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Violent clashes broke out on Friday between Palestinian protesters and Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in al-Khalil and Qalqilya in the West Bank.
Local sources said that a number of Palestinians were injured by IOF rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas canisters, including a journalist, during protests in Surif town in al-Khalil. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that journalist Mu'ath Amarneh was shot with a rubber-coated metal bullet in the eye. He was transferred to a local hospital for treatment but doctors couldn't save his eye. video Dozens of Palestinian citizens marched in Surif to protest land seizure by the Israeli authorities in favor of settlement construction. |
Meanwhile, confrontations flared up in Kafr Qaddum in Qalqilya after the IOF violently quelled the weekly demonstration in the town.
Activist Murad Shtewi said that the IOF showered the peaceful demonstrators with tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Dozens of Palestinians choked on tear gas and were treated in the field, he added.
Activist Murad Shtewi said that the IOF showered the peaceful demonstrators with tear gas canisters, stun grenades and rubber-coated metal bullets.
Dozens of Palestinians choked on tear gas and were treated in the field, he added.
Haaretz headline – Israeli Army Admits to Killing Eight Gaza Family Members: We Thought the House Was Empty
November 15 – 8:33 A.M Israeli army admits to killing eight Gaza family members: “We thought the house was empty.”
The Israeli military admitted it made a mistake in targeting a Gaza building Wednesday night, which killed a family of eight.
The army said it assessed that the building in the Deir al-Balah neighborhood was empty, not realizing it was populated by a family…
(The full article is behind a pay-wall)
Neighbors and acquaintances said it was a case of mistaken identity. The military said it had targeted Rasmi Abu Malhous, commander of the Islamic Jihad’s rocket squadron in the central Gaza Strip, but acquaintances of the family say the strike killed the family of a man with the same name.
Nov. 15 – 7:11 A.M. Palestinians report several people were lightly wounded, and damage caused to property in Khan Younis and Rafah, in Southern Gaza overnight
Nov. 15 – 12:53 A.M. Military says it struck Islamic Jihad positions in the Gaza Strip
Nov. 14 – 10:14 P.M. Hours after the cease-fire was declared, five rockets were launched from the coastal enclave, with two of them intercepted in southern Israel, the army said.
IDF reportedly said that they views the violation of the cease-fire as “very severe.”
Nov. 14 – 10:02 P.M. Rocket sirens sounded in Israeli communities near Gaza border and Sderot.
November 15 – 8:33 A.M Israeli army admits to killing eight Gaza family members: “We thought the house was empty.”
The Israeli military admitted it made a mistake in targeting a Gaza building Wednesday night, which killed a family of eight.
The army said it assessed that the building in the Deir al-Balah neighborhood was empty, not realizing it was populated by a family…
(The full article is behind a pay-wall)
Neighbors and acquaintances said it was a case of mistaken identity. The military said it had targeted Rasmi Abu Malhous, commander of the Islamic Jihad’s rocket squadron in the central Gaza Strip, but acquaintances of the family say the strike killed the family of a man with the same name.
Nov. 15 – 7:11 A.M. Palestinians report several people were lightly wounded, and damage caused to property in Khan Younis and Rafah, in Southern Gaza overnight
Nov. 15 – 12:53 A.M. Military says it struck Islamic Jihad positions in the Gaza Strip
Nov. 14 – 10:14 P.M. Hours after the cease-fire was declared, five rockets were launched from the coastal enclave, with two of them intercepted in southern Israel, the army said.
IDF reportedly said that they views the violation of the cease-fire as “very severe.”
Nov. 14 – 10:02 P.M. Rocket sirens sounded in Israeli communities near Gaza border and Sderot.
Dozens of Palestinian citizens on Thursday were injured in clashes with the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in different West Bank areas.
Local sources said that dozens of Palestinian citizens choked on IOF tear gas during confrontations at the western entrance to Tulkarem City.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that students of Palestine Technical University (Kadoorie) were evacuated after the IOF fired tear gas bombs at the university's buildings.
Similar clashes broke out in Bethlehem City where at least 30 Palestinian citizens were affected by tear gas fired by the IOF soldiers.
