23 june 2018
Dozens of Palestinians, including children, on Saturday evening choked on Israeli occupation forces' (IOF) tear gas in clashes that erupted between the IOF and Palestinian youths in Beit Ummar town north of al-Khalil city in the southern West Bank.
The Palestinian activist Mohammad Awad said that IOF soldiers intensively fired tear gas grenades at Palestinian homes in al-Tahta and al-Theher neighborhoods in the town after storming houses and farmlands in Shuab al-Seir area near Karmei Tzur illegal settlement north of al-Khalil.
Most of the wounded were treated in the field while the injured children were transferred to emergency centers for children.
IOF troopers confiscated a number of Palestinian cars after attacking the owners. They claimed that the attack was conducted as the security fence of the settlement was repeatedly caught on fire.
The Palestinian activist Mohammad Awad said that IOF soldiers intensively fired tear gas grenades at Palestinian homes in al-Tahta and al-Theher neighborhoods in the town after storming houses and farmlands in Shuab al-Seir area near Karmei Tzur illegal settlement north of al-Khalil.
Most of the wounded were treated in the field while the injured children were transferred to emergency centers for children.
IOF troopers confiscated a number of Palestinian cars after attacking the owners. They claimed that the attack was conducted as the security fence of the settlement was repeatedly caught on fire.
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked has warned that her government may launch a new war on Gaza Strip because Palestinians continue to fly “incendiary kites” over Israeli farms.
Shaked said that Israel, which developed the iron dome anti-missile system, is able to develop a new system to take down the Palestinian kites. She claimed that the Palestinian children who fly kites are “terrorists” involved in “terrorism.”
The minister echoed similar remarks made by the Israel’s Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan, who was reported by Haaretz, on Thursday, as saying that Israel might be “forced” to launch a “large-scale military operation” in the Gaza Strip.
“I do not want to launch an operation, but there is a good chance that we will have no other option but to go in so that we can create durable deterrence,” he told Israeli Army Radio.
Erdan added, according to Days of Palestine, that those who launch ‘burning kites’ from Gaza should be shot, regardless of their age. “Age does not matter,” he insisted. “They are terrorists and the danger they create must be prevented.”
The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue to point out that their protests are entirely legitimate under international law.
To call them terrorists, they insist, is not only inaccurate, but also an attempt by the Israelis and their supporters to deceive the world about the nature of the conflict in occupied Palestine.
It is worth mentioning that Israel has started to launch drone attacks against Palestinian children who fly kites along the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip.
06/23/18 Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites (pt 1/2)
Shaked said that Israel, which developed the iron dome anti-missile system, is able to develop a new system to take down the Palestinian kites. She claimed that the Palestinian children who fly kites are “terrorists” involved in “terrorism.”
The minister echoed similar remarks made by the Israel’s Public Security Minister, Gilad Erdan, who was reported by Haaretz, on Thursday, as saying that Israel might be “forced” to launch a “large-scale military operation” in the Gaza Strip.
“I do not want to launch an operation, but there is a good chance that we will have no other option but to go in so that we can create durable deterrence,” he told Israeli Army Radio.
Erdan added, according to Days of Palestine, that those who launch ‘burning kites’ from Gaza should be shot, regardless of their age. “Age does not matter,” he insisted. “They are terrorists and the danger they create must be prevented.”
The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue to point out that their protests are entirely legitimate under international law.
To call them terrorists, they insist, is not only inaccurate, but also an attempt by the Israelis and their supporters to deceive the world about the nature of the conflict in occupied Palestine.
It is worth mentioning that Israel has started to launch drone attacks against Palestinian children who fly kites along the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip.
06/23/18 Israel Turns Gaza into ‘Arms Race’ Laboratory, While Palestinians Fly Kites (pt 1/2)
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As Israel mows down protesters in Gaza with brutal military technology, Palestinians respond creatively, with kites and balloons. Shir Hever discusses the hidden rift within the Israeli military.
