Latest update: Nov 26, 2013 by occpal

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The overview below, only mentions attacks linked to media /HR- press releases and reports. World’s MSM stays silent and slams mum as Israel keeps violating the cease fire agreement relentlessly.



Although several NGO’s, human rights organisations condemned, the by local media documented attacks largely are being ignored by main stream news. (As usual)



Per report of Jan 28, 2013, health officials said there have been over 90 attacks since the cease fire (Reported by PRESSTV)

The overview below only contains attacks which could be linked to reported in media or written reports from Gaza. Violations occurred, may be added later, for not all attacks are covered immediately or not at all by media. Media not always covers separate incidents in a short while or on the same day as separate events, but as a single attack.

Aside from the wounded and killed in the related period, it is very important to reiterate again and again, one should not only behold the ‘body-count’ as Israel wants you to do. The policies, deployed by Israeli gov’t kill many more people than any ammunition does. The silenced genocide, by proxy. Most people do not even have the slightest idea of the MAGNITUDE of the genocide on Palestine

LIST OF DEAD & WOUNDED SINCE CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT

Following two lists linked contain only the incidents which resulted in injured or death.

In Media

Febr 22, 2013 | What a ‘period of calm’ looks like in the Occupied Territories

[ PIC 26/11/2013 – 01:46 PM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes launched a series of mock raids on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday spreading panic among its inhabitants.

A field observer told Quds Press that an Israeli F-16 dropped a number of bombs into the sea off the Gaza coast causing a series of big bangs that resounded in all areas of the enclave.

A Palestinian security source charged that the Israeli warplanes launch mock raids every now and then on Gaza to terrorize its population.





In another attack in Gaza Waters





[ PIC 27/11/2013 – 08:47 AM ]

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RAFAH, (PIC)– Israeli navy gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday night.

Sources in the marine police told the PIC reporter that the incident took place half a mile off Rafah harbor.

They said that the shooting was coupled with the firing of flare bombs, adding that no casualties were reported.

Palestinian fishermen are constant targets for Israeli navy gunboats while fishing at sea off Gaza Strip coasts.





In Another attack:

[ PIC 27/11/2013 – 07:00 AM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– A Palestinian young man was injured when Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired at an area east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday night.

Eyewitnesses said that IOF soldiers opened their machineguns at farmers in Fakhari area wounding one of them who was carried to Gaza European hospital south of Khan Younis.

Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry spokesman, told the PIC that a 23-year-old young man was hit with a bullet in his right foot, describing his condition as moderate.





Mock raids may not kill physically, yet they traumatize children for life and cause severe post traumatic stress disorder with no real treatment nor circumstances available to be ‘cured’ while aggressions go on. This world needs to act. Against direct violence, indirect violence or deprivation causing genocide by proxy by Israeli policies!

Israeli warplanes launch mock raids on Gaza

[ PIC 24/11/2013 – 10:24 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli fighter jets launched a series of mock raids on the Gaza Strip on Sunday spreading panic among the populace.

A field observer said that an Israeli F-16 warplane dropped a number of bombs in the sea off Gaza city coast and other deserted areas in the enclave. He said that the explosions rocked the tiny Strip.

For his part, a Palestinian security source said that the sounds of explosions heard in Gaza were the result of Israeli mock raids in which the warplanes usually break the sound barrier only to terrorize the inhabitants.

A series of Israeli aerial raids last Tuesday night inflicted heavy material losses but no casualties were reported.

Isreali Navy firing at Palestinian boats in W of Khan Yunis , no injuries reported #Khanyounis #Gaza

Al Ray Agencies | Nov 21, 2013

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Gaza, ALRAY – Israeli warplanes launched on Thursday morning a series of mock raids in different areas of the coastal enclave.

ALRAY correspondents reported that a number of F16 fighter jets broke the sound barrier over Gaza , causing Loud explosion sounds.

Palestinian security sources said that the Israeli occupation carries out mock raids repeatedly to terrorize the civilians in Gaza.

The Israeli warplanes targeted Gaza on Tuesday with seven air strikes, no injuries reported.

[ PIC 20/11/2013 – 08:10 AM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes carried out late Tuesday night a number of aerial attacks on different areas of the Gaza Strip, with no reported casualties, according to local sources.

The sources told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that F-16 jet fighters fired two missiles at a farm in Al-Manara area to the south of Khan Younis district, adding that the bombing caused only material damage.

They affirmed that the Israeli warplanes also bombed an area east of Al-Qarara area to the north of Khan Younis in addition to an unidentified target in Al-Zanna area in Bani Suhaila village.

They said there were intensive military overflights that continued for hours in the southern airspace of Gaza.

Later, other airstrikes targeted areas in northern Gaza, including a resistance post belonging to the armed wing of Islamic Jihad in Beit Hanoun district, and the Bissan amusement park without any reported causalities.

The Palestinian government had hastened to take security precautions and evacuated all its security and sensitive headquarters. Different resistance locations were also evacuated and the Palestinian resistance fighters of different factions were put on high alert.







More in Media:

#Palestinian #Resistance have targeted an #Israeli forces invaded South of #Gaza #khanYounes Now.!

https://twitter.com/AlqassamBrigade/status/402721589541609472

https://twitter.com/sallyidwedar/status/396754450187972608

#Israeli tanks are shooting live bullets to the Gazan #civilians homes in the east of #Gaza . #Palestine . #injustice . now

#Now , Shooting toward the houses of people in the east of #Gaza . #Shujaiya area. #Gaza #Palestine

#People need to sleep, Drones, and shooting toward people house should be #International crime. #Israel stop, you should STOP. #Gaza

3:29 am local time and #Israeli drones are still hovering in #Gaza . I wanna to sleep, but drones wont let me

"Israeli" warplanes are thick and loud in the skies over Gaza City this morning.

https://twitter.com/qassambrigades/status/396932844661919744

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https://twitter.com/MajedAbusalama/status/39693785704813773

https://twitter.com/AlqassamBrigade/status/396990212556849152

https://twitter.com/AlqassamBrigade/status/396991194489552898

Attacks also on sea:





In Media

https://twitter.com/sallyidwedar/status/396750262007648256

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In Media

https://twitter.com/sallyidwedar/status/396257884738043904

Gaza under severe attack again, shelled and bombed by navy and airplanes, 4 shuhada and resistance is fighting back. Initial reports state that 1 israeli soldier killed and several are wounded. Live Updates at the Live blog here





https://twitter.com/AlqassamBrigade/status/395155967320399872





It is Just close to the #Movempik Hotel, F16 bomb on @qassambrigades training center. North of Gaza.

PHOTO| The place targeted by an Israeli F16 in the north of #Gaza , minutes ago Local Time| 9:45 am. صورة… http://t.co/iK9HvtR7Pu

#Children #School near to my home were screaming when they heard the voice of F16 Bomb. #Gaza #GazaUnderAttack .

The Land which the #Israeli F16 Planes attack is empty but central and behind about 10 schools. #Gaza #Palestine

https://twitter.com/qassambrigades/status/394737146008834048

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In Media

[ PIC 24/10/2013 – 10:42 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)– An Israeli army tank fired a shell that exploded near the Beit Hanun (Erez) crossing north of the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning.

Palestinian security sources told the PIC reporter that no casualties were reported in the explosion.

A number of Israeli army vehicles and bulldozers had advanced into citizens’ land earlier today to the east of Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces carried out 4 limited incursions into the central and southern Gaza Strip on 15, 20 and 22 October 2013. They levelled lands along the border fence and withdrew later. Neither casualties nor material damage were reported.

Reported by the PCHR in Gaza





Ma’an News Agency | (updated) 21/10/2013 17:24

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli military vehicles crossed into a border area east of Gaza City on Monday, witnesses said.

Five military bulldozers crossed into a border area and razed agricultural land, locals said.

An Israeli army spokeswoman was not aware of any military activity in the northern Gaza Strip, but said Israeli forces found an “explosive device positioned against soldiers in the southern Gaza Strip.”

The device was defused, she added.

The Gaza Strip has been under a severe economic blockade imposed by Israel since 2007.

Attack on fishermen



In the context of targeting fishermen in the sea, Israeli gunboats positioned in the sea opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats 5 times on 11, 12, 13 and 21 October 2013.

Reported by the PCHR in Gaza

In the context of targeting fishermen in the sea, Israeli gunboats positioned in the sea opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats 5 times on 11, 12, 13 and 21 October 2013.

Reported by the PCHR in Gaza

Israeli forces carried out 4 limited incursions into the central and southern Gaza Strip on 15, 20 and 22 October 2013. They levelled lands along the border fence and withdrew later. Neither casualties nor material damage were reported.

Reported by the PCHR in Gaza









In the context of targeting fishermen in the sea, Israeli gunboats positioned in the sea opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats 5 times on 11, 12, 13 and 21 October 2013.

Reported by the PCHR in Gaza





In the context of targeting fishermen in the sea, Israeli gunboats positioned in the sea opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats 5 times on 11, 12, 13 and 21 October 2013.

Reported by the PCHR in Gaza





In the context of targeting fishermen in the sea, Israeli gunboats positioned in the sea opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats 5 times on 11, 12, 13 and 21 October 2013.

