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Disturbing findings of toxic uranium levels in Gaza: SHOCKING PICTURES
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- 1 mrt 2010
Muhammad Ashraf Abed-Rabo Ghaban, 17
Mohamed Ghboun, 22
Muhammad of Beit Lahiya, Gaza, killed by an IDF shell while trying to bomb the Gaza perimeter fence.
One Killed, Three Injured Due To Israeli Shelling Targeting Northern Gaza Strip
One Palestinian fighter was killed and three civilians were injured, on Monday, due to separate shelling attacks targeting the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia.
22 year-old Mohamed Ghboun was killed by an Israeli tank shell targeting fighters at the borders close to the Beit Lahia town.
The Salah ed-Deen Brigade, announced that Ghboun is one of their fighters and he was part of a monitoring mission.
Later in the day Israeli tanks fired shells at a group of residents gathered in Beit Lahia. Three were injured, one critically, medical source reported.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58081 28 apr 2012, 22:44 , Respect
Maria 20 mrt 2010
Muhammad Ibrahim Abdul-Qader Qadous, 16 Usaied Abdul-Nasr Muhammad Qadous, 17
of Iraq Burin, near Nablus, killed by IDF gunfire during a demonstration.
IDF kills 2 Palestinians at checkpointMuhammad Qadus and Useid Qadus 17 and 16 years oldTwo men approaching post near West Bank village of Awarta shot to death after allegedly attempting to attack soldiers with pitchfork, broken bottle. Army says terror attack thwarted, troops acted according to procedures. Palestinians: They were holding agricultural equipment.
Israel Defense Forces soldiers on Sunday killed two Palestinians approaching a military checkpoint near the West Bank village of Awarta, southwest of Nablus.
The two were said to be disguised as farmers. At a certain point, they began shouting and waving a pitchfork and a broken bottle.
Fighters from the Nachshon Battalion of the Kfir Brigade shot the Palestinians to death. A military official said the two had the intention and means to harm the soldiers, who acted according to procedures. The army is investigating the incident.
Palestinian sources in Nablus reported that the two were 19-year-old relatives Muhammad and Salah Kawarik from Awatra. According to the Palestinians, the two were holding agricultural equipment used as part of their work when they were shot to death by IDF soldiers. Their bodies were handed over to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Security forces have been on a heightened state of alert since the morning hours for fear of disturbances due to the funeral of Mohammed Qadus, 16, who was shot dead Saturday by the IDF during a violent protest near Nablus.
The IDF continues to investigate the circumstances of his death and of the death of another protester, Osayed Qadus, 20. The military claims – contrary to the Palestinians – that the two were not hit with live fire. In the meantime, violent clashes reignited throughout the West Bank.
Some 100 Palestinians clashed with security forces near the Gush Etzion settlement of Tekoa on Sunday morning. The rioters hurled stones at the forces, who used crowd dispersal means to break up the group.
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IOF Kill Palestinian Child and University Student South of Nablus
On Saturday afternoon, 20 March 2010, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed two Palestinian civilians, including a child, in cold blood in Iraq Bourin village, south of Nablus. IOF intentionally fired at the two civilians from a close range. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns this crime, which demonstrates total disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians. PCHR stresses that failure to open investigation with suspected Israeli soldiers encourages them to perpetrate more of such crimes.
