tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22571667247797012222024-02-19T07:42:46.395-08:00Farming under firePalestinian farmers and workers attacked by Israeli soldiers near the Green Line, inside Gaza StripUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-43619889287205042192016-04-29T16:23:00.000-07:002016-04-29T17:04:16.732-07:00Palestinian farmers, shepherds forced to leave fields by live Israeli fire<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771337">Ma'an</a>) -- Palestinian farmers and shepherds were forced to leave
their fields after coming under live Israeli fire in eastern Khan Younis
in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday, witnesses said.</div>
Israeli
forces deployed on the borderline in the Khuzaa and al-Fakhari area of
eastern Khan Younis where they opened fire on farmers and shepherds
working in their fields, witnesses told Ma’an. The farmers and shepherds left the area following the shooting. No injuries were reported. An Israeli army spokesperson said they were looking into reports on the incident. The
Israeli army regularly opens fire on Palestinian fisherman and farmers
along the border areas of the besieged enclave, despite a ceasefire
agreement that ended Israel's 2014 offensive on the strip.The
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has documented
nearly 100 instances of Israeli forces opening fire on Palestinians in
the military-enforced "buffer zone" between the besieged enclave and
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771305">Ma’an</a>) -- Israeli bulldozers leveled land east of al-Bureji
refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip Wednesday morning after crossing
through the border fence, witnesses said. <br />
Witnesses told
Ma’an that four armored bulldozers escorted by Israeli military vehicles
crossed the border fence between Israel and the besieged enclave before
leveling land on the Palestinian side of the border, leaving shortly
after. No gunfire or injuries were reported. An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into the reports. Israeli
military incursions inside the besieged Gaza Strip and near the “buffer
zone" which lies on both land and sea sides of the strip, have long
been a near-daily occurrence.Palestinians who work near
the “buffer zone” between the Palestinian enclave and Israel often come
under fire from military forces, as the Israeli military has not made
clear the precise area of the designated zone. The Israeli
army regularly open fires on Palestinian fisherman and farmers along
the border areas, despite a ceasefire agreement that ended the 2014 war.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs reported last month at least 42 cases of Israeli forces opening
fire on Palestinians in the buffer zone, on both land and sea sides
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-31688720988076108232016-04-26T16:58:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:59:06.990-07:00Israeli forces open fire on fishermen, level land in GazaApril 26, 2016 10:22 A.M. (Updated: April 26, 2016 4:22 P.M.)<br />
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GAZA
(<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771292">Ma’an</a>) -- Israeli forces on Tuesday opened fire on Palestinian
fishermen off the coast of the Gaza Strip as military forces leveled
Palestinian land on the borderline with Israel, locals said.<br />
Witnesses
told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces fired live ammunition at fishermen
working off the coast of al-Zahra area of central Gaza. No injuries
were reported.In the eastern area of the besieged enclave,
locals said Israeli bulldozers entered Palestinian land near
al-Shujaiyya and leveled the area.An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into the reports.The
Israeli military enters Palestinian areas on both land and sea sides of
the Gaza Strip on a near-daily basis, often putting Palestinian
fishermen and farmers -- and their livelihoods -- at risk.While
Israeli authorities this month expanded the fishing zone designated for
Palestinian fishermen to nine nautical miles in the southern Gaza
Strip, and retained the six mile zone in the north, fishermen regularly
report detentions, live fire, and boat confiscation within these limits.The
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has documented
over 40 instances of Israeli incursions into the Gaza border area this
month alone.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-48269414822353204152016-04-23T16:51:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:52:12.683-07:00Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian farmers in southern GazaApril 23, 2016 12:40 P.M. (Updated: April 23, 2016 6:15 P.M.)<br />
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GAZA (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771252">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian farmers on Saturday morning in the southern Gaza Strip, locals said.<br />
Witnesses
told Ma'an that Israeli forces stationed near the borderline along Khan
Yunis opened fire on agricultural lands where the farmers were working.
No injuries were reported.<div>
An Israeli army spokesperson said they were looking into reports.</div>
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Israeli
military forces routinely enter the Gaza Strip near the “buffer zone,”
which lies on the border between the besieged enclave and Israel.</div>
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Israeli
military activities, which have become almost daily occurrences, often
interfere with Palestinian farmers whose land lies in the area.<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"> </span></div>
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35 percent of Palestinian agricultural land in Gaza is inaccessible
without high personal risk, according to the Palestinian Center for
Human Rights.</span></div>
The Israeli army says
the use of live fire is necessary to deter potential "security threats."
