8 may 2016
Israeli forces on Sunday morning opened fire on Palestinians farmers in southern Gaza Strip, local sources said.
Locals told Ma’an Israeli forces deployed east of Khan Yunis opened fire on farmers, preventing them from reaching their lands. No Injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson said they could not confirm the incident.
The incident comes after Israeli forces targeted the southern region of the small Palestinian territory with airstrikes for four consecutive days beginning Wednesday evening. Several were injured and a Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli shelling.
Israel said airstrikes were launched in response to Palestinian resistance groups targeting its troops with mortar rounds in an attempt to thwart Israeli military excavation activities in search of Hamas-made tunnels. However, Israel’s regular incursions inside Gaza’s border areas were perceived by many as the instigator of the hostilities.
The exchange was seen as an unusual escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip since a 2014 ceasefire was brokered after Israel’s devastating 50-day assault on the besieged coastal enclave that left some 2,200 dead and 11,000 injured.
Hamas, Gaza’s de facto ruler, had widely observed the ceasefire; Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yalon in March said Hamas “hasn't fired a bullet” since the war, and following Thursday's hostilities, Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted a senior Israeli army officer as saying that Hamas had even been instrumental in preventing terrorist attacks and rocket fire directed at Israel.
However in the almost two years since the ceasefire was declared, regular violations have been committed on the Israeli side.
Israeli bulldozers frequently enter Gaza territory, carrying out land-leveling and excavation operations while accompanied by military vehicles, with four such incursions recorded by the UN between April 26 and May 2.
On a near daily basis, the Israeli army fires "warning shots" on Palestinian fisherman, farmers, and shepherds entering the Israeli-enforced “buffer zone,” implemented after Israel imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip a decade ago.
Due to the high frequency of the attacks, live fire often goes unreported.
While Israel typically cites security concerns when targeting Palestinian agricultural areas, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights has reported in the past that fishermen are often targeted when they pose no threat.
Approximately 35 percent of Palestinian agricultural land in Gaza is inaccessible without high personal risk, according to the center.
In 2015, Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen at least 139 times, killing three, wounding dozens, and damaging at least 16 fishing boats, according to the UN Agency for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Israeli forces also regularly open fire on Palestinian protesters during Friday demonstrations held along Gaza’s border, with injuries sustained by live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets reported nearly every week. At least 25 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza clashes since the beginning of October, according to UN documentation.
Locals told Ma’an Israeli forces deployed east of Khan Yunis opened fire on farmers, preventing them from reaching their lands. No Injuries were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson said they could not confirm the incident.
The incident comes after Israeli forces targeted the southern region of the small Palestinian territory with airstrikes for four consecutive days beginning Wednesday evening. Several were injured and a Palestinian woman was killed by Israeli shelling.
Israel said airstrikes were launched in response to Palestinian resistance groups targeting its troops with mortar rounds in an attempt to thwart Israeli military excavation activities in search of Hamas-made tunnels. However, Israel’s regular incursions inside Gaza’s border areas were perceived by many as the instigator of the hostilities.
The exchange was seen as an unusual escalation of violence in the Gaza Strip since a 2014 ceasefire was brokered after Israel’s devastating 50-day assault on the besieged coastal enclave that left some 2,200 dead and 11,000 injured.
Hamas, Gaza’s de facto ruler, had widely observed the ceasefire; Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yalon in March said Hamas “hasn't fired a bullet” since the war, and following Thursday's hostilities, Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted a senior Israeli army officer as saying that Hamas had even been instrumental in preventing terrorist attacks and rocket fire directed at Israel.
However in the almost two years since the ceasefire was declared, regular violations have been committed on the Israeli side.
Israeli bulldozers frequently enter Gaza territory, carrying out land-leveling and excavation operations while accompanied by military vehicles, with four such incursions recorded by the UN between April 26 and May 2.
On a near daily basis, the Israeli army fires "warning shots" on Palestinian fisherman, farmers, and shepherds entering the Israeli-enforced “buffer zone,” implemented after Israel imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip a decade ago.
