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  • Al-Qassam fighter succumbs to wounds sustained in accident
    Jan. 17, 2019 11:01 A.M. (Updated : Jan. 17, 2019 11:01 A.M.)
    http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=782280

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, succumbed on Thursday morning to wounds he had sustained earlier in a gun accident.

    Al-Qassam confirmed in a statement that fighter, Ahmad Samih al-Fayumi , 20, succumbed to wounds he had sustained in a gun accident during a mission.

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    Al-Qassam fighter dies of wounds sustained in accident
    Jan. 16, 2019 1:32 P.M. (Updated : Jan. 17, 2019 11:01 A.M.)
    http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?ID=782276

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — A member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, succumbed on Wednesday to wounds he had sustained in an accidental explosion.

    Al-Qassam said in a statement that fighter Hamdi Abed al-Karim Hijazi succumbed to wounds he had sustained last week.

    The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed Hijazi’s death.

    #résistancearmée
    #Palestine_assassinée

  • » Israeli Army Kills A Fourth Palestinian In Gaza
    IMEMC News - July 20, 2018 8:09 PM
    http://imemc.org/article/israeli-army-kills-a-fourth-palestinian-in-gaza

    Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that Israeli soldiers killed, Friday, a fourth Palestinian, in the Gaza Strip, after it killed three others earlier.

    The Health Ministry stated that an Israeli army sharpshooter shot Mohammad Sharif Badwan , 27, with a live round in the chest, east of Gaza City.


    Badwan is a member of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas; he was killed while unarmed and participating in the Great Return March procession, east of Gaza city, when the soldiers attacked the protesters with live fire, rubber-coated steel bullets, high-velocity gas bombs and concussion grenades.

    Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesperson of the Health Ministry in Gaza, said the soldiers also injured 120 Palestinians, including 50 who were rushed to hospitals in the coastal region.

    One of the wounded Palestinians in a journalist, identified as Zaki Awadallah, who was shot by the army east of Gaza city.

    Also on Friday, the soldiers killed three Palestinian fighters, and injured many residents, after the army fired missiles into two sites run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern parts of the Gaza Strip.

    #Palestine_assassinée #marcheduretour

  • Bombardement israélien sur un tunnel près de Gaza : Le bilan s’alourdit à 7 morts
    AA/Al-Quds /Moamen Ghorab | 30.10.2017
    http://aa.com.tr/fr/titres-de-la-journ%C3%A9e/bombardement-isra%C3%A9lien-sur-un-tunnel-pr%C3%A8s-de-gaza-le-bilan-s-alourdit-%C3%A0-7-morts-/951927

    Le ministère de la Santé dans la Bande de Gaza a annoncé, lundi, que 7 palestiniens ont été tués et 11 autres blessés à la suite du bombardement israélien ayant ciblé un tunnel près de la frontière.

    Le porte-parole du ministère, Dr. Ashraf al-Qodra, a déclaré, brièvement à Anadolu, que « les équipes de secours ont récupéré les corps de six jeunes palestiniens du tunnel qui se trouve à l’est de contre l’est de (la ville) de Deir Balah ».

    Les Martyrs identifiés sont : Ahmed Khalil abu Ormana (25 ans) et Omar Nassar al-Falit (27 ans), Misbah Shobeir (30 ans), Mohamed Marwan al-Agha (22 ans), Arafat abu Morshid, Hasan abu Hassanin et Jihad Abdullah al-Samiri.

    Al-Qassam a annoncé que Misbah Fayeq Shobeir fait partie de ses membres.

    Il a indiqué dans un communiqué : « Le Chef Misbah Fayeq Shobeir de Khan Younès est tombé en Martyr à la suite de l’opération effectuée par les Moujahids d’al-Qassam au profit de leurs frères de brigades d’al-Quds (l’aile armée Jihad islamique palestinien (JIP), qui étaient détenus dans le tunnel ciblé à l’est de Khan Younes ».

    Malgré l’annonce antérieure des Brigades d’al-Qassam, les Brigades d’al-Quds n’ont rien annoncé concernant le tunnel détruit par l’armée israélienne, et par rapport au lien avec les morts et les blessés.

    Le porte-parole du JIP, Daoud Chihab, a déclaré à Anadolu « la vérification de l’appartenance des martyrs et des blessés au mouvement est en cours ».

    #Palestine_assassinée

    http://anadoluagency.com/fr/titres-de-la-journ%C3%A9e/bombardement-isra%C3%A9lien-sur-un-tunnel-pr%C3%A8s-de-gaza-8-morts-et-12-bless%C3%A9s/951976
    30 octobre 2017, 23h21

    • Publish Date: 2017/10/30
      At least seven Palestinians killed in Israeli strike at tunnel in Gaza
      http://english.wafa.ps/page.aspx?id=f1GPg4a92301005940af1GPg4

      GAZA, October 30, 2017 (WAFA) – Initial count of casualties from an Israeli strike at a tunnel in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, on Monday showed that at least seven Palestinians were killed and 14 injured, many in critical condition, according to the Ministry of Health.

      It said the number could rise significantly due to the large number of people still missing in the tunnel that was turned into rubble.

      Reports said Israel fired five missiles at the tunnel that was being dug east of Khan Younis and which Israel claims was leading to its territory,

      Medical reports in Gaza said most of those killed died after Israel fired missiles at the tunnel as rescuers were attempting to dig out those trapped inside. Some apparently died from inhaling poisonous gas reportedly fired by the Israeli air force at the tunnel.