Reported by the PCHR in Gaza





Israel has controlled Gaza waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has kept several warships stationed off the coast since 2008.

In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza’s coast but it imposed a 3-mile limit for several years, opening fire at fishermen who strayed further.

The zone had been extended to six miles as part of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that ended an eight-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in November.

In May, the Israeli government re-extended Gaza’s fishing zone to six miles, after reducing it in March following a rocket attack from the coastal territory.

The boat then returned to the designated area, she added.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said a fishing boat had “deviated from the designated fishing area and an IDF boat fired warning shots in the air.”

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli gunboats opened fire on Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, locals said.

Al Ray Agencies | Oct 7, 2013

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Gaza, ALRAY – A number of Israeli military vehicles penetrated on Monday morning Beit Lahia to the north of Gaza in a new breach of the ceasefire, local media reported.

Eyewitnesses said four Israeli bulldozers pushed into the area of Abu Samra north of Beit Lahia and moved dozens of meters along the borderline.

He pointed out the vehicles opened fire at the citizens’ properties.

Similar incursions take place almost daily in the eastern and northern borders of the Gaza Strip in a clear violation of the cease-fire- agreement that Israel signed with the Palestinian resistance and brokered by Egypt in Cairo in last November.

In the Gaza Strip, on 05 October 2013, Israeli forces stationed along the border fence, east of al-Shuhada’ cemetery, east of Jabalia, opened fire at open areas. Neither casualties nor material damage were reported.

Reported by the PCHR in Gaza

Thursday October 03, 2013 11:43 by IMEMC & Agencies

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A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, in Thursday morning, an area east of Khoza’a town, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and in the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza Strip, and uprooted Palestinian lands.

The Safa News Agency has reported that several military vehicles, and six armored D-9 bulldozers, invaded Abu Reeda area in Khoza’a town, bulldozed and uprooted farmlands.

Furthermore, several jeeps and four bulldozers invaded Juhr Ed-Deek and Wadi Gaza areas, and bulldozed Palestinian lands.

The invasions are part of ongoing violations carried out by the army against the Palestinians in different parts of the impoverished, and besieged coastal region.





Gaza – Monday evening [September 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man, injured and kidnapped another, near the border fence, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Israeli media sources said that the soldiers opened fire at two Palestinians who approached the border fence, and attempted to cut a hole in it before the army chased them.

The sources added that the army did not mention anything about whether the Palestinians carried any weapons or explosives, an issue that indicates they might have been trying to enter Israeli territory searching for work.

Israeli Ynet News has reported that the army initiated an investigation into the incident, under the assumption that the two “might have been trying to plant an explosive in the area”. After searching the area, the army could not locate any explosives or weapons.

Palestinian sources in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, stated that the soldiers fired a number of shells into a land east of the town, and fired several flares, while a military chopper hovered overhead.

Medical sources in Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the nearby town of Beit Lahia, stated that Palestinian medics located the body of Hweishel Ismael Abu Hweishel, in his thirties, and moved it to hospital.

The slain resident is from Al-Mighraqa area, south of Gaza city.

Israeli Army Bombards Northern Gaza

Al Qassam Brigade | 01-10-2013,08:01

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Gaza – [Monday Evening September 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers stationed across the border with Gaza fired a number of shells into an area, east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The attack came after a Palestinian was killed, and another was injured in the area.

Eyewitnesses said that Israeli tanks fired at least four shells, while the soldiers fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition in addition to firing flares.

The shell landed and detonated in Bayyaret Al-Basha (Pasha Orchard), east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli sources said that female soldiers, in charge of operating surveillance systems across the border with Gaza, noticed what was described as “suspicious movement” close to the border fence.

They then alerted soldiers of the Golani Brigade who saw two Palestinians “who appeared to be armed”, and opened fire at them reportedly after they entered what Israeli described as “special security zone”.

The army could not determine whether the two were hit, or if they managed to escape back into Gaza.

Israel Ynetnews has reported that the army opened fire at two Palestinians who approached the fence in an attempt “to plant an explosive charge”.

Earlier on Monday evening, one Palestinian was killed, and another was injured and kidnapped, by Israeli soldiers allegedly after crossing the border fence.

Medical sources said that the slain Palestinian has been identified as Hweishel Ismael Abu Hweishel, from the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.





UPDATE Sept 29, 2013 | 234th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT

Shelling from the Israeli navy off the Gaza coast- 3:08am local time — OccPal-Gaza (@OccPalGaza) September 29, 2013

Related in Media

Sept 29, 2013 | Palestinian fisherman fired at by Egyptian naval police – Al Ray

On Sept 28, a 1 day old child died due to infringement of the right of freedom of movement after the mother was forced to stay in a local cafetaria near the closed border crossing.

Main stream media solely buzzed the opening of the border, lacking to mention only 62 people were actually able to travel. One whole bus has left Gaza due to alleged problems in the computer networks on the Egyptian side of Rafah.

Thousands, including students due to start their semesters abroad and patients awaiting medical treatment abroad are still stranded with thousands.

You can follow all updates at the next Live Blog | Gaza: Total siege imposed by Israel and Egypt causing 2 dead





UPDATE Sept 24, 2013 | 233rd ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT

Al Ray Agencies | Sept 24, 2013

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Gaza, ALRAY – A number of Israeli military vehicles penetrated on Tuesday morning eastern Deir El-Balah in central Gaza, Local sources said.

According to witnesses, Four Israeli bulldozers, backed by military vehicles, entered the area near the separation fence and razed the Palestinian’s lands.

Similar incursions take place almost on a daily basis in the eastern and northern borders of the Gaza Strip in clear violation of the cease-fire- agreement that Israel signed with the Palestinian resistance brokered by Egypt in Cairo in the last November.

Related in Media

Sept 24, 2013 | Fighters Clash With Soldiers Invading Central Gaza- IMEMC





UPDATE Sept 20, 2013 | 232nd ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT

BREAKING / 2 injuries arrive to Kamal Edwan hospital – Northern Gaza strip, after the Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a group of people walking close to the buffer zone North Gaza Strip – Update From Gaza ( Noor Harazeen ) Medics: Israeli forces shoot 2 Palestinians in north Gaza – Ma’an News Two Gazans injured in IOF shooting east of Jabaliya – PIC



UPDATE Sept 19, 2013 | 231th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT

Limited Israeli incursion southern Gaza Strip – PIC



UPDATE Sept 18, 2013 | 230th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT

Gaza fighter injured in border clashes with Israeli troops – Ma’an News

UPDATE Sept 17, 2013 | 229th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



Al Qassam website | 17-09-2013,07:39

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Gaza – A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers crossed on Tuesday morning the Khan Younis eastern borders in the southern Gaza Strip in a limited way.

According to our correspondent, 6 military bulldozers came out of the Abu Rida gate east of the town of Khuza’a and pushed into the agricultural lands of citizens, moving along the border.

He noted that the bulldozers perform scraping and mopping operations in the areas where the tanks routinely roll into at a distance of approximately 150 of the borders.

He added that a number of Israeli tanks centered on the sandy hills on the borderline during the incursion, while the Israeli warplanes continued flying at low heights.

It is noteworthy that this is the second incursion within a few days in the same region.





UPDATE Sept 15, 2013 | 228th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishing boats

[ PIC 15/09/2013 – 10:08 AM ]

GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza city and Sudaniya area, north of Gaza Strip, on Sunday morning.

A PIC reporter said that no casualties or damages were reported in the heavy shooting that targeted fishermen and their boats.

Israeli navy boats routinely fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coasts of the besieged enclave, detain fishermen and confiscate their fishing tools and boats.

Fishermen try to work within the six nautical miles radius specified to them by the Israeli navy but are almost always targeted by the navy gunboats.





UPDATE Sept 12, 2013 | 227th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



Al Qassam Brigades | 12-09-2013,08:02

Gaza – A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers crossed on Thursday morning the Khan Younis eastern borders in the southern Gaza Strip in a limited way.

Local media reported that several bulldozers came out of the Abu Rida gate east of the town of Khuza’a and pushed into the agricultural lands of citizens, moving along the border.

Witnesses said the Israeli occupation forces are razing near Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli warplanes including F16s, Apache helicopters, and drones have been frequently flying the Gaza skies for the past few days.

This comes in the context of tightened Israeli, Egyptian border restrictions with the Egyptian military reported to have destroyed more than 90% of the tunnels along the border with Gaza, citing security concerns.

The campaign against tunnels put the Gaza Strip at a tipping crisis point as the entry of fuel, building materials, food stuffs among others used to come from Egypt has not been possible.





UPDATE Sept 3, 2013 | 225 & 226th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



Reported by IMEMC:

Local sources have reported that a number of armored Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Tuesday [September 3] a limited invasion into Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

The sources said that the military vehicles came from the Kissufim Israeli military camp, across the border with Gaza.

The vehicles advanced hundreds of meters into the area firing dozens of rounds of live ammunition; no clashes or injuries have been reported.

On Monday, a number of military vehicles invaded an area, east of Gaza City, and Palestinian fighters managed to detonate an explosive charge in one of the armored military bulldozers.

On Tuesday evening [August 20 2013], Israeli soldiers shot and injured two young Palestinian men east of Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

On Tuesday evening [August 13, 2013], Palestinian medical sources have reported that three fishermen have been detained, and violently attacked by Israeli soldiers, in Palestinian territorial waters, resulting in moderate injuries.

