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25 Palestinians Killed, 146 Injured, Including 34 Children, 2 journalists, 3 Medics by Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza, 4 Israelis Killed May 5, 2019 Editor's Note: While brutal force has been used to create Zionist Israel and sustain it thus far, Zionist claims to Palestine are false. Actually, from the five thousand years of known written history, there has been a continuous Palestinian-Canaanite presence in the Holy Land. Despite the Zionist false claims, the ancient Israelites ruled part of the land for only 85 years (during the reign of David, Solomon, and Solomon's son). After that, the Egyptians conquered Palestine-Canaan in 925 BC, followed by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, Greeks, and Romans, before the Arab Muslim rule, starting from 636 AD. By the Time Jesus started his mission, the three population groups of Canaanites, Palestinians, and Israelites were melted together in religion and language. Most of them became Christians when Constantine converted in 313 AD. Then, most of them became Muslims in the 7th and 8th centuries AD. So, Palestinian Muslims, Christians, and Jews are the ones who have the right to claim descent from ancient Israelites, Palestinians, and Canaanites, not Zionists from other continents. The following news stories are just examples of the Israeli occupation government violations of Palestinian human rights, on daily basis. More detailed news stories can be found at the following sources: https://english.palinfo.com/, http://imemc.org/, https://paltoday.ps/ar/
18 Palestinians, 4 Israelis Killed on Sunday May 6, 2019 12:47 AM IMEMC News Palestinian and Israeli media sources are reporting that up to 18 Palestinians and 4 Israelis have been killed on Sunday, as Israeli forces escalated their bombardment of the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian resistance groups fired more rockets into Israel. The escalation of airstrikes occurred after Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with his cabinet and announced that he would increase his assault on the besieged coastal strip, where 2 million Palestinians live in the world’s largest open-air prison. According to Haaretz, the army spokesperson said the military has struck 260 “targets” in several parts of the Gaza Strip. Ha’aretz also reported that Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz ordered a temporary halt of the pumping of natural gas from the Tamar field off the coast of Gaza – a gas field which Palestinians say should belong to them, but which Israel claimed several years ago and has been pumping for gas since then. Authorities say they fear the gas rig being targeted by Palestinian resistance fighters. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Abdel Rahim Mustafa Taha Al-Madhoun and Hani Hamdan Abu Sha’ar, 37, were killed by Israeli missiles in the northern Gaza Strip. Four civilians, including a pregnant woman and her two children, were killed in an overnight raid on the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. They were identified as: Abdullah Abdul Rahim Al Madhoun, 22, Fadi Ragheb Badran, 31, and Shahida Amani Al-Madhoun (33 years old), who was killed along with her unborn baby – she was nine months pregnant. In addition to the three killed, eight others were reportedly injured in the Israeli airstrike, which targeted Al-Faraj Sheikh Zayed in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. Two Palestinian civilians were reportedly killed in the shelling of Rafah. They were identified as Musa Muammar, 24, and Ali Abdul Jawad, 51 years old. Three people were seriously injured in that same airstrike, which targeted a residential building in the city of Rafah. The Israeli airforce reportedly targeted the home of the Director General of the Internal Security Forces in Gaza, Major General Tawfiq Abu Naim in Nuseirat central Gaza Strip. Two apartments were destroyed in Tower No. 10 in the Sheikh Zayed Towers in the northern Gaza Strip. The Ministry of Health also announced that two citizens were martyred in a bombardment targeting agricultural land behind Ibrahim al-Maqadma Mosque in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Two Palestinians were killed in that airstrike, they were identified as Mohammad Abdul Nabi Abu Armaneh, 30, and Mahmoud Samir Abu Armanah, 27. Both were taken to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Hospital in Deir Al-Balah . Israeli airstrikes destroyed the internal security building inside the governor’s palace west of Gaza City, following the destruction of another house belonging to the Mashtah family in central Gaza and a house belonging to the Abu Qamar family in al-Sina’a Street in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in the west of Gaza City. Earlier, Israeli planes carried out the first extrajudicial assassination in the current escalation by shelling a car belonging to Hamed al-Khudari, 34. He was targeted allegedly for transporting money from Iran to Gaza. Two other Palestinian fighters were killed in a separate airstrike around the same time. In the official statistics, the Ministry of Health said that 10 people have been killed on Sunday and more than 95 people were injured as a result of the ongoing Israeli escalation for the second day in the Gaza Strip. Ma’an News reported that four Palestinians were wounded when Israeli