation forces who were trying to vent their anger over their defeat in Gaza.
The society asked Egypt, in its capacity as the patron of the calm agreement between Israel and Palestinian resistance factions that allowed fishermen to fish in the range of six nautical miles off shore instead of three, to intervene and curb the Israeli violations of the agreement.
26 nov 2012
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A Palestinian man on Monday died of wounds sustained in an Israeli strike that killed two of his relatives on the first day of Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Ahmad Ali Masharawi sustained major burns when an Israeli missile hit his garden in Gaza City on Nov. 14. His infant nephew, 11-month-old, Omar Masharawi, was killed immediately, as was his pregnant sister-in-law Hiba Mashharawi Turk. BBC correspondent Paul Danahar wrote on Twitter that Ahmad Masharawi had been trying to carry Omar to safety when the house was hit engulfing them both in flames. Omar's father and Ahmad's brother is BBC employee Jihad Masharawi, whose image cradling his dead son became a symbol of the conflict. |
Sabah al-Sakafi 41
A Palestinian woman died on Monday from wounds sustained in Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, medics said.
Sabah al-Sakafi, in her 30s, was wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City during the eight-day war that ended Wednesday with a ceasefire.
She was transferred to an Egyptian hospital where she died on Monday, medics told Ma'an.
Also Monday, Ahmad Ali Masharawi died of wounds sustained in an Israeli strike that killed two of his relatives on the first day of Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Masharawi sustained major burns when an Israeli missile hit his garden in Gaza City on Nov. 14, killing 11-month-old Omar and 19-year-old Hiba, who was pregnant with twins.
BBC correspondent Paul Danahar wrote on Twitter that Ahmad Masharawi had been trying to carry Omar to safety when the house was hit engulfing them both in flames.
Ahmad's brother,and Omar's father, is BBC employee Jihad Masharawi, whose image cradling his dead son became a symbol of the conflict.
A Palestinian woman died on Monday from wounds sustained in Israel's war on the Gaza Strip, medics said.
Sabah al-Sakafi, in her 30s, was wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City during the eight-day war that ended Wednesday with a ceasefire.
She was transferred to an Egyptian hospital where she died on Monday, medics told Ma'an.
Also Monday, Ahmad Ali Masharawi died of wounds sustained in an Israeli strike that killed two of his relatives on the first day of Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Masharawi sustained major burns when an Israeli missile hit his garden in Gaza City on Nov. 14, killing 11-month-old Omar and 19-year-old Hiba, who was pregnant with twins.
BBC correspondent Paul Danahar wrote on Twitter that Ahmad Masharawi had been trying to carry Omar to safety when the house was hit engulfing them both in flames.
Ahmad's brother,and Omar's father, is BBC employee Jihad Masharawi, whose image cradling his dead son became a symbol of the conflict.
On Monday evening 26th November, IOF troops shot four Palestinians at the eastern borders with the Gaza Strip. This is the fourth time the ceasefire truce signed between Palestinian Resistance and Israel has been breached.
Local sources said that Ezz al-Deen al-Mabhouh, Majdi al-Jakhbeer were injured after Israeli forces shot them near Talit Abu Safiya east of Jabaliya, and were transferred to Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for treatment.
Earlier, two other Palestinians were injured after being shot east of Rafah City , south of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources also said that the two Palestinians were shot near Karam Abu Salim Crossing east of Rafah, and were transferred to Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital for treatment.
Medical sources in Gaza announced that a Palestinian female citizen, Sabah Mohammad al-Skafi, 41from al-Shaja'ya neighbored, died of her injuries sustained during the last Israeli aggression on Gaza.
It's worth mentioning that the death toll has risen to 175 martyrs and 1399 injured.
Local sources said that Ezz al-Deen al-Mabhouh, Majdi al-Jakhbeer were injured after Israeli forces shot them near Talit Abu Safiya east of Jabaliya, and were transferred to Dar al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City for treatment.
Earlier, two other Palestinians were injured after being shot east of Rafah City , south of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources also said that the two Palestinians were shot near Karam Abu Salim Crossing east of Rafah, and were transferred to Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital for treatment.
Medical sources in Gaza announced that a Palestinian female citizen, Sabah Mohammad al-Skafi, 41from al-Shaja'ya neighbored, died of her injuries sustained during the last Israeli aggression on Gaza.
It's worth mentioning that the death toll has risen to 175 martyrs and 1399 injured.