On Saturday at night [August 10 2013], a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli military fire, while another Palestinian was shot and injured earlier in the day east of Gaza city.

The body of the slain Palestinian, identified as Hussein Abdul-Hadi Awadallah, 30, was handed by Israel to the Palestinian side in Gaza. He is from An-Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.

In another assault

Reported by the PCHR Gaza:

On 03 September 2013, Israeli gunboats stationed off al-Waha resort, northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats that approached the border about 2 nautical miles off the shore. The fishermen were frightened and fled back to the shore fearing of being arrested or injured. Neither casualties nor material damage were reported in both incidents.





UPDATE Sept 2, 2013 | 223 & 224th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



[ PIC 02/09/2013 – 10:06 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Two explosions rocked eastern Gaza on Monday morning as they targeted a number of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers.

Eyewitnesses and security sources told the PIC reporter that the first explosion targeted an army bulldozer then the other targeted army vehicles that rushed to the scene.

They said that the first blast was an explosive device but they could not determine the nature of the second one, adding that heavy smoke was seen billowing from the scene of the explosions.

The PIC reporter pointed to heavy presence of Israeli soldiers in the area in addition to helicopter gunships and reconnaissance planes

In another assault

Reported by the PCHR Gaza:

On 02 September 2013, Israeli gunboats stationed off al-Waha resort, northwest of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats that approached the border about 2 nautical miles off the shore. The fishermen were frightened and fled back to the shore fearing of being arrested or injured. Neither casualties nor material damage were reported in both incidents.





UPDATE Aug 30, 2013 | 222nd ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



Maan News Agency | Aug 30, 2013 – 19:52

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GAZA (Ma’an) — A Palestinian farmer was shot and injured on Friday East of Jabalia north of the Gaza Strip, medics said.

Israeli forces opened fire at Yousef Saad, 20, injuring him in the thigh.

He was taken to Kamal Edwan hospital in Jabalia.

An army representative did not immediately return calls.





UPDATE Aug 21, 2013 | 220 & 221st ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



[ PIC 21/08/2013 – 11:23 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at beaches in southern Gaza, Zahra city, and Nuseirat refugee camp on Tuesday night and at dawn Wednesday.

A security source told the PIC reporter that the navy gunboats opened fire at those shores last night and later on opened intermittent fire at the same areas.

Nizar Ayyash, the chairman of the fishermen syndicate in Gaza, said in a press release on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation authorities launch a systematic, ferocious campaign against the Palestinian fishermen.

He said that the Israeli forces routinely open fire at fishermen and their boats, arrest them and confiscate their boats and fishing tools, and shrink their allowed areas of fishing.





UPDATE Aug 20, 2013 | 218th & 219th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



Maan News Agency | Aug 20, 2013

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel’s navy opened fire at Palestinian fishermen off the northern coast of Gaza on Tuesday, witnesses said.

Israeli ships fired several shells at the boats, who were fishing near Gaza City, causing material damage.

No injuries were reported.

On Monday, Israeli naval forces confiscated three fishing boats, and a day earlier detained three men swimming it what was deemed a “suspicious” area.

In May, the Israeli government re-extended Gaza’s fishing zone to six miles, after reducing it in March following a rocket attack from the coastal territory.

The zone had been extended to six miles as part of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that ended an eight-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in November.

In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza’s coast but it imposed a 3-mile limit for several years, opening fire at fishermen who strayed further.

Israel has controlled Gaza waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has kept several warships stationed off the coast since 2008.





In another attack | Live Updates

breaking : two injured in Gaza as Israeli soldiers open fire on civilians — Gaza Writes Back (@ThisIsGaZa) August 20, 2013





Report by Al Qassam Brigades

Al Qassam Brigade | 21-08-2013,07:03

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Gaza – Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday evening [August 20, 2013] that two young Palestinian men have been shot and injured by Israeli military fire east of Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The sources said that the two, 18 and 19 years of age, were moved to the Kamal Adwan Hospital, suffered moderate injuries, after being shot in the legs.

The latest attack is another violation to the ceasefire agreement, mediated by Egypt and a number of international countries, between Israel and the resistance in Gaza.

On Tuesday evening [August 13, 2013], Palestinian medical sources have reported that three fishermen have been detained, and violently attacked by Israeli soldiers, in Palestinian territorial waters, resulting in moderate injuries.

On Saturday at night [August 10 2013], a Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli military fire, while another Palestinian was shot and injured earlier in the day east of Gaza city.

The body of the slain Palestinian, identified as Hussein Abdul-Hadi Awadallah, 30, was handed by Israel to the Palestinian side in Gaza. He is from An-Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.

UPDATE Aug 14, 2013 | 217th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



LIVE UPDATES

Minutes ago: Zionist warplanes targeted an agricultural area north of #Gaza city, no casualties. — Belal Dabour – Gaza (@Belalmd12) August 13, 2013

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BREAKING – T he Israeli occupation warplanes attack a farm for AlAshqar family in northern Gaza strip, Bit-hanoon… – Live Update

Al Qassam Website – 14-08-2013,09:00

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An Israeli drone has carried out an airstrike on the northern Gaza Strip, but there have been no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

Israeli officials have confirmed the strike on Gaza early Wednesday morning, but released no further details.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces clashed with Palestinian youngsters gathering outside Israel’s Ofer prison located near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.

The clashes occurred as Israel released about two dozen Palestinian prisoners it had held for over two decades.

Israel is holding more than 4,700 Palestinians in prisons, many of them without charge or trial.

On Tuesday, Israel released only 26 Palestinian prisoners as the first group of some 104 long-term detainees who are set to be freed in several stages.

Eleven of the 26 prisoners arrived in the occupied West Bank and were welcomed by acting Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas. Fifteen other prisoners arrived at the besieged Gaza Strip through the Erez crossing.





UPDATE Aug 13, 2013 | 216th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



Wednesday August 14, 2013 02:16 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies

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Tuesday evening [August 13, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that three fishermen have been detained, and violently attacked by Israeli soldiers, in Palestinian territorial waters, resulting in moderate injuries.



Ashfar Al-Qodra, spokesperson of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that the soldiers kidnapped the three fishermen, and violently assaulted them, before releasing them later on.

He added that the three, identified as Khader Marwan Sa’eedy, Mohammad Jamal No’man, and Hasan Ali Morad, were moved to the Shifa Medical Center in Gaza, suffering moderate injuries.

The attack is the latest of a series of ongoing violations against the Palestinian fishermen, and their boats, in Palestinian water in the coastal region, dozens of casualties and arrests have been reported.

When Israel imposed the illegal siege on Gaza in 2006, the fishermen were limited to only three nautical miles off the Gaza shore.

Yet, the fishermen and their boats are constantly attacked even within those three miles leading to dozens of casualties, and excessive property damage.

As part of the ceasefire agreement of November 2012, Israel agreed to allow the Palestinians to fish within six nautical miles of the shore, but unilaterally decreased the allotted area to three miles.

Last May, Israel decided to allow the fishermen to fish within six nautical miles of the Gaza shore, but the Navy continued to attack them even within the three nautical miles.

Under the Oslo accords in the mid-nineties, the Palestinians are supposed to be allowed to fish in 20 nautical miles off the Gaza shore.





UPDATE Aug 13, 2013 | 215th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF TRUCE AGREEMENT



Al-Ray Agencies | Aug 13, 2013

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Gaza, Alray – Several Israeli bulldozers moved Tuesday morning into east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Eyewitnesses said that about 8 bulldozers crossed the border fence, and began to raze and comb the agricultural lands and property of citizens.

They said “the bulldozers were backed by several tanks from behind; they are currently stationed near al-Farrahin neighborhood.”

The Israeli military conduct similar incursions on the eastern and northern borders of the coastal enclave almost daily in a continuous violation of the cease-fire agreement signed in Cairo between the Palestinian resistance and (Israeli government) under Egypt’s patronage following Israel’s eight day November 2012 offensive.





UPDATE Aug 11, 2013 | 214th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

Israeli troops shoot Gaza Farmer

PressTV | Sun Aug 11, 2013 8:39PM GMT

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The apartheid regime of Israel imposed land, aerial, and naval blockade on the Gaza Strip in June 2007 after the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, took over the administration of the territory.

Israeli troops have shot and injured an unarmed Palestinian farmer in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.

Palestinian medical personnel said the farmer sustained moderate injuries in the incident that occurred on Sunday near the apartheid fence in northern Gaza.

An Israeli army spokesman also confirmed the shooting, saying, “A group of Palestinians approached the security fence in the northern (Gaza) Strip, and began sabotaging it while hurling rocks at the (Israeli) soldiers.”

He added that one Israeli soldier fired at the legs of a Palestinian man.

On Saturday, Israeli forces shot dead an unarmed Palestinian man on the Gaza’s border.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said that the man was killed after he climbed over the separation fence.

The Israeli official claimed that the man was carrying a suspicious item that the troops could not see clearly.

The spokeswoman did not clarify what the man was carrying when he was shot by Israeli troops, but another military source said the man was not carrying any weapons.

The apartheid regime of Israel imposed land, aerial, and naval blockade on the Gaza Strip in June 2007 after the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, took over the administration of the territory.

