Obits from Palestine

yankeedoodle · January 23, 2018, 03:27:53 PM

jewtube won't show them, so you have to go to website to this website to see them.
Israel-Palestine Timeline
The Human Cost of the Conflict
https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/videos/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=3abbaf6c-84b2-4a63-86b3-76564ae83d39

yankeedoodle · March 24, 2018, 09:43:02 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=128&v=mn0LbPqAjpA

yankeedoodle · April 06, 2018, 09:18:03 AM

Friends continue legacy of Gaza sand sculptor killed during Land Day protest
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/friends-continue-sculptor/

Mohammed Abu Amr's last creation on the beach in Gaza said, "I will return." A day later, Mohammed, 23, was killed along with 16 other Palestinians demonstrating on the 42nd anniversary of Land Day.

Mohammed's father believes that his son used to spend hours sculpting his artwork on the beach. "I think the beach sand was a typical gateway to Mohammed's talent since he began two years ago after failing to find work". Mohammed had carved several drawings commemorating national events and issues like "Prisoners' Day", "Land Day", "Nakba", "Gaza is bleeding", "Electricity Crisis", "Immigration", and "Women's Day", in addition to advertisements for local commercial companies for a small fee his father said.

His passion of lyrics of the Lebanese singer Julia Boutros' songs was also seen when he carved:

"They will leave and we will stay here

The land will remain ours

Today we are stronger

Stronger than all battles"

Mohammed creating one of his sculptures on the Gaza Beach (Photo via Mohamed 's Facebook account).

Last November, Mohammed was looking for international pro-Palestinians activists to finance a planned carving project, which needed volunteer diggers, special sand painting colors and simple drilling equipment. The 53-year–old bereaved father told Mondoweiss.

Mohammed is the second member of his family killed by Israel. Mohammed's brother, Ehab, 21, was killed in 2008, during a clash east of Gaza City.

Mohammed, who was once sculpted, "Be optimistic, set a goal and plan for your life and make your personality open to others, then you can live happily," will not be able to continue to address the young generation through his work, but they will live on as posts on his Facebook account for those who want to recall his sculptures.

The Great March
Friday, March 30, 2018, Mohammed's friend Baraa Al-Halabi, 23, remembers yelling at him at around 11:00 a.m.: "Mohammad! ... do not approach the fence! There are snipers." But he replied: "Shut up, we will return today, this day we will do it!" Al-Halabi told Mondoweiss.

"Within few seconds Mohammed had disappeared amid the screams of the massive crowd near the fence," said Baraa. "Soon, protesters shouting 'call an ambulance.. get an ambulance' were the only words I could hear, but the smoke of tear gas forced me to retreat tens of meters, then I realized that I have lost him forever," Baraa said.

Mohammed's Legacy
A sand sculpture of the map of Palestine created in Gaza by Osama Sbeata. (Photo: Mohammed Asad)

Mohammed's father says that before he was killed he was planning to carve a 100-meter map of Palestine along with a huge key on the beach to coincide with the "Great March of Return" in mid-May on the anniversary of the Nakba, marking the displacement of Palestinians by Israel in 1948.

Two days after Mohammed's death, Osama Sbeata, 27, has successfully sculptured some Palestinian cities on a 800-square meter map of Palestine beside Abu Amr's "I will return" sculpture.

Sbeata knew Mohammed was planning to sculpt a 100–meter-long map, but his team doubled the map longer and wider into 800 square meters.

"This sandy map was Mohammed's uncompleted dream," Sbeata told Mondoweiss.

Artist Osama Sbeata in front of a map of Palestine he created to honor Mohammed Abu Amr. (Photo: Mohammed Asad)

"Mohammed's digging tools are left to me, and I will use them to paint and engrave everything that urges the return to Palestine", Sbeata added.

In 2013, Sbeata graduated from Al-Azhar University in Gaza with a degree in accounting, but finding work in his field was impossible due to an youth unemployment rate of around 58 percent.

Artist Osama Sbeata honors Mohammed's dream carving the largest map of Palestine. (Photo: Mohammed Asad)

Sbeata's first attempt at a sand sculpture came about by chance one day while he was playing in the sand. He realized that the beach was a destination for many vacationers and citizens and therefore a perfect place to practice his art and raise awareness about the Palestinian cause.

Perhaps Mohammed did not find a way to express his passion to return to his origin village (1948 Ber al Saba, now "Bersheba") by carving national carvings except the land and its sands, but Israel may targets any Palestinian artist who wanted to express that passion.

yankeedoodle · April 07, 2018, 11:13:38 AM

Army Kills A Palestinian In Gaza, Another Young Man Dies From Wounds Suffered Last Friday
http://imemc.org/article/army-kills-a-palestinian-in-gaza-another-young-man-dies-from-wounds-suffered-last-friday/

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers killed one Palestinian with a missile fired from an armed drone, late on Wednesday at night, while another Palestinian died from wounds he suffered last Friday, in the Gaza Strip.

The sources said that an armed Israeli military drone fired a missile at Palestinian protesters near Erez Crossing, in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip, killing one of them, and wounding several others.

Palestinian medics were unable to enter the area due to Israeli army fire, and severe military restrictions on border areas, and were only able to retrieve his body in the morning.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said the slain Palestinian has been identified as Mojahed Nabil al-Khodary, 23, from Gaza city.

Medical sources at the Shifa Medical center in Gaza city, said Red Crescent Medics located the mutilated remains of the slain Palestinian, east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city.