Due to the high frequency of the attacks, live fire often goes unreported.
While Israel typically cites security concerns when targeting Palestinian agricultural areas, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights has reported in the past that fishermen are often targeted when they pose no threat.
Approximately 35 percent of Palestinian agricultural land in Gaza is inaccessible without high personal risk, according to the center.
In 2015, Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen at least 139 times, killing three, wounding dozens, and damaging at least 16 fishing boats, according to the UN Agency for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
Israeli forces also regularly open fire on Palestinian protesters during Friday demonstrations held along Gaza’s border, with injuries sustained by live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets reported nearly every week. At least 25 Palestinians have been shot dead by Israeli forces in Gaza clashes since the beginning of October, according to UN documentation.
A Palestinian young man suffered a bullet injury when an Israeli soldier opened fire at him near Dar Salah village, east of Bethlehem city.
Media activist Mohamed Awad told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that an Israeli border soldier opened fire at 27-year-old Nabil Sabarneh, from Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil, as he was walking in Wadi al-Humus area, southeast of Jerusalem on Saturday evening.
Awad noted that Sabarneh was en route to his workplace in the occupied holy city.
He added that the young man suffered a severe bullet injury in one of his feet and was taken to a medical center in Dar Salah village to receive first aid before he was transferred to al-Hussein hospital in Beit Jala city.
Media activist Mohamed Awad told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that an Israeli border soldier opened fire at 27-year-old Nabil Sabarneh, from Beit Ummar town in al-Khalil, as he was walking in Wadi al-Humus area, southeast of Jerusalem on Saturday evening.
Awad noted that Sabarneh was en route to his workplace in the occupied holy city.
He added that the young man suffered a severe bullet injury in one of his feet and was taken to a medical center in Dar Salah village to receive first aid before he was transferred to al-Hussein hospital in Beit Jala city.
The Israeli occupation navy on Saturday evening kidnapped two Palestinian fishermen as they were working off the coast of Beit Lahiya, north of the Gaza Strip.
Chief of the fishermen Nizar Ayyash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli naval forces kidnapped Oranes and Mohamed Sultan after intercepting their rowboat off the shore of Beit Lahiya.
Ayyash added that the two men were very close to the shore in their small fishing boat when they were rounded up. According to a local committee documenting Israel's violations against Gaza fishermen, the Israeli navy on Friday evening intensified their presence off the coast of Gaza City.
Gunboats also opened machinegun fire that day at fishing boats working within the permitted fishing zone and caused damage to one of them.
Chief of the fishermen Nizar Ayyash told the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) that Israeli naval forces kidnapped Oranes and Mohamed Sultan after intercepting their rowboat off the shore of Beit Lahiya.
Ayyash added that the two men were very close to the shore in their small fishing boat when they were rounded up. According to a local committee documenting Israel's violations against Gaza fishermen, the Israeli navy on Friday evening intensified their presence off the coast of Gaza City.
Gunboats also opened machinegun fire that day at fishing boats working within the permitted fishing zone and caused damage to one of them.
7 may 2016
Israeli forces opened fire on a group of Palestinian shepherds Saturday in the eastern outskirts of Gaza City.
Witnesses told Ma’an that gunshots were heard coming from Israeli military watchtowers near the Nahal Oz military base. No casualties were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into reports.
The recent incident comes amid four consecutive days of airstrikes on the besieged enclave that has so far killed a Palestinian woman while injuring several others.
The Israeli army regularly fires "warning shots" on Palestinian fisherman and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
Israeli military activities, which have become almost daily occurrences, often interfere with Palestinian farmers whose land lies in the area.
Approximately 35 percent of Palestinian agricultural land in Gaza is inaccessible without high personal risk, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
Witnesses told Ma’an that gunshots were heard coming from Israeli military watchtowers near the Nahal Oz military base. No casualties were reported.
An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into reports.
The recent incident comes amid four consecutive days of airstrikes on the besieged enclave that has so far killed a Palestinian woman while injuring several others.
