• Death toll in Gaza hits 1,088 as Israel resumes bombardment | Maan News Agency
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=716726
    (...)

    ’Eid of martyrs’

    There was little mood for celebration in Gaza City as the three-day festival of Eid al-Fitr that ends the holy fasting month of Ramadan got under way.

    Several hundred people arrived for early-morning prayers at the Al-Omari mosque, bowing and solemnly whispering their worship. But instead of going to feast with relatives, most went straight home while others went to pay their respects to the dead.

    Among them was Ahed Shamali whose 16-year-old son who was killed by a tank shell several days ago.

    “He was just a kid,” he said, standing by the grave. “This is the Eid of the martyrs.”

    The deaths continue

    Ministry of Health Spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra provided a continuing toll of the deaths and injuries across the Gaza Strip Monday night and Tuesday morning.

    The deaths and injuries are provided here in chronological order, with the most recent as the latest.

    Six Palestinians were killed in airstrike on two homes in the central Gaza Strip. He named the victims as Ramzy Hossein al-Far, 68, Salam Muhammad al-Far, 59, Issa Kamel Musa, 62, Abd al-Samad Mahmoud Ahmad Ramadan, 16, Ayman Adnan Musa Shokr, 25, and Azza Abd al-Karim al-Haman al-Falleit, 44.

    Fayeza Ahmad al-Futtah, 59 , succumbed to wounds she received earlier in the day in Jabaliya.

    Ali Hassan Hassan al-Huwwari, 31 , died as a result of wounds received on July 21.

    Mahmoud Abd al-Jalil Abu Kwik, 31 , and fife others were injured in Gaza City.

    Five Palestinians were killed and 20 injured in a strike near the Islamic University in Khan Younis. The dead were identified as Muhammad Jumaa Shaat, 30, Muhammad Fadhel al-Agha, Ahmad Nader al-Agha, Marwa Nader al-Agha, Dalia Nader al-Agha .

    Five were also killed and 20 injured in an Israeli strike on Khan Younis, which killed Najy Ahmad al-Raqqab, 19, Ramy Khaled al-Raqqab, 35, Mahmoud Osama al-Qosas, Shadi Abd al-Kareem Farwana, Mustafa Abd al-Samiee al-Ubadala.
    Five were killed, including three children elderly, and 50 were injured in shelling in Jabaliya. The dead were identified as Maryam Khalil Ruba, 70, Hani Abu Khalifah, a child named Yusef Emad Qaddoura, a child named Huna Emad Qaddoura, and another child named Muhammad Musa Alwan.

    18 were injured in strikes across the central and northern Gaza Strip.

    15 injured, mostly children, in an Israeli strike on Sheikh Radwan.

    Yahiya Mohammad Abdullah al-Aqqad, 49 , was killed and three more injured in a strike on al-Fakhari.

    AFP contributed to this report.

    Baraa Muqdad , 5 ans

    • Killed Monday, July 28
      http://imemc.org/article/68429

      1.Samih Jebriel Jneid, 4, Jabalia.
      2.Mohammad Abu Louz, 22, Jabalia.
      3.Ahmad Abdullah Hasan Abu Zeid, Rafah.
      4.Widad Ahmad Salama Abu Zeid, Rafah.
      5.Sham’a Wael Abu Zeid, Rafah.
      6.Mariam Marzouq Abu Zeid, Rafah.
      7.Falasteen Mohammad Abu Zeid, Rafah.
      8.Abdullah Nidal Abu Zeid (child), Rafah.
      9.Bissan Eyad Abu Zeid, Rafah.
      10.Abdul-Hadi Abu Zeid (Child9, Rafah.
      11.Seham Najjar, 42, Khan Younis.
      12.Abdul-Samad Mahmoud Ahmad Ramadan, 16, Central District.
      13.Ayman Adnan Mousa Shaker, 25, Central District.
      14.Issa Kamel Abdul-Rahman Mousa, 61, Central District.
      15.Salem Mousa Badawi al-Far, 59, Central District.
      16.Ramzi Hussein Ahmad al-Far, Central District.
      17.Salem Mohammad al-Far, Central District.
      18.Azza Abdul-Karim Abdul-Rahman Al-Faleet, 59, Central District.
      19.Mohammad Jom’a Shaat, 30, Khan Younis.
      20.Mohammad Fadel al-‘Agha, 30, Khan Younis.
      21.Marwa Nader al-Agha, Khan Younis.
      22.Ahmad Nader Al-Agha, Khan Younis.
      23.Donia Nader al-Agha, 13, Khan Younis.

  • 10 children killed as Israel bombs Gaza playground, hospital| Maan News Agency
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    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Monday bombed al-Shifa hospital and a park near the beach in Gaza City, killing at least 10 children on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, medics said.

    The strike on al-Shifa Hospital, which is the main hospital in the besieged coastal enclave, hit the outpatient clinic, while the targeted park was located beside the al-Shati refugee camp.

    Director of reception at al-Shifa Hospital Ayman al-Sahbani said that a total of 10 children’s bodies had arrived at the hospital as a result of the two strikes.

    Thousands of Palestinians have taken refuge in the al-Shifa Hospital, as 130,000 have fled their homes as Israeli authorities declared more than 43 percent of the Gaza Strip off-limits to civilians and destroyed more than 2,000 homes in recent weeks.

    Initial reports suggested that three of the dead came from a drone strike on the clinic, while seven were killed in the attack on the park. Dozens more were injured.

    Israeli news site Haaretz said that the Israeli army said that “a preliminary investigation has found the Israeli army did not fire at the Shifa Hospital, and the fire is believed to have been Hamas.”

    • #Gaza : plusieurs #enfants palestiniens tués malgré les appels à la trêve - RTBF Monde
      http://www.rtbf.be/info/monde/detail_obama-appelle-israel-a-cesser-le-feu-a-gaza-a-la-veille-de-l-aid?id=8323

      A l’exception d’un tir de roquette palestinien sur la ville israélienne d’Ashkelon le matin et une riposte ponctuelle de l’armée sur le secteur d’origine du tir à Gaza, il n’y avait pas eu de bombardement depuis 23h (20h GMT) dimanche.

      Mais ce lundi, selon les services de secours, un enfant palestinien de 4 ans a été tué dans la matinée par un tir de char israélien dans le nord de la bande de Gaza, premier décès annoncé en ce jour de fête du Fitr. Dans l’après-midi des sources médicales annonçaient sept enfants tués par une frappe israélienne sur un camp de réfugiés.

      Un missile israélien est tombé lundi après-midi dans l’enceinte de l’#hôpital Chifa dans la ville de Gaza, le plus grand de l’enclave palestinienne jusqu’à présent épargné, sans faire de victime, selon un journaliste de l’AFP et des sources hospitalières.

      La frappe aérienne israélienne a visé un bâtiment proche de l’entrée de l’établissement, à l’intérieur de l’enceinte, ont précisé des sources hospitalières tandis que le journaliste présent a vu le mur de l’hôpital endommagé par un tir de drone.

  • Israeli shelling kills 2 Palestinians, 7 bodies pulled from rubble | Maan News Agency
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    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The death toll in Gaza increased by ten on Monday as two Palestinians were killed by Israeli shelling in the north, seven bodies were pulled from rubble in the south, and another succumbed to his wounds, a Ma’an reporter said.

    Israeli forces early afternoon shelled the al-Salam neighborhood in eastern Jabaliya, killing two Palestinians, one of them a child.

    The shelling targeted houses the neighborhood, killing Muhammad Abu Luz , 22, and four-year-old Samih Jibril Junaid .

    Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades clashed with Israeli forces in the area, firing six mortars at soldiers.

    They militants also fired at soldiers with small arms weaponry.

    An Israeli army spokeswoman did not immediately comment on the incident.

    Later, statement from the army said Israeli forces in various areas of Gaza had come under mortar fire.

    Separately, Palestinian search teams were able to enter the village of Khuzaa, and collected seven dead bodies from rubble.

    Six of the seven dead Palestinians were identified as being a part of a single family.

    The village has been hit hard by Israeli shelling and airstrikes, leaving dozens dead on July 22 alone. Israeli forces have since besieged the area and severely limited access to ambulances and medical teams searching for dead and survivors.

    Some 15 ambulances were waiting near the village earlier Monday, waiting for permission from the army to enter.

    Separately, Ibrahim Awwad Qishta , 23, succumbed to wounds he sustained on Friday when Israel targeted tunnels in Rafah.

    The latest deaths and discovery of bodies brought the total death toll up to 1,045 on the 21st day of the offensive.

  • Resumed Israeli strikes kill 8 Palestinians in Gaza | Maan News Agency
    Published today (updated) 27/07/2014 14:27
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    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Eight Palestinians were killed and several others were injured Sunday in Gaza after Israeli forces resumed attacks, an official said.

    Ashraf al-Qidra told reporters that four Palestinian men were killed in al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

    He identified the four as 23-year-old Ahmad Abu Swerih, 29-year-old Muhammad Haron, Ibrahim Khalil Dirawi, and Alaa Nahid Matar .

    Additionally, an Israeli attack on Khan Younis killed Issam Abu Saadah and Hazim Abu Shamalah in the al-Zanna area.

    He said later that Khalid Abdul-Sattar Sahmoud was killed east of Khan Younis in an Israeli airstrike on a motorcycle.

    In Shujaiyya, 24-year-old Yousif Abed Shehadah al-Masri was killed in an Israeli attack.

    Separately, a Palestinian child, Fadi Baraka , had succumbed to his wounds in a hospital in Egypt, and Baha al-Din Ahmad Said succumbed to his wounds in al-Maghazi refugee camp, bringing Gaza total death toll to 1,060.

    The Israeli army said in a statement early Sunday that it would resume attacks on Gaza by air, land, and sea in response to rocket fire from Gaza militants.(...)

