27 oct 2018
The Islamic Jihad on Saturday announced that a new ceasefire agreement has been reached in the Gaza Strip under the auspices of the Egyptian authorities.
The Islamic Jihad spokesman Daud Shehab said in a statement to the PIC that Egypt has intervened and talked to the movement's leadership. "We are committed to this agreement as long as the Israeli occupation is committed to it," he added.
Shehab said that the Islamic Jihad informed the Egyptian authorities that the rockets fired on Friday night toward Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strips were in response to the Israeli army's killing of peaceful protesters in the Great March of Return.
Six Palestinians were killed on Friday and dozens injured in the Israeli army's violent quelling of Gaza border protests.
The Islamic Jihad bombed Israeli settlements neighboring the Gaza Strip in response to Friday incidents, while Israeli warplanes attacked several targets in Gaza, including a four-storey building.
Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad's armed wing, warned in an earlier statement that all options are open regarding their response to the Israeli attacks.
The Islamic Jihad spokesman Daud Shehab said in a statement to the PIC that Egypt has intervened and talked to the movement's leadership. "We are committed to this agreement as long as the Israeli occupation is committed to it," he added.
Shehab said that the Islamic Jihad informed the Egyptian authorities that the rockets fired on Friday night toward Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strips were in response to the Israeli army's killing of peaceful protesters in the Great March of Return.
Six Palestinians were killed on Friday and dozens injured in the Israeli army's violent quelling of Gaza border protests.
The Islamic Jihad bombed Israeli settlements neighboring the Gaza Strip in response to Friday incidents, while Israeli warplanes attacked several targets in Gaza, including a four-storey building.
Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad's armed wing, warned in an earlier statement that all options are open regarding their response to the Israeli attacks.
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Israeli warplanes on Saturday morning launched new airstrikes on different targets in the Gaza Strip.
The PIC reporter said that Israeli F16 warplanes carried out several airstrikes on northern Gaza with no injuries reported. Earlier at daybreak, different resistance sites were bombed by Israeli missiles, while the Palestinian resistance groups responded by firing rockets toward Israeli settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip. A spokesman for the Israeli occupation army said in a statement that nearly 80 targets were bombed in Gaza overnight including a four-storey building. |
Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza Strip on Friday evening fired 10 rockets toward Israeli settlements neighboring the enclave in response to the Israeli army's killing of five Palestinians during the Great March of Return protests.
The Israeli Air Fore carried out, overnight, dozens of strikes targeting many areas in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The army said it attacked eighty “Hamas targets” in the costal region, after 30 shells were fired from Gaza into adjacent Israeli area.
The army said the strikes against Gaza were carried out by dozens of fighter jets, and other types of army aircrafts, Israeli daily Haaretz has reported. It added that, according to the army, two of the bombarded buildings in Gaza were used to “manufacture weapons,” in addition to “five military compounds,” and a building used by Hamas’s “general security forces.”
Haaretz also quoted the military saying that the Iron Dome missile defense system managed to intercept eleven shells that were fired from Gaza, into Israeli areas, south of the country. Media sources in Gaza said that among the bombarded targets was a four-story building under construction in the center of Gaza city.
They added that the building was completely destroyed, while the missiles’ impacts also caused damage to several surrounding homes, before ambulances and firefighters rushed to aid the civilians.
The army also fired missiles at a site, which they claimed was run by an armed resistance group, close to the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said doctors and hospital workers had to remove many patients from their rooms, and place them in hallways, in fear of further attacks. In addition, the army carried out seventeen airstrikes targeting one site, used by the Al-Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, completely destroying it.
Five shells were fired from Gaza toward Sderot and the western Negev. The ‘Iron Dome’ defense system intercepted four of them. The Israeli military fired a missile east of Jabalia
Israeli military correspondent Roni Daniel, with Channel Two News, said that the Israeli army is preparing for a large-scale offensive on Gaza – especially after it became convinced that the order to fire shells came from Damascus.
The spokesperson of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said, “The enemy [Israel] is lying — no missiles were fired from Gaza this evening. The Israeli Iron Dome system was alerted to live fired that was fired during Qassam training – not shells fired into Israel.”