However, the practice has destroyed much of both the agricultural and
fishing sectors of the impoverished coastal enclave, which has been
under Israeli blockade for nearly a decade. <br />
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-29624594150535658932016-04-23T16:47:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:48:03.754-07:00Israeli forces injure 5 Palestinians in weekly Gaza protestsApril 23, 2016 10:37 A.M. (Updated: April 23, 2016 4:51 P.M.)<br />
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GAZA
(<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771250">Ma'an</a>) -- Five Palestinians were injured when clashes broke out across
the Gaza Strip on Friday night after Israeli forces attempted to
suppress weekly protests, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said.<br />
One
Palestinian was injured with live fire, and two suffered from excessive
tear gas inhalation near the Nahal Oz crossing in the northeastern Gaza
Strip. Near the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip,
two Palestinians suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation when
Israeli forces attempted to suppress a protest there.An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they did not have information on clashes in the Gaza Strip Friday evening.Also on Friday, a Palestinian teenager was <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771248" target="_blank">wounded</a>
by a rubber-coated steel bullet and dozens others suffered excessive
tear gas inhalation when Israeli forces dispersed weekly protests across
the occupied West Bank.The clashes came amidst tightened
security measures implemented by the Israeli authorities for the Jewish
holiday of Passover. All crossings in the Gaza Strip and occupied West
Bank were closed to Palestinians beginning midnight Thursday, in effect
until midnight Saturday.Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
crowd near the borders with Israel every Friday to show solidarity with
what Palestinians in besieged coastal enclave have termed the “Jerusalem
Intifada” taking place in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.Nearly
30 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip
since the unrest spread in October, the majority shot dead during
clashes on the Gaza-Israel border.More than 1,300
Palestinians have been injured by Israeli forces since the start of this
year, the majority during clashes that broke out with the Israeli
military during protests in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.Earlier this month, the <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771139" target="_blank">US accused</a>
Israel of an "excessive use of force" against Palestinians, amounting
to a violation of human rights, in its annual report of global human
rights abuses. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-43570956369868887392016-04-16T16:41:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:41:27.037-07:00Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian farmers, level lands in southern GazaApril 16, 2016 11:47 A.M. (Updated: April 16, 2016 6:10 P.M.)<br />
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GAZA
(<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771153">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces on Saturday opened fire on Palestinian
farmers and leveled lands in the southern Gaza Strip, locals said.<br />
Witnesses told Ma’an Israeli forces opened fire on agricultural lands near the the village of Khuzaa east of Khan Yunis.In
the eastern side of the Rafah district of the southern Gaza Strip,
seven Israeli bulldozers leveled lands in the border area, continuing
excavation works that have been reported by locals in the area <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771120" target="_blank">almost daily for the past two weeks</a>.An
Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an Israeli forces fired warning shots
into the air after "two suspects breached the buffer zone" and the
suspects returned.Israeli military forces routinely enter
the Gaza Strip near the “buffer zone,” which lies on the border between
the besieged enclave and Israel.Israeli military
activities, which have become almost daily occurrences, often interfere
with Palestinian farmers whose land lies in the area. Approximately 35
percent of Palestinian agricultural land in Gaza is inaccessible without
high personal risk, according to the Palestinian Center for Human
Rights.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs reported at least 30 incidents of Israeli military forces
opening fire in the "buffer zone" in the first week of April alone, in
two cases injuring Palestinians were were as far as 350 meters away from
the border.The Israeli army says the use of live fire is
necessary to deter potential "security threats." However, the practice
has destroyed much of both the agricultural and fishing sectors of the
impoverished coastal enclave, which has been under Israeli blockade for
nearly a decade.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-84542241801527218852016-04-15T16:38:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:39:11.376-07:00Israeli forces injure 3 Palestinians in Friday clashesApril 15, 2016 11:08 P.M. (Updated: April 16, 2016 11:04 A.M.)<br />
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(<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771147">MA'AN</a>) -- At least three Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces
amid clashes across the Palestinian territory Friday, according to
Palestinian and Israeli sources.Medics told Ma’an Israeli forces shot and injured two Palestinians with live fire in eastern Gaza City.An
Israeli army spokesperson confirmed that two hits were made when