According to investigations conducted by PCHR and according to statements gives by eyewitnesses, at approximately 11:30 on 20 March 2010, IOF moved into the east of Iraq Borin village, south of Nablus. A number of Palestinian boys gathered and threw stones at Israeli soldier who immediately responded by firing, but no casualties were reported. The Palestinian boys withdrew into the village, while IOF took position in the east of the village. At approximately 15:00, a Palestinian civil Ford transit minibus, driven by Zakareya ‘Adel Qadous, arrived in the village from Nablus. In the meanwhile, Israeli soldiers were positioning approximately 30 miters to the east of the intersection of Iraq Borin village, were out of their jeeps. The driver drove to the west of the village's entrance that branches to the east and to the west. Approximately 100 meters far from the intersection, specifically in front of the mosque of the village, the driver found out that there were inflaming tires and that the street was closed. He stopped and
-- Mohammed Ibrahim Abdul Qader Qadous, 16, and
-- Usaid Abdul Naser Qadous, 20,
stepped down from the minibus. As the driver turned around totravel back to Nablus, Israeli soldiers opened fire at Mohammed, who was wounded by a bullet to the heart, and Usaid who was wounded by a bullet to the head. A number of young Palestinians who were in the scene transferred the two wounded persons to the minibus. After the minibus drove for approximately 20 meters, Israeli military jeeps tried to stop it, but the driver managed to escape and reach Nablus Specialized Hospital. Mohammed arrived dead to the hospital, while Usaid underwent a prolonged surgery, but he was pronounced dead on Sunday morning, 21 March 2010. Usaid was student at an-Najah National University in Nablus.
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6 apr 2010
Israeli army admits mistakes in death of Nablus boys
Family and friends carry the bodies of Mohammed and Salah Qawariq, 19, during their funeral procession in the West Bank village of Awarta on 21 March 2010.
Bethlehem - Ma'an - More restrictive open-fire directives for Israeli soldiers faced with stone and Molotov cocktail throwing may soon be implemented, in the wake of the deaths of four Nablus residents 19 and under, reports said.
An Israeli military statement, released to Ma’an on Monday, detailed the results of two investigations it said were carried out into the circumstances around the death of four Nablus residents, two men and two teenagers.
In their weekly Protection of Civilians report, released on Friday, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said reports indicated new rules would see Israeli soldiers use live fire only if a Molotov cocktail is thrown at a civilian car. Moreover, the report added, Israeli soldiers would need authorization from ranking officers to fire in the air.
The findings of the OCHA report lined up with comments in the Israeli army statement, which said of the deaths of two boys in Awarta, that “This operational incident is considered unnecessary, and its results severe,” leading to a request by Major-General Mizrahi that “the professional and relevant aspects of riot control be clarified.”
Precipitating the investigation was the death of four civilians in the Nablus-area on 20 and 21 March.
The first death was that of 16-year-old Useid Qadus, shot in the head by Israeli forces on 20 March, and Muhammad Qadus, also 16, who died of wounds to the chest he sustained alongside his cousin in Iraq Burin. Muhammad died on 21 March in hospital.
Later on the same Sunday, Israeli soldiers shot dead 19-year-old farmers Muhammad Faysal and Salah Muhammad Qawariq.
Both were from the Awarta village, southeast of Nablus, and were en route to farmland carrying agricultural tools and herbicide, the same sources said.
Iraq Burin
According to the military statement, the inquiry into the Iraq Burin incident found soldiers “operating to protect the adjacent community [illegal settlement] of Bracha” encountered “Palestinians hurl[ing] firebombs and rocks at security forces.
“During the incident, a force commanded by a deputy battalion commander entered Iraq Burin in order to arrest a number of rioters,” and when they found the road blocked they exited their vehicles to continue the detention operation on foot.
According to the report “the deputy battalion commander testified that at this point, having received the required authorization, he shot a number of rubber bullets towards the rioters. The deputy battalion commander identified hitting one of the Palestinian rioters. Later on, it was reported that two Palestinians were killed during the riot.”
Despite the investigation, the army said it was unable to “verify the autopsy and could therefore not confirm that the rioters were in fact hit by live rounds.”
Initially the army said that no live fire was used, though medical officials and human rights advocates pointed to photographic evidence and an X-ray showing a live round in the head of Useid they say proves the army used live fire.
A report by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, however, said several boys were throwing stones at Israeli forces, who responded by firing into the air. The boys returned to their village, as Israeli forces took positions to the east.
“At approximately 15:00, a Palestinian civil Ford transit minibus, driven by Zakareya ‘Adel Qadous, arrived in the village from Nablus,” the PCHR report said, noting soldiers 30 meters away at the intersection entering the village were disembarked from their vehicles.
“As the driver turned around to travel back to Nablus, Israeli soldiers opened fire at Mohammed, who was wounded by a bullet to the heart, and Usaid who was wounded by a bullet to the head,” the report said.