Ahmed Bahar, the Deputy speaker of the Legislative Council called on the Egyptian Bar Association to contribute in documenting the crimes of the occupation in Gaza in preparation for filing lawsuits against its leaders in International courts for trial as war criminals.
Bahar stated that the Israeli occupation has become very worried of such step, which constitutes a permanent inconvenience for it.
This came during a meeting between Bahar and the delegation of the Egyptian Bar Association, which was headed by the Secretary General of the Bar Association, lawyer Bahaa Abdel Rahman, accompanied by 11 other Egyptian lawyers, held in Bahar's office on Sunday
For his part; the head of the delegation said that Gaza was the best inspiration for the peoples of the Arab revolutions and Arab Spring, and asserted that the Bar Association is determined to prosecute the occupation leaders in international forums for their crimes against the Palestinian rights.
The Senior Hamas lawmaker welcomed the delegation, expressing his confidence in the Egyptian lawyers and all the Egyptian people in general.
He also praised all the efforts made by the Egyptian leadership to end the Israeli aggression and to restore stability in the Strip, and expressed his appreciation for the Egyptians who came to the Gaza Strip to support its people.
Bahar pointed, during his meeting with the lawyers, to the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian people because of the aggression and the blockade, condemning the arrests of the Palestinian MPs in the West Bank and the deportation of the Jerusalemite MPs from their city.
Bahr has, earlier, received a delegation of Libyan doctors who have come to the Gaza Strip since the early days of the aggression to perform many complex surgeries and thanked them on the behalf of the Palestinian people for their excellent medical efforts.
Bahar stated that the Israeli occupation has become very worried of such step, which constitutes a permanent inconvenience for it.
This came during a meeting between Bahar and the delegation of the Egyptian Bar Association, which was headed by the Secretary General of the Bar Association, lawyer Bahaa Abdel Rahman, accompanied by 11 other Egyptian lawyers, held in Bahar's office on Sunday
For his part; the head of the delegation said that Gaza was the best inspiration for the peoples of the Arab revolutions and Arab Spring, and asserted that the Bar Association is determined to prosecute the occupation leaders in international forums for their crimes against the Palestinian rights.
The Senior Hamas lawmaker welcomed the delegation, expressing his confidence in the Egyptian lawyers and all the Egyptian people in general.
He also praised all the efforts made by the Egyptian leadership to end the Israeli aggression and to restore stability in the Strip, and expressed his appreciation for the Egyptians who came to the Gaza Strip to support its people.
Bahar pointed, during his meeting with the lawyers, to the ongoing suffering of the Palestinian people because of the aggression and the blockade, condemning the arrests of the Palestinian MPs in the West Bank and the deportation of the Jerusalemite MPs from their city.
Bahr has, earlier, received a delegation of Libyan doctors who have come to the Gaza Strip since the early days of the aggression to perform many complex surgeries and thanked them on the behalf of the Palestinian people for their excellent medical efforts.
The Euro-Mediterranean Observatory for Human Rights (EMOHR), based in Geneva, called for documenting the abuses and crimes committed by the Israeli army during the recent aggression on Gaza and to prosecute these violations in international courts.
EMOHR said, in a statement issued on Sunday, that the center started, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza strip, documenting the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian unarmed people and collecting the legal evidences and testimonies to prosecute the Israeli offenders who are involved in war crimes in all international forums.
The center confirmed the formation of a committee including a group of international lawyers and experts in the legal field to follow up the matter.
EMOHR published, in its statement, the names of several Israeli military leaders that supervised the Israeli aggression on Gaza, such as
- Israel's Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz,
- Southern Region commander, Tal Rousseau,
- Prince Eichel, a chief commander of the "Israeli air Force", and
- Navy Commander Ram Rothberg.
Gaza damage to cost 'several hundred million dollars'
The damage inflicted by Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild, according to the first estimates after the eight-day conflict.
Gaza government spokesman Taher al-Nunu said Sunday that preliminary studies show direct damages of around $545 million and indirect losses of some $700 million.
Around 200 buildings were completely destroyed and 8,000 other damaged during the conflict, al-Nunu said.
Gaza economist Omar Shaban said his estimates put the losses at around $250 million, noting that international agencies had yet to begin their own damage assessments.
According to al-Nunu, the government has asked the minister of public works to expedite his full assessment of the losses in order to reach a final figure.
Shaban pointed out that rebuilding Gaza depends on current talks in Cairo over the implementation of the ceasefire deal.