clashes broke out after dozens of "rioters" attempted to "damage the
security fence and infiltrate the buffer zone." Israeli forces responded by "firing shots toward the instigators,” she added.In
the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, an Israeli army
vehicle ran over and injured a Palestinian teenager during clashes in
al-Arrub refugee camp. Local sources said an Israeli army
vehicle ran over Muhammad Nidhal Abu Ghazi,15, before youths took him in
a private car to a hospital in Hebron in moderate condition. Several people suffered from tear gas inhalation and were treated on the scene. The clashes in al-Arroub come after a Palestinian <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771128" target="_blank">was shot and killed </a>by
Israeli forces Thursday at the entrance of camp in the Hebron district,
after he reportedly attempted to attack a soldier with an ax.Two Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces in <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771133" target="_blank">separate incidents</a> in the area later the same evening.<div>
Palestinians
in the Gaza Strip crowd near the borders with Israel every Friday to
show solidarity with what Palestinians in besieged coastal enclave have
termed the “Jerusalem Intifada” taking place in the occupied West Bank
and East Jerusalem.</div>
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More than 1,400 Palestinians have
been injured by Israeli forces since the start of this year, the
majority during clashes that broke out with the Israeli military during
protests in the occupied West Bank, according to the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-18780380348820817852016-04-14T16:35:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:36:38.423-07:00Israeli bulldozers, accompanied by drones, level land in GazaApril 14, 2016 10:44 A.M. (Updated: April 14, 2016 1:01 P.M.)<br />
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771120">Ma'an</a>) -- Several Israeli bulldozers entered into the southern
Gaza Strip early Thursday and leveled land near the borderline, locals
said.<br />
Witnesses told Ma'an that four Israeli military
bulldozers entered dozens of meters into the eastern Rafah district and
leveled lands near the border fence.They added that Israeli drones were flying above the area at the time. No shooting was reported.An Israeli army spokesperson said they were looking into the reports.Locals have reported incursions into the Rafah district by Israeli bulldozers and drones <a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771089" target="_blank">on a near-daily basis in the past ten days</a>.While
the army typically cites “routine activity” in the Israeli-enforced
“buffer zone” along the border with Israel and off of Gaza’s coast,
forces often open fire on Palestinian farmers and fishermen working near
the zone.The UN Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs reported at least 30 incidents of Israeli military
forces opening fire in the "buffer zone" in the first week of April
alone, in two cases injuring Palestinians were were as far as 350 meters
away from the border.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-62060437997826262362016-04-12T16:32:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:33:57.409-07:00Locals: Bulldozers level Gaza land under drone surveillance for 7th dayApril 12, 2016 9:53 A.M. (Updated: April 12, 2016 4:54 P.M.)<br />
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771089">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli bulldozers under the surveillance of Israeli
military drones razed Palestinian lands near Rafah in the southern Gaza
Strip on Tuesday for the seventh day in a row, locals said.Locals
told Ma’an that the bulldozers crossed through the borderline with
Israel into al-Nahda neighborhood of eastern Rafah as military drones
flew overhead.Several bulldozers also crossed from the
Kisufim military site into al-Qarrara in northeastern Khan Yunis and
leveled land in the area, witnesses said.An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an they were looking into the reports.Israeli
military forces enter the blockaded Gaza Strip on a near-daily basis,
often to the detriment of Palestinian locals who work near the border on
both land and sea sides.While the army typically cites
“routine activity” in the Israeli-enforced “buffer zone” along the
border with Israel and off of Gaza’s coast, forces often open fire on
Palestinian farmers and fishermen working near the zone.A
13-year-old Palestinian child was shot and injured by Israeli forces on
Monday while herding cattle in Hujr al-Dik area in the central Gaza
Strip on Monday, according to witnesses.The UN Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported at least 30 incidents
of Israeli military forces opening fire in the "buffer zone" in the
first week of April alone, in two cases injuring Palestinians were were
as far as 350 meters away from the border.The
Israeli army says the use of live fire is necessary to deter potential
"security threats." However, the practice has destroyed much of both the
agricultural and fishing sectors of the impoverished coastal enclave,
which has been under Israeli blockade for nearly a decade.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-29422660469027205162016-04-11T16:30:00.000-07:002016-04-29T16:33:23.456-07:00Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian boy in Gaza StripApril 11, 2016 8:49 P.M. (Updated: April 12, 2016 9:53 A.M.)<br />
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GAZA CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=771087">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces on Monday shot and injured a Palestinian boy in the central Gaza Strip.<br />