The Israeli army regularly fires "warning shots" on Palestinian fisherman and farmers along the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
Israeli military activities, which have become almost daily occurrences, often interfere with Palestinian farmers whose land lies in the area.
Approximately 35 percent of Palestinian agricultural land in Gaza is inaccessible without high personal risk, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights.
Israeli airstrikes continued on the southern Gaza Strip in the predawn hours Saturday for the fourth consecutive day, in response to an alleged projectile being shot into southern Israel.
Witnesses told Ma’an Israeli forces launched two airstrikes on open areas east of Khan Yunis. No injuries were reported.
In a statement released Saturday, the Israeli army said the airstrikes targeted two Hamas “terror infrastructures,” in retaliation for a rocket that was reportedly shot from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel.
Israeli army spokesperson Peter Lerner accused Hamas of carrying out the attack in the statement, and demanded that the party be “held accountable.” However, Hamas has not claimed any responsibility for the attacks.
The Israeli aerial offensive on the Gaza Strip began on Wednesday evening as Israeli authorities claimed airstrikes were carried out in response to mortar rounds that were launched from the besieged enclave since Tuesday at Israeli forces conducting “operational defense activities” in search of Hamas-built tunnels near the security fence.
Israeli forces launched several rounds of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip just hours after Palestinian and Israeli shelling was exchanged across the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
The latest round of airstrikes on the besieged enclave comes two days after Israeli shelling killed a Palestinian woman on Thursday and injured at least one other Palestinian woman.
Four Palestinians, including three children, were injured earlier in the day on Thursday when Israeli forces carried out several airstrikes across the small Palestinian territory, one of which hit a metal workshop in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City. The strike injured 65-year-old Hassan Hassanien and three children from the family.
Deputy head of Hamas’ politburo Ismail Haniyeh addressed a crowd on Friday at the Abu Salim mosque in the central Gaza Strip, stating that “We do not call for a new war, but we will not allow these incursions or for new realities to be imposed on our people in Gaza. We call for lifting the siege. Enough of this historical injustice suffered by 2 million of our people."
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone” have long been a near-daily occurrence, marked by Israeli bulldozers leveling lands inside Gaza territory while accompanied by Israeli military vehicles.
Haniyeh said incursions inside Gaza territory are a grave violation of the Egypt-sponsored ceasefire reached in the summer of 2014 between Israel and the Gaza Strip following a devastating Israeli offensive on the Palestinian territory..
Hamas leader, Mousa Abu Marzouq, announced Thursday that Egypt was mediating peace efforts to restore the 2014 truce.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces also announced on Thursday that they uncovered a tunnel in southern Gaza, which they said may cross under the security fence between the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. It is the second tunnel uncovered since the devastating 2014 Israeli aerial offensive on the besieged enclave.
Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri urged all parties to accept their responsibilities and end the aggression on Gaza in a press statement released on Wednesday, adding that Israeli crimes would not “break the spirit of the Palestinian people.”
The Gaza Strip has been under a severe economic blockade imposed by Israel for decade. The blockade was imposed following the victory of Hamas in the 2006 Palestinian elections and the subsequent 2007 clashes between Fatah and Hamas, which left Hamas in control of the Gaza Strip and Fatah in control of the occupied West Bank.
IAF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fired at Israeli civilians
Rocket falls in open area in Eshkol, causing no injuries or damage; it is the first rocket over the past week to target civilians rather than IDF forces, after some 16 mortar shells were launched at troops operating near the border.
Israel Air Force (IAF) fighter jets attacked two Hamas targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Saturday in retaliation for a rocket fired at Israeli civilians.
The rocket, fired shortly after midnight, exploded in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported. A Code Red rocket alert siren was sounded before the rocket fell.
So far over the past week, Hamas has been firing mortar shells only at IDF forces operating in the border fence area in search for border-crossing tunnels. The rocket fired overnight, which was aimed at civilian population in the Gaza border communities, constitutes an escalation in recent tensions in the area.