Al Jazeera reported that the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for firing the shells into Israel.
The army said it attacked eighty “Hamas targets” in the costal region, after 30 shells were fired from Gaza into adjacent Israeli area.
The army said the strikes against Gaza were carried out by dozens of fighter jets, and other types of army aircrafts, Israeli daily Haaretz has reported. It added that, according to the army, two of the bombarded buildings in Gaza were used to “manufacture weapons,” in addition to “five military compounds,” and a building used by Hamas’s “general security forces.”
Haaretz also quoted the military saying that the Iron Dome missile defense system managed to intercept eleven shells that were fired from Gaza, into Israeli areas, south of the country. Media sources in Gaza said that among the bombarded targets was a four-story building under construction in the center of Gaza city.
They added that the building was completely destroyed, while the missiles’ impacts also caused damage to several surrounding homes, before ambulances and firefighters rushed to aid the civilians.
The army also fired missiles at a site, which they claimed was run by an armed resistance group, close to the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza.
The Health Ministry in Gaza said doctors and hospital workers had to remove many patients from their rooms, and place them in hallways, in fear of further attacks. In addition, the army carried out seventeen airstrikes targeting one site, used by the Al-Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, completely destroying it.
Five shells were fired from Gaza toward Sderot and the western Negev. The ‘Iron Dome’ defense system intercepted four of them. The Israeli military fired a missile east of Jabalia
Israeli military correspondent Roni Daniel, with Channel Two News, said that the Israeli army is preparing for a large-scale offensive on Gaza – especially after it became convinced that the order to fire shells came from Damascus.
The spokesperson of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said, “The enemy [Israel] is lying — no missiles were fired from Gaza this evening. The Israeli Iron Dome system was alerted to live fired that was fired during Qassam training – not shells fired into Israel.”
Al Jazeera reported that the Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for firing the shells into Israel.
26 oct 2018
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Israeli warplanes on Friday evening launched three airstrikes on Palestinian sites near Gaza border.
Local sources said that Israeli warplanes attacked three Palestinian resistance posts in different areas of the Gaza Strip. video video Gaza Ministry of Health said that the airstrikes left no casualties, while the Israeli army has not yet commented on the attack. Earlier in the day, four Palestinians were killed and dozens injured in the Israeli army's violent quelling of the Great March of Return protests. The Great March of Return started on 30 March with the aim of shedding light on the Palestinian refugees' right of return and the suffering of the |
Gazan people who have been living under crippling blockade for over a decade.
Since the start of Gaza border protests, over 200 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army and nearly 22,000 injured.
IDF strikes some 87 targets in Gaza
Since the start of Gaza border protests, over 200 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli army and nearly 22,000 injured.
IDF strikes some 87 targets in Gaza
Dozens of Israeli settlers on Friday evening, under the protection of the Israeli army, stormed al-Khirba archaeological area in Tuqu' town, south of Bethlehem.
The PIC reporter said that the settlers stormed the area and performed Talmudic rituals, while the Israeli army threw a cordon around the place and prevented Palestinian citizens from leaving their houses or approaching the neighboring olive fields.
The settlers cut down some olive trees, and when they left the place, limited clashes broke out between the Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths.
The PIC reporter said that the settlers stormed the area and performed Talmudic rituals, while the Israeli army threw a cordon around the place and prevented Palestinian citizens from leaving their houses or approaching the neighboring olive fields.
The settlers cut down some olive trees, and when they left the place, limited clashes broke out between the Israeli soldiers and Palestinian youths.
Israeli soldiers resorted, Friday, to the excessive use of force against Palestinian and international peace activists, marching against the illegal occupation, the Annexation Wall and Colonies, in Bil’in and Ni’lin villages, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah.
Medical sources said the soldiers caused many locals and international peace activists to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Bil’in.
The procession in the village started in the afternoon from the center of the village towards the illegally Annexation Wall, isolating the villagers from their lands, before the soldiers started firing a barrage of gas bombs at them.
The procession was attended by many Israeli peace activists, and internationals solidarity activists, including a delegation from France, who marched against the occupation, Israel’s decision to demolish the al-Khan al-Ahmar Palestinian Bedouin village, in east Jerusalem.
