‘Shells were chasing them’: Four Palestinian children slaughtered on beach with high tech precision Israeli rockets
The death toll from ten days of Israeli genocide against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip has reached 227, with more than 1,600 others having been maimed for life.
Orwellian UK BANNED Press TV: In the latest deaths, four members of the same family, including two children, were killed after Israeli warplanes fired missiles in Khan Yunis.
Several others were also killed in Rafah.
The new deaths follow the killings of four children between the ages of 9 and 11 after an Israeli naval ship fired multiple artillery shells, (killed them) as they were playing on a beach in Gaza City. The attacks were witnessed by foreign journalists staying in Gaza.
Since July 8, the Israeli regime has struck more than 1,800 targets across Gaza, which is home to around 1.8 million Palestinians.
According to the UN humanitarian agencies, about a sixth of the murdered are women, another sixth are children but the vast majority, three quarters targeted for genocide are the men. Simultaneous genocide and gendercide!
Some 18,000 people have taken shelter in Gaza schools.
The Israeli military is going on with its airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip while Palestinians are responding by firing a barrage of rockets into Israel.
Meanwhile, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has slammed as illegal and unfounded an interpretation presented by an Israeli army spokesman who has said that the neighboring houses of Palestinians suspected of carrying out military activities were considered to be legitimate targets of attacks.
Israel has blockaded Gaza since 2007, denying the Palestinian people there of their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
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‘Shells were chasing them’: Four Palestinian children killed on beach by high tech Israeli
RT: Four Palestinian children were killed by an air strike while playing football on Gaza beach. Dozens of international journalists witnessed the tragedy.
"This is a cowardly crime," said Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry.
The children have been named as Ahed Atef Bakr and Zakaria Ahed Bakr, both aged 10, Mohamed Ramez Bakr, 11, and Ismael Mohamed Bakr, 9. All those killed were relatives, while another boy is in hospital in critical condition.
"The kids were playing football on the beach," Ahmed Abu Hassera, who witnessed the explosions along with dozens of foreign journalists located nearby, told Reuters. "When the first shell hit the land, they ran away but another shell hit them all. It looked as if the shells were chasing them."
“We live by the coast. There was a headline on the news that four children were injured ... so we went looking for the kids and we could not find them, so we came here to the hospital to look for them and we found them all, including my son ... oh my God,” a man who introduced himself as the father of Zakaria, told NBC.
The Israeli Defense Forces have denied targeting the children, who came from the family of a fisherman whose shack on the beach was decimated by the strike.
“We do not target civilians, we target Hamas terrorists,” IDF representative Peter Lerner told RT.
“I have seen the footage of the incident, and indeed it does look tragic, and we will have to look into the circumstances.”
Although it was initially thought that the mortars came from a gunboat, senior IDF officials have told Israel's Haaretz newspaper that the shells came from Israeli planes, hunting down Hamas militants.
The total number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli counter-offensive, which began last week, now stands at 220, according to Gaza's emergency services. The first Israeli died as a result of a Hamas mortar on Tuesday.
Israeli forces, which claim that Hamas is using civilians as human shields, have been dropping leaflets in the area, as well as making automated phone calls to houses of local Palestinians urging them to evacuate.
"Whoever disregards these instructions and fails to evacuate immediately, endangers their own lives, as well as those of their families," its message said.
Human Rights Watch has condemned Israel's Operation Protective Edge, and its chief, Ken Roth, has said that the warnings function as a waiver for atrocities.
In any case, most Gaza residents have nowhere to go, or have preferred to stay in their homes, as a show of defiance.
This has meant that despite Israel’s avowed policy of avoiding civilian casualties, according to the UN, up to 80 percent of the fatalities during the bombing have been non-combatants. The international body has also said that one in every five Palestinians killed is a child.
Earlier on Wednesday, a mooted ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed, after the Palestinian movement rejected Egypt as the mediator.
Israel began a major counter-offensive on Gaza early on Tuesday following the launch of over 85 rockets at southern Israel on July 7.
