30 dec 2016
Israeli forces Friday opened live fire at Palestinian farmers east of Khan Yunis in the south of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Witnesses told Ma’an that a number of Israeli soldiers stationed behind the border fence between the small Palestinian territory and Israel exited their vehicles and began shooting at Palestinian farmers in the town of Khuzaa.
No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports on the incident.
Palestinians who work near the “buffer zone” -- the unilaterally declared area between the Palestinian enclave and Israel’s separation barrier -- often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sectors of the blockaded coastal enclave.
Witnesses told Ma’an that a number of Israeli soldiers stationed behind the border fence between the small Palestinian territory and Israel exited their vehicles and began shooting at Palestinian farmers in the town of Khuzaa.
No injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an she would look into reports on the incident.
Palestinians who work near the “buffer zone” -- the unilaterally declared area between the Palestinian enclave and Israel’s separation barrier -- often come under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made clear the precise area of the designated zone.
The Israeli army regularly open fires on Palestinian fishermen and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
The practice has in effect destroyed much of the agricultural and fishing sectors of the blockaded coastal enclave.
28 dec 2016
Head of the popular anti-siege committee, MP Jamal al-Khudari, said Tuesday that Gazans have been grappling with abject living conditions due to 2014 Israeli war and the slow pace of the reconstruction process.
Speaking in a press statement, al-Khudari said the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have been blocking the access of reconstruction materials into the besieged Gaza Strip since May 2016.
According to al-Khudari, 65% of civilian homes which were destroyed in the Israeli offensive of 2014 have not been reconstructed yet.
He added that 60,000 civilians have gone homeless and subjected to dire living conditions due to the exacerbating socio-economic crises rocking the besieged coastal enclave.
MP al-Khudari urged the donor parties to fulfill their financial pledges and dispatch aid to Gaza so as to reconstruct the destroyed homes at the soonest time possible.
He further called on the international community to exert pressure on the IOA in order to allow a free access of reconstruction materials in Gaza.
Al-Khudari warned that the Israeli decade-long blockade and closure of border crossings, along with the restrictions on the access of rebuilding materials into Gaza, will result in a ten-year delay in the reconstruction process.
Speaking in a press statement, al-Khudari said the Israeli occupation authorities (IOA) have been blocking the access of reconstruction materials into the besieged Gaza Strip since May 2016.
According to al-Khudari, 65% of civilian homes which were destroyed in the Israeli offensive of 2014 have not been reconstructed yet.
He added that 60,000 civilians have gone homeless and subjected to dire living conditions due to the exacerbating socio-economic crises rocking the besieged coastal enclave.
MP al-Khudari urged the donor parties to fulfill their financial pledges and dispatch aid to Gaza so as to reconstruct the destroyed homes at the soonest time possible.
He further called on the international community to exert pressure on the IOA in order to allow a free access of reconstruction materials in Gaza.
Al-Khudari warned that the Israeli decade-long blockade and closure of border crossings, along with the restrictions on the access of rebuilding materials into Gaza, will result in a ten-year delay in the reconstruction process.
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