artillery shelled the house of the Awad family in al-Fakhari area east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. Two civilians were wounded by shrapnel targeting civilians east of Al-Shojaeya neighborhood in the east of Gaza.Israeli aircraft targeted a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip and an iron workshop belonging to the Abu Zour family in the Zeitoun neighborhood south of Gaza City. Israeli gunboats participated in shelling several points on the coast of the Gaza Strip and shelled a marine police post at the fishermen’s port in Gaza and in Beit Lahia and the fishermen’s port in Khan Younis. Israeli Channel 7 News said Palestinian shells struck a factory in Ashkelon (Asqalan) on Sunday, killing two Israelis, 49 and 22 years of age, who remained unidentified at the time of this report, and one man was moderately injured. An Israel man, identified as Moshe Adadi, 58, was also killed in the early hours of Sunday morning by a shell fired from the Gaza Strip. Two More Palestinians Killed in Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza May 5, 2019, GAZA, (PIC) + - Two Palestinian citizens were killed on Sunday afternoon in a new
Israeli airstrike that hit the eastern area of Gaza city. Israeli Occupation Forces Launch 150 Raids on Gaza Strip May 5, 2019, GAZA, (PIC) + - Israeli occupation forces (IOF) launched 150 raids on Gaza Strip over
the past 24 hours killing seven Palestinians including a pregnant woman
and her baby child and wounding 50 others while inflicting vast
destruction. Israeli Occupation Forces Continue Bombing Gaza, After Killing Pregnant Mother And Her Baby May 5, 2019 3:22 AM IMEMC News The Israeli occupation army continued, on Sunday at dawn, the bombardment and shelling of several parts of the Gaza Strip, inflicting more injuries among the Palestinians, and serious property damage, just hours after the army killed four Palestinians, including a baby, and her mother who was also pregnant. Media sources said the army fired missiles into many structures, homes and apartment buildings in several parts of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli missiles and shells targeted many areas in several parts of Gaza city, including the Shati’ refugee camp, in addition to Beit Lahia and Jabalia, in northern Gaza, Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part. The Israeli missile also struck an apartment building in the Rimal neighborhood, in the center of Gaza Strip, and leveled it. Furthermore, at least one Palestinian was injured at dawn, when the Israeli occupation army fired missiles at homes and buildings in the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, injuring one Palestinian. This attack came just short hours after the army fired missiles into two others residential buildings in the same neighborhood. The army is still firing missiles and shells into several parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, while armed and surveillance drones are ongoing with their flights over the coastal region. Palestinian armed resistance factions in Gaza threatened to expand the firing of shells into Israeli areas if the army does not halt its military escalation on Gaza, and said that their missiles will be fired into areas that are even more than 40 kilometers away from the coastal region. Israeli media sources said three persons, including an elderly woman, were injured, Saturday, by a Palestinian shell, and added that armed groups in Gaza fired dozens of shells into several Israeli areas. It is worth mentioning that the Israeli occupation army has killed a pregnant Palestinian mother, identified as Falasteen Saleh Abu Arar, 37, and her baby girl, Saba Mahmoud Abu Arar, 14 months, after firing a missile at their home in Gaza city. Furthermore, the soldiers killed another Palestinian, identified as Khaled Mohammad Abu Qleiq, 25, after the army fired several missiles into areas in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza. Among the targeting buildings was “Abdullah al-Hourani Center for Studies and Documentation” which is run by Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), located in a residential building in Gaza city. The Israeli bombardment also caused damage to several shops and stores, in addition to media agencies, including the Turkish Anadolu News Agency. In addition, the Israeli missiles caused a power blackout after its missiles caused damage to power lines in the Industrial Area, east of Gaza city. The Electric Company said it managed to restore the power in the Industrial Area, however, Israel bombed the area again, causing another blackout. It added that its technicians are trying to enter the area, but are facing numerous obstacles and safety risks due to ongoing Israeli bombing. Armed resistance factions in Gaza said they retaliated to the Israeli escalation by firing shells into several Israeli areas, including Ofakim, Asqalan (Ashkelon), Beer as-Saba’ (Beersheba) and Keryat Gat. Israeli sources said that two Israelis were injured, including one who suffered serious wounds, after a shell which was fired from Gaza struck a building in Asqalan (Ashkelon). Earlier Saturday, the soldiers killed one Palestinian, identified as Emad Mohammad Nosseir, 22, from Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. On Friday, the soldiers killed two Palestinians during the Great Return March processions, and later killed two members