The blockade has had a disastrous impact on the humanitarian and economic situation in the impoverished enclave, having turned the territory into the world’s largest open-air prison.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator James W. Rawley said on April 10 that a new round of Israeli restrictions on the Gaza Strip is impacting food supplies and would have “serious” effects if continued.

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UPDATE Aug 10, 2013 | 213th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

213th Israeli “cease-fire” violation & 6th death: Palestinian Killed By Army Fire In Gaza

Sunday August 11, 2013 05:49 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies

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Saturday August 10 2013, Israeli military sources have reported that a Palestinian youth was shot and killed by army fire, near the border fence, east of the Gaza Strip.



The army claimed that the soldiers noticed the Palestinian allegedly trying to cross the border fence, ordered him to stop, and shot him dead after he failed to heed to their demands.

The army further claimed that the Palestinian youth carried what was described as a “suspicious object”, and that he was “in an area where Palestinian fighters had previously laid explosives”.

Israel Ynet News reported that several soldiers arrived at the scene and launched an investigation into the incident.

The Ynet added that Israeli Army Engineering Corps also arrived at the scene to determine whether the Palestinian carried explosives, but did not reveal any further information, except that the Air Force was also called to the scene.





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Tuesday August 06, 2013 12:15 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies

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[Tuesday August 6, 2013] Local sources have reported that several armored Israeli military vehicles and military bulldozers, carried out a limited invasion into the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, and uprooted farmlands.



The sources said that six military bulldozers, accompanied by several jeeps, invaded the area, and fired several rounds of live ammunition before uprooting the lands.

The bulldozers and armored vehicles also invaded an area close to the Juhr Ed-Deen nearby village.

The army carries out nearby daily limited invasion into different areas of the coastal region, especially border areas in the northern and eastern parts of the Gaza Strip. Dozens of casualties have been reported due to army fire during these invasions.

The invasions are direct violations to the ceasefire agreement mediated by Egypt, in November of last year, between the resistance in Gaza and Tel Aviv.





UPDATE July 27, 2013 | 210 & 211th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

Gaza- Israeli military forces have shot and injured on Saturday evening a Palestinian farmer,25, to the east of Al-Bureij in central Gaza Strip. Spokesperson of Ministry of Health Dr Ashraf Qedra said that the farmer sustained moderate injuries in his legs. He was moved to hospital to receive medical treatment, he added. The Israeli army repeatedly opens fire at Palestinian farmers working on their farms close to the border areas in Gaza. Attack on Fishermen During the reporting period, Israeli naval forces continued to attack Palestinian fishing boats. On 27 July 2013, a Palestinian fishing boat was damaged as it was hit by the Israeli gunfire when it was sailing 6 nautical miles of Gaza shore. – Reported by the PCHR





UPDATE July 25, 2013 | 209th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

Maan News Agency | July 25, 2013

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Zionist snipers shoot and wound Palestinian



GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian on Thursday near the border in the northern Gaza Strip, the Health Ministry said.

The victim was shot in his foot by Israeli soldiers in a watchtower near Beit Hanoun, said ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra.

An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return a call seeking comment.





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[ PIC 22/07/2013 – 09:02 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Monday morning carried out, amid intensive gunfire, a small-scale incursion into the Gaza Strip, specifically east of Al-Bureij refugee camp.

Eyewitnesses told the Palestinian information center (PIC) that about six military bulldozers escorted by tanks crossed the borderline and embarked on leveling agricultural lands belonging to citizens.

They noted that several tanks were deployed near Gaza Valley while Israeli warplanes were seen overflying the area to provide aerial protection for the invading ground forces.

The IOF escalated its limited incursions lately into Gaza territory violating its Egyptian-sponsored truce agreement with the Hamas-affiliated government.





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[ PIC 17/07/2013 – 01:01 PM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shelled at dawn Wednesday a border area to the east of Gaza city before they carried out a limited incursion into it amid intensive gunfire.

A field observer told Quds Press that the Israeli artillery, stationed to the east of Johr Addik district in southeast of Gaza city, fired one projectile at cultivated lands without no reported casualties.

The observer added that after the shelling, a number of armored vehicles rallied near Al-Kamera area to the east of Johr Addik.

Israeli military helicopters and drones also overflew the area to provide aerial cover for the ground troops.





UPDATE July 15, 2013 | 206th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

Al Qassam website | 15-07-2013,09:47

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Gaza- number of Israeli bulldozers briefly invaded the outskirts of eastern Khan Younis south of the Gaza Strip.

A security source told Alray “Israeli bulldozers advanced on Sunday night towards the Palestinians farms in eastern Khan Younis, amid heavy fires ”

No injuries were reported.





UPDATE July 9, 2013 | 205th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

[ PIC 09/07/2013 – 11:25 AM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) bulldozed Palestinian land to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday morning.

The PIC reporter quoted security sources as saying that IOF soldiers in two army tanks escorted six bulldozers in the area near Abasan village.

They said that the bulldozers went on the rampage in the area 150 meters to the east of Abasan Al-Saghira as the soldiers opened heavy fire at civilian homes and plantations nearby.

IOF soldiers almost daily raid northern and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip in absolute disregard to the calm agreement reached with Palestinian factions in Gaza under Egyptian patronage last November.





UPDATE July 5, 2013 | 204th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

Huge explosion now in Gaza near Seaport- BIG shell form Israeli navy boat — OccPal-Gaza (@OccPalGaza) July 4, 2013

Breaking News " The Israeli Navy is shelling the Gazan coast right now with 2 missiles at least" . Location: Sudanyiah area — hani siliman salamah (@HaniSiliman) July 4, 2013

Following alleged rocket fire on Eilat, although Egypt military denied any where fired from Sinai:

Military: " Explosion in Elat tonight is NOT rockets fired from Sinai" #Egypt — Mohamed Fadel Fahmy (@Repent11) July 4, 2013





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Reported by Safa: Limited incursion in Magahzi refugee camp (Article in Arabic)





Al Qassam Website | 03-07-2013,09:17

Follow @AlqassamBrigade Gaza Strip – Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday morning [July 2 2013] an area east of Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Local sources have reported that four armored bulldozers, and a number of vehicles, stationed at the Kissufim, across the border near Al-Qarara town, advanced dozens of meters into Palestinian farmlands.Dozens of farmers had to leave their lands as the army advanced into them; no clashes or injuries have been reported.Israeli soldiers repeatedly conduct limited invasions into border areas in the coastal region, frequently open fire at the residents, uproot and bulldoze farmlands.The Israeli Navy also repeatedly attacks and kidnaps Palestinian fishermen in Palestinian territorial water. The Israeli attacks led to dozens of casualties. More in Media Gaza Strip – Several armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Tuesday morning [July 2 2013] an area east of Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Local sources have reported that four armored bulldozers, and a number of vehicles, stationed at the Kissufim, across the border near Al-Qarara town, advanced dozens of meters into Palestinian farmlands.Dozens of farmers had to leave their lands as the army advanced into them; no clashes or injuries have been reported.Israeli soldiers repeatedly conduct limited invasions into border areas in the coastal region, frequently open fire at the residents, uproot and bulldoze farmlands.The Israeli Navy also repeatedly attacks and kidnaps Palestinian fishermen in Palestinian territorial water. The Israeli attacks led to dozens of casualties.

July 3, 2013 | Witnesses: Israeli military vehicles enter Gaza border area | Maan





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DRAH | July 2, 2013

Gaza ( DRAH.ps) — Several Israeli army bulldozers and vehicles entered the border area in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning, locals said.

Locals said four bulldozers entered the Gaza border area from the Kissufim military site near al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Younis.

The bulldozers drove into Palestinian fields but gunshots were not heard in the area.

Residents said local farmers often fear they are at risk of being hit by stray bullets.

The Israeli army operates a no-go zone between the border, which mostly encompasses agricultural land. The army regularly enters the area for it calls “routine” activity.

According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, approximately 27,000 dunums of land can only be accessed under high personal risk, as Israeli attacks may result in injury or death of civilians.

Approximately 30% of Gaza’s agricultural land cannot be worked without severe personal risk, causing the loss of livelihoods.

In 2010, 14 Palestinians were killed in the buffer zone and 50 were injured, the PCHR reports.

Ma’an

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UPDATE June 29, 2013 | 201th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

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UPDATE June 24, 2013 | 199th & 200th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

Ignoring at least below’s 199 cease fire violations by Israel, New York times reports ” Rocket fire from Gaza shakes cease-fire….” (here)

Fighter jets of the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles targeting what the army called “weapons storage facilities” in the Gaza Strip, and another location apparently used as a training center for a resistance group.

The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that Israeli war jets bombarded two of its centers west of Khan Younis and Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Several missiles were also fired into an agricultural land near Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza.

Furthermore, an Israeli war jet fired missiles into a center that belongs to the Palestinian National Security Forces, in Gaza; damage was reported, no injuries.

Israeli daily, Haaretz, reported that Palestinian armed groups in Gaza fired six shells into nearby Israeli areas overnight, and that the Iron Dome system managed to intercept two missiles fired into Asqalan {Ashkelon).