According to the army assessment, its “regional brigade should have led to different actions than those taken by the force when it entered the village.”
PCHR said the “crime is part of a series of war crimes committed by IOF [Israeli Occupation Forces] in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, which reflect total disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians.”
Death of farmers in Awarta
A second Israeli military investigation into the shooting deaths of the two Awarta farmers said the incident occurred when officers “conducted a security inspection of two Palestinians, when one of the suspects began acting suspiciously and finally assaulted one of the soldiers with a bottle.”
At the time, Israel's army said the two attempted to stab a soldier who was on a "routine patrol" near the Awarta military checkpoint. "In response, forces opened fire and identified a direct hit," an army spokeswoman told Ma'an.
Because of the reportedly suspicious behavior, the army report said, “one of the soldier [sic] felt his life was in danger and fired at the Palestinian. At that point, the second suspect, who was a few meters away, raised his hand holding a sharp object, causing the soldier to believe that he, too, was attempting to attack. As a result, the soldier fired and killed the Palestinian.”
According to a second PCHR investigation, autopsies at Rafidiya Hospital under Dr Abdul Karim Hashash revealed entrance and exit wounds for four bullets in the chest of Mohammed Qawariq; two in the bottom of the abdomen and two to the left thigh and leg.
The autopsy also found Mohammed had sustained fractures and burns in the left leg. “This indicates that he was shot from a close range,” the report said.
The autopsy on Salah Qawariq found that the young man “was hit by a bullet that entered the chest and exited the back, another one to the right arm (with a entrance and an exit) and a third one that entered the back and exited the top of the chest,” PCHR reported.
In his comments on the Israeli army investigation, Major-General Mizrahi “concluded that the results of the incident are difficult, and stated that the force could have operated in a more professional manner and thus could have avoided the need to use fire.”
The report continued, however: “That being said, once the first suspect assaulted the soldier using a weapon, the soldier operated correctly and in accordance with the rules of engagement.”
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=274364
27 apr 2010
Rebuke given to Israeli soldiers in West Bank deaths
25 aug 2010
Muhammad Qadus and Useid Qadus 17 and 16 years old
Petition: Probe troops who killed Palestinians
Yesh Din human rights group asks High Court to launch criminal investigation into incident described by army as thwarted terror attack. Two cousins shot and killed in incident after allegedly attacking soldiers with broken bottle, pitchfork
The Yesh Din human rights organization filed a petition with the High Court of Justice on Wednesday, demanding that it order the military advocate general to launch a criminal investigation into the shooting and killing of two 19-year-old Palestinians by Israel Defense Forces soldiers in the Nablus area.
On the day of the incident, which took place in March in the village of Awarta, the army said the soldiers had thwarted a terror attack, during which the two men disguised as farmers tried to attack the troops with a broken bottle and a pitchfork.
Yesh Din said the two men, who were cousins, made a living from agriculture. "They were killed by an IDF soldier under circumstances raising heavy suspicions that a serious criminal offense had been committed," the petition said.
"Although the circumstances of the incident have not been clarified, there is a real risk that they won't be clarified in the future as well, while the military advocate general continues to avoid investigating the incidents."
According to the petition, an autopsy conducted at the Rafidia Hospital in Nablus revealed that one of the men was shot seven times in the upper part of his body, while the second one was hit by three bullets, two of them apparently shot from very close range.
"Military sources admitted that the nature of the incident was not as clear as described by the force's soldiers," Yesh Din said. "Two weeks after the incident, Central Command Chief Avi Mizrahi admitted that the results of the incident in Awarta were 'serious.'"
The organization, which helped the two men's parents file the petition, wrote that "avoiding launching a criminal investigation is outrageous and thwarts any possibility of conducting an effective and thorough investigation.
"This is a decision which conveys, in a loud and clear manner, to all IDF soldiers engaged in security activity in the West Bank, that when an incident ends with the death of a Palestinian, there is no justification in opening a criminal investigation."
The petitioners warned that with the absence of a thorough investigation, "the move exposes the suspects to an investigation and prosecution for committing war crimes in different places worldwide."