Over the past week, some 16 mortar shells were fired at IDF troops in at least 12 incidents, which is double the amount of mortar shells and rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel since the beginning of 2016. The latest rocket fire against troops was on Friday morning, when two mortar shells were fired at forces operating near the border fence in southern Gaza. No one was hurt and no damage was reported. The IAF attacked Hamas observation posts in retaliation.
In light of the escalation on the border over the past week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the security cabinet on Friday. The Prime Minister's Office said that the cabinet "received an update from security officials on IDF operations in recent days and on the discovery of the latest tunnel."
In a speech he made ahead of the Friday prayers, deputy Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh claimed that "We are not calling for a new war, but we will not allow incursions or imposing facts on the ground by Israel in Gaza."
Haniyeh explained that the Palestinians objected the Israeli prohibition on Palestinian traffic in the "perimeter," a 300-meter buffer zone inside the Strip and bordering the frontier.
"We say no to the perimeter inside of Gaza's borders, and Israel must understand this," he stated. "We are in contact with Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and also with the UN's (Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process) Nickolay Mladenov to bring an end to the Israeli escalation, and these efforts are continuing."
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah also talked about the escalation in Gaza on Friday, saying, "We need to direct the world's attention to the Israeli aggression, bombardment and operations in the Gaza Strip in recent days. Everyone must condemn it so Israel doesn't continue with its aggression."
Witnesses told Ma’an Israeli forces launched two airstrikes on open areas east of Khan Yunis. No injuries were reported.
In a statement released Saturday, the Israeli army said the airstrikes targeted two Hamas “terror infrastructures,” in retaliation for a rocket that was reportedly shot from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel.
Israeli army spokesperson Peter Lerner accused Hamas of carrying out the attack in the statement, and demanded that the party be “held accountable.” However, Hamas has not claimed any responsibility for the attacks.
The Israeli aerial offensive on the Gaza Strip began on Wednesday evening as Israeli authorities claimed airstrikes were carried out in response to mortar rounds that were launched from the besieged enclave since Tuesday at Israeli forces conducting “operational defense activities” in search of Hamas-built tunnels near the security fence.
Israeli forces launched several rounds of airstrikes in the Gaza Strip just hours after Palestinian and Israeli shelling was exchanged across the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel.
The latest round of airstrikes on the besieged enclave comes two days after Israeli shelling killed a Palestinian woman on Thursday and injured at least one other Palestinian woman.
Four Palestinians, including three children, were injured earlier in the day on Thursday when Israeli forces carried out several airstrikes across the small Palestinian territory, one of which hit a metal workshop in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City. The strike injured 65-year-old Hassan Hassanien and three children from the family.
Deputy head of Hamas’ politburo Ismail Haniyeh addressed a crowd on Friday at the Abu Salim mosque in the central Gaza Strip, stating that “We do not call for a new war, but we will not allow these incursions or for new realities to be imposed on our people in Gaza. We call for lifting the siege. Enough of this historical injustice suffered by 2 million of our people."
Israeli military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer zone” have long been a near-daily occurrence, marked by Israeli bulldozers leveling lands inside Gaza territory while accompanied by Israeli military vehicles.
Haniyeh said incursions inside Gaza territory are a grave violation of the Egypt-sponsored ceasefire reached in the summer of 2014 between Israel and the Gaza Strip following a devastating Israeli offensive on the Palestinian territory..
Hamas leader, Mousa Abu Marzouq, announced Thursday that Egypt was mediating peace efforts to restore the 2014 truce.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces also announced on Thursday that they uncovered a tunnel in southern Gaza, which they said may cross under the security fence between the Gaza Strip and southern Israel. It is the second tunnel uncovered since the devastating 2014 Israeli aerial offensive on the besieged enclave.
Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri urged all parties to accept their responsibilities and end the aggression on Gaza in a press statement released on Wednesday, adding that Israeli crimes would not “break the spirit of the Palestinian people.”