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    https://twitter.com/Palestinianism/status/493450646344204289

    • Killed Sunday, July 27
      http://imemc.org/article/68429

      1.Ikram ash-Shinbari, 23, Gaza City, died of earlier injuries.
      2.Yusef Jamil Sobhi Hammouda, 16, Gaza City, died of earlier injuries.
      3.Ibrahim Khalil ad-Derawi, 27, central District.
      4.Ala Nahedh Matar, 26, central District.
      5.Hazem Fayez Abu Shammala, 33, central District
      6.Issam Abdul-Karim Abu Sa’ada, Khan Younis.
      7.Ahmad Abu Sweirej, 23, Nusseirat, Central Gaza.
      8.Mohammad Abu Haroun, 29, Nusseirat, Central Gaza.
      9.Fadi Baraka, Gaza, child, died of earlier injuries.
      10.Baha’ ed-Deen Ahmad Sa’id, al-Maghazi, died of earlier injuries.
      11.Yousef Abed Shehada al-Masri, 24, Shuja’eyya, Gaza.
      12.Khaled Abdul-Sattar Samhoud, Khan Younis.
      13.Jalila Faraj Ayyad, Gaza City.
      14.Essam Ibrahim Abu Shab 42.
      15.Mohammad Siyam, 15, Rafah.
      16.Hussein Hasan Abu an-Naja, 65, Khan Younis.
      17.Imad Jami al-Abed al-Bardaweel, 44, Gaza.

  • Amid Gaza ceasefire calm, 135 dead bodies found | Maan News Agency
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    (...) Ambulances, rescue teams, and families fanned out across the coastal enclave to search for the injured and for loved ones, particularly in the eastern outskirts that have been subject to intense Israeli fire in recent days.

    Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said at 7:00 p.m. that 135 dead bodies had been pulled out of the rubble so far.

    Only two of the bodies have been identified thus far, he said, naming them as Abdul-Rahman Audah al-Tilbani and Arafat Abu Aweily . The two came as six bodies were found early Saturday, one in the central Gaza Strip and one in the Shujaiyya neighborhood of Gaza City.

    Al-Qidra told Ma’an that Israeli forces had refused to allow ambulances and rescue teams access to the village of Khuzaa and other border areas in order to look for survivors and dead bodies.

    The Lebanese al-Mayadeen satellite TV reported that at least ten dead bodies were pulled from debris in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.

    The channel quoted sources in the International Red Cross Committee as saying that rescue teams and ambulances were unable to access Khuzaa and that coordination with the Israeli forces was underway.

    An Israeli army spokeswoman told Ma’an that Palestinians in the Khan Younis area had been told to leave their homes days ago and told not to return during the ceasefire, and that therefore rescue teams were “not allowed to search” in parts of the southern Gaza Strip.

    Khuzaa has been subject to heavy Israeli shelling in recent days, with dozens killed and many more thought to be buried under the rubble since teams have been unable to access the bodies.

  • Trêve à Gaza : Les Gazaouis retournent dans leurs quartiers dévastés - News Monde : Asie & Océanie - tdg.ch
    http://www.tdg.ch/monde/asie-oceanie/Les-Gazaouis-retournent-dans-leurs-quartiers-devastes/story/10620395

    Image : Reuters

    (...) Scènes de désolation

    De Beit Hanoun, dans le nord, à Khan Younès, au sud, en passant par les villes de Chajaya et Zeitoun à l’est, ils y ont découvert des scènes de désolation, les maisons détruites succédant aux cadavres laissés dans la rue ou sous les décombres des bâtiments effondrés.

    A Beit Hanoun, même l’hôpital a été sévèrement abîmé par les bombardements. Des correspondants de l’AFP y ont vu le corps d’un secouriste tué, tandis que d’autres fouillaient les gravats pour tenter d’y retrouver des victimes. (...)

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    Malgré la trêve, Israël poursuit d’ailleurs son entreprise de destruction de la bande de Gaza.
    Pierre Barbancey
    Samedi, 26 Juillet, 2014
    http://www.humanite.fr/la-bande-de-gaza-est-un-champ-de-ruines-548255

    ❝Sous prétexte de vouloir démolir les tunnels creusés par la résistance, à l’instar des Vietnamiens lorsqu’ils combattaient les Etats-Unis, Tel Aviv s’est arrogé les franges du territoire palestinien. A Beit Hanoun, des dunes de terre, dressés par des chars et des bulldozers empêchaient ainsi tout accès aux zones frontalières. Dans le quartier martyr de Chudjaiya, à Gaza city, mêmes scènes de désolation, de maisons détruites, de vaches et d’ânes morts, proie des mouches et des vers. Et puis, bien sûr, lorsque les secours se sont rendus sur place et ont pu dégager les décombres, des dizaines de corps ont été retrouvés. Certains, couverts de poussière, jonchent les rues, parfois dans une mare de sang séché. Ainsi au moins 100 cadavres ont été retirés des gravats après l’arrêt des hostilités, dont 29 à Chajaya, une banlieue à l’est de la ville de Gaza, Zeitoun et Touffah, 13 dans les camps de réfugiés de Deir al-Balah, Bureij et Nousseirat (centre) 32 à Beit Hanoun (nord) et 11 à Khan Younès et Rafah (sud).

    Crédit :
    AFP/Marco Longari

    Et il y a les zones encore inaccessibles, comme le village de Khozaa où nous avons tenté de nous rendre. Depuis le matin, des habitants qui avaient fui, tentent de retourner dans leur maison. Mais, là encore, des remblais ont été dressés par les Israéliens et un char fait le va et vient, verrou infranchissable. Des soldats ont pris position dans une maison limitrophe. On voit le visage de certains d’entre eux lorsqu’ils s’approchent des fenêtres. Une femme fabrique un drapeau et s’avance sur la route, vers le char. Un courage inouï qui renforce la détermination de tous ceux qui sont là. Ils la suivent. Mais les soldats sont intraitables. « Je veux savoir où sont mes enfants, rage la Palestinienne au drapeau blanc qui ne souhaite pas donner son nom. Je veux savoir s’ils sont vivants, morts ou blessés. Mes enfants sont adultes et ont refusé de sortir. Est-ce qu’on allait répéter la Nakba (la catastrophe, ndlr) de 1948 ? » Deux hommes s’enhardissent et se dirige, les bras levés, vers la maison où sont postés les soldats israéliens. Peine perdue. Ils n’abandonnent pourtant pas. Ils enlèvent leur chemise pour montrer qu’ils ne portent pas de ceinture d’explosifs – hantise des Israéliens – et s’avancent à nouveau. Le refus est plus ferme : les soldats se mettent à défourailler en l’air. Un dernier avertissement que tout le monde a compris. Même les ambulances n’ont pas accès au village. Une heure plus tard, par un autre accès, deux charrettes précédées d’une moto au drapeau blanc, sont apparues au détour d’un chemin de terre. A leur bord, des vieillards, hommes et femmes, exténués, dont une partie a été prise en charge par les services de secours. « Regardez-moi, dit l’un d’entre eux, en sueur et les vêtements sales. Regardez ce que font les Israéliens. Tout est détruit. Il y a une centaine de morts. » Au moins un millier de Palestiniens ont été tués et quelque 6.000 blessés, en grande majorité des civils, dans la bande de Gaza depuis le début de l’offensive israélienne le 8 juillet. L’Unicef évoque un bilan d’au moins 192 enfants tués et l’Agence pour l’aide aux réfugiés de Palestine (UNRWA) fait état de plus de 160.000 Palestiniens réfugiés dans ses bâtiments dont certains, comme nous l’avons constaté, ont été la cible des bombardements israéliens.

  • Entire Gaza family killed prior to ceasefire, as death toll tops 900 | Maan News Agency
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    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Minutes before a 12-hour humanitarian ceasefire went into effect in Gaza on Saturday morning, an Israeli airstrike left at least 20 members of a Palestinian family dead in Khan Younis refugee camp.

    The al-Najjar family had fled their homes in Khuzaa, just east of Khan Younis, earlier in the day after Israeli artillery shelling there killed dozens, and they were hoping to find shelter somewhere further from the border.

    Their refuge in Khan Younis, however, turned out to be anything but, as missiles fired from Israeli warplanes just before 8 a.m. completely leveled the four-story building they were sleeping in.

    The airstrike killed eleven children, four women, and five men from the family, according to Palestinian medical sources.

    Spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra named some of the children killed in the strike as Khalil al-Najjar, Jana al-Najjar, Samir al-Najjar, Ikhlas al-Najjar, Husam al-Najjar, Aminah al-Najjar and Eiman al-Ruqab .

    The killing of the al-Najjar family brought the death toll in Gaza since the beginning of hostilities 18 days ago to 900, with 35 killed on Saturday morning alone, according to al-Qidra.

  • 2 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in protest march near Ramallah | Maan News Agency
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    RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — Two Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces late Thursday as over 10,000 marched from a Ramallah-area refugee camp toward Jerusalem in protest against Israel’s Gaza offensive, a Ma’an reporter at the scene said.

    The slain Palestinians were identified as 19-year-old Mohammad al-Araj and 27-year-old Majd Sufyan , a Ma’an reporter at the scene said.

    At least 108 Palestinians have been injured by Israeli fire during the march, at least 60 of them with live bullets.

    Earlier, Palestinians marched from al-Amari refugee camp toward Qalandia checkpoint, a militarized crossing point between Ramallah and Jerusalem through Israel’s separation wall.

    Soldiers shot live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets into the crowd, in addition to tear gas.

    Protesters set tires on fire and threw rocks and empty bottles at the checkpoint.

    • Cisjordanie : un Palestinien tué par les forces israéliennes dans de violents affrontements
      http://www.romandie.com/news/Cisjordanie--un-Palestinien-tue-par-les-forces-israeliennes-dans/500987.rom

      Qalandia (Territoires palestiniens) - Des soldats israéliens ont tué un Palestinien par balle jeudi soir dans des heurts violents entre manifestants et militaires en Cisjordanie, au nord de Jérusalem.