Shir Hever is an economic researcher in the Alternative Information Center, a Palestinian-Israeli organization active in Jerusalem and Beit-Sahour. Researching the economic aspect of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, some of his research topics include the international aid to the Palestinians and to Israel, the effects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories on the Israeli economy, and the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaigns against Israel. His work also includes giving lectures and presentations on the economy of the occupation. His first book: Political Economy of Israel’s Occupation: Repression Beyond Exploitation, has been published by Pluto Press. TRNN video & transcript: BEN NORTON:It’s The Real News. I’m Ben Norton. The Great March of Return has continued in Gaza now for 11 weeks. Palestinians are holding regular demonstrations along the Gaza fence, protesting the crippling Israeli siege and the illegal denial of their basic rights under international law. The current death toll stands at 129 unarmed protesters, who were gunned down by Israeli forces since March 30, with many thousands more wounded by live ammunition. The Israeli Air Force pounded the Gaza Strip over the weekend, but no casualties were reported. Meanwhile, the thousands of injured protesters are more than the health facilities in Gaza can handle. |
Medical staff have repeatedly warned that protesters are arriving at the hospitals with severe wounds that are a sign that the Israeli army is likely using munitions that are prohibited under the Geneva Convention. As Israel continues to deny entry to patients in need of medical attention, many of the protesters have had their limbs amputated.
Palestinians in Gaza have adopted many creative ways of responding to the overwhelmingly violent weaponry wielded by Israeli forces, flying kites and balloons into Israeli territory, sometimes carrying Molotov cocktails. This has taken the Israeli military by surprise. As the Israeli Air Force started sending drones to hunt kites and balloons in the sky, Palestinians have developed a kite fitted with a fishing net which they call the New Model F-16, to try to catch Israeli drones in the air. Ahmed Abu Attaia offers another example of Palestinian creative resistance, as he collects tear gas canisters and turns them into decorations.
AHMED ABU ATTAIA: I am doing this so we always remember our homeland and the oppression of the occupation. Because the occupation is not firing flowers at us. It is firing death at us. As the saying goes, they plant death for us, and we reap life. We are people who aim for life. We have a message.
BEN NORTON:Unfortunately, Abu Attaia’s word for the Israeli occupation is Jews, because being besieged in the world’s largest open-air prison, he never had a chance to meet Jews who are not armed soldiers from the Israeli occupation forces.
Well, joining us to discuss this issue is Shir Hever. Shir is the Real News correspondent in Heidelberg, Germany. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Free University in Berlin, and his most recent book is “The Privatization of Israeli Security,” which was published by Pluto Press in 2017. Thanks for joining us, Shir.
SHIR HEVER:Thanks for having me, Ben.
BEN NORTON:So what do we actually know about the kind of ammunition which Israeli snipers are using against Palestinians in Gaza? There are reports that the IDF is actually using expanding bullets, which are known as dumdum bullets.
SHIR HEVER:Yeah. Well, unfortunately we don’t know the full facts. And the medical staff in Gaza, what they lack in order to conduct a proper investigation of the ammunition that is used is the cases of the bullets. And those stay, of course, on the Israeli side when the bullets are fired.
But there is a very interesting report that was written by Avihai Stoller, who is a former Israeli soldier, a member of the organization Breaking the Silence. And he analyzed a lot of pictures showing Israeli soldiers using various sniper weapon, sniper rifles, and firing at Palestinians, trying to identify what kind of ammunition these weapons can use.
And he says, well, one possibility is that the Israeli army are using dumdum bullets, or hollow-point bullets, which expand in the wound, and they are indeed prohibited by law. But the problem with this analysis is that it doesn’t make a lot of sense that Israeli soldiers would be equipped with those kinds of bullets for this sort of mission, to fire on unarmed protesters approaching the fence. It wouldn’t serve any tactical or strategic purpose for the Israeli military.
But he offers another interpretation, and the other interpretation, that I think is very interesting and also very convincing, is that in fact these sniper rifles, which are produced, made by American companies, by Remington and the Knights ammunition company, they are sniper rifles which are designed to use at a certain range. And what the Israeli soldiers are doing, they’re using the rifles at very close range, with a few tens of meters. And at those ranges even regular bullets can cause these expanding wounds which are very, very damaging to living tissues, and can cause irreparable damage to limbs. And that’s why so many Palestinians so seriously injured.
And I think then this, of course, raises the question, why are Israeli soldiers using sniper rifles at such short range when we know that they have also alternatives like Ruger rifles, which are specifically designed to disperse demonstrations and to be used in noncombat situations?