The Gaza Strip has been under a severe economic blockade imposed by Israel for decade. The blockade was imposed following the victory of Hamas in the 2006 Palestinian elections and the subsequent 2007 clashes between Fatah and Hamas, which left Hamas in control of the Gaza Strip and Fatah in control of the occupied West Bank.
IAF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket fired at Israeli civilians
Rocket falls in open area in Eshkol, causing no injuries or damage; it is the first rocket over the past week to target civilians rather than IDF forces, after some 16 mortar shells were launched at troops operating near the border.
Israel Air Force (IAF) fighter jets attacked two Hamas targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Saturday in retaliation for a rocket fired at Israeli civilians.
The rocket, fired shortly after midnight, exploded in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported. A Code Red rocket alert siren was sounded before the rocket fell.
So far over the past week, Hamas has been firing mortar shells only at IDF forces operating in the border fence area in search for border-crossing tunnels. The rocket fired overnight, which was aimed at civilian population in the Gaza border communities, constitutes an escalation in recent tensions in the area.
Over the past week, some 16 mortar shells were fired at IDF troops in at least 12 incidents, which is double the amount of mortar shells and rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel since the beginning of 2016. The latest rocket fire against troops was on Friday morning, when two mortar shells were fired at forces operating near the border fence in southern Gaza. No one was hurt and no damage was reported. The IAF attacked Hamas observation posts in retaliation.
In light of the escalation on the border over the past week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the security cabinet on Friday. The Prime Minister's Office said that the cabinet "received an update from security officials on IDF operations in recent days and on the discovery of the latest tunnel."
In a speech he made ahead of the Friday prayers, deputy Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh claimed that "We are not calling for a new war, but we will not allow incursions or imposing facts on the ground by Israel in Gaza."
Haniyeh explained that the Palestinians objected the Israeli prohibition on Palestinian traffic in the "perimeter," a 300-meter buffer zone inside the Strip and bordering the frontier.
"We say no to the perimeter inside of Gaza's borders, and Israel must understand this," he stated. "We are in contact with Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and also with the UN's (Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process) Nickolay Mladenov to bring an end to the Israeli escalation, and these efforts are continuing."
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah also talked about the escalation in Gaza on Friday, saying, "We need to direct the world's attention to the Israeli aggression, bombardment and operations in the Gaza Strip in recent days. Everyone must condemn it so Israel doesn't continue with its aggression."
The Israeli security cabinet on Friday convened for a special meeting to discuss the escalation of operational activities along the Gaza borderline at the pretext of looking for more underground tunnels.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, the four-hour meeting was held in Tel Aviv in the presence of premier Benjamin Netanyahu, war minister Moshe Ya'alon, chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot and head of the southern command Eyal Zamir.
The participants in the meeting stressed the need to retain military activities inside Gaza border areas around the clock to locate more tunnels and prevent attacks against Israeli troops.
Netanyahu's office said that the security cabinet received an update from the Israeli intelligence apparatuses about the military operation taking place on Gaza border.
During the last few days, the Israeli occupation army had carried out small-scale incursions into Gaza border areas as well as aerial attacks that claimed the life of a Palestinian woman and injured others. The Israeli military escalation prompted the Palestinian resistance to respond and launch several counterattacks.
According to the Hebrew website 0404, the four-hour meeting was held in Tel Aviv in the presence of premier Benjamin Netanyahu, war minister Moshe Ya'alon, chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot and head of the southern command Eyal Zamir.
The participants in the meeting stressed the need to retain military activities inside Gaza border areas around the clock to locate more tunnels and prevent attacks against Israeli troops.
Netanyahu's office said that the security cabinet received an update from the Israeli intelligence apparatuses about the military operation taking place on Gaza border.
During the last few days, the Israeli occupation army had carried out small-scale incursions into Gaza border areas as well as aerial attacks that claimed the life of a Palestinian woman and injured others. The Israeli military escalation prompted the Palestinian resistance to respond and launch several counterattacks.