Meanwhile, the IOF stopped a Palestinian girl at a checkpoint near Nablus City and arrested her.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF arrested a Palestinian girl identified as Sabrin Hanaysha at Huwara checkpoint and transferred her to an undeclared destination.
Local sources said that dozens of Palestinian citizens choked on IOF tear gas during confrontations at the western entrance to Tulkarem City.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that students of Palestine Technical University (Kadoorie) were evacuated after the IOF fired tear gas bombs at the university's buildings.
Similar clashes broke out in Bethlehem City where at least 30 Palestinian citizens were affected by tear gas fired by the IOF soldiers.
Meanwhile, the IOF stopped a Palestinian girl at a checkpoint near Nablus City and arrested her.
Local sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF arrested a Palestinian girl identified as Sabrin Hanaysha at Huwara checkpoint and transferred her to an undeclared destination.
The Ministry of Education in Gaza has announced that 6 school students were killed and 15 schools were damaged in the latest Israeli aggression on Gaza.
The ministry said in a press statement that the martyrs are: Ismail Abdulal, Mohammed Atyya, Amir Ayyad, Muhannad al-Sawarka, Muath al-Sawarka and Wasim al-Sawarka.
It added that 15 schools were partially damaged by nearby airstrikes in different Gaza Strip areas.
The ministry pointed out that hundreds of school students have suffered from panic and trauma as a result of the shelling that targeted homes and civilians.
It called for international human rights organizations to assume their responsibilities toward the Palestinian civilians in Gaza and for holding the Israeli occupation leaders responsible before international courts for their crimes against humanity.
IDF: Striking “Terror” Targets
Israel’s army said early Friday it had launched fresh strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza, despite a ceasefire in place since Thursday morning.
“The IDF (Israeli Defence Force) is currently striking Islamic Jihad terror targets in the Gaza strip,” the army said in a WhatsApp message to reporters, The New Arab (Al-Araby) reported.
Israel typically does not publicly acknowledge deals with militant groups, and on Thursday officials said the only unwritten agreement was that Israel would hold fire so long as Islamic Jihad did.
Israel’s military spokesmen listed a series of accomplishments after the two-day spasm of violence, including the killing of some 25 militants in targeted strikes.
The ceasefire had been agreed between Israel and Palestinian militants after two days of fighting in Gaza saw thirty-four Palestinians killed in exchanges of fire.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the policy had “proved itself” and would continue.
“Everyone who was a top military official, who was set to carry out, and was involved in terror or rocket firing against Israel was eliminated,” he told Israeli Army Radio. “And we intend to continue with this.”
Critics of Israel’s contentious policy say it amounts to extrajudicial killings that endanger civilians.
The ministry said in a press statement that the martyrs are: Ismail Abdulal, Mohammed Atyya, Amir Ayyad, Muhannad al-Sawarka, Muath al-Sawarka and Wasim al-Sawarka.
It added that 15 schools were partially damaged by nearby airstrikes in different Gaza Strip areas.
The ministry pointed out that hundreds of school students have suffered from panic and trauma as a result of the shelling that targeted homes and civilians.
It called for international human rights organizations to assume their responsibilities toward the Palestinian civilians in Gaza and for holding the Israeli occupation leaders responsible before international courts for their crimes against humanity.
IDF: Striking “Terror” Targets
Israel’s army said early Friday it had launched fresh strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza, despite a ceasefire in place since Thursday morning.
“The IDF (Israeli Defence Force) is currently striking Islamic Jihad terror targets in the Gaza strip,” the army said in a WhatsApp message to reporters, The New Arab (Al-Araby) reported.
Israel typically does not publicly acknowledge deals with militant groups, and on Thursday officials said the only unwritten agreement was that Israel would hold fire so long as Islamic Jihad did.
Israel’s military spokesmen listed a series of accomplishments after the two-day spasm of violence, including the killing of some 25 militants in targeted strikes.
The ceasefire had been agreed between Israel and Palestinian militants after two days of fighting in Gaza saw thirty-four Palestinians killed in exchanges of fire.
Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said the policy had “proved itself” and would continue.
