- 21 sept 2010
IOF soldiers shoot at Rafah farmers
RAFAH, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian farmers and shepherds near Gaza airport to the east of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, eyewitnesses reported.
They said that the IOF shooting was indiscriminate and intensive and aimed at citizens in the area, adding that no casualties were reported.
IOF troops daily raid or shell those areas in a bid to hamper tunnel smuggling other than destroying cultivated land.
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29 oct 2012, 11:38 , Respect -
Maria 21 sept 2010
Ashkenazi: Army preparing for talks' failure
IDF chief warns of possible 'outbreaks of violence,' including terror attacks, in case Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations collapse, but predicts aggression won't reach Intifada-like levels.
The army is preparing for the possibility of increased violence in case Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations collapse, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said Tuesday.
Speaking before the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Ashkenazi warned of possible "outbreaks of violence," including terror attacks, but predicted that any escalation would not reach the level of violence seen in the second Intifada.
"The Palestinians are expecting the talks to progress, and the settlers are abiding by the construction moratorium directive, but there is an expectation on their part for the freeze to end," the army chief said.
Ashkenazi with Defense Committee members
"Some elements, including extremist groups that are inspired by Iran, are trying to thwart the negotiations. At this point we are gearing to prevent clashes (between West Bank Jews and Palestinians) ahead of the olive harvest," he told Knesset members.
The army chief also announced that Major General Gadi Eizenkot will stay on as head of the Northern Command for another year to "contribute from his experience and ability."
Ashkenazi said he was working in "full cooperation" with incoming IDF chief Major General Yoav Galant during the overlap period between them, adding that he would step down in February, as planned.
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Israeli army prepares for talks failure
The Israeli army's outgoing Chief of General Staff Gabi Ashkenazi
Israeli army Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Gabi Ashkenazi says the military is ready to suppress West Bank protesters should talks with the Palestinians Authority (PA) fail.
In his report to the Israeli parliament (Knesset) on Tuesday, outgoing Ashkenazi warned of possible outbreaks of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli settlers, but predicted they would not rise into a new intifada (uprising).
"The Palestinians are expecting the talks to progress and the settlers are abiding by the construction moratorium directive, but there is an expectation on their part for the freeze to end," Israel's Ynet news website quoted Ashkenazi as telling the Knesset.
"At this point we are gearing to prevent clashes ahead of the olive harvest," he went on to say.
Under international pressure, in November 2009 Tel Aviv announced a partial, temporary settlement freeze on West Bank settlement construction. The moratorium is due to expire on September 26.
Palestinians and the international community have raised calls for a renewal of the 10-month halt, calls that have so far fallen on deaf ears.
On Wednesday, Israeli settlers clashed with Palestinian youths in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in East al-Quds (Jerusalem) Old City.
According to Media reports, one Palestinian was killed and more wounded in the face-off when a settler guard opened fire on stone-throwing protesters. Palestinian sources, however, put the mortalities at two.
The shooting came a day after reports of settler violence against Palestinian farmers in the northern West Bank cities of Nablus and Qalqilya, where assailants beat the Palestinians and ransacked a part of their olive harvest.
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Maria 21 sept 2010
Violent clashes erupt in Silwan after extremist Jews harassed locals
PA official: Settlers harvest Palestinian olives
Settlers uproot 100 grape trees east of Hebron
Settlers, Palestinians clash south of Nablus
Hamas prisoners: Violations in Israeli jails rise with every round of peace talk
29 oct 2012, 11:38 , Respect -
Maria 22 sept 2010
Israel threatens fierce response to rockets fired from Gaza
GAZA, (PIC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened his country would lead an attack against Hamas if rockets fired at Israeli settlements from the Gaza Strip’s border continued.
Netanyahu said during a tour of Ashkelon and Sderot settlement on Tuesday: “We have directed strikes against Hamas, including its leaders. This policy will continue, and we advise Hamas and all other ‘terrorist’ factions not to test our determination to severely respond over the attacks against Israel, Ashkelon, and the south.”
Speaking on the recent rounds of negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, Netanyahu said that Palestinian de facto president Mahmoud Abbas went into the talks while knowing there would be no pre-conditions and that Israel had refused to extend the settlement freeze.
He said the PA did not agree to enter peace talks for the first nine months of the freeze, but decided to begin only near its due date of expiry.
The Israeli premier also stated that he demands that Abbas unambiguously pronounces that he recognizes Israel as “a state for the Jewish people”, as a key point in the negotiations.