      Selon des responsables des services de sécurité et médicaux palestiniens, la victime est un homme de 25 ans, du nom de Mohammed Al-Aaraj, qui se trouvait parmi au moins 10.000 manifestants que des affrontements ont opposés aux militaires et garde-frontières israéliens à Qalandia, entre Jérusalem et Ramallah.

      Au moins vingt personnes ont en outre été blessées, dont plusieurs par des tirs à balles réelles, ont ajouté les mêmes sources.

      Il y a des milliers de manifestants a indiqué une porte-parole de l’armée israélienne à l’AFP. Ils font rouler des pneus en feu et jettent des cocktails molotov et des pétards sur les soldats et les garde-frontières, a-t-elle ajouté.

      Les soldats répliquent par des moyens antiémeutes, a-t-elle précisé, utilisant un terme qui recouvre normalement les armes comme les balles en caoutchouc et le gaz lacrymogène.

      Elle n’a pu ni confirmer ni démentir le recours à des balles réelles.

      Les manifestants voulaient rallier Jérusalem-Est et l’esplanade de Mosquée, dans la Vieille Ville, pour la Nuit du Destin (Laïlat al-Qadr), une des dates importantes à la fin du mois de ramadan.

      Qalandia est un grand poste militaire israélien qui contrôle l’accès à Jérusalem, interdit aux Palestiniens qui ne disposent pas d’une autorisation spéciale israélienne.

    • 1 killed, another ’clinically dead’ from Israeli fire on Ramallah demo
      Published yesterday (updated) 25/07/2014 10:46

      Correction appended

      RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces late Thursday as over 20,000 marched from a Ramallah-area refugee camp toward Jerusalem in protest against Israel’s Gaza offensive, a Ma’an reporter at the scene said.

      The slain Palestinian was identified as 19-year-old Mohammad al-Araj .

      Medical sources said another Palestinian, 27-year-old Majd Sufyan, had been declared “clinically dead” after being shot by Israeli forces.

      At least 287 Palestinians were injured by Israeli fire during the march, 154 of them with live bullets.

      Earlier, Palestinians had marched from al-Amari refugee camp toward Qalandia checkpoint, a militarized crossing point between Ramallah and Jerusalem through Israel’s separation wall.

      Soldiers shot live fire and rubber-coated steel bullets into the crowd of protesters, in addition to tear gas.

      Protesters set tires on fire and threw rocks and empty bottles at the checkpoint.

  • Gaza : neuf morts dans une école de l’ONU après un tir israélien
    http://www.romandie.com/news/Gaza-neuf-morts-dans-une-ecole-de-lONU-apres-un-tir-israelien/500784.rom

    Gaza (Territoires palestiniens) - Neuf Palestiniens, dont un enfant d’un an et sa mère, ont été tués jeudi après-midi dans une école de l’ONU à Beit Hanoun, dans le nord de la bande de Gaza, où avaient trouvé refuge des Palestiniens, selon le décompte d’un photographe de l’AFP.

    Les corps ont été conduits à la morgue de l’hôpital de Jabaliya, près de Beit Hanoun, selon le photographe de l’AFP. Le porte-parole de l’Agence de l’ONU pour l’aide aux réfugiés palestiniens (UNRWA), Chris Gunness a confirmé sur son compte Twitter qu’il y avait un certain nombre de tués et blessés dans ce bâtiment.

    Le porte-parole des services de secours palestiniens, Achraf al-Qoudra, a de son côté fait état d’un bilan de 15 morts et de plus de 200 blessés. Les blessés ont été conduits à l’hôpital Chifa de Gaza.

    Les coordonnées précises de cet abri à Beit Hanoun avaient été formellement fournies à l’armée israélienne, a souligné Chris Gunness.

    • Dozens feared dead as Israel shells UN shelter in Beit Hanoun
      http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=715952

      (...) A local radio station quoted an eyewitness as saying that immediately before the shelling, a man who introduced himself as a Red Cross official had asked displaced people taking shelter at the school to gather in the yard because they would be evacuated to another shelter.

      An UNRWA official intervened when he saw people gathering and argued that there had been no coordination with UNRWA, telling them to go back to their rooms. During the argument, Israeli artillery shells started to hit the school.

      UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness tweeted in response to the attack that the “Precise co-ordinates of the UNRWA shelter in Beit Hanoun had been formally given to the Israeli army.”

      He added: “Over the course of the day, UNRWA tried 2 coordinate with the Israeli Army a window for civilians 2 leave & it was never granted.”

      Spokesman for the Ministry of Health Ashraf al-Qidra said that ambulances have started to evacuated victims to three hospitals in the northern Gaza Strip in addition to al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

      He confirmed that so far 13 deaths have been counted, but more were expected.

      An Israeli military spokeswoman did not immediately comment on the attack.

      An eyewitness said that displaced people were sitting in the front yard when Israeli artillery shells started to hit them. Another eyewitness said they saw five shells hitting the school.

      Earlier in the day, Gunness said on Twitter that three teachers for the UN agency had been killed, marking the first deaths among UNRWA workers.

      “The 1st UNRWA fatalities in #Gaza; 3 teachers. 2 women, 1 man killed along with family members by incoming fire. 2 women while in residences,” Gunness tweeted.

      “Losing a colleague is hard to bear. Losing a colleague in these circumstances is unbearable.”

      During Israel’s 2008-9 offensive on Gaza, Israeli tanks shelled an area outside an UNRWA school in Jabaliya refugee camp, killing 42 people, all but one of them civilians.

      ’Stop bombing civilians’

      The attacks brought Thursday’s total number of deaths to at least 80, as dozens of Palestinians have been killed as Israel continued its bombardment from land, air, and sea.

      More than 760 Palestinians have been killed since Israel launched its attack on the Gaza Strip 17 days ago, the majority since the ground began last week.

      Gaza-based rights groups have said that the vast majority of those killed are civilians, including nearly 200 children.

      International medical organization Doctors without Borders called on Israel to “stop bombing civilians trapped in the sealed-off Gaza Strip, and to respect the safety of medical workers and health facilities” on Monday, as it said that the majority of those arriving in emergency rooms where its doctors were working were women and children.

      “While official claims that the objective of the ground offensive is to destroy tunnels into Israel, what we see on the ground is that bombing is indiscriminate and that those who die are civilians,” said Nicolas Palarus a field coordinator for the group in Gaza.

      The group also said that Israel had directly targeted an ambulance with an air strike, despite the fact that they had been guaranteed movement.

      A recent airstrike hit a residential block in al-Zahraa in the central Gaza Strip and a house belonging to Nofal family in the Al-Nasr neighborhood in Gaza City.

      23-year-old Isam Faysal and 13-year-old Amir Adel Siyam were also killed by an Israeli raid on Rafah.

      Meanwhile, 21-year-old Abdul-Aziz Nur Addin was killed by an airstrike on a market in Shujaiyya. The Ministry of Health announced earlier that 19-year-old Saer Audah Shamali was killed in Shujaiyya.

      Earlier on Thursday, four bodies were pulled from the rubble of buildings in Khuzaa, where dozens were killed in heavy Israeli shelling over night.

      The bodies were later identified as Rasmi Abu Reida, Muhammad Abu Yousif, Ahmad Qudeih and Rami Qudeih .

      Israeli airstrikes also killed seven Palestinians in western Kkhan Younis. Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Al-Qidra said that an airstrike killed Ahmad Abdul-Karim, Ahmad Hasan and Muhammad Ismail Khader there.

      He added that Ahmad al-Mashhadi and Ahmad Khadir were killed in another raid on Khan Younis.

      Earlier, he announced that bodies of Anas Akram Skafi , 18, and his twin brother Saad were removed from rubble in Shujaiyya, the site of the killing of nearly 70 Palestinians in one day over the weekend.

      Emergency teams on Thursday also managed to remove the body of a dead woman, identified as Alal Khalil Abu Ayda , and three injured people from the rubble of a home belonging to the al-Bardini family which Israeli missiles demolished earlier in the city of al-Zahraa in the central Gaza Strip.

      Al-Qidra said earlier that five Palestinian men were killed by two separate Israeli airstrikes on a motorcycle and a tuk-tuk (auto-rickshaw) in Abasan al-Kabira east of Khan Younis.

      Medical sources identified four of the victims as Nabil Shihdah Qudeih, Nadir Suleiman Qudeih, Bakir Fathi Qudeih, and Ismail Hasan Abu Rjeila .

    • Gaza : 15 Palestiniens réfugiés dans une école de l’ONU tués par un tir
      http://www.romandie.com/news/Gaza-15-Palestiniens-refugies-dans-une-ecole-de-lONU-tues-par-un/500824.rom

      Selon un porte-parole de l’armée israélienne, des combats sont en cours dans la zone de Beit Hanoun avec le Hamas accusé de se servir des infrastructures civiles et de symboles internationaux comme boucliers humains.

      L’armée a aussi évoqué la possibilité d’un carnage causé par une roquette tirée par le Hamas : Durant l’après-midi, plusieurs roquettes lancées par le Hamas depuis la bande de Gaza sont tombés dans le secteur de Beit Hanoun, ajouté cette source.

      Il faut donc comprendre que les résistants palestiniens se cachent parmi la population civile et ensuite ils se tirent dessus.

    • Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 15 and leaves 200 wounded
      http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/24/israeli-strike-un-school-gaza-kills-women-children

      UN condemns shelling of UNRWA school, saying it asked IDF for time to evacuate civilians, which was not given

      (...)

      Chris Gunness, spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works agency said there had earlier been “firing around the compound” and his organisation had asked the Israeli army for time to evacuate civilians. “We spent much of the day trying to negotiate or to coordinate a window so that civilians, including our staff, could leave. That was never granted … and the consequences of that appear to be tragic.”