Israel launches counter-offensive on Gaza after rocket barrage
The IDF has said that following the breakdown in talks, a ground invasion of Gaza, from which Israel withdrew in 2005, is now “likely.”
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Israel Seeking US Entanglement In Another War
The Israeli regime is continuing with its airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip while Palestinians are responding by firing a barrage of rockets into Israel.
Since July 8, Israeli warplanes have struck more than 1,300 targets across Gaza, which is home to around 1.8 million Palestinians. According to latest figures, released by the Palestinian Health Ministry, the strikes have so far claimed the lives of 220 with more than 1,600 others injured.
The UN agencies also say women and children make up a sizeable number of Palestinian fatalities caused by Israeli attacks on the besieged region.
Israel has blockaded Gaza since 2007, denying the Palestinian people their basic rights such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education. The coastal sliver often faces electricity and fuel shortages.
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Israelis forced By UN To Stop Genocide Temporarily
The agreement was made a day after the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) warned of a water crisis in Gaza, saying hundreds of thousands of Gazans were without drinking water.
Hospitals in the besieged coastal enclave are also running out of medical supplies.
Robert H. Serry, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, says the deal will help the Gazans in need of medical treatment to go to hospitals.
Hamas earlier rejected an Egyptian offer for a ceasefire with Tel Aviv, saying Israel has to recognize the Palestinian national unity government - which includes members of Hamas and Fatah factions – full lifting of the blockade on Gaza.
As of the start of the temporary ceasefire, the Israeli regime had killed at least 227 people and injured 1,685 others as part of military operations it launched against Gaza ten days ago. About a third of the Palestinian fatalities are women and children.
Hamas had been responding to the full-force Israeli attacks by firing rockets into Israel.
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The death toll from ten days of Israeli genocide against the Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip has reached 227, with more than 1,600 others having been maimed for life.
Orwellian UK BANNED Press TV: In the latest deaths, four members of the same family, including two children, were killed after Israeli warplanes fired missiles in Khan Yunis.Several others were also killed in Rafah.
The new deaths follow the killings of four children between the ages of 9 and 11 after an Israeli naval ship fired multiple artillery shells, (killed them) as they were playing on a beach in Gaza City. The attacks were witnessed by foreign journalists staying in Gaza.
Since July 8, the Israeli regime has struck more than 1,800 targets across Gaza, which is home to around 1.8 million Palestinians.
According to the UN humanitarian agencies, about a sixth of the murdered are women, another sixth are children but the vast majority, three quarters targeted for genocide are the men. Simultaneous genocide and gendercide!
Some 18,000 people have taken shelter in Gaza schools.
The Israeli military is going on with its airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip while Palestinians are responding by firing a barrage of rockets into Israel.Meanwhile, the Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem has slammed as illegal and unfounded an interpretation presented by an Israeli army spokesman who has said that the neighboring houses of Palestinians suspected of carrying out military activities were considered to be legitimate targets of attacks.
Israel has blockaded Gaza since 2007, denying the Palestinian people there of their basic rights, such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education.
Source
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‘Shells were chasing them’: Four Palestinian children killed on beach by high tech Israeli
"This is a cowardly crime," said Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry.
The children have been named as Ahed Atef Bakr and Zakaria Ahed Bakr, both aged 10, Mohamed Ramez Bakr, 11, and Ismael Mohamed Bakr, 9. All those killed were relatives, while another boy is in hospital in critical condition.
“We live by the coast. There was a headline on the news that four children were injured ... so we went looking for the kids and we could not find them, so we came here to the hospital to look for them and we found them all, including my son ... oh my God,” a man who introduced himself as the father of Zakaria, told NBC.
The Israeli Defense Forces have denied targeting the children, who came from the family of a fisherman whose shack on the beach was decimated by the strike.
“We do not target civilians, we target Hamas terrorists,” IDF representative Peter Lerner told RT.
“I have seen the footage of the incident, and indeed it does look tragic, and we will have to look into the circumstances.”
Although it was initially thought that the mortars came from a gunboat, senior IDF officials have told Israel's Haaretz newspaper that the shells came from Israeli planes, hunting down Hamas militants.