Israeli radio quoted Netanyahu during a speech he gave the previous night at a conference of Jewish organization heads in the U.S.: “Israel will not renounce the demand that Palestinians should recognize its Jewish identity. Abbas cannot evade the issue or look for phrasing which goes around the topic. He must clearly say that he recognizes Israel as a state for the Jewish people.”
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29 oct 2012, 11:38 , Respect -
Maria 22 sept 2010
Palestinian killed in Silwan shooting attack
JERUSALEM (Ma'an) -- An unidentified Palestinian in his thirties was killed and three others were injured on Wednesday morning after Israeli security guarding settlers in the flashpoint neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem opened fire at their car.
The security guards opened fire at the car at 5 a.m. as they drove through the Wad Hilwa area of Silwan, witnesses told the Wad Hilwa Information Center.
The witnesses identified one of the injured as Samer Sarhan, who is in critical condition following the shooting. Sarhan was transferred the Hadassah Hospital for treatment, the witnesses said.
Center director Mahmoud Qara'een said the body of the Palestinian killed in the incident was left for two hours before Israeli Border Guards transferred the corpse to an unknown location.
Israeli police and border guards heavily deployed in Silwan following the shooting, preventing residents from approaching the site of the incident.
A spokesman for Israel's National Police did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
29 oct 2012, 11:38 , Respect -
Maria 22 sept 2010
2 confirmed dead in Silwan shooting
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Officials in Israel confirmed reports Wednesday that two Palestinians were killed after an Israeli settler guard opened fire in a flashpoint neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem.
Officials at the Abu Kabeir forensic center said their teams received two corpses, but they have yet to identify the second Palestinian killed in the shooting in Silwan.
Shortly after the incident, Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian residents who were demonstrating against the killing of Samer Sarhan, 28, and the injury of three others earlier Wednesday morning.
Director of the Wad Hilwa Information Center Jawwad Siyam said an Israeli security guard opened fire at the four men, who were driving through the area at 5 a.m., chasing them down an alley. One of the injured remains in critical condition, the director said.
Israel National Police spokeswoman Loba Samri told reporters at the scene that Sarhan was known for participating in protests and demonstrators, offering a different account of the events leading to his death.
Samri said the guard had crashed his car in the area after which the four began pelting him with stones near one of the local settlers' homes. The guard then opened fire, killing one, she said.
She added that Sarhan's body was transferred to the Abu Kabeir forensic medicine center and that the guard was detained for questioning.
Earlier, a Wad Hilwa official said Israeli forces at the scene prevented the transfer of Sarhan's body out of the area for two hours.
29 oct 2012, 11:39 , Respect -
Maria 22 sept 2010
PA says settlers bulldozed land in Bethlehem village
Settlers fire at funeral procession
Israeli settlers raid WB olive farms
Settlers attack school near the Ibrahimi Mosque
Israeli forces raid al-Aqsa Mosque
23 sept 2010
Police release the Jewish settler who shot a Palestinian in Silwan
Zionist settlers build in Palestinian village
29 oct 2012, 11:39 , Respect -
Maria 25 sept 2010
'Israel to use all means in next Gaza war'
A senior Israeli commander has threatened that the military would not hesitate to use any of its means of engagement in the next war against the Gaza Strip.
"We have less performance constraints there than in other areas, and we will not hesitate to use the many tools in our possession," the commander of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Gaza Division, Brigadier General Eyal Eisenberg, said about possible Israeli offensives on the coastal sliver.
The next war would be a "more painful, complex, and powerful round," he was quoted as saying by Israeli website Ynetnews on Friday.
Eisenberg was among the top military brass to command the Operation Cast Lead, the codename for Israeli army's onslaught on Gaza at the turn of 2009. According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), the Israeli act of aggression killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, including 313 children and 116 women.
The United Nations fact finding mission on the Gaza conflict has found Tel Aviv guilty of committing war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during the deadly operation.
The report by the UN mission blamed Israel for deliberate targeting of civilians and "systematically reckless" way of using white phosphorus in residential areas, notably on the UN Relief and Works Agency compound in the Gaza City as well as two Gaza-based hospitals.
Eisenberg's division has recurrently attacked Gaza since 2005, when the Israeli military made a self-proclaimed withdrawal from the Palestinian territory.
Tel Aviv says the war on Gaza and its regular forays were responses to alleged rocket attacks by the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas.
Eisenberg went further to say that "we have the capability to deal a serious blow to Hamas. We have many tools, and they are all legitimate, even targeting senior officials. And we should not hesitate to use these tools."