BEN NORTON:Yeah. You raised a few important points there. One, we have to stress these are U.S. made weapons, and the U.S. gives 3.8 billion dollars every year in military assistance to Israel. And also, you did say that there might be no military purpose. But what if the political purpose is simply to wound and maim as many Palestinians as possible, to discourage them from protesting?
SHIR HEVER:I think there is absolutely no shortage of ability for the Israeli military to cause pain, suffering, and death to Palestinians. You know, the Hamas party used to have on their charter, they changed the text of it, and it called to wipe out Israel. And there was also an Israeli Minister, Yuval Steinitz, the minister of energy, who just said two weeks ago that Israel should consider eliminating Gaza.
His statement is much more scary than the Hamas statement, because his side actually has the weapons to do it. There is no problem for the Israeli military to kill and maim as many Palestinians as they want, in terms of their physical ability to do so. And, but why would they then go out and do it using this kind of prohibited, prohibited ammunition, the dumdum rounds and so on, when they could, for example, use other kinds of ammunition that we know they possess, such as scatter bombs and phosphorous bombs, which they have used before. So I think there is, there is an issue here that needs to be explained.
And, and also I want to say something about the point that these are American weapons. Of course, the United States bears a lot of responsibility for arming the occupying power with weapons that are used in the regular violation of human rights, and in war crimes. But I’m also interested in looking at that through the angle of the Israeli arms industry.
When we look at the previous attacks on Gaza, starting from 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, the Israeli military has specifically showcased their use of Israeli weapons in these attacks because they want to sell them. Because they turn the Gaza Strip into a laboratory for Israeli weaponry. And so after every attack in Gaza, then they show videos of how they used Israeli weapons. And then they, they use those videos to try to convince customers to buy the weapons. This time we don’t see that, because they’re using American weapons. They’re using a Remington and Knights armament company sniper rifles. Also a few Israeli sniper rifles. But those are not really showcased so much. And they’re not using the Israeli, shall I say, flagship weapons, like the drones, which are their main exports.
And this, it shows that that the Israeli strategy of using the Gaza Strip as a laboratory is collapsing. And we have to understand what kind of strategy have Palestinians developed that is preventing the Israeli government from, from benefiting from the siege of Gaza.
BEN NORTON:We’re going to take our pause in our conversation here. We’re joined by Shir Hever to discuss the militarization of Israel-Palestine, and specifically the arms race going on. Join us in Part 2.
06/17/18 Palestine Sets Precedent with Legal Complaint
Palestinians in Gaza have adopted many creative ways of responding to the overwhelmingly violent weaponry wielded by Israeli forces, flying kites and balloons into Israeli territory, sometimes carrying Molotov cocktails. This has taken the Israeli military by surprise. As the Israeli Air Force started sending drones to hunt kites and balloons in the sky, Palestinians have developed a kite fitted with a fishing net which they call the New Model F-16, to try to catch Israeli drones in the air. Ahmed Abu Attaia offers another example of Palestinian creative resistance, as he collects tear gas canisters and turns them into decorations.
AHMED ABU ATTAIA: I am doing this so we always remember our homeland and the oppression of the occupation. Because the occupation is not firing flowers at us. It is firing death at us. As the saying goes, they plant death for us, and we reap life. We are people who aim for life. We have a message.
BEN NORTON:Unfortunately, Abu Attaia’s word for the Israeli occupation is Jews, because being besieged in the world’s largest open-air prison, he never had a chance to meet Jews who are not armed soldiers from the Israeli occupation forces.
Well, joining us to discuss this issue is Shir Hever. Shir is the Real News correspondent in Heidelberg, Germany. He has a Ph.D. in Political Science from the Free University in Berlin, and his most recent book is “The Privatization of Israeli Security,” which was published by Pluto Press in 2017. Thanks for joining us, Shir.
SHIR HEVER:Thanks for having me, Ben.
BEN NORTON:So what do we actually know about the kind of ammunition which Israeli snipers are using against Palestinians in Gaza? There are reports that the IDF is actually using expanding bullets, which are known as dumdum bullets.
SHIR HEVER:Yeah. Well, unfortunately we don’t know the full facts. And the medical staff in Gaza, what they lack in order to conduct a proper investigation of the ammunition that is used is the cases of the bullets. And those stay, of course, on the Israeli side when the bullets are fired.
