Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Israeli Incursion East of Deir al-Balah in Gaza

Wednesday May 23, 2012 09:40 by Heidi Williams - IMEMC & Agencies

The Palestinian News Network, PNN, reported that Israeli forces invaded an area east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip this morning.
Image PNN
Image PNN
According to WAFA Agency News, 5 tanks and 10 bulldozers entered the Gaza Strip from the "Kosufem military" Gate north east of Khan Younis, and moved north towards Deir al-Balah.

Farmers fear that the bulldozers will continue to reach their lands adjacent to the border and destroy their crops.

Israeli forces regularly invade the territory of the Gaza Strip, in the east and the north, and prohibit the approach of any Palestinian within a distance of 300 meters of the border preventing the use of large portion of Gaza's limited arable land.