17 aug 2020
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Israeli occupation forces today shot and injured a mute and deaf elderly Palestinian man at Qalandia checkpoint located between Jerusalem and Ramallah, according to witnesses and Israeli reports.
Witnesses said Israeli security guards opened fire at a Palestinian said to be 60 years of age as he walked the car lane of the checkpoint injuring him in the leg. video video The army closed the checkpoint and evacuated the injured Palestinian to a hospital in Jerusalem before reopening it for traffic. Israeli police said in a statement that security guards at the checkpoint saw a man walking through the car lane and when they called on him to stop he kept on walking before shooting him in the leg after suspecting he had a knife. |
It turned out that the man was deaf and mute and that he was not in possession of a knife, said the police.
Several Palestinians were shot and killed or injured at Israeli checkpoints in Jerusalem and the West Bank before any attempt to verify if they were armed or not. Israelis are allowed to shoot and kill a Palestinian even at the least suspicion of an attack.
Several Palestinians were shot and killed or injured at Israeli checkpoints in Jerusalem and the West Bank before any attempt to verify if they were armed or not. Israelis are allowed to shoot and kill a Palestinian even at the least suspicion of an attack.
Israeli artillery today shelled two sites to the north and south of the Gaza Strip, WAFA correspondent said, causing heavy damage but no casualties.
Israeli artillery stationed to the east of Beit Hanon, north of the Gaza Strip, fired three shells at a site east of the city, causing damage to the site and nearby property but no injuries.
Moreover, Israeli artillery fired three more missiles at a site to the east of the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, completely destroying it. No casualties were reported, however.
Israel has recently escalated its punitive measures against the besieged Gaza Strip, including halting the supply of fuel and therefore forcing Gaza’s power plant to stop operating, and closing the sea to Gaza fishermen.
It claims the measures came in retaliation for the flying of incendiary balloons from Gaza into bordering Israeli sites.
Israeli artillery stationed to the east of Beit Hanon, north of the Gaza Strip, fired three shells at a site east of the city, causing damage to the site and nearby property but no injuries.
Moreover, Israeli artillery fired three more missiles at a site to the east of the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, completely destroying it. No casualties were reported, however.
Israel has recently escalated its punitive measures against the besieged Gaza Strip, including halting the supply of fuel and therefore forcing Gaza’s power plant to stop operating, and closing the sea to Gaza fishermen.
It claims the measures came in retaliation for the flying of incendiary balloons from Gaza into bordering Israeli sites.
15 aug 2020
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Israeli soldiers fired, on Friday at night, many missiles into many areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, wounding four two women, one of them pregnant, and two children, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli missiles struck many homes in northern Gaza, in central Gaza, and in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, media sources confirmed. Medical sources said Israeli missiles struck farmlands, and a few homes, in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, causing excessive damage, and wounding two women, including one who is pregnant. video They added that a child, only three years of age, suffered wounds to her head and face, when the soldiers fired missiles into farmlands, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. Another child, eleven years of age, was also injured when the soldiers fired more missiles into al-Boreij. |
Furthermore, Israeli drones fired missiles into farmlands east of al-Boreij, and an observation post run by a resistance group and a security post, in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza.
Families that had to leave their homes during the bombing said that they were just trying to save themselves, to save their children, after the Israeli missiles struck their homes, and areas near them, and had to run not even knowing where to, as more missiles and shells continued to be fire by the army.
The Israeli army said it attacked Gaza in retaliation to flammable balloons that were reportedly flown from the coastal region, causing 21 fires during the day, Friday.
Families that had to leave their homes during the bombing said that they were just trying to save themselves, to save their children, after the Israeli missiles struck their homes, and areas near them, and had to run not even knowing where to, as more missiles and shells continued to be fire by the army.
The Israeli army said it attacked Gaza in retaliation to flammable balloons that were reportedly flown from the coastal region, causing 21 fires during the day, Friday.
14 aug 2020
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Israeli warplanes and artillery dawn Friday struck several sites across the besieged Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.