      The attack came as Hamas, which controls Gaza since 2007, was getting ready to turn over power of the coastal enclave to the Palestinian government under Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.

      M.K.

    • 7 Palestinians killed, 12 wounded in Israeli bombing of Gaza tunnel
      Oct. 31, 2017 7:34 A.M. (Updated : Oct. 31, 2017 7:34 A.M.)
      http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=779414

      GAZA (Ma’an) — At least seven Palestinians were killed, and 12 others were wounded after Israeli forces blew up an underground tunnel between the southern Gaza Strip and Israel on Monday, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources.

      The Palestinian Ministry of Health officially declared the death of seven Palestinians, all fighters in the armed wings of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements in Gaza.

      The killed fighters were identified as Hussam Abdullah al-Sumairi, 32, Muhammad Marwan Al-Agha, 22, Ahmad Khalil Abu Armaneh, 25, Omar Nassar al-Falit, 27, Hassan Aaba Hassanein, Mesbah Fayek Shbeir, and Arafat Abu Morshed.

      The Palestinian Civil Defense forces told Ma’an that rescue teams had saved a number of fighters who were trapped in the tunnel after the explosion, while the ministry of health said at the time that the number of wounded was around 12.

      Following the explosion, Israeli media reported that the Israeli army staged a “controlled detonation” in the area around the Gaza Strip, saying the activity was pre-planned.

      Despite killing seven and wounding more than a dozen others, the Israeli army spokesperson reportedly said that the army had “no intention of escalating matters," and that the tunnel had yet to become operational when forces blew it up, according to Ynet news.

      Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman stated that the tunnel “was a blatant violation of (Israeli) sovereignty and all acceptable rules between societies, countries and organizations that respect themselves.” He added that the recently built tunnel “proves that despite the Palestinian reconciliation, the Gaza Strip remains a kingdom of terrorism. As far as we’re concerned, the responsibility (for the tunnel) is without a doubt that of Hamas, which rules Gaza.”

      Meanwhile, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, released a statement following the attack, saying that “the blood of the martyrs would not be wasted, and that the Israeli occupation bears responsibility for the consequences of this aggressive escalation.”

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      traduction en français de l’article ci-dessus
      Gaza : Israël veut déclencher un nouveau massacre
      31 octobre 2017 – Ma’an News – Traduction : Chronique de Palestine
      http://chroniquepalestine.com/gaza-israel-veut-declencher-nouveau-massacre

    • Gaza : trois Palestiniens tués dans le bombardement israélien d’un tunnel
      Publié le : Lundi 30 Octobre 2017 - 16:44
      Mise à jour : Lundi 30 Octobre 2017 - 22:00
      [ une mise à jour dans l’article, mais pas pour le titre ]
      http://www.francesoir.fr/actualites-monde/gaza-trois-palestiniens-tues-dans-le-bombardement-israelien-dun-tunnel

      Sept Palestiniens ont été tués et 12 blessés lundi dans la destruction à l’explosif par Israël d’un tunnel reliant la bande de Gaza à son territoire, a indiqué un porte-parole du ministère de la Santé du Hamas, qui contrôle l’enclave.

    • Sept Palestiniens tués dans l’explosion d’un tunnel à la lisière de Gaza
      Par Cyrille Louis Publié le 30/10/2017 à 22:39
      http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2017/10/30/01003-20171030ARTFIG00336-sept-palestiniens-tues-dans-l-explosion-d-un-tunn
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      Au total, l’explosion provoquée par Israël a fait neuf morts. Trois Palestiniens restent portés disparus

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      06:50 - 31 oct. 2017
      https://twitter.com/cyrille_louis/status/925298984046006274

    • Gaza : des combattants de la résistance palestinienne tués dans la destruction d’un tunnel par Israël
      http://chroniquepalestine.com/gaza-combattants-resistance-palestinienne-tues-destruction-tunne
      Par Maureen Clare Murphy rédactrice à The Electronic Intifada | 30 octobre 2017 – The Electronic Intifada – Traduction : Chronique de Palestine

      (...) Martyrs de la résistance

      Arafat Abu Murshid , le commandant du Jihad islamique tué lors de la frappe de lundi, est le frère de Muhammad Abu Murshid, également commandant du groupe, qui a été assassiné par Israël en 2007.

      Une photo d’Abu Murshid a circulé sur les médias sociaux après sa mort lundi.

      Hasan Abu Hassanein , un commandant adjoint du Jihad islamique, avait survécu à plusieurs tentatives d’assassinat israéliennes avant sa mort lundi, et il aurait tiré la première roquette sur Tel Aviv durant les combats de l’été 2014.

      Une photo d’Abu Hassanein a circulé sur les médias sociaux après sa mort lundi.

      Le combattant du Jihad islamique, Ahmad Abu Aramana , âgé de 25 ans, aurait été tué deux heures avant que son épouse ne mette au monde son enfant dans le même hôpital où le corps d’Aramana a été déposé lundi. Le garçon nouveau-né a été nommé du même nom que son père.

      Misbah Shubeir, un commando naval dans la branche armée du Hamas, les Brigades al-Qassam, qui est décédé lundi, devait se marier le mois prochain.