"Will the crossings be opened? Where will materials come from? Will the ceasefire even hold? It is too early too tell," he told Ma'an on Monday.
The Egyptian-brokered agreement included a provision to ease crossings and the flow of goods into Gaza, with measures to be agreed in further talks.
Israel imposes a land and sea blockade on the coastal strip. The only crossing not controlled by Israel -- Egypt's Rafah terminal -- is not equipped for goods transfers and its development is restricted by international agreements.
Al-Nunu said a high-level delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ziyad Thatha was dispatched to Cairo to discuss implementation of the ceasefire deal.
Representatives of Gaza and Israel's government will talk indirectly through Egyptian intelligence officials during their stay in Cairo, London-based newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat said Monday.
EMOHR said, in a statement issued on Sunday, that the center started, since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza strip, documenting the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian unarmed people and collecting the legal evidences and testimonies to prosecute the Israeli offenders who are involved in war crimes in all international forums.
The center confirmed the formation of a committee including a group of international lawyers and experts in the legal field to follow up the matter.
EMOHR published, in its statement, the names of several Israeli military leaders that supervised the Israeli aggression on Gaza, such as
- Israel's Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz,
- Southern Region commander, Tal Rousseau,
- Prince Eichel, a chief commander of the "Israeli air Force", and
- Navy Commander Ram Rothberg.
Gaza damage to cost 'several hundred million dollars'
The damage inflicted by Israel's bombardment of the Gaza Strip will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild, according to the first estimates after the eight-day conflict.
Gaza government spokesman Taher al-Nunu said Sunday that preliminary studies show direct damages of around $545 million and indirect losses of some $700 million.
Around 200 buildings were completely destroyed and 8,000 other damaged during the conflict, al-Nunu said.
Gaza economist Omar Shaban said his estimates put the losses at around $250 million, noting that international agencies had yet to begin their own damage assessments.
According to al-Nunu, the government has asked the minister of public works to expedite his full assessment of the losses in order to reach a final figure.
Shaban pointed out that rebuilding Gaza depends on current talks in Cairo over the implementation of the ceasefire deal.
"Will the crossings be opened? Where will materials come from? Will the ceasefire even hold? It is too early too tell," he told Ma'an on Monday.
The Egyptian-brokered agreement included a provision to ease crossings and the flow of goods into Gaza, with measures to be agreed in further talks.
Israel imposes a land and sea blockade on the coastal strip. The only crossing not controlled by Israel -- Egypt's Rafah terminal -- is not equipped for goods transfers and its development is restricted by international agreements.
Al-Nunu said a high-level delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister Ziyad Thatha was dispatched to Cairo to discuss implementation of the ceasefire deal.
Representatives of Gaza and Israel's government will talk indirectly through Egyptian intelligence officials during their stay in Cairo, London-based newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat said Monday.
A woman walks past as policemen sit atop their destroyed headquarters in Gaza City
Egyptian mediators began separate talks on Monday with Hamas and with Israel to flesh out details of a ceasefire agreed last week that ended eight days of fighting in the Gaza Strip.
An Egyptian official told Reuters the talks would discuss Palestinian demands for the opening of more Israeli crossings into Gaza -- a move that would help end six years of blockade of the coastal enclave.
The Egyptian-brokered ceasefire came into force last Wednesday, ending hostilities between the two sides that cost the lives of 171 Palestinians and six Israelis.
However, the text of the truce stipulated that issues such as access to the borders, free movement for Gazans and the transfer of goods would be dealt with "after 24 hours".
Israel imposed restrictions on Gaza in 2006, following an election victory by Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist. The curbs were tightened, and backed by Egypt, after Hamas took control of the enclave after winning elections a year earlier.
Some of the import and export limits have since been eased, but Israel still prevents a long list of goods into the territory -- including many items needed for construction -- arguing they could be used for the manufacture of weapons.
Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar told reporters on Saturday that the group wanted to see the opening of all four goods crossings with Israel that used to operate before 2006.
Only one operates at present, with a second passenger terminal reserved for the handful of Palestinians and foreigners who are allowed in and out of the territory.
The Egyptian official said Cairo would also urge both sides to cement their commitments to the ceasefire agreement.
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man on Friday after he approached the Gazan "no-go" border area, apparently in the belief that under the terms of the ceasefire deal he was able to go up to the heavily patrolled fence.