The total number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli counter-offensive, which began last week, now stands at 220, according to Gaza's emergency services. The first Israeli died as a result of a Hamas mortar on Tuesday.
Israeli forces, which claim that Hamas is using civilians as human shields, have been dropping leaflets in the area, as well as making automated phone calls to houses of local Palestinians urging them to evacuate.
"Whoever disregards these instructions and fails to evacuate immediately, endangers their own lives, as well as those of their families," its message said.
In any case, most Gaza residents have nowhere to go, or have preferred to stay in their homes, as a show of defiance.
This has meant that despite Israel’s avowed policy of avoiding civilian casualties, according to the UN, up to 80 percent of the fatalities during the bombing have been non-combatants. The international body has also said that one in every five Palestinians killed is a child.
Earlier on Wednesday, a mooted ceasefire between Israel and Hamas collapsed, after the Palestinian movement rejected Egypt as the mediator.
Israel began a major counter-offensive on Gaza early on Tuesday following the launch of over 85 rockets at southern Israel on July 7.
Israel launches counter-offensive on Gaza after rocket barrage
The IDF has said that following the breakdown in talks, a ground invasion of Gaza, from which Israel withdrew in 2005, is now “likely.”
Source
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Israel Seeking US Entanglement In Another War
A political analyst says Israel is seeking to entangle the United States in yet another war in the Middle East.
Orwellian UK BANNED Press TV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “wants the US to come to Israel’s aid in this conflict (war on Gaza) and that way get the US bogged down in a greater war in the Middle East,” Colin Cavell, an author and lecturer, said in an interview with Press TV on Wednesday.The Israeli regime is continuing with its airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip while Palestinians are responding by firing a barrage of rockets into Israel.
“Israel is trying to provoke the United States to get involved just like they tried...along with Saudi Arabia to get the United States involved in a war with Syria,” he added.Syria has been experiencing deadly crisis since March 2011. The West and its regional allies including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey are giving financial and military support to the militants.
Since July 8, Israeli warplanes have struck more than 1,300 targets across Gaza, which is home to around 1.8 million Palestinians. According to latest figures, released by the Palestinian Health Ministry, the strikes have so far claimed the lives of 220 with more than 1,600 others injured.
The UN agencies also say women and children make up a sizeable number of Palestinian fatalities caused by Israeli attacks on the besieged region.
Israel has blockaded Gaza since 2007, denying the Palestinian people their basic rights such as freedom of movement, jobs that pay proper wages, and adequate healthcare and education. The coastal sliver often faces electricity and fuel shortages.
Source
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Israelis forced By UN To Stop Genocide Temporarily
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas and Israel have agreed to temporarily halt their recent military conflict as requested by the United Nations (UN).
Orwellian UK BANNED Press TV: On Thursday, the two sides agreed to hold a five-hour ceasefire in order to allow UN humanitarian aid to enter the besieged Gaza Strip.“The Palestinian factions agreed to accept the offer from the United Nations for a cooling-down on the ground for five hours starting from 10 in the morning (7 am GMT),” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zukhri said.The Israeli army also said that it would “cease operational activity within the Gaza Strip and hold its fire.”
The agreement was made a day after the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) warned of a water crisis in Gaza, saying hundreds of thousands of Gazans were without drinking water.
Hospitals in the besieged coastal enclave are also running out of medical supplies.
Robert H. Serry, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, says the deal will help the Gazans in need of medical treatment to go to hospitals.
Hamas earlier rejected an Egyptian offer for a ceasefire with Tel Aviv, saying Israel has to recognize the Palestinian national unity government - which includes members of Hamas and Fatah factions – full lifting of the blockade on Gaza.
As of the start of the temporary ceasefire, the Israeli regime had killed at least 227 people and injured 1,685 others as part of military operations it launched against Gaza ten days ago. About a third of the Palestinian fatalities are women and children.
Hamas had been responding to the full-force Israeli attacks by firing rockets into Israel.
Source
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