The nonviolent protesters chanted for national unity, the release of all detainees, the return of all refugees, and for ending the illegal apartheid Israeli occupation of Palestine.
In nearby Ni’lin, the protesters also marched chanting against the colonies, the wall and the occupation, while the soldiers fired many concussion grenades and gas bombs at them, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
They carried Palestinian flags and chanted for ongoing popular resistance against the Israeli occupation and its illegal colonization and apartheid policies.
In Kufur Qaddoum town east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, the soldiers attacked the weekly procession and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Medical sources said the soldiers caused many locals and international peace activists to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, in Bil’in.
The procession in the village started in the afternoon from the center of the village towards the illegally Annexation Wall, isolating the villagers from their lands, before the soldiers started firing a barrage of gas bombs at them.
The procession was attended by many Israeli peace activists, and internationals solidarity activists, including a delegation from France, who marched against the occupation, Israel’s decision to demolish the al-Khan al-Ahmar Palestinian Bedouin village, in east Jerusalem.
The nonviolent protesters chanted for national unity, the release of all detainees, the return of all refugees, and for ending the illegal apartheid Israeli occupation of Palestine.
In nearby Ni’lin, the protesters also marched chanting against the colonies, the wall and the occupation, while the soldiers fired many concussion grenades and gas bombs at them, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
They carried Palestinian flags and chanted for ongoing popular resistance against the Israeli occupation and its illegal colonization and apartheid policies.
In Kufur Qaddoum town east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, the soldiers attacked the weekly procession and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilia, and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades, causing many to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the Palestinians, and international peace activists, who marched from the center of the village.
The soldiers also invaded olive orchards, and several neighborhood, before local youngster started hurling stones at them.
He added that the soldiers injured eight Palestinians, who received the required treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation, without the need for hospitalization.
Eshteiwi stated that the soldiers invaded the home of Zahi Ali, detained the family in one room, before violently searching the property and smashing windows, and occupied the rooftop to use it as a firing post.
Furthermore, dozens of illegal colonialist settlers gathered near the iron gate which was installed by the army fifteen years ago at the main entrance of the town, and started chanting against the Palestinians.
Kufur Qaddoum witnesses frequent Israeli invasions, assaults and abductions as it continues to hold is weekly nonviolent processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies, and against the closure of the main road, which was blockaded by the military fifteen years ago to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from the Kedumim colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
Also on Friday, the soldiers Killed one Palestinian near Ramallah, in addition to killing four others, and wounding 323, in Gaza.
Morad Eshteiwi, the media coordinator of the Popular Committee against the Wall and Colonies in Kufur Qaddoum, said the soldiers resorted to the excessive use of force against the Palestinians, and international peace activists, who marched from the center of the village.
The soldiers also invaded olive orchards, and several neighborhood, before local youngster started hurling stones at them.
He added that the soldiers injured eight Palestinians, who received the required treatment for the effects of teargas inhalation, without the need for hospitalization.
Eshteiwi stated that the soldiers invaded the home of Zahi Ali, detained the family in one room, before violently searching the property and smashing windows, and occupied the rooftop to use it as a firing post.
Furthermore, dozens of illegal colonialist settlers gathered near the iron gate which was installed by the army fifteen years ago at the main entrance of the town, and started chanting against the Palestinians.
Kufur Qaddoum witnesses frequent Israeli invasions, assaults and abductions as it continues to hold is weekly nonviolent processions against the illegal Annexation Wall and colonies, and against the closure of the main road, which was blockaded by the military fifteen years ago to enable easy access for colonialist settlers driving to and from the Kedumim colony, built on private Palestinian lands.
Also on Friday, the soldiers Killed one Palestinian near Ramallah, in addition to killing four others, and wounding 323, in Gaza.
25 oct 2018
Israeli soldiers fired, Thursday, several gas bombs into the Nahda Basic School for Boys, in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, causing dozens of students and teacher to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation, including some students who fainted.
Rawhi az-Zaro, the principal of the school, said the soldiers surrounded the school and fired dozens of gas bombs directly into its campus.
He added that dozens of children and teachers suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, including some who fainted, and required urgent treatment.