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, Friday, two young Palestinian men from Ya’bad town, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin. The soldiers also detained four Palestinian in Marj Ben Amer Meadows, and threatened to kill them.
Media source in Jenin said several Israeli army vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, and drove around in various streets and neighborhoods, while conducting provocative acts.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Soury Herzallah, 20, and Naseem Mustafa Bilal, 19.
In related news, the soldiers detained four Palestinians from Sielet al-Harethiyya, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while picnicking in Marj Ben Amer Meadow area, west of Jenin.
Resident Yahya Abdul-Halim Khalil, 19, told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers detained him, and three of his friends, while picnicking in the area, and threatened to kill them should they return.
Media source in Jenin said several Israeli army vehicles invaded Ya’bad town, and drove around in various streets and neighborhoods, while conducting provocative acts.
The sources added that the soldiers also invaded and ransacked several homes, and kidnapped two Palestinians, identified as Ahmad Soury Herzallah, 20, and Naseem Mustafa Bilal, 19.
In related news, the soldiers detained four Palestinians from Sielet al-Harethiyya, west of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, while picnicking in Marj Ben Amer Meadow area, west of Jenin.
Resident Yahya Abdul-Halim Khalil, 19, told the WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the soldiers detained him, and three of his friends, while picnicking in the area, and threatened to kill them should they return.
Several Israeli army vehicles invaded, Friday, the Naqqar neighborhood, west of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, injured one Palestinian and kidnapped another.
Media sources in Qalqilia said the soldiers attacked many Palestinians, interrogated many of them, and kidnapped a man, identified as Mohammad Abdul-Latif J’eidi.
The soldiers also fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, causing scores of residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
One Palestinian, in his twenties, was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, suffering a moderate injury, before he was moved to Dr. Darweesh Nazzal Hospital, in Qalqilia.
Media sources in Qalqilia said the soldiers attacked many Palestinians, interrogated many of them, and kidnapped a man, identified as Mohammad Abdul-Latif J’eidi.
The soldiers also fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, causing scores of residents to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation.
One Palestinian, in his twenties, was shot with a rubber-coated steel bullet, suffering a moderate injury, before he was moved to Dr. Darweesh Nazzal Hospital, in Qalqilia.
Israeli soldiers invaded, Friday, the town of Abu Dis, southeast of occupied East Jerusalem, and clashed with dozens of youngsters, wounding at least thirty-three, including two medics.
The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding nine Palestinians, who received the needed treatment by local Red Crescent medics.
The Red Crescent said the soldiers also targeted its medics, by firing gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at them, and their ambulances, wounding two with rubber-coated steel bullets, as they were trying to provide the needed medical attention to injured Palestinians.
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The soldiers fired dozens of gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets, wounding nine Palestinians, who received the needed treatment by local Red Crescent medics.
The Red Crescent said the soldiers also targeted its medics, by firing gas bombs and rubber-coated steel bullets at them, and their ambulances, wounding two with rubber-coated steel bullets, as they were trying to provide the needed medical attention to injured Palestinians.
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6 may 2016
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and injured three Palestinians, in different parts of the besieged Gaza Strip.
The sources said that a young man was shot with a live round in his leg, and two others suffered severe effects of teargas inhalation, after the soldiers, stationed across the border fence, attacked protesters east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city.
Thousands of Palestinians marched east of the Sheja’eyya, and east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, in addition to east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the coastal region.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, while many local youths hurled stones on them.
Palestinian injured by Israeli gunfire on Gaza borders
A Palestinian young man was injured Friday evening when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), stationed on the border areas, opened fire at a group of people east of Gaza city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli forces fired live ammunition and teargas bombs at a group of youths who were protesting against Israeli recent escalation on Gaza’s border areas.
The sources affirmed that a young man was transferred to hospital for treatment as he suffered live bullet injury, while dozens suffered breathing difficulties due to the excessive use of teargas bombs.
The besieged Strip of Gaza has been witnessing a state of calm since Friday noon hours after continued airstrikes and limited incursions along the past three days.
