Elderly Man Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Northern Gaza

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Elderly Man Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Northern Gaza

Tuesday January 11, 2011 07:02 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies [/URL]


Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday afternoon that an elderly Palestinian man was shot and killed by Israeli army fire in northern Gaza.

The man was identified as Sha’ban Shaker Al Qarmout, 65. He was killed when the army opened fire at agricultural lands in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The body of the slain man was moved to Kamal Odwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, also in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

In related news, Israeli troops carried out a limited invasion into Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Eyewitnesses reported that several tanks and armored vehicles advanced nearly 300 meters into farmlands close to the “security fence” between the Gaza Strip and Israel. No clashes or injuries were reported. http://www.imemc.org/article/60380 (http://www.revleft.com/vb/../report_posts?subject=Report post: Story 60380 with title: Elderly Man Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Northern Gaza&message=Report post: Story 60380 with title: Elderly Man Killed By Israeli Army Fire In Northern Gaza%0Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.imemc.org%2Findex.php%3Fob j_id%3D53%26story_id%3D60380%26%0A%0AEnter+your+re ason+here+-+please+do+not+remove+the+above+link+as+it+will+al low+an+editor+to+easily+remove+the+offending+conte nt)




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Medics: Man killed on Gaza border
Published yesterday (updated) 10/01/2011 16:49
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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A 65-year-old man who locals said was a farmer was shot dead Monday by Israeli forces east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, medics said.

An Israeli military spokeswoman said the military was investigating the report.

Medics identified the man as Shaban Qarmout.

Israeli forces declared the area close to the Israel border a "no-go" zone, and say warning shots are fired at any individual who enters the area. Military officials said the area is "used by terrorists" to carry out attacks on Israeli targets, and have closed off the 300-1,000 meter-wide swath of land.

UN reports say the no-go zone encompasses some 20 percent of Gaza's agricultural land. Workers shot near the border collecting cement particles for re-use in construction projects say the high unemployment rates in the coastal enclave leave little choice but to seek work in dangerous areas.

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Airstrikes hit two sites in Gaza, none injured
Published yesterday (updated) 11/01/2011 01:48
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A Palestinian man surveys the damage from the previous day's Israeli airstrike
in the Gaza Strip town of Deir Al-Balah. November 20, 2010.
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GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- Shortly before midnight on Sunday night Israeli warplanes launched three missile strikes at areas said to be training grounds for Hamas’ military wing the Al-Qassam Brigades.

The strikes, which caused no injuries according to medics in Gaza, hit east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, and in the northern Strip near Gaza City.

The first hit landed in the south at 11:40 p.m. A second hit in the same area fell approximately 30 minutes later, and a third hit targeted an open area west of Gaza City shortly after 1a.m.

In a statement, the Israeli military said the attack was "in response to the intense rocket fire in the past 72 hours."

The statement said two sites, in the northern and southern Strip, were hit. Since Friday, the statement said, five projectiles were launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel.

Israel considers the Islamist Hamas movement as the only organization responsible for the firing of the missiles "even if it does not claim responsibility," said an Israeli military spokesman.

In December 2008, Israel launched its devastating "Operation Cast Lead" into the Gaza Strip. At the time, some officials said the effort was to stem the flow of projectile fire from the area, while other officials claimed it was an attempt to root-out Hamas, the ruling party.

The 22-day war, which ended in an Israeli-declared unilateral ceasefire on January 18, 2009, killed more than 1,400 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and 13 Israelis, 10 of them soldiers.

In its wake the number of Palestinian attacks dropped significantly, although 230 rockets and mortar rounds were fired at Israel during 2010, according figures from the country's intelligence.

Right wingers in the Israeli government called on Sunday for tough military action against Gaza militants after a violent weekend on Israel's border with the Palestinian coastal enclave.

"The government must consider afresh a policy of zero tolerance, exert a heavy price, not let this situation deteriorate," National Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau told journalists at the weekly cabinet meeting.

"It needs to stop," added Landau, from the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party.

The military said two rockets had slammed into southern Israel on Sunday, one shortly after midnight and a second later in the morning, bringing the number of rockets and mortar rounds fired across the border this year to 20.

On Saturday, three people on an Israeli kibbutz were wounded, two of them seriously, by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip, for which the militant group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility.

That followed a border firefight between militants and Israeli troops on Friday in which an Israeli soldier was killed by so-called friendly fire.

Israel has so far responded to nearly every instance of projectile fire with air strikes on the Gaza Strip.

AFP contributed to this report
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Army: 3 projectiles fired from Gaza
Published yesterday 19:53
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TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Three projectiles fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel on Monday afternoon, an Israeli army spokeswoman said.

The projectiles landed in the Ashkelon Regional Council and caused no damage or injuries, the army official said.

Reports of the launches came shortly after medics said Israeli forces shot dead a 65-year-old Palestinian farmer in the northern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border.

Overnight Sunday Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on the coastal enclave.

Israeli military officials said the strikes were in response to projectiles fired from Gaza.


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