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Witnesses
told Ma'an that Israeli forces deployed near Hujr al-Dik area in
central Gaza Strip opened fire at a young teenager herding cattle,
injuring him in the foot. Medical sources identified him as Amir al-Tarabin,13, and said he was in moderate condition.An Israeli army spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Israeli
forces frequently open fire on Palestinians inside of or near a
military-imposed “buffer zone” on both land and seaside borders of the
besieged enclave.The exact limits of the zone are unclear
but enforced with live fire, putting the lives of Palestinian farmers
and fishermen who work near the border at risk. The
Israeli army says the use of live fire is necessary to deter potential
"security threats." However, the practice has destroyed much of both the
agricultural and fishing sectors of the impoverished coastal enclave,
which has been under Israeli blockade nearly nine years.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-63213869529141391812016-02-22T14:40:00.000-08:002016-02-22T14:40:53.876-08:00Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian in Gaza<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
(<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=770399">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces shot and moderately wounded a Palestinian man
in the al-Mintar area east of Gaza City on Monday afternoon, medical
sources told Ma'an.The man, who was shot in his foot, was evacuated to al-Shifaa hospital.The
circumstances in which he was shot were not initially clear, although
medics said he was with a group of Palestinians when Israeli forces
opened fire.An Israeli army spokesperson had no immediate information on the reports.Palestinians regularly face live fire from Israeli forces inside the "buffer zone" along the border between Gaza and Israel.The
Israeli army says the use of live fire is necessary to deter potential
"security threats," although the practice has destroyed much of both the
agricultural and fishing sectors of the impoverished coastal enclave.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-29552549449806198682015-12-22T04:53:00.000-08:002015-12-23T04:54:49.833-08:00Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian woman in southern Gaza<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769467">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces on Tuesday shot and wounded a
Palestinian woman with live fire when she approached the border fence
east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, local sources told
Ma'an.Medics said the woman had been working on
agricultural fields when she was shot. She was evacuated by ambulance to
Nasser Hospital.An Israeli army spokesperson said the woman had "breached the buffer zone in the southern Gaza Strip near Khan Younis."She
said Israeli forces fired "warning shots into the air, calling on the
suspect to halt," and when the woman "refused," they aimed at her and a
hit was confirmed.Some 20 Palestinians have been killed in
the beleaguered Gaza Strip since a wave of unrest swept the occupied
Palestinian territory at the beginning of October. The
majority in Gaza were killed during demonstrations at the border fence,
while a 2-year-old girl and her pregnant mother were killed in an
Israeli airstrike on their home in October.The United
Nations has condemned the Israeli army's "excessive use of force, and
violations of the right to life and security of the person."
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-65451439560144425392015-12-13T10:29:00.000-08:002015-12-13T10:29:40.628-08:00Israeli forces shoot, injure Gazan farmer near Rafah<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=769328">Ma’an</a>) -- Israeli forces on Sunday shot and injured a Palestinian
farmer east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, locals and medics
said.<br />
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Locals told Ma’an that Israeli soldiers stationed on
the Israeli side of the border fence near the Kerem Shalom military post
opened fire at Palestinian farmers working on their land at the time,
hitting a farmer in his twenties.</div>
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Medics at Abu Yousif al-Najjar hospital said that the victim had been treated for wounds in his left leg.</div>
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An Israeli army spokesperson did not have immediate information on the incident.</div>
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Israeli
forces regularly open fire on Palestinian farmers as well as fishermen
whose work takes them close to a “security buffer zone” imposed by
Israel on both land and seaside borders of the besieged enclave.</div>
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Ninety-five
percent of Gaza's arable land lies along the zone that is routinely
restricted to Palestinians in the strip, making it impossible for many
farmers to access their land without serious risk, according to the
Palestinian Center for Human Rights.</div>
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On Friday, Israeli
soldiers shot and killed a 41-year-old Palestinian and injured at least
58 with live fire during a demonstration near the border fence.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-90633102325144926632015-10-11T05:51:00.000-07:002015-10-11T05:51:02.327-07:00Israeli forces shoot dead two boys, aged 13 and 15, in Gaza<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Oct. 10, 2015 5:32 P.M. (Updated: Oct. 11, 2015 12:00 A.M.)</div>
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A
Palestinian protester, looks on during clashes with Israeli forces near
the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip on October 9, 2015.