    • La version des assassins : le Hamas a empêché l’UNRWA d’évacuer les civils,

      “Last night, we told Red Cross to evacuate civilians from UNRWA’s shelter in Beit Hanoun btw 10am & 2pm. UNRWA & Red Cross got the message. Hamas prevented civilians from evacuating the area during the window that we gave them.”

  • 73 Palestinians killed on Wednesday in Gaza, total death toll at 695 | Maan News Agency
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=715748

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Unceasing Israeli attacks on Gaza left 73 Palestinians dead on Wednesday, bringing the death toll since the beginning of Israel’s offensive on the Strip to 695.

    A Palestinian health ministry spokesman said that 13 people had been killed since sundown, when Palestinians across Gaza broke their Ramadan fast for the day.

    Thirty-one of Wednesday’s dead were killed in the southern Khan Younis area, Ashraf al-Qidra said.

    After intense Israeli strikes on the Khazaa and al-Fakhari neighborhoods overnight and early Wednesday, medics told Ma’an they spent the day pulling bodies from the rubble and searching for injured.

    However, they said their work was impeded as Israeli forces prevented them from entering the area several times. Ambulances have still not reached some of those injured or killed by strikes on Khuzaa, the medics said.

    The Gaza-based Palestinian Center for Human rights estimated on Wednesday that 81.5 percent of those killed in the Israeli offensive were civilians.

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    32 Gazans killed in 5 hours
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=715687

    The number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli assault soared on Wednesday afternoon to more than 30, Gaza medical authorities said.

    Ahmad Sihweil was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of people in al-Qarrara in eastern Khan Younis.

    Raid al-Radee, and Ziyad al-Radee, and their child Salma were killed during an Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya.

    Youssef Hammuda and Wael Assaf were killed in Israeli shelling in northern Gaza

    Five Palestinians who have not yet been identified were killed in Israeli shelling in northern Gaza Strip.

    Medics recovered the body of Hussam Ayman Ayyad, 24, after an attack on his home in Shujaiyyeh.

    Muhammad Sami Umran , 26, was killed in Israeli shelling in the city of Khan Younis.

    Manal Muhammad al-Astal, 45, was also killed.

    Medics pulled the body of a child named Jana al-Muqataa out from under the rubble of her house that was targeted by Israeli warplanes in central Gaza Strip.

    Sabrin al-Muqataa was killed in an airstrike targeting her house in central Gaza.

    Ahmad al-Bulbul was killed in an airstrike that targeted Bulbul family house in eastern Gaza City.

    Fathiya Nadi Muammar , 70, was killed and five were injured in airstrikes that targeted the Muammar family house in eastern Rafah.

    Rescue teams managed to pull three dead bodies from rubble in al-Qarara east of Khan Younis. Medical sources identified two of the victims as 29-year-old Hasan Khalil Salh Abu Jamous, Muhammad Farid al-Astal . The third body is yet to be identified.

    Furthermore, medical sources in Gaza announced the death of Muhammad Abdul-Raoof al-Dada in the Zaytoun neighborhood.

    Separately, rescue teams pulled bodies of Mahmoud al-Abadlah and Nour al-Abadla in al-Qarara.

    • Killed Wednesday, July 23
      http://imemc.org/article/68429

      1.Hasan Abu Hayyin, 70, Shujaeyya, Gaza.
      2.Abdul-Rahman Abu Hayyin, 24
      3.Osama Bahjat Rajab, 34, Beit Lahia.
      4.Mohammad Daoud Hammouda, 33, Beit Lahia.
      5.Hamza Ziyada Abu ‘Anza, 18, Khan Younis.
      6.Saddam Ibrahim Abu Assi, 23, Khan Younis, was seriously injured Tuesday, died Wednesday.
      7.Wisam ‘Ala Najjar, 17, Khan Younis
      8.Mohammad Mansour al-Bashiti, 8, Khan Younis.
      9.Mohammad Naim Salah Abu T’eimi, 12, Khan Younis.
      10.Salem Abdullah Mousa Abu T’eimi, 36, Khan Younis.
      11.Ismail Abu Tharifa, Khan Younis.
      12.Zeinab Abu Teir, child, Khan Younis.
      13.Mohammad Radi Abu Redya, 22, Khan Younis.
      14.Shama Shahin, Khan Younis (Mohammad’s wife)
      15.Mojahed Marwan Skafi, 20, Sheja’eyya, Gaza.
      16.Adnan Ghazi Habib, 23, central Gaza.
      17.Ibrahim Ahmad Shbeir, 24, Khan Younis
      18.Mustafa Mohammad Mahmoud Fayyad, 24, northern Gaza.
      19.Nidal Hamdi Diab al-‘Ejla, 31, Gaza.
      20.Khalil Abu Jame’, Khan Younis.
      21.Husam al-Qarra, Khan Younis
      22.Rabea’ Qassem, 12, Northern Gaza
      23.Hasan Salah Abu Jamous, 29, Khan Younis
      24.Mahmoud Yousef Khaled al-‘Abadla, 22, Khan Younis
      25.Nour Abdul-Rahim al-‘Abadla, 22, Khan Younis
      26.Mohammad Farid al-Astal, Khan Younis.
      27.Mohammad Abdul-Ra’ouf ad-Dadda, 39, Gaza.
      28.Ahmad Mohammad Darwish Bolbol, 20, Gaza.
      29.Ahmad Nabil Ahmad Abu Morad, 21, Gaza.
      30.Ibrahim Omar al-Hallaq, 40, Khan Younis
      31.Wael Maher Awwad, 23, Khan Younis
      32.Ahmad Mahmoud Sohweil, 23, Khan Younis
      33.Issam Ismael Abu Shaqra, 42, Khan Younis
      34.Abdul-Rahman Ibrahim Abu Shaqra, 17, Khan Younis
      35.Mohammad Ahmad Akram Abu Shaqra, 17, Khan Younis
      36.Ahmad as-Saqqa, 17, Khan Younis
      37.Nayef Fayez Nayef ath-Thatha, 19, Zeitoun – Gaza
      38.Nayef Maher Nayef ath-Thatha, 24, Zeitoun – Gaza
      39.Nayef Maher Nayef ath-Thatha, 24, Gaza.
      40.‘Ala Hamad Ali Khattab, 26, Deir al-Balah
      41.Abdul-Qader Jamil al-Khalidi, 23, al-Boreij
      42.Ayman Adham Yousef Ahmad, 16, Beit Lahia
      43.Bilal Ali Ahmad Abu ‘Athra, 25, Beit Lahia
      44.Abdul-Karim Nassar Saleh Abu Jarmi, 24, Beit Lahia
      45.Rawan Ayman Saoud Suweidan, 9, central Gaza.
      46.Naim Juma’a Mohammad Abu Nizeid
      47.Jani Rami Nassr al-Maqat’a, 27, central Gaza.
      48.Said Ahmad Tawfiq at-Tawil, 22, central Gaza.
      49.Ola Khalil Ali Abu Obada, 24, central Gaza.
      50.Do’a Ra’ed Abu Ouda, 17, northern Gaza.
      51.Amer Abdul Raouf Abu Ozeb, 26, central Gaza.
      52.Awad Abu Ouda, northern Gaza.
      53.Bilal ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
      54.Fatima ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
      55.Falasteen ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
      56.Abed Rabo ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
      57.Ali Sha’boub ash-Shinbari, northern Gaza.
      58.Souha Musleh, northern Gaza.
      59.Mohammad al-Kafarna, Beit Hanoun.

  • Over 50 Palestinians killed as Israeli assault continues | Maan News Agency
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=715438

    BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — At least 50 Palestinians were killed in Gaza on Tuesday as Israel’s military assault entered its 15th day, bringing the total death toll to over 600 people since July 8.

    Mustafa mohammed Fayyad, 24 , Nour al-Islam Raed Abu Huwashel, 12, and an unidentified man were killed in northern Gaza on Tuesday evening.

    Before that, Ahmad Issam Wishah, 29 , Ahmad Kamil Abu Mgheiseb, 35, Raed Abdul Rahman Abu Mgheiseb, 35, and Ahmad Mohammad Ramadan, 30, were killed in central Gaza.

    Khalaf Atiyeh Abu Sneima, 18, and Khalil Atiyeh Abu Sneima, 20 , were killed in eastern Rafah while Mohammad Jalal al-Jarf, 24, was killed in Khan Younis.

    Earlier, four members of the same family were killed in Gaza City. They were identified as Muhammad Shehadeh Hajjaj, 31, Fayzeh Saleh Hajjaj, 66, Rawan Ziad Hajjaj, 15, and Yousef Muhammed Hajjaj, 28 .

    Two elderly women were killed in Rafah, southern Gaza. Medics identified them as Hakema Nafe Abu Odwan, 75, and Najah Nafe Abu Odwan, 85 .

    Four Palestinians were killed in al-Bureij refugee camp and Hasan Shabaan Khamase, 28, was killed in al-Maghazi camp in central Gaza.

    Ahmed Asad al-Badde , 24, was killed in Beit Lahiya and the bodies of Tarek Fayek Hajjaj, 22, and Ahmed Ziad Hajjaj, 21, and Mosaab Nafeth Ejla, 30 , were pulled from rubble in the al-Shujaiyeh neighborhood, which suffered heavy bombing on Sunday.

    Earlier, the bodies of 65-year-old Muhammad Khalil Ahel and Hamada Eleiwa were found in the Gaza City neighborhoods of Shajaiyeh and Zaytoun.

    Another man was killed in an airstrike on Beit Lahiya, while three people died in shelling on the al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City.

    Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said 22-year-old Mahmoud Salim Mustafa Daraj succumbed to his wounds in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

    At least four Palestinians were killed in Gaza City
    overnight, Muna Rami , four, was killed in northern Gaza, and over a dozen civilians were killed in shelling on Rafah, Deir al-Balah, and Gaza City.(...)