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3943772,00.html
16 sept 2010
Court Says Criminal Probe Into Fatal Shooting Of Two Palestinians “Unnecessary”
Last month, representing the families of the victims, Israeli attorney, Michael Sfrad, of the Israeli Human Rights group Yesh Din filed a petition to the Israeli High Court of Justice and demanded the court to open a criminal investigation into the shooting.
On Wednesday, the state told the High Court that Chief Military Prosecutor, Avihai Mandelblit had already ordered a military investigation that would start by the beginning of October.
The two farmers were identified as Mohammad Faisal Qawariq, 19, and Salah Mohammad Kamel Qawariq, 19.
The deadly shooting of the two Palestinians took place this past March when Israeli soldiers stopped two farmers who were walking near Itamar settlement.
The army claimed that soldiers asked the two farmers to present their identity cards but they said that they were not carrying them; the two farmers said they were on their way to their farmlands.
The soldiers claimed that the two farmers acted in a suspicious way and that they and that their responses were not clear.
The commander of the unit said that he shot the two to death when one of them attempted to attack one of the soldiers with a pitchfork.
The commander was removed from his position and, reportedly, will not be allowed to serve as a military commander in the future.
Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Gabi Ashkenazi, stated that the incident could have had a different outcome, and that the deadly results could have be avoided.
Local farmers reported that the soldiers separated the two farmers from each other, and forced them on the ground without cuffing them.
The farmers added that the two were not carrying anything when they were forced to sit on the ground, and that they were both shot while sitting and not while standing, an issue that negates the army claims that the two attempted to attack the soldiers.
http://www.imemc.org/article/59420
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Maria 21 mrt 2010
Salah Muhammad Kamel Quareq 19
Muhammad Feisal Mahmoud Quareq 19
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Maria 22 mrt 2010
Disturbing findings of toxic uranium levels in Gaza: SHOCKING PICTURES
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Studies conducted by a group of Italian researchers have revealed the presence of dangerous levels of toxins in the bodies of Palestinian victims of Israeli bombings during operation Cast Lead in 2008-2009. The results of tests conducted on a sample of 15 dead and wounded victims of the war on Gaza, in addition to another sample of 95 citizens, showed the presence of 30 toxic components, notably high levels of uranium. A senior Ministry of Health official in Gaza, Medhat Abbas, confirmed the findings during a press conference last Thursday.
According to Mr. Abbas, the study showed the presence of dangerous substances toxic to human embryos which distort and threaten infertility in men and women and affect genes. It was absorbed through the skin or the mouth during eating.
In a previous study, the same researchers emphasized that the soil of the Gaza Strip now contains toxic metals and carcinogens harmful to embryos. This was due, they claimed, to the absorption of materials used in the recent Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
Gaza’s Health Minister, Dr Bassem Naim, said the study of the biological samples proved that the Israelis used internationally proscribed weapons against the Palestinians. He warned that the large percentage of toxic uranium in the territory would pose a real threat to future generations. Dr Naim added that his department will send the research findings to the relevant human rights authorities which are documenting Israeli war crimes in the territory.
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(4:59) Gaza martyrs
25 mrt 2010
Dispatches - Children of Gaza
(10:01) Dispatches - Children of Gaza | A MustWatch Documentary Part 1 of 5
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In December 2008, the Israeli Defence Force unleashed a campaign to destroy the ability of Hamas to launch rockets and mortars into Israel. Around 300 children were among the 1,300 Palestinians that were killed.
After the ceasefire, BAFTA-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann arrived in Gaza to follow the lives of three children over a year.
Surrounded by the remnants of the demolished Gaza Strip and increasingly isolated by the blockade that prevents anyone from rebuilding their homes and their lives, Children of Gaza is a shocking, touching and uniquely intimate reflection on extraordinary courage in the face of great adversity. 28 apr 2012, 22:45 , Respect
Maria 23 mrt 2010
Israeli Soldier Killed By Friendly Fire At The Borders With Gaza
One Israeli soldier was killed by friendly fire while a Palestinian civilian was wounded during clashes with Palestinians fighter at the southern border of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli troops opened fire at three Palestinian men who approached the Israeli-built wall at the southern Gaza Strip boarders.