They added that the soldiers also shot five Palestinians five live fire and caused dozens to suffer the effects of teargas inhalation in the same area.

On Thursday morning, another Palestinian, identified as Shadi Hamdan al-Kashef, 34, from Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, died from serious wounds he suffered last Friday, after the soldiers shot him with a live round in the head.

He was at the Intensive Care Unit of Abu Yousef Najjar hospital, in Rafah, until he succumbed to his serious wounds.

Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said Shadi was a young man with special needs.

Their deaths bring the number of Palestinians, killed by Israeli army fire since last Friday, to 19 Palestinians, while more than a thousand, including at least 200 children, have been injured, many seriously.

In related news, Israeli navy ships opened fire on several Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters, in the western part of the coastal region, moderately wounding three Palestinians.

List of Palestinian casualties on and after Land Day 2018, killed by Israeli forces for protesting peacefully at the border:

April 4, 2018:
Shadi Hamdan al-Kashef, 34
Mojahed Nabil al-Khodary, 23

April 3, 2018:
Ahmad Omar Arafa, 26

April 2, 2018:
Fares Roqab, 29

March 30, 2018:
Mosab Zohair Salloul, 25
Sari Waleed Abu Odah , 28
Abdul-Qader al-Hawajri, 42
Jihad Zoheir Abu Jamous, 30
Bader Faeq as-Sabagh, 22
Naji Abdullah Abu Hjeir, 25
Ahmad Ibrahim Odah, 19
Jihad Ahmad Freina, 34
Hamdan Ismael Abu Amsha, 26
Mahmoud Sa'adi Rohmi, 33
Abdul-Fattah Abdul-Nabi, 18
Ibrahim Abu Sha'ar, 22
Mohammad Naim Abu Amro, 27
Amin Mansour Abu Moammar, 22
Mohammad Kamel Najjar, 25
Wahid Nasrallah Abu Sammour, 27

Multiple stories and links here:
Israeli forces kill Palestinian protester in Gaza with missile fired from armed drone
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/04/israeli-palestinian-protester-missile/

yankeedoodle · April 25, 2018, 03:37:24 PM

Second Palestinian journalist dies after being shot by IDF
https://www.rt.com/news/425116-palestinian-journalist-killed-idf/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

A second Palestinian journalist has died after being shot by an Israeli sniper while covering the 'March of Return.' Ahmed Abou Hussein succumbed to his injuries Wednesday after being shot on April 13.

The photojournalist, 25, was reportedly hit in the stomach during the third week of the protest. Israel's 1-24 News, citing the Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate, reported that he was one of a number of journalists wounded that week. Hussein's death was confirmed by the Gaza Health Ministry on social media.

Hussein is the second member of the media to be shot by an Israeli sniper since the protests began. Journalist Yasser Murtaja was killed on April 7 despite pictures showing "PRESS" emblazoned across the front of his protective jacket.

Responding to questions from RT about Murtaja's death and reports that IDF soldiers targeted members of the media, a defense spokesperson said: "The IDF does not intentionally target journalists. The circumstances in which journalists were allegedly hit by IDF fire are not familiar to the IDF, and are being looked into."

yankeedoodle · May 15, 2018, 09:43:30 AM

8-month-old Palestinian killed after inhaling Israeli tear gas – health ministry
https://www.rt.com/news/426760-baby-dies-gaza-protests/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

An eight-month-old baby was killed after Israel fired tear gas at protesters in Gaza, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. Her death is one of dozens that occurred during demonstrations against the US Embassy's move to Jerusalem.

Leila al-Ghandour was killed after inhaling tear gas on Monday, according to the ministry. It was not immediately clear how close the infant and her family were to the border fence.

She was killed along with dozens of other Palestinians on Monday, according to the ministry. Most of them were reportedly shot dead by Israeli sniper fire.

The Monday protests coincided with the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, a move which has been condemned throughout the Arab world and beyond. It also came amid the Great Return March, which is scheduled to culminate on Nakba on Tuesday, a date marked by Palestinians as a day of mass exodus from their land as a result of Israel's establishment.

Although the protests were originally slated to end on Tuesday, such a cessation seems unlikely, Professor James Petras told RT on Monday. "I think the massacres by Israel will continue, the peaceful protests from Palestinians will continue. I don't see any resolution, unfortunately," he said.

yankeedoodle · May 18, 2018, 12:52:47 PM

Obits for the very bloody weeks of April 1st and April 8th at this link: https://iak.salsalabs.org/timelineapril2018_1/index.html?wvpId=6d0c7001-8f90-4736-82ad-2936bdf05993

And, for the equally bloody weeks of April 15th, 22nd, and 29th, go here: https://iak.salsalabs.org/timelineapril2018_2/index.html?wvpId=6d0c7001-8f90-4736-82ad-2936bdf05993

yankeedoodle · May 31, 2018, 09:37:07 AM

Fathi Harb burnt himself to death in Gaza. Will the world notice?
http://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/fathi-himself-notice/

Fathi Harb should have had something to live for, not least the imminent arrival of a new baby. But last week the 21-year-old extinguished his life in an inferno of flames in central Gaza.

It is believed to be the first example of a public act of self-immolation in the enclave. Harb doused himself in petrol and set himself alight on a street in Gaza City shortly before dawn prayers during the holy month of Ramadan.

In part, Harb was driven to this terrible act of self-destruction out of despair.

After a savage, decade-long Israeli blockade by land, sea and air, Gaza is like a car running on fumes. The United Nations has repeatedly warned that the enclave will be uninhabitable within a few years.