of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas. Besides killing the four Palestinians, the soldiers also injured 82 Palestinians, including 34 children, two journalists and three medics. Israeli Army Abducts 16 Palestinians In The West Bank May 5, 2019 2:02 PM IMEMC News Israeli occupation soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, at least sixteen Palestinians, including two siblings and a physician, and summoned others for interrogation, during violent invasions and searches of homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The soldiers invaded Hizma town, east of occupied East Jerusalem, and abducted six Palestinians, identified as Mahmoud Sanad Sbeih, Odah Salah Sbeih, Ra’fat Talal Jouda, Mos’ab Abdul-Rahman Dar Hussein, Ammar Abed-Rabbo, Mohammad Tha’er Abu Khalil, Abdul-Nafez al-Omari and Islam Marwan Abu Thaher. In Nablus, in northern West Bank, the soldiers abducted Mousa Mohammad Dweikat, 22, his brother, Hamdi, 28, Ibrahim Dweikat, Rizqallah Fahmi Safadi, 28, and Dr. Abdul-Wahab Taher Shouli, 60. It is worth mentioning that Dr. Abdul-Wahab is a dentist who also on medications for a heart condition. In Tulkarem, the soldiers abducted one Palestinian, identified as Mojahed Ibrahim Mubarak, from his home in Tulkarem refugee camp. In Hebron, in the southern part of the West Bank, the soldiers abducted Tareq Ra’ed Abu Mayyala, and Yahia Yousef at-Tell, 25. In addition, the soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, wired and detonated the main door of a home, owned by Ibrahim Awad, causing property damage, before storming and ransacking the property. They also invaded the home of Mohammad Abdul-Hamid Abu Mariya, in the town, and searched the property, before taking pictures of his ID card and the ID cards of his family. Also in Beit Ummar, the soldiers invaded ransacked several homes, and summoned Amir Mohammad Awad, 23, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron. On Saturday night after midnight, many illegal Israeli colonists invaded a Palestinian school in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and caused damage to windows, doors and other property, before fleeing the scene. Updated From: Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Ten Palestinians In Jerusalem, Hebron And Tulkarem May 5, 2019 @ 10:21 Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, dozens of homes in the West Bank governorates of Jerusalem, Hebron and Tulkarem, and violently searching them before abducting ten Palestinians, in addition to summing one for interrogation. Dozens of soldiers invaded Hizma town, east of occupied Jerusalem, and abducted seven Palestinians, after storming their homes and violently searching them. They have been identified as Mahmoud Sanad Salah, Ra’fat Talal Ezzat, Mos’ab Abdul-Rahman Khatib, Ammar Abed-Rabbo, Mohammad Tha’er Abu Khalil, Odah Salam Sbeih, Abed Nafez al-‘Omari and Islam Marwan Thaher. Several army jeeps also invaded Tulkarem refugee camp, in the northern West Bank governorate of Tulkarem, searched homes and abducted Mojahed Ibrahim Mubarak, 25. In addition, the soldiers abducted Tareq Ra’ed Abu Rmeila, from his home in Hebron city, in the southern part of the West Bank, and Yahia Yousef at-Till, 25, from his home in the ath-Thaheriyya town, south of Hebron. Furthermore, the soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, before storming and ransacking several homes, and summoned Amir Mohammad Awad, 23, for interrogation in Etzion military base and security center, north of Hebron. Resident Mohammad Abdul-Hamid Abu Mariya, said the soldiers invaded his home and searched it, before taking pictures of his ID card and the ID cards of his family. During the invasions in Beit Ummar, the soldiers wired and detonated the main door of a home, owned by Ibrahim Awad, causing property damage, before storming and ransacking the property. On Saturday night after midnight, many illegal Israeli colonists invaded a Palestinian school in Orif village, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and caused damage to windows, doors and other property, before fleeing the scene. Israeli Occupation Soldiers Abduct Four Palestinians, Including Two Siblings, Near Nablus May 5, 2019 8:56 AM IMEMC News Israeli occupation soldiers invaded, on Sunday at dawn, Balata town and Orif village, east and south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, before breaking into and ransacking several homes, and abducted four Palestinians, including two siblings. Media sources said several army vehicles invaded the Balata town from many directions, before the soldiers started violent searches of homes. They added that the soldiers abducted Hamdi Mohammad Dweikat, and his brother, Mousa, in addition to Ibrahim Dweikat. The soldiers also invaded Orif village, south of Nablus, searched homes and abducted Rizqallah Fahmi Safadi, 28. In addition, the soldiers invaded the home of a former political prisoner, identified as Mohammad Huwwari, and handed him an order summoning him for interrogation on May 15th. It is worth mentioning that, two days ago, several illegal Israeli colonists attacked a school in Orif village, and caused damage to some of its windows in the eastern part of the educational facility. *** Share the link of this article with your facebook friendsFair Use Notice This site contains copyrighted material the
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