An elderly woman was killed and at least five persons were injured during the Israeli recent attacks.
The sources said that a young man was shot with a live round in his leg, and two others suffered severe effects of teargas inhalation, after the soldiers, stationed across the border fence, attacked protesters east of the Sheja’eyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city.
Thousands of Palestinians marched east of the Sheja’eyya, and east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, in addition to east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the coastal region.
The soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, while many local youths hurled stones on them.
Palestinian injured by Israeli gunfire on Gaza borders
A Palestinian young man was injured Friday evening when Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF), stationed on the border areas, opened fire at a group of people east of Gaza city.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that Israeli forces fired live ammunition and teargas bombs at a group of youths who were protesting against Israeli recent escalation on Gaza’s border areas.
The sources affirmed that a young man was transferred to hospital for treatment as he suffered live bullet injury, while dozens suffered breathing difficulties due to the excessive use of teargas bombs.
The besieged Strip of Gaza has been witnessing a state of calm since Friday noon hours after continued airstrikes and limited incursions along the past three days.
An elderly woman was killed and at least five persons were injured during the Israeli recent attacks.
Israeli forces injured dozens of Palestinians during weekly Friday protests in the occupied West Bank villages of Kafr Qaddum and Bilin.
Three Palestinians, including two journalists, were injured on Friday as Israeli forces dispersed the weekly protest in Kafr Qaddum in the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya.
Coordinator for popular resistance in the village Murad Shtewi said dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the village firing rubber-coated steel bullets, sponge rounds, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades.
Akif Jumaa, 55, was injured by a sponge round fired at his wrist. He was taken to Rafidia hospital for treatment.
Reporter for the Palestinian news station Palestine TV Ahmad Shawir was injured with rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces at his hand and foot, while the photojournalist Muthanna al-Deek was injured with a rubber bullet fired at his the foot. They were treated on the scene.
In the central West Bank village of Bilin, dozens suffered from tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces dispersed the weekly protest there.
Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets at protesters at the western entrance to the village, causing a fire to erupt on land belonging to Awad Yasin in the Khallat al-Ful area.
Participants in the protest raised Palestinian flags and roamed the village chanting songs for national unity and resistance. They called for the release of all prisoners including journalist Omar Nazzal and hunger striking prisoners.
An Israeli army spokesperson said they were looking into reports on the incident.
Residents of Kafr Qaddum and Bilin are among many in Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank that carry out weekly Friday demonstrations in opposition to the decades-long Israeli military occupation.
Israeli forces have received criticism for excessive use of force as well as lethal methods of crowd control that often result in death or injury of protesters.
2 journalists among dozens of injured during Friday protests
At least three Palestinians, including two journalists, were injured while dozens choked on teargas as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) suppressed Friday weekly marches across the West Bank.
Local activist Murad Shteiwi told the PIC reporter that dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed Kafer Qaddum town amid heavy firing of teargas bombs and sound grenades and violently quelled the anti-settlement weekly march.
Three injuries were reported during the attack including two journalists, while dozens suffered breathing difficulties due to the excessive IOF firing of teargas bombs, he added.
During the march, Israeli forces deliberately targeted the journalists and their equipment, Shteiwi pointed out. Hundreds of locals and foreign activists participated in the weekly march while holding banners and chanting slogans calling for an end to Israeli occupation and settlement expansion.
In a similar attack, dozens of Palestinians suffered breathing problems after Israeli forces suppressed Friday afternoon Bi’lin weekly march that was organized against Israeli settlement construction.
Dozens of olive trees were burned due to the excessive firing of teargas bombs during the march.
Meanwhile, nine rubber bullet injuries and 23 teargas suffocation cases were also reported as clashes erupted in Abu Dis town east of occupied Jerusalem.
Three Palestinians, including two journalists, were injured on Friday as Israeli forces dispersed the weekly protest in Kafr Qaddum in the northern West Bank district of Qalqiliya.
Coordinator for popular resistance in the village Murad Shtewi said dozens of Israeli soldiers raided the village firing rubber-coated steel bullets, sponge rounds, tear gas canisters, and stun grenades.