Haaretz added that a shell was fired from Gaza into Rahat settlement, in the Negev, another shell was fired into the Lachish regional council, and a third shell was fired into an area near Beersheba (Be’er As-Sabe’). The three shells landed and exploded in open areas causing no damage or injuries.

Furthermore, three shells were fired into the Hof Ashkelon area; the Iron Dome system intercepted two more missiles while the third landed in an open area.

In addition, the Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip vacated its buildings fearing additional Israeli violations.

Haaretz said that Israeli Defense Minister, Moshe Ya’alon, ordered the closure of the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) trade terminal, and the Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing.

It is worth mentioning that armed resistance groups in Gaza did not claim responsibility for firing the shells into adjacent Israeli areas.

The latest escalation comes amidst tension between the Islamic Jihad and the Hamas movements following death of one of the leaders of the Al-Quds brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad.

The fighter was shot and billed by Palestinian Police fire on Sunday.

(Reported by IMEMC)

June 24, 2013 | Army Bombards Several Areas In Gaza – IMEMC

June 24, 2013 | Israeli Jets strike Central & Southern Gaza – PressTV

June 24, 2013 | Israeli air force retaliates, attacks Gaza strip – Al Bawaba

June 24, 2013 | Israel shells Jihad sites in Gaza, shuts down crossings – Ma’an News Agency

June 24, 2013 | Israeli air force attacks Gaza Strip after rocket fire – Hurriyet Daily News

June 24, 2013 | Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets – RTE

Another report describes another attack on Fishermen

[ Report by PIC 24/06/2013 – 11:49 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Khan Younis to the south of Gaza Strip on Monday morning.

Eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter that the gunboats targeted Palestinian fishing boats at sea but no casualties or damage were reported.

Fishermen in Gaza are frequently targeted by the Israeli navy forces that fire at them and at their fishing boats. Many of them were injured, their boats damaged or their tools and boats confiscated.





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[ PIC 20/06/2013 – 10:28 AM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in seven armored vehicles raided eastern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Thursday morning.

Local sources told the PIC that the soldiers came from Kissufim outpost to the east of Qarara town and bulldozed land along the security fence.

IOF soldiers routinely raid eastern border areas of the Gaza Strip in violation of the calm agreement signed in November last year.





UPDATE June 19, 2013 | 197th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

Maan News Agency | June 19, 2013

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian farmers in the central and southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, witnesses said.

Locals told Ma’an that Israeli soldiers stationed in watchtowers opened fire at Palestinian farmers near the separation fence in Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah.

The gunfire hit several homes in the area, with no injuries reported.

Meanwhile, Israeli naval forces opened fire at fishermen off the coast of Khan Younis, witnesses added.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said there were no reports of the incidents.





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Qarara and Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis under attack from Israeli land, and naval fire

[ PIC 19/06/2013 – 09:25 AM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired from land and sea positions at the southern Gaza Strip district of Khan Younis late on Tuesday night.

Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers in Kissufim outpost fired at fields and residential quarters on the eastern flank of the Khan Younis district before midnight Tuesday.

The sources said that no casualties were suffered in the shooting that targeted Qarara and Deir Al-Balah.

At the same time, Israeli gunboats fired at the western coast of Khan Younis with no human or material losses reported.

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UPDATE June 17, 2013 | 193rd ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

Breaking: Israeli Tanks Shells al Farahyn area east of Khan Younis! (Source)





[ PIC 17/06/2013 – 03:50 PM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– A Gazan family in Abasan village to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, survived an Israeli army shelling on Monday morning.

An Israeli army shell exploded a few meters away from the family in Abasan Al-Kabira, eyewitnesses said, adding that no casualties were suffered.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) arrested four Palestinians from Qarara, north of Khan Younis, on Sunday night, eyewitnesses told the PIC reporter.

They said that IOF soldiers detained the four while trying to infiltrate into 1948 occupied Palestine.

He said that the four are in the age category 17 – 20, quoting inhabitants in their village as saying that they were trying to look for jobs in 1948 occupied Palestine.





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Very loud shelling from the Israeli navy 750am #Gaza — OccPal-Gaza (@OccPalGaza) June 14, 2013

Later on the day:

Saturday June 15, 2013 02:28 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies

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Friday evening [June 14 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian farmer was shot by Israeli army fire, as he worked in his land in Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza.

The sources said that that Omar Abu Muhareb, 50, was moved to the Al-Aqsa Hospital after being shot by a live round in his thigh.

Eyewitnesses have reported that soldiers, stationed on a military tower across the border east of Deir Al-Balah, fired several rounds of live ammunition at farmers in the area.

The army repeatedly opens fire at Palestinian farmers working in their lands close to the border areas in the coastal region.

On Thursday morning [June 13 2013] Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at Palestinian farmers and homes in Abasan Al-Kabeera town, east of the southern West Bank district of Khan Younis.

On Tuesday [June 11] a number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded an area east of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza, no clashes or injuries were reported.





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Thursday June 13, 2013 11:30 Reported by IMEMC & Agencies

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[Thursday morning June 13 2013] Israeli military vehicles, stationed across the border with Gaza, opened fire at Palestinian farmers and homes in Abasan Al-Kabeera town, east of the southern West Bank district of Khan Younis.

UPDATE June 12, 2013 | 189th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

Eyewitnesses have reported the soldiers, stationed on the eastern border of Abasan, fired several rounds of live ammunition in an attempt to force the residents out of their lands, close to the border.The farmers left lands, and their agricultural equipment, as they ran for their lives.The area is one of many border areas, subject to frequent similar attacks targeting the farmers, their lands and their homes.Soldiers also repeatedly carry out limited invasions into border areas, bulldoze and uproot farmlands and destroy property.On Tuesday [June 11], a number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded an area east of the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza, no clashes or injuries were reported.

[ Reported by PIC 12/06/2013 – 10:39 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided central Gaza Strip to the east of Breij refugee camp on Wednesday morning and bulldozed land near the border fence.

A Palestinian security source told the PIC that four military bulldozers escorted by an armored vehicles advanced hundreds of meters near to Juhr Al-Deek village.

IOF soldiers daily raid border areas in Gaza Strip, amidst indiscriminate shooting at residential quarters, to bulldoze land.





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[ PIC 11/06/2013 – 09:08 AM ]

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DEIR AL-BALAH, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided eastern Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning.

Local sources told the PIC reporter that the soldiers escorted six bulldozers that combed and bulldozed land in the area.

IOF soldiers routinely raid border areas in the coastal enclave in violation of the calm agreement concluded in Cairo last November.





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Reported by Ma’an News:

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces shot and injured a farmer in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, a medical official said.

Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for Gaza’s health ministry, told Ma’an that a 21-year-old farmer was seriously wounded after being shot in the chest by Israeli soldiers stationed near the border.

The incident took place east of Khan Younis and the man was transferred to hospital and is said to be in a critical condition.

An Israeli army spokesman did not return calls seeking comment.

Last week, Ahmad Hamdin, 21, was shot by Israeli soldiers east of Jabalia, northern Gaza, while picking watermelons.

Since the November ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Israeli forces have shot and killed three people in the Gaza Strip and injured at least 60, amid numerous incursions into border areas of the coastal territory.

Reported by PCHR Gaza:

In the Gaza Strip, on 10 June 2013, Israeli forces stationed on watchtowers along the border fence, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, opened fire at 3 brothers working as gravel collectors 80 meters away from the border fence. As a result, Amer Mazen Abu Hadayed (20) was wounded and taken to the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Yunis.

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In the afternoon

[ Reported by PIC 10/06/2013 – 01:14 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes launched a number of mock raids on the Gaza Strip afternoon Monday, a PIC reporter said.

He said that Israeli F16s dropped bombs off the coast of Gaza causing big bangs that resounded in all areas of the coastal enclave.

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[ PIC 09/06/2013 – 12:12 PM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy boats opened machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of northern Gaza Strip.

Sources in the marine police told the PIC that the shooting took place despite the fact that the Palestinian fishing boats were working within the area allowed for them.

They said that the fishermen were forced to retreat but with no casualties suffered.

Israeli navy vessels routinely target Palestinian fishing boats, detain fishermen, and confiscate their fishing boats or destroy them.

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Maan News Agency | June 7, 2013

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces detained two fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip and confiscated their boat overnight Thursday.

Israeli naval forces detained Khader al-Saeidi and Hassan Murad off the northwestern coast of the enclave, said Mahfouth Kabariti, head of an association for fishermen in Gaza.

The forces also took their boat, Kabariti told Ma’an.

An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma’an that two fishermen were taken for questioning because they deviated from the designated fishing zone.

In May, the Israeli government re-extended Gaza’s fishing zone to six miles, after reducing it in March following a rocket attack from the coastal territory.

The zone had been extended to six miles as part of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that ended an eight-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in November.

In the Oslo Accords, Israel agreed to a 20-nautical-mile fishing zone off Gaza’s coast but it imposed a 3-mile limit for several years, opening fire at fishermen who strayed further.

Israel has controlled Gaza waters since its occupation of the area in 1967, and has kept several warships stationed off the coast since 2008.