“Everyone who was a top military official, who was set to carry out, and was involved in terror or rocket firing against Israel was eliminated,” he told Israeli Army Radio. “And we intend to continue with this.”
Critics of Israel’s contentious policy say it amounts to extrajudicial killings that endanger civilians.
The frail ceasefire declared in Gaza yesterday morning between Israel and the Islamic Jihad was relatively holding except for periodic interruptions of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel and Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in the evening and early this morning without causing any human casualties, according to reports.
Several rockets were fired into Israel in the evening last night prompting a new round of Israeli airstrikes on several locations in the Gaza Strip causing damage but no serious injuries.
Reports said the airstrikes were concentrated on the south of the Gaza Strip, mainly Khan Younis and Rafah.
A total of 34 Palestinians, including eight children and three women, were killed and more than 100 were injured in three days of Israeli airstrikes that ended with a ceasefire that went into effect early yesterday morning.
The new round of violence in Gaza started after Israel assassinated a top Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza. Gaza factions retaliated with a barrage of rocket fire into Israel that did not leave any injuries.
Life was gradually getting back to normal in Gaza following the ceasefire with schools and work called to resume on Saturday.
Israel and Gaza Exchange Fire Hours After Ceasefire Declared
Two Palestinians were injured in new Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip, Days of Palestine reported, quoting local sources.
Israel occupation warplanes attacked a resistance site west of Khan Younis, as well as targeting agricultural lands northwest of Rafah city, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip.
The new airstrikes came just hours after the ceasefire was declared, when 5 rockets were reportedly fired from the Gaza Strip.
In the Israeli aggression, the warplanes killed 34 Palestinians, injured 109 others, and destroyed dozens of homes.
Several rockets were fired into Israel in the evening last night prompting a new round of Israeli airstrikes on several locations in the Gaza Strip causing damage but no serious injuries.
Reports said the airstrikes were concentrated on the south of the Gaza Strip, mainly Khan Younis and Rafah.
A total of 34 Palestinians, including eight children and three women, were killed and more than 100 were injured in three days of Israeli airstrikes that ended with a ceasefire that went into effect early yesterday morning.
The new round of violence in Gaza started after Israel assassinated a top Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza. Gaza factions retaliated with a barrage of rocket fire into Israel that did not leave any injuries.
Life was gradually getting back to normal in Gaza following the ceasefire with schools and work called to resume on Saturday.
Israel and Gaza Exchange Fire Hours After Ceasefire Declared
Two Palestinians were injured in new Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip, Days of Palestine reported, quoting local sources.
Israel occupation warplanes attacked a resistance site west of Khan Younis, as well as targeting agricultural lands northwest of Rafah city, in the southern besieged Gaza Strip.
The new airstrikes came just hours after the ceasefire was declared, when 5 rockets were reportedly fired from the Gaza Strip.
In the Israeli aggression, the warplanes killed 34 Palestinians, injured 109 others, and destroyed dozens of homes.
Palestinian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Malki, strongly criticized a statement by Nickolay Mladenov, on Israel’s latest aggression against Gaza, accusing him of covering up the Israeli occupation crimes by blaming the Palestinian people for these crimes.
In a press statement, Malki condemned the language used by Mladenov, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, in his statement Wednesday, in which he ignored the field execution and premeditated and extrajudicial killing of Palestinian families, some of whom were completely annihilated, he Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
“Mladenov’s statement misleads the international public opinion and the United Nations and its honorable mission to uphold and respect international law by describing the situation as an issue of escalation between a Palestinian faction, or an issue of indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars, as he put it, to ‘undermine the efforts to improve the dire socio-economic conditions’ in Gaza, ignoring the occupation and its continuous systematic and broad crimes against our people, and also ignoring the reports issued by the United Nations committees investigating the crimes that undoubtedly prove the crimes of the occupation against our people,” Malki asserted.
He called on Mladenov to abide by his mandate as a representative of the United Nations, and “stop issuing such misleading statements that are contrary to the positions, reports and resolutions of the United Nations.”