Alarmed by the prospect of the truce failing, Egypt encouraged Hamas police to be deployed along the border line to keep Gazans away and prevent further violence.
Israel launched its air offensive against the Gaza Strip on Nov. 14 with the declared aim of deterring militants from firing rockets into its territory.
The Israeli military also says its soldiers have come under increasing attack from the border area this year, including earlier this month when a jeep was hit by an anti-tank missile.
Egyptian mediators began separate talks on Monday with Hamas and with Israel to flesh out details of a ceasefire agreed last week that ended eight days of fighting in the Gaza Strip.
An Egyptian official told Reuters the talks would discuss Palestinian demands for the opening of more Israeli crossings into Gaza -- a move that would help end six years of blockade of the coastal enclave.
The Egyptian-brokered ceasefire came into force last Wednesday, ending hostilities between the two sides that cost the lives of 171 Palestinians and six Israelis.
However, the text of the truce stipulated that issues such as access to the borders, free movement for Gazans and the transfer of goods would be dealt with "after 24 hours".
Israel imposed restrictions on Gaza in 2006, following an election victory by Hamas, which refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist. The curbs were tightened, and backed by Egypt, after Hamas took control of the enclave after winning elections a year earlier.
Some of the import and export limits have since been eased, but Israel still prevents a long list of goods into the territory -- including many items needed for construction -- arguing they could be used for the manufacture of weapons.
Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Zahar told reporters on Saturday that the group wanted to see the opening of all four goods crossings with Israel that used to operate before 2006.
Only one operates at present, with a second passenger terminal reserved for the handful of Palestinians and foreigners who are allowed in and out of the territory.
The Egyptian official said Cairo would also urge both sides to cement their commitments to the ceasefire agreement.
Israeli soldiers shot dead a Palestinian man on Friday after he approached the Gazan "no-go" border area, apparently in the belief that under the terms of the ceasefire deal he was able to go up to the heavily patrolled fence.
Alarmed by the prospect of the truce failing, Egypt encouraged Hamas police to be deployed along the border line to keep Gazans away and prevent further violence.
Israel launched its air offensive against the Gaza Strip on Nov. 14 with the declared aim of deterring militants from firing rockets into its territory.
The Israeli military also says its soldiers have come under increasing attack from the border area this year, including earlier this month when a jeep was hit by an anti-tank missile.
25 nov 2012
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International human rights watchdogs are now investigating the conflict for war crimes.
Militant rockets targeted Israeli cities, killing several civilians. While Tel Aviv has been condemned by some observers for causing massive collateral damage. Film-maker Harry Fear was inside Gaza throughout the bombing. |
24 nov 2012
Photo: Mohammad Abu Msameh Ahmad Abu Mosameh
Judeh Suliman Shamlakh
Two Palestinians died on Friday morning from wounds sustained in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past week, medical officials said.
Judeh Suliman Shamlakh, who was wounded in an airstrike on the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, succumbed to his injuries, spokesman of the Gaza health ministry Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Mohammad Abu Msameh also died after he was wounded in an earlier airstrike on al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Israel and Hamas agreed to stop attacks on each other's territory late Wednesday after eight days of airstrikes that killed some 170 Palestinians across Gaza.
Judeh Suliman Shamlakh
Two Palestinians died on Friday morning from wounds sustained in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in the past week, medical officials said.
Judeh Suliman Shamlakh, who was wounded in an airstrike on the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, succumbed to his injuries, spokesman of the Gaza health ministry Ashraf al-Qidra said.
Mohammad Abu Msameh also died after he was wounded in an earlier airstrike on al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Israel and Hamas agreed to stop attacks on each other's territory late Wednesday after eight days of airstrikes that killed some 170 Palestinians across Gaza.
Palestine's UN observer has submitted a complaint to the UN Security Council after Israeli forces violated the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip on Friday.
Ambassador Riyad Mansour told reporters he filed a complaint after Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man and injured 19 others Friday morning east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip near the borders between Israel and the coastal enclave.
Medical officials on Friday confirmed that 20-year-old Anwar Abdul Hadi Qudaih, was shot dead east of Khan Younis, and 19 others sustained wounds.
Witnesses said a group of Palestinian farmers were preparing to perform prayers in their fields near the border in the southern Gaza Strip before Israeli soldiers opened fire at them.
The Palestinian Authority’s minister of foreign affairs Riyad al-Maliki described the shooting Friday during a meeting with his Italian counterpart as violation of the ceasefire.