Also reported by the PCHR in Gaza



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Israeli navy forces continued to pursue Palestinian fishermen in Gaza sea. On 05, 06 and 08 June 2013, Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats that were sailing within the 6 nautical mile limit off al-Waha resort in the north of the Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported. However, a fishing boat belonging to Taha Sa’dAllah (30) sustained damage and 2 fishing nets were torn by the Israeli navy forces. Reported by PCHR Gaza

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Israeli navy forces continued to pursue Palestinian fishermen in Gaza sea. On 05, 06 and 08 June 2013, Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats that were sailing within the 6 nautical mile limit off al-Waha resort in the north of the Gaza Strip. No casualties were reported. However, a fishing boat belonging to Taha Sa’dAllah (30) sustained damage and 2 fishing nets were torn by the Israeli navy forces. Reported by PCHR Gaza

[ PIC 04/06/2013 – 01:42 PM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Huge fires gutted through Palestinian farms to the east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Monday evening after Israeli soldiers fired at them.

A field observer told Quds Press that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) positioned east of Khan Younis opened heavy gunfire at Palestinian cultivated land in the Farahin area.

He said that a huge fire resulted, adding that Israeli F16s were flying over the area at time of the shooting.

The shooting comes as the latest in a series of breaches of the calm agreement reached between the IOF and resistance factions in Gaza last November under Egyptian auspices.





UPDATE June 2, 2013 | 180th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

[ PIC 02/06/2013 – 09:55 PM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– A Palestinian farmer was wounded east of Jabaliya, north of the Gaza Strip, on Sunday morning at the hands of Israeli occupation forces (IOF), medical sources said.

Dr. Ashraf Al-Qudra, the health ministry’s spokesman, told the PIC reporter that a citizen in his twenties was moderately wounded in his foot near the eastern cemetery in Jabaliya.

The IOF shooting is the latest incident of a series of violations of the calm agreement concluded last November in Cairo under Egyptian patronage.





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Saturday June 01, 2013 09:33 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies

Saturday June 1 2013, A number of Israeli Navy boats fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

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Eyewitnesses have reported that the soldiers fired bursts of live ammunition and the fishing boats near the coasts of As-Sudaniya and Beit Lahia. The Israeli attack led to property damage but no casualties.Palestinian fishermen face constant attacks by the Israeli navy despite the fact that they fish in Palestinian waters.They are only allowed to fish within three nautical miles off the Gaza shore due to illegal Israeli restrictions imposed as part of the Israeli siege on Gaza that was enforced starting in 2006.Yet, the fishermen and their boats are constantly attacked within those three miles; dozens of casualties have been reported.As part of the ceasefire agreement of November 2012, Israel agreed to allow the Palestinians to fish within six nautical miles of the shore, but unilaterally decreased the allotted area to three miles.Under the Oslo accords in the mid-nineties, the Palestinians are allowed to fish in 20 nautical miles off the Gaza shore. In 2008, Israel unilaterally reduced the fishing area to only three nautical miles.Approximately 10 days ago, Israel decided to allow Palestinian fishermen to fish within six nautical miles of the Gaza shore, but the Israeli Navy continued to attack them even within the three nautical miles.

[ PIC 30/05/2013 – 09:26 PM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Thursday morning raided southeast of Gaza City amid heavy gunfire.

An eyewitness reported that the Israeli forces on several military vehicles and accompanied by bulldozers moved from the east of the town of Johr Dik southeast of Gaza City towards the village’s lands.

He added that the troops breached the border by around 300 meters of citizens’ lands, and started opening fire towards the farmers and bulldozing their agricultural lands, under the intensive cover of the surveillance drones.

This incursion is to be added to the series of the continued Israeli violations of the truce agreement, signed in 21 November 2012 between the Palestinian resistance factions and the Israeli occupation under Egyptian auspices.

Since November, five Palestinians have been killed, while dozens have been arrested or wounded by IOF gunfire. The occupation also continued to attack and arrest fishermen and confiscated a number of fishing boats in the Gaza Sea.





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[ PIC 29/05/2013 – 11:55 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced into central Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning and combed the border area.

Palestinian security sources told the PIC reporter that IOF soldiers in two armored vehicles escorted eight bulldozers into eastern Deir Al-Balah.

They said that one of the vehicles escorted four bulldozers northwards while the two others escorted four bulldozers southwards.

Over night another attack by Israel:



Israeli incursion east of #KhanYounis and some tweeps reporting mortar shells and limited clashes. #Gaza — Wa. L (@WillOuda) May 29, 2013

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May 30, 2013 | Israeli army, navy damage farmland in Gaza Strip – Maan News





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[ PIC 27/05/2013 – 12:45 PM ]

KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened machinegun fire at Palestinian farmers tending their fields east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Monday morning.

A field observer said that IOF soldiers positioned at watchtowers east of Khan Younis opened machinegun fire at Palestinian farmers there. He added that the farmers abandoned their fields to avoid being shot at.

The breach is the latest by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza in a series that started shortly after concluding a calm agreement last November under Egyptian auspices.





UPDATE May 25, 2013 | 174th ISRAELI VIOLATION OF CEASE FIRE

IOF soldiers raid eastern Khan Younis for third time in 24 hours

[ PIC 25/05/2013 – 09:50 AM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) raided areas to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Friday for the third time in less than 24 hours.

The PIC reporter said that IOF soldiers in six armored vehicles including bulldozers advanced 200 meters east of Qarara town to the northeast of Khan Younis and leveled land amidst random shooting at agricultural areas.

IOF soldiers had advanced into the same area on Thursday morning then returned in the evening and were confronted by resistance elements.

In another incident, IOF artillery fired a number of shells at agricultural land to the northwest of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza Strip, local sources told the PIC reporter, adding that no casualties were suffered.

Israeli violations of the calm agreement with resistance factions in Gaza since last November left five Palestinians killed and dozens wounded.

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[ PIC 24/05/2013 – 07:03 PM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– A Palestinian young man was injured on Thursday afternoon by Israeli fire to the east of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip, medics told PIC’s correspondent.

The sources said that the citizen, in his twenties, was moderately wounded in his foot, near a cemetery east of Jabaliya and was transferred to the Kamal Adwan hospital to receive treatment.

Five people have been killed, while more than 90 others have been wounded in shooting incidents by the Israeli forces, since the entry into force of the truce agreement signed in November last year, between the resistance and the occupation under Egyptian auspices.





[PIC 24/05/2013 – 06:57 PM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli military vehicles crossed the border line with the Gaza Strip east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, early Thursday.

A field observer told Quds Press that several tanks and Israeli bulldozers raided east of Qarara village, northeast of Khan Younis, and bulldozed agricultural lands.

The occupation forces opened heavy fire in the place, forcing the farmers to leave their lands. No injuries were reported, he added.

This incursion is to be added to the series of the continued Israeli violations of the truce signed on 21 November 2012, ending an 8-day war, between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation under Egyptian auspices.

Since the ceasefire, five Palestinians were killed, while dozens were arrested or injured by the occupation forces fire, in addition to attacks on fishermen and their boats in Gaza sea.





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Maan News Agency | May 20, 2013

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Israeli forces detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, a Ma’an correspondent said.

Mahmoud and Khaled Zayed were taken to an unknown location and their boat was confiscated.

An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return calls





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MEMO | May 16, 2013

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Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinian farmers working to the east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The incident took place on Thursday morning.Witnesses said that farmers fled from their land due to the severity of the attack by Israeli soldiers stationed at the Kisuffim border crossing. The firing was accompanied by the repositioning of Israeli tanks and other heavily-armoured vehicles in the area. No casualties have been reported. Farmers are reaping their wheat from the fields adjacent to the border with Israel. They should be able to tend to the crops following the truce agreement reached between Israel and the Hamas-led Palestinian government in Gaza which brought to an end the Israeli offensive against civilians last November. Israel has maintained a unilaterally-declared 300 metre “buffer zone” inside Palestinian territory. Two days ago, Israeli occupation forces kidnapped two Palestinian workers, one of them a minor, in the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip. Early this month, they shot a Palestinian in northern Gaza, causing him “moderate” injuries. Repeated Israeli breaches of the truce have led the Palestinian government in Gaza to ask the Egyptians, who brokered the deal, to tell Israel to refrain from its aggressive acts.





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PressTV | Mon May 13, 2013 3:32PM

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According to Israeli Walla website, the Israeli army is preparing to launch Operation Pillar of Defense II against the Gaza Strip in a bid to eliminate Hamas resistance movement.

Israeli tanks and bulldozers have carried out an incursion into northeastern areas of the Gaza Strip, local sources say.

A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers infiltrated into Palestinian-owned lands in the town of Beit Hanoun on Monday.

The Israeli forces also entered Beit Hanoun last week, razing Palestinian farmlands and forcing the farmers to leave the area.

Israel has carried out a number of incursions into Gaza in the past weeks, including three airstrikes on the southern town of Khan Younis and near the town of Rafah in southern Gaza in late April.

The attacks are in violation of a ceasefire which brought an end to Israel’s eight-day war against Palestinians last November.

According to Israeli Walla website, the Israeli army is preparing to launch Operation Pillar of Defense II against the Gaza Strip in a bid to eliminate Hamas resistance movement.

The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine has also warned against an imminent Israeli attack against the besieged coastal enclave.

The group’s military wing, Al-Quds Brigades, has been holding military exercises in order to prepare its members for a possible Israeli aggression, the movement said.