But there is a very interesting report that was written by Avihai Stoller, who is a former Israeli soldier, a member of the organization Breaking the Silence. And he analyzed a lot of pictures showing Israeli soldiers using various sniper weapon, sniper rifles, and firing at Palestinians, trying to identify what kind of ammunition these weapons can use.
And he says, well, one possibility is that the Israeli army are using dumdum bullets, or hollow-point bullets, which expand in the wound, and they are indeed prohibited by law. But the problem with this analysis is that it doesn’t make a lot of sense that Israeli soldiers would be equipped with those kinds of bullets for this sort of mission, to fire on unarmed protesters approaching the fence. It wouldn’t serve any tactical or strategic purpose for the Israeli military.
But he offers another interpretation, and the other interpretation, that I think is very interesting and also very convincing, is that in fact these sniper rifles, which are produced, made by American companies, by Remington and the Knights ammunition company, they are sniper rifles which are designed to use at a certain range. And what the Israeli soldiers are doing, they’re using the rifles at very close range, with a few tens of meters. And at those ranges even regular bullets can cause these expanding wounds which are very, very damaging to living tissues, and can cause irreparable damage to limbs. And that’s why so many Palestinians so seriously injured.
And I think then this, of course, raises the question, why are Israeli soldiers using sniper rifles at such short range when we know that they have also alternatives like Ruger rifles, which are specifically designed to disperse demonstrations and to be used in noncombat situations?
BEN NORTON:Yeah. You raised a few important points there. One, we have to stress these are U.S. made weapons, and the U.S. gives 3.8 billion dollars every year in military assistance to Israel. And also, you did say that there might be no military purpose. But what if the political purpose is simply to wound and maim as many Palestinians as possible, to discourage them from protesting?
SHIR HEVER:I think there is absolutely no shortage of ability for the Israeli military to cause pain, suffering, and death to Palestinians. You know, the Hamas party used to have on their charter, they changed the text of it, and it called to wipe out Israel. And there was also an Israeli Minister, Yuval Steinitz, the minister of energy, who just said two weeks ago that Israel should consider eliminating Gaza.
His statement is much more scary than the Hamas statement, because his side actually has the weapons to do it. There is no problem for the Israeli military to kill and maim as many Palestinians as they want, in terms of their physical ability to do so. And, but why would they then go out and do it using this kind of prohibited, prohibited ammunition, the dumdum rounds and so on, when they could, for example, use other kinds of ammunition that we know they possess, such as scatter bombs and phosphorous bombs, which they have used before. So I think there is, there is an issue here that needs to be explained.
And, and also I want to say something about the point that these are American weapons. Of course, the United States bears a lot of responsibility for arming the occupying power with weapons that are used in the regular violation of human rights, and in war crimes. But I’m also interested in looking at that through the angle of the Israeli arms industry.
When we look at the previous attacks on Gaza, starting from 2006, 2008, 2012, 2014, the Israeli military has specifically showcased their use of Israeli weapons in these attacks because they want to sell them. Because they turn the Gaza Strip into a laboratory for Israeli weaponry. And so after every attack in Gaza, then they show videos of how they used Israeli weapons. And then they, they use those videos to try to convince customers to buy the weapons. This time we don’t see that, because they’re using American weapons. They’re using a Remington and Knights armament company sniper rifles. Also a few Israeli sniper rifles. But those are not really showcased so much. And they’re not using the Israeli, shall I say, flagship weapons, like the drones, which are their main exports.
And this, it shows that that the Israeli strategy of using the Gaza Strip as a laboratory is collapsing. And we have to understand what kind of strategy have Palestinians developed that is preventing the Israeli government from, from benefiting from the siege of Gaza.
BEN NORTON:We’re going to take our pause in our conversation here. We’re joined by Shir Hever to discuss the militarization of Israel-Palestine, and specifically the arms race going on. Join us in Part 2.
06/17/18 Palestine Sets Precedent with Legal Complaint
An Israeli drone on Saturday targeted a group of youths east of Gaza City near al-Awda refugee camp. No casualties were initially reported.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that an Israeli missile exploded near a group youths who were preparing to launch flaming ballons and kites.