On Thursday medics said four Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire near the fence. An army spokesman said 200 Palestinians approached the fence and "began rioting" before causing damage to the fence.
Wednesday's ceasefire deal ended eight days of fierce fighting that left over 170 Palestinians and six Israelis dead.
According to the terms of the accord, both Israelis and Palestinians agreed to stop their hostilities. However, the brief document left details on access to the tense border zone to be worked out in the days ahead.
Ambassador Riyad Mansour told reporters he filed a complaint after Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man and injured 19 others Friday morning east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip near the borders between Israel and the coastal enclave.
Medical officials on Friday confirmed that 20-year-old Anwar Abdul Hadi Qudaih, was shot dead east of Khan Younis, and 19 others sustained wounds.
Witnesses said a group of Palestinian farmers were preparing to perform prayers in their fields near the border in the southern Gaza Strip before Israeli soldiers opened fire at them.
The Palestinian Authority’s minister of foreign affairs Riyad al-Maliki described the shooting Friday during a meeting with his Italian counterpart as violation of the ceasefire.
On Thursday medics said four Palestinians were wounded by Israeli fire near the fence. An army spokesman said 200 Palestinians approached the fence and "began rioting" before causing damage to the fence.
Wednesday's ceasefire deal ended eight days of fierce fighting that left over 170 Palestinians and six Israelis dead.
According to the terms of the accord, both Israelis and Palestinians agreed to stop their hostilities. However, the brief document left details on access to the tense border zone to be worked out in the days ahead.
Egyptian, Israeli and Palestinian officials representing the Hamas-run government in Gaza will meet next Monday in Cairo to discuss the aftermath of the ceasefire agreement.
The Office of Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said he was informed by the director of Egyptian intelligence that Israel agreed to allow Gaza fishermen to go six nautical miles off the coast of Gaza instead of three, which has been the limit under Israel's siege.
"Israel has allowed Palestinian fishermen to fish in Gaza's waters at a distance of six miles, up from three miles," Haniyeh's office said.
Israel had no immediate comment.
Murad al-Issi, a member of a local fishermens' group, told Reuters his colleagues had already ventured out to the six-mile limit on Saturday, undisturbed by Israel.
"The Israeli army naval boat which used to fire and torch Palestinian boats that sailed beyond a three-mile distance watched without doing anything to prevent them," Issi said.
Palestinians say the Israeli restrictions had hampered the amount and variety of fish they could catch.
"This is a good step," Issi said, adding it would be best to be permitted double the distance.
In another apparent Israeli step to ease restrictions, Palestinian farmers tended land along the frontier with Israel without incident, a day after Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man at a border fence.
Gaza security officials were on patrol and Israeli soldiers looked on without interfering, but for a brief verbal exchange between one soldier and a Hamas guard, witnesses said.
Palestinians denounced Friday's shooting as a violation of the ceasefire and Egypt intervened to restore calm.
Haniyeh's office said in a statement that the border zone would also be addressed in Monday's meeting, among other things.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed on a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza's coast under the Oslo Accords, but Israel unilaterally imposes a 3-mile limit.
Israeli warships frequently open fire at boats that allegedly stray from the permitted area.
Israel has controlled Gaza waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has kept several warships stationed off the coast since 2008.
The Office of Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said he was informed by the director of Egyptian intelligence that Israel agreed to allow Gaza fishermen to go six nautical miles off the coast of Gaza instead of three, which has been the limit under Israel's siege.
"Israel has allowed Palestinian fishermen to fish in Gaza's waters at a distance of six miles, up from three miles," Haniyeh's office said.
Israel had no immediate comment.
Murad al-Issi, a member of a local fishermens' group, told Reuters his colleagues had already ventured out to the six-mile limit on Saturday, undisturbed by Israel.
"The Israeli army naval boat which used to fire and torch Palestinian boats that sailed beyond a three-mile distance watched without doing anything to prevent them," Issi said.
Palestinians say the Israeli restrictions had hampered the amount and variety of fish they could catch.
"This is a good step," Issi said, adding it would be best to be permitted double the distance.
In another apparent Israeli step to ease restrictions, Palestinian farmers tended land along the frontier with Israel without incident, a day after Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man at a border fence.
Gaza security officials were on patrol and Israeli soldiers looked on without interfering, but for a brief verbal exchange between one soldier and a Hamas guard, witnesses said.
Palestinians denounced Friday's shooting as a violation of the ceasefire and Egypt intervened to restore calm.