In a press statement, Malki condemned the language used by Mladenov, the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, in his statement Wednesday, in which he ignored the field execution and premeditated and extrajudicial killing of Palestinian families, some of whom were completely annihilated, he Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
“Mladenov’s statement misleads the international public opinion and the United Nations and its honorable mission to uphold and respect international law by describing the situation as an issue of escalation between a Palestinian faction, or an issue of indiscriminate launching of rockets and mortars, as he put it, to ‘undermine the efforts to improve the dire socio-economic conditions’ in Gaza, ignoring the occupation and its continuous systematic and broad crimes against our people, and also ignoring the reports issued by the United Nations committees investigating the crimes that undoubtedly prove the crimes of the occupation against our people,” Malki asserted.
He called on Mladenov to abide by his mandate as a representative of the United Nations, and “stop issuing such misleading statements that are contrary to the positions, reports and resolutions of the United Nations.”
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad Malki, Wednesday, called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hold Israel accountable for its latest attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip, The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported.
Speaking at the 12th annual International Forum MEDays, running in the Moroccan town of Tangier, Malki emphasized the need for the international community to hold the Israeli forces accountable for the repercussions of the latest escalation against the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and to bring it to justice at the ICC.
The Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the Israeli army killing of eight members of the Abu Malhous family, including women and children, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip Thursday morning. An airstrike at the Abu Malhous house destroyed the house, and killed the entire family.
Malki said the conference coincides with the latest Israeli aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip, which resulted so far in three days of aggression in the death of 34 people and more than 113 wounded, mostly women and children.
The Foreign Minister pointed out that the silence and inaction of the international community against the Israeli escalation in Gaza, makes it indirectly responsible for its repercussions.
He called on the international community to provide protection for the Palestinian people and to ensure their right in establishing their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.
Speaking at the 12th annual International Forum MEDays, running in the Moroccan town of Tangier, Malki emphasized the need for the international community to hold the Israeli forces accountable for the repercussions of the latest escalation against the Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, and to bring it to justice at the ICC.
The Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the Israeli army killing of eight members of the Abu Malhous family, including women and children, in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip Thursday morning. An airstrike at the Abu Malhous house destroyed the house, and killed the entire family.
Malki said the conference coincides with the latest Israeli aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip, which resulted so far in three days of aggression in the death of 34 people and more than 113 wounded, mostly women and children.
The Foreign Minister pointed out that the silence and inaction of the international community against the Israeli escalation in Gaza, makes it indirectly responsible for its repercussions.
He called on the international community to provide protection for the Palestinian people and to ensure their right in establishing their independent state with Jerusalem as its capital.
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Palestinian Health Minister, Dr. Mai al-Kaila, has reported that one-third of the Palestinians, who were killed by Israeli missiles and shells in the three-day offensive on Gaza, are women and children.
In a press release, Thursday, Dr. al-Kaila stated that the Israeli army killed 34 Palestinians in its offensive, which began on Tuesday at dawn and ended with a ceasefire, on Thursday morning.
She said that the Israeli army killed eight children and three women, and added that 111 Palestinians, including 46 children and 20 women, have been injured.
%32.35 of the slain Palestinians are women and children, and %59.4 of the wounded are also women and children.
“This terrifying fact proves that Israel committed a serious crime, a premeditated murder of children and women,” she said, “This is not an accidental killing, or a mistake, but rather a deliberate, calculated policy.”
The Minister stated that the international community must end its silence and idleness, and act on providing the needed protection to the Palestinian people.
“Israel obliterated families; one clear example of that is Abu Malhous family that lost eight of its member due to the Israeli missiles,” she concluded, “Moreover, the psychological trauma, the grieve, will continue to impact the lives of hundreds of Palestinians.”
Besides destroying or damaging dozens of homes, the Israeli missiles caused damage to fifteen schools in the two days of ongoing bombardment.
Six schoolchildren were killed, and many others were injured, in addition to the dozens of children who suffered extreme anxiety attacks.
The Israeli missiles caused damage to 185 homes, and destroyed five other homes, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
In a press release, Thursday, Dr. al-Kaila stated that the Israeli army killed 34 Palestinians in its offensive, which began on Tuesday at dawn and ended with a ceasefire, on Thursday morning.
She said that the Israeli army killed eight children and three women, and added that 111 Palestinians, including 46 children and 20 women, have been injured.