Over that same decade, Israel has intermittently pounded Gaza into ruins, in line with the Israeli army's Dahiya doctrine. The goal is to decimate the targeted area, turning life back to the Stone Age so that the population is too preoccupied with making ends meet to care about the struggle for freedom.

Both of these kinds of assault have had a devastating impact on inhabitants' psychological health.

Harb would have barely remembered a time before Gaza was an open-air prison and one where a 1,000kg Israeli bomb might land near his home.

In an enclave where two-thirds of young men are unemployed, he had no hope of finding work. He could not afford a home for his young family and he was about to have another mouth to feed.

Doubtless, all of this contributed to his decision to burn himself to death.

But self-immolation is more than suicide. That can be done quietly, out of sight, less gruesomely. In fact, figures suggest that suicide rates in Gaza have rocketed in recent years.

But public self-immolation is associated with protest.

A Buddhist monk famously turned himself into a human fireball in Vietnam in 1963 in protest at the persecution of his co-religionists. Tibetans have used self-immolation to highlight Chinese oppression, Indians to decry the caste system, and Poles, Ukrainians and Czechs once used it to protest Soviet rule.

But more likely for Harb, the model was Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire in late 2010 after officials humiliated him once too often. His public death triggered a wave of protests across the Middle East that became the Arab Spring.

Bouazizi's self-immolation suggests its power to set our consciences on fire. It is the ultimate act of individual self-sacrifice, one that is entirely non-violent except to the victim himself, performed altruistically in a greater, collective cause.

Who did Harb hope to speak to with his shocking act?

In part, according to his family, he was angry with the Palestinian leadership. His family was trapped in the unresolved feud between Gaza's rulers, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank. That dispute has led the PA to cut the salaries of its workers in Gaza, including Harb's father.

But Harb undoubtedly had a larger audience in mind too.

Until a few years ago, Hamas regularly fired rockets out of the enclave in a struggle both to end Israel's continuing colonisation of Palestinian land and to liberate the people of Gaza from their Israeli-made prison.

But the world rejected the Palestinians' right to resist violently and condemned Hamas as "terrorists". Israel's series of military rampages in Gaza to silence Hamas were meekly criticised in the West as "disproportionate".

The Palestinians of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, where there is still direct contact with Israeli Jews, usually as settlers or soldiers, watched as Gaza's armed resistance failed to prick the world's conscience.

So some took up the struggle as individuals, targeting Israelis or soldiers at checkpoints. They grabbed a kitchen knife to attack Israelis or soldiers at checkpoints, or rammed them with a car, bus or bulldozer.

Again, the world sided with Israel. Resistance was not only futile, it was denounced as illegitimate.

Since late March, the struggle for liberation has shifted back to Gaza. Tens of thousands of unarmed Palestinians have massed weekly close to Israel's fence encaging them.

The protests are intended as confrontational civil disobedience, a cry to the world for help and a reminder that Palestinians are being slowly choked to death.

Israel has responded repeatedly by spraying the demonstrators with live ammunition, seriously wounding many thousands and killing more than 100. Yet again, the world has remained largely impassive.

In fact, worse still, the demonstrators have been cast as Hamas stooges. The United States ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, blamed the victims under occupation, saying Israel had a right to "defend its border", while the British government claimed the protests were "hijacked by terrorists".

None of this can have passed Harb by.

When Palestinians are told they can "protest peacefully", western governments mean quietly, in ways that Israel can ignore, in ways that will not trouble consciences or require any action.

In Gaza, the Israeli army is renewing the Dahiya doctrine, this time by shattering thousands of Palestinian bodies rather than infrastructure.

Harb understood only too well the West's hypocrisy in denying Palestinians any right to meaningfully resist Israel's campaign of destruction.

The flames that engulfed him were intended also to consume us with guilt and shame. And doubtless more in Gaza will follow his example.

Will Harb be proved right? Can the West be shamed into action?

Or will we continue blaming the victims to excuse our complicity in seven decades of outrages committed against the Palestinian people?

yankeedoodle · June 02, 2018, 12:49:23 AM

'Deliberate war crime': Palestinians decry murder of 21yo female paramedic at Gaza border
https://www.rt.com/news/428521-gaza-israel-border-paramedic-killed/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

The killing of a 21-year-old female medical worker during the Great March of Return at the Gaza border is nothing short of a war crime, Palestinian officials said, calling on the international community to hold Israel responsible.

The murder of 21-year-old medical volunteer, Razan Al-Najar, is a direct violation of all "international treaties and conventions" that ensure the protection of the medical staff in the conflict zones, Palestinian Minister of Health, Jawad Awwad, said late Friday, noting that the shooting of the paramedic must have been "deliberate" and amounted to a "war crime."

The volunteer was shot in the chest by the Israeli Defense Forces on Friday near the border fence east of Khan Younes, in the southern Gaza Strip, while she was helping wounded Palestinians.

While the Israeli military has yet to comment on Najar's death, an anonymous witness told Reuters that, at the time of the tragedy, the medical worker wore a white uniform, which clearly distinguished her from the rest of the Palestinian crowd taking part in the 10th weekly Great March of Return protests.

Furthermore, the medical volunteer "raised her hands high in a clear way, but Israeli soldiers fired and she was hit in the chest," the witness told Reuters.

Najar became the latest victim of the Israeli crackdown on protesting Palestinians at the Gazan border. More than 100 protesters were injured by Israeli fire, including 40 by live bullets, directed at them by the IDF during the 10th Great March of Return rally. Another four paramedics were among those wounded while helping the injured.