Haniyeh's office said in a statement that the border zone would also be addressed in Monday's meeting, among other things.
Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed on a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza's coast under the Oslo Accords, but Israel unilaterally imposes a 3-mile limit.
Israeli warships frequently open fire at boats that allegedly stray from the permitted area.
Israel has controlled Gaza waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has kept several warships stationed off the coast since 2008.
23 nov 2013
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Anwar Abdulhadi Qudaih
Israeli troops fired on Gazans surging toward Israel's border fence Friday, killing one person but leaving intact the fragile two-day-old cease-fire between Hamas and the Jewish state. The truce, which calls for an end to Gaza rocket fire on Israel and Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, came after eight days of cross-border fighting, the bloodiest between Israel and Hamas in four years. In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, the Palestinian U.N. observer Riyad Mansour called the situation in Gaza "extremely fragile" and said Israel's |
cease-fire violations and other illegal actions risk undermining the calm that was just restored.
Hundreds of Palestinians approached the border fence Friday in several locations in southern Gaza, testing expectations Israel would no longer enforce a 300-meter-wide (300-yard-wide) no-go zone on the Palestinian side of the fence that was meant to prevent infiltrations into Israel. In the past, Israeli soldiers routinely opened fire on those who crossed into the zone.
In one incident captured by Associated Press video, several dozen Palestinians, most of them young men, approached the fence, coming close to a group of Israeli soldiers standing on the other side.
Some Palestinians briefly talked to the soldiers, while others appeared to be taunting them with chants of "God is Great" and "Morsi, Morsi," in praise of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, whose mediation led to the truce.
At one point, a soldier shouted in Hebrew, "Go there, before I shoot you," and pointed away from the fence, toward Gaza. The soldier then dropped to one knee, assuming a firing position. Eventually, a burst of automatic fire was heard, but it was not clear whether any of the casualties were from this incident.
Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said a 20-year-old man was killed and 19 people were wounded by Israeli fire near the border.
Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. observer, said Israeli forces fatally shot Anwar Abdulhadi Qudaih in the head and injured at least 19 other Palestinian civilians in a border area east of Khan Younis.
During the incidents, Hamas security tried to defuse the situation and keep the crowds away from the fence.
Moussa Abu Marzouk, a top Hamas official at the ongoing negotiations in Cairo, told The Associated Press that the violence would have no effect on the ceasefire.
The crowds were mainly made up of young men but also included farmers hoping to once again farm lands in the buffer zone. Speaking by phone from the buffer zone, 19-year-old Ali Abu Taimah said he and his father were checking three acres of family land that have been fallow for several years.
"When we go to our land, we are telling the occupation (Israel) that we are not afraid at all," he said.
Israel's military said roughly 300 Palestinians approached the security fence at different points, tried to damage it and cross into Israel. Soldiers fired warning shots in the air, but after the Palestinians refused to move back, troops fired at their legs, the military said. A Palestinian infiltrated into Israel during the unrest, but was returned to Gaza, it said.
The truce allowed both Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step back from the brink of a full-fledged war. Over eight days, Israel's aircraft carried out some 1,500 strikes on Hamas-linked targets, while Gaza fighters fired roughly the same number of rockets at Israel.
The fighting killed 166 Palestinians, including scores of civilians, and six Israelis. Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. envoy, said more than 1,230 Palestinians were injured, predominantly women and children.
In Cairo, Egypt is hosting separate talks with Israeli and Hamas envoys on the next phase of the cease-fire – a new border deal for blockaded Gaza. Hamas demands an end to border restrictions, while Israel insists Hamas halt weapons smuggling to Gaza.
Mansour also accused Israel of intensifying its use of "excessive and lethal force" against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in recent days and of arresting at least 230 Palestinian civilians since the Gaza fighting began, including several members of the Palestinian Legislative Council who were detained at dawn Friday.
The Palestinian U.N. observer called on the Security Council and the international community "to remain vigilant in their demands for a complete cessation of hostilities and for compliance by Israel."
A poll Friday showed about half of Israelis thinks their government should have continued its Gaza offensive.
The independent Maagar Mohot poll showed 49 percent of respondents felt Israel should have kept pursuing squads that fire rockets into Israel, 31 percent supported the decision to stop and 20 percent had no opinion. Twenty-nine percent thought Israel should have sent ground troops into Gaza. The poll of 503 respondents had an error margin of 4.5 percentage points.