(AFP/Mohammed Abed/File)</div>
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shot and killed two Palestinian boys, aged 13 and 15, at a demonstration in the
southern Gaza Strip.</span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Barbakh, 13, and Khalil Othman, 15, were shot dead during the protest to the
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ambulance crews had treated seven Palestinians shot with live rounds across the
Gaza Strip, in addition to 21 who suffered excessive tear gas inhalation.</span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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condemned the international community for "remain(ing) silent about
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Israeli forces injured 145 other Palestinians by live fire or rubber-coated
steel bullets during the protests.</span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Palestinians killed by Israel's army to 20 since fierce clashes swept the
occupied Palestinian territory on Oct. 1, with around 1,000 injured with live
and rubber-coated steel bullets in the same period.</span></div>
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were settlers.</span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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over its violence toward children.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Defense for Children-Palestine said in a report
last month that Israeli forces and Jewish extremists had killed at least 1,991
children since 2000.</span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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Israeli attacks during the 2014 offensive on Gaza, nearly 70 percent of whom
were under the age of 12.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A further 3,306 children were injured during the
war, including more than 1,000 who suffered permanent disability, the report
said.</span><span lang="EL" style="mso-ansi-language: EL; mso-ascii-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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not a single child who has not been adversely affected by the recent conflict in
Gaza, where children suffer from bed-wetting, difficulties in sleeping,
nightmares, a loss of appetite, and display more aggressive behavior at
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GAZA CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=768133">Ma’an</a>) – Twenty-two year old
Jihad Salim al-Ubeid died Saturday morning from wounds sustained after
being shot by Israeli snipers during a demonstration Friday, Gaza's
ministry of health said.<br />
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The young man's death brings the
total killed by Israeli forces during demonstrations in Gaza on Friday
to seven. The demonstrations were held near the border fence with Israel
east of Gaza City and near Khan Younis.<br />
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A spokesman for
Gaza's ministry of health, Ashraf al-Qidra, confirmed to Ma'an that
al-Ubeid, from the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, succumbed to his wounds
after being shot and critically injured when Israeli forces opened fire
at Palestinians gathered around 100 meters from the border fence.<br />
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On
Friday, Shadi Hussam Dawla, 20, Ahmad al-Harbawi, 20, and Abed
al-Wahidi, 20, were shot and killed east of the al-Shujaiyeh
neighborhood.Muhammad al-Raqeb, 15, and Ziad Nabil Sharaf, 20, were
killed after being shot by Israeli forces near Khan Younis while Adnan
Moussa Abu Elayyan, 22, was shot in the head and killed in the same
area.<br />
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One hundred and forty-five other Palestinians were
injured by live fire or rubber-coated steel bullets during the Gaza
demonstrations, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.An
Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an at the time that 200 Palestinians
approached the security fence and hurled rocks and rolled burning tires
at Israeli forces.<br />
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Israeli forces responded with live fire towards the "main instigators," she said, confirming five direct hits.Al-Ubeid's
death comes as tensions continue to rise across Israel and the occupied
Palestinian territories following a series of stabbing attacks by both
Israelis and Palestinians, violent attacks by Israeli settlers on
Palestinians, and increased restrictions on Palestinians around the
Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Old City.<br />
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Fifteen Palestinians have
been killed by Israeli forces and around 1,000 injured with live and
rubber-coated steel bullets in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip
since Oct. 1.Nine of those killed have been shot dead during demonstrations and clashes.Four Israelis have been killed during the same time period, two of whom were Israeli settlers.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-44661061947044106752015-10-09T05:46:00.000-07:002015-10-09T05:47:22.132-07:003 Palestinians killed as Israeli forces open fire at Gaza demo<div class="BodyDiv">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">GAZA CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=768115">Ma'an</a>) -- Three </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 24px;">Palestinians</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;"> were killed and 19 others injured as </span></span>Israeli military forces opened fire at a demonstration by the border fence east of Gaza City, medics said.<br />
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Medical sources told Ma'an that <span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">Ahmad al-Harbawi, </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 150%;">Abed al-Wahidi,</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; line-height: 150%;"> and Hussam Dawla were shot and killed during the clashes east of the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood east of Gaza City.</span></div>
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At least 19 other Palestinians were injured.</div>
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the security fence and hurled rocks and rolled burning tires at Israeli
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Israeli forces responded with live fire towards the "main instigators," she said, confirming five direct hits.</div>
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The deaths in Gaza come amid renewed violence in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Friday.</div>
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In
the Israeli city of Dimona, an Israeli teenager stabbed four
Palestinian Bedouins who worked for the local municipality, seriously
injuring two.</div>
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A
Palestinian was shot and killed in the illegal settlement of Kiryat
Arba after attempting to stab an Israeli border officer, police said,
while a Palestinian woman was also shot in Afula after allegedly
attempting to stab an Israeli security guard.</div>