Az-Zaro stated that the soldiers also fired gas bombs and workers of the Hebron City Council, near the school, causing them to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation. video video video
The principal said the school administration contacted the Palestinian Education Ministry about the attack, and the Palestinian District Coordination Office to demand the military vehicles to avoid driving near the schools during the times when students are arriving or leaving it.
Rawhi az-Zaro, the principal of the school, said the soldiers surrounded the school and fired dozens of gas bombs directly into its campus.
He added that dozens of children and teachers suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, including some who fainted, and required urgent treatment.
Az-Zaro stated that the soldiers also fired gas bombs and workers of the Hebron City Council, near the school, causing them to suffer the severe effects of teargas inhalation. video video video
The principal said the school administration contacted the Palestinian Education Ministry about the attack, and the Palestinian District Coordination Office to demand the military vehicles to avoid driving near the schools during the times when students are arriving or leaving it.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Qalqilia city, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted two young Palestinian men.
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Eyad Salem Abu Shehab and Ahmad Mohammad Abu Shehab, and took them to an unknown destination.
They added that the soldiers also fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, at protesters in the an-Naqqar area, west of the city.
Media sources said the soldiers abducted Eyad Salem Abu Shehab and Ahmad Mohammad Abu Shehab, and took them to an unknown destination.
They added that the soldiers also fired live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, at protesters in the an-Naqqar area, west of the city.
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday evening, Abu Dis town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, and attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters, wounding eleven.
Media sources in Abu Dis said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
They added that eleven Palestinians were injured by the rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, and received treatment by local medics, without the need for hospitalization.
The invasion was carried out from several directions, when many armored military jeeps advanced into the Palestinian town.
Media sources in Abu Dis said several army jeeps invaded the town, and fired many rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs and concussion grenades.
They added that eleven Palestinians were injured by the rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs, and received treatment by local medics, without the need for hospitalization.
The invasion was carried out from several directions, when many armored military jeeps advanced into the Palestinian town.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) distributed on Thursday military orders to a number of Bedouin families to halt construction of their 17 facilities in the Jordan Valley.
Bedouin families in the northern Jordan Valley were ordered by the Israeli military to stop construction of 17 agricultural facilities in Khirbet Thra’a Awad and Maksar for allegedly being built without permit, Aref Daraghmeh, a local rights activist, said on Thursday.
Daraghmeh called on human rights institutions to intervene and to support the Bedouin families especially as winter season approaches.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces erected early today a number of tents in Agnissnia northwest of Nablus, to the north of West Bank, as a prelude to conduct military training.
Palestinian-owned agricultural lands were stormed during the military exercises, local sources told PIC reporter.
Palestinians were prevented from reaching their lands, they added.
Bedouin families in the northern Jordan Valley were ordered by the Israeli military to stop construction of 17 agricultural facilities in Khirbet Thra’a Awad and Maksar for allegedly being built without permit, Aref Daraghmeh, a local rights activist, said on Thursday.
Daraghmeh called on human rights institutions to intervene and to support the Bedouin families especially as winter season approaches.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces erected early today a number of tents in Agnissnia northwest of Nablus, to the north of West Bank, as a prelude to conduct military training.
Palestinian-owned agricultural lands were stormed during the military exercises, local sources told PIC reporter.
Palestinians were prevented from reaching their lands, they added.
Scores of Palestinians were arrested by the Israeli occupation forces at daybreak Thursday in abduction sweeps rocking the West Bank.
Israeli patrols rolled into Nablus at the crack of dawn and kidnapped five Palestinian young men after they wreaked havoc on their family homes.
At the same time, an Israeli army troop raided Halhul city, north of al-Khalil, and ravaged the home of the Palestinian citizen Mohamed Zama’ra, before they kidnapped his sons Udai and Ibrahim.
Overnight, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers escorted by full-armed soldiers broke into Kizon and Haram al-Rama areas in al-Khalil and performed provocative rituals.
Meanwhile, clashes flared up in Beituna town, west of Ramallah, shortly after Israeli soldiers stormed the area and cracked down on Palestinian anti-occupation youth.