      Un second commando naval des Brigades al-Qassam, Muhammad Marwan al-Agha , a également été tué.

      Ainsi que Omar Nassar al-Faleet , qui était un combattant dans la branche armée du Jihad islamique.

      Husam Jihad al-Samiri , un combattant du Jihad islamique, est également mort.

      Israël a-t-il gazé les combattants de la résistance ?

      Le ministère de la Santé à Gaza a déclaré que ceux qui avaient été tués et blessés dans l’explosion du tunnel avaient inhalé du gaz toxique et il appelé les autorités concernées à révéler les armes utilisées dans l’explosion.

      Benjamin Netanyahu, Premier ministre israélien, a déclaré qu’une « technologie révolutionnaire » avait contribué à la découverte du tunnel.

      Israël a construit un mur souterrain le long de sa frontière avec Gaza, au coût de 1,1 milliard de dollars. Les États-Unis ont financé les projets d’Israël pour développer des technologies de détection des tunnels, utilisant Gaza comme laboratoire, dans l’espoir que ces technologies puissent être exploitées plus tard le long de la frontière américano-mexicaine.

      D’autres parties de Gaza sont menacées

      Entre-temps, Israël a menacé des habitants de Beit Lahiya, une ville du nord de Gaza, affirmant avoir découvert deux tunnels et des infrastructures connexes sous une mosquée et un immeuble d’appartements.

      L’armée a fait un post sur Facebook en disant que la vie des civils vivant dans et autour de la zone étaient en danger à cause d’une frappe israélienne potentielle.

      Eyal Zamir, un commandant militaire de l’armée d’occupation, a averti que l’immeuble pouvait être considéré comme une cible légitime.

      Selon les groupes de défense des droits palestiniens Adalah et Al-Mezan, « Vingt et une personnes vivent dans le bâtiment, dont quatre femmes et douze enfants ».

      Les groupes de défense des droits humains ont déclaré : « Les affirmations israéliennes sur les tunnels ne justifient pas les menaces d’attaquer des civils et de détruire leurs maisons. »

      Adalah et Al-Mezan ont déclaré que certains des résidents du bâtiment menacé ont fui mais que d’autres sont restés parce qu’ils n’ont pas les moyens de se procurer un autre logement.

      Les groupes de défense ont déclaré que les menaces israéliennes contre les familles et leurs foyers, comme les attaques contre les civils en général « constituent des violations flagrantes du droit international ».

      Par ailleurs, l’UNRWA, l’agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés de Palestine, a rapporté samedi avoir découvert un tunnel sous l’une de ses écoles de Gaza le 15 octobre.

      L’agence a fermé le tunnel et les activités scolaires ont repris 10 jours plus tard, a déclaré l’UNRWA.

      « La présence d’un tunnel sous une installation de l’UNRWA, qui jouit de l’inviolabilité en vertu du droit international, est inacceptable », a déclaré l’agence.

      « Cela met en danger les enfants et le personnel des agences. »

    • Bodies of 5 Palestinian fighters found in Gaza tunnel, bringing death toll to 12
      Nov. 3, 2017 2:37 P.M. (Updated: Nov. 3, 2017 2:37 P.M.)
      http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=779433

      GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, released a statement on Friday declaring that five missing fighters belonging to the group in Gaza were dead.

      The five fighters had gone missing inside tunnels between southern Gaza and Israeli territory, after Israeli forces conducted explosions on the tunnels.

      After the first explosion, which buried the five Islamic Jihad fighters, several other fighters from the Islamic Jihad and Hamas movements entered the tunnels on a rescue mission. A second explosion then killed seven of the rescue fighters, and injured at least twelve more.

      In the statement on Friday, the Islamic Jihad movement said they had recovered the bodies, and identified the five slain fighters who had been missing since the first explosion as Badr Kamal Musbeh, Ahmad Hasan al-Sabakhi, Shadi Sami al-Hemri, Muhammad Kheir al-Din al-Buheisi and Alaa Sami Abu Ghrab.

  • Israel assassinates Shalit-deal prisoner in Gaza, Hamas says
    March 25, 2017 10:33 A.M.
    http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?ID=776104

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Hamas movement announced Friday night that former prisoner 35-year-old Mazen Fuqahaa was assassinated by unidentified assailants in southern Gaza City, accusing Israel of carrying out the targeted killing.

    Unknown assailants opened fire at Fuqahaa at the entrance to a residence in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in southwestern Gaza City, shooting four bullets into the man’s head before they fled the area, witnesses said.

    The assassination was carried out with a gun equipped with a silencer, according to member of Hamas’s politburo Izzat al-Rishq.

    Fuqahaa, from the northern occupied West Bank district of Tubas, was released from serving a life sentence in Israeli custody in the 2011 Gilad Shalit prisoners exchange deal, and then exiled to the besieged Gaza Strip.

    According to Israeli media, Fuqahaa was a senior member of the al-Qassam Brigades, and had been sentenced to life in prison for planning a suicide bombing in northern Israel in 2002 that left nine people dead and tens of others wounded.

    In a statement, the brigades said that it was “clear and obvious that this crime was arranged by the Zionist enemy,” referring to the state of Israel.

    They went on to warn that “this enemy will be the ones who suffer the consequences and take responsibility for this crime,” and that Israel would “regret the day” they began carrying out stealth assassinations against “resistance fighters in Gaza.”