    • Killed Tuesday, July 22
      http://imemc.org/article/68429

      1.Naji Jamal al-Fajm, 26, Khan Younis.
      2.Ebtehal Ibrahim ar-Remahi, Deir al-Balah.
      3.Yousef Ibrahim ar-Remahi, Deir al-Balah.
      4.Eman Ibrahim ar-Remahi, Deir al-Balah.
      5.Salwa Abu Mneifi, Khan Younis.
      6.Salwa Abu Mneifi, Khan Younis.
      7.Abdullah Ismael al-Baheessy, 27, Deir al-Balah.
      8.Mos’ab Saleh Salama, 19, Khan Younis.
      9.Ibrahim Nasr Haroun, 38, Nusseirat.
      10.Mahmoud Suleiman Abu Sabha, 55, Khan Younis.
      11.Hasan Khader Baker, 60, Gaza City.
      12.Wa’el Jamal Harb, 32, Rafah.
      13.Suleiman Abu Daher, 21, Khan Younis.
      14.Haitham Samir al-Agha, 26, Khan Younis.
      15.Fatima Hasan Azzam, 70, Gaza.
      16.Mariam Hasan Azzam, 50, Gaza.
      17.Yasmeen Ahmad Abu Mour, 2, Rafah.
      18.Samer Zuheri Sawafiri, 29, Rafah.
      19.Mohammad Mousa Fayyad, 36, Khan Younis
      20.Mona Rami al-Kharwat, 4, Gaza.
      21.Soha Na’im al-Kharwat, 25, Gaza.
      22.Ahmad Salah Abu Siedo, 17, Gaza.
      23.Mohammad Khalil Ahl, 65, Gaza, (remains located Tuesday, killed during Sheja’eyya Massacre, Sunday).
      24.Mahmoud Salim Daraj, 22, Jabalia.
      25.Radhi Abu Hweishel, 40, Nusseirat.
      26.Obeida Abu Hweishel, 15, Nusseirat.
      27.Yousef Abu Mustafa, 27, Nusseirat.
      28.Nour al-Islam Abu Hweishel, 12, Nusseirat.
      29.Yousef Fawza Abu Mustafa, 20, Nusseirat.
      30.Hani Awad Sammour, 27, Khan Younis.
      31.Ahmad Ibhrahim Shbeir, 24, Nusseirat.
      32.Mohammad Jalal al-Jarf, 24, Khan Younis.
      33.Raed Salah, 22, Al-Boreij.
      34.Ahmad Nassim Saleh, 23, Al-Boreij.
      35.Mahmoud Ghanem, 22 Al-Boreij.
      36.Mustafa Mohammad Mahmoud Fayyad, 24.
      37.Ahmad Issam Wishah, 29, Central District.
      38.Ahmad Kamel Abu Mgheiseb, 35, Central District.
      39.Raed Abdul-Rahman Abu Mgheiseb, 35, Central District.
      40.Nader Abdul-Rahman Abu Mgheiseb, 35, Central District.
      41.Ahmad Mohammad Ramadan, 30, Central District
      42.Khalaf Atiyya Abu Sneima, 18, Rafah.
      43.Khalil Atiyya Abu Sneima, 20, Rafah.
      44.Samih Abu Jalala, 64. Rafah.
      45.Hakima Nafe’ Abu ‘Adwan, 75, Rafah.
      46.Najah Nafe’ Abu ‘Adwan, 85 Rafah.
      47.Mohammad Shehada Hajjaj, 31, Rafah.
      48.Fawza Saleh Abdul-Rahman Hajjaj, 66, Rafah.
      49.Rawan Ziad Jom’a Hajjaj, 28. Gaza City.
      50.Mos’ab Nafeth al-Ejla, 30. Sheja’eyya Gaza.
      51.Tareq Fayeq Hajjaj, 22, Gaza.
      52.Ahmad Ziad Hajjaj, 21 Gaza.
      53.Hasan Sha’ban Khamisy, 28 al-Maghazi, Gaza.
      54.Ahmad As’ad al-Boudi, 24, Beit Lahia.
      55.Ahmad Salah Abu Seedo, 17, Gaza.
      56.Salem Khalil Salem Shammaly, a 23, Sheja’eyya - Gaza (Killed Sunday, Body Located Tuesday)
      57.Ibrahim Sammour, 38, Khan Younis.
      58.Atiyya Mohammad Hasan ad-Da’alsa, 34, Nusseirat.
      59.Atiyya Mohammad Abdul-Raziq, 34, central Gaza.
      60.Abdullah Awni al-Farra, 25, Khan Younis.
      61.Hamada ‘Olewa, Zaitoun. (found under the rubble of his home)
      62.Ibrahim Sobhi al-Fayre, Jabalia
      63.Rafiq Mohammad Qlub, Jabalia
      64.Ahmad Abu Salah, Khan Younis.
      65.Mohammad Abdul-Karim Abu Jame’, Khan Younis.
      66.Amjad al-Hindi, Gaza City.

  • 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

  • 20 killed since midnight, Israeli forces ’massacre 12’ in Gaza City | Maan News Agency Published today | 09:23
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=714592

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – On the 13th day of the ongoing military offensive against the Gaza Strip, residents say invading Israeli forces committed “a new massacre” in the Shujaiyya neighborhood of Gaza City.

    At least 12 people have been killed and more than 150 have been injured in the eastern neighborhood, medics said Sunday. The death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are uncovered.

    Palestinian medical sources in al-Shifa Hospital told Ma’an that the hospital was unable to cope with the large numbers of residents who fled their homes in Shujaiyya “under fire” to the hospital for shelter. They highlighted that Sunday’s death toll hit 20 since midnight.

    Ashraf al-Qidra, a spokesman of the Palestinian ministry of health, said that among Shujaiyya’s victims were family members of senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya. He identified them as Osamah Khalil al-Hayya, his wife Halah and his sons Khalil and Umamah.

    Al-Qidra highlighted that the last few hours were the “fiercest” against Palestinian houses. Residents, he said, have been appealing for help since midnight saying that large numbers of people have been killed or injured in the houses as shells continued to hit them from all directions.

    Al-Qidra highlighted that Israeli forces denied ambulances access to attacked houses to evacuate victims despite the uninterrupted efforts to coordinate through the International Committee of the Red Cross.

    “The Israeli occupation forces told the Red Cross Committee that Shujaiyya was a closed zone because of military operations,” the medical official explained.

    As a result, added al-Qidra, Palestinian ambulance teams decided to take the risk and access victims despite the Israeli military orders.

    Among the victims in Shujaiyya, according to al-Qidra, were teenage girl 14-year-old Hiba Hamid Sheikh Khalil and 38-year-old Muhammad Ali Jundiyya .

    Three unidentified bodies were also received at al-Shifa Hospital Sunday morning.

    Earlier, the body of 52-year-old Tawfiq Marshoud was evacuated.

    In Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources said three Palestinians were killed Sunday morning. Al-Qidra identified them as 23-year-old Hamid Abu Fuju, 26-year-old Ahmad Zanoun and 21-year-old Suhayb Abu Qurah .

    In addition, an Israeli airstrike on house of the Muammar family killed three brothers. Medical sources said Anas Yousif Muammar died of his wounds shortly after his brothers Muhamamd, 30, and Hamzah, 21, were killed in al-Juneina neighborhood of Rafah. Ten others were injured in the attack.

    Also in Rafah, al-Qidra said 56-year-old Husni Mahmoud al-Absi was killed by an Israeli raid which injured five others.

    Fahmi Abdul-Aziz Abu al-Said , 29, was also killed Sunday in the central Gaza Strip.

    #gaza_massacré

    • Israeli ’massacre’ in Gaza City
      http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=714592 Published today (updated) 20/07/2014 11:56

      GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – On the 13th day of the ongoing military offensive against the Gaza Strip, residents say invading Israeli forces committed “a new massacre” in the Shujaiyya neighborhood of Gaza City.

      At least 40 people have been killed and hundreds have been injured in the eastern neighborhood, medics said Sunday. The death toll is expected to rise as more bodies are uncovered.

      Medical sources said seven Palestinians were killed in other areas across the coastal enclave.

      Spokesman of the Palestinian ministry of health Ashraf al-Qidra said rescue teams evacuated 44 dead bodies from destroyed houses. More than 200 injured people were taken to al-Shifa Hospital.

      Medical sources identified some of the victims in Shujaiyya as Ahmad Ishaq Ramlawi , Marwah Suleiman al-Sirsawi , Raed Mansour Nayfah, Osama Ribhi Ayyad and Ahid Mousa al-Sirsik.

      Among the victims was photojournalist Khalid Hamid and paramedic Fuad Jabir .

      Dozens of victims in Shujaiyya haven’t been identified.

    • 100 Palestinians killed in Israeli assault on Sunday alone
      http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=714820
      Published today (updated) 20/07/2014 21:45

      GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israeli forces killed at least 100 Palestinians on Sunday including 66 in a single neighborhood of Gaza City, bringing the 13-day death toll to 437.

      The assault on Gaza — which has also left 18 Israels dead — is the largest and deadliest attack on the besieged coastal enclave since 2008. More than 200 Palestinians have died since the ground invasion began on Thursday.

      On Sunday, 66 bodies were recovered from the Shujaiyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, in what medical authorities called a “massacre” and a level of violence not seen before in the ongoing conflict.

      At least 500 Palestinians were injured in Israeli attacks on Wednesday, with the total surpassing 3,000 as Gazan hospitals struggled to cope with the surge and facing shortages of medical supplies, doctors, and hospital beds.

      Shelling and airstrikes resume Sunday afternoon

      On Sunday afternoon, Israeli shelling fully resumed after a four-hour humanitarian ceasefire that it violated numerous times, and dozens more had been killed in the Gaza Strip as a result.