He said that the an Israeli fighter jet targeted a plot of farmland in Shejaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza city, causing a deep hole in the site. He added that Israeli attack helicopters pounded a site in al-Farrahin area, east of Khan Younes city, and another located to the east of Rafah city, causing extensive material damage to the sites as well as in neighboring buildings and fires to break out. Meanwhile, Israeli artillery opened fire on two sites in Khan Younes and Rafah cities, causing extensive damage to surrounding property. No human casualties were reported in any of the attacks. |
In the early morning hours of Thursday, Israel attacked several targets in the blockaded Gaza Strip. One of the airstrikes damaged an UNRWA-run school at al-Shati refugee camp in western Gaza.
Israel claimed that it had struck the sites in retaliation to the flying of dozens of incendiary balloons into southern Israel. video
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace.
Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
Israel claimed that it had struck the sites in retaliation to the flying of dozens of incendiary balloons into southern Israel. video
Fourteen years following the Israeli “disengagement” from Gaza, Israel has not actually disengaged from Gaza; it still maintains control of its land borders, access to the sea and airspace.
Two million Palestinians live the Gaza Strip, which has been subjected to a punishing and crippling Israeli blockade for 12 years and repeated onslaughts that have heavily damaged much of the enclave’s infrastructure.
Gaza’s 2-million population remains under “remote control” occupation and a strict siege, which has destroyed the local economy, strangled Palestinian livelihoods, plunged them into unprecedented rates of unemployment and poverty, and cut off from the rest of the occupied Palestinian territories and the wider world.
Gaza remains occupied territory, having no control over its borders, territorial waters or airspace.
Meanwhile, Israel upholds very few of its responsibilities as the occupying power, failing to provide for the basic needs of Palestinian civilians living in the territory.
Every two in three Palestinians in Gaza is a refugee from lands inside what is now Israel. That government forbids them from exercising their right to return as enshrined in international law because they are not Jews.
13 aug 2020
Israeli warplanes and artillery attacked targets in the blockaded Gaza Strip early this morning while the fishing rights for Gazans were drastically reduced, reported WAFA correspondent.
He said a warplane fired two missiles at a site west of Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip, causing heavy damage to the site and neighboring buildings but no bodily harm.
Another fighter jet fired two missiles at agricultural land east of Beit Hanoun, also in the north, causing a deep hole in the ground, and two other missiles at a location east of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip causing damage to property.
Israeli artillery also shelled a location east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip causing heavy damage to the location and nearby property.
At the same time, the Israeli occupation authorities reduced the fishing area for Gaza fishermen and stopped the entry of fuel into Gaza as part of its collective punishment policy against the Gaza Strip and its two million impoverished population.
Israel claims the attacks and collective punishment came following the firing of incendiary balloons from Gaza into bordering Israeli areas that caused fire but not bodily harm.
He said a warplane fired two missiles at a site west of Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip, causing heavy damage to the site and neighboring buildings but no bodily harm.
Another fighter jet fired two missiles at agricultural land east of Beit Hanoun, also in the north, causing a deep hole in the ground, and two other missiles at a location east of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip causing damage to property.
Israeli artillery also shelled a location east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip causing heavy damage to the location and nearby property.
At the same time, the Israeli occupation authorities reduced the fishing area for Gaza fishermen and stopped the entry of fuel into Gaza as part of its collective punishment policy against the Gaza Strip and its two million impoverished population.
Israel claims the attacks and collective punishment came following the firing of incendiary balloons from Gaza into bordering Israeli areas that caused fire but not bodily harm.
10 aug 2020
An Israeli warplane on Sunday night bombed a resistance site in the northern Gaza Strip, with no reported casualties.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said the aerial attack targeted a site in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
A spokesperson for the Israeli occupation army said that the airstrike targeted an observation point belonging to Hamas in the north of Gaza in response to alleged incendiary attacks with balloon on Israeli areas.
Earlier, the Israeli artillery bombed an observation point in the east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
Luckily, no one was reportedly injured in the Israeli aggression.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said the aerial attack targeted a site in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza.
A spokesperson for the Israeli occupation army said that the airstrike targeted an observation point belonging to Hamas in the north of Gaza in response to alleged incendiary attacks with balloon on Israeli areas.
Earlier, the Israeli artillery bombed an observation point in the east of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
Luckily, no one was reportedly injured in the Israeli aggression.