The shooting of a medical worker is a "heinous crime committed by the occupation forces," the Palestinian Minister of Justice, Ali Abu Diak, said in a statement, calling on the International Criminal Court to document Israeli brutality and to "try leaders, officials, officers, soldiers" and all those who committed "crimes against humanity."

International humanitarian law affords special protection to medical personnel whose mission is to save lives in conflicts, under four Geneva Conventions of 1949. Article 24 was especially adopted to protect "medical personnel exclusively engaged in the search for, or the collection, transport or treatment of the wounded or sick."

The West Bank's ruling Fatah party also condemned the murder of the 21-year-old medic. "This crime...reflects a terrorist fascist mentality that deliberately kills, destroys and persecutes [Palestinians]," spokesman Osama al-Qawasmi said in a statement.

Fatah also condemned Washington's move on Friday to veto an Arab-backed UN draft resolution which called calling for protective measures for the Palestinians. Qawasmi stressed that the "veto" used by the United States encourages the Jewish State to continue its crimes against the Palestinians.

Over 120 Palestinians have so far been killed since the beginning of the Great March of Return, mainly by live Israeli fire amid the raging protests at the Gaza-Israel border, which began on March 30. Thousands of others have been injured as Israel maintains its right to protect the border by all means necessary.

yankeedoodle · June 03, 2018, 02:16:30 AM

'It wasn't a random bullet': Palestinians mourn 21yo paramedic as Israel blames Hamas
https://www.rt.com/news/428569-gaza-nurse-israel-sniper/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=138&v=nH6658CdHbI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=121&v=aNXkwEhQ8wo

As thousands gathered for the funeral of a 21-year-old medical worker shot by the IDF while helping wounded Palestinians, the volunteer's family and colleagues told RT of their grief, stressing that she was deliberately murdered.

During Friday's 10th weekly Great March of Return protest, the Israeli forces shot and killed 21-year-old Razan Al-Najar, a volunteer with the Medical Relief Society, who was assisting the wounded near the border fence east of Khan Younes, in the southern Gaza Strip.

"We were trying to get the injured from the fence," Razan's colleague, Lamya Najjar, who witnessed her murder, told RT. "When the Israeli saw us approaching, the Israeli snipers targeted us with tear gas. We were suffocating from the tear gas, and then they started to shoot randomly, [and] one of the bullets that were targeting us hit Razan in the chest."

"We were all targeted and we are all civilians and only a medical team," Shaimaa Qudaih, another colleague of Razan, told RT's Ruptly video agency. "We were discussing how to offer assistance to the injured, when, me, my partners, Razan, Mahmoud and Rami were suddenly shot directly as the medical crew."

Razan's mother is convinced that her daughter was deliberately targeted by the Israeli fire, allegedly for her role in saving the wounded ever since the Great March of return protests erupted on March 30.

"My daughter Razan was targeted. They knew she was a paramedic. She was the first female paramedic in the field," Sabreen Najar told RT. "She was directly shot by the Israeli forces. The bullet deliberately targeted her, it was not a random bullet. It was a sniper."

Her father, Ibrahim, shares the same sentiment, noting that Razan was wearing a white medical uniform when she was shot. "That was clear to all but she was intentionally targeted by the Israeli army," he told Ruptly.

At least three other medical workers were wounded on Friday, Mohammed Al Hessi, the Head of Emergency Paramedics and Ambulances for the Red Crescent told RT, confirming that Al-Najar was shot in the back.

"It's not the first time the Israeli forces targeted paramedics in the field. This is a war crime against the medical teams in Gaza Strip. They have been targeting paramedics and ambulances with live ammunition and teargas in the past weeks. This violates the human rights and international laws," the Red Crescent official stressed.

The IDF vowed to review the case, explaining that the tragedy occurred during a response to a major security incident at the border fence, where Palestinians allegedly fired on Israeli lines, planted a grenade and hurled explosive devices towards IDF troops.

"The IDF has repeatedly warned civilians against approaching the fence and taking part in violent incidents and terrorist attacks and will continue to act professionally and determinedly to protect Israeli civilians and Israeli security infrastructure," the IDF said, in a written statement to RT. "Unfortunately, the Hamas terror organization deliberately and methodically places civilians in danger."

While Israel considers all Palestinians approaching the border fence as alleged "Hamas members" and thus legitimate targets, medical workers are protected under Article 24 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, which specifically forbids targeting "medical personnel exclusively engaged in the search for, or the collection, transport or treatment of the wounded or sick."

"Our message is humanitarian we go to the border, to rescue injured people. We are not terrorists," Lamya told RT. "We are unarmed. We are wearing our paramedic uniform. All we have is medical tools and medicine to heal the injuries."

"We are only a medical team, we don't have any weapons," Qudaih added. "What we have is just the equipment needed to help those injured from suffocation, or live bullets. We have nothing to threaten the Israeli army with."

Meanwhile, crowds of mourners carried the body of the 21-year old victim through the streets of her hometown Khuza to a cemetery in Khan Yunis. "Razan was an angel," her cousin told RT. "In the field, she was healing the wounds of the injured people."

"She used to buy medicine for the injured people who can't afford to buy their own medicine," her mother recalled. "She used to tell me everything every day. She used to come home with blood on her uniform."