      Rayan Taysir Abu Jami , 8, and an elderly woman named Fatima Mahmoud Abu Jami were killed and three injured in an air strike on Khan Younis on Sunday evening, according to Palestinian Ministry of Health spokesman in Gaza Ashraf al-Qidra.

      Eight Palestinians were also killed in Israeli air strike on house in al-Ramal.

      The dead were named by Al-Qidra as Samar Osama al-Hallaq,29, Kinan Akram al-Hallaq, 5, Hani Mohammad al-Hallaq,29, Suad Mohammad al-Hallaq, 62, Saji al-Hallaq, Ibrahim Khalil Omar, Ahmad Yassin, and an 8th person, who was unnamed.

      A man and woman , meanwhile, were killed in a strike on the Atatra house in Beit Lahiya.

      Medical sources said Ahmad Abu Tayim , 27, died of injuries sustained on an airstrike on al-Zana are of Khan Yunis.

      Aya Abu Sultan , 15, was killed in a strike on her house northern Gaza Strip.

      Another man was killed, while four were injured in another strike on Gaza City earlier in the afternoon.

      Palestinian medical sources also said that a child identified as Suleiman Abu Jami was killed in an Israeli raid on Khan Younis in the south.

      Five other people were injured in Beit Hanoun in the north.

      In the central Gaza Strip, Israeli airstrikes in the afternoon killed four members of Abu Zayid family in al-Bureij refugee camp after destroying their home over their heads.

      Medical sources also said Suleiman Abu Jami was killed in Bani Suheila in Khan Younis. Four others were injured in the same raid including one critically injured.

      Al-Qidra said earlier that an elderly woman Najah Saad Addin Darraji , 65, and a 3-year-old boy Abdullah Yousif Darraji were killed in Rafah.

    • Killed Sunday, July 20
      http://imemc.org/article/68429

      1.Salem Ali Abu Saada, Khan Younis
      2.Mohammad Yusef Moammer, 30, Rafah.
      3.Hamza Yousef Moammer, 26, Rafah.
      4.Anas Yousef Moammar, 16, Rafah.
      5.Fathiyeh Nadi Marzouq Abu Moammer, 72, Rafah.
      6.Hosni Mahmoud al-Absi, 56, Rafah
      7.Suheib Ali Joma Abu Qoura, 21, Rafah
      8.Ahmad Tawfiq Mohammad Zanoun, 26, Rafah
      9.Hamid Soboh Mohammad Fojo, 22, Rafah
      10.Najah Saad al-Deen Daraji, 65, Rafah
      11.Abdullah Yusef Daraji, 3, Rafah
      12.Mohammed Rajaa Handam 15, Rafah
      13.Yusef Shaaban Ziada, 44, Al Bureij
      14.Jamil Shaaban Ziada, 53, Al Bureij
      15.Shoeban Jamil Ziada, 12, Al Bureij (son of Jamil)
      16.Soheiib Abu Ziada, Al Bureij
      17.Mohammad Mahmoud al-Moqaddma, 30, Al Bureij
      18.Raed Mansour Nayfa, Shujaeyya (Gaza City)
      19.Fuad Jaber, Medic, Shujaeyya (Gaza City)
      20.Mohammad Hani Mohammad al-Hallaq, 2, al-Rimal (Gaza City)
      21.Kenan Hasan Akram al-Hallaq, 6, al-Rimal - Gaza
      22.Hani Mohammad al-Hallaq, 29, al-Rimal (Gaza City)
      23.Suad Mohammad al-Hallaq, 62, al-Rimal (Gaza City)
      24.Saje Hasan Akram al-Hallaq, 4, al-Rimal (Gaza City)
      25.Hala Akram Hasan al-Hallaq, 27, al-Rimal (Gaza City)
      26.Samar Osama al-Hallaq, 29, al-Rimal (Gaza City)
      27.Ahmad Yassin, al-Rimal (Gaza City)
      28.Ismael Yassin, al-Rimal (Gaza City)
      29.Aya Bahjat Abu Sultan, 15, Beit Lahia
      30.Ibrahim Salem Joma as-Sahbani, 20, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      31.Aref Ibrahim al-Ghalyeeni, 26, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      32.Osama Khalil Ismael al-Hayya, 30, Shujaeyya - Gaza (father of Umama and Khalil)
      33.Hallah Saqer Hasan al-Hayya, 29, Shujaeyya - Gaza (mother of Umama and Khalil)
      34.Umama Osama Khalil al-Hayya, 9, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      35.Khalil Osama Khalil al-Hayya, 7, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      36.Rebhi Shehta Ayyad, 31, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      37.Yasser Ateyya Hamdiyya, 28, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      38.Esra Ateyya Hamdiyya, 28, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      39.Akram Mohammad Shkafy, 63, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      40.Eman Khalil Abed Ammar, 9, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      41.Ibrahim Khalil Abed Ammar, 13, Shujaeyya - Gaza*
      42.Asem Khalil Abed Ammar, 4, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      43.Eman Mohammad Ibrahim Hamada, 40, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      44.Ahmad Ishaq Yousef Ramlawy, 33, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      45.Ahmad Sami Diab Ayyad, 27, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      46.Fida Rafiq Diab Ayyad, 24, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      47.Narmin Rafiw Diab Ayyad, 20, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      48.Husam Ayman Mohareb Ayyad, 23, Sheja’eyya, Gaza.
      49.Ahmad Mohammad Ahmad Abu Zanouna, 28
      50.Tala Akram Ahmad al-Atawy, 7, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      51.Tawfiq Barawi Salem Marshoud, 52, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      52.Hatem Ziad Ali Zabout, 24, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      53.Khaled Riyadh Mohammad Hamad, 25, Shujaeyya - Gaza (Journalist)
      54.Khadija Ali Mousa Shihada, 62, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      55.Khalil Salem Ibrahim Mosbeh, 53, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      56.Adel Abdullah Eslayyem, 2, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      57.Dina Roshdi Abdullah Eslayyem, 2, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      58.Rahaf Akram Ismael Abu Joma, 4, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      59.Shadi Ziad Hasan Eslayyem, 15, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      60.Ala Ziad Hasan Eslayyem, 11, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      61.Sherin Fathi Othman Ayyad, 18, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      62.Adel Abdullah Salem Eslayyem, 29, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      63.Fadi Ziad Hasan Eslayyem, 10, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      64.Ahed Saad Mousa Sarsak, 30, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      65.Aisha Ali Mahmoud Zayed, 54, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      66.Abed-Rabbo Ahmad Zayed, 58, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      67.Abdul-Rahman Akram Sheikh Khalil, 24, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      68.Mona Suleiman Ahmad Sheikh Khalil, 49
      69.Heba Hamed Mohammad Sheikh Khalil, 13, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      70.Abdullah Mansour Radwan Amara, 23, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      71.Issam Atiyya Said Skafy, 26, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      72.Ali Mohammad Hasan Skafy, 27, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      73.Mohammad Hasan Skafy, 53, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      74.Ala Jamal ed-Deen Barda, 35, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      75.Omar Jamil Sobhi Hammouda, 10, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      76.Ghada Jamil Sobhi Hammouda, 10, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      77.Ghada Ibrahim Suleiman Adwan, 39, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      78.Fatima Abdul-Rahim Abu Ammouna, 55, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      79.Fahmi Abdul-Aziz Abu Said, 29, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      80.Ghada Sobhi Saadi Ayyad, 9, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      81.Mohammad Ashraf Rafiq Ayyad, 6, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      82.Mohammad Raed Ehsan Ayyad, 6, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      83.Mohammad Rami Fathi Ayyad, 2, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      84.Mohammad Raed Ehsan Akeela, 19, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      85.Mohammad Ziad Ali Zabout, 23, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      86.Mohammad Ali Mohared Jundiyya, 38, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      87.Marah Shaker Ahmad al-Jammal, 2, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      88.Marwan Monir Saleh Qonfid, 23, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      89.Maisa Abdul-Rahman Sarsawy, 37, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      90.Marwa Salman Ahmad Sarsawy, 13, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      91.Mos’ab el-Kheir Salah ed-Din Skafi, 27, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      92.Mona Abdul-Rahman Ayyad, 42, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      93.Halla Sobhi Sa’dy Ayyad, 25, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      94.Younis Ahmad Younis Mustafa, 62, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      95.Yousef Salem Hatmo Habib, 62, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      96.Fatima Abu Ammouna, 55, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      97.Ahmad Mohammad Azzam, 19, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      98.Ismael al-Kordi, Shujaeyya - Gaza
      99.Fatima Ahmad Abu Jame’ (60), the family matriarch, Khan Younis.
      100.Sabah Abu Jame’ (35), Her daughter-in-law and her family :
      101.Razan Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’ (14), Khan Younis.
      102.Jawdat Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’ (13), Khan Younis.
      103.Aya Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’, (12), Khan Younis.
      104.Haifaa Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’ (9), Khan Younis.
      105.Ahmad Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’ (8), Khan Younis.
      106.Maysaa Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’ (7), Khan Younis.
      107.Tawfiq Tawfiq Ahmad Abu Jame’ (4), Khan Younis.
      108.Shahinaz Walid Muhammad Abu Jame’ (29), pregnant. (Fatima’s daughter-in-law, and her family)
      109.Fatmeh Taysir Ahmad Abu Jame’ (12), Khan Younis.
      110.Ayub Taysir Ahmad Abu Jame’ (10), Khan Younis.
      111.Rayan Taysir Ahmad Abu Jame’ (5), Khan Younis.
      112.Rinat Taysir Ahmad Abu Jame’ (2), Khan Younis.
      113.Nujud Taysir Ahmad Abu Jame’ (4 months), Khan Younis.
      114.Yasmin Ahmad Salameh Abu Jame’ (25), pregnant (another of Fatima’s daughter-in-laws, and her family) :
      115.Batul Bassam Ahmad Abu Jame’ (4) , Khan Younis.
      116.Soheila Bassam Ahmad Abu Jame’(3) , Khan Younis.
      117.Bisan Bassam Ahmad Abu Jame’ (6 months) , Khan Younis.
      118.Yasser Ahmad Muhammad Abu Jame’ (27) – Fatima’s son
      119.Fatima Riad Abu Jame’ (26), pregnant, Yasser’s wife and Fatima’s daughter in law
      120.Sajedah Yasser Ahmad Abu Jame’ (7), Khan Younis.
      121.Siraj Yasser Ahmad Abu Jame’ (4), Khan Younis.
      122.Noor Yasser Ahmad Abu Jame’ (2), Khan Younis.
      123.Husam Husam Abu Qeinas (7) (another of Fatima’s grandsons)
      124.Tariq Farouq Mahmoud Tafesh, 37, Gaza.
      125.Hazem Naim Mohammad Aqel, 14, Gaza.
      126.Mohammad Nassr Atiyya Ayyad, 25, Gaza.
      127.Omar Zaher Saleh Abu Hussein, 19, Gaza.
      128.Ziad Ghaleb Rajab ar-Redya, 23, northern Gaza.
      129.Wael Bashir Yahia Assaf, 24, northern Gaza.