    The Hamas movement called the assassination “a cowardly attack by the occupation,” promising that Israel would “pay for its crimes.”

    The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine also denounced the assassination, saying the killing “must be met with a harsh response by all resistance factions.”

    The Islamic Jihad movement said Fuqahaa’s assassination marked the start of “a new offensive” by Israel against Palestinian resistance, and that the resistance had the right to respond and defend themselves.

    Spokesperson for Gaza’s Ministry of Interior Iyad al-Buzm said security services had opened an investigation into the details of the incident.

    #Palestine_assassinée

    • Le Hamas ferme le point de passage entre Gaza et Israël
      AFP | 26/03/2017
      https://www.lorientlejour.com/article/1043011/le-hamas-ferme-le-point-de-passage-entre-gaza-et-israel.html

      Le Hamas a fermé dimanche le point de passage entre la bande de Gaza qu’il dirige et Israël après l’assassinat d’un de ses responsables, que le mouvement islamiste palestinien a imputé aux services israéliens de renseignement.

      Dans un communiqué, le ministère de l’Intérieur à Gaza précise avoir fermé le point de passage d’Erez pour une durée indéterminée le temps que se déroule l’enquête sur le meurtre de Mazen Faqha, 38 ans, tué par balles vendredi par des inconnus dans l’enclave palestinienne.
      Israël n’a fait aucun commentaire sur la fermeture du point de passage côté gazaoui ni sur le meurtre de ce responsable palestinien.

      Selon des médias israéliens, Mazen Faqha dirigeait des cellules de la branche armée du Hamas en Cisjordanie, territoire palestinien occupé depuis 50 ans par Israël et séparé géographiquement de la bande de Gaza par l’Etat hébreu.
      Faqha avait été arrêté et condamné à de la prison pour des attaques suicide qui avait tué des Israéliens durant la deuxième intifada entre 2000 et 2005.
      Il faisait partie du millier de prisonniers palestiniens libérés en 2011 en échange du soldat israélien Gilad Shalit, que le Hamas détenait depuis cinq ans. M. Faqha avait été transféré vers Gaza.

      Erez, dans le nord de la bande de Gaza, est la seule porte d’entrée et de sortie pour les personnes entre l’enclave palestinienne et Israël. Un autre point de passage, Kerem Shalom, est réservé au passage des marchandises.

      La bande de Gaza est soumise depuis dix ans à un blocus de la part d’Israël et les deux parties se sont livré trois guerres depuis 2008.

  • Un nouveau départ pour la résistance palestinienne ?
    Abdel Bari Atwan -15 février 2017 – Raï al-Yaoum – Traduction : Chronique de Palestine
    http://chroniquepalestine.com/nouveau-depart-resistance-palestinienne

    L’élection de Yahya as-Sinwar par une forte majorité des voix, comme premier dirigeant du Hamas dans la bande de Gaza, pourrait s’avérer être un tournant pour le mouvement.

    Cette élection peut marquer la fin de l’ère de l’actuel dirigeant du bureau politique, Khaled Mish’al, qui se caractérisait par la flexibilité, la diplomatie et les solutions de compromis. Elle signale aussi la montée du courant jihadiste qui croit à la résistance armée et rejette les concessions politiques à l’occupant, et le rapprochement du Hamas avec « l’axe de la résistance » régional, en particulier l’Iran et le Hezbollah.

    Cette perspective est renforcée par la réaction de crainte qui a prévalu dans les milieux israéliens dès que la nouvelle de l’élection de Sinwar a été connue, avec la remarque du Premier ministre par intérim Yuval Steinitz disant que « l’affrontement se rapproche » avec le Hamas et que ce n’était qu’une question de temps.

    Les autorités israéliennes d’occupation connaissent bien Sinwar. Il a passé 23 ans derrière les barreaux de leurs prisons et il a été le responsable de l’élimination de 12 de leurs agents dans la bande de Gaza.

    Il a aidé à établir l’aile militaire du Hamas, les Brigades Izzedin Qassam, et a supervisé la mise en place de son appareil de sécurité Majd qui a rétabli la sécurité dans la Bande et a mis fin au gangstérisme armé et à l’impunité dont jouissaient les clans.
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    Ni Sinwar, ni Mushtaha, ni le commandant des Brigades al-Qassam, Muhammad Deif, ne seront probablement inquiets d’avoir été désignés comme « terroristes à l’échelle mondiale » par le département d’État américain. Ils peuvent au contraire considérer cela comme une marque d’honneur. En tout cas, Sinwar a rarement voyagé à l’extérieur de la bande de Gaza, et n’a pas de biens ou d’actifs aux États-Unis qui peuvent être gelés… (...)

  • Undeterred by closures, Hamas still boasts of tunnel advantage - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
    http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/gaza-hamas-strategic-weapon-tunnels-against-israel.html

    On Jan. 29, speaking to thousands of mourners at the Great Omari Mosque in Gaza City for the funeral of seven al-Qassam Brigades fighters killed, Ismail Haniyeh, the deputy chairman of Hamas’ political bureau, stated that the tunnels have become a strategic weapon.

    Haniyeh said in his speech, "The tunnels played a crucial role in our victory. It is from these tunnels that the mujahedeen carried out the Nahal Oz operation. From these tunnels, the mujahedeen captured Israeli soldier Oron Shaul and fought the Israeli occupation from ground zero. … The mujahedeen went behind enemy lines … and returned safely to their bases.”

    Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/02/gaza-hamas-strategic-weapon-tunnels-against-israel.html#ixzz3zf4kSB3j

  • Gazan killed in tunnel collapse was Shalit prison guard
    Dec. 30, 2015 10:36 P.M.
    http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?ID=769587

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Hamas movement on Wednesday announced that one of the men who died when a tunnel in the Gaza Strip collapsed on Monday was a prison guard for former Israeli prisoner of Hamas, Gilaad Shalit.

    The movement released a photo of Abdelrahman al-Mubashir pointing at Shalit during the Israeli soldier’s internment with Hamas between 2006 and 2011.

    Hamas also released the names of four other deceased members of the Hamas military wing, al-Qassam Brigades, who took part in guarding Shalit for more than five years.

    The general leader of the al-Qassam Brigades, Muhammad Daif, identified the other four men as Sami al-Hamaydeh, Abdullah Ali Lubbad, Khalid Abu Bakra and Muhammad Rashid Daoud.

    The al-Qassam Brigades captured Shalit in a joint operation with Jaysh al-Islam and the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades in June 2006 and held him for over 5 years until he was released in 2011 during an exchange deal which saw the release of 1027 Palestinian prisoners of Israel, dozens of which have been re-detained since.

  • Is Hamas preparing for long-term truce with Israel? - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East
    http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/06/palestine-gaza-israel-border-pave-road-hamas-salafist-truce.html

    Yet, Hamas’ military movement culminated with al-Qassam Brigades’ decision to send bulldozers and trucks May 23 to pave a road 250 meters (0.16 miles) away from the fence separating Gaza and Israel.

    It seems as if Hamas, which has kept silent on al-Qassam Brigades’ moves, is now trying to find a balance between deterring the Israeli army and beginning to slowly shift from secretive operations to public work. It seems like al-Qassam Brigades is also trying to strengthen its legitimacy in any political agreements signed with Israel and wishing to boost the morale of Gazans, who were affected by the last war.

    The most interesting part of al-Qassam Brigades’ latest move is that it is getting closer to Israeli army positions. Al-Monitor closely followed up on these developments during a field visit May 2 to the region. It seems as if Hamas wants to stress that Israel no longer has the upper hand in Gaza.

    Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2015/06/palestine-gaza-israel-border-pave-road-hamas-salafist-truce.html#ixzz3d9

  • PRC Spokesman: Future Operations Against the Enemy will be ‘Thorn in Israel’s Throat’ | Al Akhbar English
    http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/prc-spokesman-future-operations-against-enemy-will-be-%E2%80%98th

    AA: How is armament related to the number of fighters in the factions?

    AM: Armament is based on the number of fighters on the ground. For example, there are 3,000 PRC fighters on the ground, 5,000 from the Islamic Jihad, and 10,000 from Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. Armament was sometimes disproportionate with the number of fighters on the ground and exceeded the set limit.

    AA: Are you seeking to train your military cadres outside Gaza?

    AM: A large number of field commanders received advanced training abroad. As for training youths outside of Gaza, the decision is linked to the security situation. We have no intention to get involved in matters that might impede the work of the resistance.

  • Gaza: Resistance fighters remain in position, on alert | Al Akhbar English
    http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/gaza-resistance-fighters-remain-position-alert

    The military wing of Islamic Jihad, al-Quds Brigade, announced the death of 60 of its fighters and so did al-Qassam Brigades and other factions. But none of them have issued an official and final count yet. Al-Quds Brigades said that a number of its martyrs died in massacres against civilians and were not in a state of military readiness or on the battlefield.

  • حماس تتهم اسرائيل بخرق التهدئة الانسانية : أسر الضابط وقتل الجنديين قبل سريان التهدئة
    http://www.alquds.co.uk/?p=200600

    حماس تتهم اسرائيل بخرق التهدئة الانسانية: أسر الضابط وقتل الجنديين قبل سريان التهدئة

    Annonce - incertaine, comme la première fois - de la capture d’un soldat israélien (un officier). Hamas affirme que c’est plus d’une heure avant la trève, Israël dit le contraire.

    http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/three-day-ceasefire-begins-gaza

    • Hamas claims responsibility for capture of Israeli soldier in Rafah
      Published today (updated) 01/08/2014 15:41

      (...) An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma’an that she could confirm a “suspected abduction” of an Israeli soldier in the area, while a Hamas political leader took responsibility for the move.

      The military said in a statement that at around 9:30 a.m., “an attack was executed against (Israeli) forces operating to decommission a tunnel.”

      “Initial indication suggests that an (Israeli) soldier has been abducted by terrorists during the incident.”

      The military named the captured soldier as Hadar Goldin, 23. It said that two other soldiers were killed in the attack.

      Hamas confirmed that their forces had carried out the capture, but strongly contested the version of events put forward by Israel.

      The Hamas-affiliated Al-Qassam Brigades said that “there has not been any Israeli soldier in eastern Rafah for the past 20 days. But as soon as the ceasefire was announced, Israeli movement in the area began at around 2:00 a.m. (They moved) 2.5 kilometers into eastern Rafah.”

      “In response to that, our fighters clashed with Israeli soldiers in Rafah at 7:00 a.m., killing and injuring many.”