Troops left their tanks and rushed to detain the men when another group of soldiers approached the wall for the Israeli side and opened fire at the soldiers already at the site, killing one soldier, the Israeli army reported.
Initial investigation conducted by the army revealed that several military units were deployed in the area, and that three soldiers left their tank and rushed towards the border.
At the same time, soldiers of the Golani Brigade arrived in the area and opened fire at the three soldiers after mistaking them with the three Palestinians; one soldier was killed.
During interrogation, the three Palestinians said they tried to enter Israeli to search for work.
In related news, Palestinian medical sources reported that one Palestinian was wounded, on Monday evening, during clashes between Israeli soldiers and resistance fighters near the Kissufim Crossing in Central Gaza.
Furthermore, Israeli sources reported that Palestinian fighters also fired two homemade shells at Sderot and Sh’ar Hanegev, in the Western Negev.
The National Resistance Brigades said its fighters fired the shells in retaliation to the ongoing Israeli violations.
Israel recently bombarded several areas in the Gaza Strip, especially border areas, after claiming that Palestinian armed groups resumed the firing of homemade shells into adjacent Israeli areas.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58258 28 apr 2012, 22:45 , Respect
Maria 26 mrt 2010
Jihad Ata Sulaiman al-Daghmeh 17
of Abasan al-Jadida, near Khan Yunis, Gaza, killed by IDF gunfire during an armed clash.
3 apr 2010
Medics Locate Body Of Fighter Killed Last Week
Palestinian medics located on Friday evening the body of an Islamic Jihad fighter who was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the southern part of the Gaza Strip last week.
The fighter was identified as Jihad Al Doghma, 23. His body was located near the border fence east of Khan Younis. His body was moved to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said that Al Doghma is one of its fighters and that he was killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers in Khan Younis eight days ago.
An Israeli officer and a soldier were killed in the clashes and several soldiers were wounded.
Two residents, Haitham and Salam Arafat were also killed in the clashes and ten others were wounded.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58363 28 apr 2012, 22:45 , Respect
Maria 27 mrt 2010
Suliman 'Abd al-Hakim 'Aref 'Arafat 20
Haitham 'Abd al-Hakim 'Aref 'Arafat 21
Haitham 'Killed by a shell while looking for his brother, who had been killed a few hours earlier in an exchange of gunfire with soldiers east of Khan Yunis.
Palestinian Killed East Of Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday at night, that one resident was killed and several others were wounded after the Israeli army bombarded Khuza’a town, East of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The attack came after two soldiers were killed near the border in Khan Younis. Two Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded after the fighters ambushed Israeli soldiers in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Sources at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said that Haitham Arafat, 23, died late on Friday despite attempts to save his life.
He suffered serious wounds when the army bombarded Khan Younis in Friday evening. 13 other residents were wounded, some of them suffered moderate-to-severe injuries.
One Palestinian child, 10, was seriously wounded, and four other residents were moderately wounded, when the army bombarded several homes in Abasan Al Jadeeda area in Khan Younis.
On Friday, the Israeli army said that a senior military commander and a soldier were killed, and five others were wounded, one seriously, during clashes with resistance fighters in Khan Younis. All wounded soldiers were airlifted to Soroka Hospital in B’e’er Sheva.
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said that the initial clashes took place when Israeli soldiers advanced 500 meters into east Khan Younis in an attempt to flank the a group of fighters.
But Qassam fighters managed to ambush the invading force and opened fire at them. The Brigades said that its sharpshooters managed to kill two soldiers, while several other soldiers were wounded.
The Al Aqsa Brigades of Fateh movement and the Al Quds Brigades of the Islamic Jihad issued separate press releases stating that their fighters also exchanged fire with the invading forces and fired RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenades) shells at them.
The Popular Resistance Committees said that one of its fighters suffered serious injuries during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Khan Younis.
On Friday at night, at least five Israeli tanks and two armored bulldozers invaded Khan Younis.