Since March 30, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have launched dozens of kites and helium balloons bearing flammable materials, and occasionally explosives, sparking near-daily fires that have burned thousands of acres of land in southern Israel.
This came after Israel’s mass killing of more than 130 Palestinians since the start of the Great March of Return.
Eyewitnesses told Quds Press that an Israeli missile exploded near a group youths who were preparing to launch flaming ballons and kites.
Since March 30, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have launched dozens of kites and helium balloons bearing flammable materials, and occasionally explosives, sparking near-daily fires that have burned thousands of acres of land in southern Israel.
This came after Israel’s mass killing of more than 130 Palestinians since the start of the Great March of Return.
The Israeli naval forces on Saturday morning fired on a Gaza fishing boat off the shores of the Palestinian enclave, causing it to sink.
Three fishermen, who were on board, were detained during the incident, Zakariya Bakr, coordinator of fishermen committees, affirmed.
The detainee were identified as the two brothers Mahmoud and Kamel al-Naqah and Mohamed Sultan.
Over the past few years, Israeli forces have carried out dozens of attacks on Palestinian boats, arresting dozens of fishermen and confiscating several boats.
The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since June 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
Three fishermen, who were on board, were detained during the incident, Zakariya Bakr, coordinator of fishermen committees, affirmed.
The detainee were identified as the two brothers Mahmoud and Kamel al-Naqah and Mohamed Sultan.
Over the past few years, Israeli forces have carried out dozens of attacks on Palestinian boats, arresting dozens of fishermen and confiscating several boats.
The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since June 2007. The blockade has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child suffered amputations of fingers in his hand, after an explosive object, believed to be dropped by the Israeli army, detonated near him, in the Old City of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
The child Abdul-Mohaymin Abdul-Mohsin Dweik, 14, suffered amputation of three fingers in his right hand, and serious injuries to two fingers.
Dweik also suffered to numerous cuts and bruises to several parts of his body, including his head, before he was rushed to Hebron Governmental Hospital.
It is worth mentioning that many Palestinians, including children, have been killed or seriously wounded, when explosives, dropped by the army during training, detonated near them, in Hebron, the Jordan Valley and several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Last month, the soldiers displaced two Palestinian Bedouin families from their homes in Khirbat Ibzeeq village, northeast of Tubas, in northeastern West Bank.
In January of this year, the soldiers shot a Palestinian child with a live round in the head, during “military training” near Tubas.
In many incidents, Palestinian families are ordered to leave their communities during the military drills, and later return after the army is done with its live-fire training, including the use of explosives, which are sometimes left behind, leading to casualties, including fatalities.
— Also Read Military Training Leaves Devastation And Destruction In Palestinian Lands
The child Abdul-Mohaymin Abdul-Mohsin Dweik, 14, suffered amputation of three fingers in his right hand, and serious injuries to two fingers.
Dweik also suffered to numerous cuts and bruises to several parts of his body, including his head, before he was rushed to Hebron Governmental Hospital.
It is worth mentioning that many Palestinians, including children, have been killed or seriously wounded, when explosives, dropped by the army during training, detonated near them, in Hebron, the Jordan Valley and several parts of the occupied West Bank.
Last month, the soldiers displaced two Palestinian Bedouin families from their homes in Khirbat Ibzeeq village, northeast of Tubas, in northeastern West Bank.
In January of this year, the soldiers shot a Palestinian child with a live round in the head, during “military training” near Tubas.
In many incidents, Palestinian families are ordered to leave their communities during the military drills, and later return after the army is done with its live-fire training, including the use of explosives, which are sometimes left behind, leading to casualties, including fatalities.
— Also Read Military Training Leaves Devastation And Destruction In Palestinian Lands
Israeli soldiers shot, Saturday, a young Palestinian man at the Container Military roadblock, north of Bethlehem, in the occupied West bank.
The soldiers shot the young man with a live round in his leg and prevented Palestinian medics from even approaching them.
His identity, and the reason for shooting him, remain unknown, especially since the soldiers closed the overcrowded military roadblock, causing a huge traffic jam. video
The Israeli army only said that the man, 40, reportedly stepped out of a car, and started walking towards the soldiers, before they shot him.