Nearly 120 Palestinians have been killed since the beginning of the so-called Great March of Return on March 30, mainly by live Israeli fire. Thousands of others have been injured as Israel maintains its right to protect the border by all means necessary.

yankeedoodle · June 06, 2018, 03:15:45 PM

Palestinian man shot dead for throwing stone at IDF soldier
https://www.rt.com/news/428943-palestinian-idf-shot-dead/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

A Palestinian man was shot dead for throwing a stone at an Israeli soldier during a confrontation in the village of Nabi Saleh in the West Bank.

According to the initial report by human rights group B'Tselem, the victim was 21-year-old Izz ad-Din Tamimi, who died from a neck wound after being shot by Israeli forces.

An IDF spokesman confirmed on Twitter that they did indeed shoot a Palestinian man, who was confronting soldiers with 10 others, while they were conducting an arrest in the village northwest of Ramallah.

The IDF spokesperson explained that troops "responded with riot dispersal means."

According to the IDF, Tamimi managed to hit one of the soldiers in the head with a rock. The soldier then immediately responded to the assault by firing at the Palestinian. The spokesman said that he was "given medical treatment at the scene," but did not survive.

"No IDF troops were injured," the spokesperson confirmed.

One of the residents in the village who witnessed the incident told Haaretz that Tamimi had been wanted by Israeli security forces and they entered the village to arrest him.

The incident occurred in the same village where jailed Palestinian protester Ahed Tamimi comes from. She is currently serving an eight-month jail term for slapping an Israeli soldier. She has been hailed as one of the symbols of Palestinian resistance.

The IDF said it's investigating this latest incident, in which Izz ad-Din Tamimi was killed, but it's far from the first case of Palestinians being shot.

Last Friday, as the Great March of Return protests entered their 10th week, a 21-year-old medical worker, Razan Al-Najar, was shot by the IDF while she was helping the wounded. At least three other medical workers were wounded on the same day.

Over 120 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the protests. Israel says it has a right to defend itself from violent rioters, who want to cross the border fence.

Meanwhile, a draft bill has been proposed in the Knesset that seeks to criminalize the recording of Israeli soldiers on duty. Offenders would get up to five years behind bars.

yankeedoodle · July 06, 2018, 11:32:00 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqS-zg2njp4

yankeedoodle · July 27, 2018, 04:08:18 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJWvPokwrPo

yankeedoodle · August 01, 2018, 11:39:43 PM

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yankeedoodle · August 10, 2018, 03:29:49 PM

Paramedic on duty among two killed by Israeli fire in Gaza, 121 more injured
https://www.rt.com/news/435677-paramedic-killed-gaza-idf/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

Two people have been killed in Gaza, including a paramedic on duty, the Palestinian Health Ministry reports. The Palestinian Red Crescent reports that 121 have been injured and that 57 of these were hit by live bullets.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) told RT it "condemns the killing of the medic Abdullah al-Qatati while on duty today by the Israeli occupation in Rafah."

"Abdullah volunteered with the Medical Relief Society to provide medical assistance to affected people during the March of Return," it said.

Qatiti was killed in Rafah in southern Gaza and five other paramedics have been injured. Saeed Aloul was reported dead by the Health Ministry. Journalists Alaa Abdel Fatah and Mahmoud al-Jamal have also been injured, local media reports.

32 people have been treated for tear gas, with eight tear gas canister burns reported by the PRCS.

The violence took place as Palestinians in Gaza continue their weekly March of Return protests amidst heightened attacks between the Israel Defense Forces and Hamas' al Qassam Brigade.

An Israeli airstrike killed three people on Wednesday, including a pregnant woman and her 18-month-old daughter. Rockets fired by Hamas have not killed any Israelis.

The weekly protests see Palestinians calling for their right to return to the land they were expelled from during the foundation of the state of Israel. More than 150 Palestinians have been killed since the protests began on March 30. Qatati is the third paramedic to be killed in the protests.

yankeedoodle · August 10, 2018, 09:07:41 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4rtn3rQXbo

yankeedoodle · August 12, 2018, 10:54:45 PM

The human cost of the conflict since 2000 • IsraelPalestineTimeline.org
https://iak.salsalabs.org/timeline08122018/index.html?wvpId=6d0c7001-8f90-4736-82ad-2936bdf05993

Week of August 5th

Ahmad Abu Louli, 40, died of wounds sustained a day earlier when Israeli soldiers shot him with live fire during the Great Return March. More information https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/ahmad-jamal-abu-louli/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Ali al-'Aloul, 55, was shot and killed by Israeli forces at a 'Great Return March' protest east of Rafah. More Information
https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/ali-al-aloul/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Abdullah al-Qutati, 20, a medic, was shot and killed by Israeli forces at a 'Great Return March' protest east of Rafah. More information https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/abdullah-al-qutati/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Bayan Abu Khammash, 18 months old, was killed along with her nine-months-pregnant mother when the Israeli airforce dropped a bomb on their home. More information https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/bayan-abu-khammash/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Enas Abu Khammash, 23, was killed along with her 18-month old baby when the Israeli airforce dropped a bomb on their home. Enas was nine months pregnant when she was killed.. More information https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/enas-abu-khammash/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Ali al-Ghandour, 30, was killed in a car which was struck by a missile fired by an Israeli army drone. More information https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/ali-al-ghandour/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Abdul-Hafeth Seelawi, 23, was killed in an Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza, along with another fighter from the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas party. More information https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/abdul-hafeeth-seelawi/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Ahmad Morjan, 23, was killed in an Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza, along with another fighter from the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas party. More information https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/ahmad-abdullah-morjan/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Ahmad al-Aydi, 17, died from serious wounds he suffered on the first day of the Great Return March procession, on March 30th, a day marking the Palestinian Land Day. More information https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/ahmad-jihad-al-aydi/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Week of July 29th