Meanwhile, Hamas Interior Ministry spokesman Ihab al-Ghussein said on Thursday that the movement had discovered an Israeli-commissioned network of spies and collaborators in the strip which had "a clear role during the last Israeli war on Gaza."
"Some of the elements "were behind the assassination of leaders of the resistance," he noted.
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25 sept 2010
Settlers build new outpost west of Salfit
Settlers break freeze with 20 mobile homes
29 oct 2012, 11:39 , Respect -
Maria 26 sept 2010
Gaza: IDF fire critically wounds Palestinian
Soldiers open fire after Palestinians refuse to back away from security fence; Egyptian security forces uncover explosives meant to be smuggled to Gaza.
A Palestinian protestor sustained critical injuries Sunday when he approached the security fence separating Gaza from Israel.
The army said Palestinians approached the fence in the Khan Younis area "in order to provoke" and refused to back away even after soldiers fired warning shots in the air.
Left with no other choice, the soldiers opened fire at the Palestinians, aiming for the lower body, the IDF said. One of the Palestinians was critically wounded in the incident.
Meanwhile, the efforts to smuggle arms into the Hamas-ruled territory are continuing. The Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported that Egyptian security forces uncovered an explosives cache in the Sinai Peninsula.
The explosives were apparently meant to be smuggled into Gaza through underground tunnels.
Egyptian authorities said apart from a half-ton of explosives, security forces also found anti-aircraft missiles.
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Maria 26 sept 2010
Settlers Open Fire At Palestinian Homes In Jerusalem
Violent clashes erupt in Silwan after extremist Jews harassed locals
IOA closes Ibrahimi Mosque for two days
Settlers start building in southern West Bank
29 oct 2012, 11:39 , Respect -
Maria 27 sept 2010
Israeli court allows displacement of Palestinian families in Sheikh Jarrah area
Zionist settlers bulldoze lands in Yatta
29 oct 2012, 11:39 , Respect -
Maria 28 sept 2010
Palestinians: IDF strike kills three Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza
Medics said they had recovered three bodies from the site of an explosion that occurred after darkness fell outside Bureij refugee camp, near the Israel-Gaza frontier.
An Israel Defense Forces strike in the central Gaza Strip on Monday killed three gunmen belonging to the Islamic Jihad group, Palestinian medics said.
The IDF had no immediate comment. Israel often carries out strikes against militant targets in Gaza, which is controlled by the Islamist group Hamas.
Medics said they had recovered three bodies from the site of an explosion that occurred after darkness fell outside Bureij refugee camp, near the Israel-Gaza frontier.
Hamas television reports said the blast had been caused either by an Israeli air strike or cross-border tank fire.
Clashes have increased of late between IDF forces and Palestinian gunmen since Israel and the Palestinian Authority resumed direct peace negotiations earlier this month.
Militants in Gaza have fired a barrage of rockets into the western Negev, and Israel has responded with strikes on smuggling tunnels and terrorist strongholds.
Hamas has refused to recognize the negotiations and vowed to take "effective" and violent measures to thwart the peace process.
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3 dead in Israeli airstrike
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israel's air force bombed the Gaza Strip late Monday killing three Palestinians, onlookers said.
The dead were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, officials said.
They were identified as Ala Abu Zneda, Awni Abdul Hadi, and Muhammad Eid. They were in their 20s.
Israel's military said in a statement that its air force "targeted and identified hitting a number of militants preparing to fire rockets from the central Gaza Strip into Israel. Secondary blasts were also identified."
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3 Jihad members killed in Gaza strike
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Jihad says fighters not injured in airstrike
The military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement denied on Tuesday that three Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on Monday night were affiliated to the faction's Al-Quds Brigades.
The dead, three young men in their 20s, were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, officials said.They were identified as Ala Abu Zbeida, Awni Abdul Hadi, and Muhammad Eid.
A later statement issued by the Ansar As-Sunna, a Salafi group, said those killed were affiliated to the movement adding that "Israeli forces assassinated three militants east of Al-Bureij camp."
According to witnesses, the bombardment targeted the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, with one Israeli jet also firing a missile toward a house in a nearby area causing no injuries.
Israel's military said in a statement that its air force "targeted and identified hitting a number of militants preparing to fire rockets from the central Gaza Strip into Israel."
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3 Jihad members killed in Gaza strike
Palestinian sources say Israel Air Force strike in central Gaza leaves three al-Quds Brigades operatives dead. IDF confirms attack, says cell was preparing to fire at Israel.
Gaza sources reported Monday that three Palestinians were killed in an IDF strike on a militant cell.