%32.35 of the slain Palestinians are women and children, and %59.4 of the wounded are also women and children.
“This terrifying fact proves that Israel committed a serious crime, a premeditated murder of children and women,” she said, “This is not an accidental killing, or a mistake, but rather a deliberate, calculated policy.”
The Minister stated that the international community must end its silence and idleness, and act on providing the needed protection to the Palestinian people.
“Israel obliterated families; one clear example of that is Abu Malhous family that lost eight of its member due to the Israeli missiles,” she concluded, “Moreover, the psychological trauma, the grieve, will continue to impact the lives of hundreds of Palestinians.”
Besides destroying or damaging dozens of homes, the Israeli missiles caused damage to fifteen schools in the two days of ongoing bombardment.
Six schoolchildren were killed, and many others were injured, in addition to the dozens of children who suffered extreme anxiety attacks.
The Israeli missiles caused damage to 185 homes, and destroyed five other homes, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire agreement was reportedly reached between the Palestinian resistance and Israel, and already came into effect at 05:30 am on Thursday, November 14.
No official sources have confirmed the news yet, but al-Jazeera satellite channel quoted unnamed sources as saying that the Islamic Jihad Movement and Israel accepted an Egyptian request for a ceasefire starting today morning.
The reported agreement came about four hours following an Israeli massacre that claimed the lives of six citizens from one family and injured 12 others in central Gaza.
The local newspaper al-Hadath also quoted a spokesman for Islamic Jihad Musab al-Bareem as saying that a ceasefire deal took effect after the Israeli occupation state acquiesced to the Palestinian resistance’s terms.
“This agreement has taken place after the resistance said its word, confronted the aggression, broke Netanyahu’s arrogance and defended the Palestinian people,” spokesman Bareem added.
He affirmed that the ceasefire deal was reached on the basis of conditions made by Islamic Jihad on behalf of the resistance factions, which demanded Israeli pledges to stop assassinations, refrain from targeting the participants in the March of Return rallies and start taking steps to end the siege on Gaza.
No official sources have confirmed the news yet, but al-Jazeera satellite channel quoted unnamed sources as saying that the Islamic Jihad Movement and Israel accepted an Egyptian request for a ceasefire starting today morning.
The reported agreement came about four hours following an Israeli massacre that claimed the lives of six citizens from one family and injured 12 others in central Gaza.
The local newspaper al-Hadath also quoted a spokesman for Islamic Jihad Musab al-Bareem as saying that a ceasefire deal took effect after the Israeli occupation state acquiesced to the Palestinian resistance’s terms.
“This agreement has taken place after the resistance said its word, confronted the aggression, broke Netanyahu’s arrogance and defended the Palestinian people,” spokesman Bareem added.
He affirmed that the ceasefire deal was reached on the basis of conditions made by Islamic Jihad on behalf of the resistance factions, which demanded Israeli pledges to stop assassinations, refrain from targeting the participants in the March of Return rallies and start taking steps to end the siege on Gaza.
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Thursday at dawn, one Palestinian in Bethlehem, and two others in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, after the army invaded and searched several homes.
Media sources in Bethlehem, south of occupied East Jerusalem, said the soldiers invaded Jabal al-Mawaleh area, and abducted Hamza Osama al-‘Ajjouri, 26.
They added that the soldiers also invaded the nearby villages of Harmala, Hindaza, and Rakhma, near Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and searched several homes, before abducting Rami Abed Jawabra and Ehab Jawabra.
Several Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the army jeeps, while the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at them and surrounding homes.
Media sources in Bethlehem, south of occupied East Jerusalem, said the soldiers invaded Jabal al-Mawaleh area, and abducted Hamza Osama al-‘Ajjouri, 26.
They added that the soldiers also invaded the nearby villages of Harmala, Hindaza, and Rakhma, near Bethlehem.
The soldiers also invaded the al-‘Arroub refugee camp, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and searched several homes, before abducting Rami Abed Jawabra and Ehab Jawabra.
Several Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled stones at the army jeeps, while the soldiers fired gas bombs and concussion grenades at them and surrounding homes.