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Tensions
had been mounting steadily for weeks across the occupied Palestinian
territory due to Israeli restrictions on Palestinians seeking to enter
the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem.</div>
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least 900 Palestinians have been injured in seven consecutive days of
demonstrations and clashes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem,
at least 60 with live fire, medics say.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-38548704957517317112015-09-15T05:51:00.000-07:002015-09-15T06:23:30.439-07:00Gaza Strip: Attacks in the border areas and their consequences <a href="http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11260:gaza-strip-attacks-in-the-border-areas-and-their-consequences&catid=144:new-reports">PCHR</a><br />
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Following disengagement from the Gaza Strip in September 2005, Israel unilaterally and illegally established a so-called “buffer zone”, an area prohibited to Palestinians along the land and sea borders of the Gaza Strip. The precise area designated by Israel as a “buffer zone” is not clear and this Israeli policy is typically enforced with live fire. The establishment of the ‘buffer zone’ is illegal under both Israeli and international law.<br />
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Preventing Palestinians from accessing their lands and fishing areas violates numerous provisions of international human rights law, including the right to work, the right to an adequate standard of living, and the right to the highest attainable standard of health. Enforcing the “buffer zone” through the use of live fire often results in, inter alia, the direct targeting of civilians and/or indiscriminate attacks, both of which constitute war crimes.<br />
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Following the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip in November 2012, a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian armed groups was brokered by the Egyptian government, which included terms related to access to land and sea. In an online statement on 25 February 2013, the Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) declared that fishermen could now access the sea up to six nautical miles offshore, and that farmers could now access lands in the border area up to 100m from the border fence. However, both references have since been removed from the statement.<br />
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Then, on 21 March 2013, the Israeli forces’ spokesperson announced re-reducing the fishing area allowed for Palestinian fishermen from 6 nautical miles to 3 nautical miles. However, on 21 May 2013, Israeli authorities decided to allow fishermen to sail up to 6 nautical miles.<br />
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Following the latest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip (08 July - 26 August 2014), a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian armed groups was brokered by the Egyptian government, which allowed fishermen to sail up to 6 nautical miles. However, the Israeli naval forces have not allowed fishermen to sail up to this limit as all Israeli attacks have taken place within the 6-nautical- mile fishing area.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Distance from the border
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Second Intifada (2000): <b>150 metres</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">According to Israel (2010) :<b>300 metres</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">22 November 2012:<b> unclear parameters</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">21 March 2013: <b>300 metres</b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">In reality, attacks
against civilians take place anywhere upto approximately <b>1.5 kilometres</b>
inside the border fence<b>. </b>This constitutes approximately<b> 17%</b> of the total territory of the Gaza
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Oslo Accords (1994): <b>20 nautical miles</b> (nm)</span></div>
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north along the maritime boundary with Israel</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">1 nm</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"> in the
south along the maritime boundary with Egypt</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">On land</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Approximately 27,000 dunums, <b>35% of the Gaza
Strip's agricultural land,</b> can only be accessed under high personal risk,
as Israeli attacks may result in injury or death of civilians.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">95% </span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">of the
restricted area is arable land.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">After the evacuation of settlements (2005) and ‘Operation
Cast Lead’ (2008-2009), the majority of Palestinian families living in the
border areas abandoned their land and homes.</span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">At sea</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Palestinians are completely prevented from accessing
<b>85% of the Palestinian maritime areas</b> recognised in the 1994 Gaza
Jericho Agreement.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Approximately <b>3,700 fishermen</b> work under high
personal risk every day at sea.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Approximately <b>8,200 persons</b> work in the fishing
industry. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="ltr"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Approximately <b>65,000 persons</b>, including
individuals who work in the fishing industry and their dependents, are
affected by the<b> “</b>buffer zon<b>e”</b> restrictions at sea.</span></div>
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Four Palestinian civilians were arrested at the Beit Hanoun "Erez" Crossing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-45094986980835802012015-09-08T05:45:00.000-07:002015-09-15T05:47:28.018-07:00Israeli forces cross Gaza border, level lands<div class="PhotoContainer" style="width: 650px;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=767500">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli military vehicles on Tuesday morning crossed
the border into the southern Gaza Strip and leveled Palestinian land,
witnesses told Ma'an.Witnesses said that four bulldozers
leveled land on the Palestinian side of the border fence in the eastern
outskirts of Khuzaa town east of Khan Younis.Israeli
soldiers used smoke grenades to conceal the movement of bulldozers and
Palestinian farmers left their fields fearing possible shootings.Israeli
forces have made repeated incursions into the Gaza Strip over the past
year and have frequently opened fire on Palestinians who approach the
border "buffer zone."In July alone, the Palestinian Center
for Human Rights counted 27 incidents of shootings, incursions into the
territory, and arrests.This included 18 shootings on land and at sea that left nine Palestinians injured, PCHR reported.