Akif Jumaa, 55, was injured by a sponge round fired at his wrist. He was taken to Rafidia hospital for treatment.
Reporter for the Palestinian news station Palestine TV Ahmad Shawir was injured with rubber-coated steel bullets fired by Israeli forces at his hand and foot, while the photojournalist Muthanna al-Deek was injured with a rubber bullet fired at his the foot. They were treated on the scene.
In the central West Bank village of Bilin, dozens suffered from tear gas inhalation as Israeli forces dispersed the weekly protest there.
Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters and rubber-coated steel bullets at protesters at the western entrance to the village, causing a fire to erupt on land belonging to Awad Yasin in the Khallat al-Ful area.
Participants in the protest raised Palestinian flags and roamed the village chanting songs for national unity and resistance. They called for the release of all prisoners including journalist Omar Nazzal and hunger striking prisoners.
An Israeli army spokesperson said they were looking into reports on the incident.
Residents of Kafr Qaddum and Bilin are among many in Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank that carry out weekly Friday demonstrations in opposition to the decades-long Israeli military occupation.
Israeli forces have received criticism for excessive use of force as well as lethal methods of crowd control that often result in death or injury of protesters.
2 journalists among dozens of injured during Friday protests
At least three Palestinians, including two journalists, were injured while dozens choked on teargas as Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) suppressed Friday weekly marches across the West Bank.
Local activist Murad Shteiwi told the PIC reporter that dozens of Israeli soldiers stormed Kafer Qaddum town amid heavy firing of teargas bombs and sound grenades and violently quelled the anti-settlement weekly march.
Three injuries were reported during the attack including two journalists, while dozens suffered breathing difficulties due to the excessive IOF firing of teargas bombs, he added.
During the march, Israeli forces deliberately targeted the journalists and their equipment, Shteiwi pointed out. Hundreds of locals and foreign activists participated in the weekly march while holding banners and chanting slogans calling for an end to Israeli occupation and settlement expansion.
In a similar attack, dozens of Palestinians suffered breathing problems after Israeli forces suppressed Friday afternoon Bi’lin weekly march that was organized against Israeli settlement construction.
Dozens of olive trees were burned due to the excessive firing of teargas bombs during the march.
Meanwhile, nine rubber bullet injuries and 23 teargas suffocation cases were also reported as clashes erupted in Abu Dis town east of occupied Jerusalem.
Israeli warplanes launched at dawn Friday airstrikes at an open area in Khuza’a town east of Khan Younis to the south of Gaza Strip, no injuries were initially reported, the PIC reporter said.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army radio claimed that three mortar shells were fired from Gaza Strip on Friday morning and targeted an Israeli patrol stationed at the southern borders of the Strip, without reporting any casualties.
Israeli forces also opened fire at and shelled agricultural lands south of the besieged Strip. No casualties were reported.
Earlier Thursday, a Palestinian elderly woman was killed and two young men were injured in Israeli artillery shelling east of Khan Younis city south of Gaza Strip, while Israeli warplanes continued to launch airstrikes on the southern border areas.
Tension continued to escalate in the besieged Gaza Strip since Wednesday afternoon after Israeli forces carried out several airstrikes and incursions in total violation of the ceasefire agreement reached in August 2014.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army radio claimed that three mortar shells were fired from Gaza Strip on Friday morning and targeted an Israeli patrol stationed at the southern borders of the Strip, without reporting any casualties.
Israeli forces also opened fire at and shelled agricultural lands south of the besieged Strip. No casualties were reported.
Earlier Thursday, a Palestinian elderly woman was killed and two young men were injured in Israeli artillery shelling east of Khan Younis city south of Gaza Strip, while Israeli warplanes continued to launch airstrikes on the southern border areas.
Tension continued to escalate in the besieged Gaza Strip since Wednesday afternoon after Israeli forces carried out several airstrikes and incursions in total violation of the ceasefire agreement reached in August 2014.