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, said that Hamas is to be held responsible for the escalation.
He added that several breakaway factions are carrying attacks against Israel, and that the Hamas’ armed wing, that previously prevented attacks against Israel, is loosening its grip in Gaza, Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58304 28 apr 2012, 22:46 , Respect
Maria 29 mrt 2010
Fuad Swerih 5
child died at a local hospital due to the ongoing illegal Israeli siege on the coastal region.
The child, Fuad Swerih, 5, suffered respiratory issues, and Israeli prevented his transfer to hospitals outside the besieged and war- torn Gaza Strip.
Swerih is from Al Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The doctors were trying to have him transferred to an Israeli hospital but Israel rejected all applications.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58323
30 mrt 2010
Mohammad Zeid Al Farmawi, 15
Child Killed By Army Fire In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Tuesday morning that a child was shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The child was identified as Mohammad Zeid Al Farmawi, 15, from Qishtat neighborhood in Rafah.
Local sources reported that the child was shot by Israeli soldiers after he crossed through the border fence, east of the Gaza International Airport.
Medics rushed to the scene but the child was already dead when they arrived; his body was moved to Abu Yousef Al Najjar in Rafah.
On Saturday, a 5-year-old child died at a local hospital due to the ongoing illegal Israeli siege on the coastal region.
The child, Fuad Swerih, 5, suffered respiratory issues, and Israeli prevented his transfer to hospitals outside the besieged and war- torn Gaza Strip.
Swerih is from Al Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The doctors were trying to have him transferred to an Israeli hospital but Israel rejected all applications.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58323
31 mrt 2010
Israeli Army Shells Homes, Farmlands In Southern Gaza
Israeli tanks shelled on Wednesday midday residents homes and farmlands in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah.
Local sources reported damage to homes but no injuries. The situation remains tense in the Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday, troops killed one child and injured sixteen civilians in different part of the Gaza Strip.
Soldiers opened fire at residents who protested near border areas while marking Land Day.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58337 28 apr 2012, 22:46 , Respect
Maria 2 apr 2010
Summar Saif Radwan 21
Woman dead after struck by settler car
Bethlehem - Ma'an/Agencies - A 21-year-old was killed instantly Friday when a settler struck her with his car west of Ramallah, the latest in a rapid series of violent incidents.
The woman, identified by relatives as Summar Saif Radwan, was killed on the road leading to Al-Lubban Al-Gharbi, sandwiched between Israel's separation wall and the settlements of Ofarim and Bet Arye. The woman was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Shortly before the woman was struck, settler groups near Nablus announced their intention to rally at the Huwwara military checkpoint, protesting what they described as "state neglect," according to the Israeli press, following an attack on a settler the day before.
The day saw two additional settlers injured by Palestinian rock-throwing, as village leaders in the north described at least two zones taken over by settlers marking Passover with outdoor celebrations.
Settler protest heightens tensions
According to the Israeli news site Ynet, those set to protest are from the Gav Hahar settlement. Previous protests by settlers in the north shut down the checkpoints in the area and halted movement for Palestinians.
The action recalls the settler-conceived "price tag policy," which had previously been defined as "hurting Palestinian residents and damaging their property" in response to what they see as violations of settler rights by the Israeli government, police and military.
ON Thursday night, stones injured a settler in the head as he drove on the Huwwara road south of Nablus. The stones, reportedly thrown by young Palestinians in the area, resulted in injury and hospitalization of the man.
According to a second report from Ynet, settlers said the road leading from the settlements had become congested since the area was "opened up to Arab traffic."
"The terrorists used the gridlock along the road and at a certain point threw rocks and stones from two directions at the car," one settler told the news site.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=273532 28 apr 2012, 22:46 , Respect
Maria 3 apr 2010
Mohammad Damen Abed Al-Karim E'lieyat 62
Diabetic dies after long wait at checkpoint
Tubas – Ma'an – A diabetic Palestinian died on Saturday after being prevented from crossing the Al-Hamra military checkpoint into the Jordan Valley on Saturday.