  • More than 100 Gazans killed in Israeli assault in less than 48 hours | Maan News Agency
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=714463

    47 Palestinians were killed across the tiny coastal territory on Saturday amid intense Israeli airstrikes and shelling from both sea and land after more than 60 died the day before, while the number of injured since the beginning of hostilities reached 2,500, according to Gaza medical authorities.

    The latest casualties of the Israeli assault were Muhammad and Hatem al-Zaabout , killed in an Israeli airstrike in al-Zaytoun neighborhood of southern Gaza City.

    Earlier on Saturday afternoon, Abdulaziz Abu Zeitir and Mumen Taysir Abu Dan were killed in Israeli shelling of the Deir al-Balah refugee camp.

    Amid the ongoing carnage, UN chief Ban Ki-moon headed to the region [etc... etc...]

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    38 killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday as death toll rises to 330
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=714299

    The killings follow the deadliest day in the conflict so far, after Israel killed at least 63 Palestinians and injured more than 400 on the first day of their ground invasion of the besieged coastal enclave.

    Four members of a Palestinian family were killed in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon, as at least 10 Israeli shells hit the area around the Beit Hanoun Hospital, injuring many.

    Medics told Ma’an that Mahmoud Zuwaid , his wife Daliah, and their children Nagham, 3, and Ruyah, 2 , were killed in the attack.

    Another woman who was not yet identified was also killed in the same shelling.

    Palestinian medical sources said three Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids on the central Gaza Strip on Saturday afternoon, as well, bringing the number of Palestinians killed on Saturday to 38.

    Muhammad al-Ghalban was killed when an Israeli shell hit his home in Khan Younis on Saturday afternoon.

    Palestinian medical sources said a Palestinian man was killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a car in al-Qarara village in Khan Younis mid-day Saturday.

    Earlier, Muhammad Atallah Audah Saadat , 25, was killed and seven others were injured by Israeli raids on Beit Hanoun.

    Three Palestinians from the same family were also killed in an Israeli attack in Beit Hanoun.

    • Killed Saturday, July 19
      http://imemc.org/article/68429

      1.Yahia Bassam as-Serry, 20, Khan Younis
      2.Mohammad Bassam as-Serry, 17, Khan Younis
      3.Mahmoud Rida Salhiyya, 56, Khan Younis
      4.Mustafa Rida Salhiyya, 21, Khan Younis
      5.Mohammad Mustafa Salhiyya, 22, Khan Younis
      6.Waseem Rida Salhiyya, 15, Khan Younis
      7.Ibrahim Jamal Kamal Nassr, 13, Khan Younis
      8.Rushdi Khaled Nassr, 24, Khan Younis
      9.Mohammad Awad Faris Nassr, 25, Khan Younis
      10.Ahmad Mahmoud Hasan Aziz, 34, Beit Hanoun
      11.Said Ali Issa, 30, Juhr ed-Deek, Central Gaza
      12.Raed Walid Laqan, 27, Khan Younis
      13.Mohammad Jihad al-Qara, 29, Khan Younis
      14.Rafat Ali Bahloul, 36, Khan Younis
      15.Bilal Ismail Abu Doqqa, 33, Khan Younis
      16.Mohammad Ismail Sammour, 21, Khan Younis
      17.Eyad Ismael ar-Raqab, 26, Khan Younis
      18.Mohammad Atallah Odah Saadat, 25, Beit Hanoun
      19.Mohammad Rafiq ar-Rohhal, 22, Beit Lahia
      20.Mohammad Ziad ar-Rohhal, 6, Beit Lahia
      21.Mohammad Ahmad Abu Zanouna, 37, Gaza City
      22.Mahmoud Abdul-Hamid al-Zweidi, 23, Beit Lahia
      23.Dalia Abdel-Hamid al-Zweidi, 37, Beit Lahia
      24.Rowiya Mahmoud al-Zweidi, 6, Beit Lahia
      25.Naghm Mahmoud al-Zweidi, 2, Beit Lahia
      26.Mohammad Khaled Jamil al-Zweidi, 20, Beit Lahia
      27.Amr Hamouda, 7, Beit Lahia
      28.Mohammad Riziq Mohammad Hamouda, 18, Beit Lahia
      29.Yousef Kamal Qabdurra Hamouda, 29, Beit Lahia.
      30.Momen Taysir al-Abed Abu Dan, 24, Central District
      31.Abdul-Aziz Samir Abu Zaitar, 31, Central District
      32.Mohammad Ziad Zabout, 24, Gaza City
      33.Hatem Ziad Zabout, 22, Gaza City
      34.Fadal Mohammad al-Bana, 29, was killed in Jabalia
      35.Mohammad Abdul-Rahman Abu Hamad, 25, Beit Lahia
      36.Maali Abdul-Rahman Suleiman Abu Zeid, 24, Central District
      37.Mohammad Ahmad as-Saidi, 18, Khan Younis
      38.Abdul-Rahman Mohammad Odah, 23, Central District
      39.Tariq Samir Khalil al-Hatou, 26, Central District
      40.Mahmoud al-Sharif, 24, Central District
      41.Mohammad Fathi al-Ghalban, 23, Khan Younis
      42.Mahmoud Anwar Abu Shabab, 16, Rafah
      43.Ahmad Abu Thurayya, 25, Central District
      44.Abdullah Ghazi al-Masri, 30, Central District
      45.Ayman Nasri an-Na’ouq, 23, Central District
      46.Aqram Mahmoud al-Matouq, 37, Jabalia

  • 24 killed in Israeli air strikes Saturday morning as toll rises to 316 | Maan News Agency
    Published today (updated) 19/07/2014 11:14
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=714299

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The death toll on Saturday morning hit 24 after Palestinian civil defense rescue teams pulled ten bodies out of the debris of a home in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip as Israeli forces continued their military offensive against the Gaza Strip by air, sea, and land for the twelfth day.

    The killings follow the deadliest day in the conflict so far, after Israel killed at least 63 Palestinians and injured more than 400 on the first day of their ground invasion of the besieged coastal enclave.

    Spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza Ashraf al-Qidra said on Saturday that Israeli forces had “committed a massacre against Palestinian civilians” in the Khan Younis district in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, killing eight.

    He identified the victims as 20-year-old Yahya Bassam al-Serri, Muhammad Bassam al-Serri, 17, Mahmoud Ridha Salihiyya, 56, Mustafa Ridha Salihiyya, 21, Wasim Ridha Salihiyya, 15, Muhammad Mustafa Salihiyya, 22, Ibrahim Jamal Kamal Nasr, 13, and Khalid Nasr .

    Twenty people were injured in the same attack including some seriously injured.

    On Saturday morning, Israeli forces bombed two houses, killing a child named Muhammad Ziad al-Ruhhal and injuring dozens more.

    Muhammad Abu Zaanouna , meanwhile, was killed during a strike on Abraj al-Mukhabarat in Gaza City, which also injured five others.

    Al-Qidra also said that 27-year-old Raed Walid Laqan was killed in Khan Younis by an Israeli attack on a home belonging to the Tartouri family.

    Shortly after that, medical sources announced the death of Khalid al-Qarra of wounds he sustained earlier on Saturday.

    Israeli forces also killed 26-year-old Iyad Ismail al-Ruqab in the Bani Suheila village in the Khan Younis district.

    Amjad Salim Shaath , 15 succumbed to wounds he sustained in Moraj neighborhood in Khan Younis. Two of his brothers, Ahmad and Muhammad , were killed in the same Israeli attack.

    In addition, 30-year-old Said Ali Issa was killed in Juhor Addik neighborhood in the central Gaza Strip near al-Bureij refugee camp.

    34-year-old Ahmad Mahmoud Hasan Aziz was killed by an Israeli missile on his home in Abraj al-Nada in the northern Gaza Strip overnight as well.

    Saturday morning’s deaths bring the total death toll of 12 days of Israeli military offensive in Gaza to 314 in addition to 2268 injuries, according to al-Qidra.

  • 26 Gazans killed by Israel since sunset, bringing Friday total to 63 | Maan News Agency
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=714213
    Published today (updated) 18/07/2014 23:48

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Twenty-six Palestinians including eight members of a single family were killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip on Friday evening, while the death of a young man wounded earlier in the week brought the total number of deaths in Israel’s 11-day long assault to 298 and more than 2,200 injured.

    The deaths bring the total killed since the beginning of the ground invasion late Thursday night to 63, as deaths and injuries across the besieged coastal enclave soared on the first day of the assault in both the northern and southern regions of the territory.