According to the sources, the cell, which was spotted moving at the Noserat refugee camp in central Gaza, suffered a direct hit.
The three have been identified as Muhammad Abu Id, Awani Abdel-Khadi and Ala Abu Zbeida all confirmed members of the Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades.
The sources added shortly after the first strike, the IDF struck a second time in central Gaza. No injuries were reported.
The IDF Spokesman's Unit confirmed the strike, saying that "the Israel Air Force, in a joint military-Shin Bet operation, attacked a terror cell preparing to fire at Israel."
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Update: GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Israel's air force bombed the Gaza Strip late Monday, killing three Palestinians, onlookers said.
The dead, all three young men in their 20s, were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, officials said.
They were identified as Ala Abu Zneda, Awni Abdul Hadi, and Muhammad Eid.
The bombardment targeted Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, onlookers said.
An Israeli jet also fired a missile toward a house in the camp causing no injuries.
Israel's military said in a statement that its air force "targeted and identified hitting a number of militants preparing to fire rockets from the central Gaza Strip into Israel."
"The IDF remains committed to protecting the citizens of Israel and will continue to act against terror. The IDF holds Hamas solely responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from the Gaza Strip," it added.
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Maria 28 sept 2010
Medics: Gaza worker shot at northern border
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) A Palestinian worker collecting stone aggregates near Gaza's northern border was injured Tuesday when Israeli forces stationed near the Erez crossing opened fire.
The worker said he was collecting rubble from an evacuated settlement before the incident.
Palestinian medical services official Adham Abu Silmiyya identified the victim as 21-year-old Fadi Tamboura from the northern Gaza Strip. The official said Tamboura was being treated for a gunshot wound to the right thigh at the Kamal Udwan Hospital in Jabalia
An Israeli military spokesman said he would look into the report.
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29 oct 2012, 11:39 , Respect -
Maria 28 sept 2010
Gaza family narrowly escapes Israeli airstrike
GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A Palestinian family from the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip narrowly escaped death when an Israeli drone fired a missile at the family's home Monday night, relatives said.
The shelling coincided with an airstrike on the nearby Al-Bureij camp killing three militants.
Kamal Abu Shamla, an inspector in the Gaza Strip's Ministry of Education, told Ma'an that his and his brother's family of 30 escaped death only by a miracle after their 3-story home was hit by Israeli missile.
Abu Shamla explained that the missile hit an apartment under construction on the third floor, destroying the water tanks on the roof and damaging walls and windows.
He wondered why his home was shelled asserting that no one in his family is affiliated to any military groups.
Israel's army has confirmed the attack on Al-Bureij, which it said came in response to projectile fire.
The military said in a statement that its air force "targeted and identified hitting a number of militants preparing to fire rockets from the central Gaza Strip into Israel."
"The IDF remains committed to protecting the citizens of Israel and will continue to act against terror. The IDF holds Hamas solely responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from the Gaza Strip," it added.
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Hamas blames central Gaza bombing on peace talks with Israel
CENTRAL GAZA, (PIC)-- Hamas central Gaza media spokesman Yousef Farhat said the recent escalation of Israel's violence is the fruit of the PA-Israeli negotiations, which have provided Israel the necessary cover for its violations.
Farhat said in a press statement on Tuesday in the wake of three Palestinians dying in a bombing of a central Gaza Strip home that Israel has stepped up violations in the West Bank, Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip under the umbrella of the absurd negotiations that continue on the impact of deaths and settlement activity.
Farhat said: The Palestinian resistance is ready to deal with all options, and will not surrender to Israeli continued crimes and aggression.
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29 oct 2012, 11:39 , Respect -
Maria 28 sept 2010
IDF kills 2 terrorists attempting to fire rockets at Israel
Hamas, IDF confirm two killed in explosion in Gaza, in what IDF described as a joint operation against rocket launchers conducted with the help of the Shin Bet.
Two Palestinian terrorists were killed in an IDF attack on the Gaza Strip on Monday night according to the IDF Spokesperson's Unit and Hamas-run television.
In a joint Shin Bet (Israel Security Service) and IDF operation, an IDF drone located the two Palestinians preparing to fire rockets into Israel territory from a location in the central Gaza Strip. There was a secondary explosion after the terrorists were hit by fire, according to a statement released by the IDF.
The IDF also reiterated that it would not countenance any attempts to harm Israeli civilians or soldiers and that it hold Hamas solely responsible for keeping the quiet in Gaza.
Hamas television reported earlier that two Palestinians were killed in an unidentified explosion in the Gaza Strip on Monday.
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