Mohammad Damen Abed Al-Karim E'lieyat, 62, from the village of Dir Abu Da'eef in Jenin was en route to the Jordan Valley but was barred from transit. Ma'an's correspondent said E'lieyat made several attempts to cross but was turned back by Israeli authorities who said that he was unable to pass because he held French citizenship.
E'lieyat, who suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure, was eventually allowed to pass after several hours, but suffered a heart attack in a taxi.
Naser Al-A'nani from the Jericho Governmental Hospital said E'lieyat was pronounced dead upon arrival after suffering a "severe" heart attack.
An Israeli military spokesman said a complaint was lodged with the Jericho DCO following E'lieyat's death and is currently being looked into.
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=273794 28 apr 2012, 22:46 , Respect
Maria 13 apr 2010
Marwan Faraj Al Jarba, 25
Fighter Killed, Three Wounded In Israeli Bombardment In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that one fighter was killed and three were wounded during clashes that took place after the Israeli forces invaded an area east of Al Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The sources added that medics located the body of Marwan Faraj Al Jarba, 25, and transferred three more residents to Al Aqsa Hospital. The wounded Palestinians suffered moderate-to-severe wounds.
Medics are searching the area after receiving information that other residents might have been killed and wounded in the clashes.
The Israeli army opened fire at the Palestinian medics while trying to vacate the slain resident and the three wounded.
Local sources reported that clashes took place between resistance fighters and Israeli soldiers east of AL Boreij refugee camp and that Israeli military helicopters and drones fired at least two missiles in addition to firing rounds of live ammunition.
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said that its fighters clashes with the invading forces while trying to invade the camp.
The Brigades added that its fighters will counter any Israeli attacks and violation and stated that armed resistance is the strategic option to liberate the country.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58433 28 apr 2012, 22:46 , Respect
Maria 16 apr 2010
Ra’id Abu Hammad, 30Ra’id Abu Hammad, 30 years old, murdered by the Zionists in cold blood
Mahmoud Abu Hammad from Il-Izarriyeh (Bethany) was murdered on 16.4.2010 in the Israeli Beersheva prison.
He had been in Israeli detention for five years and was in isolation for 18 months at the time of his murder. Abu Hammad was placed in solitary confinement in Eshel for causing damage to a TV set in the cell.
The damage was not deliberate and Abu Hammad’s family applied to the prison authority to replace the ruined TV set so he be realised from isolation, but the Israeli prison authority refused. Abu Hammad was an athlete with no record of health problems previous to his detention.
Because his fatal injury was typical of one form of torture used by Israel, his death is considered a direct result of torture.
According to the Palestinian Prisoner Society, “Abu Hammad was hit by Israeli interrogators on the center spine and the back of his neck, and died of his wounds in the cell. Forensic examination revealed that Abu Hammad was healthy and did not suffer from any health condition.
He was also an athlete and in a strong body shape.
The examination also revealed that Abu Hammad was tortured during interrogation and was struck on the center of his spine causing damage to the spinal canal in addition to being violently hit on the back of the head.” ...Read more 28 apr 2012, 22:46 , Respect
Maria 16 apr 2010
Mohammed Mohammed Mahmoud Eslim, 23
IOF moved nearly 200 meters into the east of al-Shoja'eya neighborhood in the east of Gaza City. A number of Palestinian resistance activists exchanged fire with IOF. During the exchange of fire, a resistance activist, 23-year-old Mohammed Mohammed Mahmoud Eslim, was killed
Palestinian Killed, Another Wounded In Clashes With Israeli Troops In Gaza
A Palestinian fighter was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops who invaded Al-Shuja'iya neighborhood in the central Gaza Strip, Friday noon, Palestinian medical sources reported.
Dr. Mu'awiya Hasaneen, chief of emergency services in Gaza, said another fighter was wounded and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
The Israeli military issued a statement about the incident saying that an Israeli military unit patrolling the borders with the Gaza Strip identified an armed Palestinian trying to plan an explosive charge.
The military claims the fighter threw a hand grenade at the Israeli soldier who responded by firing back at him, killing him and wounding another.
http://www.imemc.org/article/58457