Moath Soori, 15, died from serious wounds he suffered a day earlier, when Israeli soldiers shot him with live fire. More information https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/moath-ziad-soori/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

Ahmad Yaghi, 25, was shot and killed by an Israeli army sharpshooter while participating in a non-violent protest rally on Palestinian lands east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza city. More information
https://israelpalestinetimeline.org/ahmad-yahia-yaghi/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=a2e43f69-463f-4d0f-80a5-a8ee49ed7eea

yankeedoodle · September 14, 2018, 10:14:05 PM

12yo boy among 3 Palestinians killed during 'March of Return' at Gaza border
https://www.rt.com/news/438506-gaza-palestine-march-return-clashes/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=aplication_chrome&utm_campaign=chrome

Three people, including a 12-year-old boy, have been killed on the Gaza border as Israeli forces used live ammunition against Palestinian protesters rallying against the Israeli occupation. Some 248 people have been injured.

The deadliest Israeli-Palestinian clashes since the 2014 Gaza War have resulted in three more casualties: Hani Ramzi Afaneh and Mohammad Khalil Shaqoura, both 21, as well as 12-year-old Shadi Abul-Al, WAFA news agency reported.

At least 248 people have been injured or suffered from tear gas exposure, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Fifteen people have been hit by live bullets.

Israeli Defense Forces have referred to the protesters as "rioters," insisting its response was proportionate and in line with its rules of engagement. The Israeli army spokesman said that the protesters pelted Israeli forces with rocks, burn tires and threw two grenades and bombs, inflicting an injury to one Israeli soldier. The soldier had suffered a shrapnel wound and received medical attention on the spot.

The IDF also claimed that nine Palestinians attempted to break through the fence on the Israel-Gaza border but were stopped by the Israeli security forces. In retaliation, the IDF targeted two Hamas positions inside Gaza with tanks and aircraft.

Tensions have been running high on the border for six months now, since the first "Great March of Return" protest on March 30 drew some 30,000 Palestinians. So far, 178 Palestinians have been killed and over 19,000 injured in the weekly protests.

The situation has been exacerbated by the US recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and the grand opening of the embassy there in May, which has drawn anger from Palestinians, the entire Arab world, and even some US allies in Europe.

The Trump administration's recent decision to defund the UN's Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) and shut down the Palestine Liberation Organization offices in Washington have also fueled Palestinian anger.

yankeedoodle · September 19, 2018, 11:28:51 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUCzQB0blm0

yankeedoodle · September 21, 2018, 03:10:07 PM

Six Palestinians killed in 24 hours shows Israel's 'utter disregard for right to life', says Amnesty
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20180920-six-palestinians-killed-in-24-hours-shows-israels-utter-disregard-for-right-to-life-says-amnesty/

Amnesty International yesterday responded to Israeli forces' killing of six Palestinians within a 24-hour period by accusing Israeli authorities of demonstrating an "utter disregard for right to life".

The international human rights group warned that "several of these incidents appear to involve deliberate and wilful killing of unarmed civilians and may amount to war crimes", and also renewed its call for an arms embargo to be imposed on Israel.

"Between 10pm on Monday 17 September and 8pm on Tuesday 18 September," Amnesty stated, "Israeli forces killed four Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip using live ammunition. Within the same period, two more died as a result of the actions of Israeli forces in the West Bank, one after being beaten during the process of arrest and another shot dead in a busy street in East Jerusalem."

The NGO stated: The deaths of six Palestinians within just 24 hours is a horrific demonstration of the unnecessary or excessive force deployed by Israeli forces against Palestinian civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).

"It is the fact that such crimes are rarely, if ever, punished that allows unlawful killings and other violations of the right to life to continue in shameless disregard of international law," said Saleh Higazi, deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa at Amnesty International.

"These incidents are not new in the OPT and are likely to continue unless this cycle of impunity is broken," he added.

In the context of Israel's ongoing violent repression of Great March of Return protests in the occupied Gaza Strip, Amnesty International said it "has not documented any instances where protesters posed an imminent threat to the lives of Israeli soldiers and snipers, who have been located behind the fence, protected by military equipment, sand hills, drones and military vehicles."

"Israel has a duty to immediately launch an independent, thorough and transparent investigation into each of these incidents and all other incidents which may involve the use of unnecessary or excessive force, torture and other ill-treatment against Palestinian civilians," Higazi said.

"We call on the Israeli authorities to hold those found responsible for these grave violations to account through fair trials. Until this happens we will not see an end to Israeli forces' random and apparently senseless killing and violence."

The Amnesty official also urged the international community to "take concrete steps to stop the delivery and trade of arms and military equipment to Israel", adding that "a failure to do so fuels serious human rights violations against millions of men, women and children suffering the consequences of 50 years of military occupation, including 11 years of blockade in the Gaza Strip".

yankeedoodle · September 29, 2018, 12:07:25 PM

Israeli forces kill 6 Palestinians (including 2 teens & 12 year old), injure 509, in Gaza
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-forces-kill-6-palestinians-including-2-teens-12-year-old-injure-509-in-gaza/

Six Palestinians were shot and killed by Israeli forces and at least 509 were injured on Friday during protests in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The Gaza health ministry identified four of the slain Palestinians as 14-year-old Mohammed Naif al-Houm, who was shot in the chest with a live bullet; Iyad Khalil al-Shaaer, 18, who was killed east of Gaza City; Mohammed Waleed Haniyeh, a 23-year old from the Al-Shati refugee camp; Mohammed Bassam Shakhsah, a 24-year old from east of Gaza city, and Mohammed Ali Inchassy, a 18-year old from east of Khan Younis.