The same survey showed Netanyahu's Likud Party and electoral partner Israel Beiteinu losing some support, but his hard-line bloc was still favored to form the next government after Jan. 22 elections.
Hundreds of Palestinians approached the border fence Friday in several locations in southern Gaza, testing expectations Israel would no longer enforce a 300-meter-wide (300-yard-wide) no-go zone on the Palestinian side of the fence that was meant to prevent infiltrations into Israel. In the past, Israeli soldiers routinely opened fire on those who crossed into the zone.
In one incident captured by Associated Press video, several dozen Palestinians, most of them young men, approached the fence, coming close to a group of Israeli soldiers standing on the other side.
Some Palestinians briefly talked to the soldiers, while others appeared to be taunting them with chants of "God is Great" and "Morsi, Morsi," in praise of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, whose mediation led to the truce.
At one point, a soldier shouted in Hebrew, "Go there, before I shoot you," and pointed away from the fence, toward Gaza. The soldier then dropped to one knee, assuming a firing position. Eventually, a burst of automatic fire was heard, but it was not clear whether any of the casualties were from this incident.
Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said a 20-year-old man was killed and 19 people were wounded by Israeli fire near the border.
Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. observer, said Israeli forces fatally shot Anwar Abdulhadi Qudaih in the head and injured at least 19 other Palestinian civilians in a border area east of Khan Younis.
During the incidents, Hamas security tried to defuse the situation and keep the crowds away from the fence.
Moussa Abu Marzouk, a top Hamas official at the ongoing negotiations in Cairo, told The Associated Press that the violence would have no effect on the ceasefire.
The crowds were mainly made up of young men but also included farmers hoping to once again farm lands in the buffer zone. Speaking by phone from the buffer zone, 19-year-old Ali Abu Taimah said he and his father were checking three acres of family land that have been fallow for several years.
"When we go to our land, we are telling the occupation (Israel) that we are not afraid at all," he said.
Israel's military said roughly 300 Palestinians approached the security fence at different points, tried to damage it and cross into Israel. Soldiers fired warning shots in the air, but after the Palestinians refused to move back, troops fired at their legs, the military said. A Palestinian infiltrated into Israel during the unrest, but was returned to Gaza, it said.
The truce allowed both Hamas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step back from the brink of a full-fledged war. Over eight days, Israel's aircraft carried out some 1,500 strikes on Hamas-linked targets, while Gaza fighters fired roughly the same number of rockets at Israel.
The fighting killed 166 Palestinians, including scores of civilians, and six Israelis. Mansour, the Palestinian U.N. envoy, said more than 1,230 Palestinians were injured, predominantly women and children.
In Cairo, Egypt is hosting separate talks with Israeli and Hamas envoys on the next phase of the cease-fire – a new border deal for blockaded Gaza. Hamas demands an end to border restrictions, while Israel insists Hamas halt weapons smuggling to Gaza.
Mansour also accused Israel of intensifying its use of "excessive and lethal force" against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem in recent days and of arresting at least 230 Palestinian civilians since the Gaza fighting began, including several members of the Palestinian Legislative Council who were detained at dawn Friday.
The Palestinian U.N. observer called on the Security Council and the international community "to remain vigilant in their demands for a complete cessation of hostilities and for compliance by Israel."
A poll Friday showed about half of Israelis thinks their government should have continued its Gaza offensive.
The independent Maagar Mohot poll showed 49 percent of respondents felt Israel should have kept pursuing squads that fire rockets into Israel, 31 percent supported the decision to stop and 20 percent had no opinion. Twenty-nine percent thought Israel should have sent ground troops into Gaza. The poll of 503 respondents had an error margin of 4.5 percentage points.
The same survey showed Netanyahu's Likud Party and electoral partner Israel Beiteinu losing some support, but his hard-line bloc was still favored to form the next government after Jan. 22 elections.
Mohammed al-Dalou
Ranin al-Dalou
Photo: Dalou children
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that rescue teams located two bodies buried under the rubble of al-Dalou's home that was bombarded by the military four days ago. This Brings the number of Dalou family members killed in the Israeli shelling to 13.
The sources added that rescue teams found the bodies of Mohammed and Ranin al-Dalou under the rubble of the bombed home.
Since the Israeli military offensive against Gaza Started eight days ago, the army killed more than 164 Palestinians, and wounded more than 1100.