Israeli Ynet News said the “roadblock is only for vehicles, not for pedestrians,” and claimed that the soldiers “followed rules of engagement, because he kept walking towards their kiosk.”
It added that the wounded Palestinian is being interrogated by the “Border Police.”
The soldiers shot the young man with a live round in his leg and prevented Palestinian medics from even approaching them.
His identity, and the reason for shooting him, remain unknown, especially since the soldiers closed the overcrowded military roadblock, causing a huge traffic jam. video
The Israeli army only said that the man, 40, reportedly stepped out of a car, and started walking towards the soldiers, before they shot him.
Israeli Ynet News said the “roadblock is only for vehicles, not for pedestrians,” and claimed that the soldiers “followed rules of engagement, because he kept walking towards their kiosk.”
It added that the wounded Palestinian is being interrogated by the “Border Police.”
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Saturday at dawn, a young Palestinian man in Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, before abducting a young man, identified as Bara’ Jaber.
The soldiers also attacked Palestinian protesters, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at them, in Khallet Hadour and Junaid Mountain areas in Hebron.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and fired live rounds and gas bombs at protesters.
Media sources said some protesters hurled pipe bombs at the invading army jeeps.
Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes, before abducting a young man, identified as Bara’ Jaber.
The soldiers also attacked Palestinian protesters, and fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at them, in Khallet Hadour and Junaid Mountain areas in Hebron.
Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Azzoun town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and fired live rounds and gas bombs at protesters.
Media sources said some protesters hurled pipe bombs at the invading army jeeps.
Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, seven Palestinians, including one journalist, after the army attacked the weekly protests against the Annexation Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia.
Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, said dozens of soldiers invaded the town, before breaking into homes and occupying their rooftops to use them as firing posts.
He added that the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters, wounding seven who received treatment by Red Crescent medics.
Eshteiwi also stated that the soldiers invaded his home, causing anxiety attacks among hi children, as the army violently stormed the property and tried to occupy its rooftop.
It is worth mentioning that the protesters, including Israeli and international peace activists, marched carrying Palestinian flags, and chanted against the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation and aggression.
They also carried a mock coffin inscribed with the words “Trump, go to head with your deal” before burning it, and affirming that the Palestinians will overcome all conspiracies against them, against their just cause, and their struggle for full liberation and independence.
Morad Eshteiwi, the coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Annexation Wall and Colonies, said dozens of soldiers invaded the town, before breaking into homes and occupying their rooftops to use them as firing posts.
He added that the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at the protesters, wounding seven who received treatment by Red Crescent medics.
Eshteiwi also stated that the soldiers invaded his home, causing anxiety attacks among hi children, as the army violently stormed the property and tried to occupy its rooftop.
It is worth mentioning that the protesters, including Israeli and international peace activists, marched carrying Palestinian flags, and chanted against the ongoing illegal Israeli occupation and aggression.
They also carried a mock coffin inscribed with the words “Trump, go to head with your deal” before burning it, and affirming that the Palestinians will overcome all conspiracies against them, against their just cause, and their struggle for full liberation and independence.
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported that Israeli soldiers injured, Friday, 206 Palestinians, including 44 with live fire, and added that seven of the Palestinians suffered life-threatening wounds.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said 120 of the 206 wounded Palestinians received treatment in filed clinics, and 86 others, including 44 who were shot with live fire, were rushed to several hospitals in the Gaza Strip; seven of them are in very serious conditions. video
He also stated that at least thirty Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
In his statement Dr. al-Qedra denounced the ongoing Israeli military targeting of medics in the Gaza Strip, and said the soldiers shot two medics, including one woman, and added that at least eight of the wounded Palestinians are children.
Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers shot four Palestinians, including two with live fire, in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza, before they were rushed to the Indonesian Hospital in nearby Beit Lahia, suffering moderate wounds.
The army also injured several Palestinians with live fire, and gas bombs, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip. One of them was shot with a bullet in his leg and was rushed to the European Hospital.
On June 20th 2018, a young man, identified as Mohammad Ghassan Abu Doqqa, 22, died of wounds sustained when he was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire on May 14th, 2018 during the Great Return March protest.
On June 18, 2018, a child identified as Zakariya Hussein Bashbash, 13, died of serious wounds sustained several days earlier when he was shot by Israeli soldiers at a protest in Gaza.
