Israel's Military Succeeds Again in Killing Unarmed Civilians

Hamas mourn losses of several civilians killed by Israel in recent days.

Photos courtesy: Hamas

(GAZA STRIP) - Al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of the Islamic resistance movement Hamas, mourned the loss of 21-year old Subhi Alaa Al-Batish, a resident of At-Tuffah neighborhood in the middle Gaza Strip earlier this week.

The Brigades said in the statement that the mujahed was martyred after the Zionist drones shelled his car near Abu Khadra building in the middle of Gaza city after many years of hard work and sacrifice in defending his home from the Zionist occupation. Hamas says the event reaffirms the commitment and determination to continue the resistance against the belligerent occupation forces.

And they say it is worth mentioning, that the Zionist occupation launched in January 2009 is the most bloodiest war against Gaza's people and in the process, Israel has committed thousands of crimes.

"The Zionist forces killed more than 1500 Palestinian innocents, wounded more than 4500 others and destroyed more than 25000 homes," Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades said in a release.

Israeli airstrike Kills 2 in Gaza City

A Palestinian citizen was killed and several others wounded, in a targeted Zionist bombing of a civilian car near As-Saraya cross, in the middle of Gaza city this week.

According to the Hamas correspondent in Gaza city, quoting medical sources at Ash-shifa hospital, a Palestinian citizen was killed and several others wounded in a Zionist bombing of a civilian car near As-Saraya cross in the middle of Gaza city.

It is a classic example of Israel's terrorist activity conducted nearly every day of the year in Palestine, while constantly calling the few who resist in Palestine, Gaza in particular, "terrorists". Few times in recorded history has such a reversal of truth been constantly touted by western media. Israel kills at least 200 human beings of Palestinian descent, for each Israeli killed.

Ambulance crews rushed to the scene of the bombing to transfer the martyrs and the injured to hospitals. In past attacks, Israel has stationed snipers in the areas where wounded await medical treatment, where their forces kill ambulance drivers who attempt to reach the injured.

The medical sources announce that the martyr is Esam Al Batsh. The Palestinian medical services had announced that its crews were still searching for missing citizen.

Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli Jet Fighters targeted a white car near abu Khadra building in the middle of Gaza city. Try to imagine that happening in your city or town.

Israel razes third Palestinian home within 24 hours

The Israeli occupation authority leveled a Palestinian home in occupied Jerusalem on Tuesday, the third to be demolished over the past 24 hours, eyewitnesses said.

This is a continuation of the same activity that has plagued Palestine since the late 1950's, when Israel began arbitrarily seizing homes and casting families into homelessness, so that these same homes can then be either turned over to Jewish families, or simply boarded over so that no family can live there.

In this case, witnesses reported that the IOA bulldozers razed the 70-square-meter home of Khamis Al-Dadu, which used to shelter nine individuals.

The house in Khalila suburb to the north of occupied Jerusalem is the third to be demolished in the holy city in the past 24 hours after two others were knocked down in Silwan and Beit Hanina rendering 14 persons homeless.

Israel kills 1 Palestinian & wounds 5 others in Gaza

Palestinian medical sources confirmed Wednesday morning the death of a citizen and wounding of five others who were critically injured in the Israeli shelling targeting the eastern of Gaza Strip. The sources pointed out that the martyr is 22-year old Ismail Salama Al Ar-Eir; The Israeli sources claimed that the martyr is a member in Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, in the neighborhood of Ash-Shijaia. For its part, media sources reported that a number of Israeli military vehicles entered the eastern neighborhood of Ash-Shijaia near the industrial area which called "Al Mentar crossing", and began operations to destroy the place; the Israeli warplanes had flown extensively in the region.

Israeli occupation regularly uses the assassination drones to launch attacks or to detect targets for Israeli F16 fighter jets and Apache helicopters.

Washington contributes USD 3 billion worth of military aid to Israel annually. It also closely collaborates with Tel-Aviv on the development of unmanned aerial vehicles as part of the annual contribution.

Israel has kept the Palestinian Gaza strip under siege since 2007. The 22 day war at the turn of 2009 launched by Israel on the impoverished strip claimed the lives of more than 1,400 Palestinians, including over 900 civilians.

Hamas condemns Jewish attack on mosque

Hamas strongly condemned the Jewish settlers’ arson attack on a mosque in Brukin village west of Salfit and held the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) fully responsible for repercussions of such “criminal attacks”.

Hamas, in a statement on Wednesday, said that the attack ran contrary to the teachings of heavenly religions and articles in the international law.

The movement asked the Islamic cooperation organizations and human rights organizations to protect the Islamic holy sites from the settlers and soldiers.

For its part, the Aqsa foundation for endowment and heritage denounced the attack the burnt part of the mosque, recalling past similar crimes against mosques and churches in various parts of Palestinian land.

Such recurrent practice indicates that it was not individual or unplanned but rather proves that it was systematic based on racist programs, the foundation said, warning that the practice was similar to some kind of “religious war”.

Edited by Tim King, Salem-News.com

Source: Al-Qassam website