Ranin al-Dalou
Photo: Dalou children
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that rescue teams located two bodies buried under the rubble of al-Dalou's home that was bombarded by the military four days ago. This Brings the number of Dalou family members killed in the Israeli shelling to 13.
The sources added that rescue teams found the bodies of Mohammed and Ranin al-Dalou under the rubble of the bombed home.
Since the Israeli military offensive against Gaza Started eight days ago, the army killed more than 164 Palestinians, and wounded more than 1100.
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Abby Martin Breaks the Set on Israeli PR, Profiting off the Israeli Occupation of Palestine, and Consumerist America
LIKE Breaking the Set @ http://fb.me/BreakingTheSet FOLLOW Abby Martin @ http://twitter.com/AbbyMartin EPISODE BREAKDOWN: On this episode of breaking the Set, Abby Martin talks to Spokesman for the Israeli Prime Minister, Alex Selsky, about his criticisms of RT's coverage of the conflict between Israel and Gaza. Abby then talks to Anna Baltzer, National Organizer for the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, about the divestment initiative, which calls out corporations that profit financially from the Israeli occupation of Palestine. BTS wraps up the |
show with a look at the consumption-driven holiday known as 'Black Friday' and highlights a few of the more memorable Black Friday moments in recent years.
The Palestinian Minister of Education in Gaza, Osama Muzaini, said that 50 schools were damaged during the aggression on the Gaza Strip, which lasted eight days.
The minister pointed out that the losses in the education sector amounted to about four million dollars, according to the initial estimates.
He said, in a press conference held on Thursday after his tour of a number of damaged schools including UNRWA schools and the American School, that "five employees in the education sector were killed and more than 300 others, including students and teachers, were wounded during the aggression."
Muzaini added that most of the students killed during the aggression were from primary schools and kindergarten, pointing out that the students from the damaged schools will be transferred to other schools until the restoration and reconstruction of their schools which had been targeted by the bombings.
He also noted that the schools will open next Saturday which will be devoted for the emotional discharge through educational methods to mitigate the effects of war on children.
He denounced the continuation of targeting the schools, teachers and even the kindergartens and urged the United Nations and the Security Council to intervene and oblige the occupation to respect the Fourth Geneva Convention, which provides for the protection of schools, the right to education, and the educational institutions.
The Minister of education stressed that in spite of the deliberate targeting of the educational process, by the occupation, it will continue because it is the way to liberate the homeland and to achieve a dignified life for the Palestinian people.
The minister pointed out that the losses in the education sector amounted to about four million dollars, according to the initial estimates.
He said, in a press conference held on Thursday after his tour of a number of damaged schools including UNRWA schools and the American School, that "five employees in the education sector were killed and more than 300 others, including students and teachers, were wounded during the aggression."
Muzaini added that most of the students killed during the aggression were from primary schools and kindergarten, pointing out that the students from the damaged schools will be transferred to other schools until the restoration and reconstruction of their schools which had been targeted by the bombings.
He also noted that the schools will open next Saturday which will be devoted for the emotional discharge through educational methods to mitigate the effects of war on children.
He denounced the continuation of targeting the schools, teachers and even the kindergartens and urged the United Nations and the Security Council to intervene and oblige the occupation to respect the Fourth Geneva Convention, which provides for the protection of schools, the right to education, and the educational institutions.
The Minister of education stressed that in spite of the deliberate targeting of the educational process, by the occupation, it will continue because it is the way to liberate the homeland and to achieve a dignified life for the Palestinian people.
43 children were killed while 432 others were injured during the 8-day Israeli occupation aggression on the Gaza Strip according to Palestinian medical sources.
The sources in Gaza said that "the number of children killed during the Israeli occupation aggression on the Gaza Strip, which started on the evening of Wednesday, 14 November, and lasted till Wednesday 21 Novembe, was 43 children, which represents 27% of the total number of martyrs."
The sources added that “more than 432 children were injured and that this number represents 35% of the total number of the wounded. "
Five children were killed in airstrikes at different parts in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, before the truce came into effect at 9:00 pm.
The sources in Gaza said that "the number of children killed during the Israeli occupation aggression on the Gaza Strip, which started on the evening of Wednesday, 14 November, and lasted till Wednesday 21 Novembe, was 43 children, which represents 27% of the total number of martyrs."
The sources added that “more than 432 children were injured and that this number represents 35% of the total number of the wounded. "
Five children were killed in airstrikes at different parts in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, before the truce came into effect at 9:00 pm.