The occupation army further raked through residential neighborhoods and ranches in Tulkarem province in the hunt for the youth Ashraf Na’aluwa, who carried out an anti-occupation shooting attack in Brakan settlement, built on Palestinian land north of Salfit, on October 7.
Israeli patrols rolled into Nablus at the crack of dawn and kidnapped five Palestinian young men after they wreaked havoc on their family homes.
At the same time, an Israeli army troop raided Halhul city, north of al-Khalil, and ravaged the home of the Palestinian citizen Mohamed Zama’ra, before they kidnapped his sons Udai and Ibrahim.
Overnight, dozens of extremist Israeli settlers escorted by full-armed soldiers broke into Kizon and Haram al-Rama areas in al-Khalil and performed provocative rituals.
Meanwhile, clashes flared up in Beituna town, west of Ramallah, shortly after Israeli soldiers stormed the area and cracked down on Palestinian anti-occupation youth.
The occupation army further raked through residential neighborhoods and ranches in Tulkarem province in the hunt for the youth Ashraf Na’aluwa, who carried out an anti-occupation shooting attack in Brakan settlement, built on Palestinian land north of Salfit, on October 7.
Israeli warplanes at predawn time Thursday launched eight air raids on the Gaza Strip, sparking terror in the besieged enclave.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli fighter jets fired two missiles toward two Palestinian resistance sites west of Khan Younis and Rafah. Sounds of heavy explosions were detected across the area.
Sometime later, Israeli warplanes struck another resistance site north of the Gaza Strip.
Overnight, the Israeli military claimed the iron dome anti-missile system intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza, after red sirens were set off in the Eshkol and Merhavim settlement councils.
Hebrew-speaking Yediot Aharonot daily said a missile landed in an open-area in Eshkol. No injuries were reported.
A PIC news correspondent said Israeli fighter jets fired two missiles toward two Palestinian resistance sites west of Khan Younis and Rafah. Sounds of heavy explosions were detected across the area.
Sometime later, Israeli warplanes struck another resistance site north of the Gaza Strip.
Overnight, the Israeli military claimed the iron dome anti-missile system intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza, after red sirens were set off in the Eshkol and Merhavim settlement councils.
Hebrew-speaking Yediot Aharonot daily said a missile landed in an open-area in Eshkol. No injuries were reported.
Israeli soldiers shot, on Wednesday evening, eight young Palestinian men, protesting east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, the spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza has reported.
The eight wounded Palestinians were rushed to Abu Yousef an-Najjar hospital in Rafah.
Dozens of Palestinian youngsters also burnt tires, and launched fireworks towards Israeli sniper posts across the perimeter fence, while several others used laser pointers directed at sniper posts.
In related news, the army fired two missiles at an observation post, used by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, east of Rafah, causing damage.
The strike came as several Palestinian factions were meeting with Egyptian intelligence officials, visiting Gaza, to discuss the efforts to achieve calm along the border, in addition to the urgent devastating living conditions in the coastal region.
Since March 30, Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip — including families, women, and children — have gathered along the Israeli border to highlight their dispossession in 1948 and protest the growing humanitarian catastrophe.
Israeli forces have killed about 205 and injured 22,000 protesters, including women, children, disabled individuals, medics, and journalists, since the beginning of the Great Return March on Palestinian Land. Many have been shot in the back.
The eight wounded Palestinians were rushed to Abu Yousef an-Najjar hospital in Rafah.
Dozens of Palestinian youngsters also burnt tires, and launched fireworks towards Israeli sniper posts across the perimeter fence, while several others used laser pointers directed at sniper posts.
In related news, the army fired two missiles at an observation post, used by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, east of Rafah, causing damage.
The strike came as several Palestinian factions were meeting with Egyptian intelligence officials, visiting Gaza, to discuss the efforts to achieve calm along the border, in addition to the urgent devastating living conditions in the coastal region.
Since March 30, Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip — including families, women, and children — have gathered along the Israeli border to highlight their dispossession in 1948 and protest the growing humanitarian catastrophe.
Israeli forces have killed about 205 and injured 22,000 protesters, including women, children, disabled individuals, medics, and journalists, since the beginning of the Great Return March on Palestinian Land. Many have been shot in the back.