Israel launched the so-called Operation Pillar of Defense I against Gaza in November 2012. Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others were injured and more than 1,500 targets were hit across the Palestinian enclave during the eight-day war.

In retaliation, Palestinian resistance fighters fired rockets and missiles into Israeli cities, killing at least five Israelis. The offensive ended after Egypt brokered a truce between Hamas and Israel.

According to a Hamas spokesman, Israel’s eight-day aggression against the Gaza Strip caused more than USD 1.2 billion in direct and indirect damages.

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#Israeli navy boats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen while they were fishing in the #Gaza waters. No injuries were reported. — Richard Dufek (@RichardDufek) May 8, 2013

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Reported by PIC 04/05/2013 – 08:51 AM

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of Gaza Strip at dawn Saturday forcing fishermen to retreat to the shore.

Sources in the marine police told the PIC reporter that the gunboats fired one shell then opened heavy machinegun fire at the fishing boats off the Sudaniya area to the northwest of Gaza city.

They said that the fishermen were forced to retreat to areas nearer to the shore without any casualties or damage to boats being sustained.

Israeli gunboats daily target Palestinian fishermen and force them to fish within a three nautical miles radius that was later reduced to only one nautical mile, while the calm agreement of last November stipulated among other articles that fishermen could fish at a distance of six nautical miles off the shores of Gaza.



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[ PIC 05/05/2013 – 09:22 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– A Palestinian man suffered various wounds in Israeli occupation forces’ shooting at residential areas in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday night.

Medical sources told the PIC reporter that the citizen was slightly injured when IOF troops stationed north of the Strip fired at Palestinian homes and lands east of Beit Hanun town.

Five Palestinians were killed and more than 90 others were wounded in IOF shooting and shelling at Gaza areas since the calm agreement went into effect last November.





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Reported by PIC 04/05/2013 – 08:13 AM

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GAZA, (PIC)– A Palestinian youth was slightly wounded east of Jabaliya, north of the Gaza Strip, on Friday evening after Israeli occupation forces opened fire at the area.

PIC reporter quoted eyewitnesses as saying that IOF troops positioned to the east of Jabaliya opened fire at residential quarters and cultivated land lots injuring a young man in his twenties.

Five Palestinians were killed in Gaza and around 90 others were wounded in similar IOF violations of the calm agreement signed last November.





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Reported by the PIC:

[ PIC 02/05/2013 – 10:59 AM ]

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BEIT HANUN, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced 300 meters into the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning.

The PIC reporter in the area said that IOF soldiers advanced into eastern Beit Hanun and bulldozed land amidst indiscriminate shooting by helicopter gunships.

Meanwhile, an Israeli Apache copter opened heavy fire at a deserted land lot to the east of the Agriculture Faculty, north of Beit Hanun.

The new incursion and raid are in violation of the calm agreement brokered by Egypt last November.





Another attack late night, reported by PIC on May 3, 2013

[ PIC 03/05/2013 – 01:41 PM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy fired a number of shells at Gaza coast near Alwaha area west of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip targeting Palestinian houses and agricultural lands on Thursday night.

The Israeli navy fired 3 artillery shells, and opened machinegun fire heavily toward fishermen off Gaza coast, the PIC reporter confirmed.

Israeli gunboats opened heavy fire at the fishing boats working off the Sudaniya shore, North West of Gaza city within the three nautical miles off the Gaza shore in light of the Israeli naval blockade imposed on the Gaza strip.

As part of the ceasefire agreement that ended the Israeli war on Gaza in November 2012, Palestinian fishermen were allowed to fish within six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, but the army continued to attack the fishermen in their allocated areas, and continued its policy of forcing them to fish within 3 nautical miles.





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[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 10:57 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli warplanes launched two raids on a position for the Palestinian resistance to the west of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday night.

Local sources told the PIC reporter that the warplanes targeted a position for the Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, but no casualties were reported.

An earlier Israeli aerial raid on Tuesday morning killed Haitham Al-Misehal north west of Gaza city.





Another attack reported by the PIC:

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 12:16 PM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in armored vehicles escorted eight military bulldozers that advanced into eastern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, at dawn Wednesday.

Local sources told the PIC reporter that IOF troops advanced 150 meters and reached the outskirts of Khuza’a town and bulldozed and combed the area.

They said that the bulldozing reached villages east of Khan Younis city amidst heavy shooting at citizens’ houses and lands.

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation authorities decided to partially open the Karm Abu Salem terminal, the sole commercial crossing for Gaza, on Wednesday after five days of closure.

Raed Fattuh, the head of the committee for the entry of goods into Gaza, said in a press statement that the partial opening of the crossing would allow entry of around 190 trucks loaded with foodstuffs, fodder, and international aid.

He said that limited quantities of cooking gas would be also allowed today.

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At sea fishermen were attacked as well:

[ PIC 01/05/2013 – 12:12 PM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy gunboats opened machinegun fire at Palestinian boats off the coasts of Gaza Strip at dawn Wednesday.

Sources in the marine police told the PIC reporter that the Israeli gunboats opened heavy fire at the fishing boats working off the Sudaniya beach, north west of Gaza city.

They said that the fishermen were forced to retreat to a distance of only one nautical mile from the beach.

The sources that no casualties or material damage in the ships were reported, adding that the fishermen returned to the beach after the attack.

Israeli navy daily targets Palestinian fishermen in their work after it reduced the distance allowed for fishing from six to three nautical miles.





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In an Israel air strike on Gaza, a motorcycle was targeted in the 157th Israeli violation of the cease fire agreement: One Palestinian was extrajudicial executed, others wounded.

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Reported by the IMEMC & Agencies

Tuesday April 30 2013, the Israeli navy opened fire at several Palestinian fishing boats along the coast in the Gaza Strip; damage was reported but no injuries.



Local sources reported that, earlier on Tuesday, the Navy opened fire at several fishing boats near Gaza City, and that, on Tuesday evening, the Navy opened fire at fishing boats near the An-Nusseirat refugee camp and Deir Al-Balah in northern Gaza.

A month ago, Israel reinforced an order obliging all Palestinian fishermen in Gaza to fish within only three nautical miles of the Gaza shore, instead of six miles that Israel agreed to as part of the ceasefire agreement that ended the Israeli war on Gaza last year.

There are approximately 4000 Palestinian fishermen in Gaza.

Under the Oslo accords in the mid-nineties, the Palestinians are allowed to fish in 20 nautical miles off the Gaza shore, but in 2008, Israel unilaterally reduced the fishing area to only three nautical miles.

As part of the ceasefire agreement that ended the Israeli war on Gaza in November 2012, Palestinian fishermen were allowed to fish within six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, but the army continued to attack the fishermen in their allocated areas, and continued its policy of forcing them to fish within 3 nautical miles.

The fishermen are repeatedly attacked even within the three nautical miles, an issue that denies denying them, and their families, from the only source of livelihood.

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Tuesday evening Israel fired again at Gaza in a renewed airstrike, reported by IMEMC

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Tuesday evening, April 30 2013, the Israeli Air Force fired at least two missiles into an area believed to be used as a training center for Popular Resistance Committees, northwest of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.



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Local sources reported that the Air Force bombarded the Nasser Camp, leading to excessive damage but no injuries.

Meanwhile, the Ansar Brigades stated that its fighters fired five shells into the Israeli areas of Holit, Nir Yitzhak and Kerem Shalom (Karem Abu Salem).

The Brigades added that the shelling comes in retaliation to the latest Israeli military escalation against the Gaza Strip.

Earlier on Tuesday, that the army fired one missile at a motorcycle driven by Haitham Mas-hal, 29, leading to instant death while two residents were injured, and were moved to the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza.

Mas-hal is from the Ash-Shaty’ refugee camp; he worked as guard at the Ash-Shifa medical center. Both of his legs were severed due to the blast; he also suffered various injuries that led to his death.

The attack was carried out shortly before a number of armored military vehicles invaded the Ash-Shujaeyya neighborhood, east of Gaza city.

The Shura Al-Mujahedin Salafist group in Gaza, issued a press release stating that the slain man is one of its leaders.

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Reported by [ PIC 29/04/2013 – 11:36 AM ]

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IOF incursion eastern Gaza ends after destroying farm land

GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced few hundred yards into Shujaia suburb to the far east of Gaza city on Monday morning.

Reliable sources said that IOF soldiers in an armored vehicle escorted three military bulldozers that started leveling Palestinian farm land.

They said that the soldiers withdrew from the area after a relatively short period of time without shooting or casualties among citizens being reported.





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PressTV | Sun Apr 28, 2013

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Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip from November 14 to 21, 2012.

Israeli warplanes have carried out three airstrikes on Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip, witnesses say.

Palestinian witnesses said that the Israeli aircraft bombarded areas in the southern town of Khan Younis and near the town of Rafah in southern Gaza during the early hours of Sunday.

There have been no reports of casualties.

The Israeli military confirmed the airstrikes.

In early April, Tel Aviv also conducted airstrikes on Gaza for the first time since a truce ended an eight-day Israeli war on the Palestinian territory in November 2012.

Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others were injured in the Israeli attacks from November 14 to 21.

Gaza has been blockaded by Israel since June 2007, a situation that has caused a decline in the standard of living, unprecedented levels of unemployment, and unrelenting poverty.