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(<a href="http://english.palinfo.com/site/pages/details.aspx?itemid=72227">PIC</a>)-- Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) advanced a limited distance in
Palestinian lands to the east of Gaza City on Thursday.</span><br />
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sources told Quds Press that several Israeli military vehicles and
bulldozers advanced into lands to the eastern outskirts of the city in
al-Shujaiyah district.<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'segoe ui'; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1;">The Israeli forces opened machinegun fire at random and leveled lands during the incursion. No casualties have been reported.<br />
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attack is another episode in the series of Israeli daily violations of
the Cairo-brokered truce accord signed in the wake of last summer’s
offensive on the besieged coastal enclave, which killed over 2,300
Palestinians, mostly civilians. </span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-5945903938823408852015-06-13T23:19:00.000-07:002015-06-16T23:22:53.794-07:00Israeli forces shoot, injure Palestinian in southern Gaza<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=765944">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces deployed near the Sufa crossing in the
southern Gaza Strip opened fire at and injured a Palestinian Saturday,
local sources told Ma'an.An Israeli army spokesperson
confirmed the report, telling Ma'an that a "Palestinian suspect
approached the security fence" and Israeli forces opened fire at his
lower extremities after firing warning shots into the air. One hit was confirmed, and Israeli forces took the man to a hospital in Israel for treatment, she added. The spokesperson did not have confirmation if the injured man would be detained after treatment or returned to the Gaza Strip.Sufa
was one of several crossings between Gaza and Israel to be sealed by
Israeli authorities in 2007 and was permanently closed in 2009, however
is sporadically opened for humanitarian needs, according to Israeli
rights group Gisha: Legal Center for Freedom of Movement.The
border area where Israeli forces opened fire Saturday is part of an
Israeli-enforced "buffer zone" along the Gaza-Israel border as well as
on the western seaside border of the strip.The parameters
of the buffer zone are regularly changed by Israeli authorities, and
Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire toward Palestinian civilians
inside of the buffer zone since the signing of a ceasefire agreement
that ended a more than 50-day war between Israel and Hamas last summer,
according to documentation by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights
(PHCR).Despite shorter distances set by Israeli
authorities, PHCR reports that attacks against Palestinians have taken
place up to approximately 1.5 kilometers inside the border fence.
Constituting around 17 percent of the total territory of the Gaza Strip,
the buffer zone effectively turns local farms into no-go zones.The
buffer zone, which Palestinians are prohibited from entering, "is
illegal under both Israeli and international law," according to PHCR.</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-11944501468779994822015-06-10T23:12:00.000-07:002015-06-16T23:13:17.318-07:00Israeli military vehicles, bulldozers cross Gaza borders<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=765884">Ma’an</a>) – Palestinian residents in the Gaza Strip witnessed
ongoing near daily incursions by Israeli forces Wednesday morning as
Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers entered the strip, firing
heavily into the air.Three bulldozers and four military
tanks were observed by residents of the town of al-Qarara working on
Palestinian agricultural land near the Gaza Israel border.Witnesses
said the vehicles came from the Kissufim military base, reporting that
Israeli forces fired gunshots into the air while the bulldozers worked.An
Israeli army spokesperson told Ma'an she had a report of "routine
maintenance" carried out adjacent to the border fence, but had no
further information regarding what type of maintenance was performed.Israeli
authorities maintain a "buffer zone" along the Gaza-Israel border,
however its exact limits are ambiguous. Farmers whose land lies within
or close to the buffer zone face near daily fire or threat of fire from
Israeli forces, often preventing them from cultivating their crops,
rights groups say.</div>
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Israeli forces enter the Gaza
Strip on a near-daily basis in contravention of international law, with
Israeli forces opening fire at civilians in the "buffer zone" on land
and sea over ten times between May 26 and June 1, according to the UN
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.</div>
According
to Palestinian Center for Human Rights, the buffer zone, which
Palestinians are prohibited from entering, "is illegal under both
Israeli and international law."Wednesday's incident also
came days after Israeli jets launched airstrikes on a military training
base operated by Hamas' military wing in the northern Gaza Strip in
response to a rocket fired at Israel claimed by a group Sheikh Omar
Hadid-Bayt al-Maqdis.The Erez crossing between Gaza and
Israel was temporarily shut following the exchange, amidst an ongoing
8-year blockade of the strip enforced by Israel and supported by Egypt
to the south.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-11735384006775610302015-05-24T03:53:00.000-07:002015-05-29T03:53:58.189-07:00Israeli forces open fire on fishermen, farmers in Gaza<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=765586">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen and
farmers in the Gaza Strip Sunday morning, with no injuries reported.Witnesses
told Ma'an that Israeli naval boats fired on fishing boats off Sheikh
Ijlein and Nuseirat on the northern Gazan coast, forcing the fisherman
to return to land.Meanwhile, Israeli troops stationed in
watchtowers along the borders with Gaza fired gunshots at Palestinian
farmers working on their fields near the border area in northwestern
Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.Israeli forces have
repeatedly opened fire on Palestinian fisherman and farmers since the
ceasefire agreement signed Aug. 26, 2014 that ended a devastating 50-day
Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip.In
March alone, there were a total of 35 incidents of shootings, incursions
into the coastal enclave, and arrests, according to the Palestinian
Center for Human Rights.The shootings left 10 injured, including three minors.The
attacks come despite Israeli promises at the end of the ceasefire to
ease restrictions on Palestinian access to both the sea and the border
region near the "security buffer zone." </div>
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the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip, east of al-Qotbaniyah area,
east of Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip, sporadically opened fire
at the aforementioned area. The shooting
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the border fence, east of al-Shuhadaa' Cemetery and east of Abu Safiyah area, east
of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire sporadically at the
aforementioned area. The shooting continued
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the border fence, east of al-Shuhadaa' Cemetery and east of Abu Safiyah area,
east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire sporadically at the
aforementioned area. The shooting continued
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the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip opened fire sporadically at
Abu Samrah farmland, north of Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip. The shooting continued for around 10 minutes.</span></div>
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<b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Note:</span></u></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> the
aforementioned shooting incidents caused fear among farmers who were in their
agricultural lands adjacent to the aforementioned fence. As a result, they fled for fear of being
injured. Neither causalities nor damages
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-14329747949988991452015-05-23T03:38:00.000-07:002015-05-29T03:39:50.185-07:00Israeli forces continue near daily fire on Gaza fishermen, farmers<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=765579">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli naval forces opened fire at Palestinian fishing
boats while forces targeted farmers in the southern Gaza Strip on
Saturday.Witnesses told Ma'an that the navel forces opened
fire at the fishing boats off the coast of Al-Nuseirat and Al-Zawayda
refugee camps located in the central Gaza Strip.</div>
An
Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma'an that several vessels deviated from
the designated fishing zone Saturday morning, and retreated to shore
after Israeli naval forces fired warning shots into the air, adding that
no injuries were reported.The shooting comes days after a
fishing boat was damaged by Israeli fire earlier this week, while
Israeli forces arrested two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Beit
Lahiya on May 10. Separately on Saturday, Israeli forces reportedly opened fire at Palestinian farmers in eastern Khan Younis.No injuries were reported.An Israeli army spokeswoman did not have immediate information regarding the incident in Khan Younis.Saturday's
events come as Israeli forces have escalated attacks against Gazan
Palestinians inside of the Israeli-implemented and controlled buffer
zone. Gaza-based Israeli watchdog Al Mezan documented Israeli forces
opening fire in the border areas six seperate times during the first ten
days of May, leaving four injured including one child.In
the seaside buffer-zone, Al Meza recorded ten incidents of Israeli fire
on Palestinian fishermen within the same time period, resulting in two
fishermen injured, two arrested, and one confiscated fishing boat.The
Aug. 26 ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian militant
groups stipulated that Israel would immediately expand the fishing zone
off Gaza's coast, allowing fishermen to sail as far as six nautical
miles from shore, and would continue to expand the area gradually.Since
then, there have been widespread reports that Israeli forces have
opened fire at fishermen within those new limits, and the zone has not
yet been expanded.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-51701332704287122112015-05-21T03:28:00.000-07:002015-05-29T03:40:11.766-07:00Israeli forces cause fire in northern Gaza<div style="margin: 5px 0 10px 0;">
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GAZA
CITY (<a href="http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=765556">Ma'an</a>) -- Israeli forces on Thursday evening shot firebombs at
Palestinians farmland east of Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip
causing a large fire. Palestinian Civil Defense told Ma'an that its crews managed to put out the fire which spread over around 1 km of farmland. The Civil Defense said this was the fourth fire in the area in the last 24 hours.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2257166724779701222.post-40983594662344554272015-05-17T03:15:00.000-07:002015-05-29T03:16:41.021-07:00[Attack against farmers, east of Jabalia]<a href="http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11039:weekly-report-on-israeli-human-rights-violations-in-the-occupied-palestinian-territory-14--20-may-2015&catid=84:weekly-2009&Itemid=183">PCHR</a><br />
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Sunday, 17 May 2015<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">At approximately 07:00, Israeli forces stationed along
the border fence, east of al-Shuhadaa' Cemetery and east of Abu Safiyah area,
east of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire sporadically at
Palestinian farmers in the area. The
shooting resulted in fear among farmers, who were in the agricultural lands
adjacent to the border zone. As a
result, they fled for fear of being wounded.
Neither injuries nor damages to the property were reported. At approximately 11:15 and 17:00, the shooting
was resumed in the same area.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com