The fifth Palestinian who was killed, a 12-year old, has been identified as Naser Azmi Musbeh.

At least 509 were injured, three of them in serious condition. According to Ashraf al-Qidra, the spokesperson of the health ministry, 4 paramedics, 4 media journalists and 90 children were injured by Israeli live ammunition.

Thousands of Palestinians protested on Friday to demand the lift of the 11-year Israeli-blockade over Gaza and the return of Palestinian refugees to their lands and towns in present-day Israel.

It has been six months since Palestinians in Gaza first began participating in the Great March of Return on 30 March – one of the biggest mass demonstrations since the Second Intifada, between 2000 and 2005.

Palestinians marched on Friday under the theme of "Al-Aqsa Intifada Friday" and gathered in large numbers east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Video footage of the protest showed protesters removing large coils of barbed wire placed by Israeli forces on the Gaza side of the fence separating the blockaded Palestinian enclave from Israel.

In the occupied West Bank, local media reported that clashes with Israeli soldiers happened in the village of Nahalin near Bethlehem, in Ras Karkar in the Ramallah governorate, and in Kafr Qaddum in Qalqiliya.

Israel said that Palestinian incendiary kites caused seven fires to crops in Israeli settlements.

Israeli forces and officials have denounced the use of incendiary flying devices by Palestinian protesters – who counter that kites and balloons are the only weapons at their disposal to fight against the occupation.

yankeedoodle · October 06, 2018, 09:28:13 AM

Israeli Soldiers Kill A Child In Northern Gaza
http://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-kill-a-child-in-northern-gaza/
October 4, 2018 3:26 AM IMEMC News
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian child on Wednesday when they shot him with a high-velocity gas bomb in the head, and wounded 25 other Palestinians, during protests near Beit Hanoun (Erez) Terminal, in northern Gaza.

The child, Ahmad Samir Abu Habel, 15, was shot with a gas bomb which struck him directly in his head, and lodged in his skull.

A video shows gas pouring from his skull, where the canister lodged, and a group of young men rushing up to help him to an ambulance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=26&v=2YD6yzITAD0

The soldiers also targeted a Palestinian ambulance with a gas bomb, and several live rounds, near the crossing.

Furthermore, the soldiers injured 25 other Palestinians, some with live fire who were rushed to the Indonesian Hospital in nearby Beit Lahia. The rest suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation.

Israeli Soldiers Kill Elderly Palestinian Farmer in Central Gaza
http://imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-fatally-shoot-elderly-palestinian-farmer-in-central-gaza/
October 3, 2018 6:13 PM IMEMC News & Agencies
Israeli military forces shot and killed an elderly Palestinian farmer in the central part of the Gaza Strip, while he was working on his land.

Gazan Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qedra said the 78-year-old Palestinian, identified as Ibrahim Ahmad al-Arrouqi, was transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, located over 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) south of Gaza City, where he succumbed to his injuries.

In a brief statement, Dr. al-Qedra confirmed that the Palestinian was shot and killed, on Tuesday evening, while working on his land east of the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in central Gaza.

Dr. al-Qedra confirmed the death of the Palestinian man on Wednesday, after informing the man's family and conducting arrangements.

More than 195 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30. Approximately 21,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.

On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.

The resolution, which had been put forward on behalf of Arab and Muslim countries, garnered a strong majority of 120 votes in the 193-member assembly, with 8 votes against and 45 abstentions.

The resolution called on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to make proposals within 60 days "on ways and means for ensuring the safety, protection, and well-being of the Palestinian civilian population under Israeli occupation," including "recommendations regarding an international protection mechanism."

It also called for "immediate steps towards ending the closure and the restrictions imposed by Israel on movement and access into and out of the Gaza Strip."

yankeedoodle · October 06, 2018, 07:46:08 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDdlilMln4k

yankeedoodle · October 11, 2018, 11:29:47 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4JyxJ2SPYY

yankeedoodle · October 13, 2018, 12:55:08 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB0CLLyE1n8

Palestinian woman dies after Israeli settlers' stone-throwing attack
https://www.rt.com/newsline/441169-palestinian-dies-settler-rock-attack/

A Palestinian woman died after a group of Israeli settlers hurled rocks at her car as she and her husband drove south of Nablus in the West Bank Friday night, according to local media reports. Aisha Mohammed Talal al-Rab died in hospital from her injuries. Israeli police say they are opening an investigation, and a local workers' strike has been called in response to her death.

yankeedoodle · October 14, 2018, 09:37:10 PM

Thousands in Gaza Mourn 7 Killed in Border Protests
https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2018/10/14/1852192/thousands-in-gaza-mourn-7-killed-in-border-protests

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Thousands of Palestinians attended funerals Saturday for seven young men shot dead a day earlier by Israeli troops during fresh demonstrations along the Gaza border, a report said.
October, 14, 2018

Mourners on Saturday chanted slogans condemning Israel for shooting civilians and called on the international community to deliver justice, AFP reported.

The Israeli army said five Palestinians had been killed during the protests Friday after they broke through the heavily-guarded border fence and attacked an army post.