      “Israel is committing crimes against our people,” the statement continued. “The latest are the random shelling and airstrikes at people in eastern Rafah, violating the ceasefire, and disregarding the international efforts put into this deal,” al-Qassam said in a statement.

      “It is the occupation which violated the ceasefire. The Palestinian resistance acted based on ... the right to self defense (and) to stop the massacres of our people,” spokesman Fawzi Barhum said in a statement.

      The operation reportedly began after a Palestinian blew himself up near an Israeli military post east of Rafah, causing a large number of soldier to move to the area to defend the post.

      Following the explosion, fighters emerged from tunnels nearby and captured an Israeli soldier.

      In response to the attack, Israeli forces launched a massive artillery attack on eastern Rafah, with at least 35 dead and more than 200 injured so far.

      The Israeli army, security services, and Shabak were currently said to be searching for the captured soldier, as intense shelling continued to rain down on Rafah.

    • Israel says soldier captured, but confusion over responsibility
      Published today (updated) 01/08/2014 17:16
      http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=717375

      GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Israeli military on Friday said that an Israeli soldier had been captured earlier in the day, confirming hours of speculation amid intense clashes and shelling near Rafah.

      An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma’an that she could confirm a “suspected abduction” of an Israeli soldier in the area, while a Hamas political leader took responsibility for attacking the soldiers but not for capturing any.

      The military said in a statement that at around 9:30 a.m., “an attack was executed against (Israeli) forces operating to decommission a tunnel.”

      “Initial indication suggests that an (Israeli) soldier has been abducted by terrorists during the incident.”

      The military named the captured soldier as Hadar Goldin, 23. It said that two other soldiers were killed in the attack.

      Hamas confirmed that their forces had carried out the attack, but denied any connection to the capture itself and strongly contested the chronology of events put forward by Israel.

      Senior Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said Friday that Israel is “claiming” that a soldier is missing to “cover up it’s crimes.”

      Hamdan said in a statement to France 24 channel that “Israel claims that a soldier was captured to hide their crimes and to divert the public opinion to speak of the captured soldier instead.”

      “We do not have any information about a captured soldier,” he added, highlighting that no soldier was captured by any Palestinian faction.

      His statements of denial come after an earlier al-Qassam statement which claimed responsibility for an operation targeting Israeli soldiers.

      The Hamas-affiliated al-Qassam Brigades said earlier that the attack had occurred before the ceasefire began, explaining: “There had not been any Israeli soldiers in eastern Rafah for the past 20 days. But as soon as the ceasefire was announced, Israeli movement in the area began at around 2:00 a.m. (They moved) 2.5 kilometers into eastern Rafah.(...)”

  • Israeli soldier ’missing’ since Sunday | Maan News Agency
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=715265

    BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli soldier has been classified as “missing” since Sunday, Israeli media reported Tuesday, two days after Hamas’ military wing announced the capture of a soldier.

    The Israeli newspaper Haaretz said that a soldier had been declared missing and “presumed dead” after Palestinian militants attacked an armored vehicle carrying seven soldiers in Gaza City on Sunday.

    The Hamas-affiliated al-Qassam Brigades said on Sunday night that it had captured an Israeli soldier, the first since the release of Gilad Shalit in 2011.(...)

    • Shaul Aron, matricule 6092065 : premier soldat israélien capturé par la résistance
      21 juillet 2014 - Al-Qassam Website
      http://www.info-palestine.net/spip.php?article14741

      L’occupant israélien a hésité à annoncer ses pertes parmi ses soldats suite aux actions de la résistance, et spécialement le fait que l’un d’entre eux est porté manquant.

      Si les dirigeants israéliens a pu jusqu’ici mentir concernant le nombre de leurs soldats tués dans les combats, ils doivent à présent répondre à leur public sur le sort de ce soldat capturé.

      Cette opération a été une réponse à l’assassinat de plus de 480 civils palestiniens et aux blessures infligés à plus 3200 autres, dans les attaques israéliennes sur les quartiers résidentiels de Gaza.

      Hier, des sources médicales palestiniennes ont annoncé que le nombre de morts a augmenté dans le quartier d’Ash-Shuja’ia à l’est de la ville de Gaza avec plus de 72 tués parmi les civils et plus de 500 blessés en moins de deux heures.

      Les forces israéliennes ont commencé à cibler les civils palestiniens dans le quartier depuis hier, tirant des centaines d’obus sur les maisons, tuant les familles palestiniennes qui n’avaient pas eu la possibilité d’évacuer leurs maisons à temps.

      Israël a bombardé délibérément les maisons d’habitation, tuant et blessant des centaines de civils dans le quartier.

      Pendant ce temps, la Croix-Rouge refuse de répondre aux appels des Palestiniens assiégés par les attaques intensives des troupes israéliennes sur l’Est ‪ Gaza.

    • Israel identifies missing soldier
      http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=715265

      BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The name of an Israeli soldier who was classified as missing on Tuesday has been identified by the Israeli army as Oron Shaul, two days after Hamas’ armed wing announced the capture of a soldier.

      The Israeli army said in a statement that a soldier “whose identification process is yet to be completed” is 21-year-old Sergeant Oron Shaul.

      Al-Qassam Brigades on Sunday announced they had captured an Israeli soldier named Shaul Aron.