On the same day that Zakariya died from his wounds, Israeli soldiers killed Sabri Ahmad Abu Khader, 24, after shooting him with live fire near the Great Return Camp, east of Gaza city.
Their deaths bring the number of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli army fire since March 30th, 2018 to 129, including thirteen children.
The army also injured 13878 others, including hundreds of suffered serious wounds, mainly after being shot with expanding bullets.
Among the slain Palestinians are two medics, identified as Razan Najjar, 22, and Mousa Jaber Abu Hassanein, 36, while 223 others were injured, and the army caused damage to 37 ambulances.
The army also killed two journalists, identified as Yasser Mortaja, 31, and Ahmad Abu Hussein, 25, and wounded 144 others.
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Israeli Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians In Gaza
Jun 22, 2018 @ 16:26
Israeli soldier shot, on Friday evening, at least five Palestinians, including two who were shot with live fire, after the army attacked the “Great Return March” protests along border areas, in the eastern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Medical sources at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, said the soldiers shot two Palestinians with live fire, and two others with gas bombs, near the border fence in Abu Safiya area, east of nearby Jabalia, causing moderate wounds.
The soldiers also fired live rounds at protesters, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, wounding one Palestinian in his leg, before he was rushed to the European Hospital, while several others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs at protesters, east of Gaza.
Several Palestinians also burnt tires, and flew burning kites, in addition to flying balloons carrying Palestinian flags.
Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said 120 of the 206 wounded Palestinians received treatment in filed clinics, and 86 others, including 44 who were shot with live fire, were rushed to several hospitals in the Gaza Strip; seven of them are in very serious conditions. video
He also stated that at least thirty Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
In his statement Dr. al-Qedra denounced the ongoing Israeli military targeting of medics in the Gaza Strip, and said the soldiers shot two medics, including one woman, and added that at least eight of the wounded Palestinians are children.
Media sources in Gaza said the soldiers shot four Palestinians, including two with live fire, in Abu Safiyya area, east of Jabalia, in northern Gaza, before they were rushed to the Indonesian Hospital in nearby Beit Lahia, suffering moderate wounds.
The army also injured several Palestinians with live fire, and gas bombs, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza Strip. One of them was shot with a bullet in his leg and was rushed to the European Hospital.
On June 20th 2018, a young man, identified as Mohammad Ghassan Abu Doqqa, 22, died of wounds sustained when he was shot and seriously injured by Israeli army fire on May 14th, 2018 during the Great Return March protest.
On June 18, 2018, a child identified as Zakariya Hussein Bashbash, 13, died of serious wounds sustained several days earlier when he was shot by Israeli soldiers at a protest in Gaza.
On the same day that Zakariya died from his wounds, Israeli soldiers killed Sabri Ahmad Abu Khader, 24, after shooting him with live fire near the Great Return Camp, east of Gaza city.
Their deaths bring the number of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli army fire since March 30th, 2018 to 129, including thirteen children.
The army also injured 13878 others, including hundreds of suffered serious wounds, mainly after being shot with expanding bullets.
Among the slain Palestinians are two medics, identified as Razan Najjar, 22, and Mousa Jaber Abu Hassanein, 36, while 223 others were injured, and the army caused damage to 37 ambulances.
The army also killed two journalists, identified as Yasser Mortaja, 31, and Ahmad Abu Hussein, 25, and wounded 144 others.
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Israeli Soldiers Injure Five Palestinians In Gaza
Jun 22, 2018 @ 16:26
Israeli soldier shot, on Friday evening, at least five Palestinians, including two who were shot with live fire, after the army attacked the “Great Return March” protests along border areas, in the eastern part of the besieged Gaza Strip.
Medical sources at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, said the soldiers shot two Palestinians with live fire, and two others with gas bombs, near the border fence in Abu Safiya area, east of nearby Jabalia, causing moderate wounds.
The soldiers also fired live rounds at protesters, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, wounding one Palestinian in his leg, before he was rushed to the European Hospital, while several others suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
Furthermore, dozens of Palestinians suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, after the soldiers fired a barrage of gas bombs at protesters, east of Gaza.
Several Palestinians also burnt tires, and flew burning kites, in addition to flying balloons carrying Palestinian flags.