The enclave's health ministry said seven Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire.

On Saturday, the ministry named the victims as: Ahmed al-Taweel, 27, Mohammad Ismail, 29, Ahmad Abu Naim, 17, Abdullah Daghma, 25, Afifi Atta Afifi, 18, Tamer Abu Armaneh, 25 and Mohammad Abbas, 21.

At least 205 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in Gaza since protests began on March 30.

The majority were killed during border demonstrations, though others have died in airstrikes and tank shelling.

The protesters are demanding to be allowed to return to land now occupied by Israel, from which their families fled or were expelled from during the 1948 war surrounding the creation of the regime.

They are also calling for Israel to end its crippling blockade of the strip.

yankeedoodle · October 26, 2018, 03:07:57 PM

Israeli soldiers kill [5] more Palestinians in Gaza
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/10/26/578168/Israeli-forces-Palestinians-Gaza

There seems to be no cut to the streak of young Palestinians being killed by Israeli soldiers at the fence area separating the besieged Gaza Strip from the occupied territories.

Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry, said three Palestinians were killed on Friday east of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, identifying them as Nassar Eyad Abu Taim, 19, Ahmed Saied Abu Labda, 22, and 23-year-old Ayesh Ghassan Shaat.

He said Israeli soldiers also killed Muhammad Khaled Mahmoud Abdul Nabi, 27, east of Jabalia, about four kilometers north of Gaza City.

Jabr Ibrahim Abu Hamisa, 25, was also killed in an incident east of al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. The cause of the deadly event was not clear.

Tensions have been running high near the border fence since March 30, which marked the start of a series of protests dubbed "The Great March of Return." Palestinian protesters demand the right to return for those driven out of their homeland.

The clashes in Gaza reached their peak on May 14, the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day, or the Day of Catastrophe, which coincided this year with Washington's relocation of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to occupied Jerusalem al-Quds.

More than 190 Palestinians have so far been killed and over 20,000 others wounded in the renewed Gaza clashes, according to the latest figures released by the Gaza Health Ministry.

Gaza has been under Israeli siege since June 2007, causing a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented unemployment and poverty.

Israel has also launched several wars on the Palestinian sliver, the last of which began in early July 2014 and ended in late August the same year. The Israeli military aggression killed nearly 2,200 Palestinians and injured over 11,100 others.

Palestinian man killed in Ramallah
In the West Bank city of Ramallah, clashes were reported between the Palestinians and Israeli forces.

The clashes in the village of al-Mazra'a in Ramallah left a Palestinian man killed and an unspecified number of people wounded, sources said.

yankeedoodle · October 28, 2018, 11:57:37 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5gtQzdYegY

yankeedoodle · October 28, 2018, 02:39:56 PM

Palestinian man shot by Israeli forces during Gaza protests dies of wounds
https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/10/28/578342/Palestinian-man-shot-by-Israeli-forces-during-Gaza-protests-dies-of-wounds

Mourners carry the body of 19-year-old Palestinian Nassar Abu Taim, who was killed the day before amid clashes following a protest at the border between the Gaza Strip and Israeli-occupied territories, during his funeral in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on October 27, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

A Palestinian man has died two days after suffering Israeli-inflicted gunshot wounds during anti-occupation protests along border between the blockaded Gaza Strip and occupied territories.

The spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qidra, said in a statement that 37-year-old Yahya Badr Mohammed al-Hassanat, a resident of al-Meghraqa district south of Gaza City, succumbed to his wounds at the al-Shifa Hospital on Sunday morning.

Hassanat was shot and wounded during "The Great March of Return" protests near Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Friday afternoon.

At least 214 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces ever since anti-occupation protest rallies began in the Gaza Strip on March 30. Over 22,000 Palestinians have also sustained injuries.

The Gaza clashes reached their peak on May 14, on the eve of the 70th anniversary of Nakba Day (Day of Catastrophe), which coincided this year with the US embassy relocation from Tel Aviv to occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds.

On June 13, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution, sponsored by Turkey and Algeria, condemning Israel for Palestinian civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip.

The resolution, which had been put forward on behalf of Arab and Muslim countries, garnered a strong majority of 120 votes in the 193-member assembly, with 8 votes against and 45 abstentions.

Palestinian paramedics carry away on a stretcher a protester who was injured during clashes following a demonstration near the border with Israeli-occupied territories east of Gaza City on October 26, 2018. (Photo by AFP)

The resolution called on UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to make proposals within 60 days "on ways and means for ensuring the safety, protection, and well-being of the Palestinian civilian population under Israeli occupation," including "recommendations regarding an international protection mechanism."

It also called for "immediate steps towards ending the closure and the restrictions imposed by Israel on movement and access into and out of the Gaza Strip."

yankeedoodle · November 01, 2018, 10:32:10 PM

Israeli airstrike kills three children in Gaza
https://israelpalestinenews.org/israeli-airstrike-kills-three-children-in-gaza/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=028aecdf-0784-402f-9213-0af528c7810a

GAZA, Sunday, October 28, 2018 (WAFA) – Three Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli airstrike bombing that targeted an area to the northeast of the city Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, said medical sources.

Sources said Red Crescent ambulances pulled the bodies of three children between the ages of 12 and 14. They were taken to Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah city, in central Gaza.

Israeli army reportedly opened fire toward the ambulances and prevented their access to the scene.

Meanwhile, a Palestinian youth sustained moderate injuries after being shot by Israeli forces' fire to the east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza city.