Israel denies about 1.7 million people in Gaza their basic rights, such as adequate healthcare and education.

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Reported by the PIC

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli navy gunboats opened heavy machinegun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the southern Gaza Strip coast of Khan Younis on Saturday morning.

Nizar Ayyash, the head of the Palestinian fishing syndicate, told the PIC reporter that the Israeli gunboats opened heavy fire at the fishing boats while working in the permissible area.

He said that gunboats fire at Palestinian fishermen on daily basis even if they were fishing in the three nautical miles radius allowed by the Israeli occupation authorities.

The IOA had prohibited fishing beyond the three nautical miles area in violation of the calm agreement that allowed fishing within six nautical miles.

The fishermen have complained of scarcity of fish over the past few months after they were banned from fishing at deeper waters.

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Israeli navy has fired at Palestinian fishermen in the besieged Gaza Strip, violating terms of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with the Palestinian territory, Press TV reports. According to Press TV correspondent in Gaza, Ashraf Shannon, no one was injured in the shooting on Friday, but a number of boats were damaged. The Israeli navy has restricted fishing for Gaza fishermen and allows them to catch fish only within three miles from the coast. Gazans are also not allowed to farm in Israeli-declared buffer zone, within 1,500 meters of the border, and this according to UN estimates, has led to a loss in production of about 75,000 tones of produce a year. Israeli troops have shot scores of Palestinian farmers inside Gaza since November 2012 when Tel Aviv signed a truce with Hamas, the democratically-elected government of Gaza. Over 160 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed and about 1,200 others were injured in the Israeli attacks on Gaza between November 14 and 21 and more than 1,500 targets were hit across the Palestinian enclave. In retaliation, Palestinian resistance fighters fired rockets and missiles into Israeli cities, killing at least five Israelis. According to a Hamas spokesman, Israel’s eight-day aggression against the Gaza Strip caused more than USD1.2 billion in direct and indirect damages. HM/JR In another attack Maan News Agency | April 26, 2013

Follow @MaanNewsAgency GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A Palestinian teenager was shot by Israeli forces in Jabaliya refugee camp, medics said. Jameel Heesha, 17, was shot in his left foot near the northern border of Gaza Strip. He was taken to a nearby hospital with moderate injuries. An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately return a call seeking comment. On Thursday, Israeli gunboats opened fire toward Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip, a local official said. Israeli forces opened fire at the boats off north-west Gaza as the fishermen as approached the three-mile limit Israel imposes along the coastline, said Mahfouth Kabariti, head of a federation for fishermen and water sports. No injuries were reported. Israel’s army announced in February that the fishing zone for Palestinians in Gaza would be reduced from six to three miles following a rocket attack. The zone had been extended to six miles as part of an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that ended an eight-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in November.



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[ PIC 26/04/2013 – 07:18 PM ]

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GAZA, (PIC)– Israeli artillery fired on Friday night several shells towards Palestinian citizens’ lands in the north of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.

PIC’s correspondent reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles raided the liberated area of Dugit and fired several shells at the free zone in the area of Atatra, in the northern Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.

The occupation has escalated its violations of the Egyptian-brokered truce it signed with the Palestinian factions under Arab and international auspices last November.

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Reported by Maan News Agency | April 25, 2013

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli military forces entered the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday morning, locals said.

Eight bulldozers were accompanied by tanks, entering approximately 100 meters into farming land east of Khan Younis, witnesses said.

No clashes were reported.

An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately return a request for comment.

On Wednesday, witnesses reported a similar incident east of Beit Hanoun. At the time, an Israeli army spokeswoman said there was “routine activity adjacent to the security fence,” without providing further details.

Israel imposed a military no-go zone around the Gaza Strip’s borders, known as the buffer zone. Palestinians are barred from accessing the land in the buffer zone or building in the area. According to the Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights, the area contains most of Gaza’s valuable arable land.

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Reported Wednesday April 24, 2013 19:21 by Saed Bannoura – IMEMC & Agencies

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Wednesday morning April 24, 2013, Israeli Navy boats opened fire at a number of Palestinian fishing boats at the Gaza coast, an issue that forced them back to the shore without being able to fish, the Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported.

Palestinian Fishing Boats – File – PNN

Eyewitnesses said that the Navy fire dozens of live rounds into the air and a few rounds at the fishing boats while the fishermen were in the three nautical miles allotted to them by Israel.

The attack is similar to numerous attacks against the fishermen leading to dozens of casualties, arrests, and the destruction of fishing boats more than five years ago.

Under the Oslo accords in the mid-nineties, the Palestinians are allowed to fish in 20 nautical miles off the Gaza shore, but in 2008, Israel unilaterally reduced the fishing area to three nautical miles.

As part of the ceasefire agreement that ended the Israeli war on Gaza in November 2012, Palestinian fishermen were allowed to fish within six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, but the army continued to attack them in their allotted areas.

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Reported by Maan News Agency | Apr 24, 2013

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli military forces entered an area in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, locals said.

Israeli bulldozers and tanks entered 300 meters into an area of land used for farming east of Beit Hanoun, witnesses said.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said there was “routine activity adjacent to the security fence,” without providing further details.





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Reported by Maan News Agency | Apr 22, 2013

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GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers crossed into an area of farmland in the northern Gaza Strip on Monday, witnesses said.

Locals told Ma’an that five bulldozers dug up agricultural lands east of Beit Hanoun.

Saber al-Zaghain, a popular resistance coordinator, told Ma’an that Israel conducted dredging operations on farmland near Beit Hanoun, damaging Palestinian crops.

“These crops have been planted after the recent Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, and now is the season to harvest them in order to be distributed to the markets,” she said.

Al-Zaghain called on the international community to protect Gazan farmers during the harvest season.

An Israeli army spokeswoman did not return calls seeking comment.





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GAZA, (Reported by the PIC)– Israeli warplanes staged mock raids off the coast of Gaza Strip on Thursday, the PIC reporter said.

He said that Israeli F-16s staged the mock raids in the early morning hours, adding that they caused big bangs heard in various areas of the coastal enclave.

The reporter said that the Israeli warplanes had launched similar mock raids on Wednesday.





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Daily Start reports:

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: A Palestinian man was wounded by Israeli gunfire east of El- Bureij in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian medical sources said.

They said the 32-year-old was in moderate condition after being shot in the chest.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said that “during the day IDF (Israel defence forces) soldiers acted in order to distance several suspects who approached the security fence in the central Gaza Strip.”

The spokeswoman noted the security fence is “an area in which terrorists plant explosive devices, such as the one that detonated last week on an IDF vehicle.”

She added the soldiers had not “identified” any hits from their fire.

Four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire and more than 100 wounded since the November 21 ceasefire between the Jewish state and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

Under the terms of the Egypt-mediated truce, Palestinians are supposed to have access to arable land in a buffer zone up to 100 metres (yards) from the border fence.

Israel allows “civilian access on foot to areas up to 100 metres from the perimeter fence for agricultural purposes only, and vehicular access to a distance of 300 metres,” the OCHA report states.





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[ PIC 15/04/2013 – 10:21 AM ]

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GAZA, (PIC Report)– Israeli navy gunboats fired at Palestinian fishermen while working at sea before dawn Monday and forced them to retreat nearer to the shore.

Sources in the Gaza marine police told the PIC reporter that the Israeli gunboats opened machinegun fire intermittently all throughout the dawn hours.

They said that the shooting took place in Sudaniya to the northwest of the Strip and off the coast of Gaza city and the central areas of the enclave.

The sources pointed out that the fishermen were forced to work only one and a half nautical miles off the coast, adding that no casualties or losses were suffered.

Another incident reported by Maan: Witnesses: Israeli forces fire at farmers in central Gaza

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces opened fire at farmers in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, locals said.

Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli troops stationed at a watchtower fired at farmers east of al-Bureij refugee camp, forcing them to flee the area.

Meanwhile, Israeli soldiers opened fire at a Palestinian liaison crew accompanying sick passengers to Israel via the Erez crossing in northern Gaza, witnesses said.

No injuries were reported.

An Israeli army spokeswoman said “soldiers fired towards suspicious activity in the northern Gaza Strip,” without providing further details.

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Reported by [ PIC 12/04/2013 – 10:52 AM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened heavy machinegun fire at residential quarters and farmland to the east of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Friday morning.

Local sources told the PIC reporter that the shooting focused on the eastern outskirts of Qarara town and Zanna area to the east of Khan Younis city.

They said that the soldiers on board military jeeps opened fire at those areas and on agricultural land near them, but no casualties were reported.

The IOF raided the same area on Thursday in the third such incursion over the past three days.





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[ PIC 11/04/2013 – 04:08 PM ]

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KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced a few hundred yards in southern Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon amidst firing of smoke bombs.

A field observer told Quds Press that IOF soldiers mounting a number of army jeeps and two tanks escorted four bulldozers into eastern Khan Younis.

The raid is the latest series of violations of the calm agreement in Gaza on the part of the IOF since its signing last November that killed four Palestinians and wounded dozens in addition to the arrest of 40 fishermen.

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Reported by the PIC

KHAN YOUNIS, (PIC)– Israeli occupation forces (IOF) advanced into eastern Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday morning escorting