  • IMENC :

    https://twitter.com/imemcnewstips/status/490950923397509122

    Hamas announce that they have captured an Israeli Soldier in #Gaza, they said his name is Shaul Aron.

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    RanaGaza :

    People in Gaza are dancing in the streeets! Celebrations!!

    https://twitter.com/RanaGaza/status/490953456191279104

  • Gaza: An exclusive look into the roles of al-Qassam Brigades and Islamic Jihad | Al Akhbar English
    http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/gaza-exclusive-look-roles-al-qassam-brigades-and-islamic-jihad

    As for coordination among different factions, the Qassam commander said they are in constant coordination with Islamic Jihad’s Saraya al-Quds (al-Quds Brigades) on long-range bombardment and mentioned that the other factions assumed the role of launching Grad and short-range rockets on settlements around Gaza.

    In the meantime, a senior military source in the Saraya revealed that they are completely dependent on the rocket units on the ground. “This is in addition to the surveillance units deployed on the outskirts of Gaza, equipped with night vision goggles and sensitive cameras, to watch out for sea or land commandos, especially in al-Shujaiya to the east and Beit Hanoun to the north.”

  • Gaza: An exclusive look into the roles of #al-Qassam_Brigades and #Islamic_Jihad
    http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/gaza-exclusive-look-roles-al-qassam-brigades-and-islamic-jihad

    A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows rockets being fired from the #gaza_strip into #Israel, on July 12, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Jack Guez) A picture taken from the southern Israeli Gaza border shows rockets being fired from the Gaza strip into Israel, on July 12, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Jack Guez)

    In war, those who fight are safe and civilians die but not because the Resistance is using them as human shields, like Israel claims as it lobs bombs directly at civilians. The real reason is that the Resistance is now fighting from underground and with a high level of coordination, out of sight of the Israelis, leading to a reduced number of martyrs from the armed factions.

    Ahmed (...)

    #Palestine #al-Quds_Brigades #Articles #Hamas #PFLP

  • Medics : 4 killed in Gaza explosion | Maan News Agency
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=680712

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Four People were killed and six others suffered injuries after an explosion in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, a medical official said.

    Ashraf al-Qidra said that Mohammad Tayseer al-Hamdeen , 26, Bilal al-Hamdeen, Jafaar Odwaan and a fourth unidentified man were killed in the explosion.

    Six others were injured including two children and a woman in critical condition, he added.

    The four were all affiliated with Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades, and they arrived dead at the hospital, a Ma’an reporter said.

    The house was severely damaged, and the cause of the explosion was not immediately clear.

    Earlier, an Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip, the same official said.

    Al-Qidra told Ma’an that three resistance fighters were killed by the airstrike in southeast Khan Younis near the Sufa crossing.

    He identified the victims as Ismail Abu Judah , 23, Shahir Abu Shanab , 24, and 33-year-old Abd al-Shafi Muammar.


    The bodies were taken to the European Hospital in Khan Younis, al-Qidra said.

    The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, said in a statement that the victims were militants affiliated to the group.

    “They were in confrontation with the occupation trying to stop the progress of Israeli military vehicles which were approaching the area,” the statement said.

    The Israeli army said in a statement that “terrorists affiliated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the southern Gaza Strip fired a mortar shell at IDF forces.”

    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=680509

  • Israeli war jets attack #Gaza
    http://english.al-akhbar.com/content/israeli-war-jets-attack-gaza

    Israeli fighter jets attacked the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday morning, sources on both sides said, hours after a rocket was fired from the Palestinian enclave towards occupied territories. Palestinian security sources said two strikes targeted training sites of Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza. In two additional air strikes at sites west of southern Gaza city Rafah two Palestinians were injured, the sources said. read more

    #Israel #Palestine #Top_News

  • ALRAY-Palestinian Media Agency - Two, including 3-year-old girl, kille - ALRAY
    http://alray.ps/en/index.php?act=post&id=2793

    Gaza, ALRAY - Israeli occupation army launched on Tuesday afternoon air raids on different areas of the Gaza Strip.

    ALRAY reporter said three-year-old girl has been killed and three others injured in an Israeli bombing east of Maghazi in central Gaza Strip.

    One Palestinian was reportedly wounded in an Israeli gunfire coming from the north of Beit Lahia town in northern Gaza Strip has died in Kamal Odwan Hospital.

    Israeli fighter jets raided on two training sites for Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, in southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Yunis and al-Bureij district in central Gaza Strip.

    Israeli occupation artillery shelled on citizens’ land in eastern Gaza City neighborhood of al-Shejaiyah.

    And did not report until the moment casualties were strikes and shelling by the Israeli comes just hours after the death of an Israeli was shot dead by a Palestinian sniper near the border east of Gaza.

    The airstrikes come not long after an Israeli citizen was reported shot dead by a Palestinain sniper near the east border of Gaza city.

    • Gaza : une enfant palestinienne tuée dans les raids israéliens
      http://www.romandie.com/news/n/_Gaza_une_enfant_palestinienne_tuee_dans_les_raids_israeliens7624122013164

      GAZA (Territoires palestiniens) - Une enfant palestinienne a été tuée et au moins six autres Palestiniens ont été blessés mardi dans des raids israéliens sur la bande de Gaza menés après un tir qui a tué un Israélien travaillant sur la frontière, selon des sources médicales.