    Of the 63 killed since the beginning of the Israeli invasion, 26 died after Gazans broke their fast at sunset on Friday evening as Israeli air strikes pounded the Strip.

    Eight members of the Abu Jrad family including four children were killed when a missile struck their home in Beit Hanoun including Naim Musa Abu Jrad, 23, Abd Musa Abu Jrad, 30, Siham Musa Abu Jrad, 26, Rija Aliyan Abu Jrad, and four children: Haniyah Abd al-Rahman Abu Jrad, Samih Naim Abu Jrad, Musa Abd al-Rahman Abu Jrad, 6 months, and Ahlam Musa Abu Jrad.

    Four members of the Shaath family were killed and four were injured including one seriously after an air strike on their home in the Hayy al-Manara neighborhood of Khan Younis around 10:30 p.m.

    Three members of the Abu Sneineh family were also killed in a strike on their home in eastern Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and three others were injured. The dead were named by Gaza medical authorities as: Faysal Abu Sneineh, 32, Emad Faysal Abu Sneineh, 18, and Nizar Fayez Aub Sneineh, 38 .

    Muhammad Talal al-Saneh, 20 , died around 10:30 p.m. as a result of an Israeli attack, Palestinian Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said.

    Ismail Ramadan Salmi, 23 , was brought dead to the Gaza European Hospital, while Ghassan Salem Abu Musa Abu Azzab , 28, and his brother Muhammad Salam Abu Musa Abu Azzab , 19, from Hayy al-Manara in Khan Younis also died as a result of an Israeli attack.

    Muhammad Saad Mahmoud Abu Saadeh was killed in an Israeli airstrike in eastern Khan Younis on Friday evening.

    Hamza Mohammad Abu Hussein, 27, was killed in an airstrike on eastern Rafah on Friday evening, while Mohammad Abu Sa’da was killed in an artillery shelling eastern Khan Younis.

    Imad and Qassim Alwan , both children, were killed as a result of artillery shelling in eastern Gaza City.

    Rizk Ahmad al-Hayk, 2, perished in air strikes in Shawwa Square in Gaza City, while Sarah Muhammad Bustan, 13 , was killed in Hayy al-Tuffah in Gaza City.

    Yusif Ibrahim Hasan al-Astal , 23, died of wounds he sustained in Khan Younis a week ago.

    • Killed Friday, July 18
      http://imemc.org/article/68429

      1.Majdi Suleiman Jabara, 22, Rafah
      2.Faris Juma al-Mahmoum, 5 months, Rafah related article
      3.Omar Eid al-Mahmoum, 18, Rafah
      4.Nassim Mahmoud Nassier, 22. Beit Hanoun
      5.Karam Mahmoud Nassier, 20, Beit Hanoun
      6.Salmiyya Suleiman Ghayyadh, 70, Rafah
      7.Rani Saqer Abu Tawila, 30, Gaza City
      8.Hammad Abdul-Karim Abu Lehya, 23, Khan Younis
      9.Mohammad Abdul-Fattah Rashad Fayyad, 26, Khan Younis
      10.Mahmoud Mohammad Fayyad, 25, Khan Younis
      11.Amal Khader Ibrahim Dabbour, 40, Beit Hanoun
      12.Ismail Yousef Taha Qassim, 59, Beit Hanoun
      13.Ahmad Fawzi Radwan, 23, Khan Younis
      14.Mahmoud Fawzi Radwan, 24, Khan Younis
      15.Bilal Mahmoud Radwan, 23, Khan Younis
      16.Monther Radwan, 22, Khan Younis
      17.Hasan Majdi Mahmoud Radwan, 19, Khan Younis.
      18.Mohammad Sami as-Said Omran, 26, Khan Younis.
      19.Hani As’ad Abdul-Karim Shami, 35, Khan Younis
      20.Mohammad Hamdan Abdul-Karim Shami, 35, Khan Younis
      21.Husam Musallam Abu Issa, 26. Gaza
      22.Ahmad Ismael Abu Musallam, 14, Gaza City
      23.Mohammad Ismael Abu Musallam, 15, Gaza City
      24.Wala Ismael Abu Musallam, 13, Gaza City
      25.Naim Mousa Abu Jarad, 23, Beit Hanoun
      26.Abed Mousa Abu Jarad, 30, Beit Hanoun
      27.Siham Mousa Abu Jarad, 26, Beit Hanoun
      28.Raja Oliyyan Abu Jarad, 31, Beit Hanoun
      29.Haniyya Abdul-Rahman Abu Jarad, 3, Beit Hanoun
      30.Samih Naim Abu Jarad, 1, Beit Hanoun
      31.Mousa Abul-Rahman Abu Jarad, 6 months, Beit Hanoun
      32.Ahlam Mousa Abu Jarad, 13, Beit Hanoun
      33.Husam Musallam Abu Aisha, 26, Jahr al-Deek
      34.. Mohammad Saad Mahmoud Abu Sa’da , Khan Younis
      35.Ra’fat Mohammad al-Bahloul, 35, Khan Younis
      36.Wala al-Qarra, 20, Khan Younis
      37.Abdullah Jamal as-Smeiri, 17, Khan Younis
      38.Ahmad Hasan Saleh al-Ghalban, 23, Khan Younis
      39.Hamada Abdullah Mohammad al-Bashiti, 21, Khan Younis
      40.Hamza Mohammad Abu Hussein, 27, Rafah
      41.Ala Abu Shabab, 23, Rafah
      42.Mohammad Awad Matar, 37, Rafah
      43.Bassem Mohammad Mahmoud Madhi, 22, Rafah
      44.Ahmad Abdullah al-Bahnasawi, 25. Um An-Nasr
      45.Saleh Zgheidy, 20, Rafah
      46.Mahmoud Ali Darwish, 40, Nusseirat, Central Gaza
      47.Yousef Ibrahim al-Astal, 23,Khan Younis
      48.Imad Hamed E’lawwan, 7, Gaza
      49.Qassem Hamed E’lawwan, 4, Gaza (brother of Imad)
      50.Sarah Mohammad Bustan, 13, Gaza
      51.Rezeq Ahmad al-Hayek, 2, Gaza
      52.Mustafa Faisal Abu Sneina, 32, Rafah
      53.Imad Faisal Abu Sneina, 18, Rafah
      54.Nizar Fayez Abu Sneina, 38, Rafah
      55.Ismail Ramadan al-Loulahi, 21, Khan Younis
      56.Ghassan Salem Mousa Abu Azab, 28, Khan Younis
      57.Ahmad Salem Shaat, 22, Khan Younis
      58.Mohammad Salem Shaat, 20, Khan Younis
      59.Amjad Salem Shaat, 15, Khan Younis
      60.Mohammad Talal as-Sane, 20, Rafah

  • 21 Palestinians killed as Israel presses Gaza ground assault | Maan News Agency
    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=714088

    GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — At least twenty-one Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by airstrikes and artillery fire since Israel launched a ground operation late Thursday, medics said.

    Ambulance crews said nine people were killed in the shelling of a home east of Khan Younis. Their bodies were found under the rubble of a residential building.

    Among those identified were Hammad Abdulkarim Hammad Abu Lihyeh, 23, Muhammad Abdulfattah Rashad Fayyad, 26, and Mahmoud Muhammad Fayyad, 25 , from Khan Younis.

    Relatives Bilal Mahmoud Radwan, 23, Munthir Radwan, 22, Ahmad Fawzi Radwan, 23, and Mahmoud Fawzi Radwan, 24 , were also killed.

    Amal Khader Ibrahim Dabbur, 40, Ismail Youssif Taha Qassem, 59, Nassim Mahmoud Nassir and Karam Mahmoud Nassir were killed in Beit Hanoun and at least 25 injured in heavy shelling.

    In Rafah three people were killed and 11 others wounded by Israeli forces, who fired foul-smelling gas during the operation.

    In the Gaza City neighborhood of Shujaiyeh, Rani Abu Tawileh was killed and 12 members of his family injured in heavy bombings.

  • Gaza : La maison d’un diplomate français détruite par une attaque israélienne | Maan News Agency

    http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=713977

    On attend de voir les réactions françaises, en se souvenant de ça http://www.rfi.fr/moyen-orient/20130921-israel-diplomate-francaise-malmenee-soldats-cisjordanie

    La France avait forcé la diplomate à quitter son poste http://www.lepoint.fr/monde/israel-la-france-sacrifie-une-diplomate-30-09-2013-1736870_24.php

  • Doctors evacuate patients after Israel bombs hospital | The Electronic Intifada
    http://electronicintifada.net/blogs/nora-barrows-friedman/doctors-evacuate-patients-after-israel-bombs-hospital

    And right now, I am in the office and the Israeli army called me through the Red Cross, asking how much time we need to evacuate the building so they can halt the bombing.

    And I gave them the message of two hours, I returned the call to the Red Cross [saying] two hours, so I believe the Red Cross is cooperating with them to destroy … an internationally-prohibited act. They are helping them in this act, and I don’t understand.

    #honte

    • Director: Israeli tanks shelling Gaza rehab hospital
      http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=713998

      A wounded Palestinian man waits in the corridor of the Al-Wafa rehabilitation hospital near Gaza City on July 16, 2014 (AFP Thomas Coex)

      GAZA CITY (AFP) — Israeli tanks are shelling Gaza’s Al-Wafa hospital, whose 14 patients include some who are paralyzed or in a coma, and several people have been hurt, the facility’s director said Thursday.

      “Israeli tanks are shelling the hospital, they have hit several of the floors, and several nurses have been injured,” director Basman Alashi told AFP.

      The hospital in Gaza’s Shejaiya district has come under Israeli fire several times before, and the Israeli military has called on Alashi and other doctors to evacuate it.

      Alashi told AFP on Wednesday that it was almost impossible to move the patients, most of whom are immobile, and he questioned where they could go.

      “There is no place safe in Gaza! If a hospital is not safe, where is?” he said.