      Hala Abou Sabikha, 3 ans , a été tuée, et trois membres de sa famille ont été blessés, a précisé à l’AFP une source médicale dans le territoire palestinien gouverné par le Hamas.

      Un porte-parole des services d’urgences du territoire palestinien dans la bande de Gaza, Achraf al-Qoudra, a indiqué que le bilan s’établissait à un mort et six blessés.

      Le ministère de l’Intérieur du gouvernement du Hamas a précisé que la fillette avait été tuée dans un raid sur le camp de réfugiés de Maghazi, dans le centre de la bande de Gaza, qui a également blessé sa mère et son frère.

      Une autre personne a été blessée par des tirs d’artillerie dans le centre du territoire, selon le ministère.

      Les frappes israéliennes ont visé des sites à l’est de la ville de Gaza, ainsi que deux positions de la branche armée du Hamas, dans le centre du territoire palestinien et à Khan Younès, dans le sud, selon des témoins.

    • Family members of border shooting victim slam PM
      http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4469233,00.html

      Salah Abu Latif, 22, is the man who was shot to death near the Gaza border fence on Tuesday. Abu Latif, who was shot by snipers while performing repair work to the border fence, is the first Israeli to die as a result of Gazan terror since Operation Pillar of Defense .

      Abu Latif was working for a drilling company that was hired by the Defense Ministry to repair the fence. His grieving family told Ynet that Tuesday was his first day in his job.

      “We received the news with great pain,” said Khaled Abu Layef, the victim’s uncle. “He was planning a life and was renovating his house as he was about to get married in the summer. He was a flower picked before its time.”

      The uncle said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to blame for the region’s security escalation due to the stalemate in the peace talks.

      “Salah had his trust in the State, but it can’t be trusted. Good job Bibi, another flower was picked because of his stubbornness. We must put an end to this.”

      Dozens of friends and family members of the deceased arrived at the emergency room in the Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba, enraged at the fact that no police or IDF representative had arrived to assist with releasing the body for burial.

      “Why is this taking so long?” one of his relatives asked, adding that “if he weren’t Bedouin, everyone would help. He’s an Israeli citizen who was working in the border fence in a dangerous place.”

      According to the family member, the incident was a testament to why the Bedouin public was disappointed with the Israeli establishment."

      Majed Abu Latif, another uncle of the victim also added that the absence of officials was due to the fact that the victim was Bedouin and therefore inferior. “It’s disrespectful,” he said.

  • Al Khuffash: 210 children jailed in Israel’s prisons - Ezzedeen Al-Qassam Brigades
    http://www.qassam.ps/news-7490-Al_Khuffash_210_children_jailed_in_Israels_prisons.html

    210 children jailed in Israel’s prisons
    Al Khuffash: 210 children jailed in Israel’s prisons
    22-09-2013,07:10

    Gaza - Director of Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies Fouad Khuffash condemned Israel’s violations against the Palestinian children represented in its measures of detentions and trials.

    Khuffash said in a statement that “the last crime carried out by the occupation sentencing Mohammad, and Ayman Abbasi to a half and one year,”

    He indicated that both of them are under 14 and were previously detained.

    Khuffash demanded UN institutions and child protection centers to bear their moral and legal responsibilities towards these unstopping violations.

    “Nearly 210 Palestinian children lie in Israeli jails,” the statement said.

    Most of the minors imprisoned by Israel are detained on charges like stone-throwing, Israel-based human rights group B’Tselem says.

    He concluded by wondering "if these crimes against children are observed outside occupied Palestine, the world would not be silent; why this is not the case when it comes to the Palestinian minors nabbed? Are not they entitled to human rights?”

  • Palestinian Center for Human Rights
    http://www.pchrgaza.org/portal/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8992:new-israeli-military-esc

    Since Wednesday evening, 14 November 2012, Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have escalated military attacks on the Gaza Strip. They first extra-judicially executed the leader of the Izziddin al-Qassam Brigades (the armed wing of Hamas) and his bodyguard. This attack was followed by a series of aerial, ground and sea attacks on civilian and paramilitary targets throughout the Gaza Strip. As a result of these attacks, 11 Palestinians, including 4 civilians (two children, a woman and an old man) have been killed and 115 others, including 26 children and 25 women, have been wounded. IOF have escalated the situation in spite of the quiet atmosphere that followed a previous wave of escalation. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is following up developments of this new offensive on the Gaza Strip. (...)

    • traduction en français de l’article ci-dessus :
      http://www.info-palestine.net/article.php3?id_article=12872

      Depuis mercredi soir, 14 novembre 2012, les Forces Israéliennes d’Occupation (FIO) ont multiplié les attaques sur la Bande de Gaza.
      Les FIO ont d’abord visé et assassiné Ahmed Saeed Khalil al-Jaabari, le commandant des Brigades d’Izziddin Al-Qassam (l’aile armée de Hamas) et son garde du corps. Cette attaque a été suivie d’une série d’attaques aériennes, au sol et à partir de la mer sur les cibles civiles et paramilitaires dans toute la Bande de Gaza. Suite à ces attaques, 11 Palestiniens, dont 4 civils (deux enfants, une femme et un homme âgé) ont été tués et 115 autres blessés, y compris 26 enfants et 25 femmes. Les FIO ont procédé à une escalade dans leurs attaques, malgré l’accalmie qui avait suivi une vague précédente d’attaques.